Chapter 174 Guanyin Releases the Water
"Amitabha! Nezha, you should give up resisting. I guarantee I won't harm you, and I will do my best to plead on your behalf!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva gently shook her head and sighed.
"It seems that we can only meet in battle after all!"
Nezha took a deep breath, cultivated his strength to temporarily suppress his injuries, and prepared to face Samantabhadra Bodhisattva with some confidence. But facing Guanyin Bodhisattva, he had no foundation to speak of and had to give it his all! Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
"Behold the spear!"
With a stomp, the Wind-Fire Wheels ignited with a blaze of light. In a flash, Nezha appeared before Guanyin Bodhisattva, and his Fire-tipped Spear thrust fiercely toward her.
"Amitabha!"
With another chant of a Buddha's name from Guanyin Bodhisattva, her white jade-clean bottle shook and a ray of light flew out, blocking Nezha's Fire-tipped Spear. Although the Shrinking Earth into Inches divine skill was formidable, Guanyin Bodhisattva was also adept at it.
Nezha's ambush posed no threat to her, and the attack of the Fire-tipped Spear was firmly blocked by the beam of light from the bottle, unable to breach her defense in the slightest.
Nezha's expression grew even more unsightly. Guanyin Bodhisattva's strength was much greater than he had imagined. This was turning out to be troublesome!
"Nezha! Damn it!"
Erlang God Yang Jian, who was entangled with the Six-Eared Macaque, changed his expression at this sight. Dropping his duel with the macaque, he rushed toward the battlefield where Nezha and Guanyin Bodhisattva were, only to be intercepted by the Six-Eared Macaque.
"Out of the way! I have to help Nezha!"
Erlang God Yang Jian roared and a silver light spread over the Tri-point Double-edged Sword in his hand. He was about to blast the macaque aside and go to Nezha's assistance when he heard the Six-Eared Macaque whisper, "Yang Jian, haven't you noticed that Guanyin Bodhisattva is intentionally holding back? She really doesn't want to harm Nezha, she's just going through the motions!"
Upon closer inspection, Erlang God Yang Jian realized that Guanyin Bodhisattva was indeed just continuously releasing beams of light from the white jade-clean bottle to ward off Nezha's attacks without actively striking back. It looked as if she was only on the defensive without any capability to counterattack.
Yet on closer inspection, Yang Jian saw that it was just as the Six-Eared Macaque had said, Guanyin Bodhisattva was going easy; she wasn't using her true strength at all.
It seemed that Guanyin Bodhisattva genuinely did not wish to strike Nezha, but was compelled to do so by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's intimidating presence, not wanting to give any grounds for criticism. Thus, she made a show of exerting effort without really doing so. This was good news - Nezha was temporarily out of danger.
Erlang God Yang Jian shifted his gaze to the Six-Eared Macaque only to discover a trail of blue smoke fading away as the macaque disappeared. Scanning the area, he found the macaque charging toward the battlefield where Ran Deng Buddha was.
Frowning, he was tempted to chase after the macaque but then dismissed the thought and instead stayed to watch the battle, content that his previous actions had fulfilled his duty. Now, the only person he cared about on the battlefield was Nezha. Since the Six-Eared Macaque had broken through his blockade, he would let it be.
In the battlefield where Ran Deng Buddha was, Jiao Demon King and the others had already fallen into dire combat.
The strength of a Half-Step Saint was overwhelmingly powerful. Even the combined forces of Jiao Demon King, the Five Great Demon Kings, Leng Xuan, the Through-Arm Ape Monkey Sun Wushuang, and the Demon King Sun Tong could barely withstand him, resorting to their secret techniques to forcibly boost their strength to block Ran Deng Buddha's attacks.
Such techniques, however, could not be sustained indefinitely. On the verge of collapse, they were about to give in!
"Seventy-Two Heaven-Shocking Staff!"
The Six-Eared Macaque did not join in blocking Ran Deng Buddha's attacks but instead charged directly toward him, gathering energy for his ultimate move and aiming for the weak spot on his back. Even with the cultivation strength of a Half-Step Saint like Ran Deng Buddha, a direct hit from this staff strike would assuredly cause injury—a fact the Six-Eared Macaque firmly believed!
"Buddha Shadows of the Twenty-Four Heavens!"
Ran Deng Buddha, sensing the sneak attack from the Six-Eared Macaque, was currently exerting full pressure on the likes of Jiao Demon King and saw they were close to breaking under his assault. If he were to stop and turn to face the Six-Eared Macaque, his efforts would be wasted. With a flash of cold light in his eyes, giant Buddha shadows rose from the Twenty-Four Heavens.
Numerous Buddha palms stretched out from the heavens, grabbing at the shadow of the staff strike from the Six-Eared Macaque.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The roars thundered across the sky, the force of the impact spreading far and wide...
At the border of the Four Seas, a giant vortex of water appeared in space, growing larger and larger, intense spatial fluctuations rippling outward. Moments later, a figure emerged from the center of the spatial whirlpool - it was none other than Sun Wukong.
After coming out from the Dragon Nest, Sun Wukong didn't delay at all and immediately flew towards the entrance and exit of the Heavenly Dragon Valley on his cloud, not caring in the slightest how much Chaos Primordial Force it would consume to soar through the clouds within the valley.
