Baby with Daoist Monarch System

The figure amidst the dust was none other than the monkey.

At this moment.

Its eyes glowed red, flickering continually.

Clearly, Xu Ran’s evasion had made it very angry.

This was akin to a mere ant-like human escaping right under its nose.

To it, this was a tremendous insult.

Simultaneously.

Xu Ran, who had been sent flying, quickly regained his footing, fearlessly locking eyes with the monkey’s glowing eyes.

Xu Ran’s successful escape left this once Great Power feeling highly embarrassed, especially with someone outside familiar with its history, watching its disgrace.

To save face, the monkey didn’t pause for a second. It tightened its grip on the wooden staff, stepping on the stones flying through the air, shooting toward Xu Ran with lightning speed.

The monkey, already fast in the air, used the stones as stepping stones, increasing its speed even further.

In less than a breath, its entire body appeared in front of Xu Ran.

"Hah---"

Immediately, the monkey let out a loud roar, its attacks unfolding like a violent storm, its wooden staff turning into countless afterimages, striking at Xu Ran like dense raindrops.

The monkey’s figure was extremely agile, and numerous stones in the air aided it, allowing easy changes in direction.

For a moment.

Xu Ran was attacked from all sides like a barrage of rain. Each attack came from unpredictable and crafty angles, making them incredibly hard to defend against!

Despite this.

However.

Xu Ran was not easily cowed.

He had previously undergone trials of Fist Technique, Leg Technique, Swordsmanship, and Spear Technique, and although he couldn’t completely fend off all of the monkey’s attacks.

Still, blocking eight-tenths of them posed no problem.

After all.

The monkey’s attack speed increasing meant its strength had lessened.

With Xu Ran’s current body’s recovery speed, he could quickly recover in just a breath’s time.

Thus.

The supposed overwhelming situation, due to Xu Ran’s previous trial experience and frightening bodily recovery, turned into an eight-to-two split.

Monkey eight, Xu Ran two.

"Puh--"

"Puh--"

"Puh--"

"Puh--"

"..."

For a short while, the Dueling Arena was filled with sounds of the wooden staff striking flesh.

At this moment, Xu Ran no longer knew how many times the monkey’s wooden staff had struck him, each time leaving his body bruised and blue.

Even his clothes, under the relentless strikes of the monkey’s staff, had been reduced to tatters.

Xu Ran’s tender body was fully exposed to everyone’s view.

Under such conditions, it was even more evident to see what kind of torment Xu Ran’s body had endured.

Each time the monkey’s staff swiped by, a hideous scar appeared on his body, blood streaming out.

But soon enough, those scars would heal, and the bleeding would stop.

Even those who had experienced the passage of countless years admired Xu Ran’s willpower in seeing such a scene.

"Xu Ran, gifted, meticulous, with a firm will; I can’t fathom what misfortune could prevent him from passing the trials!"

The Second Senior Brother’s tone was full of praise.

His Black Flame Body, belonging to a special constitution, also endowed him with immense physical strength.

Moreover, in ancient times, cultivating the physical body was the simplest method.

But it was also the most painful method.

Back then, immortal herbs to temper the physical body were everywhere; as long as your willpower was strong enough to endure the transformative process of the herbs, you could become powerful.

Easy to say, but it was harder than climbing to the heavens.

Countless people failed or gave up at just the first step of tempering the physical body.

This illustrates how painful the process of tempering the physical body is.

Now.

The pain Xu Ran endured from the wooden staff’s striking was no less than the pain of tempering the physical body.

On the contrary, Xu Ran was still continuously bleeding.

Adding to the torment, Xu Ran’s body was in perpetual repair.

Healing the body only restored it to its optimal state but didn’t mean the pain would disappear.

Each strike of the monkey’s staff on Xu Ran’s body was a huge torment!

Lil’ Junior Sister, seeing the tormented appearance of Xu Ran, showed a hint of heartache in her eyes.

"Xu Ran..."

She clenched her palms, unable to speak for a long time.

At this time, the eldest senior brother was also staring at Xu Ran, watching him valiantly defend and hone the Staff Technique, shaking his head helplessly.

"I...am not as good as him!"

Now the eldest senior brother of the Nine-Layered Giant Tower, he could see at a glance that Xu Ran was continuously honing his Staff Technique.

Moreover, with significant results.

If before the win rate between the monkey and Xu Ran was eight to two.

Now it was seven to three!

Xu Ran was progressing rapidly!

Immediately, scenes of Xu Ran’s trial passing process flashed in the eldest brother’s mind.

"Ha--"

And he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

He seemed to have already foreseen the splendidly spirited monkey ending up miserable once Xu Ran achieves Great Success in his Staff Technique.

...

Inside the Dueling Arena.

The monkey’s Staff Technique still mercilessly hammered Xu Ran’s body.

Despite this, Xu Ran, suffering immense pain, still did not drop the wooden staff from his hands; instead, his eyes were even more determined.

He gritted his teeth, and in his constant defense and dodging, his mind was swiftly analyzing, his golden eyes continuously breaking down the Staff Technique and offensive routes the monkey had employed.

In the next moment.

A comprehensive, dismantled Staff Technique manual appeared in Xu Ran’s mind.

This Staff Technique manual was entirely derived from the monkey’s technique.

In the continuous dismantling process, Xu Ran gradually discovered the subtle patterns in the monkey’s Staff Technique.

Strike.

Block.

Lift.

Chop.

Sweep.

Jab.

...

As time passed, Xu Ran incorporated these dismantled techniques into his defense.

"Chop--"

Before long, Xu Ran suddenly shouted.

"Clash---"

The next second, a crisp sound of wooden staff collision echoed out.

There.

The monkey, with its lean body, gripping a wooden staff, struck fiercely at Xu Ran’s head.

Yet at this moment, Xu Ran held his staff horizontally above him, firmly blocking the monkey’s chopping attack.

"Heh heh!" Once he blocked the monkey’s Staff Technique, Xu Ran immediately chuckled, "Time to change your Staff Technique. This one’s useless on me!"

Saying this, Xu Ran exerted force with both hands, a great thrust pushing the monkey’s staff away.

The monkey’s entire body rolled a few times in mid-air, then landed steadily.

Immediately, its red-glowing eyes fixed on Xu Ran.

In its eyes, disbelief was clear!

It couldn’t comprehend how this human, continuously beaten, could predict its Staff Technique?

Though it was a monkey, ever since it began Cultivation, it’s always used a wooden staff, and specialized in Staff Technique.

Moreover, it didn’t follow any Staff Technique, it relied entirely on spontaneous play.

It only knew that while attacking Xu Ran earlier, it prioritized speed, sacrificing a huge portion of its power.

In fact, this mode of attack was really effective; Xu Ran’s body showcased varying degrees of damage.

If not for his rapid body recovery, Xu Ran would’ve turned into mince long ago.

And yet!

It wasn’t long before.

Its Staff Technique was predicted!

For a monkey that centered around Staff Technique, it’s unbelievable!

Xu Ran fearlessly stared at the monkey in front of him, seemingly seeing through its thoughts, then spoke.

"The biggest difference between humans and monkeys is that humans have intelligence, monkeys are just beasts!"

Xu Ran, as a human, understood how to integrate patterns, discovering the monkey’s weaknesses.

In essence, the monkey was just a beast, following instinct, even if in front was once a Great Power.

But how long ago was that?

Moreover, back then it went to suppress the Nether Abyss and who knows how long it has been, not knowing whether the one before him is really the same!

Lack of intelligence makes sense!