Chapter 773: Witch's Methods
Hearing the words of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, the Princess of Stone God found it unbelievable!
This Demon Sword is the strongest Flying Sword in the world of the Evil Demon Path, rarely can any Demon Sword rival the Purple and Blue Double Swords, and if not handled well during refining, it can even trigger a Heavenly Tribulation.
During the third swordfight, the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor wielded the sword, causing carnage everywhere, and later it fell into Deng Yin's hands. If not for Shi Feiyang's early arrangements, there wouldn't really be anyone in the world capable of handling the Blood God who wielded the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword!
Yet such an unparalleled Demon Sword actually claimed that what it practiced was the rightful Buddhist teaching…
Upon careful reflection, what it said was indeed quite reasonable!
Not only did this Demon Sword follow Zen Master Yichen to learn Buddhist Law, but it also absorbed the relic left by the Zen Master after his ascension.
The Princess of Stone God couldn't help but retort, "Even if you learned some Buddhist Law with the old monk for a few days, but you, a Demon Sword, what makes you dare to claim that you could carry on the Tathagata's family business?"
"I have a connection with the sentient beings of this world."
The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword spoke with justified confidence!
Communicating with their minds, they quickly arrived at the Yitian Cliff Dragon Elephant Temple.
There, they saw the place brimming with Buddha Light, covering the entire temple, with the Great Thunder Sound Divine Banner of Master Fen Tuo standing at the front.
The Princess of Stone God hid her body in the clouds, not revealing herself, but instead cast a layer of Formless Demon Light outside the Buddha Light.
Buddhism has the Formless Buddha Light, while the Demon Cult also has the Formless Demon Light; although the names are similar, they are fundamentally different.
The Formless Buddha Light originates from self-nature, formed in Alaya Consciousness. Unless one enters deep meditation to see the Great Bodhisattva of Alaya, ordinary people cannot discover it, and it is specifically effective against invisible Yin Demons.
The Formless Demon Light originates from ignorance, acting upon greed, anger, and delusion, specifically capable of invisibly stirring one's heart and affecting one's intelligence. Unless one can see through all phenomena without self as a Great Arhat, it cannot be discovered. As long as greed, anger, delusion, pride, and doubt in one's heart are not cut off, one will surely be confused by it.
If the two Divine Nuns, Fen Tuo and You Tan, were present, they could naturally see the Demon Light falling down, but at this time none of the four women in the temple possessed such skill.
Before their rebirth, the Divine Nuns had already told them that the Witch would soon arrive. They were to quietly cultivate in the temple for three days; after the Witch left on another matter, they could go out.
The four women sat cross-legged in meditation in the temple, each in Zen, agreeing to meditate for three days, during which they wouldn't break it.
Among the four, Ye Bin had the strongest mana and had also cultivated the Demonic Destruction Treasure Record. In a real fight, the other three combined were no match for her.
But she was the last to join the Buddhist path and was mentally preoccupied, the first to become distracted in the meditative state, thinking of Xie Shan and the Xie Family sisters.
Thinking of them, as if feeling it, Xie Shan actually appeared.
She saw Xie Shan in Hell, pierced by thousands of arrows, covered in blood: "Junior Sister Yiyin..."
Ye Bin was taken aback: "Senior Brother Hanyue... what is happening to you... where are you now? How did you end up in this state?"
Xie Shan said: "I was destroyed by Master Yuan Yang; my Primordial Spirit was taken into that Demon Scripture he holds. Inside there are many Heavenly Demons and Divine Demons, and I was cast into the 360 Circulation Hells created by the Demon..."
Listening to this, Ye Bin's heart ached as if cut by a knife. She had long anticipated that Xie Shan would not fare well if he fell into the hands of the Demon Dragon, and indeed it was so tragic.
She also doubted whether this was an illusion, because she didn't know that the Princess of Stone God was casting spells outside, and with Buddha Light sealing the Dragon Elephant Temple, Outer Demons definitely couldn't enter. The only possibility was that it was a Demonic Realm born in her heart.
Secretly trying a spell from the Demonic Destruction Treasure Record, it indeed wasn't an illusory demonic realm; it was truly a connection with Xie Shan.
She asked Xie Shan: "How can I save you?"
Xie Shan said: "The only way to save me is to use those twelve relics, set a Dharma Platform within the cliff wall opposite the Yitian Cliff Dragon Elephant Temple. The place originally where Absolute Venerable sealed and stored the Demonic Destruction Treasure Record, with additional Buddhist Law arrangements, if you perform the Ten Directions Three Realms Vow King General Salvation Method inside, you can transcend across multiple layers of time and space and rescue me from Hell."
Ye Bin nodded, then left her seat to fetch the relics outside.
The twelve relics were placed on the twelves Great Thunder Sound Divine Banners, one on each banner, guarding the whole temple.
Ye Bin looked outside and saw the sky blue and the mountains green, the Witch hadn't arrived. She cautiously used Demonic Destruction Divine Light to sweep the surrounding mountains and fields within a hundred miles, finding nothing, then prayed a few words under the banners, and immediately took down all the relics to head to the opposite cliff.
There was also a cliff opposite Yitian Cliff, originally where the Demonic Destruction Treasure Record was sealed. After the Buddhist Scriptures were taken out, the cliff cracked open, revealing a stone cave inside.
Ye Bin entered the stone cave to search for the arrangements left by Absolute Venerable in those years.
Sure enough, she found the Buddha Array deeply buried underground, sat down cross-legged on it, arranged twelve Shariputra stones in a formation, and began casting spells.
The Shariputra stones emanated a great deal of Buddha Light, through which a path was revealed, showing a hell full of flames and a river of blood inside, where Xie Shan was pierced by ten thousand arrows, nailed to a charred black rock.
