The thousand-year-old female ghost suddenly had another bright idea. Now that the Golden Immortals’ attention was drawn by Shui Miao, this was the best moment for her to attempt a counterattack or escape.
Although she was severely injured and powerless to resist, she still had a very powerful countermeasure.
That was to let Chi Buddha self-destruct his Dharma body.
Chi Buddha was a Buddha infant reborn, a puppet captured by the female ghost through special magic, and he had also cultivated a self-destruction technique.
When necessary, at the command of the female ghost, Chi Buddha would self-destruct without hesitation, undoubtedly severely injuring the Golden Immortals.
However, Shui Miao was still outside.
Shui Miao’s soul was rapidly evolving and strengthening due to the consumption of immortal pills. Unfortunately, his soul contained not even a trace of Soul Devouring Power.
Shui Miao wanted to help the thousand-year-old female ghost.
As for that previous memory, whether true or false, Shui Miao did not want to betray his conscience.
Even if it was false, Shui Miao had accepted it.
As thoughts raced through his mind, Shui Miao suddenly said, “I also know a formation that can deal with the thousand-year-old bronze coffin!”
“You know formations?”
Bai Yu, the white-robed Golden Immortal, felt a stirring in his heart.
“Impossible. How can someone so young know anything about formations?”
“No way.”
“We don’t believe it either!”
The other Golden Immortals shook their heads, while the fiery monkey Golden Immortal said, “You say you know formations? Then show us!”
“Fine, but I need your cooperation.”
Shui Miao looked at everyone, not bothering to ask for their consent. He directly started inquiring about the elemental powers each of them specialized in. After clarifying, he arranged them around the thousand-year-old bronze coffin, asking them to activate their immortal energy so he could guide and control the formation.
Shui Miao intended to channel immortal energy using the Five Elements generation formation to help the thousand-year-old female ghost recover from her injuries.
The Golden Immortals paid no heed to the severely injured female ghost, only eager to see what Shui Miao would do with his formation.
Of course, in the eyes of these Golden Immortals, Shui Miao was merely a child, someone they could kill with a single finger.
“Begin!”
Standing not far from the thousand-year-old bronze coffin, Shui Miao asked the Golden Immortals to channel their immortal energy for him to direct.
The Golden Immortals exchanged glances and each released a stream of immortal energy.
Seeing the Golden Immortals so casually dismissive, Shui Miao suddenly realized his miscalculation.
“Oh no!”
“I treated them like those ghost generals. Ghost generals have low cultivation and use full power when they act. But these are all Golden Immortals, who only need to use a tiny bit of their energy. If they discover what I’m doing to help the thousand-year-old female ghost, I’m definitely dead! What should I do now?”
Shui Miao suddenly froze.
Inside the thousand-year-old bronze coffin, the female ghost sensed Shui Miao’s every move and suddenly guessed his intentions!
“Could it be… he wants to help me?”
“He doesn’t know much about Feng Shui formations. The only thing he can manage is some basic energy manipulation. He must be trying to use the Golden Immortals’ energy to heal my injuries, but he’s aware of the enormous risk involved, which is why he hesitated!”
“He really is as loyal and righteous as his father!”
“No, I can’t let him take this risk for me!”
The female ghost’s mind raced, deeply moved by Shui Miao.
She had not yet decided to sacrifice Chi Buddha, but now, for Shui Miao, she was definitely willing to go all out.
At the same time, Shui Miao had also made up his mind.
Suddenly, Shui Miao channeled the immortal energy, using the Five Elements generation method to direct it toward the thousand-year-old bronze coffin.
“What are you doing?”
Bai Yu immediately stopped channeling his energy.
The other Golden Immortals also halted.
But Shui Miao still managed to channel a stream of energy, directly injecting it into the coffin.
At this moment, the coffin was being burned by the Triple True Flames.
Suddenly, the coffin violently shook, its lid flew open, and a suction force instantly pulled Shui Miao inside. Immediately after, the lid closed again.
The Golden Immortals watched as Chi Buddha suddenly stood up, laughing maniacally, his body rapidly expanding, “Hahahahaha…”
“What is he doing?”
“Has he gone mad?”
“No good! He seems to be preparing to self-destruct his Buddha infant body!”
“What! A Buddha infant body is even more precious than an immortal body. How could he possibly be willing to destroy it?”
The Golden Immortals panicked, shocked beyond belief, for immortals still had immortal souls after death, which could be reborn. Self-destruction meant losing everything—only a fool would do it.
“My lady, I return my life to you. Hahaha…”
“Boom!”
Chi Buddha’s Buddha infant body suddenly exploded. The golden violent and malevolent Qi from the explosion wildly attacked the Golden Immortals’ immortal bodies. This terrifying malevolence left the Golden Immortals powerless to resist. The immortal energy within their bodies became turbulent and chaotic. Bai Yu, already weakened from expending his energy, could no longer suppress the chaos. “Boom!” His immortal body exploded.
“Ahh…”
The black-robed Golden Immortal, Yintianhou, screamed and exploded as well.
One after another, the self-destructions intensified the chaos inside the cave, making the malevolent Qi even denser.
The other Golden Immortals could only desperately rely on their magical treasures to survive.
The violent, malevolent Qi even extinguished the Triple True Flames burning on the thousand-year-old bronze coffin.
Inside the coffin, Shui Miao saw a woman dressed in bright red robes, her head covered with a red cloth, lying inside. She seemed dead, yet she looked more like a sleeping person than a corpse. Her attire resembled that of a bride-to-be, and judging from her figure and the softness of her hands, she appeared to be around eighteen or nineteen years old.
Beside him, the thousand-year-old female ghost, having absorbed some immortal energy, suddenly opened her eyes and urgently asked Shui Miao, “Why did you do that? Aren’t you afraid they’ll capture you and use you as a medicinal ingredient for refining pills?”
“I just want to keep my conscience clear.”
Shui Miao shook his head, though he felt some regret inside. His sacrifice this time was too great. These Golden Immortals were supposed to help cultivate him, yet he had sided with a female ghost who had been using and confusing him all along. He truly didn’t know if it was worth it.
“Good! For saying that, from now on, I will treat you as my own child.”
The thousand-year-old female ghost, having regained some strength from the immortal energy, flipped her hand and produced a pitch-black mirror. She took Shui Miao and flew out of the thousand-year-old bronze coffin. Before the remaining Golden Immortals could react, she immediately used the black mirror to capture the severely injured Golden Immortal Jin Taian, who wielded twin golden hammers, and Xiong Gang, who carried a world-splitting axe.
As she tried to capture the fiery monkey, the fiery monkey threw his Xuanhuo Qiankun Gourd at the female ghost, releasing a torrent of Triple True Flames. By the time the female ghost subdued the gourd, the fiery monkey had already fled.
“Shui Miao, this place is no longer safe. More experts from the Yuxu Sect will arrive soon. We must go to the Realm of Rakshasa for refuge now.”
With a wave of her hand, the thousand-year-old female ghost retrieved the thousand-year-old bronze coffin. She grabbed Shui Miao’s arm and immediately employed ghostly teleportation techniques, vanishing in an instant and reappearing before the gates of the underworld…
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