Looking ahead, there he is; yet suddenly he appears behind – this phrase best describes the attacks of “Nine-Turns Flying Eagle” Tuogesi. His movements are like a ghostly flicker, his figure still visible in front, yet the blade has already slashed from behind Tuoya, making it impossible to grasp, causing panic and confusion.
Fortunately, Tuoya deeply understands Tuogesi’s nature and prowess and is adept in arcane techniques. She reacted promptly, her brow splitting open to reveal a vertical eye, golden and sacred, emitting countless rays of light entwining around her body, as if a deity descended from heaven.
When the saber stroke landed, the golden rays silently parted. The cut appeared smooth but was actually twisted and dimly dark, as if separated by a void shift, without provoking any qi fluctuations, giving an impression of cutting through anything effortlessly. This is the “Void Divine Saber” that Tuogesi wields to dominate the grasslands!
Behind him emerged an almost transparent dharma form, with eight arms and six legs resembling tentacles, plunging into the void, connecting to various places. His master domain was already open; within his mind, the area spanning dozens of miles transformed into countless small points, each capable of overlapping with himself instantly, making him omnipresent and unstoppable.
As the leader of the Golden-Tent Warriors capable of disregarding the peak of external manifestation, Tuogesi wouldn’t be so arrogant without true abilities.
He often feels resentful; if not for his reputation being suppressed by the leader and limited only to the grasslands, he wouldn’t have remained unknown on the ranking list. Surely, he would have entered the top sixty!
Through void shifting, Tuoya’s golden rays proved utterly ineffective, and the saber was already touching her back.
At this critical moment, she remained calm and composed. Suddenly, the image of a goddess appeared behind her—her face round as the full moon, her skin like jade, her golden eyes gleaming, adorned with a pearl necklace, and crowned with an ornate canopy. In her hands, she held a jade Ruyi, wreathed in a golden aura and countless shimmering particles of wish-fulfilling light. The Ruyi was positioned precisely in front of the “Void Divine Saber.”
The Void Divine Saber flashed and seemingly shifted, appearing in front of Tuoya, only a foot away from her face. Her hair strands began to sever, yet the severed strands did not fall, floating eerily in midair, as if in another world.
Tuoya had always heard of the terrifying reputation of “Nine-Turns Flying Eagle,” but never imagined he could be this terrifying. Suddenly, she screamed and exhaled an arrow of breath.
The arrow neither hit the Void Divine Saber nor reached Tuoges. Yet, at such close range, the saber curved widely, sweeping past Tuoya’s head and missing its mark.
As you wish, as you wish—yet not as one wills!
The Dharma image of the Ruyi Celestial Mother behind Tuoya raised the jade Ruyi. Particles of cyan, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet light scattered across the area. Countless “Sacred Mountain Flowers,” common on the grasslands and white as snow, bloomed on the ground, swaying like waves. A sense of fulfillment and unfulfillment permeated heaven and earth.
Though Tuogesi’s shifting remained unhindered and his Void Divine Saber remained elusive, striking Tuoya into disarray, there was always a slight miss—never achieving true fulfillment. He even narrowly avoided being struck in the waist by Tuoya’s Ruyi.
“Hmph!” Tuogesi’s inner fury intensified. Suddenly, he lightly swung his saber, but before his arm could fully extend, his hand gripping the saber and the weapon itself vanished, his face paling.
Amidst the golden light radiating from the vertical eye, within the ebb and flow of fortune and misfortune, the tip of a blade suddenly appeared at Tuoya’s neck—the hand gripping the saber trembled yet remained unyielding.
All defenses, all mystical protections, were cast aside!
This time, the distance was less than half an inch. The blade light erupted, no longer entangled by any feelings of “discontent.”
Silently, the upper part of Tuoya’s neck and body shifted, as if moved aside.
Pah! Tuoya’s head suddenly shattered, transforming into wish-fulfilling light particles. A white, snow-like flower bloomed at her neck’s severed end, gradually unfolding, emitting pure light, and growing an identical head, dignified yet fearful.
Without the protection of the Celestial Mother and the timely intervention of wish-fulfilling energy in a critical moment, she would have perished. No wonder “Nine-Turns Flying Eagle” always believed he could claim the position of the Golden-Tent Warriors’ leader.
