Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Wukong Comes Out of Retreat to Kill Bukong Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Wukong Comes Out of Retreat to Kill Bukong [I had a car accident today, so I am feeling really terrible, hence the late update, and also, both the quality and length of this chapter are not great. I apologize to everyone.]

Speaking of which, Ying Zheng used twelve bronze figures to block Tathagata and Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha. Once displayed, the bronze figures were indeed formidable, practically with bronze skin and iron bones, hard to break; even Tathagata needed three consecutive palms to break one bronze man’s arm.

At this time, people had already surrounded them.

A cold light flashed in Tathagata’s eyes as he said, “Sorry, Ma Yuan!”

Knowing something bad was about to happen, Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha attempted to escape, but Tathagata struck him on the back with a palm, sending him flying. As Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha flew backward, a talisman appeared behind him, sketched with silver hooks and iron strokes, bearing a few large characters—Purple Twilight Divine Thunder Talisman Spell!

This was a treasure amassed by Tathagata in the past, a detonating talisman of great power, crafted with Nine Heavens Purple Twilight Divine Thunder.

Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha angrily said, “Exalted Immortal of Dark Clouds, how dare you plot against me!”

But Tathagata replied, “Sorry! Burst!”

With a pinch of his spell, the talisman immediately flickered with purple light. At this moment, Tathagata blasted a bloody path straight toward Water Curtain Cave, and then streams of thunderbolts burst forth, like an explosion of the Thunder Pool. Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha was affected, and his Primordial Spirit was completely assimilated by the Nine Heavens Purple Twilight Divine Thunder, turning into myriad divine thunder thoughts, over ten thousand of them, and then they exploded all at once!

“Boom!”

The explosion was no small matter; the twelve bronze figures were directly blasted away, scattered and broken, and Ying Zheng too was affected, sent flying with his body mangled, almost without a good piece of flesh left.

Although Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha was unwilling, he ultimately couldn’t escape the fate of ascending to the Deification Platform. A stream of True Yuan flew from his body toward the Deification Platform!

This talisman, together with the Primordial Spirit thoughts of Ma Yuan Zen King Buddha, turned into divine thunder and exploded; though it was far weaker in power compared to the self-destruction of the Demon Tribe’s powerful beings in the battle at Mount Putuo that day, its force was not much lesser. This explosion caused tens of thousands of miles around to tremble, as if a dragon beneath the earth was turning over.

Unable to dodge in time, three Daluo Golden Immortals from the Demon Tribe were instantly killed, their True Spirits heading toward the Deification Platform.

“Tathagata, you are truly ruthless!” Shen Gongbao caught Ying Zheng and could not help but curse angrily, his eyes nearly splitting.

Tathagata reached the front of Water Curtain Cave and did not stop; he immediately raised his Demon-Subduing Pestle, which instantly grew thousands of feet in size, planning to level Water Curtain Cave to the ground! The crowd was some distance from Tathagata and though their Escape Techniques were formidable, Tathagata would certainly destroy the foundation of Water Curtain Cave before they could reach.

“Hum!”

The Demon-Subduing Pestle trembled slightly, and a million paths of Buddha’s Light sprang forth, pressing down toward Water Curtain Cave.

Just then, a dark golden staff shot straight into the Ninefold Heavens, bursting out from the waterfall at Water Curtain Cave, like a trapped dragon leaving water, exuding an extremely powerful deterrent!

“Wukong is coming out!” Nezha exclaimed.

The Buddha Beating Staff immediately propped against the descending Demon-Subduing Pestle, like a colossal pillar holding up the sky.

Wukong flipped out from Water Curtain Cave with a somersault and bellowed, “Exalted Immortal of Dark Clouds, you vermin, take this stick from me!”

Holding the Heavenly Mechanism Staff in his hand, he swung it down, and the Star Picking Divine Ape manifested, extending its two long arms like Divine Dragons to grapple toward Tathagata.

