Great Demon Sun Wukong

In his grief, Sun Wukong only felt an boundless rage rushing into his mind, as if it was about to incinerate his divine consciousness in an instant. And in that moment, Sun Wukong had a feeling that if he let his anger burn away his divine consciousness, he would gain immense power.

Just as Sun Wukong was contemplating whether to use this power to avenge the little fox, he suddenly heard Xi Zhao exclaim with a shock, "Monkey, the little fox isn't dead, she's fine!"

Sun Wukong's eyes snapped open, and he forcefully suppressed the longing for that power in his heart. He hurriedly looked towards the little fox, and upon seeing her, Sun Wukong burst into tears of extreme joy! It was a great euphoria of having regained what was lost.

Sun Wukong had been tortured by death too many times; time and again he had watched as brothers, friends, and his master died before him, and that repeated torment had almost become unbearable for him.

If the little fox had truly died this time, Sun Wukong would have likely been taken over by heart demons in an instant, turning him into a demon. Although he would have gained great power, that would no longer be himself.

Therefore, seeing that the little fox was still lying there completely intact, the heart demon within Sun Wukong instantly faded away, but the demon had left its mark deep within his heart.

He reached out to feel the little fox's breath, and found it to be normal, with no injuries on her body. It was then that Sun Wukong also saw a middle-aged man's corpse bisected into two beside the little fox!

The bifurcated corpse lay on the ground, preventing Sun Wukong from recognizing who it was. But it was clear that at the last moment, this person had pushed away the little fox, taking the sword strike in her place, and was cleaved in half at the waist! Only in this way could they have deceived Yao Wumeng. Discover stories at empire

Otherwise, such a sword expert would have surely realized something was amiss if his strike had met with no resistance. It was this person's self-sacrifice that led Yao Wumeng to believe the little fox was dead, allowing him to turn and retreat when Lao Wang charged in with his long blade, and then eagerly fought him.

So who was this person? Why did he save the little fox?

As he pondered, Sun Wukong was about to turn over the corpse to see who it was. But as he stretched out his hand, Xi Zhao stopped him and said, "There's no need to look, this is the Saint Armor Turtle we met! It turns out that he had sealed his own body inside the little fox's, so that he could sacrifice himself at the critical moment to save her life."

After Xi Zhao finished speaking, Sun Wukong was shaken to the core! It was the Saint Armor Turtle? He, he could actually go to such lengths? To sacrifice himself to such an extent for someone else!

Before Sun Wukong could recover from his shock, Xi Zhao had already grabbed him and, with the little fox in tow, started sprinting towards the distance. Xi Zhao carrying Sun Wukong in one hand and the little fox in the other looked quite comical, but none of them were in the mood to laugh.

Although the Blade Master Lao Wang and Yao Wumeng had clashed, the epic battle showed that the two were evenly matched. However, Xi Zhao and the others weren't safe yet. Myriad Demons Country would not have sent only three people to hunt down the little fox; backup was surely on the way.

Or to put it another way, these three were likely just scouts or the vanguard. Behind them, there would certainly be even more formidable people. Those even more powerful than Yao Wumeng would have the strength of top-level Domain Lords, the strongest beings in the universe, other than those who possessed the World Suppressing Stele.

So Xi Zhao knew that there was no time to linger or to despair, the only way to survive was to keep fleeing. They might have been lucky to have someone come to save them this time, but what about the next? And the time after that? Could they be lucky every single time?

Xi Zhao did not dare to be sure. Thus, he did not rely on luck to save his life. However, the more Xi Zhao ran, the more shocked he became, and his heart grew colder. Finally, after running for a full Chinese hour, Xi Zhao came to a halt. He had realized that he was lost!

Although he had been in the Netherworld for some time, it was simply too vast, and his knowledge of it was limited, relying more on what he had heard of in his previous life.

Previously, in their rush to escape, they had run so frenziedly though for just a short while, the little fox's speed was so fast that they had no idea how far they had sped away. Now, looking around, they were surrounded by towering trees, appearing like a vast primordial forest.

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However, there are so many forests in the Netherworld World that Xi Zhao simply couldn't recognize them all. Thus, within this forest, Xi Zhao had completely lost his sense of direction, aware only that behind him lay the battlefield where Yao Wumeng and the elder swordsman, Blade Master Lao Wang, had their fierce battle. But as for what lay ahead, he had no idea.

