Chapter 733: The Dharma Image Reveals Divine Might

The Old Ape of the Dark Sea did not receive Shen Yi's response.

At the moment the majestic Bodhisattva's Dharma Image lowered its gaze, the opponent's arms, surging with the Golden River and solid and powerful, also moved, crashing out with the momentum of thunder.

The massive golden palm, sufficient to support mountains and abysses, now had its fingers loosely clenched into fists, like two great hammers thrusting forward.

The sky suddenly brightened, accompanied by a vast humming.

When the Bodhisattva reveals the Dharma Image, a single fist is enough to make heaven and earth tremble endlessly.

"Roar!"

The hesitation on the Old Ape's face vanished instantly; it met the attack with the long staff in its hands, colliding straight on with those two fists.

It let out a furious roar, its demonic power surging throughout its body.

However, it could not even hold out for a breath before the long staff exploded with a bang; it could only wrap its arms around that golden giant hand, its massive demonic body appearing less than a head tall before this Dharma Image.

The gap in strength was also extremely obvious.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It retreated repeatedly; with every stomp, the ground suddenly cracked. By the time it finally stabilized its footing, the entire land was already in ruins.

The Old Ape panted heavily, bearing the crashing great arm, its knees trembling slightly as if about to be pressed into kneeling.

Between its turned-back lips, saliva streamed like threads, falling to the ground to form a small pool.

Its entire demonic body shook violently; within its chest, the Samadhi Fire seemed to rise, burning its throat until it felt hot.

In this situation, it fell silent for an instant, then suddenly emitted a sharp, sinister laugh: "So that is how it is, so that is how it is!"

As the words fell, the Old Ape suddenly raised its head: "The Southern Emperor worried that traitors had emerged among us, so he probed our depths and arranged things with caution, yet he never thought... that the traitor was within the Puti Sect!"

"No wonder the Divine Dynasty could always react in advance. Bodhisattva, you have indeed exerted great effort."

After these few words, the other two Demon Lords standing on both sides outside the city, who had been stunned and dared not move, finally came to their senses, staring in disbelief at the figure in flowing black robes on the city wall.

Who in Da Nanzhou did not know this person's great name?

Everyone believed that this Dragon-Taming and Tiger-Subduing Bodhisattva was most likely the Puti Sect's chosen one for the tribulation; donning the kasaya and ascending the lotus throne would be no difficulty, a bright future ahead, a ruler destined by heaven.

Such a figure would actually betray the great sect and throw himself into the Divine Dynasty.

If one had not seen it with their own eyes, even if a Great Self-Existence Bodhisattva had stated it personally, anyone hearing it would still hesitate for a third.

Even more absurdly, that youth did not seem to have any intention of refuting it.

"If this King were to bring this news back."

The Old Ape gradually straightened its body, then licked its lips, its laughter becoming even more grating: "This would be a great merit. I wonder what fate would befall you, Lord. Just thinking about it makes one terribly excited."

Clearly, these words were not spoken only for Shen Yi to hear.

This slightly seductive voice entered the ears of Bai Niu and the Green Python; both of their breaths suddenly grew heavy. When they looked again at that towering Dharma Image of the Bodhisattva, the awe in their eyes was gradually being replaced by burning fervor.

For demons and monsters to wash their identities clean and enter the hall from the main door, it sounds simple, as if one only needs sufficient strength and to lean on some great tree.

But in reality, the difficulty of taking this step far exceeds ordinary imagination.

After all, they have reached this point today, having committed countless killings, and unlike those within the great sects who knew from the very beginning that some things must be done quietly and to cherish their reputation.

Just like this time, even though the Puti Sect needed to use their hands to get things done, during the Seven Saints' Marsh, which Lord had ever looked at them, these same-realm great demons, with a straight eye?

Now, the opportunity seems to have arrived.

"..."

Taking the expressions of the three great demons into his eyes, Shen Yi slowly raised his palm, his gaze as still as an ancient well: "Did you take away any single piece of news from the Nine Prefectures in the west?"

The words drifted away.

This made the Old Ape suddenly recall the strange situation its subordinate demon generals encountered in the Western Nine Prefectures when it first returned.

With a Puti Sect Lord stationed here, it was naturally impossible for outsiders to probe anything out.

But this Lord seemed to have forgotten one thing.

Those who have now personally arrived at Jianyang Prefecture are not that mob of disorganized people, but three existences of the same realm as the opponent.

Bringing this up now, can it really scare people?

"When you relied on the Puti Sect, you were a Lord."

"But now, when you chose to block before this Jianyang Prefecture City."

"You are..."

The Old Ape stopped smiling; its entire body of fur suddenly rippled: "What kind of thing are you?"

Previously, it had suffered losses at the opponent's hands twice.

The first time was due to being caught off guard; the second time was due to the opponent's identity.