Tuogesi withdrew his saber and immediately shifted, reappearing elsewhere to evade retaliation. For him, such a strike required preparation, and he couldn’t deliver a second one temporarily. However, his years of combat experience told him that Tuoya could use similar life-substitute techniques at most twice more. Killing her was only a matter of time.
Wanting to escape? When it comes to void shifting and escape techniques, could she possibly surpass him?
On the other side, high in the sky, the heavens had become clear and hazy, with a sense of chaos yet also purity. White lotuses descended from the sky, each blooming to reveal the exquisite and sacred figure of Gu Xiaosang. They simultaneously pointed a finger, their fingers like jade, radiant and flowing.
“Red dust is like a prison, all beings suffer, samsara never ceases, worries and perils never end. Pity our world, a deity descends, Mother of Non-Birth, the Pure Land of Emptiness!”
As soon as this sky filled with “pointing fingers,” a flicker of surprise crossed the Six Desires True Buddha’s chubby face, as if hearing Gu Xiaosang’s thoughts and reacting in advance. He stepped forward with his right foot, revealing red and white lotuses beneath, instantly flashing out of the fingers’ direction—this was the Divine Foot Passage, reaching all three realms.
With Mind Reading ability always active, he preemptively evaded unless the opponent’s intent preceded their action.
Then he saw the Evil Heaven Demon was half a beat late, the surrounding void becoming viscous, as if sinking into mud, making flight and escape difficult, like an insect trapped in amber or a homesick son, helplessly watching countless fingers point toward him.
The Great Luo Holy Maiden indeed had entered the Master realm, her promotion speed no slower than that of the famous Su Meng! The Six Desires True Buddha trembled, revealing behind him a golden Buddha dharma image, fierce-faced, naked, with a beautiful celestial girl sitting around his waist, draped in a thin gauze, her alluring body half-hidden, enticingly moving, seemingly a real Dakini rather than a dharma image. The area was instantly covered in pink light, ambiguous and hazy, pairs of male and female figures emerging, demonstrating various postures, explaining the wonders of yin-yang union and the interpretation of sexual emptiness.
Those trapped within found their desires hard to calm, their minds impure, fighting more passionately, their desire burning hotter, their strength declining.
The Six Desires True Buddha raised his right hand, delivering a palm strike, the golden Buddha dharma image doing the same. The two palms overlapped, transforming into a giant golden hand, fingers wriggling like fish, omnipenetrating, instantly piercing through layers of white lotuses and illusions, reaching a certain point in the void.
The hand paused, and Gu Xiaosang’s figure emerged, retreating a step. With this single step, she became distant and ethereal, as if existing in another world. No matter how the Six Desires True Buddha’s palm strike penetrated, it couldn’t bridge the vast stellar distance to approach Gu Xiaosang’s body.
At the same time, Gu Xiaosang flicked her layered silk sleeves, causing countless mysterious wriggles to appear in the void. The Evil Heaven Demon, who had just broken free from the Vacuum Land of Emptiness and the Motherless Finger due to the interruption by the Six Desires True Buddha, changed expression slightly. He flipped his palm forward, grabbing outwards, darkness emerging.
The airflow was eroded, the primordial energy absorbed, and from the void, nearly transparent ribbons were sucked out, like thousands of threads or myriad nets.
The ribbons suddenly merged, transforming into a twisted long sword, thrusting toward the Evil Heaven Demon’s palm.
Puh!
The sword reverted into ribbons, and the Evil Heaven Demon flew backward, crashing into the combat zone where Tuoya and Tuogesi were fighting.
The Ruyi Celestial Mother behind Tuo Ya suddenly hurled her wish-granting Ruyi toward the still-recovering Evil Heaven Demon. In such a battle scenario, assisting the Great Luo Holy Maiden was tantamount to aiding themselves.
For some unknown reason, Tuogesi’s heart softened—perhaps he thought of preserving more combat strength to accomplish the mission. Suddenly, he appeared before the Evil Heaven Demon and severed the Ruyi staff with a single slash.