Furthermore, Xi Zhao knew that he and his companions had no time to waste. Under normal circumstances, getting lost wouldn't be an issue as long as they could get away from Yao Wumeng. But now it was different, their goal was the Supreme Pool, and choosing a random direction could disastrously lead them further away from it.

The most fatal issue was that Xi Zhao had no idea which direction the little fox had run off in. He knew only that they had landed at the foot of a large mountain in the Soul Extinguishing Mountain Range, after which the little fox had carried the two of them off in a mad dash. In their haste, they hadn't been able to give the little fox any directions.

Once Xi Zhao stopped, Sun Wukong also snapped back to reality. After taking a deep breath, Sun Wukong had returned to his normal self. The little fox, however, remained unconscious. Seeing that Sun Wukong was now alright, Xi Zhao patted Sun Wukong's shoulder, who didn't say much in return.

But when Sun Wukong saw the little fox, he suddenly exclaimed, "Ever since this little fox started following us, she's spent most of her time unconscious. I really don't know if that's her luck or misfortune!"

"Let's not worry about her for now. As long as she's not hurt and still alive, that's lucky. Monkey, we, we've lost our way!" said Xi Zhao as he relayed his earlier thoughts to Sun Wukong. After he finished speaking, Sun Wukong's brow furrowed with concern, indeed they were in a predicament.

In the end, after another discussion, they decided to continue moving forward regardless. Since there was no way to know their exact location, they had no choice but to push onward. In this vast forest, even the basic directions of northeast, southwest were difficult to discern.

In other material worlds, even without the sun, one could determine the basic directions by observing the growth of trees in a forest. However, in the Netherworld World, the growth of all the plants relied not on sunlight, but on the soul energy floating in the air and the energy from the earth.

Therefore, it was impossible to use the growth of trees to identify direction, and furthermore, in the Netherworld World, nine out of ten days were overcast, with no sun visible, nearly eliminating any possibility of orienting themselves.

Switching back and forth carrying the little fox, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao hurried on.

Meanwhile, the battle between Blade Master Lao Wang and Yao Wumeng, left behind, had escalated. Yao Wumeng had seen Xi Zhao escape with Sun Wukong and the little fox, but he wasn't worried because he had Fenji. With Fenji in his possession, no matter how far they fled, he could instantly break through space to pursue them. Thus, he paid it no mind, focusing all his attention on the fight.

Blade Master Lao Wang was indeed a formidable opponent. At first, Xi Zhao had not recognized the snow-white blade, but after a reminder from Blade Master Lao Wang, he remembered everything!

Legend has it that under the command of the Domain Lord Yue Huangquan of the Netherworld World, there are five individuals! These five are the mightiest under Yue Huangquan, yet no one has ever seen them. Not even the lords of the Ten Inner Cities can match these five individuals.

These five rarely make appearances, and the last time they moved within sight of people was during the last Six Kingdoms War, when they, along with Yue Huangquan, made a one-time appearance as his guards in the public eye!

However, no one knew their appearances or names, the only distinguishing feature being the weapons of the five individuals. Among them, one person's weapon was a snow-white long blade. This blade was two times wider and longer than an ordinary greatsword, and its snowy-white blade seemed to have the power to shake one's soul and essence.

If that were all, it wouldn't be enough to make many people remember this blade. What made this snow-white blade famous was that its bearer once used it to slay a Domain Lord Level powerhouse from the Annihilation Demon Nation with a single strike. Of course, this person was only fused with the Nine Cosmic Laws and was not a Domain Lord who possessed the World Suppressing Stele.

With a single strike, he killed such a powerful figure, provoking the ire of the Annihilation Demon Nation. Subsequently, twenty warriors, each at the Nine Patterns Peak Level, surrounded the man with the snow-white blade. But as these twenty attacked, the other four under Yue Huangquan took action as well. Then, five against twenty of the same realm resulted in a crushing defeat for the twenty.

If not for the inopportune situation at the time, those twenty might have perished.

After this battle, the names of the five generals of the Netherworld World became known to everyone. And that snow-white blade became a symbol of deterrence.

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