Journey to the West: Signing in for 500 Years-Chapter 539 - 533: Confronting the Saint [Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets]_1

Chapter 539: Chapter 533: Confronting the Saint [Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets]_1

Saint Zhunti stared intently at Sha Chen.

His eyes were fierce, and his gaze was sharp as if he wanted to torture Sha Chen with a thousand cuts.

Yet Sha Chen was not afraid at all.

This was the first time he faced a Saint without fear, and also the first time he dared to confront a Saint so directly, with an open and calm heart.

When others face a Saint without fear, it is due to ignorance.

Sha Chen faced a Saint without fear because... there was no other way.

The Saint was already at his doorstep; to surrender was to die, to resist offered a slim chance of survival. Given the circumstances, the choice was obvious.

Saint Zhunti’s gaze was piercing. He seemed to know that his visit this time was indeed an extreme provocation, and Sha Chen’s strong resistance was within his expectations.

But while it was within reason, when Sha Chen actually resisted, it irked him.

Because he felt that Sha Chen, this trash, was not worthy of resistance and should instead be fearful, terror-stricken, trembling, and cooperating meekly.

Only, Sha Chen did not do so; instead, as he had anticipated, resisting strongly, which upset him and made him very unhappy.

His heart was filled with anger, and he was dissatisfied.

Saint Zhunti had already thought of murder, but he also felt that the Flowing Sand River Cave was impregnable, and it would not be that easy for him to get in.

Because of this, he had been hesitating.

But now, he was in a situation where he could no longer back down, and he had to respond.

Having released the aura of a Saint, everyone in the world knew he was at the Flowing Sand River. In time, they would also learn the reason for his visit.

If everyone knew that both Maitreya Buddha and Xianglong had perished here, and he, a Saint, personally took action but was blocked outside the Flowing Sand River, it would certainly make him a laughingstock.

Making a move might be blocked, and his inability to break through the Flowing Sand River Cave would make people laugh even more.

However, at this moment, he had no other choice but to take action.

The arrow was notched, and he had to shoot.

Making a move might not break the cave, subjecting him to ridicule, but not making a move would ridicule him even more.

BOOM.

Saint Zhunti raised his hand and struck with his palm, instantly darkening the skies and obscuring the sun and moon.

Countless beings felt an oppressive atmosphere at that moment, as if they couldn’t catch their breath.

Inside the cave, Tianpeng and Siti were even more astounded and terrified, shaking in horror.

A palm strike from a Saint, even when outside the cave, was enough to make one’s scalp tingle and difficult to defend against.

BOOM.

The palm strike was blocked by the Flowing Sand River Cave, causing the entire cave to shake and quiver.

But it did not break open the cave.

Sha Chen, who had been wearing a solemn expression and remaining vigilant, was ready to act at any moment if things went awry. He would immediately use his spatial power to move the entire cave and escape with it.

With the strength of his spatial power, coupled with Qingyun Zong and Wind Fire Thunder God Wings, his speed was unmatched in the world. Even a Saint could not confidently say they could catch him.

If Saint Zhunti really broke in, he could take everything and flee. However, once outside, extreme danger would await, and he must be extremely cautious.

Fortunately, Zhunti did not break in.

He was blocked by the cave’s defenses, and the system’s reward was something that even ordinary Saints could only look at but not overcome.

For the time being, it seemed that Saint Zhunti was just an ordinary Saint, seemingly unable to break in. At least one strike was not enough to breach his cave.

Meanwhile, Tianpeng inside the cave was already scared out of his wits, trembling unceasingly. "The Saint is furious, the Saint is furious! This is the end, this is the end! He’s going to break in! What should we do, what should we do!?"

Siti was no better off, curled up and shivering, terrified to the core.

The powerful aura and destructive force penetrated the cave, reaching directly inside, and instantly destroyed more than half of the Immortal Elixirs within the Post-Heaven Earth.

At the same time, it also destroyed over a dozen palaces, leaving Sha Chen’s cave manor in disarray, desolate and ruined.

Sha Chen was furious.

