Lin Tian hid within Monkey's brow, watching them coldly.
The Eighteen Arhats, direct disciples of Buddha Tathagata, guarded the world and upheld the true Dharma. Their renown spread throughout the Three Realms.
Even the weakest among them had reached the late stage of the Great Unity Golden Immortal Realm. Two had even surpassed Great Unity and attained Great Luo.
Lin Tian felt the pressure. If these were eighteen unaffiliated cultivators, Monkey might have been able to defeat them.
But these Eighteen Arhats were extraordinary. Together, they might well have been the equivalent of eighteen Great Encompassing Golden Immortals.
This was already a force at the pinnacle of the Three Realms.
"Wukong, undergo your tribulation now and finish them off! I'll guard you."
Lin Tian secretly transmitted his voice, then left Monkey, concealed his aura, and flew toward the Eighteen Arhats.
"Haha! Come on! All of you at once!"
Monkey let out a long howl and stopped suppressing his strength.
Rumble!
Above the Spirit Mountain Pure Land, resplendent with golden light, ink-black clouds suddenly churned. The sky lost its light in an instant, and darkness descended as though the curtain of heaven had fallen, unbearably oppressive.
Purple light flickered within the clouds, lightning intertwined, and terrifying pressure spread throughout the heavens.
The Eighteen Arhats were all shocked. Monkey was actually undergoing his tribulation now!
"It's the ninth-ninth heavenly tribulation! So this demon monkey spent his long disappearance cultivating in seclusion. He's about to advance to Great Encompassing Golden Immortal. He suppressed his cultivation so he could undergo his tribulation on Spirit Mountain and ravage it!"
Taming Dragon Arhat had the highest cultivation. His gaze was icy, and an azure dragon coiled around him.
"Choosing to undergo his tribulation here is simply courting death. This is the perfect opportunity to kill him.