Honghuang: My understanding is beyond belief. I am the first immortal of Jiejiao.

With a roar, he transformed into a streak of gold and red light, leaping to Lin Zhu's side, who stood on golden lotuses and wielded the God-Slaying Spear. Facing the Buddhist army that seemed capable of crushing everything, he showed no fear. Instead, he grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth, and roared arrogantly at Lin Zhu.

"God of Hell! Today, I, Old Sun, will stand shoulder to shoulder with you, slaughtering until the heavens and earth are turned upside down, staining the sky with blood! Let all the gods and Buddhas know what true lawlessness is! Together, we will shatter all realms and make all the demons and monsters bow down in submission!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhu burst into laughter, his laughter filled with smugness and disdain.

He glanced at Sun Wukong, his eyes filled with admiration.

"What a spirit! No wonder you are the Great Sage! In that case, let's divide the work and cooperate."

"Give me Guanyin, and this big blue-skinned guy. As for the rest of the small fry—Ananda, the eight hundred Arhats, the Five Directional Protectors, and these hundreds of millions of Buddhist soldiers—you, Great Sage, can handle them all! What do you say? Are you ready to take on this?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately became displeased, and his monkey face showed dissatisfaction.

"What? You only took two? You're leaving so many for me? Are you looking down on me, Old Sun?!"

But his fighting spirit burned even brighter, and he swung his golden cudgel fiercely, stirring up the wind and clouds.

"So be it! These bald monks, I, Old Sun, have been oppressed by them my whole life! Today, I will drink the Buddha's blood and avenge this humiliation! Kill!!"

Once the last word "kill" was uttered, Sun Wukong no longer hesitated or bargained.

His figure suddenly transformed into a streak of light that tore through the sky, shooting towards the Buddhist army formation led by Venerable Ananda at a speed beyond the limits of the naked eye! Before he even arrived, the violent demonic energy, a mixture of five hundred years of accumulated resentment and the immense spiritual power of Huang Zhongli, crashed down like a raging storm, causing many of the lower-level Buddhist soldiers in the front ranks to turn pale and their formation to falter slightly!

"You demon monkey, cease your arrogance! Form the formation! Vajra Subdue Demons!"

Venerable Ananda's expression was solemn, and he dared not be negligent in the slightest. He raised his staff high and shouted sternly.

The eight hundred Arhats responded in unison, their chanting shaking the heavens and the earth. Golden Buddhist light surged up like waves, attempting to trap and kill Sun Wukong, the escaped ferocious beast, within their formation.

As Sun Wukong crashed into the sea of ​​Buddhist soldiers like a burning meteorite, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Immovable King, which were burning with wrathful flames.

He could tell that although Sun Wukong was fierce, he had just escaped and his aura was still somewhat unstable. If he could severely injure or even kill him first, it would not only damage the enemy's morale, but also distract Lin Zhu!
"You wicked creature! Prepare to die!"

The Immovable King roared like thunder, and his towering Dharma form moved suddenly. With a clench of his right hand, a giant wisdom sword, burning with blazing white flames of wisdom and a length of a thousand feet, appeared in his hand!

He didn't use too many fancy supernatural powers, but poured all his vast magical power as a half-step quasi-saint into the Wisdom Sword, which symbolized his original vow of "wisdom to cut off afflictions," and slashed it down at Sun Wukong, who was rushing towards the Buddhist army formation!

This sword strike, simple and unadorned, embodies the boundless Buddhist Dharma and wrathful will of Acala. Wherever the sword's edge passes, the space seems to be scorched with black marks, carrying the resolute force to sever all afflictions and destroy all demons! He intends to use absolute power to seize the initiative and completely eliminate the restless element of Sun Wukong!

However, just as he raised his sword, before it had fully fallen, a cold voice rang in his ears, almost touching him!
"Your opponent is me."

The moment the voice rang out, Fudo Myoo felt a blur before his eyes, and a white figure, seemingly ignoring the distance in space, appeared out of thin air in the void between him and Sun Wukong! It was Lin Zhu!

Lin Zhu's face was cold and stern, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever. Only the God-Slaying Spear seemed to come alive in his hands, emitting a deep hum like that of an ancient beast awakening!
Without any unnecessary movements, he simply thrust the jet-black spear in his hand, which was wrapped in an aura of endless destruction, straight at the thousand-foot-long wisdom sword that Fudo Myo-o had slashed down!

The spear flashed like a dragon! No, it was a demonic dragon emerging from the abyss!

The moment the God-Slaying Spear was thrust out, the dark red tip of the spear suddenly erupted with a ferocious demonic aura that devoured heaven and earth. The entire spear seemed to transform into an ancient demonic dragon that tore through the sky and was ready to slay gods and destroy Buddhas! The spear's momentum was not vast, but rather extremely condensed. All the power was gathered at one point, carrying an ultimate sharpness that ignored defense and destroyed all laws!

