Chapter 517

Lin Fan scolded angrily, then flew up and slapped the giant ape’s face hard.

Clearly the size difference was huge, but Lin Fan, who was like an ant in front of the giant ape, slapped the giant ape away with one slap. The giant ape collided with the mountain, the mountain shook violently, causing countless broken stones to fall, burying the giant ape.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the rubble exploded. The giant ape pounded its chest violently, not knowing if it was to bolster its own courage or to intimidate Lin Fan.

"Is being big something to be proud of? Law of Heaven and Earth!"

Lin Fan’s figure instantly grew a hundred times larger and charged toward the giant ape. Today, he would let Sun Sun Wukong know what it meant for a father to beat his son.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Seeing this, the giant ape accelerated toward Lin Fan. Man and ape collided fiercely, and then Lin Fan gave the giant ape a flick to the forehead that made it see stars, followed by a continuous barrage of heavy slaps that left the giant ape disoriented.

When Lin Fan stopped, the giant ape was still reflexively shaking its head from left to right.

"Bang!"

Lin Fan kicked the swaying giant ape over, then mounted it and continued to pummel it until the giant ape true form vanished. The giant ape turned back into a wild monkey and fell into a coma; only then did Lin Fan stop.

Lin Fan returned to his normal size, flipped his wrist to reveal the Huishan Xuan Yuan Sword, and prepared to slaughter this wild monkey with one strike.

"Amitabha!"

As the Buddhist chant rang out, the nearby mountain suddenly shook violently and transformed into a stone Buddha hundreds of meters tall. The stone Buddha had no intention of wasting words and smashed a fist down toward Lin Fan.

"Dead bald donkey, I knew you couldn't help yourself!"

Lin Fan shot into the sky, transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, and used a Divine Dragon Tail-Whip to snap the stone Buddha’s arm. He then rode the clouds to the top of the stone Buddha’s head and used a Golden Dragon Claw-Strike to pluck off and crush the stone Buddha’s head, causing the statue to collapse.

"Lin Fan, do you really intend to be at odds with my Buddhism until the end?"

The clouds in the sky dispersed, and a golden figure appeared. The visitor was none other than the Great Sun Tathagata. At this moment, he had revealed his Tathagata true form, clearly intending to fight Lin Fan.

"And what if I am? Dead bald donkey, if you want to point fingers at me, you’d better have the strength to back it up!"

Lin Fan flew directly above the Great Sun Tathagata and swiped a Golden Dragon Claw-Strike at his bald head. However, a wheel of merit appeared behind the Great Sun Tathagata’s head, blocking Lin Fan’s dragon claw.

"A hypocritical wheel of merit, how can it block my dragon claw!"

Lin Fan exerted force, and the dragon claw gradually tightened. The wheel of merit behind the Great Sun Tathagata began to flicker, clearly unable to withstand the pressure and on the verge of collapse.

"Since that is the case, then I shall have a bout with you. Tathagata True Form, break for me!"

The Great Sun Tathagata’s golden light flared, directly forcing open Lin Fan’s Golden Dragon Claw-Strike.

"Hmph, Divine Dragon Tail-Whip!"

Lin Fan swung his tail, sending the Great Sun Tathagata flying, crashing through eighteen mountain peaks before he finally stopped.

"Golden Cauldron Buddha Light!"

Following the Great Sun Tathagata’s shout, golden light flared. This light carried purification—no, it carried bewitching sounds, constantly urging Lin Fan to put down his butcher's knife and convert to Buddhism.

"Tathagata, to show off such petty tricks in front of me, it’s enough to make one laugh their teeth out!"

"Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique!"

A sword light slashed out, and a white streak suddenly appeared in the heavens and earth. The golden light vanished without a trace, and along with it, one of the Great Sun Tathagata’s ears. The Great Sun Tathagata barely dodged the overhead strike, but one ear was sliced off by Lin Fan.

"What a fat monk with big ears!"

Lin Fan caught the Great Sun Tathagata’s ear and proceeded to humiliate him to his heart's content.

