But Duanmu Huai, with a leap, pounced forward. Both the Bodhisattva and Sun Wukong were startled, failing to anticipate that Duanmu Huai, after speaking so reasonably earlier, would actually try to kill the Bodhisattva upon engagement!
Good grief, the master is truly enraged!
In that moment, even Sun Wukong flinched away, startled. Despite his daring nature, he had never contemplated slaughtering a Bodhisattva. Moreover, Manjushri and Samantabhadra, revered alongside Tathagata as the Three Saints of Huayan, were not so easily dealt with, right?
