Chapter 173 The True Martial Statues Strike

The Biyou Palace cultivator, enraged, laughed, "What a cultivator! You're possessing a Zhenwu statue, playing tricks! I'll tear you down and expose your true form!"

He spun the Samadhi Fire Wheel in his hand, releasing a dense fire, but the Zhenwu statue moved, a layer of incense aura covering its entire body. It moved through the Samadhi flames unscathed, delivering another heavy punch!

"You son of a bitch, eat this punch from the Emperor!"

The Biyou Palace cultivator didn't expect the immortal artifact's fire to be ineffective. Struck again by the Zhenwu statue, he was truly furious. He tossed aside the fire wheel and retaliated with his own fists!

The pure Yang realm's sun form was vast, and he stirred up the wind and thunder between heaven and earth. The Zhenwu statue was shattered by the Biyou Palace cultivator's blows, exploding into fragments!

"Still dare to play tricks... still dare to hit me!"

The Biyou Palace cultivator spat. Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord), still clinging to life, couldn't resist mocking,

"You've already incurred divine and human wrath! Even the Zhenwu Emperor has manifested to teach you a lesson!"

The Biyou Palace cultivator scoffed, "Hmph! You're just deceiving yourself. It's just some unorthodox cultivator possessing a statue. Now I've destroyed it. Truly an ant trying to shake a tree!"

"What, is he your helper?"

"Besides, even if the real Zhenwu descended, so what? The Heavenly Will is supreme. I wonder how many Heavenly Wills this Zhenwu Emperor can contend with?"

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) was puzzled, "Heavenly Will... what are you talking about?"

Mortal cultivators didn't know about the realms beyond ascension, only that there were stronger and weaker among the Celestial Immortals.

The Biyou Palace cultivator had no intention of explaining it to Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord). He was already preparing the final blow!

Of course, he would be cautious with this strike. After all, his opponent still clutched an immortal artifact. If, in his dying moments, he struck without regard for the consequences, he would be in serious trouble if he was even slightly careless.

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) clearly intended to fight to the death.

"I will seize your immortal artifact. As for your Dao lineage, we will inherit it properly, and find another heterodox Dharma Lord to replace your position as the Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord)."

"Dingjia City will no longer exist independently after today. I believe the other Lower Maoshan Dharma Sects, after hearing about your actions, will be more cautious about the issue of betrayal!"

Just as he was about to strike, resolving the life-and-death struggle with Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord), another sound came from afar. He hurriedly turned his head to look!

Dingjia City, centered around the Black Fiend Dharma Altar, had nearly half of its buildings reduced to ashes. But from the distant ruins, a pile of divine statues actually jumped up! The Zhenwu statues enshrined in the other Black Fiend Dharma Sect altars all jumped up!

Then they flew before the Biyou Palace cultivator and rebuked him in unison,

"Bold madman, not only have you killed countless people, but you dare to destroy the Emperor's statue!"

"You are not of the righteous path, but belong to the demons of the world! You must be executed immediately!"

The sudden change startled the Biyou Palace cultivator. He gnashed his teeth,

"One wasn't enough, so a whole group came? I don't care what kind of magic you have! Keep playing tricks, and I'll keep destroying your statues!"

"I don't care if it's a cultivator causing trouble, or the real Zhenwu manifesting! Today, my Biyou Palace is the clear blue sky! I refuse to believe in your evil!"

He charged towards the group of Zhenwu statues, wielding the Samadhi Fire Wheel as a weapon, without raising the flames. Instead, he relied on the immortal artifact's inherent strength to fight the statues! The result was obvious. Although the ordinary statues of the mortal world were protected from being instantly incinerated by the Samadhi True Fire thanks to someone's incense power, they were instantly reduced to dust upon contact with the immortal artifact!

A whirlwind swept through heaven and earth, shattering all the Zhenwu statues, scattering them as dust. The Biyou Palace cultivator looked at the distant ruins, the Samadhi Fire Wheel spinning in his hand, releasing Samadhi True Fire.

Immortal fire burned everything, melting thousands of Dharmic forms. The ruins were all burned away, revealing some statues inside. The Biyou Palace cultivator manipulated the fire wheel, transforming it into a huge millstone, and crushed downwards!

All the divine statues were ground to ashes!

"Let's see how you can jump up and cause trouble now!"

[Samadhi Fire Wheel: Buddhist Artifact! Burn away all of the ten directions, eliminate the filth of all living beings!]

[Buddhist Artifact held by the Hevajra, possesses two powers, and can release three kinds of flames!]

[Two Powers: One is to subdue, the fire wheel spins and grows larger, transforming into a millstone to crush everything; the other is to subdue illusions, capable of subduing illusory ghosts and spirits within illusions, allowing it to touch their true form.]

[Three Flames: The lowest is Samadhi True Fire, only able to burn the tangible bodies of all things; above that is the Mani Fire, able to burn all heretical and defiled objects, transforming filthy lands into pure earth; the highest is the Fire of Wisdom, able to ignite wisdom, filling the void and burning away all mental afflictions, causing demons to return to righteousness, yin to give birth to yang, and good and evil to be reversed (cannot be used without the Buddha's true fruit).]

