Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 553 - 516: The Third Party Force - Crimson Army

Muttering this name, the Spirit Controller suddenly stiffened, and then his body began to tremble slightly. Chi Ghost, Chi Ghost, it was actually Chi Ghost. After a brief period of contemplation, the Spirit Controller remembered who exactly this Chi Ghost was. However, this person was someone the Spirit Controller simply could not believe. Unless someone had purposely chosen such a name to mislead others, the Spirit Controller already knew his identity.

Chi Ghost was originally the Legion Commander of the fifth legion of the Crimson Army. The Crimson Army, back then, was the strongest force under the Pioneer and the only one that could contend with the Underworld God Army during the ancient war. Similarly structured, the army was divided into several legions, each led by a commander and deputy commander. At that time, both the commanders of the Underworld God Army and the Crimson Army were at the Heavenly Venerate Realm, though there was a difference in strength even among those of the same realm.

But weren't the members of the Crimson Army wiped out completely? During the ancient war, the grand battle between the Pioneer and the Underworld Venerate lasted an incredibly long time. As time passed, the scales of victory began to tip towards the Underworld Venerate. Thus, to prevent the Underworld Venerate from achieving the final victory, the Pioneer sacrificed his entire soul and spiritual power to seal the Underworld Venerate at the very last battle.

Among the seven legion commanders under the Pioneer, three perished together with the commanders of the Underworld God Army. The other four sacrificed themselves and joined the Sealing Formation to seal the Underworld Venerate. Hence, it was said in later legends that all the seven legion commanders of the Crimson Army died in battle, whereas two commanders of the Underworld God Army survived. These two were the first legion's commander, Qian Yuye, and the third legion's commander, Xing Dian.

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However, Qian Yuye's current strength is only at the Domain Lord Level, and Xing Dian is even weaker. Yet this Chi Ghost, the fifth legion commander of the Crimson Army, now possessed the power of a Heavenly Venerate. Otherwise, how could Chi Ghost have the ability to trap the Spirit Controller? To reach a realm like that of Sun Wukong, an Eight Patterns Supreme, and yet possess the combat power of a Heavenly Venerate—while not unique, was certainly rare. With this thought, the Spirit Controller felt the situation was suddenly slipping out of his control.

In the past, he and Xi Zhao had always been worried. Although their plan seemed perfect and nearly flawless, they knew that there must be another power in this universe, watching them like a tiger watches its prey. However, they had no understanding of this hidden force at all. Should this third party emerge at a critical moment to disrupt their plan, it would be absolutely fatal for them.

Now, it seemed their worry was not unfounded. At the final stage of the plan, someone from the third-party force could not hold back anymore and had appeared. Moreover, it was a Heavenly Venerable powerhouse, Chi Ghost. If this was the case, then it was very likely that the third party was the Crimson Army, or at least an organization formed from its remnants. And to stealthily steal the Pioneer's body under the watchful eyes of the eight Law Enforcers, one would need to possess the power of the Heavenly Venerate Realm.

This meant the strength of this third party was far from simple, and now the fifth legion commander, Chi Ghost, had appeared. What about the future? Would more powerful beings emerge? Originally, four of them sacrificed themselves to seal the Underworld Venerate. If Chi Ghost could appear here unscathed, why couldn't the others? But if that were the case, the situation would be quite wrong.

Including himself, there were already eight Heavenly Venerates, plus Xi Zhao, that made nine. Ling Weiyang could only be considered half a Heavenly Venerate, bringing the total to nine and a half. Now with the addition of Chi Ghost, didn't that mean this universe now had ten Heavenly Venerates? However, the Spirit Controller absolutely refused to believe that amongst the third-party force, the Crimson Army, there was only one Heavenly Venerate like Chi Ghost. Although there was no direct evidence, it was clearly impossible to steal the Pioneer's body from under the noses of the eight Law Enforcers with the strength of just one Heavenly Venerate.