"I'm here to save you!" Ye Bin was using the Absolute Venerable's General Salvation Method, capable of breaking through demonic barriers and ferrying someone from hell back to the human world, or even directly to Daoli Heaven.
A beam of Buddha Light shot from between her hands forming a Dharma Seal, illuminating Xie Shan. The arrows piercing Xie Shan's body melted and disappeared, and soon, wrapped in Buddha Light, Xie Shan swiftly flew from the hell world to the human world.
The Buddha Light was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, Xie Shan was in front of Ye Bin.
Just as she was about to ask where Xie Ying and Xie Lin were, Xie Shan suddenly flashed a strange smile. Before she could react, Xie Shan extended two fingers, shooting out two Demon Lights that pierced directly through her eyes, reaching deep into her skull, pinning her Primordial Spirit!
"Ah!" Ye Bin's body shuddered violently, emitting a bitter scream.
This scream awakened Yang Jin and Qi Xia'er beside her, while Hua Wuxie, being in a deep meditative state, only assumed it to be a change in the Demon Sound and remained unfaltered.
Yang Jin and Qi Xia'er opened their eyes, seeing Ye Bin still sitting there, blood streaming from her eyes, her body convulsing as if electrocuted.
Both of them were greatly shocked, initially thinking it was an illusion, and each sent out a beam of Buddha Light to ensure it wasn't fake, hurriedly moving forward to check on her.
At that moment, the light outside dimmed, and thunder roared.
The two women looked up outside the window, suddenly realizing that the Buddha Light which had filled the outside world had disappeared. The twelve Thunder Sound Divine Banners had been activated, rumbling with thunder and wind.
Without the Shariputra stones on the Thunder Sound Banners and without anyone to host them, they couldn't block the Princess of Stone God. She wore a big red gauze gown and maneuvered a Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, transforming into numerous Blood Shadows in the midst of lightning and Buddha Light, darting to break into the temple.
"No good!" Yang Jin and Qi Xia'er couldn't concern themselves with Ye Bin any longer, hurriedly releasing Flying Sword Magical Treasures, attacking the Princess of Stone God simultaneously.
The Princess of Stone God sneered charmingly, while Ye Bin, whose face was covered in blood inside the temple, mirrored the same smile.
She was using the Blood Demon Divine Skill to forcefully break through the Thunder Sound Banner, which was originally just a decoy. Although she could force her way through by sheer strength, she'd still prefer a more effortless approach.
Ye Bin suddenly let out a sharp cry, leaping up from the cushion, and exploded mid-air with a "bang".
Her whole body shattered into flesh and bones that blasted everywhere. Yang Jin and Qi Xia'er were unprepared since their Flying Sword Magical Treasures were aimed outside, never anticipating Ye Bin would explode from behind.
This was a technique innovated by the Princess of Stone God, akin to the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Technique, only it disintegrates another's body. After Ye Bin exploded, the blood mist contracted again, rolling back over to form a blood figure. Those who had been stained by her blood were all marked with a Blood Demon Curse.
The blood figure first pounced toward Yang Jin, but Yang Jin shielded herself with the Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel, and the Blood Shadow dared not attack directly, thus turned to Qi Xia'er.
Qi Xia'er was utterly frightened, as she practiced Buddhist and Daoist Dual Cultivation, using the Sumeru Buddha Light on one hand and Invisible Sword Energy on the other.
The Blood Shadow was forced to retreat and had no choice but to flash its bloody light and pounce into Hua Wuxie's body.
Then Hua Wuxie opened her eyes, with blood flashing in her pupils. When she struck again, it was no longer the Demonic Path Skills, but a Spell from the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record," raising her hand to release a vast Buddha Light, within which appeared many sharp-edged Treasure Wheels, rotating and attacking toward Yang Jin and Qi Xia'er.
The two women were horrified, unable to fathom why such a thing would happen, and were greatly concerned if Hua Wuxie could even be saved.
As they dueled, outside the continuous rumbling of thunder and successive massive shocks shattered eight out of the twelve Great Thunder Sound Banners, allowing the Princess of Stone God to burst in directly!
This witch released the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword with a smile. Yang Jin countered with Prajnaparamita Saber, released the Kanli Shuttle, Divine Fire Needle, and took out the Kasyapa Golden Light Mirror to shoot golden light over.
The Princess of Stone God unleashed two Blood Rivers, swirling around and enveloping both of them inside.
Qi Xia'er had a higher Dao Level but lacked a powerful Magical Treasure. Yang Jin's Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel was formidable, but her mana was just at the Earth Immortal level. In the Blood River, both could only barely hold on, especially since each time the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword approached, it would drain their spiritual energy, necessitating full concentration to resist.
The Princess of Stone God used the winding Blood Rivers to form a Demon Formation, first trapping the two inside, and then using the Blood Demon Curse that Ye Bin had planted on them earlier to disturb their minds.
As she cast spells, the places stained by the Explosive Demon Blood began to rot and melt, leaking massive amounts of blood. Even hastily taking the Two-Phases Pill was futile, as their Primordial Spirits began to waver, surrounded by illusions manifesting in their sight.
In the face of such a master as the Princess of Stone God, one already had to strive with all their might. With the myriad changes in the Demon Formation and spells, any negligence would lead to an irreversible doom. At this point, they struggled to discern what was real and what was false amid the illusions.
Soon enough, their skin, flesh, and bones on the surface of their bodies melted away, leaving two bloody figures.
The Princess of Stone God laughed heartily, ready to sweep them all away with the Blood River.
Suddenly, something caught her attention. She looked up through the ceiling of the Dragon Elephant Temple, slanting her gaze at the sky, as she saw three people swiftly flying over from the eastern horizon.