Chapter 749: Master Chi Zhang Arrives at Jiuhua
The Heavenly Lust Sect Leader merged the Mystic Yin Divine Evil with the Mystic Yin True Water, creating a massive "Black Sea" with a diameter of more than ten thousand miles, suspended above the Central Earth Continent.
Even people like Jin Xunu and Li Yingqiong exclaimed in alarm at the sight.
If this thing falls, it would immediately cause an apocalyptic flood, and unless Yu the Great were revived, all living beings on the Central Plains would be annihilated.
Even creatures that live in the water, like fish, turtles, shrimp, and crabs, would be corroded and destroyed by the evil Qi, and ultimately, the souls of billions of beings would all return to the water, becoming Mystic Yin Evil Demons reared by the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader!
Master Fen Tuo and Master You Tan sensed the terrifying consequences of this situation and hurriedly expended their Primordial Qi, unleashing Buddha Light to form dikes, spreading in all directions.
They wanted to use the Buddha Light to first form a Forbidden Circle to seal the "Black Sea," then support it from below, and finally form a massive golden bowl to contain this "Black Sea" within.
But the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader gave them no chance, casting a spell to make the Black Water surge upwards, with thousands of water columns rising from the sea surface. Each water column was filled with dense water droplets and an infinite number of Golden Stars. The water droplets were Mystic Yin Divine Thunder, and the Golden Stars were Soundless Divine Thunder, first bombing the golden bridge, Buddha Light, and Lotus Pad formed by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats of all worlds from every direction and time.
The relentless roar of thunder seemed to shatter the sky, causing large fragments of Buddha Light to disintegrate, with the golden bridge shaking violently, and even many Buddhas standing unsteadily.
Fen Tuo and You Tan, the two Divine Nuns, chanted Buddhist names in unison, calling for more energy from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
The Heavenly Lust Sect Leader roared madly, "I have become lawless, immortal throughout all tribulations, even the Heavenly Tribulation and Punishment cannot harm me, what fear do I have even if all Buddhas from all worlds in every era are present here!"
As he spoke, those water columns transformed into enormous tentacles, as if a giant octopus under the Black Sea manifested thousands of tentacles wrapping around those golden lotuses floating on the water and the Bodhisattvas and Arhats on them, encircling and enfolding them completely.
With a deafening roar from the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader, the Bodhisattvas and Arhats on these golden lotuses exploded in unison, dispersing into strands of golden radiance.
Only the Buddhas on the golden bridge remained, and they all chanted in unison, each casting their own original Dharma Seal, bringing forth a massive Buddha Light to suppress the Black Sea below.
So many Bodhisattvas and Arhats were blasted apart, yet the golden lotuses were preserved, still drifting on the Black Water.
Only when the Bodhisattvas and Arhats were present earlier did the golden lotuses anchor steadily in place, suppressing the black water below to prevent it from rising in waves.
Now, the golden lotuses were undulating with the tides and rapidly turning from gold to black, all tainted in color.
In an instant, millions of golden lotuses transformed into Black Lotuses, surrounded by evil Qi, with their flowers blossoming wide open, emitting nine strands of black Qi from their pods, which condensed to reveal the incarnations of numerous Demon Gods.
The Heavenly Lust Sect Leader had previously hidden within the Black Evil, and later in the Black Sea, never showing himself. Now, through the Black Lotus, he manifested three thousand Great Divine Demon incarnations, many-headed and many-eyed, with many arms and legs, full of terrifying branches, some with sharp teeth, some covered in spikes, each more sinister than the last.
Apart from these three thousand incarnations born from the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader's own essence, there were innumerable, tens of thousands of small Demon God incarnations, all crafted from human immortals, monsters, and ghosts killed by the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader, refined into Mystic Yin Divine Demons, manifesting along with their master.
The sea expanse of ten thousand miles was as black as ink, with tens of thousands of smoke-shrouded Black Lotus Platforms floating on it, each platform bearing a fearsome Demon God.
