Chapter 884: Slaying the Dragon and Plucking the Stars, the Vajra Bows His Head

Ruan Chen was flying at full speed in the air.

His natal magic treasure was a flying shuttle, which naturally possessed spatial-type divine abilities; he was skilled in flight and even better at controlling flight-type magic treasures.

This flying shuttle was currently beneath his feet, making it seem as if he were flying on a sword.

If not for the need to avoid leaving traces and being tracked, Ruan Chen's speed could have been several times faster.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Muffled thunderous sounds constantly came from behind; Ruan Chen knew these were the noises made by Li Fei and Wuche fighting each other.

Even separated by several kilometers, Ruan Chen could still feel the surging gale, and the surrounding clouds were being constantly torn apart.

He was secretly terrified in his heart and only wanted to get away as quickly as possible.

He knew that the reason Wuche had stayed behind to fight Li Fei was to buy time for him, so that Li Fei would not come to chase him.

"You know, you were doing just fine as a dignified member of the Orthodoxy Pavilion, so why did you go and defect to those bald donkeys?"

A lazy voice suddenly came through.

Ruan Chen was startled, and before he could make a move, the world before his eyes suddenly changed—

The blue sky and white clouds turned into green hills and clear waters, a misty drizzle fell from the sky, and a cool breeze brushed against his face.

Despite such pleasant scenery, Ruan Chen was drenched in sweat.

The natal magic treasure beneath his feet trembled constantly on the grass, but it could no longer fly; all his divine abilities were suppressed and could not be unleashed.

How could Ruan Chen not know that this was the formation of a top-tier True Person!

A difference of one realm was a world of difference; Ruan Chen did not hesitate to activate the Buddhist bead he had been clutching in his hand.

This was given to him by Wuche before they set out.

It was both a token of trust and a life-saving talismanic tool.

The Buddhist bead bloomed with a gentle light, and a swastika symbol lit up from within, causing a lotus platform to appear beneath Ruan Chen's feet.

Ruan Chen immediately broke free from the feeling of being suppressed by the world.

"Good item, I'll take it."

That lazy voice sounded in Ruan Chen's ear once again.

Then, a slender, fair hand appeared abruptly in Ruan Chen's field of vision.

This hand ignored the protection of the Buddhist light and, as if picking a wildflower by the roadside, took the Buddhist bead from Ruan Chen's hand with such ease!

"You—"

Ruan Chen was dumbfounded; he had never seen such a method.

A talismanic tool that had already been activated could actually be forcibly interrupted and then snatched from someone else's hand?

A person wearing a Confucian-style white robe and a headscarf, disguised as a man, appeared in front, playing with the newly acquired Buddhist bead in their hand.

Looking at this person's appearance, Ruan Chen fell into complete despair:

"You are Bai Meng?"

The woman looked at Ruan Chen: "You've done your homework well."

Her name was Bai Meng, Sect Master of the Star-Plucking Sect, and also an Imperial Court consultant.

The Star-Plucking Sect had been passed down through a single lineage for generations, possessing an exclusive secret divine ability—【Star-Plucking】.

This divine ability was best at snatching treasures; let alone talismanic tools without a true spirit attached, even other people's natal magic treasures had a chance of being snatched!

More than two hundred years ago, the Star-Plucking Sect chose to submit to the imperial court.

From that time on, every generation of Star-Plucking Sect masters served as Imperial Court consultants.

Bai Meng was the most talented and highest-cultivation master in the history of the Star-Plucking Sect, the only one to reach the top-tier True Person realm.

If she were willing to expand the sect, she could easily have made the Star-Plucking Sect a top sect in the pugilistic world.

However, her temperament had always been laid-back and she lacked ambition, so despite possessing such a top-tier powerhouse, the Star-Plucking Sect remained obscure.

Among the two Imperial Court consultants the Buddhists were wary of, besides Zhou Xuanwo, it was her.

Ruan Chen had thought that only Zhou Xuanwo had come today, but he had not expected to be caught by Bai Meng, the 'oriole behind the mantis'.

A flash of determination crossed his eyes, and he prepared to self-destruct the true spirit within his natal magic treasure, choosing to perish together!

Hum—

The flying shuttle beneath his feet had just emitted a violent surge of true power when it turned into a ray of brilliant light and fell into Bai Meng's hand.

"Pfft!"

Ruan Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, having lost his connection to his natal magic treasure.

With a look of horror and unwillingness, he was immediately struck down by a finger from Bai Meng, completely losing the power to resist.

