Great Demon Sun Wukong

After the Hidden Mountain collapsed, Sun Wukong's Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes had been attentively watching Xi Zhao. It seemed to him that Xi Zhao might have been injured in his field of vision, but he was worried it could be a trick of Xi Zhao's, so he did not order an immediate advance. However, after one quarter of an hour, Sun Wukong saw through his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes that Xi Zhao indeed had suffered serious injuries, which led him to signal Po Jun to move forward. However, as soon as Po Jun decapitated the giant serpent, the Xi Zhao that Sun Wukong had been continuously watching through his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes suddenly disappeared.

This was a very abrupt situation, almost as if you had been watching someone, and then after you looked down to sneeze, you found the person had vanished without a trace, utterly disappearing. Looking all around, Sun Wukong could not find even a hint of Xi Zhao's shadow, and prior to this, Sun Wukong had not detected any spatial fluctuations or spiritual power disturbances. Where had Xi Zhao gone?

Moreover, looking at the snake corpse flowing with streams of blood like a surging river, Sun Wukong felt something was not quite right, but he could not immediately figure out what it was. While Sun Wukong was frowning and pondering, Sandy had already drifted to his side and asked with some confusion, "Eldest brother, is this giant snake dead?" Sun Wukong replied offhandedly, "It should be dead, its head has been chopped off."

Sandy scratched his bald head and said, "What kind of snake is this, it's so huge? We've been fighting for so long, and I still haven't seen the tail of this giant snake." Because Sun Wukong was preoccupied, he subconsciously replied, "This is an Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent, this serpent has a total of..." As he spoke, Sun Wukong suddenly froze. He did not finish his sentence aloud but instead thought to himself: This serpent, it has nine heads!

That's right, Sun Wukong had now realized where the problem lay. This was not merely one giant serpent; summoned by Xi Zhao with an Annihilation Order was definitely the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent, which must have nine heads. Furthermore, in his conversation with Xi Zhao earlier, Sun Wukong had learned that the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent in the Patrolling Celestial World was extraordinarily large, and its strength was unfathomable. Consequently, Xi Zhao might not have been able to awaken the entire nine-headed serpent and could only rouse one of its sleeping heads.

If that was the case, no matter how deeply the other heads of the nine-headed serpent were asleep, if one of its heads were to be chopped off, the other heads would surely feel excruciating pain and would be awakened, as the nine heads of the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent, while possessing independent consciousness, shared one body. This is like the five fingers on a hand; if one breaks, it would be accompanied by piercing, bone-deep pain. But it had been a while since Hidden Mountain's strike and Po Jun's decapitation, yet Sun Wukong felt no disturbances.

Therefore, Sun Wukong thought of a possibility, "Everyone, rise to the sky immediately, this serpent, it's fake!" Sun Wukong shouted hastily. As if to validate Sun Wukong's thoughts, the fresh blood flowing from the severed part of the giant serpent's body suddenly surged violently, appearing as if a fire was burning underground, causing what looked like a vast pool of blood to boil. With the boiling of the blood, the two sections of the serpent's body that lay on the ground twitched a few times.

At this moment, upon hearing Sun Wukong's loud shout, everyone, with fear in their hearts, immediately leaped into the air, but inevitably, some were a beat too slow. During the previous battle, Si Ye and Po Jun had, due to fighting above their levels, forcibly used their ultimate moves, which resulted in excessive depletion of their physical and spiritual powers and led Dao Zhun to take them into his Mystic Space. However, as soon as Dao Zhun saw the giant serpent killed, he immediately released the two of them and activated his Bodhi Treasure Tree to heal and restore them.

During Sun Wukong's shout, Dao Zhun was already on high alert, but as he was about to lift Si Ye and Po Jun into the air, two seven to eight meter long, two-finger-thick snakes made of bright red blood suddenly leaped from the ground beneath their feet. The blood snakes moved so swiftly that not even Dao Zhun could react in time. As he gasped in shock, while throwing Po Jun by the collar to send him flying away in an instant, Si Ye was already entangled by one of the blood snakes.