Now that these reasons were cast aside.

A Great Arhat who had been famous just a short while ago for slaughtering a group of fourth-rank geniuses outside the North Flowing River, even after tricking the Puti Sect out of much of its foundation and finally rising to the third-rank, and even judging by this momentum, having already completed the Six-Six Transformations.

But realm and methods, no matter how much cultivation support they receive, ultimately require time to stabilize and settle.

In contrast, I entered this realm countless years ago.

Moreover, there are two other equally formidable Demon Lords assisting me.

Having lost the identity of a Lord, where is there any path to survival for the young man before me?

"Open!"

The Old Ape suddenly took a step forward; the black fur rippling over its body suddenly turned into water waves, as if a spring of black water was overflowing from it, quickly transforming into a vast sea of sky.

Deep and dead silent.

Even the rosy light of the Bodhisattva's Dharma Image paled before this approaching Dark Sea.

Jianyang Prefecture City, which had barely brightened, now seemed to have fallen into eternal night, with only the terrified cries of the common people remaining.

The black water, like a dragon, effortlessly lifted that golden great arm.

Seizing this opportunity, the Old Ape laughed and withdrew, suddenly leaping into that black ocean; with a casual grip, it saw the water swirl up, gathering into a thick water column, which it tightly grasped in its palm.

The black water grew ever more solid, finally transforming into a long, pitch-black staff.

"Follow me, kill!"

The figure, already taller than mountains, now strode through the air; it raised the black water staff high and brought it down squarely upon the solemn face of the Dharma manifestation.

The black water Wang Yang surged up into waves as high as the sky; amidst the booming roar of the water, it seemed to transform into a terrifying ape face, opening a blood-filled maw with protruding fangs, letting out a soul-shaking roar toward the front.

Bai Niu and the Green Python now completely set aside their inner trepidation.

Facing such a golden opportunity, since someone had taken the lead, why bother being indecisive and nagging?

The two Demon Venerables charged out from the left and right sides respectively.

The Fangtian Huaji flew from its grip like an arrow leaving the bowstring, cleaving through the vast sky.

Wherever it passed, thin black lines appeared in the air; relying solely on the turbulence of demonic power, it had actually achieved a technique similar to the Grand Void realm.

With this strike, let alone breaching the city, if it truly fell, even the several major Fucheng cities nearby would suffer the consequences.

The Green Python was even more brutal, flipping its tail to strike the chest of the Bodhisattva's Dharma manifestation with a fierce whip.

For demons and monsters, unless guided by a great master, those side-path and wild methods figured out through one's own contemplation are inferior to adhering to the principle that the Great Dao is simplest, maximizing one's own advantages to the extreme.

Even a simple tail flick, bolstered by its third-rank cultivation, was enough to shatter the magical treasures of the immortals.

The three great demons acted in unison, like a calamity of world-annihilation.

The magnificent Jianyang Fucheng now seemed as fragile as a grass shed in wind and rain; all living beings within looked up in terror, their vision filled only with that Bodhisattva Dharma manifestation.

When the demonic power overcame the Buddhist light, Shen Yi's back within the Dharma manifestation appeared increasingly slender.

The sleeves of his ink-black robe fluttered violently, as if they would be torn apart in the next moment.

Until the hand he raised finally closed completely.

In an instant, the wind stopped and the rain ceased.

This massive Dharma manifestation slowly rang that heavy treasure bell; the patterns of the tortoise and snake upon it flickered, and only then was a deep sound heard echoing across the heavens.

Clang—

The old ape strode through the air, with rolling black waves behind it, as if treading on evil clouds, its momentum overwhelming the sky.

But the moment the treasure bell rang, it suddenly sensed something amiss; the downward momentum of the staff it was cleaving with slowed slightly.

This black ape instinctively turned its head to look back.

It saw that the great waves following it, within which a vaguely ferocious face had been hidden, suddenly twisted, then instantly scattered; immediately, the dark sea it had summoned itself suddenly crashed down, covering its form entirely.

Overwhelming immense force and bone-chilling coldness wrapped its four limbs and hundred bones directly, as if intending to crush all its internal organs and freeze them into a skeleton of withered bones.

This was the most proud technique of the Dark Sea Ape King, yet now it fell upon itself without the slightest deviation.

The black water staff in its hand also exploded uncontrollably.

A cultivator of the same Six-Six number; how could the opponent possess the means to control its own divine ability?!

The black ape looked back in disbelief.

It finally noticed the light wheel behind that Dharma manifestation; its aura was perfect and harmonious, like a world of heaven and earth.

And it had unknowingly stepped into this world of heaven and earth.

The Dharma manifestation bearing the light wheel was, in fact, the master of this place.

Though their realms were equal, the gap in their application of the origin of the order of heaven and earth was as insurmountable as a natural moat.

