Chapter 244: The Sunk Child of Heaven's Mandate

Ah!

The He Luo God, whose divine sense was sealed, awoke in great pain and let out a miserable wail.

The wail echoed in the earth palace, and the sealed He Luo God angrily opened his eyes.

His pupils, filled with bloodshot veins, illuminated the entire earth palace.

The He Luo God was furious beyond measure.

The white lotus was her top three flowers, the concrete manifestation of her essence and spirit; therefore, no matter how people in the palace sliced and burned it, the huge white lotus could not be made to disappear.

However, the power contained in the Diamond Subduing Demon Grand Formation was something more profound than the top three flowers, so that in a single strike, the essence and spirit suffered heavy damage simultaneously.

More importantly, if its power had not been forcibly weakened by half ten years ago, this attack could not have affected it at all!

And at this moment, the He Luo God sensed that someone had entered the earth palace.

"Really unexpected! You actually dare to come to my door! Truly, you are convenient insects!"

Bi'an, kill them!

In the dimness, the figure that had been standing in the shadows opened his eyes; his eyes were empty and dazed, but soon they were filled with blood-red.

Linglong, no one can hurt Linglong!

A low growl full of killing intent made the He Luo God laugh with satisfaction.

After all, he was merely a mortal; although difficult to deal with, he ultimately sank into the cycle of nightmares.

However, it was a pity that to make him sink, the He Luo God expended too much power, so much that its own soul became bound to his; it could not kill him, for that would be equivalent to obliterating half of its own soul with its own hands.

On the other hand, it gained a puppet, an unparalleled puppet possessing the Seven Buddha Powers, the Five Immortals Treasures, and He Luo Spirit Power.

"All worldly things will eventually fall; in the long river of the world, only He Luo will endure!"

Mu Yi's party, upon entering the earth palace, heard this delirious talk as if coming from a dream.

In the void before them, a huge blood-red single eye suddenly opened; its scarlet light reflected madness and chaos, causing everyone to momentarily blank out.

"Be careful, similar to a nightmare technique, it can drag people into dreams!" Lily's expression flickered dazedly for a moment, then she instantly tore apart a talisman scroll used to stabilize the mind.

"Zongwang Prompt: You are affected by a mental technique, undergoing detection……detection successful, you are immune to this technique's effect!"

"Zongwang Prompt: You are blessed by a mental protection technique, gaining the 'Clear Mind' buff; when affected by a mental technique, perform a compulsory will saving throw!"

"Dance! Little bug!"

"Do your best to please me!"

The mad and chaotic voice echoed in the earth palace; Mu Yi furrowed his brows, feeling that something was rapidly approaching.

Zi!

A bolt of lightning flashed in the earth palace; the little fox stared blankly at her chest as a piercing injury opened a large hole there.

Save the little fox!

Mu Yi tossed out a sentence, likewise transforming into lightning, and trembled wildly together with the enemy in the earth palace.

Boom!

The rumbling thunder began to spread within the earth palace and roared from all directions.

Lily raised a magical barrier, then solemnly used magic to sustain the little fox's vitality.

The opponent's speed was truly too fast; if that strike had been aimed at him, she might have been in grave danger as well.

It was too fast, beyond imagination; in an instant it passed over La Ge Na and Sri Lan's protection and directly pierced the little fox's chest.

Lin Jie stared blankly at the two bolts of lightning entwined in the earth palace, utterly unable to believe what he was seeing.

He had already recognized the opponent's identity: code name Bi'an, true name Zhu Fu, second-generation leader of the Rebellion Army bearing the Seven Buddha Powers, a hero whose veins flowed with the dragon-tiger blood of the former dynasty.

And the Rebellion Army behind Lin Jie also fell into a stupor; the first and second generations were fighting each other, simply fantastical.

Pfft!

Mu Yi vomited blood as he retreated from the lightning state; Lightning Flash couldn't keep up with the opponent, so he could only force‑match the speed by activating Time Acceleration, but his body could not endure prolonged Time Acceleration, and his whole body ached terribly.

"Use super‑gravity to suppress!"

However, Mu Yi also instantly thought of a counter‑strategy: no matter how fast the speed, it still needs a body to bear it; under a wide‑area gravity suppression, if the opponent dared to maintain that speed, it would definitely be crushed in an instant.

Upon hearing this, Lily directly threw out a gravity spell; after all, Thunder Flash was not an embodiment of true lightning, its mass did not vanish out of thin air, and regardless of whether there were invincible frames in reality, the spreading gravity instantly forced Bi'an out of the Thunder Flash state.

