I'll kill you after I finish this game!

There were eight people in total: two women of average appearance and six men in their mid-twenties, dressed as people from the Miao region.

"What are you doing, trying to kidnap someone?"

Skadi glanced at the people surrounding them and said in a bored tone.

"......"

Without saying much, the two women flicked their sleeves, and instantly the buzzing of insects filled the air as a large number of Gu worms flew out from their sleeves and flew towards Skadi and Mary.

"Don't ruin that fine skin, or it won't fetch a good price."

The six men, each wielding a long knife, looked fierce and greedy. One of them reminded the woman who was using the Gu worms, noting that while there was desire in their eyes as they looked at Skadi and Mary, their true desire was for money.

We can have our fun first, and then sell them for money. Anyway, with the looks of these two women, they can definitely fetch a good price.

Mary looked disgusted as the worms flew towards them, while Skadi remained expressionless.

With a casual exertion of power, a chill swept over the disgusting Gu worms, as well as those surrounding them.

"!!!"

Everyone opened their mouths slightly and stared wide-eyed. A stiff feeling spread from all parts of their bodies, and their senses seemed to have stopped responding to anything below their heads.

When they looked down, they saw their bodies melting away like mud.

And just like a pile of mud mixed together, the group began to merge together without distinction, while a terrible pain swept over their stiff nerves again.

"Whoaaaaaah!! What... what happened to me!?"

"It hurts! It hurts so much!!!"

Like a demon being tortured in hell, a bloodcurdling scream came from the ball of flesh.

Before Skadi, there was no one left, only eight deformed sarcomas fused together.

Their bodies were squeezed together and merged, and all sorts of organs, internal organs, faces, brains, eyes, bones, flesh and blood could be seen on that mass of flesh and blood, making it look like a monster made of flesh and blood.

The cries, screams, and wails... Skadi paid no attention to any of it. She casually walked past the nuclear-bursting thing and left with Mary.

All that was left for them was the agony of living a life worse than death, a agony that could only be stopped by death.

Because Skadi not only turned them into balls of flesh and blood, but also used their bodies as insect nests, stuffing all the previous Gu worms into their bodies.

The worms crawl and walk in the intestines, tear and eat in the flesh and blood, and lay eggs in the stomach.

The last insect to lay eggs dies and merges with flesh and blood to replenish its nutrition.

If no one stops this horrific situation, it could continue for a whole month.

As the video's perspective suddenly shrunk to a microscopic level, revealing the nuclear mutations inside the mass of flesh, many viewers turned pale and felt like vomiting.

Skadi didn't kill them, but she plunged them into a living hell. Inside their flesh were eyeballs connected to optic nerves, allowing them to watch helplessly as they were devoured.

Although it's cruel, no one will pity such people. If Skadi didn't have power, they wouldn't be the ones suffering.

........

On the other side, Skadi and Mary, who did not use flying to travel, also arrived at the Golden Sands Water Village beside the Flowing Sand River.

This water fortress is built on the riverbank, constructed primarily of bamboo and wood, and is at least several stories high.

Although it looks large, there aren't many people living there; in Skadi's eyes, there are only a little over a hundred.

Without being too conspicuous, Skadi and Mary sensed a bloody aura emanating from the secluded water village after entering it from a remote location.

Skadi also noticed the lingering scent in the water; if she wasn't mistaken, it was the remnant of demonic energy.

She came here to see what the monsters here look like.

After all, anyone who has read Journey to the West knows whose territory Liusha River is.

In Journey to the West, the one who lives in the Flowing Sand River is Sha Wujing. He was originally the Curtain-Lifting General of the Jade Emperor in Heaven. Later, he broke the precious glass cup at the Peach Banquet, which violated the heavenly rules and was banished to the mortal world, becoming a water demon in the Flowing Sand River.

It has a blue face and fangs, a red beard and red hair. It has been causing havoc in the river for many years, and it eats passersby. It also has the skulls of the people it has eaten hanging around its neck.

“Titi, that child is crying.”

Upon entering the water village, Mary heard crying and looked in the direction of the sound to see a little girl crying.

"Hmm...it was a monster that ate her father."

Skadi glanced over casually and immediately understood what had happened. The people killed by the monster in the water village were the little girl's family members, so it was understandable that they would be crying here.

"Should we help them exorcise the demon?"

Seeing the child crying, Mary, wanting to help, turned to Skadi.

"Okay, but let's see how things go first. A Taoist priest has arrived."

Skadi nodded, not refusing Mary's offer, but seeing the villagers supporting a Taoist priest as he entered the village, she didn't rush to make a move.

Skadi secretly observed the situation while pulling Mary along. She could tell at a glance that the Taoist priest was a charlatan.

But for someone to do something so reckless as to attract monsters is a kind of karmic retribution.

Soon, the Taoist priest began to perform a ritual, and all the villagers of the water village watched the exorcism ceremony. No one paid attention to Skadi and Mary, who were trying to keep their presence low.

Several people dressed in Taoist robes were performing a ritualistic dance, chanting incantations.

The Taoist priest performed a ritual on the water from a boat, and then threw a water mine with a talisman attached into the river.

With an explosion, a large cloud of smoke rose from the river, and then a very large Archaeopteryx surfaced, looking quite intimidating.

But in Skadi's eyes, he was just a clueless person doing pointless, suicidal things.

Soon, the villagers pulled the dead fish, the Gu's fish, over and hung it up.

