Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 741 - The ’Death’ of Zixia
741: Chapter 741: The ‘Death’ of Zixia
741 -741: The ‘Death’ of Zixia
Although Sun Wukong knew that with his own strength, he couldn’t possibly be Tathagata’s opponent, watching Flower Fruit Mountain perish before his eyes and countless monkeys and their offspring being slaughtered filled him with such hatred that his reason was nearly completely burned away by rage.
Regardless of whether he could defeat Tathagata or not, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in his hand transformed into the shape of the Sky-Supporting Giant Pillar and stabbed directly toward the palm of Tathagata.
With a thunderous roar, Tathagata’s descending palm slowed momentarily.
However, this was only a brief slowdown and did not mean that Sun Wukong’s strength could withstand Tathagata’s descending palm.
“Oh?
You Rascal Monkey, your strength seems to have grown somewhat stronger than it was five hundred years ago!” Tathagata held his palm flat, maintaining a pressing downward motion, and slightly raised his eyebrows as he spoke.
Yet, as soon as his words fell, Tathagata’s palm continued to exert force, inching downwards.
Roar!
At that time, under the Law of Heaven and Earth’s form, Sun Wukong transformed into a giant ape a hundred feet tall with murderous aura soaring, and the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, like the Sky-Supporting Giant Pillar, topped Tathagata’s palm.
However, feeling the indescribable force descending, Sun Wukong also felt his Golden Cudgel being gradually pressed down.
With a thud!
Eventually, the entire Golden Cudgel was fiercely pressed against the ground by Tathagata’s palm.
Crackle!
However, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel that fell to the ground could not withstand Tathagata’s palm at all; suddenly, a crackling sound was heard, and Sun Wukong glanced at the cudgel with an extremely ugly look on his face.
As it turned out, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel now showed one crack after another.
Under this power, his Golden Cudgel was clearly unable to hold on.
“Monkey, I’ll help you!”
Seeing Sun Wukong’s strength completely overwhelmed by Tathagata, Fairy Zixia did not stand idly by; she leapt up, shouting loudly.
In her shout, with a flick of her wrist, a Treasure Sword appeared in Zixia’s hand, raising it to stab at the palm of Tathagata.
“Zixia, come back!”
Seeing Zixia’s actions, Sun Wukong, whose reason was almost burned away by rage, suddenly had a moment of clarity, then, with a coarse and fierce voice, he roared loudly at Zixia.
Even his own Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation level couldn’t block Tathagata’s power at all; if Zixia went, wouldn’t that be seeking death?
Puff puff puff!
Zixia’s Treasure Sword stabbed Tathagata’s palm dozens of times.
However, these attacks on Tathagata’s palm looked as ineffectual as using a toothpick to stab an elephant’s leg, utterly useless.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and kept gripping the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, persisting.
As the Golden Cudgel became covered with cracks, Sun Wukong was prepared to put away the cudgel, otherwise, it truly might shatter.
But at that moment, with Zixia under Tathagata’s palm as well, how could Sun Wukong dare to put the cudgel away?
“Monkey!
You must leave!”
Under Tathagata’s palm, Zixia, on the contrary, shouted loudly to Sun Wukong, seemingly risking her life to create a chance for Sun Wukong to escape.
“What are you talking about?
How can you withstand Tathagata’s power?
You should leave!
This matter of Flower Fruit Mountain has nothing to do with you!” Hearing that Zixia actually wanted to fight with her life to buy him time to escape, Sun Wukong hastily spoke.
However, Zixia ignored Sun Wukong’s words, her expression resolute as she continuously attacked Tathagata’s palm with her Treasure Sword, persisting in her own way without heeding Sun Wukong’s words.
Crackle!
Despite Sun Wukong’s best efforts, Tathagata’s palm was unbearably heavy, making it impossible for Sun Wukong to shake it even slightly, and under this terrifying pressure, the cracks in the Ruyi Golden Cundgel were becoming more numerous.
Looking at the increasing number of cracks on the Golden Cudgel, clearly unable to hold on anymore, Sun Wukong internally hesitated.
Should he put away the Golden Cudgel?
The Golden Cudgel had been with him for so many years, having become a part of his life.
If it were destroyed, it would indeed grieve him to death!
“You two, neither of you will live today.
Go to your deaths!”
Tathagata hovered serenely in mid-air, clearly having heard Sun Wukong and Fairy Zixia’s conversation, and spoken somberly.
As he spoke, the force pressing down from his palm grew stronger.
With a bang!
The already cracked Golden Cudgel could no longer withstand it and suddenly shattered, turning into countless fragments that scattered!
Watching the fragments of the Golden Cudgel scatter before his eyes, Sun Wukong’s pupils slightly contracted.
