Great Demon Sun Wukong

Indeed, the golden Buddha image that enveloped Sha Wujing's body was none other than Sun Wukong's master, Golden Cicada Tang Sanzang. After Sha Wujing lost his memory, he forgot his eldest disciple brother Sun Wukong, his second disciple brother Zhu Bajie, the White Dragon, and even who he was himself, but in his heart, he never forgot one person, and that was Tang Sanzang. Although he did not know who this name represented, although he did not know who the Buddha image he condensed every time was, in his heart there was one conviction, "I must find my master, Tang Sanzang."

Therefore, when the golden Buddha image appeared, Sun Wukong could not help but shed tears—not just out of nostalgia for his own master but also because Sha Wujing's actions overwhelmed him with sadness. Despite having lost his memory and forgotten everything, he still remembered his master.

Although he was sorrowful at heart, Sun Wukong was also a person who took great care of the overall situation. He knew what he should do at the moment was to leave here quickly. Suppressing the grief in his heart, the blow from the two shadowy figures behind him landed directly on the golden Buddha image. However, after that, the black and white radiance intensified, and a black and a white beam of light seemed to cover the sky, making everyone feel that apart from the blinding white and pitch-black darkness, they could no longer see anything else.

Sha Wujing was directly exposed to the sudden burst of these two kinds of light, and in that instant, he not only lost his vision but also had all his senses stripped away. He plummeted straight down in mid-air. Meanwhile, in front of the Primordial Palace, chaos erupted. The people who were originally watching the battle first saw countless mud flying towards them, and before they could react, everything went dark, then white, losing all senses and divine sense in an instant. Then, a series of explosive booms followed. The mud mixed with Primordial Water and Primordial Earth's powers fell one after another.

The already extremely unstable elements exploded upon impact, and the explosions were massive. Moreover, with their senses stripped away, all the spectators in front of the Primordial Palace received a heavy blow. For a full quarter of a Chinese hour, people slowly began to recover. And when they opened their eyes and saw their surroundings, everyone gasped in shock and then filled their eyes with anger.
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But by that time, where was there any trace of Sun Wukong and his companions? The Soul Devouring Monk, holding his left shoulder, slowly stood up. However, all his attention was not on the Primordial Palace and the people within, which had been razed by the explosion; instead, he immediately staggered towards the place where Sha Wujing had fallen. Only when he finally saw Sha Wujing in the large pit on the ground did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Just now, in the midst of the mud explosions, one person from the Primordial Palace was unfortunately killed, while all the others sustained serious injuries, and a few of them were even critically injured, which could cause them to lose their combat power. Even the Soul Devouring Monk himself had his left shoulder so badly blown that it was almost severed. However, with his powerful devouring ability, his injury would certainly heal quickly. And among the group from the Ancient Primordial World, the only one uninjured apart from Sha Wujing, who was not affected by the explosions, was the semi-monk, semi-Taoist Yu Fan Taoist Monk.

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong and his four companions, having flown far from the Primordial Palace for half a Chinese hour, finally came to a halt and found a concealed spot to recover and regroup. And at this time, it could be seen that among these five individuals, apart from Sun Wukong, one of the other four was Divine Honor He Tu from the Myriad Gods Hall. It is known that Divine Honor He Tu had appeared before, during the assault led by Xi Zhao on the Annihilation Demon Nation and later appeared again when Ming Wanjie and others attacked the Myriad Demons Palace. And now, among Sun Wukong's group, there was also a Divine Honor He Tu. Could it be that there were three identical Divine Honor He Tu?

Of course, there are not three Divine Honors; there is only one Divine Honor He Tu from the Myriad Gods Hall. But he can use a type of doppelganger divine skill. This doppelganger divine skill allows him to attach his split soul to someone else, completely transforming that person into his own likeness—in thoughts, senses, spiritual power circulation, and everything else. The interconnectedness of the six senses means that what one sees, hears, smells, and so on is shared among them.

