Black Journey to the West: The Imposter Star Lord

Chapter 12: The Death of the Yellow Robe

"boom!!!"

A massive shockwave, accompanied by a gust of hot air, swept in.

The entire alchemy room was covered by a cloud of dust.

Cao Xing didn't know when he fell to the ground; all he could hear was a buzzing sound in his ears.

What is that thing? It's so powerful?!

The Journey to the West doesn't mention that the Yellow Robe Monster possessed such a magical treasure.

In my memory, the Yellow Robe Monster in Journey to the West, although he was a god descended to earth, always seemed to be doing worse than other people's mounts.

Aside from a weapon and his inner core, he had no other decent magical artifacts.

This is completely incomparable to the Golden Horn and Silver Horn next door.

This is something Cao Xing mentioned long ago: if the treasures held by Golden Horn and Silver Horn were given to the Yellow Robe Monster, the Yellow Robe Monster could wipe out the entire pilgrimage team.

But the situation has now far exceeded his expectations.

Looking around, one could see that the door to the alchemy room had been blown to pieces, the walls were covered with pieces of flesh, and the ground was littered with severed arms and broken legs.

A piece of intestine, belonging to some unknown lady, was still hanging on the alchemy furnace.

Before the blood-stained dust could settle, the yellow-robed monster reached out and a golden light flew into his hand.

The yellow-robed monster took a deep breath, but couldn't stop coughing violently again, his face turning deathly pale.

He swayed slightly, then quickly grabbed the table for support, trying to take out the pills from his pocket and put them in his mouth.

Cao Xing lay on the ground watching this scene, but dared not have any improper thoughts.

A sneak attack?

What are you thinking about?

Even when the Yellow Robe Monster is weak, he is still the Yellow Robe Monster, a great monster who can easily defeat Pigsy and punch Sandy. Even when the White Dragon disguises himself as a beautiful woman to ambush him, he cannot succeed.

If I dared to finish him off at this moment, I would be courting death.

However, Cao Xing remained calm, but some people couldn't wait any longer!

Just as the yellow-robed monster swallowed the pill, before he could even finish eating it...

"Whoosh!"

A golden light suddenly rushed in from outside the door, arriving in an instant before the yellow-robed monster.

With incredible speed and a tricky angle, it stabbed straight at the Yellow Robe Monster's unsuspecting side.

However, just as Cao Xing had predicted, the yellow-robed monster remained completely calm in the face of the sneak attack. He let out a beast-like roar, forcefully twisted his body, and his wide robe sleeves billowed up, creating a gust of wind that swept towards the deadly golden light like a shield!

Ding! Ding! Ding...

The golden light collided violently with the robe sleeves, producing a sound like metal clashing!

Although the Yellow Robe Monster was so weak that his legs were trembling, he was no ordinary monster after all.

The fact that the Yellow Robe Monster was able to become one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations as a demon, rather than being reduced to a mount, speaks volumes about his abilities.

He spread his arms wide, his body radiating a brilliant azure light that transformed into two enormous wolf claws. Despite the myriad treasure lights crashing down upon him, they remained impervious. Instead, with a single slap of his claws, the surrounding void trembled, and an invisible force crushed down, shattering all the treasure lights.

Seeing that the Yellow Robe Monster was still so fierce even in this state, Cao Xing immediately got up and prepared to make a run for it.

You guys take your time, I'm leaving now.

As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer. If you don't run away now, you'll be caught in the crossfire and have nowhere to cry.

It would be best if the two fought to the death, resulting in mutual destruction.

He took his inner core with him and set off for distant lands.

However, just as Cao Xing was about to leave, a hand grabbed his ankle.

Looking down, I saw it was Bixia.

Upon seeing that it was Bixia, she realized that she had been kicked by the Yellow Robe Monster and, it was unclear whether she had broken any ribs, was still unable to get up.

"Brother, you can't leave."

However, Bixia held on tightly, saying, "He won't let you go; he can catch you no matter where you run."

Bixia's words stunned Cao Xing.

Yes.

So what if I run away?

The Yellow-Robed Monster was only seriously injured, not dead. Even if he lost his inner core, he could still ascend to heaven and continue being a deity.

Just eat some magic pills or elixirs and you'll recover in a few years. If they need to find me then, it'll only take a few words.

