Shigeo was wrapped in the light of the teleportation spell and when he opened his eyes again, he was in a rocky mountain area.
However, the scenario that greeted him was far from the peaceful outskirt where Tatsumaki had arrived at.
"Aghhhh!"
BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM
"Hold that monkey back! Reinforcements will be arriving soo- ugh!"
Dozens of members of the Hero Faction were jumping around and fighting a tiny wrinkled monkey-man who spun his staff around while a green dragon watched his back spitting out fire and aura.
"Hohoho, did Cao Cao spared that many soldiers just to fight this old man? Ohh, my heart is joyful, kekeke!"
The monkey laughed while jumping high into the air and creating clones of himself through his fur
Several clones stabbed their staffs at the members of the Hero Faction who were sent flying backwards
Shigeo was confused untill one of the soldiers called out to him
"You! Sir!"
He looked at the man who wore a fancy decorated robe over his clothes
"Are you the reinforcement Cao Cao-sama sent?"
Mob nodded and the man's expression light up, a look of hope stamped on his face
"Thank the heavens! We were getting destroyed by that monkey geezer, please help us take him down!"
He looked away from the man and to the ragging battlefield
The members of the Hero Faction used all kinds of magical abilities and sacred gears against the monkey king and his dragon companion, fire, lightning, ice, swords, spears and even jets of water were throw against him to no avail.
He could tell this wasn't going to be easy
"Okay, but please warn everyone stop attacking them, there's something I wanna try"
"U-uh?"
The attackers looked at Mob confused as he walked in the middle of the battlefield without a care
"S-stop! Everyone, halt!"
Ordered the team leader, imagining what Shigeo was trying to do.
Mob walked at a relaxed pace towards the monkey king and his reptile companion, who, noticing that the troops of the Hero Faction had retreated, stared at the single man who was approaching them.
"Oh, hello and who would you happen to be?"
Sun Wukong asked, although he didn't show, he was confused.
Despite the man not showing any signs of aggresion or malice towards him or Yu-Long, simply standing in front of them without so much as a fighting stance, his True Sight that could see even spirits and through illusions, allowed Wukong to see that man's true power.
It was immense, Wukong could tell without a doubt that he was far more powerful than all the soldiers that had attacked him combined.
Mob slightly bowed towards the two
"My name is Shigeo, unfortunately I can't give you anymore details about myself due to the organization I belong, but I must say that it's an honour to be meeting the legendary Great Sage Equal to Heaven and the Jade Dragon King"
Sun Wukong smiled, but gripped his staff tighter
"Kakakakaka! So you are a fan?"
He said, trying to hide the fact that this man... that single man was making him nervous just by standing in front of him.
What Sun Wukong saw and what he was hearing did not match, the huge strength of the one that just introduced himself and the peaceful way that he behaved in the midst of a battle made the Great Sage believe he was going for a surprise attack.
"Humff, finally a human from the Khaos Brigade that shows us a little respect!"
Yu-Long huffed.
Mob nodded to the Dragon King's words and continued
"As you just said, I'm currently working with the Khaos Brigade and their leader asked me to bring the two of you to him. He said you two have been causing a lot of trouble for us and are helping the devils and fallen angels to make an alliance with the youkais, that's not good for us humans..."
Sun Wukong smirked, so that was it, now they were going to fight...
His impatient travel companion quickly answered
"And what do you intend to do?"
Yu-Long asked, staring down and Mob
Wukong narrowed his eyes, preparing for a fight.
However, what the man in front of him did next made everyone who was present gawk at the scene.
Shigeo placed his hands on the knees and asked while bowing towards the duo
"I would like to ask of you to surrender peacefuly, please!"
The monkey king's eyes went wide, Yu-Long's jaw dropped and all the members of the Hero Faction were stunned
Wukong stared at the man, waiting for him to tell that it was a joke and they should get ready to fight, but that didn't happened.
"Gu-GUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The Jade Dragon broke out in a burst of laughter
"Y-you really think we're going to surrender that easily?!" - He asked
Shigeo shrugged
"I'm a peaceful man who dislikes fighting, my wife often says that I gotta have to be more tough, but this is what makes me happy. So I'd be really thankful if you would surrender peacefully and save me the trouble of unnecesary conflict."
Yu-Long suddenly stopped laughing and replied angrily to the esper
"What?! Are you implying that you can defeat us? HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's hilarious! What do you think about this, geezer?"
The dragon looked at his friend, but Sun Wukong was looking seriously at the man
"Uh... okay, we surrender"
The eyes of the members of the Hero Faction widdened, almost popping out of their heads at what they heard
"W-what are you talking about?! Have you lost your mind, old man?"
Yu-Long yelled, but Sun Wukong gave a heartful laugh
"Hahaha! With such a respectable man asking so honestly, how can I say no?"
He then extended his wrists
"I surrender, you can cuff me or whatever"
However, Mob shook his head
"Actually... Cao Cao gave me something else..."
He said, reaching inside his suit and pulling something that made Sun Wukong's eyes wide in surprise
"Where the hell did you get this?"
Yu-Long asked and Mob shook his head
"I don't know, he just said that I should put it in your head, recite a mantra and then you'd be restrained, just like that"
Sun Wukong looked surprised at the crown that Shigeo was holding, but after a moment he sighed
"That kid... he really went far and wide planning this"
To get hold of a copy of the crown that many centuries ago had him bound to the monk Tang Sanzang's will, he could only guess from who... or rather from where Cao Cao had stolen that from.
Sun Wukong approached Mob and pointed at his own head
"Okay boy, you got me, go ahead, place it right here."
The esper nodded and thanked the Great Sage before placing the crown on his head
"Thank you, now what about you? I'd appreciate a lot if you also surrendered."
