Chapter 291: Heavenly Tathagata!

On the deck of the Immortal Boat behind Su Ping.

As streaks of Golden Light descended.

A number of Jindan existences appeared, one after another.

These Jindan existences entered a combat state the moment they appeared, wantonly releasing their surging auras.

On this battlefield concerning the fate of the Cultivation World.

Jindan might seem unremarkable.

But in reality, Jindan combat power absolutely counts as high-level combat power.

The strongest cultivators of most sects only have cultivation at the Jindan realm.

In this great war, not counting the anomaly of Su Ping's faction, the remaining Nascent Soul Old Ancestors added together would not exceed the number of two hands.

The main force resisting the army of Evil Spirits must be the Jindan and Foundation Establishment cultivators who form arrays.

And the number of Jindan among them is only forty or fifty.

Furthermore, every one of them possesses Spirit Treasures and Secret Techniques, serving as the core of the core in forming arrays.

At first, seeing the Golden Light descend behind Su Ping and the aura of Jindan existences appear, cultivators from all sides were not surprised.

It is no secret that Xueshen Laozu has a Jindan Spirit Beast.

It is just that...

As the Golden Light appeared, vanished, and then appeared again.

Streaks of Jindan aura shot into the sky.

Even the Nascent Soul Old Ancestors changed their expressions:

"Where did this Alliance Leader get so many Jindan subordinates!"

"Thirty, fifty... seventy... one hundred!"

"Incredible! How can there be so many Jindan Spirit Beasts and cultivators!"

In just a few breaths, the Jindan auras on the deck of the Immortal Boat had already exceeded one hundred.

Such a large number of Jindan existences caused both the enemy and our side on the scene to fall into a brief moment of disbelief.

This time, Su Ping summoned all the Jindan Spirit Beasts he had been raising in the Huzhong Dong these days.

It can be said that except for those still working on the Moon Surface, all other Spirit Beasts were pulled out.

Besides the Jindan Spirit Beasts, there were also the Memory Illusion of Qumo Zhenren Yunkong, and the twelve Heavenly General and seventy-two Heavenly Soldier Avatars of the True Martial Subduing Demons.

The Heavenly General Avatars possess Jindan-realm combat power.

The Heavenly Soldiers are slightly inferior, also having Foundation Establishment Yuanyuan-realm combat power.

And as Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the True Martial Subduing Demons lineage, their power to subdue demons holds a restraining advantage when confronting Evil Spirits, just like how Evil Spirits deal with indigenous cultivators.

When they actually fight, even the weakest Heavenly Soldier might not be inferior to those Jindan cultivators.

Jindan Spirit Beasts plus the Heavenly General Avatars and Qumo Zhenren Yunkong, the total Jindan combat power exceeded 150.

And then, as Su Ping released the Xueshen main body.

Those Jindan Spirit Beasts also count as guardian deities of the Xueshen lineage.

Suddenly, over a hundred Jindan guardian deities responded in unison.

With the Immortal Boat Su Ping sat upon as the core, a Heavenly Net blood-evil Array appeared in mid-air.

Blood light illuminated the space between heaven and earth.

Faintly, it became the third color between the darkness and the Bright Light Barrier!

Making the battlefield look from afar as if it had abruptly turned into a three-legged stance!

"That is a Fourth-tier Array!"

"The Alliance Leader is indeed a master of arrays, and at least a Fourth-tier Array Master!"

Looking at Su Ping, who was supported by over a hundred Jindan guardian deities under the blood light, Abbot Xuanmu was stunned for a moment before he could not help but whisper in his heart.

And that Moshen Huashen was also stunned by this scene.

It did manage to see through the background of some Jindan Spirit Beasts.

They are all Spirit Beasts with innate talents and the potential of a Demon Emperor, which is why they could so easily adapt to the Demon Core within their bodies.

It is just that, where on earth did this mysterious monster before its eyes get so many exotic Spirit Beasts?

