741: Very interesting "ghost"

“What?”

“If we dismantle the golden cymbal, the Great Sage will be gone?”

Hearing Yang Jian’s words, Qin Yang frowned.

At the same time, he felt a bit confused.

His Disentangle All Forms could dismantle anything without damage.

Even if he dismantled the Great Sage’s residual soul, he could restore it to its pre-dismantled state.

But as it was a matter of great importance, Qin Yang still withdrew his skill, waiting for Yang Jian to explain.

“Something terrible almost happened.”

Yang Jian quickly arrived in front of Qin Yang, looking as if he had “finally made it.”

After catching his breath, he said, “I knew you’d try to dismantle the golden cymbal like you dismantled the Haotian Pagoda, but that method won’t work here.”

“Why?” Qin Yang asked, puzzled.

“Because Reincarnation cannot stop.”

Yang Jian explained, “This golden cymbal can turn everything into a liquid pulp. Mount Lingshan originally intended to kill the monkey inside, but Maitreya kept a trick up his sleeve, setting up a Reincarnation Formation within it, causing the monkey’s residual soul and body to endlessly Reincarnate, which prevented the golden cymbal from affecting him.”

At this point, Yang Jian paused, took a deep breath, and continued, “Once Reincarnation stops, the monkey’s residual body might last three days without dissolving, but that last wisp of residual soul is another story.”

“That makes sense.”

Qin Yang listened, then immediately summoned the Axe of Creation again.

Disentangle All Forms was merely a means to rescue the Great Sage without harm.

Since it couldn’t be done without harm, then only violent destruction remained.

Compared to the eastern emperor bell and Disentangle All Forms, the Axe of Creation was much more violent.

This Magic Treasure could cleave through anything with a concept.

Chaos, time, fate… let alone a golden cymbal.

If Maitreya dared to stand still, Qin Yang could send him to nirvana with a single axe swing.

Maitreya certainly wouldn’t stand there and let him cleave him, but the golden cymbal wouldn’t move.

“I had wanted to keep this Magic Treasure, but it seems I can’t.”

Holding the Axe of Creation, Qin Yang shook his head with some regret.

Immediately, he activated his Law Heaven and Earth, transforming into a towering pillar standing above the sea.

After manifesting his Dharma form, Qin Yang’s upper body had already disappeared into the clouds.

When he looked down, his eyes were like the sun and moon hidden in the clouds.

He looked at the temporary fortress built around the golden cymbal and commanded the defenders on it, “Everyone retreat.”

The Professionals were still admiring the Human Emperor’s Dharma form, and when they saw the incredibly huge Axe of Creation, they immediately realized what the Human Emperor was about to do. After agreeing and saluting, they all quickly moved away.

After the Professionals, tiny as ants, had moved far away, Qin Yang raised the Axe of Creation.

Before striking, he asked Yang Jian, “If I bring this axe down, I won’t hit Sun Wukong, will I?”

“Uh…”

Yang Jian could perceive the “sharpness” of the Axe of Creation, and his mouth twitched as he said, “You’d best strike from the side, just make an opening.”

“You’re thoughtful.”

Qin Yang nodded, swung the Axe of Creation in a semi-circle, and then brought it down towards the golden cymbal.

Just then, a childish voice rang out from the sky: “Human Emperor, show mercy!”

“I have an early morning meeting!”

Hearing Maitreya Buddha’s voice, Qin Yang slammed on the brakes, almost getting his back twisted by the Axe of Creation’s inertia.

He looked up at the sky and saw a chubby little novice monk approaching from afar.

“Yang Jian greets the Future Buddha.”

Seeing Maitreya, Yang Jian immediately stepped forward to salute, showing him extreme respect.

After all, his good friend still had a chance to be resurrected, all thanks to Maitreya’s mediation with Mount Lingshan.

Maitreya floated over, first proclaimed a Buddhist chant, then looked at Qin Yang with a slight apology and said, “This humble monk doesn’t have many possessions, and this golden cymbal is very precious. If possible, it would be best not to damage it.”

At this moment, Qin Yang felt a bit out of breath.

Stopping the descending Axe of Creation was not an easy task.

He suppressed the urge to curse and asked Maitreya, “Not destroying it is fine, but you open this golden cymbal. Isn’t this your Magic Treasure?”

The little novice monk shook his head, his chubby earlobes jiggling.

He said, “If I could open it, I would have. Unless the contents inside completely turn into blood, once the golden cymbal closes, it will not open.”

Qin Yang nodded and said, “Then let’s just cleave it open. Human lives are at stake.”

With that, he raised his axe again.

“Hey! Wait!”

Maitreya quickly waved his two chubby little hands, blocking in front of the golden cymbal, and said, “I just suddenly remembered another method we can try! It’s not too late to decide after we’ve tried it.”

Hearing this, Qin Yang stopped his movement and asked, “What method?”

Seeing Qin Yang put down the Axe of Creation, Maitreya breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Let’s go to Lion Camel Ridge first. I found a very interesting person, or rather… a ghost.”

...The sky was filled with radioactive dust, and the ground was covered with nuclear blast craters.

Although Qin Yang had never personally witnessed the hellish scenes described in the original Journey to the West, he believed that Lion Camel Ridge, after being subjected to nuclear bombardment, was the true definition of hell.

With this level of radiation, anyone without Emperor Tier strength would be unable to withstand it.

But even though Qin Yang was already at the God-King Tier, being in this environment where the soil and dust glowed green, he still felt a bit uncomfortable.

Without a doubt, the cause of this scene was definitely the Law Emperor.

When the Lion Camel Ridge Secret Realm erupted, the Law Emperor entered the Secret Realm.

After that, he had not come out.

His son, Zhan Tianxiong, organized search parties to enter the Secret Realm several times to look for him, but they were either forced back by the intense radiation or found nothing.

The Law Emperor seemed to have vanished into thin air, with not even a corpse to be found.

However, the “life token” item the Law Emperor left for his son still showed the Law Emperor’s fate.

It was just that his fate flickered on and off, as if he had died, but not completely, occasionally reanimating.

Hearing that Maitreya had seen a strange ghost in the Lion Camel Ridge Secret Realm, Qin Yang immediately thought of the Law Emperor.

Thinking of this, Qin Yang asked Maitreya, “Is the ghost you saw a red-haired, crazy old man?”

“Yes,” Maitreya nodded, not surprised.

He had already communicated with that “ghost” and knew that he was one of the Cultivators under Qin Yang.

“What’s strange about him?” Qin Yang continued to ask.

“You’ll know when you see him.”

Facing Qin Yang’s inquiry, Maitreya did not answer directly, but merely looked around, as if searching for the Law Emperor’s trace.

Qin Yang frowned slightly, covering the entire Lion Camel Ridge with his Divine Sense, searching for the Law Emperor’s Qi.

However, he found nothing.

“What’s going on?”

“There’s nothing in this Lion Camel Ridge.”

Qin Yang felt puzzled.

His Divine Sense could not only perceive living beings but also ghosts.

But currently, in Lion Camel Ridge, besides himself, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Maitreya, there wasn't even a single ghost.

But… didn’t Maitreya say the Law Emperor was in here?

Even if it was a ghost, he should be able to sense it.

How could there be nothing?

Just as Qin Yang was wondering, he suddenly sensed a nuclear energy fluctuation.

Qin Yang was startled.

Appearing on his “Divine Sense radar” was none other than the Law Emperor, who played with nuclear bombs like firecrackers!