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392. Chapter 385: Guiding the Devil's Axe to Seize Heaven's Creation and Slay Guanyin, the Golden-Haired Xuan Transforms into the Supreme Peak's Golden Lion King【Seek Monthly Ticket】

Massive clouds stretched across the firmament above, bathed in the light that the setting sun desperately poured out, emitting golden edges that burst forth in streaks, rosy clouds filling the sky, like a dream, like an illusion.

The second and third cities of Shendu.

After a brief outcry, everything gradually fell silent; the sound of everyone's breathing rose and fell like waves, all craning their necks, staring at the heavenly river water curtain that displayed the images.

Everyone knows that the third round of the Heroes' Assembly concerns the contest for the Heroes' Champion; this battle may well decide who can enter the Nine-Thousand-Year Peach Garden, pluck the freshest Nine-Thousand-Year Peach, and become the Heroes' Champion of the grand event solemnly held by the Dàjǐng imperial household!

Compared to the Young Dragon Champion, the Heroes' Champion is actually the true path to instant fame across the world.

Every Heroes' Champion is selected from among the top geniuses under fifty of the various divine sects of Dàjǐng's Eleven Dao, having risen above the rest, and will surely become the mainstay of their sect in the future.

In the future, they even have a great chance to ascend to the Heavenly Gate Pass and become figures listed in the Grand Divine Register.

For any cultivator, fame under heaven is everyone's expectation and longing.

And to ascend as champion of the Heroes' Assembly is a rare opportunity.

Suddenly.

All the martial cultivators watching the heavenly river water curtain burst out in exclamations.

「Ah?! 」

「What's going on? The Golden-Haired Xuan wasn't eager to clash with Half-Saint Li? How was it turned against him with just a few words from Half-Saint Li? 」

「They've actually teamed up to deal with Jialuo and Jade Guanyin……」

「No, why is Half-Saint Li attacking Jade Guanyin? Jade Guanyin is one of our Dàjǐng cultivators; he should have joined forces with Jade Guanyin to fight the Golden-Haired Xuan and Monk Jialuo! 」

The voices echoed without end, and some even took the moral high ground, accusing Li Che's strike against Jade Guanyin as a mistaken decision.

But as soon as that person spoke, they were immediately shouted down.

Li Qing Shan, however, was completely unmoved, immediately bursting out with a tirade.

「Those just watching the spectacle deserve a beating—what's wrong with the Dàjǐng heroes? Do the Dàjǐng heroes think they can join forces with the Western Regions' Buddhist monks to reap the benefits like a fisherman? 」

「Why don't you say that Jade Guanyin should help Half-Saint Li deal with the Golden-Haired Xuan of Witch God Mountain? Is it just because she's a woman that you think she deserves special treatment? 」

Li Qing Shan hunched his back, caring nothing for his image, and launched into a tirade.

Many of the martial guests' faces flushed red and white as they gritted their teeth.

But they also knew they were in the wrong, so they ignored the old man Li Qing Shan and turned their heads to look at the heavenly river water curtain.

While saying that, they were also unwilling to easily miss the scene reflected in the heavenly river water curtain.

You must know that the heroes who have reached the third round are all extremely powerful Martial Saints and Divine Embryo experts.

Whether it's the Golden-Haired Xuan or Monk Jialuo, ordinary third-stage Martial Saints are no match for them; they can even contend with the Supreme Peak and the great deities.

So, who would want to miss such a clash of immortals?

Better to spend that time watching an extra second of the heavenly river water curtain than listening to Li Qing Shan's rant.

Many of the powerful guests attending the banquet on the White Jade Plaza were also earnestly observing this battle.

The Lotus Pavilion's main banquet area.

National Preceptor Xie Yunshen narrowed his eyes, held his cup to his lips, stared at the heavenly river water curtain, and observed it very carefully.

「Li Che……」

「In the battle against the Three Heroes of the Purple Mansion, that brilliant white light could not possibly be a coincidence……」

「You certainly know we can see what you're doing inside the Guiyi Miao, so… this white light is something you deliberately produced to obscure the Tianhe Ruyi Hairpin's probing and image capture… Although we don't know how you did it, this clearly shows you're hiding something! 」

「Zhang Xuanlei completely sacrificed himself to the temple god, the power he unleashed already rivals the Supreme Peak; your divine cultivation isn't enough, you must have used other means……」

「Did you use martial arts? 」

National Preceptor Xie Yunshen's eyes flickered with thoughts like rolling mist.