In the large Secret Realm he controls, besides a large number of mortals, he also raised a large number of Spirit Beasts?

In the eyes of this Seventh Son of the Evil God.

A new layer of mysterious veil was cast over Su Ping.

It also made it afraid to strike first while Su Ping was not acting personally, so as to avoid losing this precious Avatar of its own.

It had no choice but to consume the foundation of its main body once again.

Using the black mist human-faced big mouth under its feet as a channel.

It summoned more large Evil Spirits.

Among these large Evil Spirits, there was no lack of powerful monsters comparable to the Jindan stage.

Mixed into the ocean of Evil Spirits, they added a bit of intensity to the offensive.

Only.

As Su Ping's Xueshen army formed an array and joined the battlefield.

The Evil Spirit side, which had previously been able to maintain an advantage, immediately saw the momentum of offense and defense reverse!

With the Xueshen main body under the blessing of the blood-evil power brought by so many guardian deities forming an array.

A casual grab could take away a large swath of Evil Spirits, both large and small.

Some Evil Spirits clearly dodged, but were blocked by the blood-red Heavenly Net that suddenly appeared in the air, and after being netted, they voluntarily submerged into the blood-red arm extended by the Xueshen main body.

A large number of Evil Spirits were devoured, and countless Evil Qi surged toward the head of the Blood God Avatar.

This time, however, no Purification Potion was used.

Instead, a blood-red Taiyin Evil-Suppressing Talisman appeared within that Blood Sea.

This was originally only a third-tier Talisman.

After Su Ping, who possessed the Blood Talisman Spirit Body, discovered its marvelous use in absorbing and sealing Evil Qi, he utilized his Spirit Body ability to upgrade it to the fourth tier.

Afterwards, he gave it to the Blood God Avatar to use for absorbing and suppressing the Evil Qi entering its body.

This saved him from having to consume Spirit Qi for purification at every turn.

Moreover, a Talisman that had absorbed enough Evil Qi might perhaps reveal other effects in the future.

Su Ping had already listed this Talisman as one of the highest priorities for his future study of the way of Talismans.

The Blood God Avatar continuously swept away Evil Spirits, while the Heavenly General Avatars formed groups of three to assist the Nascent Soul Old Ancestors in dealing with those Evil God Avatars that possessed endless tricks.

The realm of the Evil God Avatars was stronger than that of the Heavenly General Avatars.

However, as soon as their Secret Techniques encountered the Demon-Subduing power of the Heavenly General Avatars, they were immediately neutralized and dissipated spontaneously.

And when these Heavenly General Avatars roared and suddenly manifested a thousand-meter-long saber phantom to strike down,

it would cause the Evil God Avatars to suffer a sudden, minor setback.

If it weren't for the fact that the Seventh Son, their leader, was constantly summoning large Evil Spirits into this Cultivation World and had put in a great deal of effort,

these Evil God Avatars, each harboring their own hidden agendas, would have long since harbored thoughts of retreat.

Even though they did not withdraw, they began to slack off.

For a time, the battlefield once again fell into a stalemate.

With every breath, a large number of Evil Spirits were eliminated and sealed.

There were also Cultivators from various sects who were infected by Evil Qi and lost their combat effectiveness, and some were even severely wounded and on the verge of death.

As for those who died on the spot,

because Su Ping was watching, and the Blood God Avatar had the spare capacity to divide its arms to provide some protection, it was not that it didn't happen, but it occurred very rarely.

This also earned Su Ping, the Alliance Leader, the gratitude of many sects.

Many of the rescued Cultivators had already decided to go and join the Alliance Leader in the future to repay the debt of saving their lives.

Presumably, even if their masters or sect elders knew, they would understand their desire to repay the kindness and be lenient, right?

Not long after.

