Chapter 687: White Bones Buried Beneath Five Finger Mountain!

The wingless deity is now nothing more than a qualified sandbag.

He is currently being brutally beaten by Zhu Bajie, although he had just managed to keep the wingless one around.

To be honest, if it weren't for Zhu Bajie's habitual deployment of formations, he might really have been chased off by the opponent—running for tens of thousands of meters.

Losing and retreating to let the master handle it is one thing.

But failing to accomplish the task entrusted by the master is quite another.

Zhu Bajie certainly cannot afford to end up like the White Dragon Lad, constantly coming to say, "Master, I've brought shame upon the sect again."

Therefore, he is putting in tremendous effort.

The wingless one didn't even get a chance to say things like "I bestow upon you, the anti-god·Fierce Pig."

He was in a state of being thoroughly beaten from start to finish.

Not only were his injuries worsening gradually, but feelings of weakness, powerlessness, and pain kept coming.

After Zhu Bajie had beaten him nearly to death, Ao Yulie also rushed over and kicked him a few times fiercely. Unexpectedly, this thick-browed, big-eyed fellow who looked like he'd only rely on brute force turned out to be so sinister.

Shouldn't society educate him on how he can be so sinister?

Not learning well—clearly, being open and aboveboard is the proper way.

After the two finished beating him, Tang Luo walked over, grabbed the wingless one's head, and performed the Soul-Degree.

Through a series of linked operations.

Even though the wingless one prided himself on his divine status as a heavenly god, he finally couldn't hold up and spat out the information Tang Luo and the others wanted to know.

However, he could be considered someone who had half-resisted the Soul-Degree, not successfully converted, and not taken refuge in the Buddha.

So Tang Luo sent him off to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

From the wingless one, Tang Luo and the others learned some details about the heavenly gods.

A group of powerful rulers reside in the "Divine Realm," governing this world.

From top to bottom, there are three Divine Sovereigns, six Divine Kings, twelve Divine Generals, and numerous Divine Soldiers.

Oh, and there is also a Hall of Sages, composed of heavenly gods who have stepped down from the positions of Divine King and Divine General.

The structure is relatively simple.

The reason heavenly gods need crystal ores is that these crystal ores can be used to strengthen them—not just physically.

But also to grant heavenly gods special abilities.

For example, the steel iron wings grown behind the Divine General·Wingless are his special ability.

As Tang Luo and the others had guessed, heavenly gods are skilled in combat, but their methods are rather poor, basically relying on close-quarters melee.

Unlike qi cultivators, who are diverse in their approaches.

On the contrary, he is somewhat similar to Tang Luo, not having so many flashy techniques.

Heavenly gods call their power "divine power," which is a higher level of existence than the true essence and mana of qi cultivators.

When they truly fight, the true essence and mana of qi cultivators are nothing before the divine power of heavenly gods.

—As said by the Divine General·Wingless.

Wingless is a newly promoted Divine General, a newcomer who has only slain some demonic beasts and has never seen a qi cultivator.

During the Great Li incident, Wingless had not been on the battlefield—at that time, the heavenly gods had only deployed two Divine Generals, one Divine King, and three in total.

Not even Divine Soldiers were mobilized; only a small portion appeared at the end to mop up.

The actual situation of heavenly gods facing qi cultivators is not as exaggerated as Wingless claimed.

Perhaps when they clash, ordinary qi cultivators are indeed at a disadvantage in terms of lethality and attack power, after all, heavenly gods cultivate using crystal ores.

And crystal ores do indeed have a restraining effect on qi cultivators.

But the gap between them is not that large.

When heavenly gods release their "Divine Domain," within that domain, qi cultivators are suppressed. This suppression is far less than the weakening effect of crystal ores themselves on qi cultivators.

Wingless's account of the Great Li battle is mere hearsay; he never truly participated in it, let alone the distant "God-Demon War."

However, as a Divine General, he at least understands many things about it.

That prolonged, sky-covering, earth-shaking, heaven-and-earth-overturning great war had heavenly gods and demons as the main combatants.

And within it, there were also traces of qi cultivators appearing.

Some qi cultivators helped the demons, while others stood with the heavenly gods.

A somewhat more concrete situation can actually be referenced by looking at the walls outside the high platform.

Hmm, "Heavenly gods are awesome, demons are trash"—these eight words can sum it up.

Moreover, the hearsay-providing Wingless gave a very crucial piece of information, which is also what Tang Luo and the others most wanted to know: the location of Five Finger Mountain.

That Five Finger Mountain is not a naturally formed mountain.

But was formed during the "God-Demon War" when the Heavenly Sovereign God Chief made a move, suppressing and sealing an extremely powerful demon king among the demons, thus creating this great mountain.

The demons lost a great demon king, suffering successive defeats.

They actively entered the Nine Abysses, sealing off the passage to the Nine Abysses, isolating the world, to avoid being exterminated by the heavenly gods.

When they heard this, Zhu Bajie and the others once suspected whether it was Sun Wukong fighting the Tathagata, and then being pressed down by the Tathagata again.

But the Tathagata becoming the Heavenly Sovereign God Chief feels a bit strange.

As for the remaining two God Chiefs, could they be the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp and Maitreya Buddha?

If that were the case, another problem arises: although the Tathagata and his ilk are indeed strong, they are also qi cultivators—so what's the point of collecting those crystal ores?

Many questions certainly require a trip to Five Finger Mountain.

After that, they still need to proceed to the "Divine Realm."

Ao Yulie transformed into a dragon form and flew in the sky, unable to resist asking: "Master, you said that winged one without wings, speaking of it—is it true?"

He was asking about what Wingless said concerning that demon king.

