After all the hard work fell to Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng, the Wukong Clone naturally became much more idle. He only needed to protect Tang Sanzang.
The Wukong Clone remained by Tang Sanzang's side at all times, giving those demons no end of headaches.
If the Wukong Clone had not wanted Tang Sanzang to suffer a little and deliberately found excuses to leave, giving those demons an opening—
Those demons probably would never have had a chance to capture Tang Sanzang.
Buddhism had secretly spread the rumor that eating Tang Sanzang Meat would grant immortality. The purpose was to lure demons into capturing Tang Sanzang and complete the eighty-one trials.
Those powerful demon kings all understood that this was Buddhism's scheme, so they would never make a move against Tang Sanzang.
After all, they all knew that immortality was not so easily attained.
Only demon kings with insufficient strength and demons without any backing would believe it and truly attack Tang Sanzang, ultimately dying with their souls dispersed.
In fact, among all the demons that appeared throughout Journey to the West, every powerful one had been deliberately sent out by gods and Buddhas.
The rest were merely weak demons, and all of them had been beaten to death by Son Goku.
Of course, there were exceptions. Demons like Black Bear and Bull Demon King were powerful demon kings, yet they had also made moves against Tang Sanzang.
However, their purpose was not to eat Tang Sanzang Meat.
Black Bear had merely stolen Tang Sanzang's treasured Kasaya, while Bull Demon King had attacked Son Goku and the others to avenge Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy.
Within White Tiger Ridge, there was a demon formed from white bones named Lady White Bone.
White Bone Spirit was also one