Seeing that the battle situation was becoming increasingly dire, and that they were not even outperforming these human ants in terms of high-level combat power,

the Evil God Seventh Son made up its mind, and a terrifying aura suddenly appeared from the giant mouth beneath its feet.

It seemed that some terrifying existence was about to be forcibly summoned by this Evil God Avatar.

That existence reached out a front claw covered in iron spikes from within the deep, giant mouth.

Just this single front claw was a thousand meters long, a monster capable of flattening a small town with one strike, and it hadn't even fully emerged yet.

Boom!

A tremor shook the earth and mountains.

Both sides of the battle were slightly shaken, and they immediately separated to look at the Bright Light Barrier.

They saw that the barrier, which had previously only shown ripples, suddenly developed dense cracks.

Then, as if responding to the astonishment that welled up in the hearts of the surrounding Cultivators upon seeing this scene,

the barrier shattered all at once.

These fragments did not fall or disappear, but all paused in mid-air, and were then entirely absorbed into the Tian Rulai Dharma Image above the Earthly Buddha Kingdom in the sky.

Tian Rulai, whose Three Heads and Six Arms Dharma Image had swallowed the Bright Light Barrier, revealed a satisfied smile.

Then, nine eyes opened in unison, looking at the Moshen Huashen that was emitting black Qi all over its body.

"Good! Very good!"

The Evil God Seventh Son gazed at the seemingly fully formed Tian Rulai Dharma Image in the sky.

After laughing in a fit of rage for a few moments,

its Avatar suddenly disappeared from the giant human face.

Su Ping saw this and thought the opponent was about to unleash a major ultimate move.

But he immediately discovered that the opponent had actually used a Secret Technique to escape and vanish!

Taken aback by how decisive this Seventh Son was,

Su Ping immediately noticed that although the surrounding Evil Spirits were still there, those Evil God Avatars had all retreated in unison.

Su Ping, who let out an "eh" and realized something was wrong,

quickly discovered changes in the surrounding area, especially the fake night sky turning as black as ink, as if even the fake sky could no longer be maintained... Su Ping also immediately realized a certain situation that might occur.

With a movement of his divine sense, whether it was the four Great Demon Emperors, the Heavenly General Avatars, or the Cultivators who had followed, all retreated into the Immortal Boat without the slightest hesitation.

Afterwards, after the Immortal Boat was swept up by Su Ping using the Sun Moon Star Chart and brought into the Secret Realm,

Su Ping's figure moved, and he had already retreated into the Dajinguang Temple.

By the time Su Ping finished these escape steps, which seemed to have been rehearsed countless times,

the voice of the young Abbot inside the Dajinguang Temple finally came out.

It was urging the Cultivators outside to quickly retreat into the Main Hall of the Dajinguang Temple to avoid being caught in the aftermath of Tian Rulai.

"Amitabha, it seems the Alliance Leader has already sensed it."

The young Abbot sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, with the golden, shining Supreme Golden Body of Tian Rulai behind him.

Seeing Su Ping arrive at the Main Hall so quickly, and thinking of the mystery surrounding Su Ping, the young Abbot felt this was within reason and was not surprised.

After waiting a while, seeing that the other Cultivators had also entered the Main Hall,

He then spoke:

"Great Golden Light Temple thanks all you Daoists for your assistance."

"If Great Golden Light Temple can still survive after this battle, we will surely repay this kindness a hundredfold!"

Having said this, the young Abbot did not continue to keep them in suspense, as time did not permit it.

He directly used his Divine Sense to transmit what he knew.

Upon seeing it, Su Ping knew it did not differ much from his own guesses.

Following the successful descent of the Great Freedom Ten Thousand Dharmas Salvation Tian Rulai!

It was not just the Bright Light Barrier that shattered.

This area at the border of the Western Desert and the Central Region.

The Evil Qi in the entire region was vanishing abruptly.

It was not being decomposed or dispelled, but rather swallowed into the ten-thousand-meter-tall Tian Rulai Dharma Image in the sky.

