Chapter 431: Reviving Mao Ri, Three Calls Kill the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord

After sensing the approach of the crowd, the massive blood-red cocoon burst open directly, revealing a creature over ten meters tall, emaciated all over, with feathers shed, and a bizarre appearance—a giant rooster-like being appeared before everyone.

Ga! Ga! Ga! This demon before them looked extremely strange, even to Luode bearing a strong Lovecraftian style, and its manner of appearance also somewhat resembled corruption.

"Damn Ling Mountain, damn Heavenly Court, Xikunlun—may they torment him into this state!" Sun Wukong, upon seeing the appearance of the Mao Ri Star Official, also widened his eyes in disbelief.

Who is the Mao Ri Star Official? He is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Heavenly Court, a proper deity of heaven; his mother, the Bodhisattva Pilanpo, once helped him when subduing the centipede essence.

Later, when facing the mother scorpion at Dushan Mountain's Pipa Cave, the Mao Ri Star Official even personally appeared, transforming into his original form—a giant rooster—and cried out to kill the opponent.

Now, several hundred years have passed, and unexpectedly he has been tortured into this state; even his mother, the Bodhisattva Pilanpo, had both hands severed, and her life or death remains unknown.

"Indeed, it's cruel! I watched him grow up back then! I never expected he would be tormented by Heavenly Court and Xikunlun into this state." The snake demon Hongyi also sighed beside him.

Whether toward Ling Mountain or Heavenly Court, the Mao Ri Star Official and his mother were always respectful, even daring not to defy any command of Heavenly Court, yet unexpectedly they still ended up in this predicament.

"When I descended to the realm under orders to seek him, upon learning of his ordeal, I even dared not appear here, only able to hide with the Old Buddha Huangmei." The Kangjin Dragon Maiden also sighed.

Back then, those who had aided the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, seemed to have few with good endings.

Yet when they descended to aid Sun Wukong, it was actually arranged by the high ranks of Heavenly Court; since the task was assigned, they naturally carried it out, but after completing the task, they were ultimately to be purged—what kind of reasoning is this?

"Great God Wutian! The Mao Ri Star Official has become like this—can you, can you still save him?

This old monkey feels his primordial spirit seems already corrupted by some power." Sun Wukong approached Luode, bowed, and spoke.

It is not that he lacks confidence in the Great God Wutian before him; rather, the condition of this Mao Ri Star Official is simply too terrible, too poor.

The primordial spirit is utterly defiled, and even the true spirit within may still exist in some degree unknown! Though alive, he is already like a walking corpse!

This situation cannot be restored merely by retrieving the soul; the Mao Ri Star Official's condition is far worse than that of the mother scorpion essence.

"Hahaha, Wukong, rest assured—I can bring him back! You all step back for now!" Luode smiled slightly, stepped forward, and personally faced this former Mao Ri Star Official, now the Huiyue Demon Lord.

The giant rooster, reduced to only a skeleton, upon seeing Luode's arrival, let out a sharp cry, then spread its wings and charged toward Luode.

Though thoroughly corrupted, it still retained some of its former divine abilities and combat experience, and after being transformed by this peculiar worm egg, it even grew a massive tail.

From Luode, the Huiyue Demon Lord sensed an unimaginable threat, thus launched an attack first, but before Luode, he was truly no match.

With the enhancement of the microcosm, as long as one has not entered the top-tier single universe, even facing a true primordial god, if the opponent has not comprehended the microcosm, Luode can still contend with them.

Luode merely waved his hand lightly, and terrifying microcosmic energy instantly enveloped the Huiyue Demon Lord before him, then mobilized the divine artifact bestowed upon him to activate its temporal power within.

First, he used temporal power to repair the Mao Ri Star Official's body, which was already shattered and severely corrupted in soul and essence.

His body, Luode could directly restore using the principle of life, so the power of time needed only to repair his soul.

Even if you are wounded to an extreme degree, even if you have suffered irreversible harm, before the great power of time, everything appears fragile, utterly fragile.