However, at this time he had no mindset to consider the destruction of the Golden Cudgel, instead quickly extending his hands to catch Fairy Zixia in mid-air. freёweɓnovel.com
Ah!
With a cry of alarm, Zixia’s form plummeted from mid-air, the sight of her bleeding from all orifices heartbreaking.
While the Golden Cudgel supported Tathagata’s palm, it could still withstand the descending force, but with the cudgel shattered, Zixia flying in mid-air became the first target of the descending force of Tathagata’s palm.
Although his palm didn’t fall on Fairy Zixia’s body, just the faint whiff of the aura was enough to overwhelm her.
“Zixia!”
Under the guise of the Law of Heaven and Earth, transformed into a giant ape, Sun Wukong extended his palm and caught Zixia as she fell.
Boom!
The Tathagata’s palm struck Sun Wukong, forcing him to involuntarily kneel on the ground.
However, at this moment, Sun Wukong hung his head, looking cautiously at the Zixia cradled in his palm.
Because of the force he had used, Sun Wukong’s face was completely distorted.
Lying in Sun Wukong’s palm, Zixia looked extremely weak, her complexion ash-grey, and her mouth opened as if she wanted to speak.
But, the fresh blood kept spilling from her mouth, preventing her from uttering a single word.
Lying there, Zixia reached out her hand, seemingly wanting to touch Sun Wukong.
However, given the vast difference in their sizes, how could she possibly reach him?
After persisting for a moment, Zixia’s hand weakly fell back down, and the life in her slowly dissipated.
“Zi…
Zixia…”
Watching Zixia lying in his palm, dying before his own eyes, Sun Wukong felt as though the whole world had turned to shades of grey.
A tear fell from Sun Wukong’s eye.
To Sun Wukong, it might have been just a tear, but to Zixia, it was like a large bucket of water, falling directly onto Sun Wukong’s palm, exploding on impact.
“Zixia, you, you…”
With his head lowered and tears rolling from his eyes, Sun Wukong felt as if there were thousands of words he wanted to speak, yet he didn’t know where to begin.
Looking at his palm again, several more tears fell, leaving Sun Wukong feeling lost.
What is this?
Tears?
“Do I, too, shed tears!?”
Sun Wukong muttered to himself, finding it somewhat unbelievable.
Back then, when he was expelled from his apprenticeship at the Spirit Platform of Square Inch Mountain by his master Ancestor Bodhi, he was deeply saddened, yet he did not cry.
Back then, when he was appointed as the Stable Attendant in the Heavenly Court and realized he was just a horse keeper, filled with endless grievances and anger, he did not cry.
Back then, when he was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain by the Tathagata for a full five hundred years, despite his active nature, he never cried during those long years.
…
All along, Sun Wukong had thought he was someone who would never shed tears.
He was even somewhat proud of this, feeling himself to be a true man who stood tall without tears.
However, looking at the tears falling into his palm, seeing Zixia lying breathless in his grasp, he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.
Could it be that he was capable of crying after all?
In his mind, he couldn’t help but recall all the moments he had shared with Zixia since they had met.
Initially, when they met, she had been captured by the Yellow Wind Monster from Empress’s Glycyrrhiza Garden, and then they traveled to the Demon Realm together to find the chili peppers.
Also, the times they spent together watching the scenery of the Heavenly River.
And when Zixia confessed her feelings for him, but he simply regarded her as a friend.
All the things that happened between him and Zixia, every little detail.
It seemed ordinary, yet it was deeply engraved in his mind.
Roar!
Gently clenching his fist with Zixia’s body cradled in his palm, Sun Wukong’s eyes turned a bloody red, a terrifying killing aura gathered, concentrating entirely within him.
But then, a more furious aura burst forth from Sun Wukong’s body.
Under the form of the giant ape with the Law of Heaven and Earth, Sun Wukong slowly stood up in the shadow of the Tathagata’s oppressive palm.
Suddenly, Sun Wukong felt all the pressure on his body lift abruptly.
At the same time, the entire world seemed to be filled with countless cracks.
In a state half-asleep and half-awake, when Sun Wukong regained his senses, he found himself standing in an unknown small mountain.
Glancing around, he saw Zixia also opening her eyes and looking at him.
Seeing Zixia alive and standing before him, a sensation of having regained something priceless overwhelmed him.
Sun Wukong almost reflexively extended his hand, pulling Zixia’s body tightly into his embrace.
“Thank goodness, Zixia, you’re alive!”
Sun Wukong murmured softly.
“Yes, Monkey, I didn’t die!” Zixia also hugged Sun Wukong in return, reaching out to touch his head and speaking softly.