Evil Qi and Golden Light, which should have been mutually repulsive, were instead getting along harmoniously within this Tian Rulai.

As the Evil Qi vanished and the region cleared, the Spirit Qi became unprecedentedly clean and pure.

This should have been a great thing.

But!

The descent of Tian Rulai to purify the Evil Qi was not without a price.

The World Barrier in the region had also been greatly weakened as a result!

The reason those Avatar of evil gods fled was not because they were afraid.

It was because... in this region, they no longer needed to use Avatars that had various restrictions and inconveniences.

They... could descend with their true bodies!

"Amitabha, all Cultivators may take advantage of the time before those evil god true bodies arrive to use this temple's Dharma Array to leave this place."

"In the coming battle, this temple will fight alongside Tian Rulai to the end."

The other Cultivators looked at each other, knowing that in the upcoming great battle, it was not their place to help.

They thanked the young Abbot one after another, then entered a circle marked out by the young Abbot and vanished.

Su Ping's heart stirred, and he silently gripped the ordinary Abyss Challenge Scroll that had appeared in his sleeve.

He immediately discovered that the Beiwuran Dimai, which had always been in an unusable state,

had become usable again within the earth veins of this region.

"Is the Alliance Leader not leaving?"

"Once the evil god true bodies descend, the various arrangements of Great Golden Light Temple may no longer be effective."

Seeing that the other Cultivators had all left, Su Ping remained in the Main Hall.

The young Abbot hesitated for a moment before asking.

Su Ping looked at that golden circle and shook his head slightly:

"Abbot, rest assured, this seat has a way to leave safely."

"Furthermore, this seat is also quite curious about the upcoming battle."

"Perhaps, there may be an opportunity to help Great Golden Light Temple."

The young Abbot gave a bitter smile upon hearing this, said no more, and returned to sitting cross-legged on his meditation cushion, closing his eyes to chant sutras.

Su Ping also chose a corner, simultaneously manifesting blood mist around his body to conceal his surroundings.

He refused to leave partly because he did indeed have a life-saving item and wanted to see the upcoming battle with his own eyes.

On the other hand... to be honest, Su Ping instinctively felt some concern regarding the Transmission Array provided by the young Abbot.

Once inside the array, in that state, it was equivalent to placing one's life in the hands of others.

This made Su Ping instinctively choose to refuse.

Not long after.

Above the region of Great Golden Light Temple, in the already deep and dark sky, a membrane covering the sky was violently torn open.

As the membrane was torn open, the entire world trembled.

A certain wave of anger seemed to be transmitted from the deepest part of the earth.

This was the World Will of the Cultivation World in its fury.

However, as a Small World.

And such a broken Small World at that.

No matter how angry it was, it meant nothing to those children of evil gods from outside the world.

Outside the world, six humanoid black shadows covered in scales and filled with black energy were gathered outside this membrane, staring at the Tian Rulai and the entire Great Golden Light Temple below.

That was a gaze as tangible as substance.

As the membrane was torn open, these gazes surged downward.

They were blocked by the white light held up by the six arms of Tian Rulai.

But in the places not blocked by the white light.

Large patches of black sludge immediately emerged on the ground.

That was the original normal sand and soil undergoing mutation under the gazes of the children of evil gods.

From this sludge emerged Faceless Giant, each a thousand meters tall and composed of black mud.

They roared in inexplicable syllables, heading toward the ground structures of Great Golden Light Temple.

If there were no corresponding power to provide protection.

Just hearing these syllables would be enough.

Cultivators below Foundation Establishment will all transform into Evil Spirits.

Those above Foundation Establishment will also suffer from a restless mind, and their combat power will be greatly discounted.

It is the Great Golden Light Temple.

The Faceless Giants are still a hundred miles away.

The Fo scripts and Talismans on the countless buildings within the temple...

have all already spontaneously burned to nothing, turning into flying ash!