Chapter 1703: After The Battle (I)

Wrapped in surging rainbow flames, the [Heaven-Venerating Gate] came crashing down from the sky. The Maha's face filled with panic as he was forced to meet it head-on. Gnashing his teeth, he rapidly expanded in midair and thrust both golden palms upward!

Clang!

The [Heaven-Venerating Gate] was indeed cumbersome, but once it struck, an incomparably terrifying force of grinding suppression erupted at once. Daisi’s two hands sank slightly as though melting, and surging flames immediately struck across his body.

He could no longer move. His mountain-like golden body shimmered, yet sank heavily into the black-gold [Imperial Divergence Light]. At that critical moment, another pair of arms sprouted from behind Daisi. They came together before his chest, revealing sheets of pink light within his palms.

The pink light took the shape of a lotus, blooming to its fullest and revealing silvery specks within it like stamens.

[Secret Technique of Boundless Delusion Rebirth]!

The [Emptiness Dao] was, after all, one of the Seven Dharma Forms. Although the old Dharma Master had once tried to take it a step further and, in attempting to transcend self-clinging, died violently, causing the path to collapse in an instant, and although the entire [Abhidharma Treasury Temple Sect] had perished, the sect's accumulated scriptures and secret arts had still survived. Daisi, having cultivated for many years, had naturally learned a trick or two from them.

The lotus bloomed, and though the surging force of repulsion was completely neutralized by [Sovereign In Peril], another radiance burst forth from within, pouring down like a great rushing river.

But the old armor [Yuan'e] had been reforged by Master Dingyang, at immense cost in both resources and time, to become spirit armor. Li Zhouwei had kept it in reserve and never revealed it, all for this very moment. How could he possibly allow Daisi to complete his spell?

In an instant, endless fiery radiance burst from the black-golden armor. Billowing black flames surged along his body, magnifying his figure several times over, while all the gathered demonic light poured into the halberd!

The [Black Soul Mara Dharma Body]!

The surging light of [Boundless Essence] carried a force that broke spells, forcing the flowing colors within the lotus to dim noticeably. Immediately afterward, the golden profound patterns on the armor lit up!

The mystic, [Pivot Illumination].

Illusions suddenly sprang up all around Daisi. The setting sun blazed brightly; the earth stretched vast and desolate; and the cries of battle rose on every side. Then a brilliant red light appeared from nowhere and descended from the void, carrying the black-gold brilliance of the [Imperial Divergence Light] as it crashed onto the lotus!

Daisi's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly summoned the [Kongsijiang Demon Bowl] back. But the shadow of Karmic Fire flickered for only an instant before the golden afterimage returned. The brilliance of the [Dry Yang Bangles] came crashing down and struck the bowl with brutal force!

Without Daisi's support, how could a mere [Kongsijiang Demon Bowl] stand against the [Dry Yang Bangles]? It was instantly sent flying backward, letting out a shrill wail.

Daisi was enduring the [Imperial Divergence Light] while also using the [Kongsijiang Demon Bowl] to defend himself. When it was struck so viciously, its connection to his mind twanged painfully, causing him to grunt. Yet he still had to maintain the spell art in his hands. Caught completely off guard, he could no longer stop the crimson light, and the resplendent lotus exploded apart in an instant.

Crack!

At the same time, there came a crisp, glasslike snap as the long halberd struck like a vicious venomous serpent and plunged into Daisi's golden chest.

Boom!

A vast surge of lotus-pink qi erupted together with a glassy radiance, only to be burned to nothing before the rolling black flames. Daisi immediately brought his two hands together and clamped down on Da Sheng.

Yet the long halberd trembled slightly, and no one was holding it at all!

Daisi's brows shot up. The Black Soul Mara Dharma Body had already condensed in midair into a six-armed fiendish figure. The dark-yellow light divided from Boundless Essence filled the space above and below Daisi, and all six arms joined as one to grip an axe.

The heavy, deep brown-gold axe had qilin patterns gleaming across it. Its condensed bright-white blade gave off a terrifyingly sharp aura.