"Lin Fan, the Buddha also has wrath. Tathagata Nirvana!"

The Great Sun Tathagata stared deeply at Lin Fan, then his entire body flared with golden light, but his physical form gradually faded until it disappeared entirely. Then, golden light showered the world, and a Buddha with a kind face and solemn appearance descended from the sky.

It turned out that the Tathagata had sacrificed his human-realm Celestial Immortal dharma body to exchange for the descent of his true form, because the Celestial Immortal dharma body was no match for Lin Fan. Continuing to fight would only lead to being humiliated to death by Lin Fan, so it was better to sacrifice it for sixty breaths of his true form to descend and seize the chance to kill Lin Fan.

"Late-stage Golden Immortal, not bad, dead bald donkey, you have some ability!"

With the descent of the Tathagata’s true form, his strength was so high that even Lin Fan’s expression shifted slightly. However, he was not panicked; after all, he could see that the human realm was rejecting the Tathagata, and even the Heavenly Dao seemed to be faintly awakening. A terrifying pressure was spreading through the world, and the Tathagata’s true form could stay in the human realm for at most three minutes.

Besides, even if the Tathagata weren't restricted, Lin Fan still had the Extreme Realm Sublimation Talisman. Why should a cultivator like him fear a fight? He would just beat this dead bald donkey to death.

"Heavenly Buddha Descends to the World!"

The Tathagata knew he could not stay long and, without wasting words, struck at Lin Fan with a palm.

"Phoenix Nirvana!"

Lin Fan used the strongest technique of the Phoenix Academy, but was still struck into the mountain range by the palm.

With just one palm, Lin Fan was severely injured. Lin Fan could fight across a major realm, and even if the Tathagata were at the peak of Void-Lingering, Lin Fan would not fear him. But a late-stage Golden Immortal was nearly two major realms ahead of Lin Fan; the gap was simply too large.

"Phoenix Tribulation Regeneration Technique!"

Lin Fan flew out from the mountain range, using the inheritance of the Ruthless Empress to instantly recover his injuries, which caused the previously calm Tathagata to change his expression.

"Ten Thousand Buddhas Worship the Sect!"

"Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique!"

This time, Lin Fan used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique and actually managed to receive the Tathagata’s "Ten Thousand Buddhas Worship the Sect."

"Boundless Buddha Dharma!"

The Tathagata appeared increasingly anxious. After all, he was nearly two major realms higher than Lin Fan, yet he couldn't finish him off quickly. How would he command the Western Heaven in the future?

"Heavenly Sword!"

A giant sword that reached from heaven to earth descended. After confronting the boundless Buddha light for a moment, the giant sword shattered, but its fragments also extinguished the endless Buddha light.

The remaining Buddha light, though it caused Lin Fan to suffer heavy injuries and vomit blood, still could not finish him off.

"Phoenix Tribulation Regeneration Technique!"

Lin Fan used the Ruthless Empress’s secret technique to recover his injuries again, which made the Tathagata frown.

"Above Heaven and Below Earth, I Alone Am Honored; Save All Living Beings, Become a Buddha on the Spot!"

The Tathagata’s face was as dark as water as he unleashed his strongest move. Lin Fan looked at the overwhelming Buddha light and sighed; it seemed he would have to use the Extreme Realm Sublimation Card. He certainly couldn't take this move at his Celestial Immortal realm.

But since he had to use the Extreme Realm Sublimation Card, he had to kill the Tathagata. Let him be the first Golden Immortal to die by his hand.

"Rumble!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the heavens and earth lost their color, and thunder filled the sky. It seemed the Heavenly Dao had awakened. The Tathagata’s descent into the human realm with his true form seemed to have violated some taboo, and above his head, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Five-Elements Annihilation Thunder Tribulation began to brew.

"You're lucky this time, but you won't have such luck next time!"

The Tathagata’s expression was ugly, but he left the human realm unwillingly; otherwise, even with his late-stage Golden Immortal cultivation, he would die under the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation.