Only after that thought crossed her mind did the Scorpion Demon feel as though all the power in her body was about to be scattered!
She could barely stop herself from reverting to her true form...
Clinging to her last breath, the Scorpion Demon twisted in midair before she hit the ground and flew toward her cave without looking back!
Only then did Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie let go of each other. They exchanged looks, neither particularly surprised, and both began blaming the other:
"It's all your fault..."
"If you hadn't grabbed me, how would that demon have escaped?"
Tang Sanzang spoke in an utterly steady voice:
"Enough!"
"Stop bickering, you two! When I fought that demon just now, I sensed a heavy stench of blood on her. She must have slaughtered countless living beings..."
"Evil must be rooted out completely!"
"Wukong, you have good eyes... Hurry and see where that demon went! We'll catch up to her at once and make sure she dies!"
Seeing that Tang Sanzang's attention was on the demon and he was no longer dwelling on what Sun Wukong had done earlier, Sun Wukong relaxed. He leaped joyfully into the air and used his Golden Eyes of Truth to search in every direction for demonic energy.
Soon, he pointed in one direction and said:
"There!"
What followed was even simpler. Sun Wukong already knew how dangerous the demon was, and Tang Sanzang had wounded her badly once before. After a brief fight, Sun Wukong battered the Scorpion Demon into a pulp, leaving Star Lord of the Mao Mansion no chance to intervene.
After killing the Scorpion Demon,
they cleared out the lesser demons...
Then they set the cave ablaze!
Tang Sanzang began chanting scriptures outside the cave once more.
Meanwhile, in Western Heaven,
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