I'm already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how come you're only Martial Saints?

Meanwhile, the Great King of Inspiration reached out to pull the girl who was actually Pigsy in disguise, but his fingertips had not yet touched her clothes.

Suddenly, the little girl's chubby face changed instantly. In the blink of an eye, the delicate and beautiful little girl transformed into a pig-headed monster with a long snout and big ears. It was none other than Zhu Bajie revealing his true form.

He swung his nine-toothed rake down on the King of Inspiration, shouting as he did so.

"You damned fish spirit, take this!"

The change happened so suddenly that the King of Inspiration was startled and had no time to react, so he could only roll on the spot.

Fortunately, his scales were sturdy, and he was protected by golden armor. With a loud clang, sparks flew, and two golden scales were scraped off by the rake teeth, drifting and falling to the dust.

The King of Inspiration felt a burning pain in his shoulder, but his bones and muscles were not injured.

He was both shocked and furious, realizing he had been ambushed.

Goldfish are timid by nature, and after this unexpected turn of events, they dared not linger and turned to flee towards the temple gate.

Outside the temple gate, Ning Chen and his group had already surrounded the area like an iron barrel.

When Ning Chen saw him come out, he didn't say much and raised his hand to summon the Sun God Needle.

Forty-nine golden needles shot out like a sudden rain, their cold light flashing, aiming straight for the eyes of the Inspiration King.

King Inspiration quickly closed his eyes. The golden needles pierced his eyelids with a tinkling sound. Although they did not pierce through his scales, King Inspiration felt a stinging pain in his eyes, tears streamed down his face, and he paused in his steps.

Pigsy had already chased after them from behind, his nine-toothed rake whistling as it came crashing down on their heads.

Sha Wujing swung his demon-subduing staff and swept it across the fish demon's lower body.

As a fellow fish demon, he naturally knew that although this fish demon could transform into human form, its lower body was the weakest.

Tang Hao and Chen Feng also used their own methods, with talismans and flames flying everywhere, attacking them head-on.

Teacher Luo ripped off his cassock, roared, and unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at the Great King of Inspiration.

Although the Great King of Inspiration had some skill, he was still no match for the many hands that could fight him. He was also blinded by the divine needle and was hit several times in a panic. His golden armor was dented and many scales fell off.

Before long, his body was charred black.

It turned out that Ning Chen had secretly used a lightning spell to strike him, which only made him smell of burnt hair and scream in agony, like a pig being slaughtered.

Seeing that the time was right, Ning Chen had a thought, and the Dragon Binding Rope soared into the air, wrapped in golden light.

However, this monster was actually a goldfish spirit, and its skin was extremely smooth.

But then the Great King of Inspiration suddenly transformed into a golden-red carp, its body slippery, and twisted left and right through the gaps in the ropes, managing to escape at the last moment!

He leaped into the rushing river outside the temple with a splash and disappeared from sight.

Ning Chen withdrew the Dragon-Binding Rope, his face ashen.

Suddenly, a roar came from the water in the distance.

"You scoundrels! I'll remember this! If you've got the guts, cross the river. I'll teach these villagers a lesson! From now on, don't even think about getting a single harvest!"

Before the words were even finished, the Tongtian River suddenly exploded, and a wall of waves several meters high rose out of thin air, surging towards the village on the bank!

The river water was muddy and turbulent, carrying mud, sand and gravel, rushing and roaring, as if it wanted to swallow the entire village.

Ning Chen shouted urgently.

"Brother Ao, come with me to stop the water!"

After saying that, he made a hand seal, and a beam of green light flew out from his fingertips, transforming into an invisible barrier that blocked the front of the wave.

Ao Lie, with a cold face, also displayed his supernatural powers. As he revealed his true form, a burst of silvery-white cold air swept out of his mouth, instantly freezing the waves near the shore into an ice wall.

The two of them worked together and barely managed to stop the wave.

Luo Zhantian and others went door to door in the village to evacuate the villagers.

