#855 - Backlash

Hearing this, the black-robed doppelganger in the void also revealed a look of shock.

Sun Wukong is dead?

No way!

Then why would his golden cudgel appear here, and even foresee Yang Jian's arrival?

What's going on?

Yang Jian also wanted to know the answer, quickly put away the restored and calmed golden cudgel, and then used his celestial eye to scan the surrounding land again, confirming that there were no other discoveries before tearing open the boundary membrane and leaving.

Great Barren Deathlands, within the Evergreen Immortal Palace.

A familiar white light lit up again, and Yang Jian returned with哮天犬.

When 如来 saw the three-pointed double-edged knife held upside down in Yang Jian's hand, he couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise.

How did they return so quickly?

It seems that the place where the three-pointed double-edged knife was stored was not dangerous.

"Congratulations, True Lord, on retrieving your magic weapon!"

如来 greeted him with a smile, then looked at Qin Changqing: "Vice Alliance Master, can this old monk leave now?"

Before Qin Changqing could speak, Yang Jian had already grabbed a golden cudgel from the air and said coldly: "如来, take a look at what this is!"

如来 took a closer look, and his expression changed slightly, surprised: "Isn't this that monkey's golden cudgel? Why is it in True Lord's hands?"

Back then, when Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, many Divine Sovereigns besieged him, and 如来 was one of them, so he recognized it at a glance.

Yang Jian said lightly: "How it's in my hands is not important. You immediately use the power of fate to see where that monkey is now!"

What?!

如来 widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief, and then revealed a look of indignation: "True Lord, we agreed that I would help you retrieve the three-pointed double-edged knife, and you would let me go. Why are you always going back on your word?"

His divine soul power had already been greatly consumed after helping Yang Jian retrieve his magic weapon, and then suppressing the out-of-control 南无 again. Now his figure is even more illusory, so how could he be willing to continue?

Does he really think this old monk is a lamb to be slaughtered?

Too much!

"You're not willing?"

Yang Jian's celestial eye in the center of his brow slowly opened a slit, and a strange red light gradually appeared: "I'm not discussing with you! If you're not willing, then go die!"

"..."

如来 was speechless.

Faced with this kind of rogue behavior, what could he do but submit?

Sighing, 如来 slowly said: "True Lord, I can try, but I don't guarantee success."

It's one thing to explore the existence of a divine artifact, and another to reverse-explore the artifact's owner.

Sun Wukong is a congenital deity. It is said that there is also a Heavenly Venerate-level existence standing behind him, so it is difficult to explore the specific situation.

Yang Jian naturally understood this principle and would not force 如来 to death, nodding: "Just try. If it doesn't work, I won't force it, and I will naturally let you go according to the agreement!"

如来 finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That's more like it!

Qin Changqing, 如来, Yang Jian, and others came to the outside of the Great Barren Deathlands again. 如来 immediately began to use the power of fate again, and golden Buddhist seals drilled out of his body, gathering into mysterious formation restrictions.

如来 shouted again.

Yang Jian understood and threw the golden cudgel in his hand into the formation.

The Buddhist seals in 如来's palm changed again, constantly wandering and circling around the golden cudgel. Before long, a faint golden hair was drawn out from the cudgel.

Yang Jian could feel that the broken divine soul from before was emitted from this hair.

The owner of this hair was self-evident, it was the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong.

After this hair entered the formation formed by the golden Buddhist seals, the golden Buddhist seals seemed to have found the direction all of a sudden, and quickly began to tear apart the space.

A look of joy flashed in 如来's eyes. It seemed that things were progressing smoothly.

Qin Changqing was also staring closely at 如来's movements. However, just as the golden Buddhist seals were about to completely tear apart the space and peek into the place where Sun Wukong was, a terrifying force suddenly descended from the void and slammed heavily on the golden Buddhist seals.

如来 grunted, his figure swayed, and a trace of blood溢出 from the corner of his mouth.

The golden Buddhist seal formation also collapsed in an instant, and the golden cudgel and Sun Wukong's hair fell back to the ground.

"What a powerful backlash!"

如来's expression was solemn, and looking at the broken golden Buddhist seals in front of him, an uneasiness涌起 in his heart.

"What's going on?"

Yang Jian frowned and asked coldly.

如来's face was extremely ugly. His divine soul had also suffered great damage in the backlash just now: "True Lord, it can now be confirmed that the monkey is not dead, but he is trapped for some reason, and even his divine soul has been restricted, even entering a state of slumber, so this severed divine soul fragment will show such a state."

"Trapped..."

A look of surprise and uncertainty appeared on Yang Jian's face: "Could it be..."

The impact of that great calamity was too great, obliterating too many gods. Even a Divine Sovereign would find it difficult to survive without special means.

After all, that was a scheme laid out by the Three Pure Ones.

"Then did you find the monkey's specific location?"

Yang Jian asked.

The broken divine soul left behind by the monkey had already severed contact with the main body, but it was able to foresee his arrival, which already explained a lot.

Yang Jian and Sun Wukong's relationship was very微妙. Although they were enemies, they cherished each other, and they came from the same source. Now that they were both in trouble in the great calamity, he naturally wanted to help.

如来 shook his head: "The reason why I suffered a backlash is because the monkey's cultivation is higher than mine, and he probably wasn't greatly affected by this great calamity. After all, he has an indestructible body. Not only that, he seems to have had his location shielded by some great power using神通, so it's impossible to explore!"

After a pause, 如来 added: "However, I did get some clues in the exploration just now..."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and some scattered images flashed across the void.

Yang Jian and Qin Changqing immediately looked over. Yang Jian was fine and didn't have much reaction.

But when Qin Changqing saw one of the fleeting images, his pupils suddenly shrank, revealing an incredible expression.

"This... this is..."

Qin Changqing's breathing instantly became rapid, and an extremely fiery look flashed in his eyes.

"The clues provided in this image are too few. Unless you've been to this place, you won't know the specific location at all!"

Yang Jian frowned and stared at the image, then looked at Qin Changqing, and found that his expression was different, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Vice Alliance Master, what do you think?"

The light in Qin Changqing's eyes flashed rapidly. Others couldn't see the problem in this image, but he saw it at a glance.

The mountains and rivers in this picture are beautiful, and the vegetation is lush, it seems to be just an ordinary mountain peak.

But Qin Changqing keenly noticed that on the top of the mountain, there was a man standing, raising his hand to his ear, seemingly saying something!