Shigeo asked, turning to Yu-Long
The Jade Dragon's expression was one of anger, as if he was ready to curse at Mob's whole family
But suddenly, the dragon's wide mouth grinned, showing his rows of sharp, razor-like teeth
"Oh really? Well, if I were you, I would pay attention to what's in front of me"
Confused, Mob turned to Sun Wukong to find...
"A statue?"
Where the monkey king once stood, now was the statue of a monkey, with the crown on it's head
"Head's up!"
Shigeo heard a voice from his back as a sharp blow hit the side of his face
"Ouch" - He said with little emotion, turning to see Sun Wukong standing behind him with a wide smile on his face
"C'mon kid, you didn't actually thought it'd be this easy, did you?"
Mob rubbed the side of his cheek that had been hit by the attack, it was a little sore
The monkey king was surprised, that strike was actually aiming to knock him down, for him to not even fall down with a serious hit, that guy was really a big deal...
Shigeo sighed
"I actually don't like to fight but..."
He released his aura, a colourful spectacle that made even the dragon king back out in surprise
"Wow! Be careful old man! This guy means business!"
He now could see what Sun Wukong had seem the moment Mob had stepped in battle.
"No joke, huh? C'mon kid, let's see what you are made of!"
The Monkey King taunted Shigeo, who raised a hand
"W-woah!"
Sun Wukong was forced into his knees
"Are you sure you don't want to surrender now?"
The Great Sage smirked
"You have some power, kid, but..."
His Ruyi Jingu Bang staff extended, propelling him into the air
Shigeo tried to use his telekinesis to push Wukong back into the ground, but the monkey pulled a handful of hairs and suddenly a downpour of clones was falling onto him
""""Extend!""""""
The clones shouted as their staffs grew in size, ready to hit Shigeo
To defend himself, he created a barrier around him that blocked the several staffs that were coming down on him
"Ugh!"
He groaned, the impact of dozens of staffs hitting at once was more than he had predicted and it was starting to take a toll on him
"Disappear!"
Shigeo clapped his hands and all the clones immediately crashed into one another, vanishing in a cloud of smoke
He stared at the sky looking for where the real one was
"Don't forget about me!"
Yu-Long proclaimed, spitting a massive wave of fire towards Mob
"I haven't"
Shigeo extended his hands and the fire stopped, gathering into a huge fireball
"I think this belongs to you"
The ball of fire was shot back towards Yu-Long who raised his aura to defend himself, but the outburst of flames obscured his vision
"W-woah!"
Yu-Long exclaimed as he felt his head being forced into the ground
BRAAAAAM!
Rocks shattered as the Jade Dragon was pulled out of the air and crashed down.
"Please stop resisting"
Shigeo asked as he gathered aura into his hand and shot it towards Yu-Long
The dragon tried to stand up, but the force crushing his head barely allowed him to move, there was no time to avoid the burst of energy coming towards him
"Get out!"
Sun Wukong shouted as his staff extended and pushed Yu-Long out of the way of Mob's attack
"Ouch, did you really had to hit me?"
Yu-Long asked
"Just thank me for getting you out of the way"
The monkey king answered with a laugh, Yu-long groaned, annoyed
"Whatever, anyway how you're gonna deal with this guy, old man? Seems like he's getting the better out of you"
Sun Wukong reached into his head, pulling out a few more hairs
"Don't be desperate, my friend, I'm still just warming up!"
Blowing them in the air, he summoned several more clones to strike at Shigeo
"This again..."
Mob was starting to get annoyed, the clones of Sun Wukong were something else, even by feeling their energy it was almost impossible to tell the difference between them and the original one, so the only answer was to attack everyone
Shigeo spread out several aura shots aiming at all directions in order to catch all those in sight and get a hit on the original Sun Wukong.
However, the moment they were hit, they all disappeared in smoke
"Where the...?"
He asked confused as there was no one there anymore
"Watch out!"
He heard Yu-Long exclaim as the huge dragon coiled around him, trapping Shigeo in it's huge tail.
"Now you won't escape!"
When the Jade Dragon finished this words, a staff came right down towards Mob
"Good job,Yu-Long!"
Sun Wukong descended from the skies aiming for Shigeo
"Honestly, you two are so annoying!"
With a telekinetic burst, Shigeo forced Yu-Long's body to free him and stopped the Monkey King's staff with one hand while the other aimed at the Jade Dragon's head.
DOOOOOOOOOOOM
"Ugggh!"
The dragon exclaimed as an aura shot hit him straight at the side of the face sending him down to the ground
"Yu-Long!"
Sun Wukong jumped down, rushing to rescue his injured friend
"I won't let you."
Mob raised his hand and Wukong felt a pressure upon him, stopping him from moving.
Sun Wukong tapped his staff on the ground
"Strength of earth and will of heaven, release what's been hidden, break the bind!"
Using youjutsu, a huge ammount of touki was released from his body and he broke free from Shigeo's grip.
As expected, Sun Wukong wouldn't be easily held by telekinesis like that.
"Extend!"
The monkey king pointed his staff at Mob, Jingu Bang quickly increased in lenght
Shigeo raised his fist, ready to catch the attack, however, before it reached him, the staff of Sun Wukong increased in thickness, becoming like a huge pillar larger than his body
Mob dodged the attack by quickly stepping outside it's range, readying an aura attack at Sun Wukong
However, the Jingu Bang quickly turned into smoke, Sun wukong and Yu-Long were no longer there
"A distraction?"
Before Mob could ponder any further, a huge shadow was cast over him
When he looked up, a cloud was obscuring the sky above
"Jin Dou Yun! Cast the wrath from the skies!"
A huge lightning illuminated the area, heading towards Mob also was Yu-Long, shooting a huge wave of aura from his mouth
However, instead of defending, Mob raised his hand
"You can have it back"
Yu-Long's aura mixed with Jin Dou Yun's lightning halted in the air and changed directions, instead heading towards the monkey king himself
"H-hey, old man! This guy is manipulating our powers!"