Fudo Myo-o's pupils constricted sharply! He felt the death threat emanating from the spear tip, a threat that even made this Myo-o, renowned for his combat prowess, tremble!
He dared not be negligent in the slightest, and forcibly reversed the trajectory of the Wisdom Sword that was slashing towards Sun Wukong. The thousand-foot-long sword body was horizontal in front of him, and at the same time, the Buddhist light around him surged out like a boiling golden ocean, combining with the vast spiritual energy between heaven and earth, instantly setting up layer upon layer of defensive barriers in front of him, like a copper wall and an iron wall!
Each barrier contains the supreme Buddhist teachings of Immovable King and the power of heaven and earth, enough to easily withstand the full-force attack of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!

He was confident that even if Lin Zhu was strong, as they were both half-step quasi-saints, he could at least block this shot if he defended with all his might!
However, in the next instant, his confidence was ruthlessly shattered!

"laugh--!"

A soft sound, so faint as to be almost negligible.

But to Fudo Myo-o, it was nothing short of a thunderclap from the heavens!
His impenetrable defenses, imbued with the power of heaven and earth and supreme Buddhist teachings, were as fragile as paper before that seemingly ordinary black spear tip! One layer, two layers, three layers... a thousand layers! All defenses were utterly useless before that single, destructive edge!

The spear tip, brimming with demonic energy, hurtled towards the face of the Acala Buddha's dharma image with unstoppable force! The chilling killing intent and destructive aura caused the Acala Buddha's dharma image, formed from Buddhist teachings, to turn faintly green!

"not good!"

Fudo Myo-o was horrified and tried to retreat, but found himself seemingly locked onto by the spear's intent, the surrounding space becoming viscous and solidified! He could only watch helplessly as the deadly spear tip rapidly magnified in his pupils!
At this critical moment, a soft yet incredibly strong white light, like a celestial being descending from the heavens, suddenly descended and stood between the tip of the God-Slaying Spear and the face of the Immovable King!

It's Guanyin Bodhisattva!
She had been waiting in the wings, ready to strike at any moment. Seeing that Immovable King was in danger, she immediately made her move! With a gentle flick of the willow branch from her jade bottle, a pure white light, imbued with her half-step quasi-saint cultivation and the power of compassion, appeared as the purest barrier, blocking the tip of the spear!
"Boom——!!!"

The pitch-black demonic energy and the pure white Buddhist light, two forces with completely opposite properties but both reaching the level of a half-step quasi-saint, collided head-on without any fancy moves!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a muffled, deafening roar, as if the very foundation of the world had been shaken! At the center of the collision, space shattered like a mirror, revealing a chilling, pitch-black void! Terrifying energy turbulence swept outwards like an out-of-control, raging dragon, turning everything in its path colorless!

Half of the sky was dyed a deep, inky black, filled with a sinister aura; the other half was transformed into a dazzling pure white, bathed in divine light! The black and white colors seemed to be forcibly torn apart by an invisible force, clearly distinct yet mutually eroding each other, forming a bizarre and awe-inspiring scene!

The aftershocks of the collision spread out like a cataclysmic tsunami, causing sand and rocks to fly and the earth to crumble within a hundred miles of Five Elements Mountain! Those Buddhist soldiers who were closer, even with the protection of the formation, were shaken to their sides, and those with lower cultivation levels coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground! It was as if the end of the world had arrived!
At the eye of the storm, Lin Zhu remained motionless, not even the hem of his clothes fluttering. He slowly retracted the God-Slaying Spear as if it were a trivial matter. His gaze swept indifferently over the pale-faced, slightly erratic Immovable King, and the equally solemn Guanyin with beads of sweat on her forehead. A smirk of undisguised contempt curled at the corner of his lips as he softly uttered two words.

"That's it?"

The massive Dharma form of Fudo Myo-o swayed slightly, and a thin but clear crack appeared on his left shoulder, from which golden, lava-like "blood" slowly seeped out, leaving a shocking bloodstain! His face was extremely ugly, showing both the shock of surviving a disaster and the humiliation and anger of having his defenses breached by a single spear and nearly dying!
Guanyin Bodhisattva's expression was also not good.

She took a deep breath and transmitted her voice to Fudo Myoo, her tone extremely solemn.

"My King! Do not confront him head-on again! This man's techniques are strange and unfathomable, and he possesses two supreme treasures! The Thirteen-Petaled Golden Lotus of Merit is a top-tier defensive treasure, which has a strong effect of restraining and weakening my Buddhist magic and supernatural powers!"

And that God-Slaying Spear... is infamous, its attack power likely far exceeding ordinary 'levels'. As fellow quasi-saints, he could probably handle both of us alone... with ease!"

She recalled the fear of being "dominated" by Lin Zhu before, as well as the terrifying power of that shot just now, and felt an even greater chill in her heart.

Upon hearing this, Fudo Myo-o's face turned pale and then red.

