Great Demon Sun Wukong

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The battle was essentially over. After Qian Yuye's death, Ming Liekuang and the other two of Ming An and Ming Tu were swiftly dealt with by Wu Zhiqi. However, they still bore the mysterious chains so they didn't truly die; instead, they were transported back to the stronghold of the Underworld God Army. Once the Underworld God Army was dealt with, Sun Wukong, along with Hei Kui and Wu Zhiqi, ascended to the summit of Blood Mist Mountain.

As for Xi Zhao, he had already been taken into Dao Zhun's mystic space by Sun Wukong. Of course, a separate small space was specially created for him, or else if the beings inside, including Mo Wu the demon ferret, saw Xi Zhao, it would certainly lead to another slaughter, and Xi Zhao, who was seriously injured, would likely be killed. That would mean Sun Wukong's death as well. After Yi Xuan explained the current situation of the Spirit Controller to Sun Wukong, they all couldn't help but feel worried. Although the Spirit Controller was suppressed now, what to do next?

They could neither kill him nor set him free. Although Hei Kui really wanted to kill the Spirit Controller, after Sun Wukong explained the pros and cons, Hei Kui had to restrain himself for his own safety. After a long discussion, they finally made a decision. Killing was definitely not an option, and they couldn't just keep him sealed there forever; the Patrolling Celestial World trials still needed the Spirit Controller to act as the judge to determine the final winner.

Therefore, the best method was to negotiate with the Spirit Controller. But before that, some preparations had to be made. At this moment, Chi Ghost was not in good condition. Although his life wasn't in danger, he had lost a lot of his strength without his shadow. Even though he still was at the Heavenly Venerate realm, his actual combat power wasn't much stronger than Sun Wukong's. Amongst them, Yi Xuan was the strongest, at the primary stage nearing the mid-grade of Heavenly Venerate. Though Yi Xuan had also dropped a grade due to sealing the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent, his strength had now recovered to about seventy or eighty percent. Moreover, Wu Zhiqi, who had evolved into the Nine Decisions Primordial Beast, possessed the strength near that of a half-step Heavenly Venerate.

As for Hei Kui, he himself was uncertain of his own strength. His realm was still at the intermediate grade of Domain Lord, unchanged, yet his combat power simply couldn't be estimated as that of a Domain Lord mid-grade. According to Yi Xuan, without utilizing the power of Blood Prison, Hei Kui's combat power would be a bit above that of a Domain Lord peak. But once he employed the power of Blood Prison, it was absolutely akin to the combat power of a Heavenly Venerate primary stage. It was difficult to imagine that Hei Kui, who was at the intermediate grade of Domain Lord, after merging with Wu Ming, could possess Heavenly Venerate level combat power in a full-on explosion state.

However, while such a lineup was already sufficient against the Spirit Controller, for extra caution, some arrangements still had to be made. Just as Chi Ghost had mentioned, during his battle, there were already five soul bodies at the initial stage of Heavenly Venerate. If Chi Ghost's body had not possessed a considerable suppression effect on soul bodies, he would have died long ago. Later in the battle, the Spirit Controller even brought out a mid-grade Heavenly Venerate soul body, so who knew if there were more soul bodies at the mid-grade of Heavenly Venerate.

Just one more would be enough to completely wipe out Sun Wukong and his companions. Not everyone had the constitution like Chi Ghost. Moreover, Sun Wukong had lost the Wonderful Bodhi Tree, so even if he used the limit power of the Five Elements Attribute again, at most he could reach a half-step Heavenly Venerate, which was far from the mid-grade of Heavenly Venerate.

In light of this, with the help of Chi Ghost and Sun Wukong, using the balance of the Five Elements power within Sun Wukong coupled with Chi Ghost's innate ability to restrain soul bodies, Yi Xuan once again laid out the Soul Locking God Capturing Great Formation with Blood Mist Mountain as the formation eye. As long as Blood Mist Mountain was not utterly destroyed, the formation would remain effective, and to reinforce Blood Mist Mountain, Sun Wukong even spent considerable spiritual power using the strength of the Primordial Earth to solidify the Mountain of World Suppression, merging it with Blood Mist Mountain. While difficult, it was successfully achieved with everyone's help.