Tathagata was horrified in his heart. Had Sun Wukong, who was a Daluo Golden Immortal just half a year ago, now achieved the Primordial Dao Fruit, mastering the dual energies of yin and yang, and become a Primordial Golden Immortal? To know, Tathagata had contemplated the dual energies of yin and yang for tens of thousands of years in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool to master the laws of the void and nourish the Primordial Dao Fruit.

However, he guessed wrong. What Wukong had produced was not a Primordial Dao Fruit but a Golden Lotus.

“Boom!”

The Star-Picking Divine Ape extended its long arms while Tathagata, wielding the Chaos Hammer, smashed down with one blow. The void crackled with electricity, and Chaos Qi exploded forth, instantly shattering the ape’s long arms into dust!

Wukong, not underestimating Tathagata, naturally brought forth his full capabilities. With a sweep of his staff like a dragon, the Star-Picking Divine Ape vanished only to be replaced by the Mountain-moving Divine Ape, wielding the Heavenly Mechanism Staff, to strike at Tathagata together.

The Chaos Hammer wielded by Tathagata was also an extraordinarily powerful Magical Treasure, refined by the Eight Treasures Merit Pool; it was by no means weak. As it was wielded, it cleaved repeatedly, shattering the void layer by layer amidst terrifying flashes of lightning!

“Crack!”

Tathagata parried Wukong’s Heavenly Mechanism Staff with one move, but Wukong did not pause at all, his staff in hand constantly changing length and unpredictably striking toward his opponent’s chest.

Tathagata brought his hands together and chanted Buddhist scripture, with enormous Sanskrit characters falling down to block the Heavenly Mechanism Staff.

“Hum!”

With one hit, Tathagata was sent flying, coughing up blood repeatedly and sustaining minor injuries.

Wukong, of course, would not pass up the chance to beat down an opponent when they’re down. With a somersault, he invoked the Great Revolution Seal into the sky, a heavy revolutionary will spreading out, as if ready to collapse the eternal firmament, shattering ancient and modern times alike. The void cracked layer by layer, then turned into dust. Although the descent of the Great Revolution Seal was slow, it was as overwhelming and unavoidable as Xie Xiaofeng’s extremely heavy Sword Form. Tathagata felt his legs heavy as if filled with lead, unable to move at all, leaving him no choice but to operate his Buddhist Golden Body to its limit. His arms bulged and veins wrapped around them like mighty dragons.

“Bang!”

When the Great Revolution Seal fell, it broke Tathagata’s arms and he collapsed to the ground once again.

Wukong rushed forward, the sickle breaking free from the Great Revolution Seal, and grasped it in his hand, swinging it down at Tathagata’s head!

Tathagata’s soul nearly fled his body, knowing full well that once this sickle of revolutionary will struck his flesh, he would be annihilated, both body and soul, consigned to the fate of the Deification Platform. He dared not delay, exhausting all his moves, energy surging, and invoking the Chaos Hammer to block.

But how could this revolutionary will be easily resisted?

With a furious roar from Wukong, seven apertures smoking, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Five Qi to the Prime, he managed to knock the Chaos Hammer flying with brute force. But with his left hand, he reached into the void, grabbed an axe, and cleaved fiercely once more!

With this strike, Tathagata had no choice but to surrender completely.

“Pff!”

This axe strike completely split Tathagata in two, annihilating both his form and spirit, sending a wisp of his True Spirit towards the Deification Platform.

Indeed, traitors never meet a good end!

In past years, the traitors of the Jie Taoist sect had almost all ascended the Deification Platform.

One wonders what Tathagata would think upon seeing this scene.

After killing Tathagata, Wukong finally stopped, gasping heavily twice. Emerging from his retreat, he faced such a great battle, unleashing his full combat power in a flash, cutting down Tathagata — not without damage to his own physical body.

With Tathagata dead, the crisis at Water Curtain Cave was naturally resolved.

But then the Nether River Patriarch was again slaughtering the common folk.

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