Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1084: Monkey King vs Monkey King

Back to Eiji's Imaginary Room.

Immediately after Sun Wukong cast his summoning spell, two massive shadows materialized from coalescing golden particles. A massive creature with a wild boar's head wielding a huge battleaxe—Zhu Bajie—and a terrifying creature with the scent of water and rivers carrying a crescent-shaped spear—Sha Wujing. The three heroes from the legend of Journey to the West were now fully assembled.

"Feel this, Campione! With my two brothers, I, Sun Wukong, am the invincible Monkey King! The three of us will raze this place to the ground and destroy your world!" Sun Wukong shouted with a wild laugh.

However, Eiji simply stood there calmly. His gaze fell on Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing before returning to Sun Wukong, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Is that so, Monkey King? As it happens, I'm curious about something... Let's see which one of us is the true Monkey King."

"?" Sun Wukong had a question mark floating above his head.

Us? What does that mean?

He's the only Monkey King.

Luo Hao also glanced at her husband in confusion, but there was anticipation in her eyes as well.

Lala's guess was right.

*BOOOM!!*

A silvery-white aura burst forth from Eiji's body. Above his head, a white, crown-shaped ring of light—the Loop of Binding—materialized. Eiji's clothes suddenly transformed into Yongpyo's legendary battle robe, radiating the highest level of divine pressure.

He had activated the power of the Monkey King (Jin Mori from The God of High School), which had reached a 90% fusion. His eyes also bore a "+" pattern that glowed with silver and light blue light.

The oppressive aura he radiated made everyone present shudder.

"!!!"

Seeing Eiji's transformation—Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and even Godou and Guinevere, who were watching from a distance, widened their eyes. The pressure Eiji was radiating right now was no longer merely that of an ordinary Campione or Heretic God—it was the aura of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

Of course, they didn't know this.

They just thought Eiji was incredibly strong! However, none of them knew just how strong he really was.

"H-How is that possible…?! That monkey's aura… it feels purer and more ancient than mine?!" Sun Wukong shouted in shock, his voice trembling as he faced the oppressive aura emanating from the man before him.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing furrowed their brows.

At that moment, they couldn't help but think there were two Monkey Kings.

"Just so you know, I'm the Monkey King from another universe." Eiji said casually, leaving everyone stunned once again.

He glanced at Luo Hao, "You can take on Sun Wukong, Luo Hao. As for me? I'll play around for a bit with that fat pig and that turtle before helping you, if you haven't finished the fight by then."

Hearing what her husband said, Luo Hao snorted. "I'll kill Sun Wukong without your help, my husband! Don't underestimate me!"

Apparently, she still believed that she wasn't weaker than the Monkey King in that universe.

Eiji didn't bother to argue.

"A fat pig?! You bastard, take back what you said!"

"A turtle!? I'm a kappa, a high-level water spirit! Young man, whoever you are, I'll tear you to shreds!"

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing weren't happy with the way he addressed them.

Eiji didn't care.

Sua shot forward at a speed that defied the very concept of time. Using the Renewal Taekwondo technique, he unleashed a 3rd Stance Hwacho spinning kick. The impact of his leg created a giant cosmic wind dragon that instantly struck Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing at the same time.

The two demons were unable to dodge.

*BOOOOOMMMM!*

They spat blood and were hurled thousands of meters, crashing into the rocks in that dimension until they were shattered. Although they both tried to combine their water and earth magic attacks to fight back, Eiji effortlessly shattered every one of their attacks simply by swinging his hand to the side.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were flung back again simply by the gust of wind Eiji released from his hand.

In an instant, their faces were filled with horror.

The Monkey King standing before them looked so small, yet he was far too powerful!

It was humiliating, but the two heroes from the legend of Journey to the West were no match for Eiji.

On the other side of the battlefield, watching her husband dominate so magnificently, Luo Hao's blood boiled with intensity.

She didn't want to lose.

Her fighting spirit flared up to a higher level.

"Sun Wukong! I am your opponent!" she shouted at the giant golden monkey before her.

With the grace of a goddess of war, Luo Hao shot forward like a bullet. She unleashed a series of combined Sacred Foot techniques with her Divine Voice. Each of her air strikes created a sonic boom that targeted Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong, still reeling from Eiji's power, reacted a split second too late; in a panic, he parried Luo Hao's relentless barrage with his Ruyi Jingu Bang staff.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

As he parried the brutal attacks coming from the woman in front of him, he couldn't help but say—

"Woman, do you think you can defeat the Monkey King!? You're overestimating yourself!"

"Compared to my husband, you're a low-level Monkey King. There's no way I can't defeat you!"

Luo Hao's attacks grew increasingly fierce and intense. The various martial arts techniques she had honed over hundreds of years were executed with lightning speed.

Sun Wukong's lips twitched—he himself was a martial arts expert. However, that woman was truly underestimating him. Even if her punches or kicks landed on him, he would feel almost no pain at all.

His body was harder than any steel!

"...." Watching the god-level battle unfold before his eyes, Godou clenched his fists tightly.

