1176: Chapter 350: Opening Heaven Four-fold_2 1176: Chapter 350: Opening Heaven Four-fold_2 If he manages to coalesce completely, his combat power would probably be just below that of his avatars of Greed, Anger, and Ignorance.
Su He is no match!
Moreover, this bald donkey is adapting to the Power of Time!
How can he be allowed to have his way!
Su He leaps forward, striking down with a palm.
The Free Bodhisattva utters a Buddha’s name, and a lotus blooms before him, blocking attacks from all directions.
Being an old adversary of Su He, to confront him is not about intercepting his attacks.
Su He’s magic skills, each imbued with the Power of Time, are integrated into his instinct so fundamentally that they cannot be blocked at all.
Only by establishing defenses in advance and guarding in all directions can one be effective.
With a palm from Su He, it seems as if the Power of Time within the entire Pure White Space is mobilized, following suit with his strike.
The lotus before the Free Bodhisattva instantly covers with cracks.
Not shattered outright, but rather it crumbles naturally, like decaying rock.
The countenance of the Free Bodhisattva shifts subtly.
This place is adverse!
Who knows where this is?
With the River of Time present, he who has never mastered the Power of Time is already exerting all effort just to exist here, how could he counterattack?
It is a pity it is not his flesh body that entered, for if it were, it might withstand the onslaught of time.
The Free Bodhisattva looks at Su He.
Just now, hiding upon Su He’s person untouched by time, this fellow must have stepped out of the boundaries of time, fearing not the Power of Time!
“Amitabha Buddha, I implore Daoist friend to lend another helping hand to this poor monk.”
As the Free Bodhisattva speaks, he dispels the lotus protecting his body, and as Su He’s palm comes crashing down, before receding, he rushes forward.
The protective lotus transforms into a Buddha light charging at Su He.
Su He feels a flicker in his consciousness, pulled forcibly out of his body, and upon opening his eyes, finds himself within Spirit Mountain.
“Amitabha Buddha!
Every time we invite the benefactor into Spirit Mountain, it is no small feat.”
Last time it took a stratagem, this time his divine seal Golden Lotus protecting his Divine God Soul was shattered once.
But the outcome is still favorable.
Spirit Mountain unfolds, two lotus platforms hover, one bears the Free Bodhisattva, while on the other, Su He appears.
The Free Bodhisattva wears a smile, joining hands in prayer, chanting the Buddha’s name.
Indeed, Spirit Mountain is effective.
He is in a state that is half Divine God Soul and half Consciousness Body; once Spirit Mountain unfolds, he is completely within Spirit Mountain, not plagued by time.
But at this moment, Spirit Mountain is opened by him together with Su He.
While Su He’s true body remains in the River of Time, and though the erosion of the Power of Time is blocked by Spirit Mountain, his adaptation to the Power of Time is continuously rising.
The Free Bodhisattva raises his head to look at Su He.
Here, there are no helpers like Feng Si and Cloud Illumination, I wonder, with what will Benefactor Su contest against him?
“Amitabha Buddha!
The Buddha says all lands in the world are Buddha’s domains!”
As soon as the Free Bodhisattva appears, he attacks without the slightest hesitation.
With a Buddha’s name the ground beneath Su He’s lotus platform churns instantly, trying to topple and cast him out.
Outside the lotus platform, a sea of magma rages.
The scorching heat rushes at him, capable of burning to ashes even the Divine God Soul of Heaven Seven-fold with its ferocity.
The demonic air is overwhelmingly brutal.
Su He stamps down with his feet, his aura is like a rainbow, he looks up, and with a deep voice declares, “Concede!”
The roiling earth returns to calm, Spirit Mountain reverts to its primal form, numerous Boundary Stones emerge, between the front and back, Boundary Stones of both Big Ease and old monk stretch out for thousands of miles, sandwiching in between is the tiny space that is Su He’s Boundary Stone.
But having Boundary Stones is still having them!
Su He’s lotus platform squarely rests atop his own Boundary Stone.
“Amitabha Buddha, the benefactor learns quickly!” The Big Ease laughs, standing up, and as the lotus platform beneath him disappears, he walks barefoot between Boundary Stones.
With each step, a Boundary Stone rises, turning into a lotus flying towards Su He, each one precisely landing on Su He’s Boundary Stone.
“Does the benefactor know?
Neither my master’s disciple nor I have ever overcome one another on Spirit Mountain, so what of it?”
He walks step by step, and in a moment hundreds of lotuses fall one after the other, suppressing Su He’s Boundary Stone.
“Because the Buddhist Disciples, on proving their Bodhisattva path, can claim ten thousand Boundary Stones, I have ten thousand, the master’s disciple has ten thousand, none can do anything to the other.” His gaze rests on Su He: “But the benefactor only has a hundred, and this time the master’s disciple cannot save you!”
They have come in from the River of Time, but the master’s disciple does not possess the means to break in.
With each step of the Big Ease, Su He senses his connection with each Boundary Stone being sealed off.
The Boundary Stones are still his, but he cannot summon the power of Spirit Mountain.
The territory is still his, but he is like an emperor with all power stripped away.
Su He’s expression grows stern; he cannot concede and leave Spirit Mountain on his own initiative.
“If the benefactor is not fond of debating the Dharma and prefers magical combat, then this poor monk shall let the benefactor witness the wrathful Vajra.” As the Big Ease speaks, his hand reaches into the void and with a grasp, a Demon-Subduing Pestle appears from above the Nine Heavens, descending like a pillar holding up the sky.
Atop its chanting sounds like a stern rebuke, seemingly scolding demons.
And Su He is that demon.
In an instant, it feels as if heavens collapse and earth sinks, the majestic pressure makes Su He’s breathing hasten, and with a roar, he strikes upward with a palm.
The Mountain Divine God Seal whirls, soaring towards the sky and crashes loudly against the Demon-Subduing Pestle.
Like two great mountains colliding, unleashing boundless residual fury in all directions, after the impact, the Mountain Divine God Seal shatters, the Demon-Subduing Pestle still descending.
Su He gasps for breath, series of palms strike, each more ferocious than the last, five Mountain Divine God Seals howl skyward.
One after the other they crash into the Demon-Subduing Pestle, the impact sounds merge into one, then silence, leaving only the sight of collisions in the sky without a sound to be heard.
Above the sky, pale white fills the void, the violent collision erases everything, leaving behind only a dazzling white at the point of impact, then all goes quiet as if nothing had ever happened, known only to the two parties involved what had just transpired.
Su He watches the Big Ease, the Big Ease squints back at him, still making a flower-picking gesture.
Both harbor different thoughts.
Deep inside, Su He grows ever heavier, indeed his senses weren’t wrong – this Divine God Soul of the Big Ease possesses power only second to the three poisonous incarnations of Greed, Anger, and Ignorance.