Deep within Black Pine Forest, there was no light—only endless deathly silence and cold.
Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin stood back to back, pressed against each other.
As the Zhu-Sha Duo who had just survived White Tiger Star Lord's hands, they knew all too well when to strike and when to reveal their killing intent.
At this moment, they had forcibly suppressed even their breathing until it was nearly halted. The circulation of mana within their bodies had been compressed into the tiniest corners of their meridians, for fear of letting even the slightest energy fluctuation leak out.
They could clearly sense the enormous danger surrounding them.
At a time like this, it was best to remain still and carefully discern the true nature of those "eyes" outside.
Presumably, the other members of the Preaching Squad were thinking the same thing.
However.
They were wrong.
Within this forest plunged into darkness and silence, Monkey Brother beside them seemed to have finally lost his patience and made his move.
He forcibly opened his closed eyes, and blood-red hues once more stained his Golden Eyes.
The Golden-Hooped Staff in his hand bloomed with dazzling radiance in the darkness.
The Zhu-Sha Duo felt a surge of excitement.
If Monkey Brother acted at a time like this, then he must have already devised a countermeasure.
They could sense that Monkey Brother had already entered Sun Xingzhe's state, striking with the will to mete out punishment upon Black Pine Forest.
At this moment, the As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff must surely have borne the reversed Three Flowers.
This strike had once shattered the glazed tiles of High Heaven Palace and smashed the Underworld's defensive barrier, carrying all his defiance and unyielding spirit.
Yet the earth-shattering clash they had expected never came.
"This Old Sun... refuses! I refuse!"