Chapter 905

The Earth Store Bodhisattva did not connect the surrounding bloodwater with the Nether Blood Sea.

The Nether Blood Sea is not close to the Eighteen Layers of Hell; no ordinary person would think that Ancestor Minghe could summon a branch of the Nether Blood Sea near the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

If he were within the Nether Blood Sea, the Earth Store Bodhisattva knew he was no match for Ancestor Minghe.

But outside the Nether Blood Sea, it was different.

Many eons have passed since Ancestor Minghe wielded the Lin Yuantu and A Bi swords, slaughtering countless powerful cultivators and earning his fearsome reputation.

Aside from a few ancient experts, most powerful cultivators remembered Ancestor Minghe only as the Lord of the Blood Sea.

Because Ancestor Minghe had always holed up within the Nether Blood Sea, many great cultivators across the Three Realms had unconsciously underestimated him.

But they did not know that Ancestor Minghe never left the Nether Blood Sea because a Saint was constantly guarding him.

To still hold the Nether Blood Sea under the threat of a Saint, Ancestor Minghe could hardly be an ordinary figure.

Across the Three Realms, Ancestor Minghe was the only powerful cultivator who had offended a Saint yet still held his territory by his own strength, leaving the Saint powerless to remove him.

There were many great cultivators in the Three Realms who had offended a Saint, but they remained unharmed because they too had Saints as their backers.

Ancestor Minghe was one of the few great cultivators in the Three Realms without any Saintly patron.

Without any Saintly backing, yet still achieving a fearsome reputation, how could Ancestor Minghe be an ordinary figure?

"Hah! Kill the Old Ancestor? Whether the Old Ancestor will be killed remains to be seen, but you, Earth Store, will surely be slain by me today. Zhunti and Jieyin are both dead—how dare you be so arrogant? You're a fool."

Ancestor Minghe sneered, hurling merciless insults.

Buddhism had enemies everywhere across the Three Realms.

In Gai Jiuyou's Underworld, enemies were even more numerous.

After Zhunti Saint and Jieyin Saint perished, he lost his patrons and now faced enemies surrounding him on all sides.

In Ancestor Minghe's view, under these circumstances, the Earth Store Bodhisattva should have already tucked his tail and fled Gai Jiuyou's Underworld immediately.

But he never imagined the Earth Store Bodhisattva would still mock him as before.

Ancestor Minghe was one of the top few powerful cultivators in the Three Realms.

With the aid of the Nether Blood Sea, even a peak Pre-Saint would be within his grasp to kill.

Facing a cultivator of his caliber, stripped of all backing, yet still daring to speak so boldly—Ancestor Minghe could think of no other word to describe the Earth Store Bodhisattva except foolishness.

Shhh!

Without further words, Ancestor Minghe swept his right hand, and the Lin Yuantu and A Bi swords instantly transformed into two blades of light, striking toward the Earth Store Bodhisattva.

Because of the Earth Store Bodhisattva's earlier words, Ancestor Minghe made no restraint—he struck with lethal intent.

The Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Blood Sea were both infused into the Lin Yuantu and A Bi swords.

The two blades of light, drenched in thick bloodlight, sliced through space and appeared directly before the Earth Store Bodhisattva.

Sensing the murderous intent and terrifying magic power radiating from the blades, the Earth Store Bodhisattva's inner vexation vanished, leaving only frozen dread and regret.

Freed from the interference of vexation, the Earth Store Bodhisattva finally regained some reason.

Only now did he begin to regret why he had not fled the Eighteen Layers of Hell at once, instead choosing to remain there and wait for death to come to him.

Merely the Lin Yuantu and A Bi swords alone had shown the Earth Store Bodhisattva the overwhelming power of an elder great cultivator.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha!"

"Om, Mani, Padme, Hum!"

Facing the incoming Lin Yuantu and A Bi swords, the Earth Store Bodhisattva had no time to think—he clasped his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, and recited the Six-Syllable Mantra of the Fomen.

As the Earth Store Bodhisattva chanted, boundless Buddhist light rose from his body.

Instantly, the surrounding bloodwater was swept clean.

The boundless Buddhist light formed a protective barrier, enveloping the Earth Store Bodhisattva.

Not only that, his robe suddenly swelled outward, shielding him completely.