Chapter 786

Just like Tang Seng, the reason for choosing Qi Yu was also Luo Fu's cruel whim.

So, when engraving techniques for Sha Monk, Luo Fu chose Qi Yu's signature moves: the Ordinary Punch and the Continuous Ordinary Punch.

The One Punch Sha Monk was equally ironic.

Feipeng and Qi Yu both belonged to the category of battle maniacs; in their own worlds, they had virtually no opponents.

Thus, when facing the demons who attacked first, the two fought most wildly—even more wildly than Sun Wukong.

The vast majority of the demons died at their hands.

With the pilgrimage team racing forward at high speed, combined with the ninety-nine trials' demons willingly offering their lives, the team barely expended any effort to pass through dozens of trials.

Aside from the demon in the Golden Wings Great Peng trial, none of the dozens of demons encountered during the other trials died at the hands of the pilgrimage team.

The pilgrimage team raced onward, stirring up a bloody storm.

The reason Golden Wings Great Peng did not die was first because his speed was sufficiently fast.

Golden Wings Great Peng's speed was unquestionably the fastest among the Great Luo Jinxian.

Even if the pilgrimage team could defeat Golden Wings Great Peng, if he wished to flee, they could hardly catch him.

Besides this reason, it was also because Golden Wings Great Peng had significant ties to Yuan Feng.

Yuan Feng currently resided within Luo Fu's Chaos Pearl; out of respect for Yuan Feng, Luo Fu specifically instructed the pilgrimage team to hold back against Golden Wings Great Peng, who was connected to him.

After resolving numerous demons, the pilgrimage team finally arrived at the Western Continent of Niuhe.

Arriving at the Western Continent of Niuhe meant they were now close to storming Bombarding Lingshan.

Such an effortless advance to the Western Continent of Niuhe filled Sun Wukong with uncontrollable excitement; his entire body brimmed with battle lust, and he surged ahead, leading the way.

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"Your Buddhist sect is as cruel as ever!"

Witnessing the pilgrimage team's journey, Luo Fu saw through the Western Two Saints' intentions.

"Amitabha! Friend, you are mistaken—cruelty lies with you and your pilgrimage team. I never imagined the pilgrimage team could be so cruel."

Although those demons indeed died because of the Buddhist sect's machinations,

Daoist Randeng would never admit it.

The Western Two Saints intended to make Luo Fu and the pilgrimage team take the blame; in this matter, the Buddhist sect left no trace.

"Hah, truly shameless—you Buddhist sect wanted to sacrifice these demons to purify the demonic qi of the Western Continent of Niuhe. Without you, at least half of these demons would not have died."

Luo Fu gave a cold laugh, speaking plainly of the Buddhist sect's intentions without any hesitation.

Yes, the Western Two Saints sacrificed these demons precisely to purify the demonic qi of the Western Continent of Niuhe.

The Journey to the West was not merely about retrieving the true scriptures.

The path taken by the pilgrimage team was a great earth dragon vein of the Earth Immortal Realm.

This great earth dragon vein originally connected to the Western Continent of Niuhe.

But due to the influence of the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou, this great earth dragon vein suffered considerable damage—many sections connected to the Western Continent of Niuhe were shattered and fractured, and partially corrupted by demonic qi.

The caves occupied by the demons were precisely the nodes where the dragon vein had broken or been corrupted.

One of the demons' purposes in occupying these caves was to use fortune to repair the broken earth dragon vein and purify its demonic qi.

Repairing the dragon vein and purifying demonic qi—each act carried merit toward heaven and earth.

Thus, occupying these nodes granted merit.

This was why many great cultivators sent their mounts to the mortal realm—they sought to claim a share of the merit from the Journey to the West.

The Journey to the West involved too many parties, and the Buddhist sect gained too much.

Although the Buddhist sect was now the top power in the Three Realms, it had not yet achieved absolute dominance.

If all the powers of the Three Realms united, the Buddhist sect would be no match.

Thus, the Western Two Saints had to distribute a portion of the merit to the great cultivators of the Three Realms.

This was why, among the ninety-nine trials, very few demons were killed.

Most demons were sent down by great cultivators to earn merit; nearly every one had a powerful patron behind them.

With such backing, how could the pilgrimage team freely slaughter them?

But Luo Fu's appearance changed this.

The merit from repairing the great earth dragon vein was trivial to the Western Two Saints—they did not truly care.

What the Western Two Saints truly cared about was demonic qi.

How to eliminate demonic qi to the greatest extent was their utmost concern.

If they could purge all demonic qi, the Western Two Saints would gain great merit for restoring the Western Continent of Niuhe.

The most direct way to consume demonic qi was to first draw it into one person, then kill that person.