Chapter 696: Come Forward to Receive Death!

Why did the Hall of Sages fall from the sky?

No, judging by this falling speed, it feels more like someone threw it down.

The vast Hall of Sages even has a layer of flames burning on the outside, magnificent and splendid—this is the light and heat generated by high-speed friction.

Burning, it resembles a giant fireball.

Several God Kings stopped in their tracks; frankly speaking, if it were merely a mountain of similar size falling down,

it wouldn't be worth fearing, or dodging, or offering slight resistance—one could pass through safely.

These God Kings still possess this much ability.

But the Hall of Sages is different!

The Hall of Sages is a place the Heavenly Gods have continuously reinforced over the years; its sturdiness is in no way inferior to the entrance of the Nine Abyssal Realm beneath their feet.

In fact, it even surpasses it by a margin.

If it directly smashes down and hits someone, even the God Kings wouldn't die but would lose half their lives.

"Tang Xuanzang!"

The image of a person surfaced in the mind of the Silent God King.

The God Soldiers might be shocked as to why the Hall of Sages would appear here and fall down.

He immediately thought of the culprit.

Besides Tang Xuanzang, who else could commit such a heinous act?

Why did Tang Luo ask about the Nine Abyssal Realm, and why did the Silent God King deflect and change the subject—wasn't it to prevent Tang Luo from discovering a stone here, which is very likely Sun Wukong's transformed form?

This is his disciple.

His disciple blocked the Heavenly Gods from entering the Nine Abyssal Realm.

How could Tang Xuanzang possibly stand on the side of the Heavenly Gods? The two sides are naturally in opposition.

Moreover, how could the Side-Reclining Tower allow others to snore beside it?

The structure of the Heavenly Gods is already stable; there is hardly any room left to accommodate another "Great Buddha."

The Silent God King has no prior grudge against Tang Luo, and he is even "old colleagues" with Zhu Bajie, yet he shows full hostility—this is precisely for these reasons.

It's not personal grudges; their positions are simply different.

Different paths do not plot together; being enemies is therefore natural and justified.

I didn't expect that, at this critical moment, Tang Xuanzang would still appear and even move the Hall of Sages to smash down directly.

But isn't the Heavenly Might God Sovereign already gone to deal with him?

If Tang Xuanzang really made the move, then where is the Heavenly Might God Sovereign?

Including the Silent God King, all the God Kings have a doubt: where is the Heavenly Might God Sovereign?

Facing the falling Hall of Sages, the Celestial Star God Sovereign raised his head, let out a cold snort, and suddenly waved his hand.

In an instant, the night sky descended, and starlight flashed.

Between heaven and earth, the stars shifted and the constellations turned.

The Hall of Sages above their heads vanished without a trace, appearing behind the Heavenly Gods, precisely above the great pit.

A tremendous roar accompanied the shaking of the earth and mountains.

The Hall of Sages plunged into the great pit, slid down, and shattered.

A raging wind swept through, flying sand and rocks struck the faces of many God Soldiers, like knives cutting.

Their armor was also struck by flying stones, producing continuous clanging sounds.

On the platform where the Heavenly Gods and Sages resided, a force erupted, pushing away the flying stones and sand.

The Celestial Star God Sovereign's face darkened slightly.

His original intention was not merely to move the Hall of Sages behind himself, but to avoid directly smashing it into the Heavenly Gods—just that would have been enough.

He wanted to move the entire Hall of Sages away, to a distant place, and gently set it down.

After leveling the Nine Abyssal Realm, he could even bring the Hall of Sages back.

But he didn't expect to fail.

That immense force, upon contact, he couldn't fully contain—he could only shift it to the great pit behind him to avoid directly injuring the Heavenly Gods.

Of course, if the Celestial Star God Sovereign were given enough time to prepare, he couldn't possibly have handled this so clumsily.

At least he could have steadied and caught it.

Unfortunately, in the haste, being able to do even this much is already the limit of the Celestial Star God Sovereign.

As for the Heavenly Gods and Sages still trapped on the Hall of Sages, the Celestial Star God Sovereign is powerless to help.

Whether they can survive depends on their luck.

The Celestial Star God Sovereign values these Heavenly Gods even less than those God Soldiers.

Even in the matter of leveling the Nine Abyssal Realm, those Sages and Heavenly Gods did not participate—putting it nicely, it's called standing guard.

Putting it bluntly, it's outright abandonment.

