Great Demon Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong had already activated his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes and immediately shouted after taking a look, "Quick, run, fly upwards, quick!" Sun Wukong's voice came very suddenly, startling everyone, and for a moment, they didn't react. Only Sha Wujing, holding Flame God with one hand and Rogue Heart Sword Hero with the other, promptly soared into the sky. At that time, Sha Wujing was still maintaining a perfect fusion with the World Suppressing Stele, and his cultivation was still at the Heavenly Venerate level. Following suit, Hei Kui and Wu Zhiqi also reacted, both genuine Heavenly Venerates, so they felt an unusual crisis and soared after Sha Wujing towards the sky.

Just as they flew tens of thousands of meters up, everyone had already seen the source of the noise. As far as their eyes could see, the entire sky had merged with the ground. "Run, it's a sandstorm!" A regular sandstorm couldn't faze Sun Wukong and the others, as even the least among them, Sun Wukong, possessed Nine Patterns Supreme. They wouldn't worry about any sandstorm, but this time was different because the sandstorm rapidly sweeping towards them from afar consisted of both Nine Heavens Clear Wind and Nine Heavens Pure Earth, two attributes of origin power.

This was simply impossible—the origin of the Five Elements' power came in two kinds. The first was pure Five Elements Power, nothing more than pure energy, like the origin of Wasteland Soil within Sun Wukong's stele, the origin of Burning Fire in Bajie's body contained within the stele, and the origin of Ultimate Water within the White Dragon's body, which were all examples of the Five Elements Attribute origin power that could enhance one's cultivation greatly when absorbed. The other kind, however, was an origin power that struck terror into everyone's hearts. No one could absorb or fuse with these origins of the Five Elements, and their existence was utterly unpredictable.

Ye Zi faced Nine Heavens Pure Thunder during her Heavenly Tribulation when she broke through the Domain Lord Peak while patrolling the Celestial World, which scorched her inside and out. Before, it had been mentioned that Sha Wujing used Nine Heavens Pure Water from the Ultimate Water Stele, but that was merely for show, just a greatly diluted drop of Nine Heavens Pure Water, not on the same level as the actual Nine Heavens Pure Water. And now, in the sandstorm rampaging in the distance, the combination of Nine Heavens Clear Wind and Nine Heavens Pure Earth was much more terrifying than the heavenly tribulation Ye Zi had endured from Nine Heavens Pure Thunder.

That's why, upon discovery, Sun Wukong attempted to flee immediately. He also quickly realized why this planet, while possessing the scale of a high-level world, lacked any trace of life, featuring only boundless deserts. With such terrifying sandstorms rampaging intermittently, it was impossible for people—or anything, really—to exist here. When Sun Wukong and the others first arrived, they noticed the strange sand that could corrode their clothes and flesh, and if they didn't maintain a spiritual power protective shield at all times, soon enough, the flesh would be blown off their bones, which would be ground into dust.

"Sword Hero, haven't you been here for so long? Have you never encountered such a terrifying sandstorm?" While exerting all their effort to fly higher, Sun Wukong couldn't help but ask. Rogue Heart Sword Hero, supported by Sha Wujing and not too strained, still managed to answer Sun Wukong's question, "No, this is definitely the first time; otherwise, we wouldn't have stayed until now and would have run away long ago!" Just as Rogue Heart Sword Hero finished speaking, everyone suddenly felt heavier, and they heard Sun Wukong say, "Not good, the space here is starting to shatter, and suction forces are appearing in the space. Everyone, unleash all your power, don't hold back, or we're dead!"

In fact, the best thing for Sun Wukong to do now was to take everyone, including himself, into the World Within the Artifact or the Mystic Space. But just when Sun Wukong realized that the space was becoming chaotic, he could barely open the entrance to the Mystic Space, but that entrance was extremely unstable, likely to shatter at any moment, and Sun Wukong couldn't guarantee that it would lead to his Mystic Space. It was precisely because of this that Sun Wukong spoke what he had.

Nobody doubted Sun Wukong's words—they all exerted their full strength to speed up; yet, it wasn't enough. Right in front of Sun Wukong and the others, a gigantic tornado thousands of miles long had materialized out of nowhere and was also composed of Nine Heavens Clear Wind and Nine Heavens Pure Earth. Indeed, misfortunes never come singly. If Sun Wukong and the others continued going straight up, they would likely be swept into the tornado before leaving this world. Yet, if they tried to circumvent the tornado by flying sideways, they would certainly be caught by the sandstorm from behind.

Instantly, everyone realized they had fallen into an inextricable predicament. Although no one was injured or dead yet, and there were no formidable enemies or dangerous beasts, they all understood in their hearts that they were indeed in a dire situation. "We can't give up. After surviving so many battles, how could we die here in such a bewildering way? Even though it's Nine Heavens Clear Wind and Nine Heavens Pure Earth, a range this large can't be as bad as we fear. It's too late to escape now, so rather than being swept away unprepared, why don't we start defending now? We may not be doomed!"