"I never expected the God of Longevity to fall too."
Great King Inspiration sounded somewhat schadenfreude-filled:
"That old bastard slaughtered us before. I thought he would meet a good end. Who could have known he'd end up even worse off than us?"
"If the Great Emperor hadn't saved us, how could we still be standing here safe and sound?"
Sha Wujing glanced at Great King Inspiration and said:
"Perhaps the God of Longevity failed to slaughter us and suffered a backlash instead. That's why he ended up like this. Otherwise, there's no way to explain his sudden mutation."
"Sounds reasonable."
Sun Wukong deeply agreed:
"Based on what you said earlier, combined with the deductions Zhenyuan Daxian and I made before!
"This God of Longevity is clearly very familiar with the Dark World. He also coveted that sentient Divine Treasure—the scroll he's holding—with all his heart. Judging by the looks of it, he was probably close to succeeding! Otherwise, there's absolutely no way he could have entered and exited the Dark World so freely."
Even he and Zhenyuan Daxian had been intercepted at the entrance and exit, unable to return and forced to wait passively for the Great Emperor's rescue.
The God of Longevity was so weak. Even at the peak of his strength, how could he possibly enter and exit the Dark World freely?
There was clearly something fishy going on!
And now, it seemed that the source of the problem was most likely a sentient scroll Divine Treasure?
"Exactly."
Zhen Yuanzi nodded:
"Once the God of Longevity obtained the scroll, he would naturally find a way to refine it. As everyone knows, many Divine Treasures require a blood sacrifice! This scroll may very well be one of them. If the blood sacrifice was about to succeed but was interrupted,