These Sages are essentially like elderly people living in a nursing home.

Having no ambition left, providing them with basic crystal ores to sustain life, letting them continue their retirement for thousands of years—this is already the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

The God Sovereigns never expect anything from these "people"; let them die if they die.

The future of the Heavenly Gods lies in these powerful Heavenly Gods and some exceptionally gifted God Soldiers.

The raging wind and flying sand gradually subsided.

The God Kings have already returned to the platform, looking up at the sky.

In the sky, a massive heavenly pillar is falling down, striking the open ground before everyone, causing another tremor of earth and mountain.

That stone pillar pierces into the ground, and some fragments fall down.

The divine soldiers instantly trembled, and just as they had recognized the Sage Palace moments ago, they now likewise recognized the origin of this stone pillar.

Isn't this the Heavenly Might Divine Lord's "Divine Lord Pillar"?

Although it has already been inverted, the palace at its peak has already been completely destroyed, sunk into the ground.

Yet the overall shape, the spiral staircase winding upward on the outside — not a single detail fails to indicate this stone pillar's "true identity."

First the Sage Palace, then the Heavenly Might Divine Lord's Divine Lord Pillar — the Divine Realm, just what on earth has happened?!

He raised his head, looking toward the top of the stone pillar.

There were the figures of several people there.

The one at the very front appeared to be only a child of about ten years old, bald head, blood-red robes, calm features, head slightly lowered gazing down, his gaze sweeping across the four directions.

The numerous divine soldiers, and even divine generals, divine kings all averted their eyes from his gaze.

Even though his form was that of a child, absolutely no one would treat him as a mere child.

Anyone who truly regarded him as a child — they themselves would likely be the brain-damaged child.

"Venerable Xuanzang, no, Victorious Fighting Buddha."

An incomparably majestic voice resonated through the heavens; the Heavenly Momentum Divine Lord spoke, announcing the blood-robed little monk's title.

"So it's you, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva." Tang Luo looked at the Heavenly Momentum Divine Lord, recognizing this person.

He was the Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva among the Five Great Bodhisattvas.

A proper Buddhist, and also a truly low-key bodhisattva, yet his strength could not be underestimated.

Not to speak of distant matters, not to speak of other things.

Just the fact that he formed the Five-Finger Mountain with a flip of his hand, suppressing the Six-Eared Macaque to death, was enough to see his current strength.

You must know, the Six-Eared Macaque was not weak in the slightest.

The Heavenly Star Divine Lord did not speak, his gaze falling on the figure behind Tang Luo.

Pigsy stood there, setting down the Heavenly Might Divine Lord he had been carrying on his shoulder onto the ground, smiling and nodding at the two Divine Lords.

Who knew what he was implying — that your fate would be the same?

After exchanging greetings with the Heavenly Momentum Divine Lord, Tang Luo looked at the Silent Divine King: "No wonder when I asked about the Five-Finger Mountain you claimed total ignorance, and regarding the Nine Nether you were entirely evasive — so the Nine Nether here IS the Five-Finger Mountain."

Indeed, if one flew to an extremely high altitude and looked down from above, one would discover that this place was precisely the Five-Finger Mountain Tang Luo had seen back then.

The Canglan Ruins were part of the tilted palm, the mist-shrouded portion; from high altitude one could see five heavenly pillars behind the stone bridge.

The muscles on the Silent Divine King's face twitched; he had no choice, and did not dare to feign ignorance.

He was currently regretting why he had to be that unlucky bastard.

In terms of familiarity, the Crimson Flame Divine King Huo Dexingjun was even more familiar with Tang Xuanzang and his disciples than he was.

They had even fought side by side during their Journey to the West.

At this very moment, the Crimson Flame Divine King naturally wore an expressionless face — not my business, I know nothing.

"Victorious Buddha."

The Heavenly Momentum Divine Lord spoke, "We heavenly gods intend to exterminate demons and monsters; do you intend to obstruct us?"

"You want to kill demons and monsters — what business is that of this poor monk?" Tang Luo said, "However, just now which blind fool attacked this poor monk's disciple? Step forward and receive death!"

He reached out and grabbed to the side; the silent stone staff lying on the stone bridge instantly flew up.

Turning into a streak of afterimage, it landed in Tang Luo's hand.

The cracks on it gradually expanded, magnificent golden light faintly emerging from within the cracks!

The Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle, the As-You-Will Golden-Hooped Staff!