Then, it was time to negotiate with the Spirit Controller. Everyone took their positions, and then Hei Kui pressed a hand to the ground, as if searching for something. Immediately after, he suddenly lifted his hand upward, and the ground where he pressed turned into a bottomless pit. Soon, a somewhat bedraggled figure floated up from the pit. After the fusion of Wu Ming into Hei Kui's Black Prison, Hei Kui had become the second master of Blood Mist Mountain.

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And as the Spirit Controller appeared, Sun Wukong's eyes suddenly shot out two beams of light. With the Heavenly Seal Stamp, at the Fourth Layer Realm of Divine Sense, locking heaven and earth, he fiercely launched a move, directly binding the Spirit Controller with invisible chains formed by Divine Sense. Of course, these restraints or seals, powerful as they are, could not completely bind the Spirit Controller; the immense gap in level was not something that could be easily bridged. However, after the Spirit Controller appeared, he struggled only briefly before he stopped resisting.

"Crimson Army, truly impressive tactics. No wonder we paid such a high price to find your traces, only to come up empty-handed in the end. You really do possess extraordinary abilities," the Spirit Controller was not foolish. After being suppressed by the Blood Mist Mountain of the Crimson Army, he knew that their plan had likely failed. Not only had Xi Zhao and Ling Weiyang suffered a crushing defeat, but even his last reliance, the Annihilation Nine Headed Serpent, had been sealed. Therefore, after being suppressed by the Blood Mist Mountain, he did not expend a lot of energy to escape but instead waited confidently within.

Although the Spirit Controller had played his trump cards and ultimately failed this time, he knew that neither the Crimson Army nor Sun Wukong would dare to kill him—not only did they not dare to kill him, but they also did not dare to inflict serious injuries on him. Of course, that was under the premise that no one knew the specific situation of the Law Enforcers—indeed, it was unlikely anyone knew the Law Enforcers' real situation, not even the Crimson Army. Hence, if only the Spirit Controller himself knew, then he had nothing to fear.

He was well aware that even though his actions aimed to eliminate the other seven Law Enforcers, those seven became his biggest support as long as this matter was not exposed. If the Crimson Army dared to harm him or kill him, the other Law Enforcers would certainly find out, and that would shake the entire universe; after all, in the eyes of the other Law Enforcers, the Spirit Controller was still their most intimate brother.

However, while the Spirit Controller had something to fall back on, he did not dare to be too presumptuous. While the other seven Law Enforcers indeed have immense power capable of destroying heavens and earth, in reality, they were not present in this universe, or rather, their true bodies were not here. Of course, that's not to say all of them—amongst them, the Punisher and the Judge had recently appeared during the opening of the Six Kingdoms War.

However, after the Six Kingdoms War ended, the Punisher had already entered the Fallen Tomb with 'Old Nine', also known as the Primordial Earth Pearl, along with a group of people. So, in fact, in the entire universe, there were only the Spirit Controller and the Judge left among the Law Enforcers, and the Judge was also needed to guard the Cosmic Furnace, which is the destination of the mystic chains on the Underworld God Army collecting Spiritual Power. It was for this reason that the Spirit Controller dared to create such an uproar during the Patrolling Celestial World's trial, and if it weren't for the unexpected appearance of the Crimson Army, perhaps the Spirit Controller would have indeed succeeded.

When the World Suppressing Stele of the Annihilation Demon Nation exploded, resulting in a tenth of the Patrolling Celestial World being damaged, the Annihilation Demon Nation was subjected to punishment. The ones who went to the Annihilation Demon Nation to announce the punishment were the Heavenly Patroller and the Spirit Controller. Strangely enough, despite the Heavenly Patroller's appearance, why is it said that there are only the Judge among the Law Enforcers in the universe now? It's simple, aside from the Judge, the Punisher, and the Spirit Controller, the other five were not their real bodies. Otherwise, it would not have required both the Heavenly Patroller and the Spirit Controller to announce the punishment to the Annihilation Demon Nation over such a trivial matter. This was all because the Heavenly Patroller was only a Doppelganger, with just the strength of a Half-step Heavenly Venerate, relying entirely on the Spirit Controller for support.

Given these circumstances, the Spirit Controller had to appear very tough and fearless on the surface but couldn't overdo it. If he genuinely angered the other party, causing them to lash out and really attack him, he might not necessarily die if he fought with all his might, but severe injury was certain. Additionally, as soon as the Spirit Controller appeared, he sensed an incredibly strange suppression and binding sensation surrounding him; he estimated that currently, he could only exert at most half of his peak Combat Power. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and Monthly Passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)