The elderly, women, and children staggered out, their cries echoing through the air.

When everyone turned around and saw that their homes were about to be flooded, they immediately beat their chests, stamped their feet, and knelt down to weep bitterly.

An old woman with white hair knelt in the mud and cried out to the sky.

"What kind of tragedy has this happened! How did such a peaceful life turn into this?"

Ning Chen frowned as he watched this scene, and finally turned to Ao Lie and said.

"Brother Ao, this demon is in the water, beyond our reach. We urge you to travel to the Western Sea and bring a million-strong aquatic army to turn the Tongtian River upside down. I bet you'll find this fish demon then!"

Ao Lie nodded without saying anything more. He let out a soft whistle, transformed into a silver-white dragon, and soared into the sky. The dragon's shadow vanished into the horizon in an instant, leaving only a shimmering scale.

Meanwhile, high above the clouds, the guardian deity, seeing Ao Lie depart, clasped his hands in prayer and asked Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Bodhisattva, they've gone to the Western Sea to get reinforcements, what should we do?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva sat serenely on a lotus throne, a faint smile playing on her lips, and spoke softly.

"It's alright. Ever since the magical duel in Chechi Kingdom involved the Daoist Ancestor, the Buddhist and Taoist sects have reached an agreement not to interfere with the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures. I reckon they won't get any help from the Dragon Palace of the Western Sea!"

Three days later, Ao Lie returned dejectedly.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, the crowd surrounded him.

He looked ashamed, took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Ning Chen, and sighed.

"Ning Chen, Ao Lie is incompetent. My elder brother said that the Buddhist and Taoist sects, feeling that the journey to the West is too complicated, have established a rule that the Heavenly Court, the Buddhist sect, and the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas must not directly interfere in the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures, otherwise they will be severely punished."

"My elder brother said that at most they can only help with things like rain and clouds; sending troops is absolutely out of the question!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing this.

Tang Hao asked anxiously.

"What should we do? The Great King Linggan is hiding in the Tongtian River, which is eight hundred miles wide and has many hidden currents. Where are we supposed to find him in such a short time? Are we really going to be trapped here?"

Ning Chen listened, but showed no sign of panic.

He sneered, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"In that case, let's use the same methods we use on fish to deal with him."

On the banks of the Tongtian River, night falls, the moonlight is dim, and mist drifts over the mudflats and spreads into the distance.

Iron boxes were piled up in front of Ning Chen and the others. The lids were open, and inside were neatly stacked items that had been transported from Blue Star.

These are giant alloy fishing rods, each longer and thicker than the last, strong enough to withstand the force of tens of thousands of kilograms.

There were also barrels and barrels of fish attractant, the colorful liquids in the bottles reflecting the moonlight and shimmering slightly.

Ning Chen checked them one by one.

He unscrewed a bottle of light brown, thick liquid, brought it close to his nose, and was hit by a strong, fishy smell.

He then took a bottle of powdered bait, rubbed a little on his fingertips, and found fine, sand-like particles containing a high concentration of astaxanthin.

The box also contained musk-scented rice wine, silkworm pupa powder, fish attractant, amino acid fish attractant liquid, and Antarctic krill bricks—Teacher Luo had collected everything Blue Star Fishermen needed.

Ning Chen nodded.

"This is enough."

He ordered everyone to mix the bait into a sticky dough, then added whole pieces of fish, snails, and shellfish, shaping it into a large ball the size of a basin, weighing several pounds.

Each bait ball contains a sun needle as a hook, and a dragon-binding rope as a fishing line. Once a large fish takes the bait, it will be difficult for it to escape.

Ning Chen also set up an invisible barrier around the perimeter, so that ordinary fish and shrimp that got close could only get to eat the outer edges and scraps.

The most fragrant and plump bait is only within the reach of a true great demon.

With everything in order, Ning Chen threw the bait ball into the river.

The moon's reflection shattered into silver scales on the water's surface, and the bait, enveloped in layers of fragrance, slowly sank into the depths of the undercurrent.