57: anti-bone

The two tall figures in front of them, like Hercules before, were nearly three meters tall, but these two looked much more peaceful and beautiful, completely lacking the appearance of barbarians.

One of them, whose appearance and figure were closer to a woman, wore simple armor, and her two ears were pointed and erect, looking like an ancient elf. Her beauty was so exquisite that it would drive women mad with jealousy, and her face carried a strange, demonic beauty.

The other had a relatively thin, gaunt Physique with a pointed chin. He also wore armor, but what was strange was that his hands were abnormally large and somewhat dark.

The truly iconic feature was the pair of strange black wings behind them! They looked exactly like the fallen angels from Western mythology!

"Tell me your names. Since you two were waiting for me, I assume you won't refuse to satisfy my curiosity!"

Tang Ku folded his arms, subtly shielding Golden Horned Boy behind him.

"Hehe, even if we tell you our names, you won't know them!" The thin man sneered, "My name is Abaddon, and this is my companion, Asmodeus! What, do you know us?"

"Oh, is that so!" Tang Ku waved his hand indifferently, "Abaddon, the Lord of Pestilence, and Asmodeus, the God of Desire. Hehe, you principal culprits of the Seven Deadly Sins, you've run into a brick wall by meeting me!"

The female could not help but exclaim in shock, "You...how do you know our names? No, that's not right, you're not from this world, otherwise how could you possibly know!"

Abaddon, however, stopped Asmodeus, who was about to act immediately, and narrowed his eyes, saying, "We are genuinely surprised that Hercules died by your hand, but it doesn't matter. We originally thought that since the master assigned the task, we could also get a share, but we didn't expect you to actually appear in the Daughter's Country. This was something I hadn't anticipated!"

"Is that so? But I've probably anticipated what you want to do!"

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered.

In the Western Bible, there were legends about the Seven Deadly Sins, and these two dark angels, or rather, fallen angels, were two of the most famous among them.

Pestilence and Desire, as the names suggest, are not good things!

Tang Ku smiled, pointing at Abaddon, "You, using plague viruses and similar things, slowly erode the Queen of the Daughters Country's Physique, making her weak until she dies. When she truly goes to Yellow Springs, you..."

Then he pointed at Asmodeus, and said coldly, "After the Queen dies, a vacuum of power and Luck will form, and you can take advantage of it, completely controlling the country through various methods like possession... Hmm, let me think, among desires, lust is the worst of all evils. You will control the beautiful women of the Daughter's Country, engaging in unethical, purely lustful relationships with visiting foreign male merchants, corrupting the court and the entire country's atmosphere, making them slaves to lust, and then spreading your lustful poison throughout the world..."

Asmodeus suddenly giggled, her laugh enchanting, as if she were seducing a monk.

"Hehe, this monk doesn't fall for your tricks. I know your routine perfectly. To put it bluntly, even if this monk were willing to be seduced, he wouldn't be seduced by a harlot like you!"

Tang Ku sneered.

Although she didn't know what 'harlot' meant, Asmodeus knew it was definitely not a compliment. However, she didn't care, but narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "You know a lot... Hehe, what else do you know?"

"Hmm, I do know a lot. As for what else I know..." Tang Ku suddenly smiled and said, "I also know that this treacherous Disciple behind me is about to stab my kidney with the dagger in his hand..."

No sooner had the word "zi" (son, as in kidney) left his lips than the opposite Abaddon opened his dark, gaping mouth, and a black lightning bolt shot towards Tang Ku's heart.

In that instant, Tang Ku suddenly turned around, grabbed the dagger-wielding Golden Horned Boy behind him by the neck, lifted him up, and quickly used him as a shield.

Boom!

At that very moment, the black lightning struck Golden Horned Boy's back. The fellow felt an intense pain throughout his body, and for a moment, he trembled violently. The dagger in his hand slipped, clanging to the ground.

The moment he was hit, Tang Ku immediately let go and stepped back two paces. He watched as the fellow's Daoist robe began to shred. After a blink of an eye, he finally fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, staring intently at Tang Ku and saying, "When...when did you...find out?"

"How did I find out? Let me think!" Tang Ku looked at him mockingly and said, "From the moment the Queen of the Daughters Country mentioned you telling her about the Buddhist Realm, I became suspicious. And when you called out my Buddha title, I confirmed that you were either a traitor or had already been brainwashed and controlled!"

"Impossible, as a Disciple of Buddhism, how could you suspect me over such a small matter? This is impossible!"

Golden Horned Boy struggled to pick up the dagger from the ground, supporting himself to stand with difficulty, and roared angrily.

"Brother, who do you think could have survived completely unharmed and escaped when Chaos Power covered the entire Heavenly Court?"

Tang Ku sneered, "In the entire Heavenly Court, besides Nezha, whose Physique is the most special and could avoid this calamity, even the Saints have all disappeared. You, a mere child who tends the fire, can't even break a simple curse, so how could you have survived?

What's more, the title of Buddha of Sandalwood Merit was something the Buddha temporarily thought of. Even Taishang Laojun himself might not have been able to guess this name through divination. How could you, a small child, even if you were truly proficient in the Dao of divination, have accurately calculated this name?

And also, you already had a companion who used this trick to deceive me, but I saw through it instantly. With that precedent, why do you think I would suspect you? Isn't this just ridiculous?"

"Pfft!"

Golden Horned Boy spat out a mouthful of blood, and said dejectedly, "So... I had so many flaws? Then why... why did you still come with me?"

"Hehe, didn't you set up this trap just to lure me out? Speaking of which, the person who sent you to catch me really understands me, knowing that my connection with the Daughter's Country is unusually deep!"

Tang Ku sneered, "Speak, how exactly do you plan to deal with me? Kill me? Oh, you traitor, don't speak anymore, that way you might live a little longer!"

"Traitor? Hehe, you seem to know a lot, but you know nothing at all!" Black blood vessels actually began to appear on Golden Horned Boy's face, and then his entire face began to decay, as if he had contracted some incurable disease, and this disease erupted instantly, as if it could take his life at any moment.

"Hehe, do you know what the purpose of the immortals and gods sending you on the Journey to the West was? Do you know why the Buddhist Realm pushed you to be this scripture seeker? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Do you really understand their purpose?"

In a moment, Golden Horned Boy's body had already turned into a dried corpse. "Hehe, you know nothing, and that's for the best, that's... for the best! I'll be waiting for you... in Hell!"

His last words were hoarse, almost inaudible, but Tang Ku's heart sank as he thought of the various legends about the Journey to the West!