The power of time can turn decay into marvel.

You cannot transcend time, but when you can control temporal power, in whatever world, you are the supreme existence.

Luode repaired the Mao Ri Star Official's soul at a visible speed, then expelled the worm egg within him, and thereafter mobilized terrifying vital essence, injecting it into the giant rooster before him, now like a skeleton.

With the infusion of vital primal force, the giant rooster, once like a skeleton, began to change.

The originally withered, even decayed bones began to regain vitality; blood vessels and muscles began to regrow under the stimulation of vital primal force.

Then a layer of skin was draped over it, splendid feathers grew forth, and a red rooster's comb appeared on its head,

Ga! Ga! Ga! The just-revived giant rooster, overjoyed, let out a loud cry!

Luode hastily used his microcosm to shield the several worm demons before him, otherwise, being shouted at by this world's most fearsome giant rooster, even the fiercest worm-type demons would perish.

The restraining attribute is truly immense—this giant rooster, the Mao Ri Star Official, can instantly kill any level of worm-type demon at will.

"Thank you, Great God, for your protection!" The old spider essence immediately spoke.

"Servant thanks Great God for protection! Great God, merciful!" The several spider demon sisters behind also expressed gratitude to Luode.

Only when facing the Mao Ri Star Official did they realize how terrifying this giant rooster is, this resonant cry.

For other living beings, it causes no substantial harm, even seeming very pleasant to hear, resonant, representing sunrise, the utmost yang and rigid divine power beneath heaven.

For worm-type monsters preferring to cultivate in dark regions, it is the greatest lethal weapon, and moreover, an area-of-effect killing type.

Amid this resonant cry, nearby worm demons basically died cleanly, directly achieving a range-based instant kill effect.

The Demon King of Dushan at this moment also felt a surge of fear at this level of cry! No wonder his wife died at his hands! Death not unjust, death not unjust—if it were me, I fear I would be utterly destroyed after just one cry.

Standing nearby, the mother scorpion wore a sinister expression, for know that she fears not even the Tathagata, even daring to trap the Tathagata; Guanyin Bodhisattva dares not descend to the realm to face her.

But this giant rooster alone is her bane—complete suppression, even capable of directly killing her, no matter how high her cultivation.

"Mao Ri! You have come back to life, you have finally returned—wonderful, wonderful.

Thank you, Great God, for your salvation; thank you, Great God Wutian, for your salvation." The red serpent demon Hongyi immediately knelt before Luode, continuously kowtowing.

"Red Sister, I never expected that after so many years, you still remember me?"

"Just coming back to life is good, you coming back to life is good—Mao Ri, come down quickly, come to thank Great God Wutian; this time, Great God Wutian used immense divine power to bring you back; otherwise, in these three realms, perhaps no one would dare to rescue you.

Great God Wutian is the second ancestral dragon between heaven and earth, moreover, the Yin Tianzi who controls life and death of all things in heaven and earth, indeed a rare great divine adept." Hongyi spoke.

At this moment, the white giant rooster also saw Luode; a flash of light passed, and there appeared a man wearing white robes, with a yin-gou nose, a red hat like a rooster's comb on his head, and splendid feathered garments on his body.

"Thank you, benefactor—were it not for your intervention, I would not know when I could be freed, even lacking the chance of rebirth; benefactor, please accept this bow from the Mao Ri rooster!" The Mao Ri Star Official approached Luode, knelt directly, and kowtowed nine resounding times.

Having been ambushed and schemed against, he still thought he would utterly perish, vanish completely from smoke and cloud, utterly disappear from this heaven and earth—never expecting he could one day be revived.

"Hahaha! No need for thanks! I saved you for a reason—I greatly like this giant rooster of yours; in the future, follow by my side, how about it?" Luode spoke.

"Great God's invitation—I dare not disobey! The grace of saving my life, I have nothing to repay; Mao Ri henceforth wishes to serve before and after at your side, Great God." The Mao Ri Star Official immediately spoke.

