Not only Tao Qian, many warlords, provincial representatives, well-known Loose Cultivators, and others, had also gathered to watch the monk from Free Temple.
Although most people had already concluded that Demon Buddha Temple would win, and that Cheng Arhat could not only win this battle, but might even use this opportunity to successfully break through to the Ultimate Happiness Realm and become a genuine "Fragrant Oil Arhat."
However, a few still believed that "Great Abyss Zen Master" might create a miracle.
Why?
Despite not having shown Great Divine Power, and lacking strong backing,
the methods he had hurriedly displayed were beyond even what strong people from Great Sects could manage.
Such as the Heavenly Heart Mirror, or compiling Buddhist Scriptures on the spot, all proved this ascetic monk was no ordinary person.
Especially Yuan Gong seemed to greatly admire this junior, also transmitting his voice at this time:
"Watch, Shipi that old thief is about to be countermanned."
"His arrangement with Kongchan is indeed good, capable of helping that fat dead man break into Ultimate Happiness, but with Qiantang Province tainted by Demon Buddha for so long, other monks' chanting is mostly useless here."
"But this man is different, clearly a Natural Buddha Son, possessing Bodhi Heart and Qingjing Body, deliberately defiling himself to cultivate the Path of Salvation... Hmm, he must be one with innate wisdom."
"His Dao Path, specifically overcomes Cheng Arhat."
As if to prove Yuan Gong's words,
Great Abyss Zen Master voluntarily stepped forward, his face rarely showing a trace of anger.
Not for anything else, but for what Cheng Arhat had done.
His gaze fixed on the top of the crystal tower, where Cheng Arhat, despite nearly becoming a dried corpse, had his cultivation soaring every moment, he directly said:
"Daoist Cheng, this poor monk originally wrote a scroll of 'Withering and Flourishing Nirvana Sutra' for you, to save you and make you put down the butcher knife, to achieve Nirvana and become Buddha, so long as you try your best to redeem your past sins, you can avoid the fate of falling into the Beast Path."
"Now it seems, you can't hear this sutra anymore."
"You deceive All People to light Human Incense for your nourishment, these sins, you must endure a lingering death, fallen as a beast, to repay part of it."
"Watch, this poor monk will now break your deceitful Arhat's Vow."
As soon as he finished talking, Great Abyss Zen Master immediately made his move.
The audience watching this spiritual battle, including those from the Seventy-two provinces, all heard the Zen Master chant: "All Living Beings possess the Tathagata's wisdom and virtuous nature, but due to delusion and attachment, they cannot realize it... All should view all realms as illusions, all Buddhas as shadows, Bodhisattva's deeds as dreams, Buddha's teachings as echoes..."
Following the chanting of the Zen Master, the next moment, or rather, the whole Qiantang Province began to witness an unbelievable scene.
The source was Great Abyss Zen Master.
Buddha Light surged from his body, every thread transforming into a new Great Abyss Zen Master.
Clones?
Projections?
In any case, he instantly produced hundreds of thousands, even millions of "clones" that burst out of his body.
These clones, like mist, drifted to every corner of Qiantang.
The first contacted, naturally, were the residents of the province city.
One million province city residents, also utilized the "fragrant oil" from Cheng Arhat's body, their lit Human Incense being particularly intense.
But now, the Zen Masters entered their bodies.
Every resident felt something strange at their necks.
Turning their heads, they were shocked to see a golden tumorous bulge emerging, bursting open to reveal a head identical to their own, emerging from the splattered golden pus.
Bearing a golden face, filled with Buddha's wisdom.
This scene, both horrifying and bizarre,
Instantly, Qiantang Province city had a million double-headed people, the mortals' second heads emerged, and without a word, began chanting along with Great Abyss Zen Master.
In a moment, the chanting reached the heavens, driving the Buddha Light to become even thicker, and the number of clones emerging from Great Abyss Zen Master also increased.
One million, two million, three million... densely packed, flying to every city, county, town, and village of Qiantang Province.
As far as the eye could see, all were the face of Great Abyss Zen Master.
Everyone, Tao Qian included.
Now all were stunned, wide-eyed and slack-jawed, unable to believe the scene before them.
Wasn't it said the Zen Master had no Great Divine Power? What was this then?
The Clone Technique wasn't anything special, many cultivators had cultivated similar Magic Skills.
But at most it was one or two, a few more perhaps dozens or hundreds.
Or like Tao Qian who could easily summon "Substitute Demons," flawlessly perfect.
But clones in the hundreds of thousands, millions?
Tao Qian doubted, even cultivators of the Daoist Transformation Realm might not be able to achieve it.
Despite Yuan Gong having anticipated it, he was still astonished at this time:
"Good monk, truly extraordinary."
"This kind of Divine Power Skill I'm also seeing for the first time, it must be his original creation."
"Kid, no need to doubt anymore."
"This monk must have had a past life, and he was a Highly Virtuous Monk, but since he's reluctant to join Free Temple, he probably doesn't come from a Buddhist Temple, perhaps a Loose Buddhist Practitioner in a previous life, accumulating a lifetime's merits and cultivation, to awaken innate wisdom in this life, to cultivate this incredible Path of Salvation."
"If you have the chance, you could try to draw him in, with the Human Dao Fortune on you, with your accumulated merits, just by revealing your foundation, the monk may not bow his head immediately, but at least he'll likely establish a good relationship with you."
"Mutually beneficial, each with its advantage."
Yuan Gong had just finished speaking, when suddenly the resonating chanting experienced a stutter.
Everyone looked down and finally understood why Great Abyss Zen Master had the confidence to break Cheng Arhat's Great Vow Burning Incense Secret Method.
In their ears filled with Buddhist notes, the chanting entering the million city residents' ears seemed like a torture.
Regardless of men, women, old, or young, they all tried to stop "the other self" from chanting.