Before Goku's Adamantine Staff could fall, the demon swiftly sank to the bottom of the water, making it impossible to hit him.
Then the demon surfaced again nearby and continued provoking him.
Goku kept attacking the demon.
If Uchiha Shin had been nearby to see this, he would definitely have thought it was a game of whack-a-mole.
Marshal Canopy and Little White Dragon were both furious. Gripping their weapons, they reentered the water to fight the demon.
The two sides clashed again, still unable to determine a victor.
The terrain beneath the Flowing Sand River was simply far too troublesome.
On a distant mountain, Tathagata Buddha and Yuanshi Tianzun exchanged glances and smiled.
"For the sake of eliminating his hostility, this Curtain-Rolling General is truly working hard," Yuanshi Tianzun said.
"What they are doing is acceptable as well. At the very least, it can delay their progress, while our Heavenly Tribulation Array will gradually be reinforced. Even if they reconcile by then, leaving the Flowing Sand River will not be so easy. Unless they take a detour—but if they do, the time wasted will be dozens of times greater," Tathagata Buddha said with a smile.
Yuanshi Tianzun smiled as well, and the two continued their game of chess.
At that moment, Uchiha Shin was also making his way toward the Flowing Sand River from the east.
He felt that things should be nearly finished, and that the Curtain-Rolling General should have absorbed enough of the baleful aura.
When he arrived at the Flowing Sand River, he saw the Heavenly Tribulation Array above it, which surprised him somewhat. It had not been there the last time he came. It seemed Taishang Laojun and the others had set it up again.
After looking at Xuanzang and Goku on the bank, Uchiha Shin