CHAPTER 572: CHAPTER 556: THE POWER OF THE DEMI IMMORTAL_1

"Damn Oriental Pipif!"

Inside the ’Endless Cliff’, Soul Bone, who was mobilizing powerful experts to defend against the Buddhist School’s invasion, discovered the Nine Layers of the Saint’s Court joining the battle. He flew into a thundering rage, his hair bristling and his killing intent boundless.

At the same time, he felt immense pressure. The Buddhist School had poured out in full force, and with the addition of the armies from the Nine Layers of the Saint’s Court, the Eternal Temple’s experts were stretched thin.

The most critical point was that after ten Venerable Elders were tied down, the Eternal Temple no longer had any experts at the Supreme Emperor Realm.

Meanwhile, the Buddhist School still had Buddha Wufa, who possessed cultivation at the Supreme Emperor Realm.

"Activate the Formation barrier! Defend!" Soul Bone commanded in a deep voice, taking a deep breath to calm himself.

BOOM!

The universe trembled slightly.

Hundreds of pitch-black beams of light burst forth from the ’Endless Cliff’, piercing the azure sky like heaven-supporting pillars. Rhymes in Dao spread out, forming a gigantic barrier.

This barrier covered an area of a hundred thousand miles.

An unparalleled force erupted, filling every inch of the Void, compelling all things to submit, compelling heaven and earth to submit, compelling the three thousand laws to submit...

It seemed as if this hundred-thousand-mile area had transformed into a private God Realm!

The Eternal Temple was the protector of this God Realm!

"PFFT!"

"What oppressive might!"

Within this area, many weaker Buddhist School disciples and martial artists from the Nine Layers of the Saint’s Court turned pale, blood spurting from them like fountains.

Even experts with high cultivation levels wore solemn expressions, feeling as if they were trapped in a mire or carrying a thousand mountains on their backs; their breathing grew heavy, and a sense of suffocation crept in.

"What kind of power is this?" Buddha Wufa was greatly shocked, his heart filled with astonishment. The boundless, omnipresent pressure filling the Void made even him feel immense strain.

It was as if he were contending with heaven and earth! It was as if he were making an enemy of the world itself!

"Form the Ten Thousand Buddhas Grand Formation!" Buddha Wufa roared, his body shimmering with golden light, resembling a golden Buddha.

"Amitabha!"

5,000,000 Bodhisattvas, 9,000,000 Arhats, 10,000,000 ascetic monks, and 30,000,000 Buddhas simultaneously chanted sacred names, boundless Buddha light radiating outwards to form an infinite Buddha Sea.

Within the Buddha Sea, space-time constantly shifted, and myriad dharmas merged into Buddhahood, forming a Buddha Land so vast and limitless that no end could be seen.

One by one, Buddha apparitions emerged, treading upon Buddhist lotuses, suspended in the firmament. Their hands were clasped as they recited Buddhist sutras, their faces filled with compassionate smiles for all beings. Divinity radiated from them.

"A decent Formation!" Soul Bone remarked, a brow raised. "Regrettably, it still falls a little short."

He swung his right hand, and immeasurable black qi gathered, condensing into a black dragon tens of thousands of zhang long. Its eyes were crimson, and it was wreathed in the Power of the Dao as it lunged towards the Buddha Land, shattering all in its path.

This strike was like an entire God Realm toppling over, annihilating the universe.

"Benefactor, lay down your butcher’s blade!" Buddha Wufa said, his smile fading as he slowly raised his right hand.

Inside the Buddha Land, countless Buddha apparitions simultaneously raised their right hands. An immense and boundless Buddha light permeated the air, carrying infinite power as it fiercely struck downwards.

The Law of Buddha manifested across the sky!

The nine heavens trembled, and the Void completely ruptured, revealing a colossal palm print engraved with countless Buddhist sutras, each character a world unto itself.

This strike seemed like countless worlds crashing down, intent on suppression.

RUMBLE!

The heavens and earth shook, and the Void was completely annihilated!

Countless shockwaves of destruction spread out, obscuring the hundred-thousand-mile region and annihilating absolutely everything.

Mountain peaks exploded! Ancient trees were uprooted and pulverized! Countless living beings were caught in the devastation, dying innocently in despair!

"How terrifying!"

