454: Chapter 348 454: Chapter 348 The people high above clearly saw that monkey, which had previously been so arrogantly joyful about escaping, now controlled by a Magical Treasure.
Eryao even took pleasure in the disaster, mocking the monkey for not knowing its place and daring to oppose them.
After its seal was lifted, it didn’t feel grateful but chose to flee instead, and even dared to slander its master for being stupid—in front of so many beautiful women, no less.
Now it knew what it was up against, didn’t it?
Jiang Tang was smiling the whole time, since he had already anticipated this problem, he would definitely not let the monkey succeed.
Not to mention allowing himself to be made a fool of by a measly monkey in front of all these beautiful women—it would be the joke of a lifetime.
Who was he?
Maybe he had been a nobody in the past, but things were different now.
He was the object of the ladies’ affection, revered by all.
How could he let himself become a laughingstock?
This monkey dared to mock him for being foolish, so inconsiderate of its promises—just wait for Jiang Tang’s moves!
Jiang Tang did not strike immediately, but simply used the Magic Artifact in his hand.
That alone was enough to overwhelm the monkey.
One could imagine that the monkey was all bluster, unable to unleash any real spells.
But he didn’t let his guard down.
If the monkey indeed found its true form and restored its spells, it certainly would not be so easily controlled.
Jiang Tang had this way of punishing the monkey while it was weak, naturally targeting the promise-breaking creature.
It wasn’t about whether his actions were despicable; the monkey had to take responsibility for its behavior.
“Jiang Tang, isn’t that monkey just ridiculous?
It doesn’t even know you have this trick up your sleeve, and you still have many more capabilities it doesn’t know about, tsk tsk!”
Su Feifei was the first to burst into laughter.
As soon as her words fell, the women who had been silently observing the monkey’s embarrassing situation began to mock it one after another.
“Hahaha…” the women said, and suddenly the scene turned into a marketplace of laughter, followed by the Dugu brothers joining in.
They all clutched their bellies, finding the monkey hugely entertaining—a scene that was simply too good not to be shown on stage!
Listening to the people’s laughter, the monkey blushed with rage, almost on the verge of tears.
Why was it so unlucky?
It had finally found someone destined to lift its seal, but it hadn’t expected that person to be so formidable.
Had it known this would happen, why would it have resisted?
And now it had drawn so much ridicule.
Yet it couldn’t help but resist and try to escape—it couldn’t bear it.
After a million years, it had gained freedom again, and anyone would yearn to soar freely!
It was the human who was too cruel, unsealing it for the resources here, and then trapping it within a Magical Treasure, making it worry that it might be sealed again by the human.
Humph, even if they controlled its freedom, they couldn’t control its mind.
It would never let them succeed.
To be subdued and used as a tool?
Not a chance.
“Humans, you’re too cunning!
I, the monkey, will not submit.
I refuse to become your tool, to be used for your own gain and glory!”
Unable to hold back, the monkey’s body began to retreat, ever so gradually being drawn closer by the Magical Treasure, approaching the gates of Magical Treasure City.
It could only protest resignedly.
“Hey, old monkey, aren’t you a little too full of yourself?
My master only wants to keep you here under my watch—that’s all.
Does he really need your help with anything?”
That childish voice spoke up again.
After all, it was the owner of the voice that was the monkey’s master—how could it let the monkey talk nonsense?
The monkey’s arrogance made the Artifact Spirit of Hell Palace angry.
It thought of teaching the monkey a good lesson once inside, to make it understand what happens when one is unruly and untaught, subject to harsh discipline!
“I don’t believe it.
I am an Immortal, and you’re just mere mortals.
Think you can use me just because you captured me in a Magical Treasure?
Do you think your despicable intentions are unknown to me?”
At this point, the monkey could only talk tough, struggling against the pull.
Making a few verbal jabs helped pacify its pride, a pride that would rather suffer in silence than lose face.
“Psh, you’re about to be taken in, yet you think you, a monkey trapped in a Magical Treasure, are of any use to us?
Once inside, you’ll see.
Just like you, there are many powerful Demonic Beasts doing nothing more than basking in the sun!”
Little Dragon watched the monkey with a scoff, mocking its inflated ego.
It felt like the monkey was nothing more than a tiny speck of excrement—stinky to others in The Mortal Realm, something to be avoided while looking for a path to tread.
The monkey had never imagined its pride would be compared to a piece of excrement by a Divine Beast.
How would it feel if it knew?
“I refuse to accept this.
I don’t believe it.
Using a Magical Treasure to overpower me, what sort of hero does that make you?
If you’re brave, face me one-on-one.
Look at me, monkey, without a Magical Treasure, you want to bully me?
I won’t accept it…
I won’t let it go, even in death!”
The words the monkey yelled made everyone laugh even harder.
The women who thought it was hilarious found the monkey adorable.
Though a bit foolish, wasn’t it just too much fun?
Jiang Tang didn’t utter a word.
Arguing with a monkey, he felt, would only add to the day’s jests.
As a human, how could he compete with a monkey in a war of words?
Having already won with his first move, why care about dissatisfaction from others?
If everything in the world was fair, there would be no poverty or wealth, no rulers or the humble.