「You……」

「Are you a Divine Monkey? ！」

「The Ox Demon, is he the Divine Monkey? ！」

The National Preceptor suddenly lifted his head, his half-black, half-white hair catching a glow from the evening clouds, he wildly tossed it back and drained the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Then, the National Preceptor glanced at Lü Chi, who had craned his neck, intensely excited, staring nonstop at the battle scene on the heavenly river water curtain.

After all, he's just a child.

……

……

Whooo—

Heaven and earth suddenly fell silent; apart from the howling wind, the exploding airwaves made no further sound!

The battle within the Seven-Thousand-Year Peach Garden erupted beyond anyone's imagination.

The two who were supposed to engage in a brutal slaughter suddenly cooperated, dragging in the two heroes who had merely come to watch the spectacle.

Everyone thought the third round's clash would not so quickly become a four-way melee, but now the situation is… a four-way melee has erupted so abruptly.

Of course, it cannot truly be called a melee, since each side still has a clear objective.

For example, the Golden-Haired Xuan exploded its golden hair, its eyes blood-red, fixated on Master Jialuo as it launched a frenzied assault; the phantom of the Golden Lion King loomed, roaring as it shattered gold with its lion's chant!

On the other side, Li Che stood with arms crossed, hovering in midair, his black robe fluttering, his dark hair flowing, appearing completely relaxed and at ease.

But Li Che had already made his move.

Above Jade Guanyin's head, the half-step supreme mechanism beast… the Little Yinglong King's wings suddenly unfurled, covering the sky and blocking the sun; the intricate mechanism seals on its sharp tail rotated, emitting light that blazed like a great sun!

One hundred thousand precision parts, one hundred thousand mechanism seals activated simultaneously, nearly every part and mechanism fulfilling its intended function.

Even Jade Guanyin, facing the threat of that half-step supreme mechanism beast, couldn't help but exclaim in awe at such godlike craftsmanship.

However, Jade Guanyin's awe was only fleeting, soon replaced by intense frustration.

We agreed not to strike women—does using mechanisms not count as hitting?!

Yu Guanyin's hair flew loose, the purple bamboo in her hand suddenly whipped out like a divine lash, fiercely striking the tail that the Little Yinglong King swung over!

The Little Yinglong King is a half-step mechanical beast; in terms of combat power, it already belongs to the Four Open Martial Saint level existence.

With a kakaka sound, the mechanism's seal burst forth dazzling light; a sweep of the tail, like a divine blade slash, shook and exploded the heavens, air currents exploded, as if firelight danced upon the tail!

The blazing dragon tail, as if pulling forth a terrifying force like a Martial Saint's blade aura!

Like an azure dragon ripping through exploding clouds, glaring angrily, it swoops down upon the mortal realm!

Pa——!!!

Yu Guanyin's forehead red dot instantly burst forth, like a red date, as if an extremely crimson blood drop had been placed upon it.

In an instant, the blood drop exploded, and boundless divinity spread from her inner vision.

Around Yu Guanyin, white gauze seemed to flutter, enveloping her figure.

The Little Yinglong King's terrifying tail lashed fiercely upon it, emitting a deafening roar and explosion; the gauze, as if blown by a gust, directly neutralized the Little Yinglong King's terrifying attack.

Boom——!!!

The Flat Peach Tree behind Yu Guanyin suddenly flashed with brilliant light from its seal.

Then it transmitted outward, blasting a huge pit in the ground behind the Flat Peach Tree.

That white gauze transmitted the Little Yinglong King's drawn-out force away, like striking a cow across a mountain, so that not a bit of force touched her own body!

"Divine Weapon..."

Li Che's eyes flickered.

These heroes from the Divine Sect are indeed extraordinary; like Zhang Xuanlei, who wields a black peachwood sword that is a divine weapon named the Thunder-Struck Peachwood Seven-Star Sword, a supreme divine weapon of the Five Elders.

And the white gauze that Yu Guanyin now offers is a defensive-type divine weapon...

Rank...

Four Sovereign level!