He naturally recognized the two treasures and recalled some unpleasant rumors about being "educated" by Lin Zhu. That shot just now had made him truly feel the threat of death! Now that Guanyin had pointed it out, his suppressed anger and fighting spirit were instantly cooled down by a bucket of ice water, and he even felt a bit... cowardly.

But the arrow is already on the bowstring, and it must be released. If we were to back down now, what would become of Buddhism's reputation? What would become of the overall mission of Journey to the West?

He and Guanyin exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolute determination in each other's eyes. One-on-one, he was no match for Lin Zhu. Only by joining forces could they have a sliver of hope, or at least... restrain him!

"Join forces! Keep him occupied for now! Let Ananda and the others capture the monkey demon as soon as possible!"

The Immovable King suppressed his fear and gritted his teeth as he transmitted his voice.

Guanyin nodded, about to give the order for Venerable Ananda to capture or kill Sun Wukong at all costs to disturb Lin Zhu's mind.

However, before she could even utter a word, Lin Zhu's icy gaze swept over her.

"You think you can distract yourself in front of me?"

Lin Zhu grinned maliciously, his left hand forming a sword shape with his fingers, and gently pointed towards the direction of Guanyin and Fudo Myoo!
There was no earth-shattering display, only a condensed, hair-thin, yet indescribably fast stream of pitch-black demonic energy, which, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, instantly traversed space and shot towards the two of them!

A warning bell rang in the hearts of Guanyin and Fudō Myō-ō! The power of that spear strike was still fresh in their minds; how could they dare to be careless in the slightest? Almost the instant the demonic energy was released, the two of them attacked simultaneously!
The Guanyin Jade Vase tilted, and boundless nectar transformed into layers of water curtains, supple and dense, containing the power of purification and defense. The Immovable King's Wisdom Sword was swung, and blazing white flames transformed into lotus flowers, blooming layer upon layer, attempting to burn away and dissolve the demonic energy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The tiny demonic energy collided with the two people's defensive measures, producing a series of muffled sounds.

Although the demonic energy was thin, it contained extremely terrifying penetrating and corrosive power. Guanyin's nectar curtain was pierced and evaporated layer by layer, and the flame lotus of Fudo Myo-o was also corroded and flickered! The two of them joined forces and barely managed to resist and wear down this casually released demonic energy. However, they were shaken so badly that their blood and qi churned and they took half a step back!
Lin Zhu withdrew his finger as if he were merely dusting off some dirt, his sinister grin growing even more pronounced.

"Only now do you think of joining forces? Too late. From the moment you decided to attack me, you were already...surrounded by me."

"fart!"

Fudo Myoo was so angry he almost vomited blood, feeling that his intelligence had been insulted.

"It was clearly the two of us ganging up on you! How did it become that we were surrounded?! Lin Zhu, stop talking nonsense and disrupting our morale!"

Although he spoke toughly, his unease grew stronger.

Lin Zhu's strength and composure far exceeded his expectations.

Guanyin also frowned. She knew Lin Zhu's troublesome nature better than Fudo Myoo, and whispered a warning.

"My King! Don't argue with him! Let's finish this quickly! Let's join forces and break through his defenses first!"

Upon hearing this, Acala forcibly suppressed his distracting thoughts, and his eyes blazed with fighting spirit once more. "Alright! Guanyin, let's attack together!"

He roared and raised the thousand-foot-long Wisdom Sword high once more. This time, he poured almost all the power of his Dharma form into it. The flames of wisdom on the sword turned from white to gold, burning even more fiercely and violently. The sword also expanded again, as if it had transformed into a burning golden mountain that could split the continental plates!
With the power to destroy everything, it slashed down fiercely towards Lin Zhu and the thirteen-petaled golden lotus of merit beneath his feet!

"Prajnaparamita! Slash!!"

At the same time, Guanyin Bodhisattva held nothing back. Her jade bottle hovered above her head, and a vast torrent of magical power poured out from its mouth like an inverted Milky Way! This torrent was not a direct attack, but rather like the most resilient threads, wrapping layer upon layer around the golden mountain-like giant sword that Fudo Myoo had slashed down!
She used her profound and powerful Buddhist teachings to empower, accelerate, and amplify this sword strike! As a result, the power of this sword strike increased by several times on its original basis!

A colossal golden sword, ten thousand feet long, wrapped with the vast galaxy of Guanyin's magical power, carrying the combined attack of two half-step quasi-saints, was like a punishment from the heavens, tearing the sky apart and bringing with it the terrifying power to cause stars to fall and all things to return to nothingness, as it slashed down towards Lin Zhu!

Before the sword even arrived, the incomparably sharp sword energy and Buddhist pressure had already pressed the Five Elements Mountain ruins below down several feet again, freezing the space and silencing all things!
Faced with this combined attack, powerful enough to make any half-step Quasi-Saint pale, Lin Zhu remained standing still, not even raising the God-Slaying Spear in his hand. (End of Chapter)