At this moment, on the banks of the Blackwater River, Jack Rivers was trussed up like a zongzi and tossed beside the campfire.
With a heavy thud, his face was smeared with sand.
Tripitaka, Marshal Silver, General Curtain, and Barry Bear all watched quietly from the side.
Aiden Ao blinked nervously and reached out to tug at Monkey.
"Great Sage, Great Sage, he's just a child—don't take it to heart, please, don't take it to heart!"
Monkey flung the Little White Dragon aside, circled Jack Rivers once, squatted down beside him, and lazily picked at his ear as he said, "Undo the Blackwater River spell."
Jack Rivers forced himself to suppress his fear and turned his face away.
"Undo it. As long as you do, I'll let you go—I won't hold anything against you. Otherwise, I really won't kill you, but you'll suffer more than death."
Jack Rivers squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his teeth.
Seeing this, Monkey's brows twitched slightly, and his eyes widened into copper bells.
Startled, the Little White Dragon quickly stepped in front of Monkey before he could erupt, whispering, "Great Sage, he's just a child—don't take it to heart. Let me talk to him; I'm his cousin, so maybe..."
Before he could finish, Monkey had already shoved the Little White Dragon aside, grabbed Jack Rivers by the collar, and hauled him up from the ground.
"Stop with the nonsense. I heard your whole conversation just now." Monkey looked up at Jack Rivers, who wore a 'dead pig fears no scalding water' expression, and said slowly, "For people like you, I have countless ways to deal with you."
Before anyone could react, there was a loud bang—Monkey slammed Jack Rivers mercilessly into the ground.
A storm of sand and dust swept outward in all directions, scattering the campfire pile. Flames and splintered wood shot skyward.
In the chaos, Marshal Silver and Barry Bear almost simultaneously stepped in front of Tripitaka.
For a moment, the Little White Dragon was completely stunned.
When the dust settled, Monkey slowly walked over to the Jack Rivers sprawled on the ground, bent down, picked him up again, and without a word, smashed him against a boulder on the riverbank.
With a deafening crash, the entire boulder split apart.
Sand and gravel tumbled everywhere.