Chapter 170: Julusun Takes Action, Xuanzang Nearly Sealed

Three days passed quickly, and Xuanzang and the others had no intention of moving at all. Julusun Buddha's face was already as gloomy as water. *It seems this Xuanzang is truly eating my Lingshan! *

"Julusun Buddha, what should we do?" Manjushri looked at Julusun Buddha and asked.

"Hmph! This poor monk is not like Guanyin or Manjushri," Julusun Buddha said coldly.

The next second, Julusun Buddha went straight to Jindu Mountain. Looking at the mountain, he reached out his palm, and the scene from last time appeared on Jindu Mountain again.

Xuanzang and the others discovered it in the first instance this time, but they still had no reaction.

But this time Xuanzang and the others were to be disappointed. Seeing the giant palm in the sky, Julusun Buddha pressed it down without a second word.

Boom—

With a loud noise, the entire Jindu Mountain turned into ruins. Seeing this, a cold smile appeared on Julusun Buddha's face.

A few breaths later, Xuanzang and the others flew out of the ruins of Jindu Mountain. His expression was extremely gloomy, because the mountain was destroyed in such a rush that they hadn't made any preparations. The thousand demons under Xuanzang had lost over two hundred in this blow, and now there were less than eight hundred surrounding him.

Back when the Inspiration King released the mysterious turtle stone box in the Tongtian River, he hadn't suffered such a large loss. Could Xuanzang's expression be anything but ugly?

"Destroying my Jindu Mountain, this King will remember your Lingshan," the Horned Rhinoceros looked at Julusun Buddha and roared.

"Hmph!" Julusun Buddha snorted coldly, then waved his hand, and an attack hit the Horned Rhinoceros, but it didn't make him retreat; instead, it made him rush to Julusun Buddha.

"A mere mount, and you dare to take action against this poor monk?" Julusun Buddha sneered and slapped the Horned Rhinoceros away.

The next second, a golden rope flew out of his sleeve and tied the Horned Rhinoceros tightly.

"If you weren't a Saint's mount, you would have died eight hundred times already," Julusun Buddha said mercilessly.

"Xuanzang, set off quickly," Julusun Buddha said to Xuanzang after dealing with the Horned Rhinoceros.

"You killed my people, and you still want me to set off? Do you think that's possible?"

"Remember, this poor monk is not Guanyin or Manjushri. I am notifying you, not discussing with you," Julusun Buddha said indifferently.

"Is that so? Then what if I don't set off?" Xuanzang sat directly on a stone in the ruins.

"Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" Julusun Buddha snorted coldly and then vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, Dapeng and the others hurriedly surrounded Xuanzang to protect him.

"You are too slow!" Julusun Buddha's voice appeared behind Xuanzang.

The next instant, a powerful Buddha power surged into Xuanzang's body, sealing his magic power. At the same time, another force headed toward Xuanzang's sea of consciousness. This Buddha power was very strong and domineering. As it entered his body, blood mist exploded from Xuanzang's body—the result of his physical body being unable to withstand the powerful magic power.

"Master Xuanzang!" Seeing Xuanzang like this, Dapeng and the others roared and lunged at Julusun Buddha. Although Manjushri wanted to stop them, the number of people under Xuanzang was too large, and Manjushri couldn't stop them at all.

"A pity! I should have sealed your sea of consciousness first," Julusun Buddha sighed after being forced back.

"Fortunately, I was nearly tricked by you. I didn't expect Lingshan to have someone like you. It made me underestimate Lingshan," Xuanzang's face was somewhat pale.

"Since it's already like this, continue on your way. This poor monk cannot kill you, but if I want to take action, you won't feel good either. At least these subordinates of yours won't survive," Julusun Buddha said, looking at Xuanzang.

"Are you threatening me?"

"Yes, this poor monk is indeed threatening you. You don't think there is really no way to deal with you, do you?" Julusun Buddha looked coldly at Xuanzang.

"Hmph!" Seeing Julusun Buddha's undisguised words, Xuanzang snorted coldly.