Li Che crossed his arms, the flesh at his brow tearing open to both sides, instantly golden light shone, revealing the fine details of that white gauze.

Yu Guanyin rolled, leaping down from the Flat Peach Tree's branches, her bare crystal feet landing on the frost-covered grass; her toes touched the frost grass and she shot forth.

"Li Half-Saint!"

On Yu Guanyin's fair skin, beads of sweat instantly rolled down.

Bearing the Little Yinglong King's mechanism tail sweep head-on with the Guanyin gauze, Yu Guanyin's heart couldn't help but tremble!

This damn thing is a half-step peerless mechanical beast!

Li Half-Saint lives up to being a Divine Eagle Half-Saint, actually mastering such a mechanical beast...

"Misunderstanding!"

Yu Guanyin screamed.

Because the Little Yinglong King, under Li Che's mental control, flapped its wings, drawing out the airflow, it directly slaughtered toward Yu Guanyin, without any hesitation due to her speaking.

Too much talk; beat them to death and there'll be no more talk.

Of course, not necessarily able to kill them; if Yu Guanyin doesn't want to fight, she can simply communicate with the Queen Mother West's divinity and withdraw.

Since you don't withdraw and still talk much, it shows you're unwilling and still want to contend for the hero's chief.

Then...

Don't speak.

Take a lash first, then talk!

The Little Yinglong King's mechanical mouth opened, letting out a roar, its eyes like red agate bursting with ultimate brilliant light.

Then...

Countless energy gathered in its mouth; the next moment, it burst forth a beam like a shockwave!

Bang——!!!

Electromagnetic surged, the ground instantly shattered inch by inch, countless heat currents surged, electric arcs intertwined!

That is the Little Yinglong King equipped with a super electromagnetic cannon, opening its mouth to roar.

Li Che installed the Namo Xian Gong super electromagnetic cannon into this mechanical beast's mouth, making some modifications; it still differs considerably from the Tang mechanical beast.

However, the super electromagnetic cannon installed in the mechanical beast's mouth has its power greatly weakened, after all, lacking the electromagnetic rail's amplification to provide energy...

So, its power is roughly weakened by thirty to forty percent.

But it's still enough!

Combined with that penetrative force, it's enough to make even the apex feel troublesome.

Countless smoke and dust rolled!

The frost grass on the ground shot out like arrowheads.

Yu Guanyin coughed, bursting out from the smoke and dust, her face turning pale with a 'shua'.

"Li Half-Saint!!!"

Yu Guanyin gritted her teeth, saying that speaking would get her killed!

Golden-haired Xiong, look at him!

Is this the sincerity you spoke of?!

More cunning than the monk Qieluo!

The white Guanyin gauze continually fluttered, a hazy white light shimmering; Yu Guanyin felt utterly stifled, and anger rose in her heart.

Li Che looked at Yu Guanyin enveloped in the white gauze, his eyes showing a strange hue.

"No wonder it's a Four Sovereign divine weapon; the defense is indeed ample... If this were given to Xixi, Xixi would gain an extra layer of protection."

Li Che murmured.

Defensive divine weapons are actually very precious.

Xixi's body is covered in divine weapons, most of which are offensive.

Apart from the Hell Lotus Wind-Fire Golden Light Wheel, which is supportive, she has not a single defensive divine weapon.

So, Li Che actually took a liking to Yu Guanyin's White Gauze.

Good thing.

Li Che voiced his admiration.

Yu Guanyin lifted her head, her black hair flying, her cold, beautiful face instantly flushing with anger.

Li Che…… what kind of look is that?!

This is the look of someone eyeing her Guanyin Gauze?!

Yu Guanyin quickly calmed down: "Li Half-Saint, this Guanyin Gauze is one of the sect's guardian divine weapons from my South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, extremely precious, with unmatched defense. Li Half-Saint, don't waste effort; you cannot break its defense."

"What if I break it?" Li Che, controlling the Little Ying Dragon King with his mind, paused his attack and asked with a smile.

Yu Guanyin's brows furrowed involuntarily; if it were broken, it would be broken……

If it were broken, she would surrender!

"If I break this Guanyin Gauze, would you lend it to me for a while?"

Li Che crossed his arms, his black hair fluttering, revealing an honest, sincere smile.

To say lend is to lend, just for a few more years.