Ling Mountain, Heavenly Court, and Xikunlun joined forces to harm them mother and son; he now bears no goodwill toward these three powers; to follow beside the second ancestral dragon of heaven and earth, Yin Tianzi, is also his fortune. "Excellent! From today onward, you shall follow me; in the future, I will have you deal with those worm-type demons." Luode spoke. (Actually, I especially wanted to write: what scene would it be if the Mao Ri Star Official went to the interstellar world to face the Tyranid worm clan?)

"Kangjin Dragon Lord! I never expected you also to be under Great God Wutian—could it be you too were persecuted by Heavenly Court?" The Mao Ri Star Official saw the Kangjin Dragon Maiden beside Luode step forward, clasped hands, and spoke.

The Twenty-Eight Mansions of Heavenly Court still have some communication among them; if I recall correctly, back then this Kangjin Dragon Star Lord also aided Sun Wukong's party, even using his horn to chisel open Maitreya Buddha's golden bell.

"Mao Ri! When I descended to the realm originally to seek you, after your disappearance, we other star lords knew nothing of your condition; after descending, I discovered your plight, then I was so frightened I dared not return to Heavenly Court; these years I have been dazed and stiff." The Kangjin Dragon Maiden spoke.

What muddled and stiff? Should say it's joyful and carefree—after all, she daily plays with that ten-tailed golden fish to her heart's content, but she feels embarrassed to say this.

I am enamored with the pleasures of fish and water in the realm, unwilling to return to heaven—how could I say this? Moreover, my aim in fish and water pleasures is still one of the root instruments formed after the Great Sage's death.

"Hahaha! Kangjin Dragon Lord, it seems we will still be colleagues in the future! Please look after Mao Ri!" The Mao Ri Star Official bowed to the Kangjin Dragon Maiden and spoke.

The great deity before them was, in fact, the second ancestral dragon in heaven and earth; as a descendant of the dragon clan, he would naturally receive many privileges, and naturally needed to maintain good relations with the Kangjin Dragon Maiden—fortunately, their relationship had been fine while they were in heaven.

"Then! Now we must deal with the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord," Luode said, nodding.

Now, throughout Mount Ziyun, plus the area near the Pan Si Cave, the only thing left unresolved was the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord hiding at the very top of the Huanghuaguan.

Upon hearing the name of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, the Bianri Star Official's expression flashed with a hint of sinister killing intent.

This fellow had brought great harm upon himself; back then, if it weren't for his use of the Queen Mother of the West's magical treasure to launch a sneak attack, such insectoid demons—he only needed to shout once, and the opponent would die without a burial place.

"Hehe! Heavenless Deity! Now the Bianri Star Official is here! In this world, what insectoid demon could be his match? Where would there still be a need for us, Old Sun, to make a move?" Sun Wukong said, shouldering his iron staff and giving a hehe laugh.

Indeed! Among all the insectoid demons under heaven, who would not fear this one before them? The magical treasure embroidery needle refined in his eyes could easily insta-kill the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord.

Now, in my presence, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord could even be said to be ten deaths without a chance of life!

Moreover, the two of them bear grudges; back then, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, accompanied by others, launched a sneak attack on the Bianri Star Official and even severed the two hands of the Pilanpo Bodhisattva.

This grudge naturally must be avenged by him personally.

"Hahaha! As the Great Sage understands me, there is no need for all of you to act; this demon and I have grudges—let me personally settle him," the Bianri Star Official said with a smile.

"Bianri Star Official! When you act later, please show mercy and spare the demons in the Pan Si Cave; these insect demons are my Zhu family's people," the old spider essence hurriedly said.

The Bianri Star Official acting personally—his senior brother could be said to be doomed, but his death doesn't matter; one must simply not implicate the countless insect demons scattered across mountains and fields.

Just now, the Bianri Star Official's resurrection cry caused the insectoid demons in nearby Daoist temples to die almost completely.

And this was merely an unintentional shout upon his resurrection; if he shouted with full force, likely all insectoid demons in Mount Ziyun and within the Pan Si Cave would die utterly.

