After all, there was always someone better than you.
Guanyin Bodhisattva was equally astonished. At their level of cultivation, there were only a handful of people who could threaten her position. Aside from those few, she truly couldn't imagine anyone else reaching Ye Chen's level.
"Where do you think you're going?" He turned and reached out with a massive hand, grabbing at Guanyin Bodhisattva.
"Boundless Buddhist Dharma! Phasing!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva raised her left hand in a delicate mudra. As Buddha Light shone everywhere, her body turned hazy and insubstantial. Ye Chen's massive hand closed on empty air.
"Hmm?" She's quick.
"Become solid!"
Whoosh!
A wisp of green smoke drifted over from behind Ye Chen.
Yao Yun, who had already sensed danger, turned around as fast as she could and thrust out a palm, meeting Guanyin Bodhisattva's blow head-on.
The shockwaves from their clash left everyone outside the barrier shaken.
Sensing the immense power of their clash, Sun Wukong grew even more restless. No matter how he attacked the barrier, he couldn't leave even the slightest crack in it.
Sun Wukong leaped about in frustration, then turned his gaze toward the two distant Bodhisattvas, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. "Think of something! Open this barrier! Ye Chen is still in there—he's one of our Journey to the West companions! Without him, it'll be hard for us to complete the scriptures. I'm begging you, please! I've never begged anyone in my life. Please, you two..."
Honestly, Ye Chen had to be incredibly fortunate to have Sun Wukong humble himself and beg someone like this.
Manjushri and Samantabhadra exchanged a glance, then could only shake their heads. "Great Sage, it's not that we don't want to help. It's just that this concerns Guanyin Bodhisattva, and it really isn't our place to interfere." The