Chapter 116: The Horror of the Myriad Souls Banner

"Do not panic! This is merely one of the enemy's magic treasures! No matter how powerful a treasure is, it requires sufficient true qi to activate; he is, after all, just one person!"

As a monk of the same Fu Long Temple, Guang Hui was clearly far superior and much calmer than Guang Ming; at the very least, he stabilized the situation immediately, unlike Guang Ming who only knew how to deceive people before fleeing, and soon, the group of Shi cultivators rapidly formed a defensive line centered around him.

The next second, countless witch-ghosts surged forward together.

"Amitabha!"

The Shi cultivator at the very front immediately let out a thunderous sound, followed by a burst of golden light erupting from his body; he threw a punch that instantly swept away the witch-ghosts before him.

Yet all of this was futile.

The subsequent witch-ghosts showed no hesitation whatsoever; they even directly consumed the corpses of their fallen kin, becoming stronger before charging up again.

Boom!

The witch-ghosts had no intention of fighting the Shi cultivators; upon getting close, they detonated themselves immediately, and the exploding yin sha corroded the Shi cultivators' Golden Bodies like a deadly poison.

"When I attain Buddhahood, if the humans and devas in my land are not all of true golden color, I will not accept supreme perfect enlightenment."

At the center of the formation, Guang Hui poured all his effort into circulating his true qi, using the "Great Mantra of the True Golden Body" to empower the surrounding Shi cultivators, and the vast Buddhist light instantly evaporated all the yin sha.

"Hold the line! These witch-ghosts are not strong!"

At this moment, Guang Hui could no longer afford to be compassionate; his face was extremely ferocious as he desperately tried to boost morale, and he was not speaking nonsense.

In fact, although the witch-ghosts within the Myriad Souls Banner were numerous in count, only eight were comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and all of them were crucial components of the Yan Mo Hall, so Lu Yang would not deploy them to the battlefield; thus, every witch-ghost that had acted so far was below the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and no match for the Shi cultivators.

However, if there was an addition of status, that would be a different matter entirely.

The next second, a witch-ghost merely at the Mid Stage of Qi Refining pounced before a Shi cultivator at the Late Stage of Qi Refining at the very front, surging with spiritual energy that was not particularly powerful.

Puchi!

The Golden Body of the Late Stage Qi Refining Shi cultivator, which should have been indestructible, seemed to be suddenly weakened countless times, actually crumbling apart under the tearing force of this wraith energy!

"Ah!"

The Shi cultivator let out a miserable scream, desperately erupting his true qi in an attempt to shake off the witch-ghost on him, but soon more than ten other witch-ghosts rushed up, instantly submerging him.

"How can this be?"

Seeing this scene, Guang Hui nearly ground his Buddhist teeth to dust; with his knowledge, he could naturally see that the witch-ghosts, who should have been weak, could easily break through the Golden Body entirely because they had received the empowerment of a higher status, while their own side, lacking sufficient status, saw their strength instantly greatly diminished.

At this moment, Guang Hui was baffled.

With the True Persons above, Foundation Establishment True Persons should not be allowed to enter the Secret Realm! At the very least, it is absolutely impossible for any Foundation Establishment True Person to deceive the Dharma eyes of a True Person.

Does this mean... this demonic fiend before us is not at Foundation Establishment?

This damn thing still isn't at Foundation Establishment!?

However, the situation did not allow him to continue thinking; the Shi cultivators on the outermost perimeter had already begun to crumble, their Golden Bodies continuously collapsing after being corroded by yin sha.

"Only... decapitation will work!"

Guang Hui raised his head, his gaze falling upon Lu Yang behind the myriad witch-ghosts; a trace of bitterness surfaced at the corner of his mouth, but it quickly dispersed, transforming into determination.

"When I attain Buddhahood, if there are hells, hungry ghosts, or animals in my land, I will not accept supreme perfect enlightenment."

"When I attain Buddhahood, if the humans and devas in my land, after their lives end, fall again into the three evil paths, I will not accept supreme perfect enlightenment."

"When I attain Buddhahood, if the humans and devas in my land are not all of true golden color, I will not accept supreme perfect enlightenment."

With his lips opening and closing, Guang Hui directly spat out three Great Mantras, and magnificent Buddhist light rapidly spread outward from his center in all directions at this moment.

Within the Buddhist light, a temple faintly materialized.

Inside the temple, a group of monks conducted their morning lessons, with thunderous sounds expounding the Dharma; what an ancient temple with bell sounds, and above the main gate of the temple were written three vigorous and elegant large characters:

Fu Long Temple!

