Great Demon Sun Wukong

When Wukong heard that Dao Zhun was injured, his eyes instantly turned red. It was a state of anger at its extreme, yet Wukong said very calmly, "Everyone, follow me!" Prior to this, after his Divine Sense had exited from the world within the Jingu Bang and had rested briefly, it immediately sensed into the Black Castle. According to the Star Palace, Wukong left the World Suppressing Stele inside the world within the Jingu Bang.

Indeed, after placing the World Suppressing Stele inside the world within the artifact, the restless sensation that had been making Wukong's heart palpitate disappeared. Heaving a sigh of relief, Wukong flashed through the air and quickly arrived in the underground space. As soon as he landed, he saw Hei Kui and Wu Ming sitting back to back on a pile of disordered corpses, gasping for air. The Dragon Emperor was also unceremoniously lying on the ground, blood seeping from several deep, bone-revealing wounds on his body.

Ming Tiekuang was in a relatively better situation, but his body was also covered with numerous wounds of various sizes. Whatever the case, for the time being, it seemed like the Dragon Emperor and his group had won. "Great Saint, you really aren't very considerate, abandoning us to fight alone while you run off, and you only come back after the fight is over. I nearly left my flesh here. If you don't give me an explanation, I think it might be safer for me to return to my Domain of Death!"

Seeing Wukong's appearance, Hei Kui said half-jokingly. Wukong didn't reply immediately but quickly walked up to the bisected altar, opened his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes, and then he saw in the space beneath the crack of the altar, there was a small space where a soul seemed to be trying to break free, but its lower half was bound by the bottom of the altar, unable to escape. This Soul Body was naturally the previous chosen one whom Wukong had discovered.

He sighed inwardly, and a fierce light burst from Wukong's eyes as he directly incinerated the soul into nothingness. Then Wukong stepped off the altar and looked at Ming Wanjie, asking, "What about that shadow? Is it dead or did it escape?" Ming Wanjie replied, "I don't know, I also don't know whether it's dead or has fled." The Dragon Emperor lying on the ground spoke up, "It escaped. Ming Tiekuang and my attacks were almost completely ineffective against it. Only when I used the sacred force of the Golden Holy Dragon's origin could I injure that shadow. However, after I used all of my sacred force to clash against the shadow, it vanished; I'm certain it didn't die."

Nodding, Wukong said to Hei Kui, "I have a World Suppressing Stele inside of me, which seals something originating from the same source as that black shadow. I felt that the sealed being was being influenced by the black shadow and was striking the seal, so I had to leave. But it's fine now, as long as I don't use the World Suppressing Stele, there won't be a problem!"

Hei Kui, puzzled, asked, "World Suppressing Stele?" Wu Ming said in a low voice, "That's the Seal Stone." Hei Kui nodded in understanding and said no more. Instead, Wu Ming continued, "We still can't kill these guys; right now, we've only temporarily deprived them of their ability to act. Personally, I think our plan might not be very appropriate. This is just a small city with a little over three hundred people, and we've almost been completely wiped out."

The original plan, according to the Dragon Emperor, was for the eight of them to avoid contact with the Netherworld Alliance Forces and act independently, attacking the Underworld God Army's main base. But plans cannot keep up with changes, and it seemed now that they had overestimated themselves and underestimated the Underworld God Army. They had thought that among these three hundred or so people, none would be too strong for the five of them to handle. But now they realized that the Underworld God Army was much more terrifying than they had imagined.

Not only were they unkillable, but that single shadow was extremely troublesome. Who knew if other cities harbored similar specters? How many would there be and would their strength surpass this one? Thus, Wu Ming's suggestion was not made recklessly. If they continue to fight this way, perhaps the next city would become their final resting place. Wukong glanced at the Dragon Emperor and saw no particular emotion from him, then he looked towards Ming Tiekuang. After talking with the Star Palace and combining his own conjectures and discoveries, Wukong had become extremely wary of Ming Tiekuang.

