Chapter 538: The Shameless Saint! Sacrificing Himself to Elevate Luo Fu!

"Zhunti is Zhunti indeed—his skin is as thick as they say. Are you fighting or not? If not, I'm leaving."

One must admit, the Two Western Saints had absorbed the art of ruthlessness to their very bones; though he despised them, Luo Fu could not help but admire their shamelessness.

When a man has no shame, he is invincible under heaven.

When a Saint has no shame, he is invincible throughout the Three Realms.

The reason Buddhism emerged as the sole victor in the Divine Investiture Calamity was indeed no accident.

"It seems there is a deep misunderstanding between you, my friend, and our Wufu Sect. Let us end here for now. If you wish to spar again, come to our Xumi Mountain—I shall treat you with the utmost courtesy to dispel your prejudice against our Wufu Sect."

Under the current circumstances, Zhunti had no intention of continuing his attack on Luo Fu.

Rulaifo had already been suppressed, yet Buddhism's face had still been lost.

Even if he struck, even if he taught Luo Fu a lesson, this fact would not change.

He was a Saint; to strike Luo Fu was to bully the weak. Even if he won, it would only make Buddhism lose more face.

Moreover, given Luo Fu's strength and methods, even Zhunti had no guarantee he could suppress him.

Luo Fu was no Rulaifo; with the Great Dao mastery Luo Fu had just displayed, if Luo Fu truly wished to flee, even as a Saint, he might not be able to stop him.

For a Saint of such stature to strike down a lesser being, only to let Luo Fu escape in the end.

It would only make the humiliation worse.

And this time, it would be the Saint's own face that was lost.

Zhunti had no interest in sacrificing himself to elevate Luo Fu.

"Since you won't fight, then I'm leaving."

Luo Fu felt no surprise whatsoever.

He understood Zhunti's character very well.

Zhunti and Jieyin were the shrewdest of the Six Saints, always acting only when there was profit to be gained.

Continuing the fight would bring no benefit to Buddhism.

The shrewd Zhunti would never do something so unprofitable.

"By the way, my name is Luo Fu. You may call me Luo Fu Dao Ren."

Shh!

Space flickered faintly—without the slightest hesitation, Luo Fu vanished in an instant, leaving behind only a faint, ethereal self-introduction.

This introduction was meant to resolve the mess left behind by Sun Wukong.

Luo Fu did not wish for the many great cultivators of the Three Realms to mistake his Dao name for "Group Master God."

Swoosh!

Immediately after, the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree sliced through space and vanished from its place.

The Heavenly Beyond returned to silence, leaving only thin gray currents continuing to flow.

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Unlike the silence of the Heavenly Beyond, the Three Realms were now at their most chaotic.

The Heavenly Court.

Lingxiao Palace.

"Your Majesty, what just happened? Such a tremendous commotion—what occurred in the Earth Immortal Realm?"

"Your Majesty, was that a great mountain just falling from the Heavenly Beyond into the Earth Immortal Realm?"

"Your Majesty, am I hallucinating? I just saw the Buddha Rulaifo crushed beneath a great mountain?"

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Due to Sun Wukong's actions, many Immortals and Gods had gathered in Lingxiao Palace.

The commotion caused by Rulaifo's forcible suppression by Luo Fu had been immense.

A five-fingered mountain falling from the Heavenly Beyond was far too conspicuous for any Immortal or God in the Ten Thousand Realms to miss.

The mighty Rulaifo Sect had been suppressed by a five-fingered mountain.

It was simply unbelievable.

Many Immortals and Gods thought they were hallucinating.

Rulaifo, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas of the Western Heaven, the undisputed top figure of Buddhism, a true Great Power.

After the Divine Investiture War, due to environmental conditions and the deterrent of the Calamity, Great Powers above the Peerless Saint level rarely showed themselves in the Three Realms.

Rulaifo was among the few Great Powers who frequently appeared in the Three Realms.

And Buddhism was currently the strongest force in the Three Realms—even the Heavenly Court, the nominal ruler of the Three Realms, could not compare to the Western Teachings.

Thus, to most ordinary Immortals and Gods, the Buddhist Lord Rulaifo was the strongest in the Three Realms.

Now, the strongest in the Three Realms had been suppressed by a five-fingered mountain.

How could these Immortals and Gods not find it unbelievable?

Of course, these shouting Immortals and Gods had mostly risen to power after the Divine Investiture, possessing shallow experience and narrow horizons.

Those who had risen before the Divine Investiture, or who had been forced into the Heavenly Court due to the Divine Investiture War, remained silent.

Compared to the ordinary Immortals and Gods, they had broader knowledge.

They knew the Three Realms concealed countless Great Powers.

And above Great Powers stood the Six Saints.

For them, though Rulaifo being suppressed by a mountain was astonishing, it was not entirely implausible.

Yet their shock was no less than that of the ordinary Immortals and Gods.

"Rulaifo's strength is not weak—how could he be suppressed? Who did it? Was it a Saint who intervened?"

These Immortals and Gods exchanged glances, their eyes filled with countless doubts, then all fell silent and turned their gaze toward the Jade Emperor.

Their strength is limited; they cannot see the sights beyond the Tianwai Tian.

The Jade Emperor's strength is no weakling; he must surely know what just happened.

"My loyal ministers, remain calm. I have just sent a letter to the Western Heaven; soon, we shall know whether the Buddha is well."

The Jade Emperor sat upon his dragon throne and spoke with solemn authority.

Like many immortals and gods, the Jade Emperor appeared calm, but inwardly he was filled with shock.

Wu Tian was very clear about the Buddha's strength.

The Buddha is one of Daoist Duobao's three corpse bodies.

Even during the Fengshen War, Daoist Duobao, as the eldest disciple of the Jie Sect, was already a Pre-Sage powerhouse.

After all these years, Daoist Duobao's current strength must surely be at the peak of the Pre-Sage realm, not much weaker than Wu Tian himself.

Yet the Buddha, a Pre-Sage at his peak, had been suppressed beneath a mountain by Luo Fu — Wu Tian could not help but be astonished.

"Who exactly is Luo Fu? How could his strength be so immense? He suppressed the Buddha and directly clashed with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree. Who, beneath the Saint realm, could possibly be his match?"