Yu-Long panicked at the sight of their attacks being used against themselves
Wukong groaned and flew around on his cloud to dodge the attack, however, the lightning and aura also changed directions, increasing speed and even making ninety degree turns
"Tsk! You are an annoying brat, aren't you?"
Sun Wukong clicked his tongue and clapped his hands together
"Thunder of the dragon's jaw, dispell and fall to the ground!"
Immediately, the lightning was dispelled
"W-what?"
But despite of what he did, the aura was still charging at him
Unprepared, Wukong raised and extended his staff, propeling himself away from the cloud, dashing through the air
"Got you"
Sun Wukong felt a presence behind him and quickly his body was under a tight grip
He turned around to see Mob, a hand extend towards him
"Stay down"
A flur of aura was shot towards Sun Wukong, sending him down on the ground
"Geezer!"
Yu-Long shouted, fliying towards the falling monkey king and catching him on top of his head.
"Are you okay?"
He asked and Wukong stood up while dusting off his clothes
"Yeah, thanks, this guy managed to infuse his own aura in yours, that's why I couldn't cancel it... man, he really is a pain in the butt."
"What are we going to do?"
Wukong placed his hand on his chin for a while before coming up with an idea
"Let's do it like this..."
He whispered to his dragon friend, who then smiled
"Hehe, I see, let's do it then, old man!"
Yu-Long enthusiastically shouted, flying towards Mob at full speed
"You're going down"
Mob raised his hands and Yu-Long was pushed down
"W-woah! Do it already, geezer!"
Sun Wukong aimed his staff at Mob and it increased in size at an enourmous speed
Shigeo moved his body and dodged the attack by a hair's thread
However, there was one thing he did not notice
The moment Mob dodged the staff, the Sun Wukong who was sitting at the head of Yu-Long disappeared
"What?"
Mob asked confused and suddenly, the staff aimed at Mob turned into Sun Wukong!
"Got you!"
He exclaimed
The staff used by the clone was actually the real Sun Wukong all along. Taking this opportunity to approach Mob.
Shigeo closed his fists, ready to attack the monkey king, however, what Wukong did next took him by surprise.
The wrinkled youkai took one deep breath and suddenly...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
A loud shout that made even the rocks tremble echoed through the mountains, forcing even the members of the Hero Faction on the ground to cover their ears
Mob also couldn't handle the noise and instictively moved his hands to cover his ears
"Hah, an opening!"
Sun Wukong exclaimed as he extend his Ruji Bang straight at Mob's chest, sending him flying towards a mountain
BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
A loud sound echoed through the rocky lands as Shigeo hit one of the mountains, creating a huge cloud of dust and sending an avalanche downwards
"Take this too! GWAAAAAAAH!"
Yu-Long yelled as he shot a massive burst of aura towards where Mob had crashed
Wukong looked with a smile to the massive hole that had opened in the mountain
"I think that took care of him"
He declared
"You think?! That guy was such a fucking pain! It's been a while since we had to fight like this, where is the Khaos Brigade pulling these guys from?"
"Oh, shut your whining, you are the youngest of the dragon kings, too young to be complaining because of a little exercise"
Wukong scolded his friend and took a puff out of his pipe, but still, he wondered the same thing
Where had Cao Cao found a guy like him? And were there more?
The soldiers of the Hero Faction stared stupefied at the scene
"D-did they?"
One of them asked
"No... it can't be, Cao Cao-sama said..."
They were speechless, Mob alone had managed to stand up to Sun Wukong and Yu-Long in a manner that all of them together hadn't been able to.
And as they were whispering to each other, a pillar of light emerged from the mountain
"W-woah!"
The soldiers exclaimed as a human figure stood still in the pillar, in the middle of the huge hole in the mountain
Mob was not defeated.
And now he was serious.
"Fuck! How is he still counscious?!"
Yu-Long shouted
The pillar of aura shot a beam of light that split in two and charged towards the Monkey King and the Jade Dragon
Wukong dodged with his cloud, but Yu-Long wasn't as fast
"Yu-Long!"
He yelled, watching as the dragon tried to scape, but the beam of light, as if it had a mind of his own, changed directions and striked the dragon head on
"Ughh! This hurtssss!"
He yelled while falling, creating a loud sound and sending rocks upwards as his large body slammed on the ground
"Damnit! You really don't give up, do you?"
Wukong furrowed his eyebrowns, this was getting more and more difficult.
Even powerful demons and soldiers of Heaven had fallen with a single direct hit of the Jingu Bang, for him to be up and fighting after being hit not only by it, but also by Yu-Long's aura showed he was stronger than the majority of Heaven and Underworld.
"Where is that brat Cao Cao getting guys like this?"
He asked outloud this time while looking down
Yu-Long was not moving, he wanted to go there and check on him, but Mob's barrage of attacks was proving difficult to handle
He created several clones to try and block the attacks, but the explosion created by Mob destroyed the copies right away
Wukong could notice that Mob's aura had considerably increased, it was to the point where he could easily destroy his clones
VOOOOOOM
A huge crack on the stone was created when Mob flew away from the mountain, dashing towards Sun Wukong
"Tsk!"
The monkey king created several clones, each ridding a fake cloud in an attempt to divert Mob's attention, but Mob simply clapped his hands and the clones were destroyed in an instant
Shigeo finally managed to approach Sun Wukong and throw a punch at him
The monkey king swiftly blocked the attack with his staff
"Ugh?!"
However, this time he felt a strong impact in his arms as he blocked Mob's attack
His punch was so strong that he could feel the pressure even through Jingu Bang!
Wukong was realizing more and more this was getting out of hand, even though he had managed to get a full hit, it seemed like it only had worked to get the man angrier.
And the angrier he got, the stronger he got.
"Stop jumping around!"
Mob yelled, having given up on blocking, Wukong had resorted to dodging and using his clones as shields as he tried to come up with a plan.
