456: Chapter 44 The Great Trend Arrives 456: Chapter 44 The Great Trend Arrives “Thump.”
“Thump.”
“Thump.”
The golden zenith of Buddha Country was cleaved open by a streak of Sword Qi.
Rain poured in, accumulating into a crimson pool of blood.
Miao Zhen lowered his head, silently watching his own shoulder, as fresh blood flowed from there, tracing down his arm, drop by drop, falling to the ground, creating a ticking sound.
All of this happened in an instant, the burst of Sword Qi occurring in a mere moment.
“Such a swift sword…”
Miao Zhen couldn’t help but utter his amazement.
This sword was indeed swift, so swift that even with full readiness, he still couldn’t respond in time.
The young Buddha’s son slowly released his grasp on the Ming Sha Treasure Staff, pressing firmly against his shoulder wound.
This sword was not only quick but also immensely powerful, evident from the fissure torn open atop Buddha Country’s zenith…
Yet the Buddha’s son who suffered the full brunt of the sword’s energy, now stood firmly in place, towering still.
Only now did Miao Zhen find his entire right arm unable to be lifted, limply dangling, pointing towards the ground…
The Rule of Destruction shattered the Sanskrit Mantra.
Sword Qi pierced the Golden Body, cutting into the flesh, severing the meridians of the shoulder.
With the Golden Body breached, this battle was over.
“You’ve lost.”
Xie Xuanyi retracted his sword energy, looking up at the towering figure before him, “It seems that your Golden Body is not as impregnable as you thought…
Brother Miao Zhen, there is more training to be done.”
With this sword, he had exerted his full strength.
Having comprehended the Principle of Life from Great Yue Kingdom, Xie Xuanyi realized that the fusion of the two Tao Rules was the true Dao he ought to cultivate…
The singular “Rule of Destruction”, although potent, was after all somewhat flimsy and incomplete; if it could be supplemented with the Principle of Life, its power would ascend to another level.
This battle served as the best proof.
Even the Perfect Golden Body of a Reincarnated Living Buddha, at the Cave Heaven Realm, couldn’t withstand the sword imbued with the fusion of two Tao Rules!
If the Principle of Life would also reach Great Success…
What kind of scene would that be?
“Hehe…”
Miao Zhen let out a quiet chuckle.
Even as the Sword Qi penetrated bone, he seemed as if to feel no pain.
The young monk’s countenance etched with determination, he slowly straightened his spine, his Kasaya fluttering unrestrainedly.
Miao Zhen, with an air of calm, released his grip from the wound.
In the void, silent Sanskrit chants echoed, the pool of blood gathered on the ground slowly shifted from scarlet to a glistening gold.
Witnessing this, Xie Xuanyi slightly narrowed his eyes.
The erosive force of the Rule of Destruction was extreme.
Once the Sword Qi penetrated Miao Zhen’s skin, it would seep into the marrow, spreading relentlessly.
This strand of Sword Qi required the master’s intervention to be recalled.
Completely unforeseen.
Golden light surged atop the Golden Body Tower, echoing with the return of Sanskrit chants.
Miao Zhen, by his own power, had expelled the “Rule of Destruction” from his body!
It appeared that this Reincarnated Living Buddha from Fan Yin Temple had many moves that had yet to be demonstrated.
However, this contest abided by special rules; Miao Zhen could only defend, not attack.
All these tactics…
no matter how ingenious, were ultimately meaningless.
“Indeed, I have lost.”
Within a few breaths, Miao Zhen’s wound healed on its own.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and spoke openly, “Losers must admit defeat, and monks don’t speak false words.
I owe you an apology, and a favor.”
Having received Miao Zhen’s response, Xie Xuanyi prepared to retract his Sword Qi.
But the next moment…
He stopped this action.
Sword energy shaped like fish swirled around Xie Xuanyi clad in black, the sword tips turning once more, aiming again at the towering monk before him.
“Donor Xie…”
The young monk said with a smile, “You are much sharper than I anticipated.”
…
…
“I am very curious—”
“Who actually won?”
Amidst the golden light of Red Mountain, Mi Yun of Great Yue Kingdom, who sits atop Karma Sea, used his Divine Skills to transport everyone waiting at the fourth level straight to the mountain summit.
Xie Zhen had already ascended the tower.
Everyone else, thus naturally, turned into “guests.”
Unfortunately, with the Golden Scroll shattered, the scene atop the Golden Body Tower was severed; the crowd thus gathered on the summit, staring eagerly at the broken scroll overhead, and far away at the little tower amidst the clouds, Xie Zhen and Buddha’s son’s duel should have ended by now, yet there was still no movement.
“Fellow donors, please be patient.”
Mi Yun also sat in meditation atop Red Mountain Summit.
He looked up at the Golden Scroll, hands clasped together, his expression sincere: “The reason for this situation is that in the battle atop the tower, Donor Xie and my martial uncle both gave their all.”
As the Guardian of Buddha Country’s fourth challenge, his mind was connected to the Golden Body Tower.
No need for the Golden Scroll.
With merely a thought, he could see the scene atop the Golden Body Tower.
However, just now when the Golden Scroll’s image shattered, the image in his Heart Lake followed suit, indicating that the martial uncle had withdrawn “Buddha Country”.
At this moment, the golden light descending on Red Mountain was thinning, yet the rain from the zenith showed no signs of cessation.
Instead, it seemed to grow more intense.
“Just now…
I think I felt the Sword Intent of the young master.”
Duan Zhao’s expression turned solemn.
He looked up at the zenith.
In that split second…
he had sensed the familiar and stern Sword Qi.
The Golden Body Tower, shrouded by Buddha Country’s rules, seemed to have been slashed open.
If it’s said…
The duel between the young master and Miao Zhen took only one strike.
Then this gap may well have revealed the outcome of the battle.
“Hey.”
Duan Zhao walked up unceremoniously and asked with a frown, “I heard that you kowtowed to our young master earlier in the Karma Sea…
What’s that about?”
The question was rather impolite.
But Mi Yun did not mind.
With a gentle expression, he softly stated, “Donor Xie once saved my life…
My prostration was to repay a gratitude I had not yet expressed.”