Many people believe that Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen are both magical and incomparable in strength, and if it were not for the help of Daozu, Erlang Shen would not have been able to capture Sun Wukong at all.
In fact, the strength of the Erlang God should be slightly better than That of Sun Wukong.
In the sixth time of the original work, erlang god and Sun Wukong tried the art of change, and Sun Wukong was almost completely suppressed by the erlang god, no matter what the erlang god could always restrain him, which was enough to explain the problem.
But some people believe that the reason why Sun Wukong lost to the Erlang God in the test of the Art of Change was not that his skills were inferior to those of a person, but that he used the Art of Change first. Whoever changes first loses, because the latter can see the opportunity to act and change the things that restrain the former.
In fact, this is not a question of first change and later change, the author designed this plot in order to reflect the superiority of Erlang's divine skills.
If not, the first change is not a problem at all, for example, Sun Wukong changed into a sparrow, and the Erlang God immediately transformed into a sparrowhawk that deals with the sparrow, at this time, can't Sun Wukong change again, become a sharp archer, and in turn restrain the Sparrow Eagle transformed by the Erlang God?
However, although the Erlang God was highly skilled, he was able to capture Sun Wukong, and indeed relied on the help of Taishang Laojun. If there is no Taishang Laojun smashing Sun Wukong with King Kong, he really can't capture Sun Wukong.
Some people must be very curious, since Erlang's divine skill is superior to Sun Wukong, why can't he capture Sun Wukong?
Because Sun Wukong has the body of King Kong and is invincible in defense, Erlang Shen is only a skill, Sun Wukong is not a big deal in his several moves, but these few moves do not harm him at all. As long as he didn't give up resisting, he could fight with the Erlang God all the time, how could the Erlang God capture him?
So, if Sun Wukong didn't have the body of King Kong, could the Erlang God capture him alone?
Some people believe that even if Sun Wukong did not have the body of King Kong, the Erlang God could not capture him. Because Sun Wukong still has a tendon douyun, a tendon bucket of 18,000 miles, if he takes the opportunity to escape, the Erlang God will not be able to catch up.
In fact, if Sun Wukong didn't have the body of King Kong, the Erlang God could have captured him. We can see this from the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
In the sixth time of the original work, the Erlang God and Sun Wukong fought against the Guanjiangkou, and Guanyin Bodhisattva invited the immortals to come out of the South Heavenly Gate to watch the battle. When the battle was fierce, Guanyin Bodhisattva said to Daozu, "What about the erlang god held up by the poor monk?" Sure enough, he had the power to besiege the great saint, but he had not yet been captured. ”
Erlang Shen had already trapped Sun Wukong, and it could be seen that douyun had no effect, otherwise he could completely withdraw from the battlefield, only because he had the body of King Kong, he could barely support it.
Just imagine, if Sun Wukong did not have the body of King Kong and did not have invincible defense, how long could he hold out after he was besieged by the Erlang God?
Not to mention, the reason why Sun Wukong cultivated the body of King Kong was because he stole a large amount of immortal elixir from Taishang Laojun. These elixirs not only enhanced Sun Wukong's defensive power, but also greatly enhanced his internal cultivation. If Sun Wukong did not have the body of King Kong, it meant that he did not steal a large amount of immortal elixirs, and did not have such a deep internal cultivation, so his combat effectiveness would inevitably be greatly reduced, and it would not be inferior to erlang shen. It was easier for Erlang Shensheng to capture him.
Erlang Shen is worthy of being the famous god of war in the Three Realms, although he does not have the body of King Kong, but his mana cultivation (or martial arts literacy, internal cultivation, and fighting skills) is obviously above Sun Wukong.