At first glance, this divine skill seems of little use—seemingly just two more split souls that also require two volunteers as hosts—but in certain situations, this divine skill is just extraordinary. For example, now in the Netherworld World, the Myriad Gods Hall and the Canglan River Realm formed a tripartite alliance conducting a three-pronged campaign, each with distinct missions, requiring precise coordination between the allied forces. Otherwise, if one side starts withdrawing while the other has just begun to fight, the situation could turn dire.

If it were the initial stages of the Patrolling Celestial World trial, it would be manageable since no one knew each other's location. But now, it is different; the whereabouts of all forces are nearly discerned, and the allied two or three forces have established teleportation arrays with each other. So, failing to advance and retreat together would indeed be disastrous.

At this moment, the divine skill of Divine Honor He Tu becomes highly valuable. Two split souls plus one original form provided intelligence and command communication among the triple alliance. Just now, during the intense battle between Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, the original Divine Honor He Tu suddenly received a message from the direction of the Annihilation Demon Nation, followed by another message from the Myriad Demons Country.

The message from the Annihilation Palace was that the general situation was basically settled, and if nothing unexpected happened, it should be possible to heavily damage or even completely annihilate the people of the Annihilation Demon Nation. However, this was only one of the matters, the second was the whereabouts of the five missing individuals from the Myriad Gods Hall had been discovered. At that time, the allied forces comprised twenty people from the Netherworld World, fifteen from the Myriad Gods Hall, and fifteen from the Canglan Water Realm, for a total of fifty people. But when the group arrived at their destination, they discovered that five individuals had inexplicably vanished without a trace.

This was an alarming incident. Under the watchful eyes of three Domain Lord level powerhouses and numerous Peak Supreme masters, five people had gone missing without anyone noticing, which seemed utterly impossible. Yet, in reality, it had truly occurred. However, the third onslaught of Ferocious Beasts upon the Annihilation Palace was imminent, and everyone was too busy to search for the five individuals, assuming they acted on their own after discovering something.

While they didn't actively search for them, everyone kept an eye out for any movements from the five individuals. And it was during the fierce battle between Xi Zhao's group and the people of the Annihilation Alliance Army that suddenly three individuals from the Myriad Gods Hall caught up from behind. Although curious why only three appeared, everyone was too engrossed in the battle to question further. These three appeared to have tattered clothing but were uninjured and their aura seemed unharmed.

These three didn't offer any explanations and simply chose a battle group to join. But just when everyone had let their guard down, the three suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream, as if they had encountered something terrifying, and then they exploded simultaneously.

The three were Peak Supreme powerhouses, and each one was tightly packed among the people of the Netherworld Alliance Army, even close to those being attacked by the Annihilation Alliance Army. Thus, their self-destruction shocked everyone. Those at the epicenter of the blast were heavily injured or killed.

This was not comparable to the self-destruction of the previous Ferocious Beasts; although there were many of them with strong Cultivation, their explosive force was weak and didn't match their power. As a result, Mo Wu only lost twelve people to block the self-destruction of over a thousand beasts completely.

But the power of these three individuals' self-destruction was different, instantly killing three people being besieged by the Annihilation Alliance Army and even five from the Netherworld Alliance Army. The rest were all injured. At this point, everyone present was stunned. Mo Wu and others found it unbelievable and incomprehensible. Why would they choose to self-destruct when they clearly had a huge advantage? Including the three who exploded, they used eight lives in exchange for three of their own.

What was happening to them?

Xi Zhao and the others were even more shocked, struggling to regain their composure. It was confirmed that these three were among the five who had disappeared earlier. But why did they suddenly self-destruct after returning and from their placement in the explosion, was their intent to kill everyone?

Though they had lost five individuals, the Netherworld Alliance Army still held the advantage. He Tu's doppelganger immediately relayed this information to another doppelganger and the original, instructing them to watch out for another two disciples from the Myriad Gods Hall and to kill them immediately if their behavior was suspicious.

Then came the message from the doppelganger in the Myriad Demons Country, which was precisely why Sun Wukong and the others did not hesitate to retreat immediately.

The content of the message was just one sentence, "The Myriad Demons Country can't hold out anymore!"