Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#1837 - The Crisis of Spider Spirit

In the void where the Demon Subjugation Army was stationed, a magnificent palace stood, its divine light shimmering, dazzling, and exuding a gentle aura.

Inside the palace, the gods still appeared relaxed, as if on vacation, showing no signs of preparing for a major battle.

In a side hall, after Baoguang Buddha was rescued, Chu Hao, who was sitting cross-legged on the jade platform, finally heard the system's voice.

【Congratulations to the host for completing stage one: Rescuing Baoguang Buddha. The host will receive a random innate treasure.】

It turned out that the reason why Chu Hao suddenly interfered with Maitreya Buddha's plan and rescued Baoguang Buddha was because of the system's mission.

The system is becoming increasingly lazy. As Chu Hao's strength increases, it rarely issues missions.

Therefore, Chu Hao paid special attention to this mission.

Moreover, what interested him even more was that this mission, named [Demon Subjugation], had a total of three stages, and each stage would reward a postnatal treasure.

A single postnatal treasure is worth hundreds of innate spiritual treasures, so one can imagine its value.

The first stage of the mission was to rescue Baoguang Buddha. As for the subsequent two stages, they had not yet appeared, and it was estimated that they would only appear when special events were triggered.

As the system's voice ended, in front of Chu Hao, the void twisted, and a pillar of fiery red appeared before him.

"It's actually the Tongtian Divine Fire Pillar?" Chu Hao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he looked at the huge fire pillar.

This was a powerful treasure that once burned Wen Zhong to death. Its power was extremely strong, and once unleashed, ordinary quasi-sages would be unable to match it.

After collecting the Tongtian Divine Fire Pillar, Chu Hao closed his eyes with satisfaction and continued to cultivate, recuperating his body.

Before long, Baoguang Buddha and the others returned.

The moment this Buddha returned, he went directly to Chu Hao and arrived at the room where he was.

"This time, I must thank the Prison God for his help," Baoguang Buddha said gratefully.

Although the Buddhas of Mount Ling had little affection for Chu Hao, they were surprised that Chu Hao was willing to help this time. Therefore, Baoguang Buddha not only personally came to express his gratitude but also brought a bottle of Merit Divine Water as a gift to Chu Hao.

Chu Hao didn't expect to have unexpected gains and naturally accepted it.

"Prison God, it seems that Boundless Hell knew of our arrival long ago and even set up a trap. Fortunately, we have already scouted it out for the army," Baoguang Buddha said.

Speaking of which, he, as the representative of Buddhism, was responsible for this matter. After all, so many elites were trapped in danger. If Tathagata blamed him afterward, he would definitely be the first to be held accountable.

Therefore, Baoguang Buddha said this to absolve himself of responsibility, indicating that he was acting for the sake of the army when he was trapped in danger.

Chu Hao, who was in a good mood, was too lazy to pay attention to his petty thoughts and simply said, "So, Baoguang Buddha, you should be more cautious in the future."

"The Prison God is right. When will we attack Boundless Hell?" Baoguang Buddha asked.

Chu Hao was about to say tomorrow, but suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Enter," Chu Hao called out.

The door opened, and Nezha, who had completed his mission, walked in.

"Boss, Taibai Jinxing sent someone to deliver a message," Nezha glanced at Baoguang Buddha and said.

"What message?" Chu Hao asked.

Nezha didn't speak but went to his side and whispered, "It's about the Spider Demon."

Hearing the familiar name, Chu Hao frowned slightly and then looked at Baoguang Buddha: "I have other matters to attend to now. Let the army rest for the next few days."

After speaking, he left directly.

Baoguang Buddha looked at Chu Hao's departure with a bewildered expression, feeling confused.

What major event could be more important than the crusade against the demons?

Baoguang Buddha couldn't understand, but he was helpless.

Chu Hao, who had left the palace, transformed into a stream of light and headed east.

… …

In a certain region of the Lower Realm, this was the territory of the Western Paradise. Here, there was a vast mountain forest. Inside the forest, the Spider Demon and the Scorpion Demon, who had previously been persuaded by Chu Hao to do good and let go, were fleeing.

Above their heads, a huge shadow loomed down. Looking up, the shadow was actually a giant eagle, but it had a horn on its head, exuding a terrifying demonic aura. Its sharp eyes were fixed on the Spider Demon and the others, and it let out shrill cries from time to time.

Its figure shook the void, causing the entire mountain forest to tremble.

"Senior Sister, how dare you provoke this monster?" The Scorpion Demon was covered in wounds, and its aura was very chaotic. It seemed that it had already fought with the giant eagle.

Originally, they were accumulating merit in the Southern Continent, but after all, the Southern Continent was the territory of Taoism. There were not many demons at all. If they simply helped mortals, they didn't know how long it would take to accumulate enough merit.

Therefore, the Scorpion Demon suggested going to the Western Niuhe Continent. This was the territory of the Western Paradise, and the Western Paradise did not govern these demons. All the demons were rampant, and mortals were reduced to food for the demons. If they could rescue these mortals, their merit could be accumulated faster.

This was actually following the path of Tang Sanzang and his disciples, but the Scorpion Demon and the others were more purposeful.

With the Scorpion Demon's strength, it was very easy to deal with some small demons.

Therefore, they had been very smooth along the way until they encountered the giant eagle in the sky.

This unicorn giant eagle was not only terrifying in strength but also had an incredible background. It was said to be the mount of a certain Buddha. Even if they joined forces, they were no match for it and could only flee frantically.

But the unicorn giant eagle had already set its sights on them and had no intention of letting them go.

Gah — —

Terrifying sonic attacks constantly impacted the mountain forest. The sharp wind blades cut down swaths of trees, occasionally falling around the Spider Demon and the Scorpion Demon, stirring up dust all over the sky.

The Scorpion Demon was stronger, so it blocked most of the damage for the seven Spider Demons, so the wounds on its body became more and more numerous.

Boom — —

Suddenly, the ground in front of them suddenly collapsed, the mountain forest collapsed, and countless trees fell into it, blocking their way. The unicorn giant eagle had also already killed them.

Obviously, those sharp wind blades were not only attacking them but also taking the opportunity to cut off their retreat.

Seeing that they had no way out, the unicorn giant eagle transformed into a human form and landed in the arena.

This eagle-headed, horned humanoid creature looked at them with killing intent: "You killed my offspring, and today you will pay with your lives."

As he spoke, he raised his right arm, his body filled with demonic energy, and a terrifying force gathered in his palm.

The Scorpion Demon stood in front of the Spider Demon, revealing an expression of resignation.