So in response to Wu Ming's words, Sun Wukong didn't directly express his own stance. Instead, he looked to Ming Tiekuang with an inquiring gaze. Ming Tiekuang also furrowed his brow tightly and after glancing at everyone else, said, "If we give up just like that, then all of our current efforts will have been in vain. Of course, I am also to blame for this; I was not aware that the million-year world, the Underworld God Army, had turned into this. Or rather, they can no longer be considered an army, just a group of living puppets. And that black shadow, I can say frankly, was created by the infusion of a vast amount of active spirit power into a fragment of Underworld Venerate's soul. Indeed, it is not something we can contend with."

"However, I suggest that we can still try to find another city similar to this one. If we again encounter these black shadows, then we should retreat and abandon this plan. If we do not encounter them, it indicates that these black shadows are not everywhere, but only in a few specific cities. In that case, our plan might still be feasible. I still insist that if we destroy the Underworld God Army's stronghold, then the outcome of this battle will naturally be decided swiftly!"

Sun Wukong pondered for a moment before saying, "I agree with Ming Tiekuang's suggestion. We withdraw outside the city to rest and recover, then look for the next city!" Although Sun Wukong knew the presence of Ming Tiekuang was definitely a looming danger, it wasn't the time for a showdown yet. Besides, he also wanted to know the limits of Ming Tiekuang's capabilities, and about the black shadows, or the soul fragments of the Underworld Venerate, whether they existed in every city or only in select ones!

Thereupon, Sun Wukong and the others swiftly took to the air and left the underground space. Without the command of their leader, the Underworld God Army, even if they could resurrect, would pose no significant threat. Moreover, Hei Kui and Wu Ming did not simply defeat them earlier; they utilized their unique abilities to restrain both their souls and physical bodies, ensuring that, even if they could recover from their injuries, they still wouldn't be able to move for the time being.

After leaving the Black Castle, Sun Wukong and his companions returned to where Sha Wujing, Ye Zi, and Hidden Mountain were waiting. After detailing their recent encounter, Ye Zi also felt that the Underworld God Army's cities were indeed too perilous. With Ye Zi's help and more than two Chinese hours later, everyone finally restored their physical strength and spiritual power to their peak state. The Dragon Emperor had severe injuries, but they were external and had not reached his inner mansion or meridians. With the infusion of Ye Zi's life force, the injuries gradually healed.

It had to be said that in terms of injury healing and spiritual power recovery, Ye Zi truly had a knack for it. Moreover, his healing and recovery abilities relied on his own vast and rich life force, which allowed the recipient to recover from the inside out, its effectiveness much stronger than the light system healing ability of Meng Lan from Genesis Divine Nation. In fact, Sun Wukong considered whether to just have Ye Zi become a full-time healing personnel. However, upon learning that even after Ye Wu's recovery, Ye Zi would still possess the same healing abilities, Sun Wukong abandoned this thought.

But just as everyone was about to resume their journey, a voice suddenly resounded through the Patrolling Celestial World. It was a voice Sun Wukong had initially been unfamiliar with, but now knew all too well: it belonged to the Spirit Controller.

"The World Suppressing Stele belonging to Annihilation Demon Nation has been detonated; with the Heavenly Stele shattered, the Annihilation Demon Nation has been eliminated. As the detonation of their World Suppressing Stele caused considerable damage to the Patrolling Celestial World, punishment for the individuals of Annihilation Demon Nation will be as follows: firstly, direct loss of the qualification for the trial of Patrolling Celestial World; second, a reduction of the Annihilation Demon Nation's surviving member allocation to three; third, stripping of the Annihilation Demon Nation's World Suppressing Stele Destruction Number One; fourth, Annihilation Demon Nation will forever lose the opportunity to be promoted to Divine Kingdom; fifth, a reduction of three high-level worlds and ten intermediate worlds from the Annihilation Demon Nation's holdings."

This voice repeated continuously three times before disappearing, and the only reaction in the hearts of everyone who heard this voice was that the Annihilation Demon Nation was finished. Before everyone could fully process the information conveyed by this announcement, they all felt an earth-shattering, terrifying pressure. The higher their cultivation, the stronger the sense of danger they felt. Especially Sun Wukong, with his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes, he was horrified to discover that something within the Patrolling Celestial World seemed to be coming alive!(To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to vote for a recommendation ticket , a Monthly Pass, as your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)