"You wanted to self-destruct your natal magic treasure in front of me?"

Bai Meng chuckled, put away the Buddhist bead and the flying shuttle, flicked her sleeves, and flew back carrying Ruan Chen.

She soon returned to where the tower ship was located.

Seeing Bai Meng return with Ruan Chen, Zhou Xuanwo could not help but smile:

"With Sect Master Bai taking action, it was indeed a sure catch."

Bai Meng threw Ruan Chen, who was bound by spells, directly to Zhou Xuanwo; she could not be bothered to keep watching him.

Landing on the deck, she and Shi Caiming, who had already returned, looked toward the distant battlefield.

"Sect Master Bai."

Shi Caiming greeted her briefly and turned his head back to observe the battle.

Bai Meng could clearly feel the opponent's readiness to strike, and could not help but laugh:

"Principal Shi, the Marquis of Jing'an fought seven Western Continent dukes alone in Lanling City and won. Below the peak, I'm afraid few people can beat him, so why are you so worried?"

Shi Caiming said calmly: "I am not worried that he cannot beat Wuche, but I want to kill Wuche if possible."

Bai Meng was startled; she had not expected this Principal Shi to have such a heavy murderous intent.

She shook her head: "I'm afraid that's very difficult."

"I never thought Wuche's second natal magic treasure would actually be this kind of thing."

Zhou Xuanwo also came to their side, staring at the distant battlefield and saying.

This was just when Li Fei and Wuche were fighting at close quarters, and Wuche revealed his Dharma Skeleton Saint Body.

"It's already hard to kill him with 【Divine Footwork】, and adding this kind of natal magic treasure..."

Zhou Xuanwo shook his head, also not feeling that they could keep Wuche here today.

The imperial court had set a trap to send several of their top powerhouses, and even had Li Fei, the Great General Conquering the North who had already led his army on an expedition, quietly rush back, not only to find the Buddhist mole but also to ambush and kill several Buddhist powerhouses!

But the Buddhists had only sent Wuche alone.

It was not arrogance, but caution.

With Wuche's strength, even if he truly encountered a peak powerhouse, he would have a chance to save his life.

"We must try."

Shi Caiming remained unmoved and glanced at Bai Meng beside him:

"This old man will go to the front to watch the battle."

After speaking, he flew off the tower ship and headed toward the battlefield in front.

Bai Meng sighed helplessly: "The old man has really put me on the spot."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhou Xuanwo, who was guarding the tower ship with a grand formation: "I really envy you for being able to slack off."

Then she also flew off the deck.

Zhou Xuanwo thought for a moment and also had people steer the tower ship closer.

If they could really kill Wuche, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement!

At the center of the battlefield.

Li Fei and Wuche were locked in close-quarters combat, both attacking without defending!

Li Fei slashed at the neck of the Dharma Skeleton, the blade cutting in three inches, as if striking an invisible giant net, with a Sanskrit character at every node.

When the blade struck the 'giant net', tens of millions of Sanskrit characters vibrated, driving the entire 'giant net' to disperse the force it bore to every node.

Through millions of oscillations, decomposition, and absorption, the torrential flood turned into a trickling stream, and finally, the trickling stream gathered again into a torrential flood!

Wuche held the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff in his right hand, smashing it toward Li Fei with the force of destroying cities and collapsing mountains!

Li Fei disappeared from the spot instantly, causing Wuche to smash into empty air.

But when he stepped out from the spatial interlayer, nine pulsing thunder orbs surrounded him from all directions, smashing into his battle armor!

Wuche used his Dharma Skeleton Saint Body to rebound the damage, while simultaneously using the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff to seize the gap in Li Fei's 【No-Distance】, to receive the next attack.

Moreover, the two natal magic treasures could form a synergy; Wuche could transfer a portion of the power received by the Dharma Skeleton Saint Body to the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff, thereby increasing the power of the thunder arts unleashed by the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff by a notch!

This kind of coordination was the reason he could rival a Prince, and it was not just one person being equivalent to two top-tier True Persons.

After a dozen rounds of fighting, the offensive of the "Nirvana Thunder Art of Crossing the World" grew stronger and stronger.

This showed that Wuche had gradually become familiar with Li Fei's 【Primordial Sword Realm】 through the 'interaction', and his attacks were becoming increasingly targeted!

Li Fei did not rush to let his Sword Body 'unsheathe' to unleash his strongest sword intent.