He had to keep Mob busy so he wouldn't go after the knocked out Yu-Long, but things weren't looking good
BOOOOM DOOOOOOOM
A festival of lights covered the skies as Shigeo's aura exploded with every punch and shot. As the battle dragged on it seemed like he was only getting stronger
"Hmm, could this be?"
Wukong realized a battle of attrition wouldn't work, if anything, he would end up tiring first, that guy's powers seemed to be getting stronger as the battle raged on.
A grin started to form in Wukong's wrinkled face as the elderly monkey king swung his body, dodging another barrage of Mob's attacks
He finally had a plan.
Looking down at the ground, he could see the groups of Hero Faction soldiers staring at the sky in awe as they witnessed the mighty monkey king at last being matched in combat.
He tapped his cloud with his staff
"The party is over here!"
With his somersault, Wukong quickly descended towards them.
"H-hey, is that monkey coming towards-"
"Watch out!"
They shouted, jumping out of the monkey king's way, who was charging like a comet towards the rocky side of a mountain
"What is he doing?"
Mob spoke to himself as Wukong dashed downwards without any signs of slowing down
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
"What?!"
He stopped in the air as Sun Wukong hit the rock solid mountain with a loud sound, creating a thick cloud of dust on impact.
Mob stared confused as the dust settled down
"!"
Jingu Bang came out of the cloud of smoke, aiming towards Mob
Shigeo crossed his arms and blocked the attack, but suddenly, dozens Jingu Bangs extended from the dust, hitting Mob like a big wall of staffs charging at him
"Aghhh!"
He yelled while his body started to being pushed back by the barrage of staffs stretching and pushing him further into the sky
"Stop with this!"
Mob stopped blocking and raised his arms and quickly smashed down at the Jingu Bang wall in front of him
The staffs shattered in several pieces, like planks of wood breaking, sending shards everywhere
"Woah! He broke Jingu Bang with his own hands!"
The members of the Hero Faction down bellow stared amazed at Mob's power
"Cao Cao-sama surely has recruited some scary people..." - Another one said
They barely had time to get their bearings when the shards of the broken Jingu Bang started expanding as well
"Ugh!"
Mob squirmed as the shards of the staff that had been spread all through the air extended, hitting him from all sides
It was no longer a wall, Shigeo was effectively trapped in a Jingu Bang cage
The Hero Faction's members could only stare at what was happening, so Jingu Bang could be recreated and extended even from a single shard?
There was a moment of silence as they looked at the huge sphere that the staffs had formed, not even able to see Shigeo at the center of it.
Inside, Mob was being pressed by the staffs, he now was starting to regret having chosen to fight the Monkey King, if it was his wife, she likely wouldn't have fallen for all these tricks
"This is no time to be thinking about that!"
Mob exclaimed while releasing a huge aura from his body, he broke all of the Jingu Bang fragments and before they could restore themselves and attack him once more, he raised his hands and all their pieces gathered into a single sphere
"I'll destroy all of it"
He gripped his hands together and all of a sudden, the pile of destroyed pieces of staff began to disappear
"W-what is he doing?" - A soldier asked
"I-I don't know, but he's destroying it all!" - Another one exclaimed
Mob stared focused at the destroyed sphere, in reality, he was destroying the fragments at a molecular level, so they could no longer be controlled by Sun Wukong and the original staff in his hand
"H-he destroyed the pieces of Jingu Bang!"
"More than that! He pulverized it!"
The members of the Hero Faction looked stupefied as Mob finished obliterating the last pieces of the portion of the Jingu Bang he destroyed.
After it was done, Mob looked down, in the side of a mountain where Sun Wukong had crashed a large hole had been created, forming a cave.
So this was what he was planning? To hide and attack from the inside of the cave?
He thought to himself as he flew to the inside of the cave
"Your plan failed, just surrender now"
He stated, looking at Sun Wukong, who was just standing in the center of the cave he had created.
The monkey king just grinned and replied.
"You really are a formidable opponent, I've never met anyone able to destroy the fragments of Jingu Bang like that. But... Who said that my plan was just that?"
He questioned while moving to the side and revealing a woman tied up behind him
Mob's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth in anger, so his plan all along was to distract him in order to take a hostage?!
"Y-you..."
He raised his hand in order to pull the girl towards him, but Wukong placed his staff right above her head
"I wouldn't do that if I were you"
Sun Wukong stated with a smile, the woman who had her head between the ground and Jingu Bang had tears in her eyes
"P-please, please help me!"
Mob was shaking in anger
That was it, untill now he was holding back, but there was no other option.
"This means I can let it out... right?"
Wukong could see the disturbances in Mob's aura, it wasn't good, he could feel in his skin the pressure coming from the man in front of him.
"You... you shouldn't have done that!"
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
[100%!]
The monkey king actually got cold sweat cold and gulped down hard when Mob released his 100%
"Let her go! Now!"
Shigeo raised his hands, Wukong smiled cockily, ready to resist the attack, but this time Shigeo released a lot of strength
"W-woah! Ouchhh!"
Apparently so much power that it actually pushed the monkey king to the other end of the cave, where he hit his head into one of the walls, falling uncounscious
Mob placed the crown on Wukong's head and looked at the monkey king with anger in his eyes, however that anger quickly subsided when he heard a voice close to him
"T-thank you"
He looked down at the woman tied by ropes laying on the ground
"C-can you help me up? I can't untie myself"
She asked with a nervous voice
Mob shook his head, snapping out of his murderous intent
"S-sure"
He used his telekinesis to lift up the girl in the air, she was blonde, vivid blue eyes and almost his own height, for a moment Mob thought about how pretty she was before realizing how inapropriate he was being.
He swiftly snapped the ropes tying her
"W-w-what?!"
However, the moment the ropes hit the floor, Mob covered his eyes, his face flustered red
The ropes were the only thing covering the woman's body!
Standing in front of him, the beautiful blonde was completely naked, covering her big breasts and crotch with her hands
"W-why are you naked?!"
