Goku and the others were somewhat surprised to see several mountain gods and earth gods approaching them. Though they were low-ranking deities, they should not have been in such a bedraggled state, should they?
"This minor god pays respects to the Great Sage, Marshal Canopy, the Curtain-Rolling General, and the Third Prince."
One of them knelt on the ground and bowed to them.
"Cut the empty formalities. Why did you shift a mountain onto me just now?" Goku glared coldly at the mountain gods.
The mountain gods lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.
They had never imagined that the one Red Boy had told them to deal with was the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. They simply had not known.
"Spare us, Great Sage! It was a demon king from Dry Pine Ravine Fire Cloud Cave who ordered us to do it. We never imagined it would be you, Great Sage," said a mountain god.
"What exactly happened?"
"Great Sage, some days ago, a youth came to our Dry Pine Ravine Fire Cloud Cave. He was incredibly powerful and killed the demon known as Sacred Flame Heavenly Venerable. Then he united all the demons here. Every Demon within a hundred li came under his command.
"Yet he was still not satisfied. He gathered us mountain gods, earth gods, and river gods, then humiliated, cursed, and beat us. He even broke into our homes and took all our possessions for himself. We are subjected to his abuse every day now. Look, Great Sage—we were beaten by him only a few hours ago. Look at the wounds on my arm, the injuries on my face..."
The deities displayed their wounds. Many were fresh, while others had already scabbed over and were likely from earlier beatings.
Seeing this, the others were rather astonished. These