Chapter 375: One Sword Strikes, Ten Thousand Destruction Shells Follow

Within the great formation.

Buddha light covered the ground in all directions, with shadowy figures everywhere.

"Benefactor!"

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya chanted a Buddhist name: "Enter the cycle of rebirth as soon as possible, turn back from your misguided path, and do not increase your sins!"

"Cauldron · Suppress!"

He shouted fiercely.

Amidst the formation patterns circling the Vajra Buddha Great Formation, a precious cauldron burning with flames rose up, its form no different from the karmic fire cauldrons used before the Great Hero Halls of many Precious Cauldron Maitreya temples to burn heretics.

"Is this your newly born confidence?"

Jiang Ding asked.

Boom!

The super aerospace fighter's cannon mouth glowed dark blue; dashed-line formation patterns flashed, gathering the heaven and earth spiritual energy of dozens of kilometers, all surging into the blue-gold flying sword, maximizing its speed, and vanishing amidst the sound of an aerial explosion.

Whoosh, whoosh-whoosh!

When it reappeared, it merged with the dense swarm of millions of armor-piercing shells from all directions; the aura of breaking laws and destruction spread, attaching to every single armor-piercing shell.

Then, it smashed toward the sky at that karmic fire cauldron, amplified to the extreme by the Brother Brother Xuanwu Four-Pole Boundary-Setting Great Formation and the Vajra Buddha Great Formation composed of the Eight Buddhist Armies.

Boom!

Amidst the gaze of ten thousand, the blue-gold flying sword, carrying the sky-filling swarm of armor-piercing shells, struck the karmic fire Jin Ding; violent explosions occurred, the sound of "Ding, ding, ding" never ceased, and heavy smoke and scattered spiritual light rippled outward in all directions.

The dust and smoke dispersed slightly.

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya and the karmic fire Jin Ding into which he had merged his incense-buddha-land relics were knocked back several kilometers!

A sword mark deep enough to see the bone appeared on the karmic fire Jin Ding.

The Brother Brother Xuanwu Four-Pole Boundary-Setting Great Formation and the Vajra Buddha Great Formation composed of the Eight Buddhist Armies were all shaken; cracks appeared across the ground, and tens of thousands of the Eight Buddhist Army's followers exploded into flesh and blood and died.

"Again like this!"

"Why is it again like this!"

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya, unable to believe it, with bloodshot eyes, roared: "I merged with the Brother Brother Xuanwu Great Formation, merged with the Vajra Buddha Great Formation, merged with the incense relics, so why is it still like this?!"

"If not for those damn Qi-refining ants..."

He felt unwilling, discovering the massive changes in those armor-piercing shells.

"Because you are weak."

Jiang Ding's words were cold as he pointed a finger.

The sky-filling swarm of armor-piercing shells flew again, merging in momentum with that blue-gold flying sword; the will of breaking and destruction spread, attaching to every armor-piercing shell within a ten-kilometer radius, increasing their locking and destructive capabilities by geometric multiples.

The blue-gold flying sword, commanding the sky-filling swarm of armor-piercing shells, cleared away the attacks the Eight Departments' followers were launching at itself, swept away all demons and evil spirits, and struck the karmic fire Jin Ding once more.

Boom!

A terrible destructive explosion filled the air with smoke; the spiritual light of the karmic fire Jin Ding dimmed significantly, a new sword mark appeared, and threads of breaking sword intent surged into it, destroying the formation patterns and magical treasure nodes upon it.

"Damn it!"

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya retreated violently several kilometers again, his face pale as gold paper, his limbs weak and soft.

Looking around, tens of thousands more of the Eight Buddhist Army's followers exploded into flesh and blood and died; many places in the Boundary-Setting Formation showed fine cracks, unable to disperse against the immense power.

"This, this is?"

Jin Lingfeng took a light breath: "Who said the Great Sun Sword Disciple is not skilled in commanding armies? Isn't this very smooth? His sword intent attached to the shells amplifies them terribly."

"Sword intent and shells, sounds like a great match..."

An Siyan murmured to himself.

Dashed-line formation patterns flashed across the sky; the Taiqing Flying Sword merged with the swarm of armor-piercing shells; the true meaning of breaking and destruction perfectly matched the cannons and shells that have accompanied war and destruction since the birth of human society, becoming a single entity, and crashed down with a roar.

Boom!

The Taiqing Flying Sword and the sky-like swarm of destructive shells within a ten-kilometer radius fell simultaneously, smashing the karmic fire Jin Ding once again, slicing its surrounding Jin Chong Guang into fragments, and the sword precisely flew into the previous sword mark.

Crack!

After multiple accumulations, a terrible sound emerged; one leg of the karmic fire Jin Ding exploded into pieces.

Correspondingly, all the followers of the Dragon Department, one of the Eight Departments, spat fresh blood, their cultivation plummeted like a cliff, and a terrible gap appeared in the Vajra Buddha Great Formation.

"Not good!"

