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Just as Sun Wukong had yet to react, Jingu Bang had already devoured the Thunder Dragon completely. In the end, it even belched a wisp of lightning, as if... as if it had let out a satiated burp after a good meal.
Witnessing this scene slipping out of his control, Sun Wukong couldn't help but look astonished. Ever since Jingu Bang had suddenly absorbed the earth attribute's Spiritual Charm from his Divine Sense sea, the staff had become increasingly disobedient. Nonetheless, the connection between Jingu Bang and Wukong's spirit had not weakened but had strengthened instead, and it was this fact that convinced Sun Wukong that Jingu Bang was still Jingu Bang, and not turned into an evil or demonic weapon. After all, such events were not uncommon.