The Taoist priest said that this fish was the monster that had harmed them, and seeing such a large Gu Shi fish, none of the villagers in the water village doubted his words.

Afterwards, the village chief also brought over the silver and gifts that the whole village had pooled together.

"Master, we really don't know how to thank you. This is the silver we prepared, and two thousand-year-old salted fish. Please accept it with a smile." The village chief of Shuizhai gratefully presented the prepared silver and gifts to the Taoist priest.

"Ah, village chief, what are you saying? We Taoist practitioners are just trying to help the world."

Despite speaking polite yet righteous words, the Taoist priest naturally accepted the basket containing the silver, then returned the two salted fish to the villager, saying, "However, I cannot accept such a precious gift as thousand-year-old salted fish."

This somewhat absurd scene left countless viewers speechless, and those who weren't blind were even more convinced that the Taoist priest was a charlatan.

After receiving the money, the other party stated that the villagers could dispose of the carcass of the ancient fish as they saw fit.

The villagers, who regarded the ancient fish as a monster, were also indignant, looking as if they wanted to chop the fish up with their own hands.

"Wait, you've all got it wrong!"

However, just as the villagers were getting excited, a voice that was completely different from theirs suddenly rang out, and the villagers all turned around and looked over in surprise.

A young but somewhat unkempt man appeared out of nowhere. He was dressed in rags and had a messy, bird's nest-like hairstyle, making him look a bit like a beggar.

But when Skadi looked at this person, her eyes narrowed slightly.

Because the person in front of you looks like an ordinary person without any power, but you can feel an implicit pressure emanating from him.

This was not an illusion. Sensing the other party's extraordinary nature, Skadi subconsciously used her magnetic field power to read the other party's thoughts, but could only hear a series of chants.

People from Buddhism?

Skadi, who couldn't read the other person's mind and had also practiced Buddhist teachings, was quite certain that this unkempt person in her eyes had a significant background.

At this moment, the other party approached the ancient fish by using the path cleared by the villagers, and while looking at the book in his hand, explained to the villagers:

"It's just an ordinary Guroichthys, docile, optimistic, and of very good quality. It's just a pity it's a bit too big."

Who are you?

The village chief looked at the person who had suddenly appeared and started talking to himself, and asked him with some surprise.

The man's self-introduction revealed a name and background that shocked countless viewers.

"Oh, I am Chen Xuanzang, an unordained Mahayana Buddhist disciple, an exorcist who vanquishes demons." The man, Chen Xuanzang, explained his identity to the village chief in a friendly manner, and told the village chief that the fish was not the monster they were looking for.

Countless viewers were astonished when they heard this unkempt man introduce himself, because they could hardly believe that this man was the world-famous Tang Sanzang.

[World Destroyer]: Chen Xuanzang...Tang Sanzang? Is this disheveled man, who looks like a beggar, Tang Sanzang?

【Cherries of Divine Favor】: Wait a minute, wasn't he a monk at Jin Guang Temple in Journey to the West? How come he's still an unordained Buddhist disciple now?! That doesn't make sense!

[Dimensional Witch]: It seems that the content recorded in the book is quite different from the reality.

【Gap Witch】: That's right. After all, according to the records in Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang should have brought his eldest disciple Sun Wukong with him when he came to the Flowing Sand River.

[Mebius]: Let alone Sun Wukong, we haven't even seen the White Dragon Horse. The man-eating monster in the water village should be Sha Wujing, right?

[Qiao Rulai]: Hmm... Chen Xuanzang, a disciple of Mahayana Buddhism? This man doesn't seem like what he appears to be.

[Hundred Lifetimes of Wisdom]: I can tell he has a compassionate nature, but... how come a Mahayana Buddhist disciple is so weak? Could he be a fraud like that Taoist priest?

【缺舟一帆渡】: No, if he were also a fraudster, he wouldn't have said that this Gu Shi Yu wasn't the monster the villagers were looking for.

[Fire Executor]: This unkempt man is quite famous, just like Sun Wukong before. Can anyone tell me the story of Journey to the West? I'm quite interested.

【The Cautious Warrior】: It's just a story about a monkey causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace, followed by the four travelers (master and disciples) going through many hardships to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West...

P.S.: I've been updating very late lately, I apologize to all my readers. The power is constantly going out during the day when they install electricity meters nearby, either in the morning or afternoon. The only time I can properly update is around 6 or 7 pm, and it's unbearably hot all day...

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Who's Right and Who's Wrong? Chen Xuanzang's Self-Doubt

Skadi, who had read Journey to the West, also noticed something strange about the Chen Xuanzang before her.

Or rather, they realize that this world is not the true world of Journey to the West, so some details and even plot points will be different.

At that moment, another personality existing deep within Skadi's mind, Luo Xiu, suddenly spoke.

Don't overthink it. This isn't the Journey to the West world you're imagining, although the four-person pilgrimage group will still exist.

Upon hearing this, Skadi frowned. Judging from her tone, her other self clearly knew about this world, which meant that 'herself' should also know about it.

In response, Luo Xiu voluntarily allowed Skadi to observe the memories of his personality after it was separated.

It can be said that this world is the movie world that exists in their so-called past life memories, and the level of force in this world is not low.

"Journey to the West... Exorcising Demons?"

After Skadi muttered something strange, the way she looked at Chen Xuanzang changed.

According to my memories from my previous life, this is indeed not the true Journey to the West.