"Hahaha! Madam, rest assured—I will personally kill that Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord alone," the Bianri Star Official said.

With his cultivation, he can achieve precision strikes; these countless insectoid demons across mountains and fields are also living beings of heaven and earth—there is no need for him to slaughter them wantonly.

"Then! Bianri Star Official, you may act! Let me see your abilities," Luode said, nodding.

The Bianri Star Official nodded, bowed to Luode, then rose and walked toward the distant open space; his body flashed with a radiance, directly transforming into a giant, colorful rooster.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo! Today I am resurrected—this is your death day! Cock-a-doodle-doo!" the white giant rooster roared, then cried again; a radiant halo like a small sun appeared atop his red comb.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!" a loud rooster crow echoed through heaven and earth; the entire Mount Ziyun could hear this resonant cry.

But this crow did not spread downward to the Pan Si Cave or to the countless ordinary insect demons across mountains and fields; instead, it was directed solely at the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord and his disciples below.

At this moment, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord standing on the mountainside instantly turned pale, feeling an unimaginable force transmitted; then his entire body began to go limp, and his magical power throughout his body started to spiral out of control.

The arts he prided himself on, the abilities transmitted by his master—at this very moment, all turned to nothing; he collapsed to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, even black vapor rising from his body.

"How, how is this possible? The Bianri Star Official has come back to life! How is this possible! Ah! Ah! Master Ancestor, Master Ancestor, save me! Master Ancestor, save your disciple, alas, save your disciple, save your disciple!" the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord shrieked in utter despair.

If I had acted first, using the golden hairpin magical treasure bestowed by my master ancestor, I could indeed have killed the Bianri Star Official in one strike, preventing him from even crying out.

Back then, he was able to kill me—who completely countered him, even insta-killing me.

It was entirely because the golden hairpin magical treasure bestowed by my master ancestor severed his throat, preventing this giant rooster from making a sound; otherwise, even ten lives would not be enough for him to die.

The Bianri Star Official was harmed by my means and turned into a monster's form; I thought I had utterly eradicated this nemesis, never expecting him to have a day of salty fish turning over, and moreover, to launch a precision strike against me.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

At this moment, a series of extremely bright rooster cries rang out; the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was utterly dazed, revealed his true form, and transformed into a giant centipede over ten meters long.

This giant centipede lay on the ground, constantly panting and swaying its body left and right.

Then his very soul was shattered into powder—directly, both form and spirit destroyed; the Bianri Star Official struck with full force, and in this world, no insectoid demon could withstand it.

Thus, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was slain by this long-range precision strike, utterly incapable of the slightest resistance, his death state miserably horrific.

Only a massive centipede corpse remained in place.

"Truly immense magical power, immense magical power! The Bianri Star Official has become this form.

Only the Supreme Dao Ancestor or the Tathagata Buddha of this level could restore him—unexpectedly, this one can actually do it." On the summit of Huanghuaguan, a person wearing Daoist robes and with a crane's head opened his mouth to speak.

Beside him stood one with a pair of wings, head topped not with a head but with a bloody red giant hand.

This person is a great general under the Jade Emperor, named Wang Lingguan; he is the Jade Emperor's top spy, and because he is deeply trusted by the Jade Emperor, he was bestowed this single hand.

From then on, this hand has grown atop Wang Lingguan's head; seeing it is like seeing the Jade Emperor himself.

"Crane Immortal, they have ruined the heavenly trade; we should still first go report to the Jade Emperor! This place is not for lingering," Wang Lingguan said.

No way—facing this person of great divine powers, they are certainly unable to deal with him; after all, these people are merely errand-runners for the immortals of the upper realm.

Even against minor demons they can still handle somewhat, and even those of the level of Heaven's Mandate Person can be dealt with.

But now this matter has already surpassed what they can handle.

"Who could have imagined that this rebellious monkey could actually be revived by someone? What a pity! That little spider maiden—I originally wanted to bring her to heaven to refine her into a Golden Core!" the Crane Immortal said. (End of chapter)