Crack!
A bolt of lightning split the clear sky, sending all living beings into a panic.
Tang Sanzang's heart lurched. He hurriedly quickened his pace and headed forward.
"Fellow Daoist, Please Stay" was Shen Gongbao's catchphrase. During the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, he'd relied on those words to crush countless beings and send the disciples of various sects onto the Investiture of the Gods List.
Among the myriad races of the Primordial World, who could hear that phrase without getting nervous?
"Amitabha! This humble monk and you have no affinity. You'd better leave at once. I'm busy rushing back to the main hall to report to the Human King."
"All four of your disciples are dead. Bodhisattva, you should return to the Western Spirit Mountain too..."
Tang Sanzang said with a sour expression, unaware that he'd already revealed Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's identity.
At that!
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva dropped the pretense of being mysterious and appeared right in front of Tang Sanzang, standing on an Auspicious Cloud. Buddha Light shimmered around him, the sound of chanting drifted through the air, and a halo of the Buddhist Path gleamed behind him.
"Stop fooling around. Go save your four disciples, get through this trial in Lotus Cave, and continue west to seek the true scriptures. And you're still pulling that stunt about severing your master-disciple ties? You really are a crafty one!"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stifled his displeasure and spoke to Tang Sanzang irritably.
"You've got a good eye!"
"So Bodhisattva knows I'm a peerlessly clever man!"
Tang Sanzang shamelessly took the opening and crowed.
His eyes narrowed, and he looked utterly punchable.
If Tang Sanzang weren't the most important protagonist of the Journey to the West Tribulation, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva would have drawn his dragon-slaying saber and cut him to pieces on the spot.
He'd