Chapter 252: Sun Wukong: Master, have you forgotten to take your Golden Cudgel?

Only at this instant did Black Shadow Tang An react, realizing she was facing an existence that was both righteous and evil, with a heart that was powerful and terrifying.

"Are you crazy? You are inviting your own demonic possession?"

"I am crazy!" Tang An raised her hand and crushed the Heart Demon of the shadow in her grip, "It is you, it is Zhun Ti, it is Rulai, it is Lingshan. It is all of you who drove me crazy!"

"Want me to exit the stage to make room? Then nobody gets to play!"

The force in her hand grew heavier, and likewise, she felt the suffocating pain.

"Madwoman!"

"If you kill me, you will die too. From then on, you will only be an empty shell, never able to wake up again."

"So what?" The ruthlessness and black Qi in Tang An's eyes erupted to an unprecedented degree. "Since when does my, Tang An's, body need a wisp of low-level consciousness like you to call the shots?"

Black Shadow Tang An struggled incessantly in Tang An's grip, "Kill me, and with your Heart Realm, you will be completely possessed by a Heart Demon!"

"Oh? Now I'm not a vegetable anymore? Now it's 'completely possessed'?"

Tang An did not care at all how uncomfortable she was; she only wanted this fake to die!

"Whether it means we perish together and I become a vegetable."

"Or I kill you and I become completely possessed."

"If I am not satisfied, no one else is allowed to be satisfied."

She knew that after she became a vegetable, Sun Wukong and the others would definitely avenge her. The Heavenly Dao or the Saint that used her as a chess piece would both take action to correct this mistake.

The chess game had progressed to this point; it was not up to them to just put down her, the chess piece, whenever they pleased. Her, Tang An's, ties and Causality with this world could no longer be erased.

As for being possessed, heh...

That would also be quite interesting—a demon going to Western Heaven to retrieve the True Scriptures, committing countless sins along the way. When the Journey to the West Calamity ends, will Lingshan gain Merit, or sin?

Either way, no matter how they play it, she won't lose.

At worst, it's just a gamble with one's life.

"Now the roles have reversed; it is you begging for life, and me begging for death."

The strength in Tang An's hand increased a few notches, and the ruthlessness in her eyes grew even more intense.

"I want to see if those Saints will enter the game, I want to see how Lingshan cleans up this mess!"

This time, she was aiming to risk it all.

In Huanghua Temple.

The Demonic Qi on Tang An's body suddenly grew dense, swirling around her entire body, and actually sent Nezha flying back.

"Something is wrong!"

Nezha panicked; he could feel that Tang An was refusing his help and was voluntarily letting the Demonic Qi control her Spiritual Altar.

The current scene caused Nezha to completely lose his composure. He ignored everything else and went straight over to grab the collar of the Jade Emperor's dragon robe.

"Speak, how do I save her."

"I don't want to hear nonsense, tell me the method!"

The Jade Emperor had never seen Nezha lose control like this before, "You..."

Even if he were more muddled, he should have been able to see it: Nezha had developed feelings for Tang An that transcended those of a master and disciple.

And that was exactly what the Heavenly Law did not tolerate.

Just as the Jade Emperor was about to speak, a soft, singing voice appeared, gentle yet abrupt.

"A tiny little cloud, slowly walking over, please rest your feet, stop for a while..."

"The mountain flowers are blooming, I have just arrived at the mountain, so you are also climbing the mountain, to see the mountain flowers bloom..."

Nezha turned his head, and Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and the Jade Emperor all looked toward Pilanpo.

They had never heard this hummed song before.

Yet the moment the singing appeared, the Demonic Qi on Tang An's body suddenly calmed down.

Within the Heart Realm.

Just as Tang An was in the instant of killing the Heart Demon and killing herself, this sound suddenly rang out beside her ear.

Her eyelashes trembled, and her Heart Realm was greatly stirred.

"Grand... Grandma?"

How is it possible? How could she still hear Grandma's singing?

Tang An could even distinguish that the singing did not come from a dream, but from reality.

Why? Why was there Grandma's singing?

Just as Tang An was stunned, Black Shadow Tang An counterattacked and gave Tang An a shove.

Before Tang An could react, she appeared by the riverbank.

Those pairs of bullying little hands did not wait for her to react before pushing her into the river water.

"Glug, glug~"

The sound of bubbles and river water surged in her ears.

Suffocation and icy cold filled her chest.

Grandma, have you come to pick me up?

Grandma, I miss you so much, I am so tired...

Tang An let herself be enveloped by the suffocation; at this moment, her mind was in chaos, she was very sleepy, and she wanted to escape.

What gods, Buddhas, Saints, or Heavenly Dao.

She did not want to fight anymore, she just wanted to sleep, to have a good, long sleep...

In Huanghua Temple.

"Master!"

Seeing Tang An about to be swallowed by the Demonic Qi, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha all ran toward Tang An at the same time.

In that very instant, a burst of green light flared, and the figures of the three of them vanished from where they stood.

Pilanpo looked up at the sky and let out a deep sigh.

"What must come, in the end, cannot be avoided."

She said nothing more, but instead sat in Meditation beside Tang An, waiting quietly for Tang An to wake.

Within the Heart Realm.

"Splash!"

A very loud sound of entering water caused Tang An, who was submerged, to suddenly open her eyes.

At the same time she opened her eyes, she saw Sun Wukong, dressed in bright yellow, disregarding his soaked fur as he flew toward her at high speed.

Sun Wukong finally found Tang An, grabbed her hand, and pulled her toward the shore.

"Has Master forgotten what you promised me, that you would take me to see those giant birds that spread their wings, and those iron carriages that run faster than horses?"

Tang An's pupils trembled slightly, her mouth opening but remaining still; clearly, she had not yet reacted to why Sun Wukong would appear at this moment.

It was not until she was brought out of the water by Sun Wukong and pulled to the bank.

Sun Wukong pulled two Golden Cudgels from his ears, one from the left and one from the right.

One was the real Golden Cudgel, and one was a wooden Golden Cudgel he had conjured.

"Master, have you forgotten to take your Golden Cudgel?"

He chuckled, shook the water from his fur, and placed the Golden Cudgel into Tang An's hand, telling her to hold it tight.

"Wukong? You..." She did not know if the Wukong before her was a transformation of her Heart Demon.

Sun Wukong did not explain, but instead used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze to look at the children on the shore.

Using his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze to see through the transformations of the Heart Demon was not difficult for him at all.

He only let out two angry "chi-chi" sounds, scratching his hands and cheeks.

"So it was you who lured my Master into nearly falling into the demonic path?"

"So it was you who caused my Master to be tormented by you for so long, nearly losing her life?"

"Fine, fine, fine! Let me see how much ability you have—take this!"

He did not care at all whether they were children or Heart Demons; or rather, in Sun Wukong's eyes, those children who pushed Tang An into the water were all her Heart Demons.

Heart Demons must be killed!

Tang An stood by the water, lost and dejected, watching Sun Wukong strike down those illusory children one by one.

To her, it was more like each strike of the cudgel shattered the nightmares that had accumulated in the depths of her heart since childhood.

It caused the light to slowly return to her eyes.