CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 117: BUDDHA TURNS INTO A DEMON

"Not worthy of being a high monk! Shameless and formidable!"

Lu Ren listened completely speechless.

This guy is completely a rolling stone, utterly impossible to reason with. If the skeleton wasn’t worried about this Great Demon, it would have probably decided to perish along with this secret realm.

Strictly speaking, he still had to rely on the opponent to measure the secret realm’s exit coordinates, thus unleashing Qi instantaneously with the Lamp Burning Freedom Technique.

To put it simply, in his current inability to control his own magnetic field, it meant guiding the body with the mind, thereby causing the magnetic field to rapidly explode, affecting the coordinate magnetic fields to create an entry and exit portal.

Yes, with Lu Ren’s current understanding, he could only think of this solution, but what reaction occurred through the small connection between this tiny magnetic field and the secret realm’s magnetic field that created a space tunnel for escape, he was unsure.

A headache.

Everything about it was still far from reach. Given he hadn’t even achieved Great Perfection in Phoenix Falcon Fist yet, contemplating these matters was too unsettling. Right now, he needed to elevate his body and mind to the peak state, achieve Great Perfection in Phoenix Falcon Fist, then break the shackles and reach the Realm of Awakened.

With determination set in heart, there was no hesitation.

Lu Ren took a slow step forward, various hormones in his body rapidly surged, his muscles suddenly inflated, his arms turned blood-red, his body hair stood on end, and under the Lamp Burning Freedom Technique, his eyes seemed to produce faint arcs of electricity in the void, shining splendidly.

Like a mighty bird of prey soaring the Nine Skies, eyeing its target.

The momentum felt as if someone was gripping his neck with a hand, making it difficult to breathe.

As Lu Ren approached Tie Feng, Tie Feng seemed greatly stimulated. His body fluids contracted fiercely, constricting his body, then continuously merged within.

His muscular frame expanded continuously, his body and height began to grow beyond human limits.

Finally, towering nearly three meters tall, muscles like iron blocks stacked, Tie Feng’s back sprouted bone spurs, elbows and knees had sharp bones breaking through the skin, fearsomely protruding.

By now, countless filamentous cell fluids had completely retreated into Tie Feng’s body, and the corpse suspended by chains seemed to undergo endless ages, completely weathered.

Everything usable within the corpse seemed to have entered Tie Feng’s body.

The eyes now completely black had a faint glimmer at last, as ’Tie Feng’ focused his gaze at Lu Ren beside the Golden Skeleton.

Yes, although the eyes were pitch black, Lu Ren felt the gaze assessing him then shifting past to look at the Golden Skeleton beside him.

Tie Feng muttered a few sounds, and soon the voice became clear.

"Long time no see, Ksitigarbha!"

Ksitigarbha?!

Lu Ren looked shocked at the skeleton beside him, was this the one who vowed not to become a Buddha until Hell was empty?!

I don’t believe it!

The skeleton spoke solemnly, "I am no longer Ksitigarbha, now just a skeleton, Subodhi, turning back is the shore."

Subodhi?!

Lu Ren was stunned, a little disbelief on his face.

Knowing who Subodhi was, an existing figure among Sakyamuni’s ten great disciples in ancient times, Subodhi in the mythical novel Journey to the West was the prototype for the Bodhi Taoist who Monkey Sun apprenticed to.

Subodhi was once Sakyamuni’s favored disciple, the true intent of Buddhism at the time was to guide people to find inner peace and great wisdom, greatly emphasizing spiritual cultivation.

Sakyamuni’s dialogue with Subodhi also appears in the Diamond Sutra.

Diamond Sutra Chapter 26: "Subodhi! What do you think? Can the Tathagata be observed by the Thirty-Two Marks?" Subodhi said, "Yes! Yes! Observed by the Thirty-Two Marks."

Buddha said, "Subodhi! If observed by the Thirty-Two Marks, then the Wheel-Turning King is the Tathagata."

Subodhi replied, "World Honored One! As I interpret the Buddhist teachings, one should not observe the Tathagata by Thirty-Two Marks."

At that time, the World Honored One recited: "If one sees me by color, seeks me by sound, that person walks a wrong path, cannot see the Tathagata."

The so-called Tathagata is the manifestation of oneself’s realm, and not really the Tathagata Buddha, from this, one can see Subodhi’s deep Buddhist Dharma and vast cultivation, definitely not inferior to Ksitigarbha.

But now, the skeleton beside Lu Ren is called Ksitigarbha by Subodhi, while Subodhi is called Great Demon by Ksitigarbha.

This strong sense of mythical figures entering reality made Lu Ren’s heart quite restless.

Ksitigarbha’s hollow eyes glanced at Lu Ren.

"I know you are very surprised now, but that’s the way it is. Specifics I can’t explain to you now. If we can get out, I’ll elaborate. What you need to do now is stop him, the Lamp of Freedom Observation can grant you the power to confront him. He is still synchronizing with the body, his Qi is very chaotic, there’s an opportunity!"

He resolutely said, "At critical moments, I will assist you!"

Lu Ren knew time couldn’t be wasted, if continuing to bicker with Ksitigarbha, Subodhi might grow stronger by the moment.

And when Subodhi heard Ksitigarbha’s words, he let out a strange laugh.

"Turning back is the shore? I am already ashore, Ksitigarbha, where are you?"

Buddha becomes demon!

The words flashed through Lu Ren’s mind, and his halted steps moved forward, his fist unleashing without hesitation, at least Subodhi’s current form allowed him to strike.

In that instant, under Subodhi’s monstrous body, bumps the size of broad beans continuously emerged on the skin, and the fist as large as a millstone dropped like an iron hammer toward the charging Lu Ren.

Buzz!

As the fist fell like an iron hammer, even the air seemed to emit a faint cracking sound.

Lu Ren’s expression remained unchanged, yet his eyes were bright. Although the attack was powerful, it was somewhat disappointing, not matching the fierce large body.

The opponent’s power wasn’t as frightening as its body size suggested.

Wanting to test the opponent’s strength, Lu Ren didn’t dodge in the slightest. Relying on the towering figure, with extremely long reach under this strike, caused Lu Ren’s outstretched fist to retract, all offensive force completely receding, as he raised his arms overhead into an Overlord Carrying the Cauldron pose.

Thud!

A muffled sound burst forth, even the air slammed into vague white gas, Lu Ren now had his muscles engorged and inflated. In this ton of force slam, his eyes trembled fiercely, to reduce force, his waist and hips lowered in horse stance compressed to the limit like a spring.

Bang!

Immediately, the stepped ground shattered into countless spider web cracks expanding outward, the ground underneath sunk with rocks even shaking upwards from impact.