He asked awkwardly, still averting his gaze
"He destroyed my clothes when he captured me, s-sorry"
That pervert asshole youkai!
Mob thought to himself as he took out his jacket and handed it to her
"T-thanks"
She said, shyly taking the jacket from his hands and putting over herself
Mob tried to look, but the jacket barely covered her breasts and her bottom was still naked.
"Ugh..." - he groaned
"I-I'm sorry..." - The girl answered
"U-uh? Oh, no, I'm not mad at you, it's not your fault"
He replied her, still trying hard not to look
"I-I wasn't strong enough... sorry..."
"I already said, it wasn't your-"
"I was so scared!"
"Woah!"
Mob shouted as the girl jumped and hugged him
"W-what are you doing?"
He could feel her breasts rubbing against his body and her warmth directly against him
"Thank you so much for rescuing me!"
Mob kept his hands to the side, tryind desperately not to touch or look at the girl's body, which was getting more and more difficult as she rubbed herself against him
"I-it's okay! B-but could you p-please let me go?"
The woman shook her head
"But I'm scaaaaared!"
She responds, nuzzling her head on his chest
"Also, you saved me, please at least... let me repay you"
The woman grabbed Mob's chin and looked deep into his eyes, putting her arm under her breasts in order to puff out her cleavage even more
"Let me do something good for you..."
Mob became a deep shade of red
"N-no, I can't..."
She reached down and blew into his ear
"Please, let me show you my appreciation, my hero~"
It was the breaking point, Mob finally had enough
"I-I have a wife! Sorry! I can't do this!"
He exclaimed, pushing the woman away by her shoulders
...
A silence took over the place for a moment
Mob gathered courage to look at the girl again
She was looking at the ground
"A-are you okay?"
He asked
"So you are married, huh? What a faithful gentleman..."
Mob rubbed the back of his head embarassed
"Y-yeah..."
The girl looked up at him, a broad smile in her face that made Mob jolt back in confunsion
"But if I can't have you... no one can!"
"W-what?!"
Mob exclaimed as the woman charged towards him, her body bloated, turning herself into a huge blob monstrosity
He looked back and noticed that the Sun Wukong he had knocked out had disappeared
"A clone? So it's you?!"
Surprised, Mob attempted to push her away, but suddenly, the cave where he was in suddenly shifted and trembled, the entrance of the hole suddenly sealed itself and the walls began closing in.
It was only then that Mob noticed.
The woman in front of him was not Sun Wukong
He was the cave!
However, before Mob could do anything else, the woman who had become unrecognizable exploded, but not like a human, like an actual bomb.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Taken by surprise, surrounded by walls and no longer using his 100%, Mob was taken by the explosion
"Ughh!"
He was thrown against a wall, his clothes tattered and destroyed while his body was covered by burns and bruises.
"C-crap..."
Her reached his hand and felt the blood running down his head
[Kekekekeke]
Dizzy and with his ears ringing, Mob heard the muffled laugh from Sun Wukong
"You... asshole"
Sun Wukong congratulated himself.
Mob was too late to realize that Wukong's plan involved two clones, one pretending to be knocked out and one pretending to be a woman, both aiming to make him put his guard down, while the real Wukong was the cave itself. The dust that had rised when Wukong reached the ground was not actually caused by an impact, but rather created by the Monkey King so Mob wouldn't notice the transformation.
The attack with the multiple Jingu Bangs, all of this was so Mob wouldn't notice what was happening
"And what are you going to do now? I'm still... standing"
Shigeo said, standing up ready to fight once more
Sun Wukong was impressed, he had put quite an effort into making that bomb clone, for him not only to be conscious, but still able to fight was amazing to say the least
[Heh, you are a tough one, I didn't want to do this, but I guess I have no choice]
Mob looked around confused
[Please, try not to die]
Suddenly, flames started to appear all over the underground hole
"F-fuck!"
Shigeo exclaimed
[This is a technique I learned while I was being burned into Heaven's furnace, I'll try not to kill you, so please try to bear the heat]
Mob started hitting the walls and making it move, but even as he approached the surface, Sun Wukong did not reveal himself, if what he knew about the Victorious Fighting Budha was true, then his immortality was going to prevent him from being fully damaged.
Even if he could escape on his own, he would need enormous strength in order to force Sun Wukong out with him
He was going to use not only his emotions but of other people as well.
Mob closed his eyes, he could feel it with his skill
[Empathy]
The hearts of all the soldiers up on the ground
(Is Kageyama-san going to be okay?)
(Of course! We are heroes, we are going to win!)
(I trust Cao Cao-sama's judgment, I also believe in the strength I saw, we will not, we cannot lose!)
He smiled, all those feelings, all those people he barely knew but who were placing all their hopes on him
He could feel even the heart of Sun Wukong, his determination to win, even his anger over Yu-Long being knocked out.
"Hey, Wukong"
Mob called out
[What is it, do you finally give up?]
This time, it was Mob who laughed
"No, I just wanted to tell you that you made a very big mistake"
[Uh?]
The monkey king asked
"You underestimated the power of emotions, you underestimated my power, but most of all..."
Mob raised his hands in the air and suddenly, the whole ground began to shake
And not only the ground around him, the entire ground of the mountain area where they were fighting began to move
"You underestimated the power of humans"
Up on the ground, the soldiers of the Hero Faction were either flying or trying to hold their balance as the entire landscape started to twist and change
"W-woah! What is going on!"
"I don't know, just try not to fall!"
[W-what is this?!]
Even Sun Wukong asked, suddenly feeling himself being pressed and crushed from all sides
Mob was forcing the ground to press Wukong outside, now he was the one being crushed by the stone
"Now. Let. Me. Get. Out!"
[1000%!]
CRACK CRACK BOOOOOOOOOOOM
Mob managed to blast the entire cave wide open
"Aggghhhhhhhh!"