These Demon Gods roared upward in unison towards the golden bridge, each propelling a blast of Mystic Yin Black Evil, from which countless demon claws emerged, madly attacking the golden bridge and the Buddhas atop it.
The Black Water surged, forming wave upon wave of massive surges, relentlessly crashing against the golden bridge, making the Buddha Light flicker, and the Golden Radiance hazy.
"I will tear all of you wretched Buddhas into pieces! Then I'll go one by one to your Buddha Country Pure Lands, wiping out your disciples, and transforming each of you into my Divine Demon incarnations!"
A bitter Yin wind blew in the sky, bringing with it fist-sized black rain, millstone-sized hail, and a dense array of Mystic Yin Divine Thunder and Soundless Divine Thunder.
This old demon attacked from above and below, trying to annihilate all the Buddhas of all worlds and times on the bridge in one fell swoop!
Fen Tuo and You Tan had just used the Buddha Light to "lock the edges" of the ten thousand miles of the Black Sea, and earlier, when many Bodhisattvas and Arhats exploded, they were working together to seal the Black Water and had no time to cast spells. By the time they completed the seal, the golden bridge was already shaking violently and teetering on the brink of collapse.
They didn't complete the bottom support of the Black Sea, utterly condensing it into the "Ruyi Golden Bowl," but only formed a Buddha Light golden ring in the air with a diameter of ten thousand miles, sealing the Black Water within.
Sorceress You Tan's mana was slightly weaker, and her Flying Sword Magical Treasure, the Heavenly Dragon Demon Suppressing Sword, which she had nurtured for many years, had already been destroyed. When it was destroyed the first time, she could barely repair it, but after the second time, it was beyond saving.
She practiced the Righteous Path of the Buddhist Sect, seeking to see through the "ego-attachment," to first break the "self-perception," and long ago, she tried to divest herself of all her Flying Sword Magical Treasures, passing them on to her disciples whenever possible.
Now, the usable ones were destroyed, and bringing out those that were useless served no purpose, with only the Separation and Reunion Divine Light remaining.
Master Fen Tuo's momentum was much stronger than hers. With a point of his finger, the massive halo of the Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel above his head flew straight out, sweeping through thousands of miles of sea to underneath the golden bridge. The halo expanded rapidly, within moments reaching a diameter of over a hundred miles, with electric wheels spinning rapidly. Golden and silver light rained down everywhere, each point of golden light transforming into a ball of golden flame, each speck of silver rain forming white thunderbolts, accompanied by constant rumbling Lei Yin, as the light wheel spun around, trapping those Mystic Yin Divine Demons, shredding them into large swathes of black smoke.
The Heavenly Lust Sect Leader bellowed in anger, urging the Black Water to writhe, creating billions of teardrop-like beads to launch a frenzy of assaults against the Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel.
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This Treasure Wheel lives up to the name of Vajra, also emitting boundless thunder and fire to clash with it, indestructible and resistant to all evil, capable of breaking a vajra, all demons perish!
Amid the intense magical duel between both sides, a red light flew in from the South. This light differed from the blood light of the Demon Cult; it was righteous instead of evil, arriving in the airspace near Jiuhua Mountain in an instant, coming from the vast Black Water to the high ground near the peak where Jin Xunu was located.
The red light spread out, revealing a Daoist in blue robes, recognized by Jin Xunu as Master Chi Zhang of Tianpeng Mountain's Lingjiao Immortal Palace.
Shi Feiyang had left Master Chi Zhang in the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain to guard against the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader. With the strength of this old demon, if it weren't for Master Chi Zhang, the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain would indeed be hard-pressed to guard against him.
Now that the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader was waging a great battle at Jiuhua Mountain, there was no longer any need for Master Chi Zhang to guard the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.
