Bajie heard this and could no longer keep pretending. With a loud shout, he raised the rake in his hands and charged at the women demons.
The demons heard him and turned to look. When they saw an ugly, dark-skinned, fat monk raising a rake to attack them, they were both ashamed and furious.
They all spat out threads and sent them whipping toward Bajie. He swung his rake, blocking left and right, but in an instant the threads came wrapping around him from every direction. Exhausted, he was soon entangled by the demons.
Even after he was trapped, Bajie refused to give up. He tried with all his might to break free of the threads, tumbling several times, but not a single strand snapped. At last, he collapsed to the ground, unable to get back up.
Seeing Bajie fall, the women demons turned around with grins and left, paying no heed to whether he lived or died.
When Bajie came to, he found that the threads had disappeared. He hurried out of the cave to tell Sun Wukong everything that had happened inside.
Sand Monk suddenly cried out, "This is bad! It's been so long—the demonesses must have gone back into the cave to eat Master!"
They were horrified. All four of them panicked and hurried toward Spider Silk Cave.
When they reached Spider Silk Cave, they saw several little demons standing guard. Bajie was already seething with anger, so he immediately took out his rake and attacked.
Seeing Bajie charge toward them, the little demons instantly revealed their true forms, turning into thousands upon thousands of wasps and horseflies that flew at Goku and the others.
Bajie and Sand Monk both raised their sleeves to shield themselves, but many wasps and horseflies still crawled into their clothes and