Wukong departed on his Somersault Cloud.
Ao Tu used the Black Lotus to take in Sha Wujing, Tang Sanzang, and the white horse together.
When Wukong returned and found the spot utterly empty, he could not help sighing:
"Master truly suffers one calamity after another. A monster has captured him again!"
Wukong rode his cloud to Blood Sea Cave on Broken Arm Mountain.
Red Boy had smashed a huge hole in the cave doors earlier, and there had been no time to replace them.
Wukong transformed into a fly and flew inside through the hole.
Once inside, he saw the Blood Sea King seated on his throne. With a gentle shake of the Black Lotus in his hand, Red Boy, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Tang Sanzang, and the white horse all fell to the ground.
Ao Tu said, "Tiger Vanguard, tie them all up!"
Tiger Vanguard obeyed and went to bind Tang Sanzang and the others.
Seeing him, Bajie laughed. "I wondered who it was! So it's an old acquaintance again!"
Sha Wujing asked, "Second Brother, what old acquaintance?"
Bajie said, "Look, isn't this tiger monster one of the King of Spirit Mountain's underlings? This old monster must be the King of Spirit Mountain in disguise too."
Ao Tu laughed at that. "Stupid pig, that King of Spirit Mountain you speak of died of his grievous wounds long ago. These two are underlings I recruited recently!"
Bajie exclaimed in shock, "What? The King of Spirit Mountain is dead!"
Tiger Vanguard said sorrowfully, "My Great King suffered grievous wounds and unfortunately perished."
Hearing this, Wukong was so shaken that he nearly failed to maintain his transformation.
He had examined the Blood Sea King with his Fiery Golden Eyes and knew that he was not Ao Tu in disguise. Now, hearing Tiger