The standard Shi Feiyang set for him was: the moment the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader appeared at Jiuhua Mountain, he should immediately rush to Jiuhua Mountain to subdue the old Shi Pi!
Everyone was laying their cards on the table; Master Chi Zhang was also worried that the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader might purposefully appear at Jiuhua Mountain to create a diversion, thus he waited until the Leader was entangled in a difficult fight with two Divine Nuns before he rushed over. As soon as he appeared, he pointed the coral staff in his hand, releasing rounds of blazing red flames, the "Sun," to intercept the Five Mountains Divine Peaks and Blood Flame Golden Saber of the old Shi Pi.
He told Jin Xunu, "You go down and break the formation to snatch his Shariputra, I'll deal with this demon!"
Jin Xunu then retracted the second avatar formed by the Mixed Element Treasure Pearl, flying down to continue extracting the Shariputra.
The old Shi Pi and the other three great demons had come to help, not using their full power, otherwise, Jin Xunu would not possibly duel them while simultaneously distracted breaking the formation.
They only aimed to stall four enemies, and old Shi Pi was especially holding back.
At this moment, with the arrival of Master Chi Zhang, the old Shi Pi instantly felt doubled pressure.
Master Chi Zhang was holding a coral staff as well, and his disciple Ruan Jiu, known as the Red Staff Immortal Boy, modeled his coral staff after Master Chi Zhang's.
However, Ruan Jiu's was a short coral staff, less than three feet long, occasionally tucked at the waist.
Master Chi Zhang's staff was a cane, with a large dragon head on top, releasing ten fireballs in one move. Upon colliding, the ten splitted, forming exactly a hundred clusters, each bursting with incandescent light and heat, like numerous Sun Wheels. Besides that, there were also Moon Wheels, starting with twelve, then transforming to a hundred and forty-four.
The Sun Wheels correspond to the ten Heavenly Stems, from Jia to Gui. The Moon Wheels correspond to the twelve Earthly Branches, from Zi to Hai. When combined, Jia Zi match, forming sixty cycles of tiangan-dizhi.
Jiazi Yichou, originally a method during the Circulation, crashed together, exploding again, instantly transforming into thousands...
Countless large and small Sun and Moon Wheels rotated according to Circulation, each carrying Yin Yang Qi, Sun Essence and Moonlight, spreading out to cover the sky and earth, like a huge starfire sky net, enveloping the old Shi Pi from above!
Seeing this scene, the old Shi Pi's pupils instantly contracted!
This old man surprisingly went all out from the start!
He had long heard of Master Chi Zhang's fame, knowing how formidable he was, but no matter how formidable, he couldn't be more than a level higher than himself.
Now finally meeting him, he immediately realized the other's mana was endless, beyond his capability to gauge.
No match! Absolutely no match!
But the old Shi Pi was unwilling to be driven away like this, as that would mean losing all the face the Great Asura Sect Master had accumulated!
This old demon let out a sky-shaking roar, with a blood lotus calyx appearing at his feet, followed by the blooming of the red lotus, thousand petals moving together, each petal emitting blood light, within the blood light more lotuses grew, layer upon layer, protecting him in an instant. He sat cross-legged on the lotus pod, summoning back twelve divine demons to form a circle around him.
Then, he retrieved the Heavenly and Ten Earths Ruyi Divine Thunder.
This was a nuclear weapon level magical treasure, its minimum usage could destroy a region with a radius of a thousand kilometers, exploding mountains and collapsing rivers, fracturing the earth, annihilating all life!
If the user input their own mana, the power of the treasure's explosion could be amplified, the stronger the mana, the more formidable the explosion's effect.
With old Shi Pi's current strength, activating it fully, it could turn a radius of ten thousand miles into ruins!
However, that required him to meld with the twelve divine demons, devour demons with his body, then merge his own primordial spirit with the Thunder Pearl, a technique of perishing together with the enemy.
He didn't yet wish to fight to the death with Master Chi Zhang, only intending to let the other recognize his prowess.