[Imperial Sky Scepter Banner: Immortal Artifact! The Imperial Elder opens, the four fortunes change spirits, refining and transmuting the three passes, transforming adornments!]

[Immortal Artifact held by the Primeval Emperor, possesses one creation, and four majestic spirits!]

[One Creation: Refines and renews, allowing the dead to regain form and spirit, attesting to the ranks of the divine path, and returning to the human realm.]

[Four Majestic Spirits: The lowest majestic spirit is to shake the primordial energy of heaven and earth, capable of unleashing heaven's annoyance, interrupting the opponent's magic power; the majestic spirit above that can unleash heaven's fury, dissipating the opponent's form; the majestic spirit above that is the light of red and white, capable of unleashing heaven's hatred, destroying Qi and harming spirits; the highest majestic spirit can unleash heaven's resentment, bringing down a calamitous tribulation.]

"That's enough. I know what I need to know. The Central Jade Book's molding technique is truly useful, allowing statues to move and exert a certain amount of divine power, but these statues are, after all, ordinary statues. It's impossible to restore the Zhenwu Emperor's original combat power from the texts."

The situation with the two immortal Buddhist artifacts was also now clear. This Biyou Palace cultivator's true name, as well as the spells he had mastered, were all completely understood by Ji Xiang.

"A side branch of the Shangqing, a pure Yang cultivator from Biyou Palace, who also cultivates Buddhist spells, albeit Arhat techniques? Is he trying to achieve Dao through dual cultivation of Immortality and Buddhism?"

"Divine position, Messenger of the Upper Command who controls thunder and wields axes... a general under the command of the Sixth Heaven Lord Emperor."

"Lord of Waning and Waxing Heavens, Hong Feng..."

"Cultivating the Shangqing Pure Florescence Five Thunder Dharma, the Mind-Seizing Transformation Refinement Grand Dharma, the Technique of Flying Light Illuminating Fire, the Technique of Azure White Dispelling Wind, the Shangqing Divine Scenery Dharma, Arhat Halo, Arhat Manifestation..."

"Supreme Buddhist Dharma - Heavenly Trap Liberation."

"Fortunately, his cultivation is not refined, and he mainly relies on the Shangqing School's spells. Except for that immortal-Buddhist level escape technique, the others are not difficult to deal with."

Ji Xiang, hidden in the Xuantian Coffin, used the Xuantian Coffin's mirroring technique to create forms and spirits for those Zhenwu statues, while the form and spirit of his mirrored body was constantly transferring between the various statues.

But now there was nowhere to transfer to, as the statues had all been destroyed.

While the enshrined immortals inside the coffin had not yet awakened, it was time to strike!

Ji Xiang rose from the coffin. His human body flew out from the Xuantian Coffin, followed by a bolt of lightning that slammed the coffin lid shut. Ji Xiang appeared, riding clouds and mist, flying into the city!

The Biyou Palace cultivator, having destroyed all the divine statues, retrieved the fire wheel and hurled it towards Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord)!

"Your helpers are not coming! Let me see your dying strike!"

He knew he couldn't delay any longer. Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) seemed to have reinforcements. Of course, Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) was also confused, not knowing who was saving him.

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord), facing the Buddhist artifact's attack, knew that he could not avoid it.

It was already the case, two people holding immortal Buddhist artifacts could cause great damage to the other, and his life was like a candle in the wind, even if he risked his life, and finally urged the immortal artifact, it would be difficult to kill the other party.

But other than urging the immortal artifact, he had no other choice.

This was the other party's coercion, he was in a desperate situation, there was no way!

"Imperial Sky Retribution!"

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) sacrificed his life, forcibly breaking through his limits. With his own realm and magic power, urging the second power of the immortal artifact was already a stretch. Now, forcibly using the third power, his life burned quickly, the color faded from his face. After this strike, whether the Biyou Palace cultivator lived or died, he would not survive!

Imperial Sky Scepter Banner, third majestic spirit, unleashing heaven's hatred, manifesting red and white divine light, destroying Qi and harming spirits!

"Well done!"

The Biyou Palace cultivator had been waiting for this strike!

After this strike, the other party was bound to die, and he didn't have to withstand this move head-on. At this time, he activated his magic, the Buddhist Dharma manifested, Heavenly Trap Liberation, the so-called Daoist school spoke of nothingness, the Buddhist school spoke of emptiness, empty and void, coming and going without a trace!

Demonic disasters bewilder with myriad of Dharmas, leading people into traps, harming their nature, fate, damaging their Qi and blood, vitality, wounding their souls and spirits, and ultimately going astray to become demonic children and grandchildren, and the six realms of sentient beings, those who live in the dust can hardly see the changes, let alone escape from them!

And the Heavenly Trap Liberation technique was a spell created to counter such demonic disasters!

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ's (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) life-sacrificing strike pierced through the heavens and the void, but did not harm the Biyou Palace cultivator. The red and white divine light deviated from its original target. The Biyou Palace cultivator clearly existed between heaven and earth, but the red and white divine light fell into emptiness, and then the heavens and earth were silent, and the destructive aura erupted in all directions, finally slowly dissipating into primordial energy.