Although he had become a puppet of the He Luo God after sinking, he still retained basic reactions to seek benefit and avoid harm.

At the instant Bi'an stopped, a human figure shot toward him like a runaway train locomotive.

"Die for me!"

Sri Lan's furious roar rang out; he could not accept that the fortunate fox he had sworn to protect was injured like this right before his eyes.

As a guardian knight, he could not accept this fact, but lacking the ability to raise the dead, he could only pour his fury onto the murderer.

Sri Lan's furious strike fell, yet Bi'an did not move at all.

"Be careful, it's Godwalk Labyrinth; the attack will rebound!"

Bi'an's posture caused the originally dazed Lin Jie to snap back and shout a warning, but the speed of sound in this clash was truly too slow.

Bi'an, who bore the Seven Buddha Powers, possessed far more than just the power of the Venerable Wrathful Thunder Diamond Buddha.

At the moment Sri Lan's sword fell, Bi'an blocked it; in the instant he stepped back, he launched a counter‑attack against Sri Lan.

Sri Lan's attack was reflected back, his motion warped in an instant, and Bi'an seized that split second.

Merely a split second of time, Sri Lan was hacked by several swords; if not for his quick reaction, using his shield to protect his vitals, it was uncertain whether he would have been chopped into pieces in that moment.

"It is the power of the Godwalk Labyrinth Venerable!"

Godwalk Labyrinth Venerable bestows great power upon its inheritor, enabling them to seize every fleeting opportunity on the battlefield to launch relentless fierce strikes at the opponent.

Lin Jie's face grew grim; he had confirmed that the person before him was indeed the missing leader, never expecting to see him in such a place, and moreover as an enemy.

Unable to prevail after prolonged attack, Bi'an retreated, and several flying swords appeared behind him, then shot toward everyone.

"Boundless Venerable!"

Lin Jie's face was as still as water; with a flick of both hands, several flying swords were launched toward Bi An.

Ding—ding—ding!

The flying swords collided and cancelled each other in midair; Bi An's hollow gaze looked at Lin Jie, and a slight change flickered across his seemingly rigid face, then it fell silent again.

"This must be the world's destined child; it seems we're on the worst plot line!" Lily said, treating the little fox while speculating.

La Ge Na's unruffled face showed a slight emotion upon hearing Lily's voice, but it quickly fell silent again.

Changing time and fate is not surprising to him; his life has already undergone a change once.

Si Li Lan and the Rebellion Army together barely blocked Bi An's attack.

However, the Rebellion Army members could not relax at all; they all knew that with a single ability alone, Bi An might not be much stronger than them.

But Bi An's true strength lies in the unity of the Seven Buddhas' power; Lin Jie, with only a two‑fold unity, is already the top figure in the Rebellion Army, and now they face a seven‑fold Bi An.

In the heat of battle, Bi An, as if stretching his body, extended a hand and retrieved a gourd from the void.

Boundless flames and terrifying cold seeped from the earth, and in an instant surged toward them like a flood, overwhelming everything.

"Careful, it's the San Chuan Ku Han Bodhisattva and the Shen Yin Ming Wang!"

The Rebellion Army members bearing these two lineages immediately counterattacked, yet their flames and icy cold could not block the water‑fire power spewed from the gourd.

It barely raised a ripple before being extinguished within the underground palace.

The mingling of water and fire intensified each other; while their opposing natures clashed, the power surged severalfold.

"Hungry Ghost Path!"

Mu Yi opened a barrier, swallowing all the raging water and fire within; the boundless hungry ghosts in the Hungry Ghost Path gnawed at the water‑fire that entered the barrier, and even as they were melted by its power, they did not cease devouring.

Hunger is the lifelong punishment they bear; they will endlessly atone for their sins in this Hungry Ghost Path until redemption is complete and they are reborn into the cycle of reincarnation.

Realizing this attack was futile, Bi An lunged at the crowd again; this time, seven divine swords of completely different hues swirled around his back, and he attacked the crowd with a chaotic dance of blades.

The group adopted a wheel‑formation relay to meet Bi An's assault.

Mu Yi stepped back, staring dead at the battlefield, and asked without turning his head.

"How is the little fox?"

"It's terrible; the attack carries a toxin I can't dispel, and I can only keep her life force alive for now."

Lily's expression grew solemn; this unknown power differed from anything she knew, and she could not decipher it in a short time.

