Chapter 287: Dharma Body Reveals Subtlety, Seven Killings Hold Authority

"Imperial Decree: Commanding Mountains to Move, Righteous Dharma!"

Lu Yang went all out from the very first strike; now wielding 【Li Jie Bo】, he performed the finger seal, recited the incantation, and pointed to the Mystery under the divine enhancement of the technique, completing the three steps in one breath.

This move had been Lu Yang's scheme for a long time.

He deliberately used the sword light filling the sky and his Dharma Body to block the Venerable Vimalakirti's line of sight; by the time the Venerable broke through the layers of obstacles and finally saw Lu Yang, he also saw Lu Yang's 【finger seal】 action, heard the sound of his 【incantation recitation】, and finally the 【pointing to the Mystery】 was inescapable.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The next second, the Venerable Vimalakirti fell victim to Lu Yang's fully charged 【Imperial Decree: Commanding Mountains to Move, Righteous Dharma】; at that moment, endless mud surged out of his seven orifices.

"Amitabha!"

Having taken a heavy blow right from the start, the Venerable Vimalakirti immediately halted his upward ascent, chanted the Buddha's name, and then spat out a mouthful of bright Buddha-light flame.

The flames burned across his entire body, about to melt away the mud.

Yet how could Lu Yang give him this chance? Almost at the same moment the Venerable Vimalakirti attempted to dissolve the technique, his figure had already vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, the Venerable Vimalakirti hurriedly slapped his forehead.

The next second, Buddha-light flashed, and a staff appeared out of thin air to block in front of him, intercepting the blade edge of 【Li Jie Bo】 at the critical moment.

"Clang! Clang—!"

In an instant, flames leaped high, the sound of metal clashing pierced the clouds and split the stones, and even though the sharp sword energy was blocked, it still caused the Venerable Vimalakirti's entire body to sting.

In a split second, the Venerable Vimalakirti flew into a rage:

"Demon! How dare you be so arrogant?"

With this angry rebuke, the Venerable Vimalakirti's figure suddenly swelled; layers of Buddha-light bloomed behind him, groves of Zen halls stood tall, revealing a vast Pure Land.

Immediately, ten thousand Jin Guang flew out from the Pure Land, falling upon the Venerable Vimalakirti like gold paint, dyeing his figure as if cast in gold; his form swelled even more drastically, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a majestic, awe-inspiring Golden Body that stood between heaven and earth.

【Golden Chestnut Tathagata Dharma Body】!

As soon as the Venerable Vimalakirti revealed such a technique, Lu Yang immediately narrowed his eyes, sensing an extremely similar aura from this towering Golden Body.

'Just like me... drawing Qi from 【Wan Wu Jie】?'

Lu Yang suddenly remembered that 【Wan Wu Jie】 was not merely the territory of the Holy Sect; on that day, True Person Miao Yin had said that the Pure Land also had a stake there.

As his thoughts raced, Lu Yang gave not an inch.

He was confident in his extraordinary gains in 【Wan Wu Jie】; even a Great True Person might not surpass him. If they truly compared Dharma Bodies, who would win and who would lose was yet to be seen!

"Boom!"

The next second, the two Dharma Bodies collided like a mountain collapse and a tidal wave; on one side, dark fire fell, on the other, Jin Guang scattered, stirring up a thunderous sound that cracked the sky.

Such a scene made the Venerable Vimalakirti's expression grave; clearly, he had not expected Lu Yang's Dharma Body to be so ferocious. However, he was after all a Venerable of the Pure Land, a Great True Person; how could he think he was not a match for a mere junior generation? Immediately, he refused to yield and clashed head-on.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every collision was like a thousand thunderbolts exploding; Lu Yang merged with his Dharma Body, his innate technique combining with the divine power of the Dharma Body, and a Daoist chant suddenly burst from his lips and teeth:

"Break! Shatter! Split! Destroy! Die!"

With every Daoist shout that left his mouth, Lu Yang would drive his Dharma Body to throw a full-force punch, while a brilliant splendor of innate technique was simultaneously added to him.

【Seven Killings Hold Authority】!

When the Seven Killings Hold Authority, lack of restraint brings disaster; the effect of this innate technique is very simple: it causes 【calamity】 to befall anyone who holds hostility toward Lu Yang.

This 【calamity】 could be a small mistake during a magical duel, or qi deviation caused by a momentary disruption of breath; the greater the gap in cultivation between the two parties, the greater the power of the 【calamity】. Strictly speaking, this is a simplified version of the Heaven and Earth's killing intent, enough to kill people invisibly!