The Heavenly Might Divine Sovereign suppressed the demon king, forming the Five-Finger Mountain.

After the great war ended, some heavenly deities naturally proposed to exterminate him completely, killing the demon king.

In response, the Heavenly Might Divine Sovereign said: As long as the demon king is suppressed for a period of time, he can be crushed to death alive, no need for extra measures, and moreover, that wicked beast has always been cunning, opening mountains and slaughtering, which might instead give him a chance to escape, causing unforeseen complications.

Wu Yi said that so much time has passed, the demon king has long been crushed to death within the Five-Finger Mountain.

Tang Luo, this anti-god, wanting to release the demon king, is impossible.

"If it were Sun Wukong, how could he die so easily?" Tang Luo said.

"If, it truly is the Buddha..." Zhu Bajie said with some worry, truly if the Tathagata made a move, it would be hard to say.

Tang Luo's gaze was deep, he said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

Their mission "Exterminate Gods, Annihilate Demons" did not undergo any change due to the spiritual and physical transformation of Wu Yi.

Neither did any completion status appear, nor did "Exterminate Gods" disappear, leaving only "Annihilate Demons".

Obviously, merely killing one heavenly deity is not enough.

This also made Ao Yu Lie express doubt about this mission, thinking the difficulty is excessively high.

Know that, now Ao Yu Lie's strength, compared to the strongest (normal) gods and demons walking the earth, Chi Jing Daoist and them, is not much stronger.

If it were Chi Jing Daoist and them coming, facing that divine envoy would be roughly equal.

The strength of divine generals is greater than Ao Yu Lie's.

If they really fought, it would take Zhu Bajie to subdue him.

If the mission requirements are truly high, then it really cannot be completed by gods and demons walking the earth.

Could it be said that the Gods and Demons Game has finally realized this squad's abnormal strength?

Begin assigning tasks matching their strength, stepping onto the proper mission path—occasionally coming a compassion and malice?

Thinking this way, it really is not impossible.

Still need to see how the mission is considered fully completed.

Maybe Ao Yu Lie overestimated the mission, find an opportunity to kill another demon monster and count it as mission completion, which is also not impossible.

Along the way, Ao Yu Lie and Zhu Bajie's expressions were both relatively solemn.

The Five-Finger Mountain is naturally far from the dust and turmoil.

That place is the "God-Demon Battlefield", with various special terrains, deep valleys, gullies.

"Divine Craftsmanship", from this viewing angle, can be called magnificent landscapes, making people marvel.

Tang Luo and them naturally would not, when discussing magnificent natural scenery, this shattered Mountain-Sea Realm forming this world, how could it possibly compare to the "Mountain-Sea Realm Proper Realm"?

Ao Yu Lie flew in the sky, his gaze sweeping over the mountains and rivers below.

"There."

Soon, he discovered a special mountain range, peaks towering, resembling five fingers.

Five-Finger Mountain!

"Huh?" Tang Luo saw it, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Master, what's wrong?" Zhu Bajie asked.

"How does it feel a bit small, let's go down first." Tang Luo shook his head.

Several people landed on the highest peak of the middle finger of Five-Finger Mountain, Sha Wujing also manifested.

Looking around, they did not see the six-syllable mantra "Om, Ma, Ni, Ba, Mo" on Five-Finger Mountain.

After spending some time, everyone together searched up and down the mountain, also did not see a monkey's head and a hand stretching out from somewhere.

Yes, when Tang Luo first saw Sun Wukong, he truly had his head and one hand exposed outside.

Oh, and there was still a tail, also unknown what posture is buried in the mountain body.

The position of the head is naturally not below the mountain, but in a cliff on the mountainside.

About one meter above the ground.

Also erected a simple shed to block wind and rain.

This time's situation is different, no mantra, no head, should be buried within the mountain.

Or, beneath the mountain!

"Smash it." Tang Luo said, a dangerous aura on his body flashed and vanished.

Startled countless birds and beasts, frantically running outward, the original territory instantly became a place where one cannot stay.

Running recklessly, even showing a tendency to form a beast tide.

Among them, Tang Luo and them did not discover any demon beasts.

All are ordinary wild beasts, quite normal, after all this place is where heavenly deities suppressed the demon king.

The heavenly deities' gaze, not saying always, occasionally also pays attention.

Even if there are demon beasts, they will be cleared away at the first moment.

Zhu Bajie raised his nine-toothed rake, smashed downward, instantly the earth shook and mountains trembled, a huge crack appeared from the mountain peak's top, continuously tearing the mountain body downward.

A large amount of rubble fell down.

"Eh, not as hard as imagined." Zhu Bajie said.

Ao Yu Lie's expression changed: "Won't it be already..."

Not as hard as imagined means loss of strength, strength loss, definitely unable to suppress the demon king within the mountain.

But the Five-Finger Mountain is still fine, thus proving—

No need for Tang Luo to act, Zhu Bajie raised his nine-toothed rake, accompanied by a booming roar.

In a short time, the entire Five-Finger Mountain split into five parts.

"This is..."

Ao Yulie waved a hand, sweeping up and blowing away a large quantity of rocks, and saw a figure.

That figure was half-kneeling in a large pit in the ground after the Five-Finger Mountain vanished, both hands raised upward, level with the forehead of the upraised head.

One can imagine: when the massive mountain peak pressed down, he used his hands, his head, his body to prop it up.

Even crushed by the heavy pressure into a half-kneel, he still held his head high, the image of one who had not fallen.

In the large pit beside this figure, a considerable number of white bones were piled.

Some huge, some slender; some bones alone exuded a fierce, sinister air that had not yet fully dissipated.

Beneath the Five-Finger Mountain lie buried white bones!