"The power of San Shi Ci Gu Niang Niang?" Mu Yi thought of several Buddha statues he had seen before and sighed.

"Mu boss, I don't want to die!"

The little fox struggled on the ground, but its fox ears, already dyed purple, indicated it was likely beyond saving.

"Leave it to fate!" Mu Yi suddenly remembered something and tossed the Nine-tailed Fox cloth doll to the little fox.

"Can you still use your power?" Mu Yi asked, looking at the little fox.

"Should be fine!"

The little fox tried to wield her own power; the toxin only set her life on a countdown, not hindering her use of power.

"A swift battle, swift resolution; I hope you survive!" Mu Yi inhaled deeply.

Bi An, though strong, was too small; this hindered team performance, yet it made the Great Army Cloud easier to suppress.

"Six Paths Barrier!"

Mu Yi expanded the barrier, pulling everyone inside.

In the instant everyone vanished, He Luo Shen, hidden behind the scenes, opened his eyes in disbelief at the empty underground palace, as if in a flash all had disappeared, leaving only him alone in the seal's dead silence.

But the next second, it sensed the barrier's presence; though unaware of its purpose, He Luo Shen cautiously flicked his tail toward the barrier.

The barrier, solid inside and fragile outside, was shattered in an instant by He Luo Shen's force.

Even though the three blossoms atop were destroyed, He Luo Shen's flesh did not decay; it too was the ultimate form of a mountain‑sea exotic beast.

The shattered barrier revealed the scene within; amid a blood‑red haze, He Luo Shen's attention was drawn to the barrier's core reincarnation.

"This power… this power should be mine!"

In an instant, He Luo Shen went mad; it did not know what the core of the Six Paths Barrier was, but it knew it was the power it blindly sought.

"Ah!"

Yet as it raved, the soul‑shattering pain made it even more frantic, twisting its massive body and wailing.

The original blood‑line seal was ripped away in that instant by He Luo Shen; it slammed wildly within the underground palace, and countless Buddhist scriptures materialized, turning into radiant golden ropes attempting to bind He Luo Shen's struggle.

The entire underground palace trembled under He Luo Shen's thrashing; the chanting on the ground grew more urgent, and the Buddhist Sect could not endure He Luo Shen's complete break‑out, yet they had already given their utmost effort.

At some point they ceased to communicate with the Buddha Venerable, and could only proceed step by step according to the original plan.

If it were before, a mere He Luo Shen would not have frightened them.

Within the barrier, Mu Yi sheathed his holy sword.

With the power to suppress Cloud Energy, victory was inevitable.

Bi An was powerful, basing his strength on the Seven Sword Asura, wielding seven divine swords imbued with divine and Buddha power, and possessing various strange protective artifacts, yet he lacked the crucial spiritual intelligence.

Like a stiff robot, his whole power could not exceed thirty percent.

Not to mention the Cloud Energy suppression; his attributes were reduced to almost a mortal level.

Yet despite this, in the extreme life‑and‑death clash, he brutally slashed Si Li Lan, eliminated nearly seven hundred elites, severely wounded Ao Mo, Lin Jie, and even Mu Yi received a sword wound to his chest.

Finally, under Lily's spell restriction, Mu Yi found an opening and slew him with a single sword.

Mu Yi could feel that the reason he could so easily slay the opponent might also involve the opponent's soul's self‑resistance.

Otherwise, when the final sword fell, the opponent would not have suddenly stiffened for no reason, and it was that instant that cut off the opponent's life.

Seeing the soul drifting up from the headless corpse, Mu Yi still sighed.

It was too entangled; he simply could not separate it.

He is the Lord of Reincarnation, yet he is still unfit to wield the true cycle of reincarnation.

"Be liberated!"

A trace of gratitude showed on Bi An's face, and the next second its soul seemed about to mutate, becoming extraordinarily mad.

But unfortunately, within the barrier, a spirit cannot face Mu Yi.

The chains of Ghost Gate forcibly dragged Bi An's soul into the Hungry Ghost Realm; under the wear of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Bi An and He Luo's souls will eventually be separated, though that process may be very long.

"Roar!"

Yet just as the soul was about to be pulled into the cycle, several tentacles smashed the barrier, and the underground palace instantly filled with people.

And a ferocious beast that had broken all its restraints appeared before them.

The Mountain Sea Beast, He Luo, having completely shattered all seals, appeared before them, and in the most Frenzy posture.