Suddenly, Tuogesi felt a pain in his back. His mind reflected the pale yet indifferent face of the Evil Heaven Demon, his eyes aged and emotionless, yet his right hand had already inserted a black small banner into Tuogesi’s back, countless evil thoughts coursing through, defiling the body and corrupting the soul!
He was in cahoots with the witch Tuoya!
Damn traitor, spy!
Tuogesi wasn’t flustered. His figure darkened, preparing to shift to a distant place, as this wasn’t a fatal wound.
At that moment, he felt the surrounding void suddenly solidify, no longer allowing free passage. His pupils constricted as he saw Gu Xiaosang, smiling ambiguously. Her white dress was pure, her smile charming, her right hand’s five fingers wriggling, performing a strange mudra.
Where was the Six Desires True Buddha? Why didn’t he stop Gu Xiaosang?
A surge of fear thoughts erupted in his mind, and then Tuogesi saw the longed-for Six Desires True Buddha appearing before him, his right hand overlapping with the Buddha’s palm, golden light flowing, striking toward himself!
They were all in cahoots! Tuogesi activated his life-saving artifact, but it was useless because once again, it didn’t go as he wished!
At this moment, the Evil Heaven Demon had already retreated, leaving only the Six Desires True Buddha’s palm strike before Tuogesi. His figure flickered, transforming into countless illusions, making it hard to grasp and strike the real one.
However, he discovered the Evil Heaven Demon gently shaking the black small banner, countless demon shadows appearing within Tuogesi’s soul, causing his figure to hesitate. His ultimate technique exposed a flaw, and the Six Desires True Buddha’s omnipenetrating palm precisely struck his forehead.
Phew, his head remained intact, yet his soul was scattered. Tuogesi faintly heard the Six Desires True Buddha chanting “Amitabha,” smiling as he said: “Lay devotee Tuogesi, without my Mind Reading ability to connect, how could Lay Devotee Gu perfectly conceal the danger when Lay Devotee Evil Heaven awakened the undead, and how could Lay Devotee Tuoya timely block Evil Desire’s escape?”
“But, our main target was you.”
“You must die, or we cannot pursue that secret in peace.”
Damn it! Tuogesi’s remaining thoughts turned suddenly, and he abruptly surged up, his long saber fiercely slashing out, first disappearing, then abruptly appearing before the Six Desires True Buddha’s forehead.
The Six Desires True Buddha didn’t expect Tuogesi’s will to be so strong, barely managing to slightly turn his head.
Pah, one of his ears fell to the ground, the sound coming after the blood gushed out.
The Six Desires True Buddha felt a lingering fear, nearly losing control of his mind, having almost fallen here. He flicked his sleeve, turning Tuogesi, who died with his eyes wide open, into pulp, falling silent.
Tuoya secretly cast a spell nearby, murmuring: “Within a day, Tuogesi’s soul lamp won’t extinguish.”
“Very well. Now that only the four of us remain, it’s better not to fight amongst ourselves. If only one or two survive, should we go capture Saranguowa or go to our deaths?” The Evil Heaven Demon nodded slightly.
The Six Desires True Buddha was about to agree, but upon seeing Gu Xiaosang’s peerless beauty and Tuoya’s charming figure, a sudden heat surged in his lingering fear and apprehension, giving rise to lustful thoughts.
Even if we obtain the secret, what use would it be for the Temple of Joy? Without even half a step to the Dharma Body, it’s like controlling G’eldan, the Earth Immortal, sheer fantasy! But if we obtain the Great Luo Holy Maiden and the Celestial Mother Shaman, indulging in unrestrained cultivation, wouldn’t I have the hope of reaching half a step to the Dharma Body?
Although this would violate the command of my senior uncle, man acts for himself or heaven will destroy him!
He steadied his thoughts, perceiving the Evil Heaven Demon’s intentions, and realized that the demon had a clear grasp of his own strength. Not daring to act recklessly, the demon merely hoped that the other three would destroy each other, leaving him with the upper hand.
Heh, a useful pawn. The Six Desires True Buddha smiled toward him, seeing the Evil Heaven Demon looking back. His hair was tied with a wooden hairpin, mature and aged, his face pale, a faint smile curling his lips, as if happy about his previous successful plot.
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