Li Che never likes to make things difficult for others.

This Guanyin Gauze, if borrowed by Li Che, would merely be given to Xixi as a defensive divine weapon; given Xixi's growth rate, she would likely outgrow its use in ten or twenty years.

By then, Li Che would naturally return it.

Yu Guanyin's pupils contracted, and the blood dot on her brow grew even brighter red.

So…… Li Half-Saint has taken a liking to my Guanyin Gauze.

Yu Guanyin took a deep breath; beneath her white gauze robe, her heaving chest rose and fell.

A surge of anger spread from her brow; the White Gauze fluttered around her as she grasped the purple bamboo she had been carrying……

If so, then Li Half-Saint, come try to see if you can break my Guanyin Gauze; if you truly do, what harm is there in giving it to you?

Yu Guanyin said in a low voice.

Li Che shook his head, speaking seriously: "Saying lend means lend; after I break your divine weapon, you let me have it…… you merely had your divine weapon broken by me, not killed."

I would feel embarrassed.

Yu Guanyin's face darkened; you'd still feel embarrassed?!

However, she also felt strange in her heart; really just a loan?!

But soon she stopped thinking about those things.

Because, as Li Che's mind stirred, the Little Ying Dragon King attacked again, its terrifying tail lashing out, the air bursting from the blow!

Yu Guanyin did not dodge or evade; she grabbed the purple bamboo and flung it out, as if drawing a divine spear, countless bamboo leaves rustling.

With a crack.

The purple bamboo lashed against the Little Ying Dragon King's tail……

The Little Ying Dragon King's terrifying tail sweep suddenly sputtered out.

Or rather……

It was the divine connection between the Little Ying Dragon King's Mechanism Seal and Divinity Crystal that was severed!

Li Che showed surprise for the first time.

This purple bamboo……

Can it sever the divine connection?

Li Che's heart startled.

However, after about two breaths, the divine connection between the Little Ying Dragon King and its Mechanism Seal returned to normal.

Just a brief severing of the divine connection…… but that's already impressive.

This purple bamboo is somewhat interesting……

This purple bamboo is not a divine weapon, but a kind of heavenly earthly marvel!

Li Che's Star-Plucking Pupil shone brightly.

If it could be incorporated into the mechanism, it could further enhance the killing power of the mechanized beast.

Against divine cultivators, it offers a deadly suppression!

Just as Li Che was thinking this.

But Yu Guanyin moved, dragging the purple bamboo with one hand, barefoot, sprinting wildly across the frost-covered grassland!

The White Gauze fluttered, her white gauze robe also fluttering, like a bride in a wedding dress running.

Only, the fury in her eyes surged, divine power constantly erupting, her speed ever increasing, as if white auspicious clouds formed beneath her feet.

Like a wrathful Guanyin descending on clouds!

Target straight at Li Che!

The Little Ying Dragon King restored its divine connection, now roaring angrily, wings flapping, swooping in at high speed.

But that speed was actually unable to keep up with Yu Guanyin dragging the purple bamboo.

Yu Guanyin's target seemed to be Li Che, intending to whip him with the purple bamboo, simultaneously severing his divine connection and completely subduing him!

In merely an instant, a distance of several hundred zhang was crossed by Yu Guanyin riding the clouds.

The woman's White Gauze fluttered, her black hair like a waterfall, the red dot on her brow spreading ever more.

Li Che crossed his arms, his dark robe fluttering, the divine power in his forehead suddenly erupting strongly.

Thereafter, the divine fetus raged, the Heavenly Earth Form emitted a roar, swelling enormously!

A hundred-zhang Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation roared, wrapping Li Che, and glared angrily at the Jade Guanyin rushing over while dragging purple bamboo.

Facing the hundred-zhang Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation, the terrifying divine pressure pressed down relentlessly, yet the Jade Guanyin showed not the slightest fear.

Her bare, crystalline feet stepped down, and the air seemed to ripple with expanding circles of transparency!

"Scold—!!!"

"Guanyin Sweeps Bamboo!"

The Jade Guanyin rushed to Li Che's face, and the purple bamboo in her hand lashed out suddenly.

It was as if Guanyin had drawn a fine bamboo leaf from a jade vase, lightly sweeping like a water droplet.