He quickly used his Spatial Divine Skill to protect the entire cave, preventing the shockwaves from causing further destruction.

At the same time, his expression turned rather ugly because Saint Zhunti didn’t seem to be planning to stop and continued to strike.

Zhunti struck again with a palm; this one was even stronger. It was clear he had been holding back before and hadn’t used his full strength.

Even now, given his casual demeanor, it was evidently not his full strength either.

But still, the force of his palm was horrifyingly powerful, striking the cave’s defenses with such ferocity that it sent the waters of the Flowing Sand River into the sky, splitting the land for a thousand li around.

At the same time, nearly all the buildings inside Sha Chen’s cave manor were destroyed, and the Immortal Elixirs withered away under the force of that palm.

Sha Chen’s face turned grim; he had already boosted the defenses of his cave manor to the highest level, but the Saint’s power was simply too overwhelming.

Under such a forceful attack, the residual power was enough to suppress a Daluo Golden Immortal, even with defenses in place.

A full-strength Daluo Golden Immortal would be overwhelmed. Just like Marshal Tianpeng, who was now fully engaged, still feeling his chest stifled and his eyes bloodshot, let alone the Immortal Elixirs.

It was only the Immortal Elixirs within the Innate Earth, protected by the Innate Spiritual Roots and Elixirs, that survived, thanks to Sha Chen’s meticulous Array Arrangement around them; otherwise, they too would have been destroyed.

Sha Chen was raging. "Damn old monk, I gave you enough face to call you a Saint, and yet you dare destroy my Immortal Fields and cut off my fortune! You deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

Saint Zhunti said calmly, "Heh, so it turns out you planted an Immortal Field inside your cave manor. No wonder you could hide and cultivate."

"If you won’t come out, and I can’t enter for now, then I’ll just destroy what’s inside. A land of ruins, let’s see what else you have worth protecting."

He continued to strike, each palm stronger than the previous, the destructive force increasingly alarming.

Tianpeng could no longer hold up. Siti had to summon up his spirit with great effort, transforming into his true form of the Bodhi Tree, to protect him and the many Immortal Elixirs.

Sha Chen frowned as he saw the chaos within the cave manor, with the battle’s aftermath nearly reaching the Immortal Elixirs in the Innate Earth.

Although they were temporarily protected by the Innate Spiritual Roots and Elixirs, using their own Divine Power in such a way was damaging to their own medicinal properties. Sha Chen couldn’t bear the thought. He must stop this from happening; he couldn’t allow the battle to affect the Immortal Elixirs any longer!

Saint Zhunti struck from outside, each palm stronger than the last, his momentum gradually rising.

His current power was overwhelming, his momentum immense and continuous. If Sha Chen couldn’t halt him, his offensive would only grow stronger. In the end, even if the cave held, everything inside wouldn’t withstand the onslaught.

It wouldn’t just be the Immortal Elixirs at risk; eventually, even the Innate Spiritual Roots and Elixirs might be destroyed, and Sha Chen’s foundation would be jeopardized. He must prevent this.

Sha Chen’s face showed his distress. He had already exerted all his strength to build a space, but it was no match for the deliberate vibrational force of the Saint, unable to prevent the aftermath of the battle.

Unless he could move these things into Universe in the Sleeve or the small spatial world he had condensed on his body. But he, too, was enduring the aftershocks of the fight, and he was not certain whether the small spatial world he had created could withstand these aftershocks. If it couldn’t, everything would be destroyed.

Sha Chen frowned, then suddenly said, "Zhunti, do you really think I’m out of options!?"

Zhunti chuckled, "If you had any capability, you would’ve used it already. What other methods do you have?"

Sha Chen replied, "What’s your opinion on the Chaos Bell?"

Zhunti responded, "Donghuang Taiyi’s Magical Tool, unparalleled in both offense and defense, one of the three greatest supreme innate treasures rarely seen since ancient times. However, it was shattered in the great war between the witches and demons and vanished without a trace. Don’t tell me you possess the Chaos Bell."

Sha Chen chuckled, "I truly do."

Then, with a summoning gesture, a glittering ancient bell appeared in his hand!