Fear appeared in the Precious Cauldron Maitreya's eyes; he gritted his teeth, his eight arms turned into fists, and he struck the karmic fire Jin Ding together, making a "Bang, bang" sound.

"Fire! Fire! Karmic Fire!"

Hum!

The karmic fire Jin Ding shook violently; the cauldron mouth tilted, and actually poured out strands of black-gray flames; thick karmic cause-and-effect and resentment twisted upon them, as if containing all the pain and torment of hundreds of millions of sentient beings.

Touching even one strand, it would be difficult to cleanse even through countless lifetimes of reincarnation; in every life, one would surely die weak and premature.

Poison of Incense!

This was an extremely vicious thing formed by him extracting the resentment and curses of tens of millions of heretics burned to ash by fierce flames, and fusing them with the impurities remaining after extracting the incense power of hundreds of millions of believers; it could defile even the divine souls of gods, and was usually carefully sealed within the cauldron.

Now, the world sees its true form for the first time!

The black-gray karmic fire wound and flowed like a venomous snake; slightly aiming its direction, it flew toward the sky, leaving twisted trails, and the swarm of armor-piercing shells encountered along the way silently dissolved.

"Disgusting thing."

Jiang Ding's expression remained calm.

"It is still that same saying: the rulers of all realms are cultivators, not incense gods; you, a mere newly born incense god, no matter what you refine, are trash."

The Taiqing Flying Sword hummed and vibrated, radiating brilliant blue-gold light, merging with the millions of armor-piercing shells; the true meaning of breaking laws and destruction spread, merging into them, and carrying great momentum to slaughter this self-proclaimed karmic fire.

Sizzle...

Countless armor-piercing shells struck the gray-black karmic fire; the warheads, attached with the true meaning of destruction and law-breaking, made it tremble as they dissolved.

One armor-piercing shell did so,

Countless armor-piercing shells did the same!

As a wave of armor-piercing shells flew past, the gray-black karmic fire, like a viper, trembled incessantly, pierced again and again, shrinking to the size of a thumb before the horrified gaze of the Precious Cauldron Maitreya.

Whoosh!

With the final sword strike, a blue-gold light that broke through laws flashed, and the thumb-sized gray-black karmic fire was forcibly cut down, leaving not a single drop behind.

"Go."

"You have lived too long; I am somewhat weary of you."

Jiang Ding pointed a finger.

Boom!

Lines of array patterns, like dashed lines, spread across a defense covering tens of kilometers; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered, the Taiqing Flying Sword drew in the groups of armor-piercing shells from all directions, transforming into a sky-shaking force of destruction, striking down at the Incense God whose aura had suddenly plummeted after the karmic fire was broken.

"I will not only live,"

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya was enraged by his words.

"But I will live for ten million years longer than you, short-lived ant!"

Abandoning fear, it let out a wild roar, burning the pure incense power within the Incense Sarira.

At the same time, the Vajra Buddha Great Array and the Brother Brother Xuanwu Four-Pole World-Stabilizing Great Array operated beyond their limits regardless of consequences, creaking and trembling incessantly; all their power roared forth, fully merging into the Karmic Fire Cauldron in its hands.

"Die!"

The aura of the Precious Cauldron Maitreya suddenly surged several times over; with everything it had, it charged directly at the Flying Sword in the sky.

Boom!

The vast group of armor-piercing shells exploded violently; fragments imbued with the true meaning of destruction splashed in all directions, piercing and annihilating everything.

Moments later,

Amidst flying sparks, a blue-gold Flying Sword pierced out from the Karmic Fire Jin Dan; infinite meaning of destruction annihilated all directions, nothing qualified to block it.

Boom, boom!

The instant the Karmic Fire Jin Dan was pierced, the Eightfold Buddha Army suffered a terrible backlash; the Devas Division, the Naga Division, the Garuda Division, the Gandharva Division... the Eightfold Assembly, from the Division Leaders at the late Golden Core stage to the hundreds of thousands of division members, all let out a wail, casting one last lingering glance at this world.

Then, they exploded into flesh and blood fragments filling the sky, spreading across tens of kilometers; Hua Dong Xue Yu rained down, stopping only after a few breaths, a spectacular sight.

"No!"

"My believers!"

The Precious Cauldron Maitreya, having successfully escaped to the heavens, felt no relief; it screamed in terror.

Crack!

The God-Human Contract still functioned, especially since these Eightfold Buddha Army members were its last believers; there was no room for maneuver left, and no matter how mysterious the Divine Path secret techniques were, they had lost their foundation.

Bang!

Immediately after, the core of the Incense Sarira shattered, collapsing into fragments filling the sky; its aura plummeted like a cliff, falling to a level worse than even Foundation Establishment, its life entering its final countdown.

Clang!

At this moment, the Taiqing Flying Sword descended, carrying the sky-filling army of destructive shells.

Then, it struck into its Incense Sarira.

The sword intent and the group of armor-piercing shells exploded simultaneously; high temperature, shockwaves, and the meaning of destruction cycled, turning every single strand of its body into primordial particles that could never be restored.

(End of this chapter)