Chapter 82: Devotee, Atone for Your Sins

“Village Chief, is this the strongest demon god?”

As the saying goes, small children have big tricks—meaning that despite their small size, children are cunning; the little xumos were exactly like this, seeing the giant hand stretch across the sky, they immediately thought of the strongest demon god, just as the village chief had.

The little xumos chattered endlessly, unaware that the village chief’s face had grown paler and paler with each word, bloodless, whites of his eyes rolling up, nearly scared to death.

“What strongest demon god? What are you talking about?”

A xumo who overheard their conversation turned to look—and the village chief’s body jolted violently.

Meanwhile.

Across a vast, gloomy land wreathed in drifting gray-white mist, echoing with ghostly wails and occasional flickering faint ghost flames, stood a colossal, mountain-sized palace—dark yet opulent and majestic.

The palace was immense, hanging above it a massive plaque inscribed with xumo script: “Xumo Palace!”

This was the main stronghold of the Xumo Palace, one of the three great powers of the Xumo Realm.

The Xumo Palace, once solemn and awe-inspiring, where no one dared breathe loudly, now lacked all solemnity—filled with panic, in utter chaos.

The xumos of the Xumo Palace, no longer bearing their usual dignity and power, were terrified, utterly lacking the solemn grandeur befitting one of the Xumo Realm’s three great forces.

Far away, in the boundless heavens, golden light blazed forth, with sun, moon, and stars spinning at the fingertips of a colossal Buddha hand.

Thunderous Buddha radiance.

Pressing down upon the nine heavens and ten earths.

Its aura locked onto the Xumo Palace.

At this moment, the titans of the Xumo Realm erupted—eyes shooting twin shocking beams across ten thousand li, gazing toward this place, hearts shaken, awestruck beyond measure.

Just then.

BOOM!!

A deafening explosion erupted from deep within the Xumo Palace, surging torrents of deathly energy rising like steam, obscuring its depths, engulfing the entire palace and even this vast region—as if the world were being reborn, chaos rekindled.

A boundlessly vast figure emerged, wreathed in chaotic deathly energy, its true form obscured—but the aura it radiated shook the six directions and eight wastes, making countless mountains and rivers tremble, the very land boiling—whether flying beasts, running creatures, or powerful xumos, all knelt prostrate.

“Master of Sacrifice!!”

The xumos bowed before the boundlessly vast figure, revealing its identity.

It was boundlessly vast, its figure towering to the heavens, piercing beyond the sky; its demonic eyes were icy, like two enormous lakes embedded in the heavens, each several miles in diameter—so immense, so terrifying, radiating a malevolence that made heaven and earth tremble.

And this was merely its eyes—impossible to imagine how colossal its body must be, capable of propping apart heaven and earth.

He was the Master of Sacrifice, ruler of the Xumo Palace, instigator of invasions into other realms, the strongest being in this world!

At the moment the colossal Buddha hand descended, he revealed his true form, unleashing his full power.

“Who are you!”

The Master of Sacrifice spoke, shaking the heavens, making the stars above violently sway, as if ready to be shaken loose and fall.

“Amitabha.”

In response came a Buddha hand that overshadowed the heavens, veiling the sun and stars, descending with a gale capable of flipping mountains and hurling oceans into the sky.

At that instant, across this ten-thousand-li region, rocks flew and rolled, boulders pierced the sky, the void itself cracked—countless xumos were swept up, all transformed by Buddha light into radiant splendor, dying in silence.

In their final moments, they heard it—the voice within the Buddha palm, speaking to them, speaking to the Master of Sacrifice.

“Devotee, atone for your sins.”

This scene would horrify even the gods and demons of all realms.

The titans of the Xumo Realm trembled, their eyes bulging as if about to burst.

In Japan, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and countless netizens were frozen in horror, unable to express their emotions with any words or expressions—shock, terror, dread, madness, disbelief at what their eyes beheld—all these feelings erupted together.

One palm, crushing tens of thousands of li, annihilating ten thousand li of land in an instant—such power they could not believe, had never imagined they would witness in their lifetime.

This palm was like the end of the world, capable of piercing through the heavens and earth of the Xumo Realm.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye—too fast.

BOOM!!!!

A roar filled with infinite fury erupted—the Master of Sacrifice unleashed his wrath, a malevolent aura sweeping through the nine heavens; the sky turned black—a boundlessly vast figure extended a hand large enough to cover several sprawling mountain ranges, radiating chilling, malevolent deathly energy.

A collision that echoed throughout the Xumo Realm.

Countless beings trembled in fear.

The Buddha palm and the Master of Sacrifice’s hand collided—the heavens tore open, Buddha light and ghostly energy exploded in billions of rays, endless auroras drowning the world, illuminating countless li.

Then, before the trembling titans of the Xumo Realm and the unbelieving eyes of countless xumos…

The strongest being of the Xumo Realm, the Master of Sacrifice, was pushed backward, coughing blood incessantly.

He spat out a torrent of crimson blood, thick as a river, flooding heaven and earth, triggering a deluge—his once overwhelming, chaotic deathly aura dimmed.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

The Master of Sacrifice’s boundlessly vast form retreated continuously, crushing the hundred-li-long river beneath his feet, shattering the mountain-sized Xumo Palace, stomping entire towering mountain ranges into ruins, crushing tens of thousands of xumos alive—life laid waste.

Many of these xumos were from the Xumo Palace itself.

Yet the Master of Sacrifice had no mind to care—he was being forced back by the overwhelming Buddha palm, his body grievously wounded, constantly coughing blood; merely holding back was exhausting, barely keeping himself alive—how could he possibly attend to others?

“Amitabha.”

He could feel the Buddha palm’s power growing stronger—it was not even the palm’s full strength; its power kept swelling, as if only now, as it pressed upon him, was its true might revealed—and even that was merely a fraction.

Boundless Buddha light shone forth, no longer confined to this place, spreading to other regions, destined to cover the entire Xumo Realm.

It was foreseeable.

In no time, the Buddha light would illuminate this entire world, the Buddha palm expanding to cover all heaven and earth—what would become of it…?

CRACK!

Continuous, endless Buddha chants reverberated, striking the Master of Sacrifice’s spirit; the terrifying Buddha palm crushed his body, cracking it like porcelain.

Before the eyes of all beings and xumos…

The towering, boundlessly vast figure of the Master of Sacrifice split open—his body riddled with grotesque, river-thick fissures.

“No!!!!”

The Master of Sacrifice, once invincible in the Xumo Realm, famed for his bloody conquests across other realms, roared—his voice carried a hint of defiance, a trace of despair, a thread… of fear!

This time, the stars in the heavens truly fell—showered down at his roar, turning into meteors, crashing one by one onto the earth.

With this scream, the Master of Sacrifice could no longer withstand the Buddha palm’s might—his colossal body shattered and exploded, flesh the size of mountains, blood the volume of lakes and rivers, splattering across the Xumo Realm.

This was a cataclysm of epic proportions.

Stars fell from the sky, flesh rained down, smashing the earth into ruin and sinking it.

Blood spilled like a deluge, flooding the land, drowning thousands of li—countless lives perished in this moment.

At this moment.

The glorious Xumo Realm, in a single palm, lost its strongest being, and countless lives were laid waste.

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