In an instant, Li Che felt as if countless purple bamboo shoots had sprouted before his eyes, forming a bamboo forest, then a bamboo sea, waves surging without cease.

However, the Dao fruit of the Dream Heaven Master in his chest trembled; in an instant, gray mist surged in his pupils, instantly tearing apart the illusionary influence swept out by the purple bamboo.

The Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation threw a palm strike, but when the purple bamboo lashed it, it instantly scattered, as if the divine essence had been completely shattered by the purple bamboo.

The Jade Guanyin couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy.

As long as the purple bamboo sweeps Li Che, his divine essence will be severed, preventing him from using the Divine Fetus Secret Art; without this Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation, Li Che's cultivation would be reduced to a tenth, posing no threat, leaving only the mechanized beast.

But the mechanized beast also needs Li Che to operate it!

Suddenly.

The joy on the Jade Guanyin's face had not even appeared for a second before it completely froze.

Because, although the palm of the Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation had been scattered,

but a mass of black shadow abruptly appeared—a giant ape mechanized beast, the Blood Yang Nine Gods Vajra Ape!

Although not as strong as the Little Yinglong King, after Li Che's improvements it already possessed the power of a Second Opening Martial Saint!

"Smack—!!!"

The purple bamboo lashed the Vajra Ape's body, but completely lost the chance to strike Li Che.

The giant ape fiercely slammed down a palm, actually pressing the purple bamboo into its palm.

The Jade Guanyin glared, her hand trembling, about to pull the purple bamboo free.

However……

A chill instantly spread above her head.

She lifted her head, the white gauze fluttering, the crimson at her brow instantly spreading, as if warning of danger!

Because, Li Che had somehow stepped on the air and appeared above her head.

Li Che spread his five fingers wide, and in an instant—

A stream of light burst forth, a pitch-black axe like ink suddenly appeared in Li Che's palm, hovering up to greet the surging storm!

"Ghost Axe!"

Dao summons the Ghost Axe!

Seizing Heaven's Creation!

Li Che gripped the Ghost Axe with both hands and then brought it down upon the Jade Guanyin's face.

It was as if endless mountain ranges stretched, the terrifying power of pressing mountains bore down upon the Jade Guanyin.

The white gauze dress clung tightly to her body, tracing out a lovely figure.

But the white Guanyin gauze suddenly trembled, as if turning into a layer of drifting white mist, blocking before her.

The Jade Guanyin instinctively loosened her grip on the purple bamboo.

Her figure was about to burst backward.

But the terrifying pressure made her heart feel as if it instantly sank to the bottom of a valley—that terrifying divinity, that dreadful rank's might...

Li Che's divinity is so terrifying!

It was as if fifteen divine embryos simultaneously appeared behind him, like gods standing side by side.

Jade Guanyin broke out in cold sweat, and in an instant she seemed frozen in place.

Boom!

Then, her pupils narrowed as she watched Li Che's tightly gripped black axe fiercely strike the white Guanyin gauze...

That black axe was plain and unremarkable.

But to strike down like this...

It actually tore open the white Guanyin gauze with incredible smoothness—this defensive artifact hailed as invulnerable, as if butter meeting a hot knife, sliced apart with silky smoothness.

Jade Guanyin was stunned.

Guanyin gauze...

Was it broken just like that?

This... was broken just like that?!

However, it was merely a breath's startle, and Jade Guanyin immediately reacted.

Because after Li Che tore the white gauze, he had already appeared before her, the distance between them only three chi.

And Li Che glanced at her lightly, activating the Heaven-Earth Manifestation.

Jade Guanyin then felt a terrifying force slap her hard, like a cannonball she was flung outward, and while in midair countless blood sprayed out.

Jade Guanyin fell to the ground, her skirt spreading out, her whole person somewhat dazed.

She knew, Li Che had shown mercy.

Otherwise, that moment he would have killed her—she might not even be able to sever her connection with the divine nature of the West Queen Mother's temple.

A feeling of lingering fear, a palpitation, a shock...

Spreading from Jade Guanyin's heart, what is this... a demon?!

How can he be this strong?!

That black axe…… what is it?!

It actually split her prized Guanyin gauze!

That was a divine weapon specially transmitted by the sect master to her, although it wasn't the divine weapon representing the young sect master……

Yet it is of extraordinary significance; the sect master said…… even a divine fetus great god of the Four God Transformations might not be able to break the white gauze.