Nor did he use 【Sword Sacrifice】 to further enhance his attack power.

Against an opponent like Wuche, before he could crack the opponent's 'counter-damage mechanism', the stronger Li Fei's attacks were, the greater the risk he bore himself.

Or rather, an opponent like Wuche, who used a combination of various divine abilities to construct a 'counter-damage mechanism', was indeed a great counter to a powerhouse of the 'Dao of Force' like Li Fei.

In another round of offense and defense, Li Fei did not use the Ghost-Slaying Blade to slash at Wuche's body, but instead slashed at the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff in the opponent's hand.

Wuche subconsciously held his staff horizontally to block.

Clang—

Amidst the explosive ringing, a shallow blade mark appeared where the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was struck, bursting with golden sparks.

The staff head tilted downward, and nine thunder orbs flew out from the nine golden rings, bombarding Li Fei's battle armor in succession.

Li Fei allowed the thunder orbs to strike him, his blade edge sliding up along the staff body to strike the golden rings.

Hum!

In an instant, the blade collided with the golden rings hundreds of times; the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff emitted a piercing hum in Wuche's palm, the staff body spinning at high speed and rubbing violently against Wuche's palm, sending countless golden sparks flying.

The Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff seemed about to fly out of Wuche's palm, but it was still a little short.

When technique is insufficient, power must make up for it—

Li Fei consumed 1, 00 Blood Souls to activate 【Sword Sacrifice】!

A new surge of power erupted from the Ghost-Slaying Blade, its peerless sharpness precisely cutting the connections between the formations, intending to forcibly sever the link between the Dharma Remains Holy Body and the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff.

This strike, drawing the blade to sever water!

The two life-bound magic treasures were connected to each other; regardless of whether Li Fei attacked the Dharma Remains or the Flying Dragon Staff, the power would be rebounded.

But just because Li Fei could not break the Dharma Remains' "counter-damage mechanism" for the moment did not mean he had no way to sever the connection between the two life-bound magic treasures.

Wuche was familiar with his 【Primordial Sword Realm】, and he, too, had become familiar with the opponent's second life-bound magic treasure through "interaction."

The Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was pulled away from Wuche's palm!

Li Fei pursued the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff, striking the staff body with one blade after another, leaving behind a trail of blade marks.

Wuche immediately steered the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff to transform into a bolt of lightning, carving an arc in the air as it flew back toward him.

But a figure suddenly blocked the path between him and the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff.

Li Fei swept his blade horizontally, his overwhelming, irresistible power forcefully knocking the Flying Dragon Staff away, then he teleported to pursue it again, continuing to slash!

The thunder dragon manifested by the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was constantly being "dismembered," collapsing time and again, only to "nirvana" again, cycling in this manner.

Wuche discovered with frustration that he was unable to retrieve his life-bound magic treasure for the time being.

【Divine Footwork】 was not as flexible as 【No Distance】, and relying solely on the power of the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was completely unable to contend with Li Fei.

The blade marks on the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff grew more numerous.

Wuche suddenly ceased this futile pursuit, his hands quickly forming seals.

Massive heaven and earth spiritual energy began to gather between his palms; amidst layered palm shadows, a single palm reached out, aiming at the golden figure in front who was slashing incessantly, and slowly closed into a void grip—

Whoosh!!!

The howling wind resounded through heaven and earth, and a tornado reaching from the sky to the ground appeared out of thin air!

The palm in the void grip tightened continuously, and so the tornado began to contract, accompanied by streaks of flowing light and lightning, the thunder roaring in anger.

A grand, perfect, vast palm intent, as if holding heaven and earth within the palm, erupted from Wuche!

When the heavenly wind tornado and the wild lightning were both held within his palm, a small golden sun appeared in his palm.

All of this happened in a split second.

Wuche's other palm overlapped, and with both hands, he pushed the golden sun in his palm forward.

At this moment, he appeared to be bestowing charity upon the world!

This is a supreme Buddhist art, "Ten Tathagata Seals"—【Full Wish Seal】!

The "Eight Vajra Sections" is a Buddhist supreme art, but Buddhist supreme arts do not only involve the application of Vajra force.

The "Ten Tathagata Seals" is a martial art on the same level as the "Eight Vajra Sections," and these ten seals represent ten types of Dao force that can be cultivated directly to the Creation realm!

As a warlock, even if Wuche distracted himself by cultivating the martial path, his energy was limited.