"How is this possible!"

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) was extremely shocked. The other party was clearly right in front of him, but the immortal artifact seemed unable to see him, and even the attacks it launched could not touch him!

The Biyou Palace cultivator slowly opened his mouth, his voice as grand as the Buddhist Dharma sound: "So-called liberation, is to be thoroughly transparent yourself, what do you think is the reason why I, being in the pure Yang realm, am able to control immortal Buddhist artifacts?"

"I have learned a superior Buddhist Dharma, called Heavenly Trap Liberation. Within half a moment, I can attain great heavenly freedom, unrestrained, not moved by the realms of human cultivation, not fixed by the images of the human world."

"So the me you see is not me, but merely my illusory form. But my illusory form, in your eyes, is my true appearance. However, in the 'eyes' of inanimate objects like immortal artifacts, I am a part of the natural world. I both exist and do not exist, and all Dharmas cannot touch my true nature."

"However, the price is that I cannot have any intention to kill within this half moment. If I have the intention to kill, I will be re-influenced by desires and afflictions. When I look at you now, there is only compassion in my heart."

The Biyou Palace cultivator's primordial energy was being consumed extremely quickly, and this Buddhist Dharma was a great burden on his spirit.

Heavenly Trap Liberation, although it was a superior Buddhist Dharma, was only a "trial technique" for lower-realm cultivators to experience superior Buddhist Dharma, equivalent to an enlightenment trial card. Of course, its greatest use was to protect oneself when one was about to be harmed, allowing one to withdraw into the space between heaven and earth, return to the realm above, avoid calamity, and not be influenced by any tricks or illusions, but the Biyou Palace cultivator wanted to take away the immortal artifact, so of course he would not leave like this.

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) couldn't help but sigh.

"This is the difference in cultivation. People of the Dharma sects do not have great tomes of wondrous methods, fighting with small tomes against great tomes, fighting with inferior methods against superior methods, like ants trying to shake trees, birds striking the sky. Even if they are happy for a moment, the final result, for the most part, is still insects dying in the soil, and birds falling into the ocean."

His entire body began to shatter, the forced use of the immortal artifact had damaged his innate physical body and primordial spirit. The Biyou Palace cultivator mocked:

"Watching you slowly die, I also feel compassion."

He voluntarily withdrew from the state of heavenly liberation, and his mental pressure was released, causing a burst of blurred dizziness, but fortunately he had already obtained the immortal artifact, and was beaming with pride when suddenly, a smile appeared on the face of Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) who was being destroyed.

"Although I am dead, it may not be a bad thing."

"Have you heard of the Technique of Spirit Communication?"

Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ's (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) physical body and soul completely shattered, and the Biyou Palace cultivator frowned.

Technique of Spirit Communication?

What does he mean?

The Biyou Palace cultivator suddenly felt a chill in his heart at the eerie smile when Dàxiǎn Huáguāng Fǎzhǔ (Great Manifestation of Radiance Dharma Lord) had just died, but he still said,

"No matter what means you have, you are now completely destroyed in body and spirit, and can no longer be resurrected."

"I don't believe that a completely annihilated person can still jump up and have any influence on me. With your little ability, I'm afraid you can't do it."

But then, he was not given too much time to think.

Wind and thunder suddenly surged from the ground!

The Biyou Palace cultivator's eyes were blinded by the wind and sand. He cultivated divine light in his eyes and used his Dharma Eye to break through the illusions. He saw a young Taoist in black standing not far away, raising his palm at him. From those five fingers, lightning was released!

Thirty-six Transformations of the Heavenly罡 (Gang) , Mastering the Five Thunders!

The Grand Five Thunder Technique overturned the ground, and the Biyou Palace cultivator resisted with the Samadhi Fire Wheel, but the next moment, a void divine sword appeared on his forehead, instantly piercing through his head!

Ji Xiang struck from a distance, holding the Taixu Treasure Light. With an inch of divine light turning, the Biyou Palace cultivator was covered by the Taixu Treasure Light before he could react, and instantly turned into nothingness!

"You're right, a completely annihilated person cannot stand up and make any impact."

Ji Xiang commented on the Biyou Palace cultivator, indicating that you were right, now you can go and get your lunchbox!

The Taixu Treasure Light returned to his fingertip. Ji Xiang couldn't help but lament that it wasn't that the world was too small, but that the Heavenly Heart powerhouse closest to the human world was too close.

"But, I still can't figure out the relationship between Prince Lu and them. Why does Prince Lu have the Vajra seal of the Hevajra, yet also opposes the Hevajra?"

"Ambidextrous?"

Ji Xiang reached out and took away the immortal Buddhist artifacts, but the two immortal Buddhist artifacts each had special seals. When he got them, all the treasure light disappeared, and the divine objects concealed themselves. He had to break the seals to use their power.

Ji Xiang was very violent, and the Tongtian Bright Smoke on his body rushed out, stripping the form and spirit of the two immortal Buddhist artifacts in a short while, and even wiping out their abilities!

Finally, with two clanging sounds, what was thrown on the ground were only two pieces of scrap iron!