Plus the forbidden god purple bamboo, allowing her to roam unchecked at this generation's Heroes' Assembly.

Then……

She then lost.

The purple bamboo and Guanyin gauze were both lost.

The Jade Guanyin's body trembled slightly as she climbed up from the ground, looking with some despair at the Guanyin gauze and…… purple bamboo that Li Che had put away.

The Jade Guanyin let out a sigh.

The sect master said, by participating in this Peach Blossom Assembly, she would encounter a minor tribulation; this perhaps…… is her tribulation.

"Li Half-Sage is formidable…… I concede."

The Jade Guanyin lost interest.

This battle also made her realize that relying too much on external objects is not good either; the sect master had already told her that before.

But she hadn't taken it to heart; today…… she felt it.

If Li Che wanted to kill her, she would already be dead.

The Jade Guanyin wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and the blood staining her white gauze also dissipated under the divine tremor.

She bowed to Li Che, then, with a thought, withdrew from the Peach Blossom Grove.

Her departure was quite decisive.

She always felt……

Li Che would not go easy on her just because she's a woman; if she didn't concede, he'd probably keep slapping her a few more times.

Watching the decisive retreat of the Jade Guanyin, Li Che smiled.

A woman who knows the times.

Knowing to seize the chance to survive.

If the Jade Guanyin were to come attack again, Li Che would not be polite……

He picked up the white Guanyin gauze; the divine weapon Guanyin gauze, which had been slashed open by the ghost axe after being deciphered, was easily split.

A notch appeared on it; Li Che glanced at it, holding the Dao-guiding ghost axe, and lightly swept over it.

That notch thus completely achieved healing.

Moreover, the worldly soul lingering from the Jade Guanyin's refinement of the Four Divine Guard weapons was also split open by Li Che's axe.

Only the intact white gauze is what Li Che needs.

Li Che's gaze fell on the purple bamboo pressed down by the Ba Jin'gang ape.

To be honest……

Frankly, Li Che had no intention of seizing this purple bamboo; it was the Jade Guanyin herself who didn't want it.

Without much hesitation, Li Che decisively collected the white gauze and purple bamboo.

Then, sweeping his gaze, he looked toward the distant battle between Jia Luo and the Golden-Haired Beast.

……

……

Jia Luo and the Golden-Haired Beast fought while retreating, opening up distance from Li Che and the Jade Guanyin's clash.

This was of course done intentionally by Monk Jia Luo.

Because Monk Jia Luo worried that Li Che might suddenly intervene while he was clashing with the Jade Guanyin.

This is Monk Jia Luo's habitual suspicion in the Western Regions' Buddhist lands, a suspicion of people's hearts.

After Li Che made a move against the Jade Guanyin and the Golden-Haired Beast moved against him, Monk Jia Luo also felt anger rise in his heart.

Did the Golden-Haired Beast really think it had him in its grasp?

If so, then he, Jia Luo, would first defeat this Golden-Haired Beast, then go on to contend with the victor between the Jade Guanyin and Li Che for the Heroes' Championship!

However, Jia Luo clearly underestimated the Golden-Haired Beast's strength.

The Golden Lion King's battle power is terrifyingly strong, and its fleshly body is extremely strong.

Boom——!!!

As if transformed into the Golden Lion King's consort, the Golden-Haired Beast's golden mane swayed violently, a long roar sounded, sound waves shaking, the lion's chant like shattering gold and splitting stone rolled like waves.

Overbearing to the point of seeming like a substantive demonic qi rampaging across!

Monk Jia Luo's eight-ringed staff in his hand shook violently, he thrust it out fiercely, colliding with a claw of the Golden Lion King.

The ground beneath the man and the lion seemed to turn into a water surface, rolling up layer upon layer of ripples; the soft earth, entangled with broken frost grass, was lifted up tens of zhang high.

"This wicked beast!"

Monk Jia Luo stepped back one step, pressing down with his foot, his cloth shoes shattered.

The golden staff in his hand was violently thrown upward, the eight rings all humming in unison!

Both palms slapped out, and then a blood-colored great Buddha emerged, terrifying beyond compare, as if countless believers' souls reached out from beneath its feet to climb, pleading.