He could hear Sun Wukong's screams of pain
Figures, if he had turned himself into the cave, then destroying it would have hurted him
Mob summoned a huge ball of aura and sent it towards the mountain, creating a huge explosion
He looked down, analyzing where the old youkai would come from, large spheres of aura ready to blast at any moment, but to his surprise, nothing happened.
Shigeo did not notice a single movement from down below, untill the dust finally settled
Sun Wukong was laying on the ground immobile
"Are you finally done?"
The monkey king's body was raised in the air by Mob's telekinesis
But the moment he was about to place the crown on Sun Wukong's head
"BLEH!"
The old youkai showed out his tongue to Shigeo and disappeared
"A clone again?!"
"Behind you!"
Suddenly, a staff came down at Shigeo, who immediately blocked it, looking at Sun Wukong
The monkey king was ridding his somersault cloud, his clothes were thorn and he didn't seemed as well as before
"You really are annoying"
Mob said in a dry tone, Wukong laughed
"Right back at you, kid"
Both flew into the air, exchanging blows, dodging and blocking each other's attacks
Wukong raised his Jingu Bang to defend a right punch from Mob, but the large staff split in two
Mob's fist reached Sun Wukong's face and drilled a hole, shaving off half of the Monkey's King head
"Ugh!"
Wukong groaned, but quickly his head regenerated
"You truly are a difficult opponent to deal with, but this old monkey still has some fight in him, Kekekekeke"
He said, throwing several strands of his fur in the air summoning clones that jumped on Mob with their staffs in hand
"Tsk!"
Mob clicked his tongue, raising a barrier before pressing his hands together and destroying the clones that disappeared in a cloud of smoke
"If you are a youkai, then maybe this will stop you from coming back!"
Wukong felt one of his arms being lifted up and twisted
"Oh, are you trying this again?"
He tried to use a spell in order to stop Mob's control of his limbs, but it was too late, the Monkey King's left arm quickly exploded, leaving nothing behind
Taking advantage of the opening, Mob covered his fist in aura and plundered into Wukong's chest, a huge ammount of blood pouring out as he pulled his fist back leaving a hole on the youkai's abdomen.
Mob had used his power of exorcism to completely erase the youkai's arm, no matter how powerful he was, unless he was a holy being, exorcism would still be effective on him
The Monkey King's face frowned with an expression of pain
"Ow, ow owwwww! My arm! My guts! This hurtsss!"
He complained, so it had worked
Mob raised his hand, ready to explode the other limbs of the youkai, so long as he didn't exorcised any vitals, the monkey king wouldn't die
"A-agghhh!"
Sun Wukong yelled as his other arm and his legs vanished as well
Readying his final attack, Mob prepared to finally knock out Sun Wukong
"Eh, seems like this is the end, you got me good now kid"
A huge ammount of aura gathered on Mob's hand, this would be the final nail in the-
VOOOOOOOSH
"What?!"
Mob dodged down as a whip came flying and almost struck his head
"Kekekeke, just kidding!"
Sun Wukong's arms had turned into tentacles and had reached out in order to hit Mob
"C'mon, exorcism? Don't you think they already tried that with me at least a hundred times?"
The Monkey King mocked as his arms and legs slowly returned to normal
"Tsk"
Mob clicked his tongue
This was useless, even if he managed to attack him, Sun Wukong is a notoriously tough youkai who attained several forms of immortality throughout his bouts with Heaven and Hell. Even exorcism was proved not to be enough.
He stopped his attacks and looked straight at the Monkey King's eyes.
"Eh, what is it? Getting tired already? C'mon, entertain this old man a little longer"
Wukong called out, readying himself to attack again, however, this time Mob didn't answer to the provocation
He merely dodged Sun Wukong's attack and dashed down
Mob realized that if he wanted to win against the Victorious Fighting Budha, dumb strength wouldn't be enough.
The Monkey King looked down confused, he thought about chasing after him, but took a glance at his partner Yu-Long, knocked out on the ground
"Well, let's see what happened to him"
He flew down in his somersault towards the Jade Dragon
Meanwhile, Mob talked to the members of the Hero Faction
"S-sir, what happened?"
The esper looked at Sun Wukong, who was several feet away from them, treating the wounds of Yu-Long
"I got a plan, but it's easier if you all help me"
All the soldiers promptly saluted him
"Y-yes sir! What do you need?"
Mob stared at the ground and answered
"How many of you can summon water?"
They all exchanged looks and the one who addressed Shigeo replied
"I think all of us who use magic can do it if it's simply summoning water, but how much will you need?"
Mob narrowed his eyes
"All of it, as much as you can"
On the other side, Sun Wukong was doing his best using Senjutsu to revitalize the Jade Dragon
"Ohh, how long was I out?"
Yu-Long asked
"Long enough"
"Damn it, that guy is one strong asshole"
The monkey king nodded
"Yeah, but if we're gonna take him down I'm gonna need your-"
SPLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
As they were talking, a huge flood started filling the area
"W-what is this?"
Yu-Long asked
"Water?"
Wukong asked and looked in the direction of the Hero Faction's members, who were opening several water magic circles and flooding the entire area
Realizing what was going on, Wukong frowned
"That asshole... Yu-Long, let's go into the air"
"Roger"
Both partners took flight and rose into the sky, when they looked down again Mob was quickly flying towards them
"So you are finally playing it smart, huh? Water?"
Wukong asked, Mob just shrugged
"If you have a legend about yourself, you should be careful that it doesn't reveal your weakness"
The monkey king smiled bitterly, it was true that water couldn't kill him, but he also couldn't fight underwater.
If he was caught down there, it was over.
"Yeah, but what about me, smartass?"
Yu-Long asked, Mob looked at him confused
"You? I can deal with you on my own"
Hearin this, Yu-Long snapped
"Eh?! What do you mean? Are you calling me a small fry?!"
Mob raised an eyebrow at the dragon's tantrum
"I didn't say that..."