Cao Xing's eyes changed when he thought of this.

He quickly crouched down, grabbed Bixia, and pulled her to a corner: "What should I do?"

Bixia pointed at Cao Xing and said weakly, "Pengsha!"

Bonsai?

Cao Xing then remembered that he still had a large bag of Peng Sha in his arms, and immediately understood what Bixia meant.

"what!"

At this moment, a miserable scream was heard, and the brilliant light was forcibly torn apart by the yellow-robed monster, revealing the woman within the light. The yellow-robed monster struck her with a heavy punch, and the woman staggered back several steps as if hit by a heavy hammer, her back slamming heavily against the scorching hot furnace wall.

"Bang! Clang..."

In pain, the radiant ruyi scepter in the woman's hand was also knocked away.

"Bai Yao!!!"

The yellow-robed monster gathered his sleeves, and after seeing the face of the newcomer, his expression became even more ferocious. He seemed not to have expected that the person who had plotted against him was actually the usually inconspicuous fifth brother.

"You wretch, I've treated you well, yet you dare to scheme against me!"

The woman before him, with her blonde hair and blue eyes, was none other than Bai Yao, who was with the willow demon and the clam demon.

However, given her normal skin tone, it was clear that she had not actually consumed the Corrupted Dragon Pill given to her by the Yellow Robe Monster.

"Bah! Your filthy thoughts might fool others, but how could they fool me? Though I am a demon, I have the blood of the Bai Ze, and I am born with keen eyes that can judge people and situations. If I hadn't been wary of your great powers, why would I have submitted to a tyrant like you!"

Bai Yao glared at the yellow-robed monster, unleashing all the pent-up grievances she had accumulated over the years.

"Ancient bloodline?" The yellow-robed monster looked at Bai Yao with a mocking expression, as if he had heard a joke. "In the Heavenly Court, such people are as numerous as hairs on a cow. If you're lucky, they can be used as mounts; if you're unlucky, they'll just be a dish at the Jade Pool Banquet."

After finishing his sentence, the yellow-robed monster looked Bai Yao up and down and said, "After all these years, you're not even a demon immortal. It's clear you're just a bastard with a mottled bloodline, not even qualified to be cooked. If it weren't for my need to refine pills, such a good thing as dual cultivation with me wouldn't have been your turn."

"You old thief! You still think you're a god from heaven? There are ironclad rules in the divine way: gods cannot descend to the mortal realm in private."

Those who descend to the mortal realm strip away divine glory and seize power. You can use overwhelming magical power to create a physical body for yourself, but this body is inherently flawed and will inevitably be harmed by the Heavenly Dao. That's how the injury to your lungs came about.

You can only store all your divine power into that relic's inner core. Without the inner core, your physical body is nothing more than a shell, slightly stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator.

Bai Yao's revelation of the Yellow-Robed Monster's predicament made his expression even more ugly. He cursed, "You vile wretch! Even without your inner core, you're nothing but an ant! How dare an ant dream of slaying a god!"

"Then let's see how long you can last without your inner core."

After saying this, Bai Yao transformed into a streak of interwoven green and gold light and pounced forward! Her fingernails grew rapidly, aiming straight for the yellow-robed monster's heart.

Seeing this, the yellow-robed monster snorted coldly, and the demonic energy around him surged and rolled like boiling ink, actually condensing into a blurry wolf shadow behind him. The wolf's eyes hung in the sky like blood moons, locking onto Bai Yao.

His left hand formed a claw with five fingers, and wisps of grayish-white, bone-chilling wind, accompanied by a piercing shriek, swirled around his fingertips, tearing through the air and grabbing straight at Bai Yao's face. Wherever it passed, even the dust was instantly frozen and shattered!

Bai Yao's emerald eyes shone with an astonishing brightness. Without moving, she rapidly chanted an obscure ancient incantation.

Just as the yellow-robed monster's claws were about to strike, ripples spread across the space around her, as if on water!

Her figure folded and flickered eerily in place, appearing as if teleported three steps to the left of the yellow-robed monster, just in time to dodge the fatal claw.

However, just as Bai Yao dodged this fatal blow, the wolf eyes behind the yellow-robed monster suddenly turned, as if locking onto Bai Yao's figure in an instant. Bai Yao froze, unable to move.

