Chapter 9: Asura
"You guy..."
"Aren't you being a bit too arrogant?"
Looking at the calm and composed Lin Jing, Qin Siyuan clasped his hands together.
After repairing his damaged golden body, his appearance and form gradually transformed.
"I admit... among the Golden Core Cultivators I've seen, you have the strongest pure physical strength."
"But to try to comprehend the supreme Buddhist Technique by feeling the attacks of the golden body, isn't that underestimating the Indestructible Golden Body a bit too much?"
"Even for me, learning this Indestructible Golden Body back in the day was nothing short of a severe ordeal."
"However, since you want to try it, I'll indulge you."
"Asura God of War!" he shouted lowly, his body doubling in size, his face becoming hideous beyond measure, transforming instantly into a monstrous deity with the visage of an Asura.
This was Qin Siyuan's Golden Core Divine Technique, the Asura God of War!
After transformation, it could multiply the body's strength several times, and also increase the power of the martial arts mastered.
Immediately, Qin Siyuan disregarded the wear and tear on his Golden Core, activating the Divine Technique. Most terrifyingly, even after transforming into an Asura, he could still maintain the golden body covering his whole form.
The Asura giant, shining with golden brilliance, glared indignantly at Lin Jing, throwing a punch.
Boom!
Lin Jing also threw a Vajra Fist, and as the big and small fists collided, Lin Jing only heard the sound of cracking, his hand bones and arm bones starting to show fractures, and instantly, his whole body was sent flying by the powerful shockwave.
"Now, my physical body."
Feeling his punch shatter Lin Jing's bones, Qin Siyuan spoke, simultaneously astonished, for with this state, he could pulverize a Nascent Soul Cultivator's Dharma image with a single punch, yet he only managed to fracture this guy's bones.
This Demon Court Saint Heir's physical resilience—how high is it.
"Shake!!!" Regardless of how Lin Jing trained, Qin Siyuan had no plans of losing to this guy who sided with the demon race. After sending Lin Jing flying, he flashed over to where Lin Jing was blasted away, his twin palms slamming down, pinning Lin Jing between them with a boom, causing a whirlwind of airwaves and dispersing the clouds.
Qin Siyuan's attack was exceptionally fierce, and this scene brought a sigh of relief to the Golden Body Arhat.
It still seemed like Qin Siyuan was more skillful. Just now, when Lin Jing counterattacked, the Golden Body Arhat had witnessed it. The Vajra Fist was indeed a rudimentary Buddhist Technique. Although, paired with powerful physical strength, it unleashed terrifying power, it was still not enough to face Qin Siyuan's combination of the Asura God of War and Indestructible Golden Body, both of which wear down the Golden Core.
However, being able to survive under this combination of Divine Techniques without exploding into a mist of blood, this Demon Court Saint Heir's strength had already earned the Golden Body Arhat's recognition.
But it would end here. With this strike, Lin Jing's internal organs must have been shaken to injury, and even if he was a Body Cultivator, his insides were certainly weaker compared to his exterior.
And Qin Siyuan's palm strike directly penetrated inside!
"Your Highness the Saint Son—" Lin Jing's situation shook the hearts of the nine thunder dragons watching from outside the city. They quickly looked towards Thunder Dragon Ancestor, disguised as a coachman, greatly concerned for Lin Jing's safety.
"It's fine." The Thunder Dragon Ancestor merely shook his head. Having delved into the path of body refinement for thousands of years, it could see Lin Jing's physical essence more clearly than others.
"No need to worry... His Highness the Saint Son's physical form is not just strong in offense and defense." Thunder Dragon Ancestor squinted his eyes.
As he finished speaking, everyone saw a tremor ripple through the enormous palms of the Asura. In disbelief from Qin Siyuan and the many Buddhist Cultivators, the gigantic hand of the Asura was forcibly pushed open by a little figure within.
This little figure showed no sign of having injurious internal organs or fractured bones.
"Impossible." Seeing this, Qin Siyuan took a deep breath. He clearly felt it; the opponent definitely had their bones fractured and internal organs bleeding under his strike.
"Could it be..." This Buddhist Cultivator prodigy was suddenly stunned. Could it be that in just a few breaths, the injuries he inflicted on Lin Jing had healed themselves?
How could it be so fast?
"A good attack." After pushing open the giant palm, Lin Jing complimented, thankful that he had consumed the sixth-grade wondrous plant, the Nine-Life Exquisite Grass, granting him an incredibly terrifying self-healing ability.
Otherwise, this blow from the opponent could indeed have broken down the body he had painstakingly refined for ten years.
It seems his body is still not strong enough...
This terrifying self-healing ability was actually the key to Lin Jing achieving his current level of physical strength. After all, without the wondrous plants harvested from the Grotto Heaven, he wouldn't have been able to endure the damage from the thunder-fire forging process.
"Buddha's Ray." Exiting from between the palms as a streak of Buddha's Ray, Lin Jing disappeared. Since the opponent had the ability to break his defense, he naturally couldn't just wait passively. Whether being attacked by the golden body or attacking the golden body himself allowed him to feel the power of the golden body.
Since no one was teaching him, Lin Jing decided to try and see if he could sneakily learn the Indestructible Golden Body during the combat!
After all, the difficulty of the Indestructible Golden Body was said to lie in absolute control over the physical body, and under the extremely arduous body refinement environment, Lin Jing had coincidentally achieved this level of control.
"Have you ever been kicked by Buddha's Ray?" As Lin Jing transformed into Buddha's Ray, he completely overtook Qin Siyuan in speed. The beam of light descended in an instant, with Lin Jing's leg wrapped in Buddha's Ray, sweeping towards the head of Asura. With a loud boom, the head of Qin Siyuan in Asura mode tilted instantly, and his entire body fell to one side.
Lin Jing found that this Buddha's Ray Technique, paired with body techniques, actually had a good effect, allowing better acceleration of oneself and thereby achieving stronger body technique power.
"Damn it." Stabilizing his form, Qin Siyuan was extremely unwilling, but in the next moment, Lin Jing's rainstorm-like kicking technique rained down on him, knocking his huge body to the ground!
"Tch... couldn't break through the defense, huh?" And the situation seemed a bit dire. The two of them were essentially scratching each other, neither able to harm the other.
However, this situation where neither could deal damage to the other seemed unable to satisfy Qin Siyuan.
After all, maintaining the Divine Technique put tremendous pressure on his Golden Core.
As he lay on the ground, a weird aura flowed from his body, with black mist rising from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth.
Seeing this, Lin Jing realized the opponent might be pulling out his true capabilities. He had earlier sensed that within Qin Siyuan was a terrifying creature sealed. Judging by the current power he displayed, surpassing ordinary Nascent Souls was easy, but defeating a Nascent Soul prodigy known on the Golden List was far from enough!
It seemed the opponent was ready to use his trump card.
"If this also counts as a Buddhist Technique, then I also..." Just as Lin Jing was also preparing to unleash the various sinister forces sealed within the Buddha-Demon Plant, suddenly, a voice echoed from the Golden Ray Temple.
"Enough." This voice, resonating throughout the city, instantly halted Qin Siyuan's actions, reversing the black aura within him entirely.
"In the sacred domain of the Buddhist Temple, it is better for both of you not to release malevolent forces for battle. Let's consider this duel a draw. Six Wisdoms, please bring His Highness the Saint Son over; his Buddhist cultivation can undertake the test of inheriting the Golden Light Gu."
The voice came from the Immortal Monk of the Golden Ray Temple.
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