What was going on? Could it be that this universe had evolved without anyone noticing? No, that shouldn't be possible—if there had been any changes in this universe, he would have definitely noticed. His mind raced, but he still couldn't find an answer. Shaking his head, the Spirit Controller didn't continue to ponder this seemingly answerless question. Besides, he didn't have much time left. Although he didn't know what Chi Ghost's appearance meant right now, the Spirit Controller still had to prepare for the worst.

Because they had anticipated that someone would try to disrupt their plan, the Spirit Controller had already discussed with Xi Zhao and Ling Weiyang. If someone appeared to sabotage their plan, regardless of who it was or how many there were, the Spirit Controller would personally intervene to stop or eliminate them. However, this would certainly take time. Meanwhile, Xi Zhao and Ling Weiyang needed to consolidate their remaining forces and then head to Dragon Valley. There, a space tunnel prepared in advance by the Spirit Controller awaited, through which Xi Zhao and the others could escape. The only problem was, this space tunnel lay within Dragon Valley, home to tens of thousands of powerful members of the Dragon Race. Successfully passing through the space tunnel was no easy feat. Furthermore, there was some distance to cover before reaching Dragon Valley, so it was uncertain whether they would arrive before the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent began its destruction.

But this was their last resort. In fact, the Spirit Controller did not wish to create the space tunnel inside Dragon Valley. However, among all the places in the Patrolling Celestial World, only the spiritual power of Dragon Valley was vast and dense enough. They needed to harness the energy of tens of thousands of dragons to mask the tunnel's presence effectively. This was why Sun Wukong and the little monkey had seen the Dragon Emperor discover the space tunnel during their visit to Dragon Valley. The tunnel wasn't opened by the Dragon Emperor; he had stumbled upon it after noticing a faint anomaly in that space and had accidentally activated it.

After the nine heads of the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent had howled to the heavens, a look of relief finally appeared on Xi Zhao's face. Although they had not defeated Sun Wukong within a quarter of an hour, it no longer mattered. The Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent had fully awakened. They just had to wait for the Spirit Controller to come and take them away; then, everything would end. However, looking at Sun Wukong, Xi Zhao couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. That damned Zijing had tricked him. The Netherworld Fortuity Fruit actually had side effects, which were giving Xi Zhao no end of trouble.

According to the original plan, he and Ling Weiyang should already be able to dust their hands and leave. Staying would mean becoming mere sacrifices to the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent. But now, Xi Zhao had to consider what to do with Sun Wukong, not to mention the Flame God. It was all because of those damned side effects. Xi Zhao could certainly leave by himself, but if Sun Wukong and the Flame God were left behind and killed by the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent, then no matter how far Xi Zhao fled, it would be useless; he could not escape death in the end.

Since he had not managed to defeat Sun Wukong just now, there was no way to force Sun Wukong to leave with them. What should he do? The Flame God was one thing; with his current Heavenly Venerate realm, the Flame God had no chance of fighting back. But Sun Wukong, he was a real problem.

As Xi Zhao pondered in frustration, Sun Wukong stood opposite him, rapidly thinking. With the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent now awake, the destruction of the Patrolling Celestial World was inevitable. What should he do? Frankly, Sun Wukong did not care whether the Patrolling Celestial World was destroyed, nor about what would happen to the Law Enforcers afterwards. He opposed Xi Zhao and repeatedly thwarted his plans mainly because he did not want any more of his brothers and friends to die.

Therefore, when the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent emerged, Sun Wukong's first thought was not how to kill it and prevent the destruction of the Patrolling Celestial World, but how to take everyone and leave the place. He, Sun Wukong, was not the Savior. He never had been, not in the past, not now, and not in the future. So he did not entertain the notion of saving the world; his only hope was that no more lives would be lost.

But how could they leave this place? If it were just him, Sun Wukong could certainly hide inside the World Within the Artifact of the Jingu Bang until everything calmed down. However, Sun Wukong would not do that. Although not a Savior, living in cowardice was even more contemptible to him.

At that moment, something occurred to Sun Wukong, and he abruptly turned around.

Not far behind him, Master Zun Dao Zhun slowly stood up, wearing a smile as he gazed at Sun Wukong. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Starting Point ) to cast your recommendation votes, Monthly Pass, etc. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com).