Journey to the West: LEVEL UP (Book 1)

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Diaochan cameos

Lu Bu kills his father... again

As soon as Sun Wukong was gone, the purple haired guy, who revealed his name to be Lu Bu, used his telekinetic powers to grab the Master Tripitaka and was about to head away by flight when Zhu Bajie attacked him with his rake. Lu Bu, parried the attack with his halberd while holding the monk in place using his psychic abilities. They fought for a dozen rounds. Normally, he would have been able to easily win this match, but because he had been severely injured when Sun Wukong hit him with the cudgel, he was unable to hold his own against even Bajie, and when the Sand Monk joined the battle, Lu Bu was forced to retreat as they gave chase.

Bajie was about to catch up when a blast of electromagnetic force sent him flying backwards. A beautiful woman stood between him and Lu Bu. She then turned to Lu Bu. "Go, run, what are you waiting for? I've got your back."

"Diaochan," Lu Bu said before running off. After he ran off, the woman disappeared through teleportation. Bajie wanted to resume his chase, but by then, Lu Bu was far enough away that he knew he had no chance of catching, so he and Sand Monk returned to ground level and summoned the earth spirit.

When Lu Bu returned to his cave, Diaochan was already there waiting for him. She had a frown on her face, and her arms were crossed. "This is the last time I'm saving your hide after you do something reckless, or frankly stupid. I'm not against causing trouble, but there needs to be a reason for it. We caused a lot of damage when we rescued the psychics from your dead adopted father's experimentation lab, but it was trouble worth causing. What the fuck is this you're trying to do right now?" She gestured towards the monk who was bound to a pillar in the cave. "Are you just trying to prove yourself? This is insignificant nonsense with no strategic purpose! A waste of time is what it is. And when you get in trouble and I have to bail you out, you're wasting my time. I don't know about you, but my time is valuable. I need to cultivate my immortality."

"Diaochan, let me explain," Lu Bu began to say, but Diaochan cut him off.

"I don't even want to hear it." She went back to her room and slammed the door in his face.

About an hour later, Chen Gong arrived at the cave. Seeing that Lu Bu looked gloomy, he did not press the matter and cooked himself some rice to eat.

Meanwhile, Bajie and Sha Wujing summoned the Earth Spirit.

"Our master has been kidnapped!" Bajie said. He was beginning to panic, and secretly wished that Wukong was there, though he would never admit that out loud. "Tell me where he is!"

To be continued...