600: Chapter 239 Disheartened_11 600: Chapter 239 Disheartened_11 The next moment, he struck, aiming to crush the life out of that Heavenly General.
Just then, a voice came through, “A mere Kui Ox, I could crush with one finger.
How dare you act so brazenly in front of me?”
Furious, the Kui Ox couldn’t believe the Heavenly General dared to provoke him.
At that moment, the Kui Ox felt that he couldn’t simply kill the Heavenly General so easily.
He wanted to extract his soul first, to torment him for a while, to let him taste the agony of living that was worse than death.
However, the Kui Ox failed to notice the horrified expression on his subordinate’s face as they stared at a figure that had just appeared, their complexion turning pale.
As the Kui Ox’s hand was about to land on the Heavenly General, he then realized something was amiss.
That voice from just now, it didn’t seem to belong to the Heavenly General.
There was another powerful being hidden here, one he had utterly failed to detect.
A surge of alarm shot through the Kui Ox, accompanied by a foreboding hunch.
Only now did he see that the spot previously occupied by the Heavenly General was taken by someone else.
Upon seeing the newcomer’s face, a violent shift occurred in the Kui Ox’s expression.
Sun Wukong, why is he here?
Having just received the orders, he had rushed here.
By all logic, Sun Wukong shouldn’t have known about this.
Unless, of course, he knew in advance that he was to come here.
This realization suddenly dawned upon the Kui Ox.
The Queen Mother of the West, as the rumors had said, was truly a spy for the Heavenly Court, simply to lure them out.
“Queen Mother of the West, you traitor.”
The Kui Ox roared, his voice shaking the heavens and the earth.
At that moment, Sun Wukong also made his move, his hand easily crushing the Kui Ox.
All the Heavenly Venerates were nothing, simply no match for Sun Wukong.
With the Kui Ox slain, even his Primordial Spirit was crushed, his soul utterly dispersed.
The Kui Ox’s subordinates scattered, fleeing in every direction.
Sun Wukong gave chase, killing a few, but did not continue to attack, letting them flee back to Kunlun.
These individuals were the best proof to substantiate the rumors.
Meanwhile, in Lin County, the Golden Ram Venerable had been killed, his subordinates fleeing in disarray, with only two Celestial Immortal level juniors escaping back to Kunlun.
Jin Zha and Mu Zha laughed heartily, but they didn’t continue the pursuit.
Kunlun had fallen into silence at this time.
The Queen Mother’s face was ashen; she knew she was outmaneuvered again.
Now, the Ancient Gods within the Court of Ancient Gods would likely suspect her of collaborating with the Heavenly Court.
The fierce beast Zhu Yan arrived, a host of mighty beings in tow.
He fixed his gaze on the Queen Mother and said in a deep voice, “We hope the Queen Mother will give us an explanation.”
The Queen Mother’s eyes were icy as she indifferently replied, “What kind of explanation do you expect from me?”
Feeling the anger of the Queen Mother, Zhu Yan was not the least bit intimidated.
He coldly asserted, “The deaths of the Golden Ram Venerable and the Kui Ox, we need an explanation from the Queen Mother.”
Relationships among the Ancient Gods were hardly good, as they were all exceedingly self-interested individuals, unlikely to foster warm relations.
But now, with the Golden Ram Venerable and the Kui Ox killed, they couldn’t pretend they weren’t worried.
So naturally, they wanted an explanation.
Mainly, those Ancient Gods were concerned that if the rumors were true, those calculated against and killed by the Queen Mother in the future would be themselves.
Yet, they were reluctant to believe that the Queen Mother had colluded with the Heavenly Court just to exterminate them, so they sought an explanation from her.
If she could present evidence that could convince them, they naturally would still trust the Queen Mother.
Taking a deep breath, the Queen Mother said coldly, “I have no explanation to give you.
We too have been plotted against by the Heavenly Court, every move calculated.
Even if I say anything now, none of you would believe me.”
The Ancient Gods fell silent.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to believe, but when their very lives were at stake, they could not afford to take things lightly.
The Golden Ram Venerable and the Kui Ox had met such tragic ends.
Their subordinates who fled back narrated the events, making it evident that the enemy had long been waiting there.
Jin Zha and Mu Zha aside, as these two had always been stationed near Kunlun.
They might have been able to respond at the first sign of trouble had there been any.
But Sun Wukong was far away at Huaguo Mountain, how did he learn of this news and wait in advance at the location?
This meant someone had already passed the information to him.
And the one who made this decision was the Queen Mother, giving them ample reason to suspect her.
In a stern voice, the Queen Mother said, “Do you think I need to make it so obvious, to expose myself like this?”
“Crying ‘thief’ to catch a thief, nothing more than trying to clear your own suspicion.”
Zhu Yan coldly stated.
He faced the Queen Mother, not showing a trace of fear, brazenly confronting her.
Enraged, the Queen Mother glared at Zhu Yan, chillingly retorting, “Zhu Yan, you’ve gone too far.”
Unfazed, Zhu Yan looked straight at the Queen Mother and said coldly, “Queen Mother, I merely seek justice for our brothers.
If you cannot give us a reasonable explanation to convince us, how can we dare to follow your orders in the future?”
Zhu Yan held the moral high ground and was not afraid of the Queen Mother.
If the Queen Mother intended to take action against him, she would have to consider whether the other Ancient Gods would allow it.
Taking in a deep breath, the Queen Mother knew very well that if she made a move against Zhu Yan now, not only would she fail to dispel the suspicions, but it would also make others think that she was throwing a fit because her plot had been uncovered.
Without further response to Zhu Yan, she looked towards Shao Siming and others, asking, “What do you all think?”