"Hey, Yu-Long calm down, don't do anything rushe-"
"WAAAAAHHHH!"
But not listening to Sun Wukong's warnings, Yu-long began to create a huge ball of aura into his mouth and shot it towards Mob
"No, you idiot!"
The Monkey King shouted, but it was too late, Mob had dashed inside and reverted the direction of the blast, sending Yu-Long's aura along with his own energy inside of the Jade Dragon
"B-BWAAAAH!"
Yu-Long shouted as an explosion formed inside his mouth
"Owwwn! This fucking hurtsssss!"
"Shut up and go down"
Mob raised his hands and threw Yu-Long down, underwater
Sun Wukong facepalmed
"He is... pretty reckless isn't he?" - Mob said to the old monkey
"Y-yeah, amongst the dragon kings, he is the youngest, so he has a bit of a personality..."
"I see, well..."
Mob turned to Sun Wukong, his own body enveloped in a huge aura
"Time for you to go down too"
Wukong smiled
"Oh, and how are you going to do that?"
Shigeo pointed to the monkey king
"With this"
Suddenly several magic circles surrounded Sun Wukong
"You're not the only one with partners"
Wukong's eyes went wide, he wasn't expecting attacks from the other soldiers
Swiftly, he jolted in his somersault, dodging the magical attacks by a small margin
But right above him, Mob prepared another attack
Sun Wukong prepared to dodge or block another wave of aura, however, the attack never came
Instead it grew into a huge ball of light
FLASH
The explosion created forced even the members of the Hero Faction to cover their eyes as the flash of light created by Mob covered the sky in a light that seemed like a second sun had risen
Sun Wukong was momentarily blinded and when he opened his eyes again, Mob was no longer in front of him
"What the hell?! Was that your trick, trying to blind me?"
He asked, but quickly felt an arm strangling him around the neck
"No, this was!"
Mob had Sun Wukong on a head lock and jumped out of the somersault cloud with him
"If I can't use my telekinesis to push you, then I'll take you down with me"
"Y-you!"
The monkey king had not expected this, he tried turning himself into a small animal to escape, but Mob quickly raised a barrier to stop him
SPLAAAAAAASH
Before he could do anything else to try and reach the surface, they both fell into the water and Mob quickly lifted the barrier, Sun Wukong was finally submerged on the water
He tried to escape, but Mob quickly created a whirpool that only pushed him deeper
It was impossible, Mob was in full control of the battle now and there was only one thing he could do if he didn't wanted to drown
Sun Wukong clapped his hands together
[Bi Shui Jue!] - Water avoidance charm!
"Ahhh!" - He took a deep breath
This ability allowed him to stay alive and move underwater, but he was unable to fly and his powers were greatly diminished, that means scaping from the water now would be almost impossible if he didn't do something fast
"Agghhhhhh!" - But just as he was thinking this, Mob had hitted him with a powerful blast, sending him even further down underwater.
"Ruji Bang! Extend!" - He tried to counter attack, but Ruji Bang was considerably slower and Mob easily dodged it
Right away, a whirl of water hit Sun Wukong and then another blast took him by surprised, he was being pushed in so many directions that he couldn't keep up
Sun Wukong's spells could protect him against Mob's telekinesis, but if he used it on the water, then Mob could use the movement of it to drag the monkey king as he pleased
"Damnit!"
The old youkai tried to counter by stabbing his Ruji Bang against a rock in order to resist, but a new shockwave came, this time heading for the staff
CRECK
Ruji Bang snapped in two with the presure Mob was creating with the water
"Ugh!"
Sun Wukong was swapped away by the water again, untill he was stopped by a hand on his throat
"It's over."
Mob coldly stated, looking into the monkey king's eyes, who struggled as Mob estrangled him
He was pressing Sun Wukong's neck so hard that the monkey could feel blood starting to gather in his mouth
"Ughhh"
Struggling to get free, Sun Wukong's vision was starting to become hazy
It seems like this was finally the end...
"LET THE OLD MAN GOOOOO!"
A huge wave of golden aura came towards Shigeo, pushing him away from the Monkey King
Yu-Long had come back!
"About time"
Sun Wukong said, rubbing his sore neck
"Oh, shut up, old man. Be thankful that I was once the guardian of a lake and I'm not useless when underwater like you!"
Sun Wukong laughed at his partner's provocation
"That's right"
He mounted on Yu-Long's head and pointed towards Shigeo
"Now show him the power of the youngest Dragon King!"
"You can leave it to me!"
Yu-Long charged towards Mob, he moved incredibly underwater, as someone who had spent a good part of his life living in a lake before meeting Sun Wukong, he was great at fighintg in this element
However, Mob was done with this.
BRUMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The ground began to crack and several rocks were lifted in the water
"That won't stop me!"
Yu-Long quickly doged or destroyed the rocks, charging in Mob's direction
But as if avoiding the fight, the esper escaped to the surface
"Is he... escaping?"
Wukong asked confused
"Hah! He finally learned to fear the wrath of a dragon king!"
The Jade Dragon proudly declared, chasing after Mob
However, the moment they both went to the surface, a huge shadow loomed over them
"W-what is this?"
Yu-Long asked, looking at the rocky scenario that stood in top of them
The soldiers of the Khaos Brigade who had escaped to high ground were staring in awe as Shigeo raised his hands in the air
It was then that Sun Wukong and Yu-Long realized that the ground being broken apart underwater and sending rocks everywhere wasn't a distraction technique.
Standing on top of them stood three huge mountains Mob had forced out of the ground
"This crazy asshole!" - Sun Wukong yelled
"I will end this here!"
Mob threw the mountains down
Yu-Long quickly sunk underwater in order to delay them
"We gotta escape!"
He yelled desperately to Sun Wukong, who nervously responded
"There's no way! We gonna have to destroy our way through it!"
He raised his staff, ready to jump to the surface and try to break through to the mountain
Yu-Long took a deep breath and said calmly
"There is a way..."