He knew Julusun Buddha was right. Xuanzang didn't have to fear Lingshan, but these demons under him didn't have such confidence. After all, he had already lost two hundred subordinates. If Julusun Buddha really wanted to start a massacre, even with four Da Luo Golden Immortals, they wouldn't be able to stop him.

"That's it. Take care of yourself. I hope when we meet again, it will be at Lingshan, not on the road of the pilgrimage." Julusun Buddha returned to his solemn appearance and left with Manjushri Bodhisattva.

After Julusun Buddha and Manjushri Bodhisattva left, demonic energy surged in Xuanzang's body, and in a few breaths, it swallowed Julusun Buddha's Buddha power.

Just as he broke the seal in his body, a bizarre Buddha power actually followed his meridians straight to his sea of consciousness. Xuanzang couldn't react in time, and the power had already reached his sea of consciousness.

A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Julusun Buddha's mouth as he walked toward Lingshan: "Since you don't listen, I will make you listen."

When Julusun Buddha's Buddha power reached Xuanzang's sea of consciousness, it went straight for his primordial spirit. Xuanzang didn't even have time to resist.

In an instant, the Buddha power wrapped around Xuanzang's primordial spirit. Outside, Xuanzang's eyes became dull as the power invaded his primordial spirit, and a pure Buddha power radiated from his body.

"Oh no!" Seeing Xuanzang like this, Yang Jian and the others immediately sensed it.

They wanted to help Xuanzang, but they were blocked by the Buddha light outside his body. They didn't dare to use brute force to destroy it, fearing they would hurt Xuanzang.

"What should we do?" Long Ji and the Black Bear Demon looked anxious.

They were the first to join the pilgrimage team. The Black Bear Demon was Xuanzang's first disciple, which was why he was so anxious. Long Ji was simply afraid that she would turn into a skeleton again. If she turned into a skeleton again, she would never be able to return to the Heavenly Court.

"I believe Master Xuanzang will be fine," Ao Mo'ang said at this moment.

Once he spoke, everyone's eyes focused on him. But Ao Mo'ang didn't explain; he just looked at Dapeng, Yang Jian, and the others.

Seeing Ao Mo'ang's gaze, they were stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, and the anxiety in their eyes slowly turned into smiles.

"I also believe Master Xuanzang will be fine," Yang Jian and Dapeng said at this moment.

"Take action. Otherwise, if we are discovered, it won't be good," Sun Wukong said at this moment.

"Right, right, right!" Hearing Sun Wukong, Yang Jian said hurriedly.

Afterward, they trapped Xuanzang in a completely sealed cage in the eyes of the confused crowd. Strange patterns that no one could understand flickered on the cage. Everyone was a practitioner, and they immediately discovered this was a means of shielding aura.

But Yang Jian and the others didn't say anything, so asking was useless. They could only wait until Yang Jian and the others wanted to speak, or wait until Master Xuanzang was fine, to know the reason.

Inside the cage, Xuanzang's eyes were dull, and his sea of consciousness was in chaos. Julusun Buddha's Buddha power was circling Xuanzang's primordial spirit. The lower half of his primordial spirit had been completely covered by the power and was spreading to the upper half. As long as the entire primordial spirit was covered, Xuanzang's memory would be cleared, leaving behind a pure Xuanzang who was devoted to Lingshan.

But Xuanzang's primordial spirit was not so easy to invade. Now Julusun Buddha's power could only spread to the waist of the primordial spirit and could not advance. But looking at Xuanzang's state, it seemed he couldn't hold on for much longer. After all, he only had the strength of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, while Julusun Buddha had the strength of a Quasi-Saint. The gap was not small.

Sure enough, no one knew how much time had passed, but the previously motionless Buddha power began to spread upward slowly. Because of the spread, the Buddha light on Xuanzang's body became brighter, and a solemn feeling appeared on his body.

"Damn it, I didn't expect Julusun Buddha to have such a trick. It seems they are truly anxious. I won't let you get your wish. At worst, I will self-destruct my primordial spirit, and we will perish together," Xuanzang's primordial spirit muttered to himself.

Just as Xuanzang's words fell, Julusun Buddha's power surged, directly suppressing the signs of Xuanzang's self-destruction. After all, two-thirds of Xuanzang's primordial spirit was now under someone else's control, so whether he self-destructed or not was not up to him.