He wanted to fight too—or rather, to help Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing beat up Eiji.

But his magical power had been depleted since he used it to break Sun Wukong's seal.

Even if he joined the battle, he knew he'd only be able to unleash a few weak attacks.

This feeling of helplessness and weakness frustrated Godou.

"Damn it! Guinevere, do something to help Sun Wukong and his friends!"

He glanced at the woman beside him, hoping she could do something.

However, Guinevere sighed. "I've already used up a lot of my magical energy unsealing Sun Wukong earlier. In this place, I can't summon any reinforcements either."

This woman is useless!

Godou complained in his heart.

Guinevere felt offended by the way Godou was looking at her; it seemed he was starting to look down on her.

This guy... Doesn't he realize that he's useless too!?

You're a man and a Campione—why can't you be a little more reliable!?

She glanced at Luo Hao, who was clearly being pampered by Eiji, with a hint of envy.

At a certain moment—

*BOOM! BOOM!*

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were gasping for breath, their bodies covered in bruises after being pounded relentlessly by Eiji's Renewal Taekwondo combo.

Realizing that the two demons had reached their limit, Eiji decided to end the fight.

He stopped holding back so as not to kill them in an instant.

"Yeoui—"

Eiji extended his right hand forward with his palm open. Instantly, a gray staff with ancient carvings appeared in his hand.

Then he said, "Grow."

*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!*

In the blink of an eye, the staff grew to the size of a giant pillar capable of piercing the atmosphere.

Without giving Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing a chance to dodge, Eiji swung his arm downward. The legendary staff struck the ground at high speed—incongruous with its size—crushing the two demons until they exploded into shards of divine light and died instantly.

In the process, the ground shook violently and a deafening explosion occurred. The battle between Luo Hao and Sun Wukong was momentarily interrupted because of this. A fierce wind blew toward them.

The defeat of his two brothers enraged Sun Wukong, but he was also horrified because the staff Eiji used resembled his own! Even so, Eiji's staff couldn't grow as large as his own!

Suddenly, he felt envious of other Monkey Kings besides himself.

Seeing such a terrifying sight, Godou, who was watching from a distance, immediately collapsed to the ground. "That staff… it's almost exactly like Sun Wukong's staff!"

He clutched his head in frustration and said, "Eiji is really the Monkey King?! I know he's a god from another universe, but this… this makes absolutely no sense!"

Before this, he clearly remembered that Eiji possessed powers related to darkness and summoning monsters.

But now?

He has powers similar to the Monkey King's!

How could he have become that strong?

Godou gritted his teeth so hard they bled, his eyes red with frustration and hatred as he came to terms with the bitter reality that Eiji was simply too strong.

The revenge plan he'd devised with Guinevere suddenly felt like a foolish joke in the face of the power Eiji had just demonstrated.

How could a former human like him possibly take revenge on a being capable of manipulating the size of a staff to make it as big as a pillar taller than a mountain with just a single word?

The difference in power between them was like heaven and earth.

...

While Godou was drowning in self-loathing, Eiji casually shrank his staff back to the size of a fist. He turned his gaze elsewhere, watching his woman, Luo Hao, who was still fighting with passion and spirit against Sun Wukong, who was beginning to be pushed back.

However, upon closer inspection, Sun Wukong had only sustained minor injuries.

*BAM! BAM! BAM!*

Luo Hao shot through the air like a flash of golden light. She channeled a massive amount of her magical energy to execute her signature technique, The Twelve Divine Palm Strikes of the Phoenix.

Twelve massive, high-speed divine palm strikes relentlessly pounded Sun Wukong's body, creating shockwaves that shook the very fabric of that dimension.

However, once the smoke cleared, Sun Wukong was still standing firm, grinning.

"Nice try, but it was all for nothing!"

His legendary steel-like physique proved too difficult for physical attacks—and even magic—to penetrate.

Luo Hao leaped backward, her breath coming in rapid gasps, and sweat began to dampen her smooth forehead.

She was starting to tire. Come to think of it, in her previous battle with Eiji, she had expended a great deal of her stamina and magical energy.

Before Sun Wukong could take advantage of the moment to counterattack, a figure flickered. Eiji had suddenly teleported and was standing right beside Luo Hao.

"Time's up, Luo Hao," he said as he put his arm around her shoulder. "Your martial arts are far superior to Sun Wukong's, but his defense is too strong. Your current power isn't enough to penetrate his armor."

Luo Hao bit her lower lip; deep down, she was extremely reluctant to admit that those words were true.

As a proud Martial Arts King, accepting defeat was difficult. However, as she gazed into Eiji's calm and commanding eyes, Luo Hao's ego crumbled. With a slight blush on her face, she finally bowed her head and whispered in resignation.

"Please help me, my husband."

Eiji smiled broadly; he was pleased to hear Luo Hao pleading with him. "That's exactly what I wanted to hear."

Before them, Sun Wukong burst into a mocking laugh. He thrust his golden staff into the ground. "Hahaha! I'll admit you're a very powerful Monkey King! But just like that woman, you'll never be able to break through my armor's defenses!"