Just as Li Fei, despite being a fusion of magic and martial arts, actually practiced very limited spells.

Wuche ultimately chose to specialize in only one martial art, and only practiced one seal from the "Ten Tathagata Seals"—

【Full Wish Seal】.

Bestowing charity upon the world, satisfying the wishes of all people in the world, that is the full wish!

"Wuche, what is your wish?"

"Master, this disciple wishes for all people in the world to attain great liberation, so that there will be no more pain in the world, and everyone can have their wishes fulfilled."

"Good."

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Deep in his memory, there had always been such a conversation.

That was the question his Master asked him when Wuche first stepped onto the path of cultivation.

"If one wishes for all people in the world to attain great liberation, then the world must be a Buddhist kingdom, and everyone must worship the Buddha!"

It is just a pity that the painstaking efforts of Pudu Temple are not understood by the world.

"One day, I will fulfill the wishes of the world and enable everyone to attain great liberation!"

Carrying such determination, Wuche unleashed this 【Full Wish Seal】.

With the realm of a top-tier True Person, he used the Dharma Remains Holy Body to simulate a martial arts Grandmaster, unleashing a Dao force strike that reached directly to the Creation realm!

The golden light sphere collided with Li Fei with vast, boundless momentum.

The wishes of all the people in the world were contained within it; who could withstand it?

Li Fei turned, swept his blade horizontally, and returned it with—【Ignorance of Heaven's Height】!

A brilliant line traversing heaven and earth collided with the sun-like golden light sphere; the light sphere erupted with dazzling electric light, gradually expanding, and then collapsing.

The blade edge shattered the full wish!

The ultimate violence of reality shattered the ethereal wish!

Wuche was not surprised by this, merely taking the opportunity to retrieve the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff.

Just as his palm grasped the staff body, before the connection between the two life-bound magic treasures could be re-established, a blood-colored giant sword filled with boundless killing intent suddenly struck into his mind.

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!

Bones strewn across the wilderness, imperial power changing hands, all things withering—Sword Stance: Blood Might Seven Kills!

Li Fei had waited until now to launch this killing move because he had sensed through "interaction" that Wuche's Dharma Remains also possessed mind-defense type divine abilities, and a top-tier True Person's mind defense was inherently stronger than a Grandmaster's.

Therefore, this killing move had to be used at the most critical moment.

Wuche's mind was affected, and taking advantage of his distraction, Li Fei's blade struck the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff once more.

Countless rays of light bloomed from the blade edge, resembling sword Qi, aurora, and fireworks.

This is one of the Creation-level sword moves of the Gouchen Sword Sect, "Departing Light"!

Although Li Fei had not practiced it to the Creation realm, combined with the 【Infinite Brightness Fire】 he had practiced before, and the imagery borrowed from 【Ten Thousand Phenomena】, it possessed a distinct flair, already very close to the Creation realm.

The force completed thousands of vibrations in an instant, cutting and piercing!

The two life-bound magic treasures, which had not yet managed to complete their connection, were once again severed by Li Fei, and the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was knocked out of his hand again, sent flying away!

Wuche, having regained his composure, wanted to cast the 【Full Wish Seal】 again, but was interrupted a step earlier by the countless blooming rays of light.

This 【Departing Light】 that Li Fei had practiced was best at interrupting others' moves, artistic conceptions, and various coordinated connections.

Wuche only knew one move, but Li Fei knew more than just one!

Li Fei continued to use 【No Distance】 to pursue and slash the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff, while simultaneously using 【No Distance】 to transmit sword Qi across the air, interfering with Wuche using 【Departing Light】.

Only someone like him, a fusion of magic and martial arts, could simultaneously display two natures using the 【No Distance】 divine ability!

Not only that, Li Fei consumed another 1, 00 Blood Souls to cast 【Sword Sacrifice】, making the sword Qi and sword intent even stronger; the national power bolstered by the 【Jing'an】 divine ability was also fully added to the aerial sword Qi.

Thus, this 【Departing Light】 was not Creation, yet it surpassed Creation!

Wuche, of course, would not be so interfered with that he could not cast a move at all, but he would ultimately be affected.

And the difference of a single line meant that Li Fei could first erupt 【Ignorance of Heaven's Height】 to counter Wuche's 【Full Wish Seal】, and then complete his "breath exchange" before the opponent, continuing to prevent the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff and the Dharma Remains Holy Body from reuniting.

If Wuche had mastered other martial arts, he would not be so passive.

