The Battle Challenge from Gonggong, the First Battlefield: Mount Sumeru, the Two Westerners Panic

After the Witch Clan finished their meeting, Gonggong came to deliver the battle challenge. On the Sun Star, Gonggong said, "My Eldest Brother told me to deliver a challenge and declare war on the Demon Clan. If you lose, you'll disband the Demon Clan." (This Sixth Brother, Gonggong, had rushed over to issue the challenge before Zhurong could react, leaving Zhurong rather depressed.)

Dijun said, "Then let's fight. Where will we hold the decisive battle?"

Gonggong was dumbfounded. He scratched his head foolishly and said, "I forgot to ask... Shall I go back and ask?"

Xuanxiao was speechless. "You call that delivering a battle challenge? You just passed along a message?"

Gonggong was speechless as well. "How else am I supposed to deliver a battle challenge?"

Xuanxiao slapped his own forehead. "My mistake. You can go." Then he added, "Our Demon Clan plans to set the battlefield at Mount Sumeru. There are few living beings there, so we can avoid accidentally injuring them and needlessly accumulating Karmic Sin."

Gonggong nodded. "Our Witch Clan understands."

Xuanxiao said, "Remember to clear the area. We're fighting each other, but it wouldn't be good to injure the nearby living beings."

"Clear the area? Don't worry. Once our Witch Clan takes action, we won't leave even a single tree behind—we'll clear everything. That way, when you lose, you can't say you were afraid of harming innocents and didn't dare use your full strength. Hmph. If you want to say our Witch Clan is savage and murderous, just say it. And that's not even mentioning the certain clan beneath Buzhou Mountain. Do you think we can't understand what you mean?"

Xuanxiao chuckled. "All right, go clear the area first."

After Gonggong left, Xuanxiao said, "Good. It probably won't come to a fight now. This move is called diverting the trouble westward. Let Jieyin and Zhunti deal with the headache."

Before long, in Pangu Hall, Gonggong told Dijiang that Xuanxiao had said to set the battlefield at Mount Sumeru and that he had already agreed. Dijiang nodded and said, "You already agreed, so what else is there to say? Go clear the area. There are only Jieyin and Zhunti, two Grand Unity Golden Immortals, around Mount Sumeru. If they know what's good for them, spare their lives. If they don't, kill them outright."

Houtu said, "Those two are Dao Ancestor's Personal Disciples... If we kill them outright, I'm afraid we'll offend Dao Ancestor."

Jumang retorted, "What's there to fear? We'll have to deal with the Three Pure Ones' three Personal Disciples sooner or later anyway. These two registered disciples are no different. The Primordial Wilderness belongs to our Witch Clan—it was left to us by Father God."

After a round of discussion, Dijiang made the final decision. "Let's go. We'll clear Mount Sumeru first." Then the Twelve Ancestral Witches surged toward Mount Sumeru in grand fashion.

At the foot of Mount Sumeru, Dijiang shouted, "Jieyin, Zhunti, Mount Sumeru has been requisitioned by our Witch Clan. Hurry up and get lost!"

Jieyin's expression turned bitter. "The Witch Clan already has Buzhou Mountain as your base. Why are you taking our Mount Sumeru? What's gotten into you?"

Zhunti helplessly shook his head. "Senior Brother, I have no idea either. Who knows what they're thinking? How about you go out and negotiate with them?"

Jieyin asked, "Why shouldn't you go?"

"Let's go together. If it's a blessing, not a disaster; if it's a disaster, there's no escaping it."

Before long, the two Senior Brothers arrived at the foot of the mountain and said, "What do the Witch Clan want with our Dojo?"

Dijiang said, "After some time, our Witch Clan plans to fight the Demon Clan. There are few living beings around Mount Sumeru, so we can avoid accidentally injuring them. It's the perfect place."

Zhunti's eyes immediately reddened. It took the two of us several epochs to establish Mount Sumeru as our Dojo, and you actually want to use it as a battlefield? After your two clans finish fighting, won't my Mount Sumeru be ruined again?

At this thought, Zhunti flew into a rage. "Ancestral Witch Dijiang, don't you think you're going too far?"

Jumang cut in, "How are we going too far? Aren't you a tree? I advise you two to hurry up and move. Otherwise, our Witch Clan will have to use force. You know our Witch Clan has a bad temper."

Jieyin flew into a rage. "Since that's the case, the two of us can only..." He paused, then burst into loud sobs. "Master, the Witch Clan is trying to seize our Dojo by force! You must uphold justice for us!"

Dijiang twisted his waist. "Damn it, I thought you were about to fight. So you were going to cry instead. You made me wrench my waist. Looks like these two don't want to move. Attack together. If they won't move, we'll help them move."

Zhunti panicked and immediately revealed his Twenty-Four-Headed Golden Body Manifestation, blocking the front of Mount Sumeru. "Ancestral Witch Dijiang, do you really intend to take this too far?"

Dijiang showed him no courtesy. His Ancestral Witch True Body manifested, and he sent a punch flying. Zhunti's Golden Body was not weak, but it was still somewhat lacking against an Ancestral Witch True Body. One punch cracked it.

A long sigh drifted over. "Let us cease fighting for today. This poor Daoist has arrived." It turned out that Hongjun from the Purple Cloud Palace had come.