While it was still entangled in the height of mighty power, this Dragon-Suppressing and Tiger-Subduing Venerable had already vaguely touched upon the true meaning of the Great Dao.

"Break for me!"

The old ape's heart turned cold; immediately, it mobilized its entire essence blood, claws extending from its palms, and with that supreme demonic body, forcibly tore this black sea apart.

Truly an old demon who had accumulated years of foundation.

In such a hasty situation, with its divine ability controlled by the opponent, yet in a full-force exertion, it still managed to forcibly break open a path to life.

However, the moment it escaped, what came into view was that golden Dharma manifestation standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the sky.

The Bodhisattva's eyes remained indifferent, devoid of any emotion.

Within the scope illuminated by the light wheel, he seemed truly transformed into heaven itself; and the arm raised behind him, the Zhu Que long sword in his hand, suddenly ignited with firelight.

A point of red light flashed forth, then spread for tens of millions of li, like several fire lines connecting to the sky, extending into a pair of wrathfully spread wings.

A high-pitched cry exploded beside the old ape's ears, shaking its soul and spirit; the body that had just escaped the black sea and still felt like it was falling into an ice cellar was now burning hot enough to be terrifying.

Its entire coat of fur, washed by the Dark Sea for countless years and immune to divine fire, suddenly ignited under this sword.

"Aaaah—"

The old ape let out a piercing wail; its eyes were scorched blood-red, yet it dared not close them for even a moment.

It was only because the sword edge had already descended to strike.

It stared fixedly at the sharp edge, using its remaining demonic power to raise both arms defiantly high, clamping its palms tightly around that sky-splitting sharp sword.

In an instant, the arms of this Dark Sea Ape King swelled; it was essence blood churning, a sign nearly leading to the body exploding and death.

With the support of its years of cultivation, it truly caught this sword.

But before a trace of relief could surface on its face, the searing heat that followed made this Ape King grind its full set of fangs to dust; its palms directly melted away, and even the bones, as blood-stained Bai Yu, turned into slurry.

"Why are you still hesitating? Kill!" Its voice had already begun to tremble.

The moment the Ape King finished shouting, its voice abruptly ceased.

Because it suddenly saw that on the palm of the Dharma manifestation, which had originally been empty, a Fangtian Huaji had appeared at some unknown time.

That flying halberd which had torn through the void had, in complete silence, already been grasped in its palm.

Boom-boom.

Just outside Jianyang Fucheng, the earth shook and the mountains trembled.

That was the sound of Bai Niu running and fleeing in large strides.

From the moment the Dark Sea went out of control, this evil beast had turned and fled, without even the thought of looking back.

The power revealed by this Bodhisattva's Dharma image after it moved far exceeded his vision.

Just then, Shen Yi casually waved his sleeve.

The massive Dharma image suddenly hurled the Fangtian Huaji it held.

Unlike when Bai Niu threw it over with a surging, heaven-overflowing momentum, this great halberd vanished from everyone's sight the moment it left his hand.

When it reappeared, it had already pierced through Bai Niu's body.

Pfft!

This Demon Venerable, struck as if by lightning, lunged forward due to the inertia of his running motion, smashing through several mountain ranges in succession; his palms gripped tightly the great halberd protruding from his chest, trying to pull it out.

But the Jinhe contained within had long since, in a rage, torn his internal organs to shreds.

Feeling the weakness in his arms, Bai Niu finally realized that these great sect Bodhisattvas, who could rescue them from the hands of a True God, though also third-rank, were fundamentally different from us mortal demons.

With a roar, it finally knelt amidst the half-collapsed mountain range, its entire upper body slamming down onto it.

And that green python, with a tail strike of immense power and weight, halted in mid-air.

It shared Bai Niu's thought, except it was fleeing toward the sky.

Shen Yi did not pursue, merely flicking his finger slightly.

The Fang Zheng Panlong Jie in the Dharma image's palm flew straight out; accompanied by a dragon's cry, it arrived before the one who launched it, crashing hard onto the green python's head.

Only the sound of a crack was heard, and the green python froze instantly in the air.

Its entire head was instantly filled with cracks.

Before it could react, that Panlong Jie had already flown back into the Bodhisattva Dharma image's palm, its speed so fast it was unheard of.

Bang—

The python's body, blocking out the sky and sun, fell straight to the ground.

The old ape, dazed, took this scene in, feeling his whole body tremble; even the hellish heat could no longer generate any warmth in his heart.

It found it hard to believe that this Dharma image was actually a cultivator of the same realm as itself.

"You cannot take the news of this place away," the youth's voice came from behind.

"Just like this time."

The old ape wanted to turn its head to look again, but the next moment, its head flew into the sky.

Pfft!

The Zhu Que Sword effortlessly sliced its neck, retracting the world-incinerating divine flames, yet did not let the sky return to darkness.

For dawn had broken.

(End of this chapter)