Hearing Zhu Bajie’s words, the woman intended to seize Zhu Bajie’s weakness; however, unexpectedly, before she could make a move, Zhu Bajie had already attempted to strike first.
The ropes binding the woman broke apart inch by inch at that moment.
In an instant, her originally beautiful head transformed into a huge rat head, covered with white fur. Sharp fangs protruded from the pointed snout, sending chills down the spine.
At this moment, having freed herself from the ropes, the White Rat Spirit suddenly leaped up and bit towards Zhu Bajie.
"What a huge white-furred rat!"
Zhu Bajie screamed and then lifted his Nine-toothed Rake, striking directly at the white-furred rat charging towards him.
The White Rat Spirit twisted its body, dodged the rake, and ferociously bit towards Zhu Bajie’s head.
Just as the white-furred rat was about to reach Zhu Bajie, he seemed to panic, continuously moving backwards.
"You dead pig, see how you escape this time!"
Just as the White Rat Spirit bit Zhu Bajie, he suddenly lifted his left hand and grabbed the white-furred rat by the neck.
"Little demon, don’t tell me you actually thought you could scare Grandpa Pig so easily?"
"Grandpa Pig has seen demons more terrifying than you at the Celestial River!"
Zhu Bajie watched the White Rat Spirit struggling continuously.
He then fiercely thrust his Nine-toothed Rake downwards.
The demon let out a shrill, strange shriek.
Zhu Bajie’s Nine-toothed Rake struck directly on the ugly head of the white-furred rat.
It directly smashed the fuzzy head to pieces, collapsing the ground underneath as well.
"Huh?" But then Zhu Bajie’s expression suddenly changed.
Because he suddenly realized that the exploded head of the white-furred rat turned into white fur flying all over the sky without a trace of blood, and the body of the white-furred rat also suddenly disappeared.
Following that, a loud boom sounded, and a huge hole appeared at the spot where the White Rat Spirit had disappeared, the soil around the hole, like quicksand, sank into the hole, swallowing all the surrounding flora.
Zhu Bajie quickly reacted, jumped up from the ground, and flew into the air.
Watching everything around him being sucked in.
"This demon is stalling me here, probably going after the master!"
"With Brother Monkey not around, old Zhu has got his hands full!"
Zhu Bajie stepped forward and rushed directly towards Xuanzang’s location.
After Zhu Bajie left, Xuanzang and Sha Wujing stood patently at the original spot for a while.
After a while, Xuanzang couldn’t help but frown and asked, "Sha Wujing, why hasn’t Bajie returned after such a long time? Could something have happened?"
Sha Wujing smiled and said, "Master, you need not worry, we haven’t heard any disturbances, so it is likely nothing is wrong. Besides, with Second Senior Brother’s skills, what kind of mishap could there be? We just need to wait here patiently."
Xuanzang frowned and said, "But I feel uneasy, as if something is going to happen. Let’s go check it out!"
Sha Wujing frowned reluctantly and quickly said, "Master, you should just stay here! If something were to happen, we still wouldn’t know what to do."
"That’s also true," Xuanzang sighed helplessly.
Just at that moment, a loud bang came from the distance, exactly from Zhu Bajie striking with his rake.
The noise was loud, audible even from afar.
Sha Wujing’s expression changed dramatically, and he quickly looked towards the direction of the sound.
Upon hearing the noise, Xuanzang instantly stood up and stretched his neck to look toward the distance, but the dense woods, obstructed by trees, made it impossible to see clearly.
"Sha Wujing, with such a loud noise over there, I fear something might have happened!" Xuanzang said with a panic-stricken face.
No sooner had he spoken than Tang Monk suddenly felt the ground give way beneath him, and he plummeted downwards with a piercing scream.
Just then, a large hole had suddenly appeared in the ground where Xuanzang had been.
Xuanzang fell right into it.
"It must be Second Senior Brother fighting with someone! Otherwise, it wouldn’t have caused such a loud noise." Sha Wujing said while stretching his neck toward the distance.
He had hardly finished speaking when he suddenly heard Xuanzang’s scream.
Sha Wujing quickly turned and just saw Xuanzang falling into a hole in the ground.
Sha Wujing was momentarily stunned, puzzled at how a hole had suddenly appeared in the ground.
However, while Sha Wujing was still bewildered,
Xuanzang had already disappeared, and the hole, a few feet in diameter, closed instantly, with the ground returning to normal.
Sha Wujing then realized, rushed forward, kneeled on the ground, and frantically clawed at the earth, shouting, "Master! Master!"
But as Sha Wujing dug a big hole in the ground with his hands, he found no sign of any burrow and the soil was solid, without even an ant hole.
Seeing this, Sha Wujing was furious.
He abruptly sprang up from the ground, swung his Demon-Subduing Staff, and smashed it into the ground.
With a "boom," a loud noise, he created a deep pit several meters deep, but still no hole appeared, leaving Sha Wujing bewildered and at a loss.