"Really?" Eiji flashed a smile he hadn't shown since the battle began.

Any enemies who had previously fallen at his hands would surely think of fleeing upon seeing that smile.

Sun Wukong didn't realize he was in grave danger because he was too arrogant.

[King, do you finally want to use Leme's power again?]

Leme knew what her king was thinking.

Eiji didn't deny it.

'I'm counting on you, Leme.'

[Hehe, leave it to Leme!]

He slowly extended one hand forward. At that very moment, a small magic circle in the shape of a geometric tattoo appeared and glowed brightly on the back of his hand.

Eiji decided to change tactics. Instead of the Monkey King's power, he would use his magic as a contractor for Leme—the power of the Harem King.

Among the magic possessed by the 72 Pillars of Solomon, he chose the 32nd pillar and one of her spells.

["The hidden desires lurking in the ocean of the heart."]

Eiji began to chant the spell. Through the Law of Vibration, his voice echoed to every corner of the dimension.

Just as the words were spoken, a loud cracking sound was also heard. The sky in that dimension suddenly cracked like glass struck by a sledgehammer.

["Surpass the sinners and reach out your hand."]

The crack in the sky grew larger, spreading rapidly in all directions until finally the dome of the sky seemed to shatter into pieces.

From behind that wide-gaping void, Luo Hao, Godou, Guinevere, and Sun Wukong could see pitch-black darkness radiating a terrifying aura of hunger.

The hairs on the backs of their necks stood on end.

What kind of magic is that!?

Eiji seemed to be summoning something.

["The remnants of greed manifested through violence—Twilight Spectre."]

As soon as the final line of Eiji's spell was recited, a primal roar shook their very souls.

Asmodeus's Level 5 magic was unleashed.

From within a dark void in the sky, a giant black shark materialized—an embodiment of the magic of lust and greed. The gigantic astral creature dove sharply downward, opening its jaws—filled with rows of razor-sharp teeth—wide toward Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong snorted dismissively. "Cheap magic trick!"

He leaped and swung his Ruyi Jingu Bang staff with all his might to split the shark in two.

However, a split second later, the Monkey King's expression changed drastically to one of shock.

*BOOM!*

His golden staff, capable of shattering mountains, was actually stopped in its tracks when it struck the giant shark's snout. Immediately, it began to be sucked in. Sun Wukong tried to pull his weapon back and leaped backward, but his body suddenly froze.

"What!?"

He panicked because instead of jumping, he was forced to float in the sky.

The space around him locked his movements, and the gravitational pull generated by the Twilight Spectre's jaws acted like a black hole, sucking his massive body into its mouth, inescapable.

"Noooo! I'd just broken free from that cursed seal! I, Sun Wukong, refuse to die by being eaten by a shark! AAAAAGHHH!"

Sun Wukong felt humiliated, but no matter how hard he struggled, he was unable to break free and was devoured by Asmodeus's pet shark.

Luo Hao was stunned.

Strangely, she felt a sense of satisfaction watching the moments leading up to Sun Wukong's death at the hands of her husband.

Godou's mouth dropped open.

As for Guinevere? She had vanished from his side. With the last of her power, she had somehow managed to escape from that dimension.

At least, that's what she thought.

In reality, Eiji had deliberately let her go so he could set up another plot for her in the future. He wasn't in a hurry to capture her and get her pregnant.

Ah, he'd also give her husband a green hat after he was resurrected.

[Host, in this situation, can you think like a protagonist?]

'That's exactly what I'm thinking, right?'

[Sigh...]

'Why are you sighing, Miss System?'

[Forget about it.]

Eiji thought Miss System was feeling jealous again.

How cute.

A moment later, his and Luo Hao's gazes turned to the protagonist.

"!" Godou panicked and glanced to the side, looking for someone, but he was stunned. He didn't see anyone but himself standing there. "Huh? Guinevere? Guinevere! Where are you!? You—don't tell me you..."

He swallowed hard as he looked around.

And yes, he had truly been abandoned.

"That b-bitch! How dare she..."

"Yo, Godou. You've been left behind again. This time, your teammate, Guinevere, ran off without taking you with her."

Eiji landed on the ground alongside Luo Hao and taunted the protagonist.

Godou's face darkened; he stiffly turned toward the two people in front of him, his expression utterly grim.

He felt afraid, but also envious as he watched Eiji hold Luo Hao's hand—they were holding hands right in front of him.

A greenish hue instantly spread across his face.

Eiji struggled to hold back his laughter, "Pfft!"

"!!!" Hearing that, Godou was furious and humiliated; his body shook violently.

Luo Hao wondered what the relationship between the two men was.

Unlike Godou, who clearly hated Eiji. On the contrary, Eiji didn't seem to hate Godou at all. He just enjoyed mocking him and humiliating him.

...

A/N: Sorry, I didn't post a chapter yesterday because I wasn't feeling well. Two days ago, I had a checkup for my braces and had the wires replaced with new ones. I've had to adjust to the pain caused by the new pressure on my teeth. It gave me a headache, so I wasn't able to finish my draft yesterday.