But he only knew one move.

The attack power of the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was already maxed out; there was really no need for the Dharma Remains Holy Body to further enhance its offensive means.

It just happened to encounter an existence like Li Fei, whose defense was unsolvable, allowing him to withstand the attacks of the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff and output violence!

"Is this your fusion of magic and martial arts? It truly disappoints this Marquis."

Li Fei's voice resounded through the clouds.

Hearing this, even Wuche's tranquil Buddhist heart fluctuated.

Yet he was helpless.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

Between heaven and earth, it was as if a giant spirit god was repeatedly raising a heavy hammer, striking a heavenly pillar.

The Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff was struck by the Ghost-Slaying Blade time and again, leaving behind dense, overlapping blade marks!

The material of this life-bound magic treasure was certainly very hard, but it definitely could not compare to the Dharma Remains Holy Body, and its defense was even worse.

The Ghost-Slaying Blade in Li Fei's hand had already shattered more than a dozen times, only to be repaired by him using the 【Refining Objects】 divine ability.

Wuche's Dharma Remains Holy Body could recover, but the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff did not possess such a divine ability.

After being unreasonably and violently slashed by Li Fei for over a hundred blades, it was already struggling to hold on!

Wuche had long since harbored thoughts of retreating, but he was unable to retrieve the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff.

Even if he were to leave, he could only take the Dharma Remains Holy Body, this one life-bound magic treasure.

This Buddhist holy monk was extremely decisive.

Once again casting the 【Full Wish Seal】, after Li Fei erupted 【Ignorance of Heaven's Height】, dazzling thunder light suddenly burst from those blade marks on the Nine-Tin Flying Dragon Staff.

A terrifying aura of destruction emanated from within the staff body.

Wuche was going to detonate his own life-bound magic treasure!

The thunder light extinguished the world, the spatial layers within a radius of a thousand meters all shattered, and space collapsed inward, preventing Li Fei from using 【No Distance】 to dodge!

The Nine-Bestowal Flying Dragon Staff transformed into a thunder dragon, opened its maw to swallow Li Fei, and then detonated with a roar—

An extra sun appeared in the sky, and then the dazzling thunder light spread for several thousand meters, forming a zone of thunderstorms.

A massive amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy was torn apart, and the energy also turned into a raging storm, a scene of chaos!

The space became extremely unstable, and Wuche, who was at the center of the explosion, was temporarily unable to use 【Divine Foot Mastery】 to escape, and could only use the Saintly Body of Dharma Remains to resist the damage caused by the explosion.

He stared fixedly at the area where the spatial destruction was most severe, hoping to see Li Fei dead or severely injured.

But what he waited for was a brilliant sword light.

The Ghost Slash shattered, the divine sword unsheathed!

Restrain oneself to nurture intent; the stronger the enemy, the more one suppresses the urge to draw the sword, and the stronger the sword intent becomes.

Waiting for the enemy to break the scabbard, and only then drawing the sword—that is the strongest strike!

An incomparable sword radiance sliced through heaven and earth, the spiritual energy dispersed, the thunder light was annihilated, and the chaos was cleaved open—

The sword radiance pierced the skeleton that was still flickering with thunder light and was already charred black all over.

"How could this be..."

"No matter how strong the thunder technique is, is it stronger than the heavenly tribulation?!"

Li Fei's voice exploded in Wuche's mind.

The sword radiance pierced through the Saintly Body of Dharma Remains, passing straight through the abdomen!

Wuche completely lost his will to fight, and a beam of Buddha light enveloped his body.

He intended to use 【Divine Foot Mastery】 to travel to a pre-constructed 'coordinate'!

But the Four Symbols Array suddenly surrounded him, interfering with the spatial fluctuations.

Immediately after, a slender, fair palm pressed onto his shoulder.

Bai Meng made her move, 【Star Picking】 activated!

Having first self-destructed a life-bound magic treasure, and then being pierced through the abdomen by Li Fei's sword, the Saintly Body of Dharma Remains suffered heavy damage.

This was the moment when Wuche was at his weakest!

Snap—

The Buddha light covering his body shattered.

Li Fei arrived beside Wuche and smashed a fist toward his head.

Bang!!

The head of the Dharma Remains cracked open and was smashed into the chest cavity!

Looking from afar, it was like a Vajra Dharma image bowing its head in repentance.

The Bodhisattva lowers his brows, the Vajra glares with rage?

Even the Vajra must bow its head!

Requesting monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)