It was none other than the [Brilliant Yang King's Axe]!

Clang!

The jade skull that had drifted out of the great void and arrived belatedly moved first to block the way, but it only caused a burst of glasslike ringing. The radiance stalled but for a single instant, then fell straight through unimpeded!

The [Heaven-Venerating Gate] suddenly trembled. In an instant, the whole sky over the lakeshore blazed with brilliance, and intense heavenly light flooded every corner. The cultivators fighting in pairs high above were struck blind at once, while many flying dharma artifacts shuddered and dropped to the ground like dumplings falling into a pot.

The enormous dharma body of the Third Incarnation Daisi shattered instantly. The massive axe blade chopped through his left shoulder and burst out beneath his ribs, cleaving him in twain. Boiling white cloud-qi rose from the ground as the gigantic golden body plummeted out of the sky and crashed heavily by the riverbank!

Yet [Heaven-Venerating Gate] was still pressing down!

High in the sky, Maha Mingxiang lowered his brows slightly and formed a seal with both hands.

Junior brother ought to be satisfied now.

Although everything had happened in a flash, Mingxiang had not been without the power to stop it. But as the dignified second senior brother of the Virtuous Dao Lotus Temple, why should he save a Maha of the Emptiness Dao? All the more so when this Maha seemed to bear a deep grudge against his own junior brother.

Though he had not intervened, neither had he simply sat there doing nothing. He had timed every opening perfectly, and once the dazzling radiance in his hand had condensed to its utmost limit, he flicked a finger lightly and sent it flying forth at once!

On the other side, the surging river water burst apart as well. The general, also wielding an axe, split the gourd blocking his way with a single blow and rode the wind in with the intent to kill. A murderous air hung over his brow, and his gaze remained fixed on the [Brilliant Yang King's Axe] in Li Zhouwei's hand.

But then, a jade-green bottle embroidered with resplendent patterns dropped down. Gongsun Bei raised two fingers and touched them to the center of his eyebrows, drawing in his mana and casting out a swath of clear radiance.

[Invocation to Replace the Night].

Bathed in that radiance, the jade bottle underwent an even more wondrous transformation. Seizing the moment when Li Zhouwei was attacking with all his strength, it tipped, letting fall a single bead that was green as jade and bright as emerald.

Drip!

As soon as the bead fell, a dim wind that seemed to blot out the sky swept forth, and a rain-dew, that reversed cold and dryness and shifted the ministerial fire, descended. The qi across the whole riverbank abruptly changed as the heavenly light flooding the land was suddenly checked and weakened. It was as though it had passed beyond the remnant of night and turned into a blue-green glow of Lesser Yang resting quietly upon the earth.

The overwhelming brilliance of the magnificent [Heaven-Venerating Gate] also dimmed sharply. All manner of phoenix and luan manifestations vanished, and the heavenly soldiers and generals in golden armor and robes came crashing down. Li Zhouwei had already drawn back his halberd and turned around. Bracing himself against the opponent's divine ability, he had stepped forward to receive the attack, only to reel backward like a drunken man and cough up a mouthful of blood.

Cough, cough...

A dazzling lotus-shaped radiance clung relentlessly to the center of his eyebrows. Mingxiang's expression gradually darkened as he exerted force with one hand, as though struggling to restrain some ferocious beast. For the first time, his composed expression cracked, and a faint flush rose to his face.

Gongsun Bei seized the chance to step forward, raised the crimson axe high, and brought it down with a sudden cleave!

However, even at this point, Li Zhouwei still refused to lift [Heaven-Venerating Gate].

Though Daisi had been cleaved apart and his dharma body had collapsed, the [Secret Technique of Boundless Delusion Rebirth] allowed his spiritual sense to remain attached to his ruined body. He still refused to follow that fragment of true spirit back to the Buddhist land, solely because the hatred in his heart had reached its utmost limit. He refused to let the matter end like this!

You plotted against me... You just had to plot against me! You concealed so many contingencies... Just one axe! Only one axe! His heart was filled with terror and madness as he thought, You destroyed my dharma body, so how could I possibly let you off easily!

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