A streak of black light tore through the air.
Wukong's gaze sharpened.
Too fast. An instant earlier, that black light had only just risen from behind her waist.
The next instant, it was already at Wukong's forehead.
But at that very moment, golden light suddenly shone from his head.
Golden threads flowed upward along his temples and joined, and two phoenix wings rose in the wind.
It was the Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown.
Clang!
A crisp ring rang out.
The black light struck the side of the Purple-Gold Crown and actually bounced back.
The impact knocked Wukong's head to one side and sent him retreating through the air.
The female fiend seemed not to have expected her unfailingly effective supernatural power to be blocked.
A clear flicker of astonishment crossed her eyes.
Yet that surprise lasted only an instant.
Before she even landed, she glanced toward the other side.
That stinking pig!
Bajie had just pulled back the Rake and was leaning forward.
Whoosh!
The black light abruptly contracted, whipping around in midair.
Straight at Bajie's face!
Wukong's pupils contracted. This is bad! he thought, then shouted, "Bajie! Dodge!"
"Huh?"
Bajie heard Wukong's shout and jerked his head back, but he was still too slow.
The black light dipped down along the bridge of his nose.
Hiss!
"Ow!"
A scream like a pig being slaughtered rang out.
The black light grazed Bajie's cheek and struck him squarely on his long snout.
Bajie's whole body shuddered violently.
Both his eyes instantly went wide.
The Nine-Toothed Rake fell to the ground with a clang.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
He clamped both hands over his mouth and hopped several steps backward.
The pain came far too quickly.
The instant the black light struck, it felt as though a