Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong
Epithet	'Ranking: no.40' (랭킹: 40위, laengking: 40wi)
Game
Name	Sun Wukong
Hangul	손오공
Romaja	son-ogong
LINE Webtoon	Monkey King
Game Information
Type	Player
Gender	Male
Class	Wizard
Personal Attribute(s)	Sun Wukong
Lucid Ball Rank	40
Status	Active
Affiliations	Elixir Plant
First Appearance
First Seen	Season 2 Episode 13

Sun Wukong is a player in Lucid Adventure. He is a member of Elixir Plant and is currently ranked no.40 in the Lucid Ball Ranking System.

Appearance

Sun Wukong is a young man with ginger hair styled into a top knot and two long side bangs framing his face. The markings of Sun Wukong's crown in mythology engraved on his face.

He wears a hat that depicts the crown as well, two yellow bands around his neck, short red jacket with black shirt, light grey pants with a small red belt that hanged from his waist, and black and red shoes. According to Master Swordsman, he is a monkey.

Gallery

Lucid Adventure

Sun Wukong summoning Ruyi Jingu Bang

Personality

Sun Wukong is a jovial and mischievous person as he had teased Guan Yu for walking into his trap and calling him "Little Daredevil" but he can be serious when things start looking rough. His cool mood can be broken when he is wounded in battle as he was pissed off when Guan Yu slashed him.

Relationships

Not much has been shown at all. It can be assumed that Sun Wukong is on good terms with his guild and that he dislikes Giga.

Giga

Ham

During the battle with Ge Des, Sun Wukong became one of Ham's chess pieces. She refers to him as "Elongated Monkey" (길쭉한 원숭이). He was saved by Ham from Ge Des's magic attack and he tried to recruit her to the Elixir Plant Guild but she turned him down.

Abilities

Overview

As the strongest 40th ranked player under the Lucid Ball Ranking System, Sun Wukong is one of the strongest players in the game. Although his exact rank is unknown in Elixir Plant, he has enough authority to command the Magic Corps of his guild in a battle against Giga's forces outside of the Crosswalk of Moon.

In his brief battle with Guan Yu outside of the Crosswalk of Moon, Sun Wukong managed to hold his own against the powerful fighter. He is one of the rankers that responded to Kongming's quest issue during Ge Des's invasion of Charming Castle.

Endurance: Despite being slashed and cut open by Guan Yu's Guandao, Wukong kept his composure and was able to immediately counterattack with a skill of his own.

Personal Attribute

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A personal attribute is based on Sun Wukong (孫悟空), known as the Monkey King, a Chinese trickster god. He plays a central role in the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, achieving enlightenment as Tang Sanzang’s disciple.

Monkey Magic: Wukong is usually surrounded by multiple golden monkeys which he uses to perform various monkey king based spells.

• Magical Barrier: He is able to create a magical barrier with his golden monkey that immobilise that inflicts great pain as well as immobilises the target. This barrier can be used on beings of different sizes ranging from Guan Yu to the Vermilion Bird - Phoenix.

Weapon Summoning: Wukong is able to summon a gigantic magical staff with the motif of the Legendary Sun Wukong's Ryu Jingu Bang. The staff can vary in size and can be used to both crush targets as well as push them back.

Skill Tree

Sun Wukong Skills

• Tightening Hoop of Pain: Magical golden monkeys encircle the target, creating a large loop which blasts the target with an energy, causing massive damage.
• Summon - Ruyi Jingu Bang: Sun Wukong summons a Giant staff from the sky to crush the target.
• Magic Staff Arrow: Sun Wukong fires a light blue beam at the target.

Quests

Quest	Status	Start	End
Nightmare 'Demon King Army' Incident Near Charming Castle	Incomplete	Season 2 Episode 74	-

History

Season 2

Lucid Adventure Arc

Sun Wukong was introduced into the series protecting an important area from Guan Yu and his giga army. He had attempted to stop Guan Yu in his path of destruction by dropping his giant magical staff on him but it didn't stop Guan Yu from destroying Elixir Plant's Guild shield which started an all out fight between the Elixir Plant army and Giga's army.

Sun Wukong confronted Guan Yu and both start to fight with the latter opening up with a successful slash on the former. Sun Wukong was extremely annoyed and retaliated with a magic staff arrow which pierced Guan Yu's ear, pissing him off. Their duel was interrupted by The Best Swordsman who opened up with Lacerate (切), which shocked Sun Wukong.

Advent of the Demon King Arc

Sun Wukong is one of the 4 rankers that answered Giga's immediate request for help when Ge Des invaded Charming Castle. Sun Wukong and the other rankers came to the battlefield, hoping to share the reward from the boss monster. He then formed a combo along with other players to halt Ge Des' phoenix. After Ham joined the battle, Sun Wukong became one of her chess pieces.

Major Battles

• Sun Wukong vs. Guan Yu
• Sun Wukong, Ariast, Halloween Girl, I Lick Ketchup, Gangrim, Zhao Yun, Dr. Park, Giga's 12th Team vs. Ge Des

Translation Notes & Issues

손오공 is translated as Monkey King by LINE Webtoon.

손오공 is the Korean form of the Chinese characters '孫悟空' (Sūn Wùkōng), which literally means "Monkey awakened to emptiness"

'孫悟空' is pronounced as 'Sūn Wùkōng' in Chinese which is the original. In Japanese, he is called 'Son Goku' (Kanji: そ ん ご く う). In Korea he is called 'Son Oh Gong' (Hanja: 손오공).

Notes & Trivia

• The character is based on Sun Wukong, the legendary main character of the famous 16th century Chinese novel, Journey to the West. More information on Sun Wukong can be found here.
• Sun Wukong is the first member of Elixir Plant to be revealed.
• Sun Wukong said to be a ranker by Tempest in Season 2 Episode 13. His rank was officially revealed in Season 2 Episode 74.