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𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑻𝑾𝑬𝑵𝑻𝒀-𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑬

MY MOONLIGHT

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Chapter Twenty-Nine
The Mastermind
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❝See, I've had a taste of dying, and you know what? Not a big fan.❞

MK SOMEHOW WAS able to teleport you all quickly to Nuwa's temple to fix the pillar with the stones. You didn't know if he had learned this before or if it just happened because he wanted to take you there, but it just happened.

You all were now in the temple where there was a statue of Nuwa. You could hear his friends mouthing how surprised they were when Mk brought them here magically. Mk stepped forward with the stones, making them float around him. You knew something was wrong about this whole thing, something wasn't right and Wukong definitely knew about this. Thus, you moved forward and grabbed his shoulder, "Wukong, what are you hiding? Fixing the pillar won't be that easy, right?" You showered him with questions, taking the Monkey King off guard.

Wukong took a moment to compose himself and turned to look at Mk, "I... I don't know, Mk's is the one who knows how to fix it. He didn't tell me anything either." He answered while clenching his fists tightly. It was clear to you now, he didn't want to tell you. You were now 100% sure that Wukong and Mk were hiding something from you all. Your gaze averted back to Mk, seeing Tang approaching him, "You definitely know what you're doing, right?" He asked with a mix of hesitation and worry. Mei also moved closer to her friend and held his hand, but Mk only smiled at her sadly.

The boy let out a breath he was holding and stepped forward to the statue. Wukong moved forward to stop Mk, but the kid didn't listen. The stones flew to the statue, placing themselves on Nuwa's halo. The Pillar of Heaven appeared in Nuwa's hands and everyone cheered, "This is..." Ne Zha spoke up first.

"I think this is possible, Mk is right! You did it!" Pigsy exclaimed and rushed to Mk, shaking the boy out of excitement. However, Mk let out a sob and turned around to hug Pigsy tightly, "kid?... Are you hiding something from me?" Mk pulled back to answer, but the atmosphere suddenly changed as the ten kings of the underworld appeared.

"End this farce immediately! Only the Harbinger of Chaos can repair the city of creation with the five-colored stones." One of the kings demanded rather firmly.

"If this is the case, what else do you not understand? this boy IS the Harbinger of Chaos." Another king spoke up with a hint of arrogance, turning his gaze to look at Mk.

"But doesn't the Harbinger have to wait till the great cycle ends before waking up? Legends says that it will take thousand of years?"

Suddenly, the other king started to laugh like a maniac and your guards go all the way up, "Fool! the end of cycle HAS COME." He stated and his eyes started to glow from under the hood which seemed to startle the other kings. Before anyone could react, the fake king attacked the others with his strange black powers, "Stop struggling, or nobody will feel good." He said and before any of you managed to do anything, the kings were gone and only their robes remained, "Finally! No need to haggle with them all day." The king said after letting out a deep sigh.

"How dare you pretend to be the king of hell?" Li Jing asked while squinting his eyes.

"Who even are you?" Wukong joined which made the guy laugh again.

"They always say you are the history of chaos! But the real person from the beginning of accident chaos has always beside them. I guess you must be wondering who am. You can't wait to know it?" He started to put some suspense before revealing his true identity, toying with your flared guards, "Then, let's find out..." He swiftly removed the robe, revealing himself to be a guy with green snake-like skin and bright orange eyes, his hair was a bunch of green snakes styled in a bun, "A little scary, but not as scary as you were thinking right?" He arrogantly said, letting out a chuckle.

You raised an eyebrow in puzzlement and crossed you arms over your chest, "Who the hell is he?" You thought as you watched the scene before your eyes. Your ears twitched slightly when you heard Mei whisper to Wukong.

"Hey Monkey king. do you know this guy?" She asked him.

"Uh... I don't really recognize this face." He replied.

Mk looked at the Monkey King with a raised eyebrow, "Huh? Really? Wow, you know, the bad guys we met before, were basically your opponents." He pointed out while have a deadpanned look.

"Or your ex best friend/lover." The moment Mei said that, you flinched and quickly averted your gaze away nervously to hide the blush with your scarf.

The male approached Wukong with a friendly smile, "Monkey king, stop pretending. We are old rivals and old friends! Is your brain having a short-circuit?" The snake guy said while Wukong stared at him with puzzlement. Meanwhile, you shared Wukong's puzzlement because you didn't recall him fighting or befriending this demon.

"Who are you?" Ne Zha asked with a hint of annoyance.

"Ah, it doesn't matter." The snake guy said and started to float while laying, "Speaking in my title, I'm the Tenth Palace Writer King. Prince of Jisai Kingdom, descendant of Xiangliu, nine-headed demon... forget it. Names and titles are not important. What matters is that everything will end soon." He confidently said while staring at Nuwa's statue.

"Well said, but we disagree!" Mei exclaimed and launched at him with her sword, but Xiangliu quickly dodged her attack and used his powers to pin her to the wall and cover her mouth. Next were Li Jing and Ne Zha who tried to land one hit on him, but they ended up the same, pinned against the wall. Even Tang, Pigsy and Sandy had received the same treatment. You jumped from a shadow portal to distract Xiangliu and give Wukong the opportunity to attack him, but you failed. You found yourself pinned against the wall and your mouth covered by this mysterious energy. You watched as Wukong punched the nine-headed demon, but he appeared right behind Wukong, "Enough!" Xiangliu said and hit Monkey King, receiving the same fate as you all.

Now only left was Mk and Xiangliu... A battle that would determine the fate of this world.