The next second, all the Shi cultivators melted within the Buddhist light, vanishing without a trace; the myriad beams of Buddhist light converged into one, finally transforming into a towering Dharma image of a Golden Body.

"Dragon-Elephant Vast Strength Vajra Body!"

This was the strongest combat method of the Pure Land Shi cultivators.

The Pure Land cultivates the "Profound Joy of Nirvana Path," which involves extinguishing the self and realizing that one's own mayfly-like existence is merely another "self" when the Supreme World-Honored One transforms beings in the mortal world.

Therefore, the more a Shi cultivator realizes the "true self," the closer they approach the World-Honored One who founded the Profound Joy of Nirvana Path, and the stronger the divine abilities and magic power they master become.

This characteristic also grants Shi cultivators a divine ability distinct from other traditions: when multiple Shi cultivators jointly cast a secret technique, unifying their consciousness into a single "self," they can transcend the constraints of their realm and borrow a higher level of status from the Profound Joy Pure Land!

The higher the status, the larger the number of Shi cultivators required.

For example, Shi cultivators at the Qi Refining layer require all eight divisions of the Buddhist assembly to be complete before they can borrow a single strand of Foundation Establishment status.

And a single division of the Buddhist assembly can at most assemble a status approaching Foundation Establishment, known as the Dharma Protector Vajra, considered a high-status entity within Qi Refining.

At this moment, Guang Hui unified the entire "Dragon Assembly," with over a hundred Shi cultivators merging their selves into one, and the manifested "Dragon-Elephant Vast Strength Vajra" was the outstanding example among them!

"Demons and monsters, you shall be executed!"

As the words fell, the Vajra body transformed by Guang Hui revealed a wrathful expression, then charged into the swarm of witch-ghosts, pushing against the tide of witch-ghosts to kill his way toward Lu Yang.

However, the next second, that wrathful expression turned into an indescribable despair.

Because in the center of the myriad witch-ghosts, a magnificent hall rose from the ground, commanding the dark and capturing the mysterious, and from within it walked a woman of exquisite beauty and noble elegance.

The Dharma Protector Goddess Su Nü!

Although, being away from Skeleton Mountain, Su Nü could not receive the empowerment of the earth veins, she ultimately possessed the status of Foundation Establishment, which was not something a mere Guang Hui could pretend to match.

Boom!

Seeing only Su Nü lightly raise her jade hand and gently pat downward, the Dragon-Elephant Vast Strength Vajra transformed by Guang Hui was immediately sent flying horizontally, crashing straight into the dust.

And the Golden Body, originally brilliant with Buddhist light, was shattered inch by inch by this palm strike; wounds leaked Buddhist light, and every drop of blood flowing from the wounds would eventually transform into a Shi cultivator who died with eyes wide open in resentment, and once the blood flowed dry, this "Dragon-Elephant Vast Strength Vajra" would collapse without further attack.

For a moment, Guang Hui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He even developed a slight resentment toward the Buddhist True Persons in the outside world: Damn it, how did you supervise this battle? How could you let a Foundation Establishment expert sneak into the Dao Seizing Battlefield?

You beast!

At this moment, Guang Hui could not even see Lu Yang's figure; all that entered his eyes were the sky filled with yin sha, witch-ghosts, and the magnificent Yan Mo Hall.

"Demonic fiend! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!"

Beneath the Myriad Souls Banner, Lu Yang listened to Guang Hui's roar while calmly toying with the sword pill in his hand; cursing from the brink of death was merely the wail of the defeated.

Moreover, when Guang Hui had led over a hundred Shi cultivators charging over earlier, he had no intention of fighting one-on-one; now he suddenly wants to fight one-on-one?

"I am fighting you one-on-one right now."

You are one, against my many.

Soon, after a quarter of an hour, the Buddhist light was completely extinguished, leaving only corpses covering the ground.

"They are all talented individuals; we cannot waste them..."

Lu Yang activated the Myriad Souls Banner, and the deceased Shi cultivators stood up again; even Guang Ming, who had just been roaring at him, was among them, his face now filled with loyalty.

Behind Lu Yang, Qin Tianhe came trotting over cheerfully, dragging a bald head.

"Senior, I caught one who was trying to flee."

After speaking, he cautiously glanced at the group of Shi cultivators standing up again behind Lu Yang; while marveling at the sight, he could not help but sigh in his heart:

We two are truly formidable.

"... here are actually still some fish that escaped the net?"

Lu Yang paid no attention to Qin Tianhe's sighs but instead looked at Guang Ming in his hand, who looked utterly disheveled; seeing this, Guang Ming immediately raised both hands without hesitation:

"Don't kill me! I have important intelligence to provide!"

"Senior cultivator, spare my life!"

(End of Chapter)