Every soul…… they are truly souls!

Having just defeated the Jade Guanyin, standing on the head of the Little Yinglong King, Li Che, who had rushed over, instantly saw this scene.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"An evil Buddha?!"

He thought of those evil Buddhas from the Xiao Lingyin Temple.

A feeling of disgust instantly welled up in his heart.

Jia Luo opened his eyes; his pupils flashed gold, his body turned a blood‑red as if soaked in fresh blood, his monk's robes ripped apart, and his muscles became like vajra.

Boom!

The great Buddha behind Jia Luo opened its eyes.

Terrifying thoughts burst forth instantly, countless wailing spirits, the thoughts surged like rolling waves.

The great Buddha seized the eight‑ringed staff and fiercely whipped it at the golden lion king.

The golden‑haired beast's eyes narrowed slightly, flashing a hint of disdain.

The lion king's claws kept striking out, colliding with the eight‑ringed staff; after several clashes it did not lose ground.

"Weak, too weak, bald donkey, is that all your strength? You can get lost!"

In the golden‑haired beast's eyes, golden light flashed instantly.

Because he had already sensed it—Li Che standing atop the little Yinglong king's head.

In an instant, the golden‑haired beast's heart grew anxious!

No……

Why is he so fast?!

His promotion and combat technique are both swift……

What a swift man!

The golden‑haired beast suddenly let out a long roar, no longer restraining itself; its body swelled enormously, as if a mountain burst forth from behind it!

Terrifying qi and blood exploded like a tidal wave.

And as the mountain tore through the qi and blood, reaching its peak, atop the summit stood a lion king forged entirely of gold!

Martial dao's pinnacle, the lion king's long roar!

The golden‑haired beast, transformed into the golden lion king, lashed out with a claw in an instant, bearing the terrifying martial will of the dao's pinnacle—fighting heaven and earth, annihilating myriad beasts!

It crashed down with a boom!

The air within a hundred zhang seemed to instantly ignite and explode!

Vast waves of qi surged outward like ghosts wailing and wolves howling; the sound even surpassed the cries of countless souls beneath the blood‑colored great Buddha.

Jia Luo, enveloped by the great Buddha, felt his mind shaken, as if struck by a great bell's wave; his whole body instantly seemed to become a vacuum, his mind turned to mush, roaring in a large area.

Four‑opened Martial Saint!

Peerless martial warrior!

Boom——!!!

The golden lion king's terrifying claw destroys everything; its martial will is immensely fearsome.

It sent the golden eight‑ringed staff flying; Jia Luo, who took pride in being worshipped by countless wailing spirits and thought himself the true Buddha, was like foam in sunlight, popped by a single finger.

It exploded with a boom!

Pfft——!!!

Jia Luo the monk spat out a mouthful of blood, which burst into a bloody mist in mid‑air, flying like a cannonball and blasting one deep pit after another into the ground.

Like dozens of water skips on a lake.

Finally, he flew sideways for a full ten li, finally slamming into the massive trunk of a gigantic peach tree.

His bones all over seemed to shatter, he went limp like mud, his arms and legs twisted and fractured strangely, as if he had lost all strength; he coughed up blood and his head drooped completely.

He was on his last breath.

Li Che crossed his arms, standing on the little Yinglong king's head, glanced at the monk Jia Luo whose head hung low and breath was fading.

He curled the corner of his mouth.

Then his gaze fell upon the golden‑haired beast, whose terrifying aura and roaring martial will twisted the air.

His eyes held a hint of affection, like looking at his own foolish big dog.

"Are you done?"

Whoosh——

The chaotic wind howled, strong gusts blasted outward.

The golden‑haired beast, transformed into the golden lion king, stood five meters tall, its terrifying flesh and immense strength exuding an overwhelming pressure.

"What trouble could a trashy bald donkey possibly cause me?"

The golden‑haired beast slowly turned.

He raised his head proudly, his soft mane fluttering continuously.

Those eyes bursting with brilliant golden light, as if flames burned within, fixed on Li Che.

Come on! For our pure and flawless wager!

The bloody maw opened wide!

The golden lion's roar shattered gold, like an invisible shockwave rippling through the peach forest between each peach tree.

Finally, it turned into terrifying battle intent!

"Come!"

"Fight!"