"Beast, submit to me, and I shall spare your life!"
"Chirp, chirp~~"
Duyuan Bodhisattva's voice, filled with strong temptation, echoed in the cave. The black Lihuo flying locust was still chirping in resistance, while the red Lihuo flying locusts on its shell had already shown golden spots.
With a Bodhisattva of at least Xuanxian cultivation making a move, the Lihuo flying locust, whose highest cultivation was only the ninth stage of Qi Condensation, was utterly unable to resist.
Seeing that the red Lihuo flying locusts had been fully converted, he urgently shouted, "All chant the 'Great Sun Demon Subduing True Scripture'!"
"Thus I have heard, I should worship Buddha; thus I have heard, all sentient beings shall be liberated..."
The Buddhist cultivators used their spiritual power and divine sense to chant the scripture loudly. Soon, the converted Lihuo flying locusts began to speak human words and joined in the chanting!
The vast Buddhist chant resounded through the cave and spread through the passages on both sides.
"Damn it, run!"
Yang Hong, who was secretly observing the battle from the middle of the mountain with his divine sense, felt an urge to kneel before Buddha upon hearing the chant.
This Buddhist chant directly affected the divine sense and had a very powerful seductive ability. Even Yang Hong, whose divine sense was as strong as an immortal's, felt a tendency to be seduced.
"Idiot~ Run quickly, those bald donkeys are unleashing their ultimate move."
Yang Hong, seeing others flying on their swords in the cave midway, couldn't help but warn them before directly escaping by earth遁.
He ran thoroughly this time, continuously earth遁ing out of the territory of Liao Kingdom and stopping only after being 300,000 li away from the cave.
He had been sealed by Pujie Bodhisattva before, and today's Duyuan Bodhisattva was clearly stronger than Pujie. If he were discovered, he feared another sealing.
He found a tall mountain and, ignoring the surprised expressions of the cultivators of the sect there, stood on the peak to gaze into the distance.
He saw densely packed cultivators flying on their swords towards the Zikun Mountain Range. The sword light in the sky flashed, evaporating the falling goose feather snow.
On the ground, mortals stood or knelt, praying for the immortals to bestow blessings.
Further away, a profound ice formation, shining with icy blue light, had been completed and was slowly moving from the peak of Zikun Mountain.
The golden Buddhist light he was worried about did not appear.
"Impossible, a bald donkey at Bodhisattva realm shouldn't be this weak."
With doubt, Yang Hong slowly moved forward. After advancing 150,000 li, he dared not go further.
The golden Buddhist light appeared 2,000 li away!
And within the range covered by the golden Buddhist light, all cultivators, regardless of whether they cultivated Buddhism, Taoism, or demonic arts before, all fell to the ground, clasped their hands in prayer, and knelt devoutly.
Among these cultivators, Yang Hong also saw Ye Yudong, the great fool.
He had been converted by Duyuan Bodhisattva's conversion power over the black Lihuo flying locust in a very short period.
A pure disaster without cause.
What was even more tragic was that these cultivators had willingly walked into being converted unknowingly.
"Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would probably have been converted too."
Looking at the constantly expanding golden Buddhist light, Yang Hong retreated again, not wanting to be converted.
Boom~ Boom~ Boom~
As he slowly retreated, maintaining a distance of a thousand li from the golden Buddhist light, a world-shattering roar erupted from the Zikun Mountain Range.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Hong saw a colossal black flying locust, ten thousand zhang tall, emerging step by step by breaking through the massive mountain body.
"I~ Holy cow!
This thing grew so big?"
Seeing its familiar appearance, it was indeed the black Lihuo flying locust that had fused.
Yet, how long had it been since it escaped the cave? It had already grown so large.
Yang Hong had left the cave and naturally didn't know that almost as soon as he retreated, the black Lihuo flying locust had played a trick of self-destruction, exploding itself into a sky full of black liquid.
The black liquid, driven by the power of the explosion, temporarily broke free from the confinement of the golden Buddhist flame and rained down like a torrential downpour on all the people and all the red Lihuo flying locusts in the cave.
When the black rain touched the monks, it was directly repelled by the golden Buddhist light, even vaporized. As for the red Lihuo flying locusts that had just converted to Buddhism and were still dazed, they didn't know to resist or dodge.
And even a single drop of the black rain, upon landing on a red Lihuo flying locust, would quickly contaminate it, turning it into black liquid that flowed on the ground.
When the Buddhist cultivators discovered the situation and tried to vaporize and dispel the black rain, it was already too late. The black rain had infected all the Lihuo flying locusts.
When all the Lihuo flying locusts fused together, a colossal black Lihuo flying locust continuously expanded in size, directly breaking through the tall and sturdy Zikun Mountain Range, only stopping its expansion when it reached ten thousand zhang!
As the black locust grew to ten thousand zhang, the golden Buddhist light rapidly retracted, shrinking until it only enveloped the black locust.
"So big? Did the [prion] mutate?"
Seeing the familiar Lihuo flying locust grow to ten thousand zhang, Yang Hong was a little scared and a little self-reproachful.
He knew very well that this black Lihuo flying locust was the special Lihuo flying locust that had chirped when it was at the sixth stage. And this type of Lihuo flying locust that could fuse carried an ominous aura born from eating the [Insect Lure].
In conclusion, this behemoth was indirectly created by him, at least indirectly.
"Should I get closer to take a look? I wonder if Buddhism can kill it?"
Thinking of this, Yang Hong still flew on his sword to approach, but being cautious, he observed with his divine sense from a distance of a thousand li, absolutely refusing to get any closer.
What a tragedy~
This was Yang Hong's first thought upon approaching the Zikun Mountain Range.
By this time, it was already the time for the cultivators to launch their general offensive against the Lihuo flying locusts. Many cultivators had already arrived at Zikun Mountain. Before the black locust broke through the ground, it had been seduced by the Buddhist chant of the Buddhist sect, losing its senses.
When the black locust broke through the ground, many cultivators did not react in time. Some were good enough to be knocked flying, while others, less fortunate, were directly swallowed by the black locust.
When Duyuan Bodhisattva retracted the Buddhist light, at least over a hundred thousand cultivators had died.
This caused the already extremely troublesome black locust to grow even larger.
"Retreat~ Retreat ten thousand li!"
Only then did Duyuan Bodhisattva open his mouth to awaken the dazed cultivators and tell them to retreat.
"All Buddhist disciples, form the Vajra Demon Subduing Array. All Taoist disciples, attack with lightning techniques. Quickly!"
Seeing that the ferocity and evil nature of the black locust were impossible to tame, Duyuan quickly abandoned the idea of conversion and rapidly switched his attack method.
The golden Buddhist flame directly turned white, and the scorching heat melted the surrounding mountain body.
The Buddhist cultivators in the cave maintained the Vajra Demon Subduing Array, quickly scattering. The wrathful Vajra illusions ignited with red flames, enveloping the black locust. At the same time, Buddhist cultivators from the surroundings voluntarily flew up to join the formation.
The immortal sect cultivators, seeing the ten thousand zhang tall giant locust, temporarily put aside their displeasure at nearly being converted and, following Duyuan's command, began to bombard the black locust with various lightning techniques.
There was strength in numbers. The black locust began to shrink at a visible rate.
However, Yang Hong, from afar, felt increasingly alarmed, as if some great terror was about to descend.
His heart moved, and he activated [Insightful Eye] to look at the black locust.
With just one glance, Yang Hong's face turned pale!
"Holy cow~ There's more underground!"