On the Primordial Continent, countless experts turned deathly pale, cold sweat drenching their bodies as their very souls trembled. The tragic deaths of innumerable beings left a profound impact on them.

When an expert rages, blood dyes the land for myriad miles! And beings without strength are like ants, ruthlessly obliterated!

"The Power of the Dao?"

Within the Imperial Capital, Gui Guzi’s eyes, initially shining brightly, suddenly constricted when he saw the barrier outside the Eternal Temple.

"Hmph, what a ’magnanimous and selfless’ Dao," Qin Wudao said coldly, his hands clasped behind his back.

The Dao, entirely nurtured by the world, possesses no emotions or consciousness. It is supreme, detached from all things, and does not manifest miracles in the mortal realm.

However, now, the supreme Dao that maintains the world’s operation had become the private property of the Eternal Temple.

The disciples of the Eternal Temple possessed the Power of the Dao to enhance their strength, bringing disaster to entire regions!

Even the Eternal Temple’s Formation was composed of the Power of the Dao!

Despicable!

"Die, in the name of this humble monk!" Surrounded by demonic light and entwined by both Buddhist and demonic laws, Buddha Wisdom Absolute’s usual compassion vanished. His face filled with killing intent as he swung his staff down with all his might.

He intended to kill the ten Venerable Elders! These ten ants had delayed him for far too long!

"Resist with all your might! If necessary, burn your blood essence!"

"No matter what, no matter the cost, we must protect the Master until his breakthrough!"

The First Venerable Elder, coughing up blood, declared, his tone firm yet laced with grim resolve. A mass of blood-colored flames ignited behind him; he was prepared to perish with the enemy.

RUMBLE!

Before the staff could fall, a searing white pillar of light shot towards the sky from within the Endless Cliff. It carried a power that transcended everything on the Primordial Continent, cleansing heaven and earth.

The hundred-thousand-mile barrier shattered! The Buddha Land shattered! Buddha Wisdom Absolute was sent flying! The Buddhist School disciples and the experts of the Nine Layers of the Saint’s Court were all sent flying!

The entire world seemed as if only this single beam of white light remained!

"No—!" Buddha Wisdom Absolute shrieked mournfully. His thousand-zhang golden body was shattered. Gazing at the heaven-rending, earth-shattering pillar of light, he felt a wave of helplessness and despair.

The power of Immortal Dao Laws! Someone has broken through to the Demi Immortal Realm!

He was a step too late. Perhaps if I had mobilized the troops earlier, if I had breached the ’Endless Cliff’ sooner, I could have prevented the Eternal Temple’s expert from breaking through to the Demi Immortal Realm.

"HAHA!"

"The Master has broken through!"

Countless disciples of the Eternal Temple erupted into a frenzy, kneeling neatly on the ground, their faces alight with worship. The god in their hearts had broken through!

"You dare attack the Eternal Temple? Such audacity!" a dignified voice echoed.

As the voice faded, dark clouds gathered above the nine heavens. Countless lightning bolts descended, striking towards the Buddhist School disciples and the various experts of the Nine Layers of the Saint’s Court.

With each falling bolt, thousands, even tens of thousands, were turned to ash! Within the lightning, a faint aura of heavenly tribulation power could be detected.

"Damn it, stop—!" Watching his disciples fall in droves, Buddha Wisdom Absolute roared in grief, his heart consumed by self-reproach. His eyes reddened, and two streams of bloody tears flowed down his face.

In the Second Era, he had caused his Master’s demise! And now, because of his command, tens of millions of disciples had perished tragically!

At that moment, a bolt of black lightning shot towards Buddha Wisdom Absolute, suffused with a dense power of death that threatened to obliterate everything.

"Not good!" Buddha Wufa cried out. His body blazed with raging flames as he flew towards the space above Buddha Wisdom Absolute’s head, just in time to be struck by the black lightning.

"Go... Go quickly!" he uttered with difficulty, head lowered. His hands clasped together, and a relieved smile touched his lips. Then, his body abruptly exploded, dissolving into countless motes of light that filled the sky.

In his view, perhaps death was simply transforming into a beam of Buddha’s light to follow the Buddha.

"Wufa..." Buddha Wisdom Absolute was overcome with grief. He took one last, deep look at the ’Endless Cliff’ before flying off into the distance.

At that moment, his hatred for the Eternal Temple surpassed all previous bounds! He had to survive. Then, he would exact his revenge!