Journey to the West: Treasure Vase of the Great Dao-Chapter 385 - 162: Divine Skills of the River God of the Nether River

Li Jing raised the pagoda in his hand, casting down golden rays of light in an attempt to suppress the Sea of Blood as he had before.

Who would have thought that the Sea of Blood, now endowed with the Rules of Water, had changed from days past? Not only did the pagoda fail to suppress the surging Sea of Blood, but it seemed to have enraged it instead. The already tumultuous surface of the sea became even more violent.

Seeing this, Precious Moonlight Buddha slightly frowned. He brought his hands together and silently recited scriptures. Behind him, a burst of golden light radiated, and a giant Buddha shadow appeared, awe-inspiring, with a silver moon behind its head illuminating with silvery brilliance.

As Buddha appeared, he struck out with a palm towards the Sea of Blood, and the immense force parted the sea. Endless Buddha Light shone into the Sea of Blood, allowing the Ferocious Ghosts trapped within to achieve transcendence.

This was the restraint that Buddhism had over the Nether River. However, the current Nether River was not as fearful as before. With the Rules of Water, he was able to better control this Sea of Blood.

The Sea of Blood surged up to the skies and, halfway up, transformed into a blood-colored giant, raising its fist to smash down on the Buddha shadow that Precious Moonlight Buddha had become.

The giant's force caused the air to emit whooshing sounds. Buddha lifted his hand, facing the fist with a giant palm, at the center of which was a glittering swastika.

As fist and palm met, their immense forces parted the Sea of Blood beneath their feet, whipping up horrifying waves all around. Buddha's palm shone brightly with golden light, and where they clashed, sizzling sounds could be heard. White steam rose upwards, as if the sound of Zen were resonating, and the Ferocious Ghosts sinking in the Sea of Blood were converted one after another.

Seeing this, the Nether River showed no surprise on his face; instead, he smiled and said with a hint of challenge and disdain, "Is that all you've got?"

Precious Moonlight Buddha remained silent with closed lips. The pressure from the current Nether River was so great that he had no free time to exchange taunts with him.

At the sound of the Nether River's loud shout, the Blood Sea Giant seemed to have been empowered, growing stronger. The blood-red aura spread from the point of contact between fist and palm, threatening to surpass the wrist. Precious Moonlight Buddha hastily withdrew his hand and retreated. If this continued, his arm would be rendered useless.

Even so, the blood-red aura had already tainted his entire arm, forcing him to use all his mana to suppress the spread of the aura.

"Hand over the Rules, and I will let you leave," the Nether River shouted.

Although he seemed to have the upper hand at the moment, he was extremely anxious inside. After all, he was facing two major powers—the Heavenly Court and Buddhism—and reinforcements from the other side would soon arrive. The longer the time dragged on, the worse it would be for him.

"Demon Lord, don't be too arrogant!" the voice fell, and it was the arrival of the Four Great Vajras.

"Fellow Daoist, I am here to assist you!" Li Jing's voice also rang out. They were like grasshoppers on the same rope—sharing weal and woe—they naturally had to support each other.

Seeing this, the Nether River's expression darkened slightly as he said, "If that's how it is, then don't blame me!"

He stretched out his hands and lifted them upwards. In the surging Sea of Blood, two more giants appeared, each wielding weapons, and attacked the crowd.

The Four Great Vajras employed their Buddhist Golden Bodies, shining with golden brilliance. They transformed into four huge wrathful Vajras but were then pushed back by a sweep of the arm from a blood-colored giant. The powerful blast forced the four of them to take two steps back. They exchanged glances and saw the gravity in each other's eyes; the power of this blood-colored giant far surpassed their expectations.

On the other side, Li Jing had already commanded the Heavenly Generals to lay out a heavenly net. It tightly ensnared the blood-colored giant, who—against expectations—tore through the incredibly sturdy net with one hand.

The enraged Giant, wielding a Giant Axe, fiercely chopped towards the people in the sky; the blood-colored axe brought chilling winds and waves, making everyone affected sway uncontrollably from side to side.

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Countless Heavenly Generals showed looks of despair on their faces, knowing that with this axe coming down, their souls would be scattered. But their daily teachings and training made them clench their teeth, unwilling to take even a single step back.

Just then, Nezha burst out from the side, stabbing towards the Giant Axe with his Fire-tipped Spear, flames blazing as it instantly engulfed the entire axe.

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The Giant Axe, formed from the Sea of Blood, emitted white vapors as it burned, dissipating into the void and surrounding everything with a pungent smell of blood; however, as the flames scorched, the size of the axe gradually diminished.

The Heavenly Generals breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that they could now withstand such power.

Even though they blocked the axe, the turbulent Sea of Blood brought a huge blood axe back into the Giant's hands; the previous strike had not exhausted much of his strength.

Just as everyone felt a sense of despair watching the Giant swing his axe again, a streak of golden light flashed by, and a massive Iron Rod, with unprecedented speed, slashed, instantly splitting the blood-colored Giant in two.

On closer inspection, it turned out to be the Monkey, who had returned to the battlefield.

By this time, the Monkey and Bajie had already hidden the rules they had acquired. As a precaution, Bajie stayed behind to guard Tang Monk, while the Monkey returned to the fray.

"Great Saint!" called out Nezha, overjoyed.

The Monkey nodded with a smile and turned to see the blood-colored Giant he had just cut in two slowly regenerating; it seemed that the Monkey's powerful strike had not caused any substantial harm.

Seeing this, the Monkey couldn't help but frown, "What kind of monster is this? It seems like it will never die."

Nezha stood beside him, his expression grave, "This is the Divine Skills used by the Patriarch of the Nether River; it must be related to the Rules of Water he obtained. There are precisely three Blood Sea Giants."

The Monkey retorted, "I refuse to believe this evil. I, Lao Sun, must shatter his soul today."

Having said that, the Monkey used the Law of Heaven and Earth Divine Skills and transformed into a towering Giant, holding the Jingu Bang to fight the Giant.

A tremendous noise erupted as the two Giants fought, creating terrible winds and waves that caused the already raging Sea of Blood to surge with enormous waves. Mountains nearby were swept away by the Sea of Blood, crumbling at a speed visible to the naked eye, and disappeared from everyone's sight, seemingly expanding the Sea of Blood even further.

That's when everyone realized that the truly formidable aspect of the Patriarch of the Nether River was his Sea of Blood; atop this Sea of Blood, the Patriarch stood on invincible ground.

The Monkey raised his Jingu Bang, and the ethereal mini-world appeared; he decided to use the power of Five Qi towards Primordial to deal with this peculiar Blood Sea Giant.

The illusionary world descended in the void, driven by the Monkey's Jingu Bang, smashing towards the top of the Blood Sea Giant's head.

The once mighty Giant was instantly crushed by this powerful force, turning into a rain of blood that fell back into the Sea of Blood.