Then the yellow-robed monster swung his claw back and struck Bai Yao on the shoulder.

"Click!"

With the sound of bones cracking, Bai Yao's body trembled violently. In the face of life and death, a ferocious look appeared on Bai Yao's face, her eyes flashed with azure light, and a golden light burst forth from between her five fingers, piercing straight towards the yellow-robed monster.

"Pfft!"

The sound of claws piercing flesh made the yellow-robed monster freeze abruptly, and he swung his fist to smash it hard into Bai Yao's face.

"Bang!! Bang!!"

The iron fist smashed half of Bai Yao's face, tearing her eye socket and tearing her flesh apart.

"You think you can turn the world upside down? What ancient bloodline? In the end, you're just... cough... cough cough cough..."

Before the Yellow Robe Monster could finish speaking, he suddenly began to cough violently and uncontrollably. Unlike before, this time he felt as if his lungs were on fire, and the intense burning sensation made him cough more and more as he gasped for breath.

Only then did he notice that white dust had been floating in the air at some point. His eyes narrowed as he noticed the white powder falling on his body.

"Ponsa?"

The Yellow-Robed Monster knew the properties of Pengsha well: it was colorless and odorless, with a fiery nature, and slightly poisonous, but it was extremely poisonous to those with cold lungs.

He turned around sharply and his eyes widened in shock. He saw that the simple-minded child had pulled out a whole bag of sand and was running around, splashing the sand everywhere.

Cao Xing waved his hand, splashing out a handful of white sand that drifted in the air like snowflakes. He tilted his head back and gave a silly laugh, which instantly enraged the Yellow Robe Monster.

"Idiot! Stop right there!"

But before the yellow-robed monster could finish his curse, he heard Bai Yao's mocking laughter.

He turned around and saw that Bai Yao was actually smiling despite her smashed face. The smile was so wide that she even couldn't help but shake her shoulders.

"You!!" The yellow-robed monster stared blankly at Bai Yao. "What are you laughing at?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The yellow-robed monster's question only made Bai Yao burst into laughter, as if she had heard something even more ridiculous.

Bai Yao pointed to Cao Xing beside her: "You call him a fool, but little do you know, he's the one who's plotting against you."

Upon hearing Bai Yao's words, Cao Xing, who had been jumping around, immediately stopped.

He glanced sideways at Bai Yao and slowly put down the sand in his hand.

That bitch.

Cao Xing has already confirmed that Bixia and Bai Yao are mother and daughter, and she probably already knew about his situation.

If Bixia can see it, Bai Yao can definitely see it too, and might even see more.

Cao Xing can now conclude that Bai Yao was secretly instigating Bixia to approach him.

Then, he subtly led himself to the clam spirit, allowing himself to seize the clam pearl and thus instigate chaos.

Even the borax in her hand was probably something Bai Yao had planned long ago. She often served the Yellow Robe Monster, so she must have known that the Yellow Robe Monster had a lung injury.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

It seems I might not be the smartest, but now that this woman has brought things up, she's clearly trying to provoke the Yellow Robe Monster again.

Sure enough, the yellow-robed monster looked at Cao Xing with a mixture of belief and doubt.

In a daze, he seemed to recall Hongling's shouts before he threw her into the alchemy furnace.

His expression grew increasingly grim.

With heavy breathing, the cough worsened, making it difficult for the Yellow Robe Monster to catch his breath.

Seeing that the yellow-robed monster was exhausted, Bai Yao's green eyes flashed with killing intent. She clenched her fists tightly, and streaks of blood light burst out from her palms, then exploded in front of the yellow-robed monster's chest.

"puff!!"

This time, the yellow-robed monster had no power to resist. His body fell heavily to the ground like a kite with a broken string, trembled weakly for a while, and then turned into the corpse of a blue-haired gray wolf.

Seeing that the Yellow Robe Monster was dead, Bai Yao stood there, staring blankly at the Yellow Robe Monster's corpse, as if only now did she believe that she had really killed the Yellow Robe Monster.

But soon, she thought of something and looked up to look for Cao Xing.

But when he looked around the large alchemy room, Cao Xing was nowhere to be found.