Although this was the case, Dao Zhun naturally would not stand idly by in the face of death. Therefore, upon reaching Si Ye, his left hand gripping Si Ye's wrist vibrated with force. His initial intent was to shake off the blood serpent coursing along Si Ye's body, but unexpectedly, with this forceful shake, not only did he dislodge the blood serpent, but he also disintegrated Si Ye's flesh, leaving only a bare, white skeleton in his hand. With the support of the flesh gone, the skeleton completely scattered on the ground with the blow of the wind, leaving only a segment of arm bone in Dao Zhun's hand.

Even with Dao Zhun's steadfast will, he couldn't help but be momentarily stunned. While he was in a daze, three blood serpents rose from under his feet and quickly coiled towards him. Sun Wukong, who was mid-air, had a clear view of the scene and was deeply alarmed by the horror of the blood serpents. He had not even recovered from the shock of Si Ye's death when he saw another three blood serpents emerging from below. Seeing this, Sun Wukong was both shocked and enraged. Nevertheless, without any hesitation, the two grains of Spatial Sand shining in mid-air, at the very moment when the three blood serpents coiled towards Dao Zhun, Sun Wukong had already transported Dao Zhun to the furthest piece of Spatial Sand from the boiling pool of blood.

Though taken aback by Si Ye's death, Dao Zhun quickly regained his senses, still holding on to the section of Si Ye's arm bone. Before he could say much, all the blood in the simmering lake exploded violently, with all the giant serpent blood scattering in all directions, and while flying mid-air, they morphed into countless small and large blood serpents. The scene of Si Ye being coiled by the blood serpent had been witnessed by all, and now, seeing the sky filled with scattered blood serpents, everyone was filled with utter horror.

Hidden Mountain was the first to leave the Mountain of World Suppression, which he was possessing, and at the same time, the bisected serpent corpse also started to wriggle and slowly draw closer together, suggesting signs of self-regeneration. But at that moment, no one cared whether the serpent corpse was regenerating or not, staring at the spreading blood serpents that filled the sky, they felt inescapable.

"Everyone, do not resist." Barely managing to shout that, Sun Wukong's figure vanished from the spot, and simultaneously, all one hundred and eight grains of Spatial Sand burst into brilliance, like the Milky Way descending from the night sky, all moving in unison. As Sun Wukong disappeared, Po Jun, who was closest to him, also vanished, followed by Hidden Mountain, Yu Fan Taoist Monk, and Sandy. As they disappeared, both Sun Wukong and Dao Zhun also vanished.

When everyone had vanished, the blood serpents finally hit the ground, but by that time, aside from the lone Mountain of World Suppression, there were no more living beings in the area. As all the blood serpents settled and reconvened, Xi Zhao's figure gradually emerged; shockingly, he appeared above the severed snake head. Sensing the situation around him, Xi Zhao's expression flickered uncertainly.

But he didn't say much. Looking at the now-connected serpent head, Xi Zhao indeed briefly let out a sigh of relief. Just now, he was also taking a gamble. The fact that these people could join forces and behead the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent was utterly beyond Xi Zhao's expectations. His gamble was on whether the Soul Controlling Technique given to him by "that person" would work. As long as the technique worked, everything would be fine, but if it failed, not just him, but the entire Myriad Demons Country and even "that person" would be doomed.

Just a moment ago, Po Jun's sword truly severed the head of the actual Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent. Just before Po Jun's Sword Qi struck, Xi Zhao used the Soul Control Technique taught by "that person," managing by a hair's breadth to manipulate and hypnotize most of the serpent head's soul. Thus, when Po Jun's sword fell, the serpent head failed to realize it was already dead, and consequently couldn't convey the pain to its body to alert the other heads.

Because the serpent head's soul was hypnotized, it did not believe it was dead, so it did not break free from Xi Zhao's control. As for the serpent head's regeneration, that was entirely the instinct of the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Starting Point ) to cast your recommendation and Monthly Pass votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)