Chapter 473

After traveling such a long distance, the scripture-seeking team finally encountered their third tribulation.

This third tribulation was none other than the one from the original plot: the loss of the kasaya.

As they traveled ten thousand miles, Sun Wukong was the first to discover a Guanyin Zen Monastery.

If Tang Seng were still the original Tang Seng, he would certainly have insisted on entering upon encountering the Guanyin Zen Monastery.

And thus, he would have met the abbot of the Guanyin Zen Monastery, as well as the Black Bear Spirit behind him.

It is just a pity that the current scripture-seeking team is not the original one.

Sun Wukong is also aware of the Journey to the West plot.

The moment he saw the Guanyin Zen Monastery, Sun Wukong guessed the content of this tribulation.

Boom!

Without the slightest hesitation, Sun Wukong enlarged the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in his hand tens of thousands of times and swept the entire Guanyin Zen Monastery into ruins with a single strike.

The abbot of the Guanyin Zen Monastery was stunned by this move from Sun Wukong; he had never imagined that this tribulation would unfold in such a way.

In his fury, the abbot immediately flew up, intending to reason with Sun Wukong.

And then, there was no "then."

Sun Wukong erupted with his full battle intent, channeled his magic power, swung the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, and smashed the abbot all the way back to the Western Heaven with a single blow.

Unlike the original plot, the abbot of the Guanyin Zen Monastery was not a mortal, and his strength was not weak—he was roughly at the intermediate stage.

The Black Bear Spirit behind him was even stronger, possessing the strength of a late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal. Furthermore, the Black Bear Spirit belonged to the Demon Race, possessed an extremely powerful physical body, and could be considered strong even among late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortals.

It is a pity that before the Black Bear Spirit could even make a move, Sun Wukong discovered him. Just like with the abbot, Sun Wukong attacked with full force and reduced the Black Bear Spirit to pulp with a single strike.

Even without erupting with his Chaos Demon Ape bloodline, Sun Wukong possessed the combat power of an early-stage Quasi-Saint.

The gap between an early-stage Quasi-Saint and a late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal is simply too vast; a single strike was indeed all it took.

After killing the abbot of the Guanyin Zen Monastery and the Black Bear Spirit, Sun Wukong and the others only paused briefly before continuing their journey.

This time, before they had traveled far, someone—or rather, some demon—found them first.

Seeing how ruthlessly Sun Wukong had killed the Black Bear Spirit, the two Sages of the West realized that if things continued this way, the personnel they had arranged for the subsequent tribulations would merely be serving themselves up as food for Sun Wukong.

Judging by the combat power Sun Wukong had displayed, in a head-on confrontation, even a peak Da Luo Golden Immortal wielding a top-grade innate spiritual treasure might not be his match.

The Myriad Worlds Chat Group is a Great Dao born for battle. Sun Wukong's comprehension of the Myriad Worlds Chat Group has already reached the Quasi-Saint level, and with the added boost of his Quasi-Saint level Chaos Demon Ape bloodline, even an average mid-stage Quasi-Saint might not be able to take him down.

A peak Da Luo Golden Immortal, if wielding a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, can contend with a Quasi-Saint.

But that refers to contending with an average early-stage Quasi-Saint.

A slightly more powerful Quasi-Saint is not something a Da Luo Golden Immortal can contend with.

Not even with a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Top-grade innate spiritual treasures were never meant for Da Luo Golden Immortals to use; a Da Luo Golden Immortal using one is like a child swinging a heavy hammer—they cannot unleash much of its power at all.

Faced with this situation, the two Sages of the West had no choice but to rearrange their personnel and strike first to gain the upper hand against the scripture-seeking team.

Striking first allows one to seize the initiative.

Moreover, by initiating the attack themselves, they could try their best to avoid Sun Wukong and target the others first.

The entire scripture-seeking team rebelling is not entirely a bad thing.

In the eyes of the two Sages of the West, since Tang Seng and the others had already rebelled, they might as well attack them first and take them down; perhaps that would force Sun Wukong to hold back for fear of harming them.

In this way, they could eliminate Sun Wukong with minimal cost.

Whoosh! Clatter! Clatter!

Just as Sun Wukong and the others were passing a mountain peak, a black gale suddenly rose.

The black gale stirred up the surrounding air, gravel, weeds, and trees, transforming into a massive black sandstorm spanning a thousand miles, directly shrouding the entire mountain peak.

Instantly, Sun Wukong's vision became blurred; black flying sand and gravel were everywhere.

This flying sand and gravel were terrifyingly abnormal; hitting the body, they could directly corrode a hole into one's flesh.

Not only that, but after being struck by the flying sand, Sun Wukong could clearly feel a highly toxic poison seeping into his body.

The black flying sand not only possessed corrosive capabilities but was also laced with poison.

Sun Wukong erupted with the magic power within his body, wanting to block the flying sand, but the moment his magic power left his body, it began to be corroded by the sand.

Clearly, the black flying sand also possessed the ability to corrode magic power.

Furthermore, the storm spanning a thousand miles contained a terrifying pulling force, pinning Sun Wukong within the storm and greatly reducing his speed.

Faced with the black flying sand, Sun Wukong was momentarily unable to cope, let alone the others.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were directly corroded beyond recognition by the black flying sand and were unable to move an inch due to the storm's immense pulling force.

As for Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse, the moment they entered the storm, they were swept up and vanished within it.

They had clearly been snatched away.

Although compared to the original plot, the current Journey to the West had long since become unrecognizable.

But it still could not change the fact that Tang Seng would be snatched away.

"A mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Wind Spirit Bead, and the Myriad Poison Bead—these two spiritual treasures, combined with the divine ability 'Flying Sand and Moving Stones,' are indeed a force to be reckoned with."

Sun Wukong and the others might not know what the black storm trapping them was, but Luo Fu, who had been watching them from the Heaven Beyond Heaven, saw the origin of the black storm at a glance.

The black storm trapping the scripture-seeking team was rooted in the divine ability "Flying Sand and Moving Stones."

However, unlike ordinary "Flying Sand and Moving Stones," this black storm was bolstered by two mid-grade innate spiritual treasures.

These two mid-grade innate spiritual treasures were the Wind Spirit Bead and the Myriad Poison Bead that Luo Fu had just mentioned.

The mid-grade innate spiritual treasure Wind Spirit Bead could enhance the power of "Flying Sand and Moving Stones," while the mid-grade innate spiritual treasure Myriad Poison Bead could infuse the "Flying Sand and Moving Stones" with poison.

Although the two spiritual treasures were only mid-grade, when combined with "Flying Sand and Moving Stones," they were no worse than an average top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

They were simply too compatible with the divine ability "Flying Sand and Moving Stones."

And the one casting the divine ability "Flying Sand and Moving Stones" was a Yellow-Robed Leopard Spirit who, like the Black Bear Spirit, possessed the strength of a late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal.

Unsurprisingly, this leopard spirit was the Yellow-Robed Monster from the original plot.

Although he only had the strength of a late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal, "Flying Sand and Moving Stones" was the Yellow-Robed Monster's innate divine ability, and he had long since cultivated it to a state of perfection.