And Xuanzang's self-destruction this time was clearly not a wise move, because after his primordial spirit recovered, Julusun Buddha's power spread even faster. In just a few breaths, it reached his nose. It was estimated that in a few more breaths, Xuanzang's primordial spirit would be completely covered, and Xuanzang would no longer be Xuanzang.

"Damn it! Damn it! What should I do now?" Xuanzang was anxious. He didn't want to be a puppet of Lingshan.

He had been toyed with by Lingshan for nine lives. In this tenth life, he wanted to control his own destiny, but fate played a joke on him. In the end, he still couldn't control his destiny; in the end, he was still a puppet and a plaything in the hands of Lingshan.

Outside, the brows of Dapeng, Yang Jian, and the others were tightly furrowed. This was not the same as they had expected. Why was the Buddha power in the cage getting stronger, and that solemn feeling getting stronger? Could it be that Master Xuanzang was going to fail?

If Master Xuanzang failed, where should they go? Continue to accompany him on the pilgrimage, or disband here?

Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other. They didn't find an answer in each other's eyes. Along the way, they had actually established a friendship with Xuanzang. If they just gave up on Xuanzang like this, they really couldn't do it. But when Xuanzang was no longer Xuanzang, should they still insist on the so-called friendship and feelings?

"No, Master Xuanzang hasn't given up yet!" Suddenly, Ao Mo'ang said.

As if responding to Ao Mo'ang, after his words fell, a discordant aura appeared in the solemn feeling, and it was precisely this discordant aura that reignited hope in everyone's hearts.

"I knew it, I knew the Master would be fine!" The Black Bear Demon knew that Xuanzang had entered the demonic path, and this discordant aura was the signal that the demonic energy in Xuanzang's body had begun to counterattack.

And the facts were indeed as everyone had expected. Just as Julusun Buddha's power was about to drown Xuanzang, a pitch-black color appeared on Xuanzang's brow. Then, this pitch-black color began to spread from his brow and soon occupied his entire forehead.

But this pitch-black color was not satisfied with the forehead area. After occupying the forehead, it began to spread at a speed visible to the naked eye and soon occupied the entire head of the primordial spirit. After occupying the head, the closed eyes of Xuanzang's primordial spirit suddenly opened.

"Want to clear my memory? I'm afraid you don't have that ability!"

After speaking, red light flickered in the eyes of the primordial spirit, and in a few breaths, the demonic energy dyed the upper body of the primordial spirit black.

Outside, feeling that thick malice, smiles of victory appeared on the faces of Dapeng and the others.

"Get busy, otherwise it won't be good if we are discovered," Dapeng said to the group.

After speaking, everyone began to transport magic power into the cage to maintain the aura-shielding function of the cage.

About the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Xuanzang's primordial spirit was completely dyed black, giving people a feeling of being extremely dangerous and evil.

"This feeling, very comfortable!" The primordial spirit muttered to himself.

The next second, the sea of consciousness changed color, from the initial blue, slowly turning blue-black, and finally turning pure black. When the sea of consciousness turned pure black, the entire sea of consciousness suddenly trembled.

"Truly intoxicating power, but it's not the time to show it yet. The timing is not right, still have to wait!" After speaking, the sea of consciousness began to turn from black to blue, then from blue to light gold.

After the sea of consciousness turned light gold, the black on the primordial spirit also began to fade slowly, turning light blue, and then from light blue to light gold.

"Everyone back off, Master Xuanzang is likely coming out." Feeling the demonic energy disappear, Dapeng said to the group, and then everyone flashed to the side.

Boom—

With a loud noise, the cage wrapping Xuanzang exploded, revealing Xuanzang inside. At this moment, golden light radiated from Xuanzang. This golden light was different from before; it gave people a feeling of being peaceful but also somewhat domineering, which was very peculiar.

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Boom—

With a loud bang, the cage enveloping Xuanzang shattered, revealing him inside. At this moment, a brilliant golden light radiated from Xuanzang's body. This golden light was different from before; it gave one a feeling that was peaceful yet possessed a hint of dominance, which was quite peculiar.

(End of chapter)