The next second, the Venerable Vimalakirti's figure suddenly froze.

If only 【Clarifying Right and Wrong】 and 【Qian Tian】 could not shake his Golden Body, then 【Seven Killings Hold Authority】 was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

In an instant, he felt his aura was out of harmony.

The Dharma Body that had been operating smoothly suddenly revealed some constraints, as if hidden flaws and dangers that had never been discovered before suddenly erupted.

Including the hidden injuries from being killed by Hong Ju previously, which had not fully recovered even after reshaping the Dharma Body, these also erupted at this moment, forming a violent chain reaction; for a time, his previously still-reserved state became precarious. Before he could adjust, Lu Yang had already struck with full force!

"Boom!"

With the final loud crash, the golden Buddha-light was smashed to pieces in one go, suddenly scattering into a sky full of golden rain; it was unclear whether it was Jin Guang or fresh blood.

【Golden Chestnut Tathagata Dharma Body】 shattered!

'The timing is perfect!'

Lu Yang stepped back one pace, fresh blood oozing from the corner of his mouth; the cost to himself was actually not small, and the manifested Dharma Body also showed fine cracks.

However, this injury was just right for him at this moment!

With the divine power of the 【Dharma Body】 enhancing him, the heavier the injury, the stronger his innate technique and magic power became; at this moment, surging and turbulent, they were even stronger than at the very beginning!

"Haaah," Lu Yang inhaled deeply.

Almost simultaneously, the 【Qian Tian General Controller of All Phenomena Dharma Body】 behind him also inhaled, and the invisible suction force fell upon the Venerable Vimalakirti once more.

【General Controller】!

This Dharma Body's divine power specifically counters Buddhist cultivation; the Venerable Vimalakirti, whose soul was already unstable because he had been killed once before, now felt the heavens shaking and the earth trembling.

'Not good!'

Only at this moment did a chill arise in the heart of the Venerable Vimalakirti.

Because he realized that despite fighting Lu Yang to this extent, the Dao Court and the Sword Pavilion still showed no reaction, and not a single person had come to lend him a hand.

'This junior had planned this long ago! He came prepared!'

Just as the Venerable Vimalakirti thought, Lu Yang's coming to fight and kill the Venerable Vimalakirti was not an impulse, but a decision made after weighing pros and cons.

After all, he had successfully broken through, and the position of a quasi-Great True Person had already demonstrated enough "value" to gain the attention of the True Lords of the Holy Sect once again.

Moreover, even though both had their Dao paths severed, the gap between an ordinary True Person and a Great True Person was huge; a Great True Person was even someone who could be mentioned by name in the eyes of a True Lord. As for having a severed Dao path? On a Great True Person, this was even a plus, making it easier to gain the favor of a True Lord.

And with the Holy Sect as backing, many things would be easier to handle.

Previously, he had suffered attacks from all sides, but now Lu Yang had turned the tables; since neither side wanted to tear off the mask of civility, a tacit compensation was naturally needed.

Then Lu Yang put forward his own compensation through action.

He intends to kill Vimala!

Under these circumstances, even the Pure Land would not attempt to stop Lu Yang, for in the eyes of the vast majority, this is merely Lu Yang's small act of willfulness.

You want to kill Vimala, but can you kill him?

What a joke; how could a Great True Person die so easily? Let alone a Great True Person of the Pure Land; at worst, they would only destroy their Dharma-body and be reborn once more.

In the eyes of the True Lords in the heavens, and even other Great True Persons, Lu Yang simply could not kill Vimala, so naturally there would be no intention to stop him; they would just use this "compensation" to dismiss Lu Yang, saving a sum of money in the process. As for Vimala? He would just have to suffer a bit.

After all, Buddhist cultivators have thick skin and tough flesh.

Could he really be beaten to death?

At this very moment, only Vimala the Venerable, who faces Lu Yang directly, can personally experience what kind of pressure this later-generation youth has brought him.

'He wants to kill me. Can he kill me?'

Vimala the Venerable did not know the specific details, yet the spiritual sense of a Great True Person constantly reminded him that Lu Yang still had formidable means yet to unleash.

'That mouthful of Spirit Sword!'

The scene of Lu Yang previously cleaving the sea with a single sword strike, causing both sky and sea to crack, flashed through his mind; at that time, that sword strike was nothing to him, but now it might not be!

(End of this chapter)