The Jade Dragon created a magic circle as the looming shadow of the mountain approached more and more
"What are you doin-"
Wukong tried to protest before Yu-Long grabbed him with his huge claws
"Live, old man!"
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The mountains finally reached the bottom of the lake Mob had created wih the help of the Hero Faction and crushed everything beneath their enormous weight
"It's over..."
Mob used his powers to part the water and send it away, leaving only the mountains stacked on top of each other and beneath them, struggling with only it's head out... Sun Wukong
"Feels familiar?"
He sarcastically said while approaching the immobilized monkey king
"Tsk..."
Sun Wukong merely clicked his tongue
"So, no more tricks?"
Mob said, bringing out the crown once again to place on Sun Wukong's head
"Just one more..."
The Monkey King answered with a grin
Mob stepped back as did the members of the Hero Faction that had started to approach the scene, waiting for whatever trick the old youkai would pull next
"The old man isn't the only one who can transform, you know?"
PUFFFF
In a cloud of smoke, the monkey king in front of them disappeared and instead a huge dragon was now immobilized beneath the mountains
"Looks like I got you"
Yu-Long said with a bitter laugh
He was captured, but as long as Wukong was free, things weren't lost
Mob's eyes widened and he grabed the Jade Dragon by the chin
"Where is he?!" - He yelled at the dragon, it was almost a comic sight, the average looking man holding the face of an immobilized monster while screaming at him
The soldiers of the Hero Faction, however, were in high alert, waiting for the Monkey King they were afraid would jump on them right at the first opportunity
"He's not here, I sent him away, you'll never find him again, hehehe"
Yu-Long laughed with a bit of pain on his voice, the mountains were seriously taking a toll on his body
The soldiers of the Hero faction relaxed, knowing the Monkey King was no longer a present threat, however, Mob wasn't nearly as happy
"Damnit!"
He punched Yu-Long's chin so hard that the Dragon King was knocked out instantly, teeth and blood falling around as the Dragon's jaw seemed to have been dislocated
The soldiers gulped, someone who could so easily wound a Dragon King wasn't a person they could approach carelessly, but still... someone had to ask him.
They looked around each other untill eventually all eyes came to rest on the group's leader.
Knowing it was up to him, the man gave a deep sigh and walked up to Shigeo, carefull not to anger him even more.
"Uh, s-sir, what we do now?" - He asked
Mob looked at the sky and inhaled, taking a deep breath
"We report back..."
He then looked at the Dragon King's green scales, being reminded of his wife
"She's definitely not letting me out of the hook for this..."
Part 2
Meanwhile, somehwere far away...
"Woaahhh!"
Sun Wukong exclaimed as he fell down the dragon gate created by Yu-Long into a field
The monkey rubbed his head, troubled
"That damn dragon..."
He said, feeling angry at what Yu-Long had done but still touched by the act of sacrifice from the usually immature dragon king.
Sighing, he summoned a communication circle
He had to communicate this to his superiors
"Hi Sakra-sama, yeah, it's Wukong here. I've got bad news, I just got attacked by some powerful guy from the Khaos Brigade and... well, he captured Yu-Long."
A moment of silence passed before the Monkey King received an answer that made every single fur on his body stand up
"Yasaka-hime and Arjuna-sama were what?!"
Afterword: Alright, first of all I want to say that I have not read "Journey to the West", by what I've heard the story is about 2000 pages long and if I were to read all that this chapter would only have been released in December. I've read articles and watched Overly Sarcastic Productions playlist summarizing the story and if what I heard is true, then both Sun Wukong's weakness to water and the fact that he can be temporarily blinded are mentioned in Journey to the West as weaknessess of him. But I also obviously had to nerf Sun Wukong's skills to the level he has in DxD while still keeping him strong enough to fight Mob. I mean, in Shin DxD he didn't even used his transformations in his fight against the Vali team, it was a bit underwhelming, so I wanted to make this fight more interesting. Hopefully I managed to do that.
Also, I didn't used Mobs ? ? ?% because in my head, he learned to control it in the manga's last Arc. So in this Fic, Mob is much more powerful than he was in the original series, so he doesn't need to rely on ? ? ? anymore
Sorry for taking so long to post this chapter, college had me busy and making a fight with a character as tricky as Sun Wukong is not an easy task.
Now, without further delay let's go to the reader's questions:
Guest-Questoner: Happy birthday, my friend! Thanks for the suggestion, the cave with the girl on it came from your idea. And don't worry about me dropping this story, this is honestly the only one that I have been building in my mind. Even my original story (not a fanfic, my own original novel) has been postponed as I find myself coming up with more and more ideas for this fanfic. I got ideas for the Esper Devil all the way up to Shin DxD, so there's still plenty of content to make untill I finish it. Well, to be completely honest, I have been thinking about doing an AU version of this fic with the same characters, except but in an "what if" scenario where Tatseyo arrives in Kuoh right when the events of DxD start, but I'll only truly think about that when this one is finished.
And no, I didn't know about the fics and the authors you mentioned untill you commented, I'll check on them, you have good taste after all ;D
Tsun: Indeed, Tatsumaki and Mob in this story might have some pretty OOC behaviour, but that is because they are decades older than they are in the original series, they are married and have raised a child, that changes people a lot, so I'm trying to write both of them as adults affected by the responsabilities and changes in the world and their lifes. The Mob and Tatsumaki in this story, although still the same characters, are much older than in their original stories and I'm trying to show that change through their behaviour.
No, the power levels in this story are in no way reated to the To Aru levels in anything but name, as any To Aru esper bellow level 5 would be a joke in the DxD universe.
And as for your last statement, it makes me really happy that people are invested in the morals of DxD and this story. But since I don't want to spoil anything, I'll just say this: Tatseyo is very naive and still has a lot to learn about the world, eventually he might see things are not as black and white as he thinks they are...