His deep sense of unease grew stronger with each passing moment; something was certainly wrong at Flower-Fruit Mountain, and it wasn't anything trivial!
"Is it the Heavenly Court, or the Buddhist Sect? Could it be that the leakage of stellar spiritual qi has drawn the attention of the Heavenly Court, and they have noticed the Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation of Flower-Fruit Mountain?"
Many speculations flashed through Sun Wukong's mind, but none he could confirm. Logically speaking, the Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation had already been re-sealed by Sun Wukong, and the stellar spiritual qi should only be transmitted bit by bit into the Heaven-Piercing Tower for the use of the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Race.
It shouldn't have been discovered so quickly by the Heavenly Court and the Western Heavenly Buddhist Sect, right?
It was incomprehensible! But one thing Sun Wukong could be sure of was that Flower-Fruit Mountain was in big trouble!
He had to hurry back as fast as possible!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
One enormous beast shadow after another charged out of the spatial vortex following Sun Wukong, the undead mixed-blood exotic beasts originally controlled by the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable!
When the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable and Ying Long, Ying Tian, fought a great battle, he had initiated a beast tide. In addition to drawing out all the undead mixed-blood exotic beasts from the Beast Spirit Mountain Range, all the undead mixed-blood exotic beasts and the other Dragon Race puppets in the Heavenly Dragon Valley were summoned as well.
Sun Wukong's rapid flight from the Dragon Nest to the space portal of Heavenly Dragon Valley had attracted the attention of many undead mixed-blood exotic beasts, which obstructed him.
Sun Wukong was not someone with a good temper, and now that his cultivation had broken through to the realm of a Daluo Golden Immortal, his strength was several times more formidable than before. How could he bear the provocation of these undead mixed-blood exotic beasts?
He erupted in anger, slaughtering many that stood in his way, but there were just too many of these undead mixed-blood exotic beasts and Dragon Race puppets!
Without the restrictions of the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, the undead mixed-blood exotic beasts acted purely on instinct. Their strength might have decreased, but they became even more fearless and reckless in the face of death, endlessly coming at him so that they could not all be killed. Sun Wukong was hindered by these creatures, wasting a lot of time.
Eventually, tired of the nuisance, he simply blasted away those that blocked his path, forcibly creating a bloody path, and used his Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils to open the spatial node of Heavenly Dragon Valley, emerging from the space vortex.
The undead mixed-blood exotic beasts following closely behind Sun Wukong also burst forth from the vortex, seemingly relentless in their pursuit to the death.
"Seal shut!"
With a single thought, Sun Wukong closed the spatial node of Heavenly Dragon Valley, blocking the remaining undead mixed-blood exotic beasts from emerging. With a pinch near his ear, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod flew from his dantian along the meridian to his right ear in an instant, where he gently grasped the end of the rod and pulled it out fiercely.
A golden-hooped iron rod enveloped in raging flames was pulled out from his right ear. With a shake, it became as thick as the mouth of a bowl and was mercilessly swung at the group of undead mixed-blood exotic beasts.
Golden light filled the sky and flames shone brilliantly; with this strike of the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, terrifying staff force mixed with the intense True Solar Fire enveloped the chasing undead mixed-blood exotic beasts. A loud boom followed, as each of these creatures was shattered by the force and then incinerated by the True Solar Fire, leaving no trace behind.
"Who dares to act so recklessly at the border of the Four Seas, disturbing the peace of my Sea Race? Are you tired of living?"
Having just turned all the chasing undead mixed-blood exotic beasts into nothing more than dust with a single blow, Sun Wukong was about to leave on his cloud when several figures rose from the great vortex at the border of the Four Seas and flew into the sky in front of Sun Wukong.
They were the patrolling night devils, shrimp soldiers, and crab generals of the Western Sea Dragon Clan, led by none other than the Great Prince of the Western Sea, Ao Mo'ang, wielding a trident, dressed in black armor.
"I was wondering who it might be, turns out it's the Great Prince of the Western Sea! What's the matter, does the Great Prince want to have another round with your Old Sun?"
Sun Wukong's mouth curved into a mocking smile, baring a mischievous and ominous grin at the Great Prince Ao Mo'ang, causing a sudden lurch in the latter's heart.
"Damn! Why is it this demon monkey again?"
During the previous encounter at the Northern Sea Dragon Palace, the Great Prince Ao Mo'ang had been severely beaten by Sun Wukong, becoming nothing short of a nightmare for him. Meeting Sun Wukong again here was just his bad luck!
However, at this time, shouldn't Sun Wukong be at Flower-Fruit Mountain, leading those demons against the armies of the Heavenly Court?
"Don't be too arrogant, Sun Wukong! Your Flower-Fruit Mountain is facing a disaster; it's being besieged by a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers, and here you are, still in the mood to joke with this prince!"
Ao Mo'ang said with a sneer, his words causing Sun Wukong's brows to furrow deeply.
"A hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers besieging Flower-Fruit Mountain? When did this happen? What do you know? Tell me everything in detail!"
In a flash, Sun Wukong appeared in front of the Great Prince Ao Mo'ang, reaching out with one hand to grab him as easy as an eagle snatching a chicken, his speed so fast that Ao Mo'ang was subdued before he could even react.