CHAPTER 740: CHAPTER 322: HOLY BUDDHA CHESSBOARD

"The incense fire level of this Mo Ya Monk seems to be much higher than that of an ordinary nine sticks of incense."

Zhou Xuan felt a little uneasy in his heart again.

The Boat Monk had not completed the "Promotion Ceremony" for the nine sticks of incense, and he was entangled by Guan Niang and Lord Jian, blessed by the Water Domain, unable to escape.

As for the Treasure Tree Heavenly King, seeing his combat strength was genuinely like a real nine sticks of incense. Even under the interference of King Xishan, the Music Master, the Painter, and the lament of the Ancient Altar, he still held the upper hand,

Such combat strength was already terrifying,

And the Mo Ya Monk,

In one bout, he consecutively defeated Lord Jiu and Yuan Buyu, and after entering the Flower Sea alone, just by moving a piece on the chessboard, he brought the small world within the Flower Sea into the fifth state of ’Eternity’ in time,

It was as easy as turning over his hand to kill Zhou Lingyi, Yuan Buyu, and Lord Jiu.

"This Mo Ya Monk is probably already at the Heavenly Dome God-level combat strength."

Zhou Xuan thought so.

"Jing Country’s Nine Mansions, Luojiang Town Buddha."

Peng Sheng guided the sinking state in the Mountain and River Map.

The nine mansions slowly emerged from the map, as if the sky was collapsing, and the ground presented cracks, the "Eternal" time in the Flower Sea World was undone.

Zhou Lingyi, Yuan Buyu, and Lord Jiu regained their freedom.

"Lord Jiu." Zhou Lingyi hurriedly went to support Lord Jiu with a large hole shattered in his chest.

"Paper Banner, Paper Banner."

Lord Jiu looked around blankly, then saw the Paper Banner not far away, and with a beckon, it stood before him. The banner unfurled, showering down the souls of Evil Ghosts, repairing his body.

"This Mo Ya Monk is too strange, even Gong Zheng in the sky wouldn’t be his match." Yuan Buyu gripped the folded fan tightly, waiting for the next opportunity to strike,

Even though he knew if he struck again, he might end up like Lord Jiu, with his body shattered, and whether he could survive would depend on luck...

In just a few moments, the nine mansions had sunk by two or three zhang, even the branches of the Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree were pressed to crack by the overwhelming momentum, yet Mo Ya Monk remained unmoved.

He looked up, sighed, and said, "This Mountain and River Map was comprehended by Zhou Xuan, covering the mountains and rivers of Jing Country’s nine mansions, with twenty-three God-level powers. The full name of the map is Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Suppressing Buddha."

"Today, the Buddha has already arrived, let me see if it can suppress."

Saying this, Mo Ya Monk spoke towards the depths of the Flower Sea to Zhou Xuan: "Mr. Zhou, today I am eager to have a hand-talk with you, but you have too many helpers, though none can withstand substantial challenges, they are like sand by the riverside, getting into the shoes, making it rather uncomfortable for me to walk smoothly,

Be that as it may, I’ve still left your chessboard for you, but first, I’ll cross hands with this Mountain and River Map to ease the doubt in my heart."

Mo Ya Monk immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, brushed his robe over the chessboard, and, holding thirty-three chess pieces, gazed at the chess game, stroking the long whiskers on his neck, saying,

"After the Buddha Country opened the heavens and the earth, wind, water, fire, earth all presented evil forms. Wind sliced like blades, slashing the bodies of the people until they were shattered; the water was foul and murky, and drinking too much turned the people into neither-human-nor-ghost deformed monsters; fire was hidden beneath the rocks, baking the earth and mountains scorchingly; in the earth, evil spirits lay hidden, ready to devour at any misstep."

"Vajra ’Mi Dragon’, Bodhisattva ’Hundred Treasures Land’, asked King Mijiaxun: World Honored One, wind, water, fire, earth are all evil, causing suffering to the people, how to resolve this."

"King Mijiaxun said: I shall establish the four heavenly layers, the first layer, the Wind Mi Dragon Heaven, shackles the Wind God, the second layer, the Hundred Treasures Water Heaven, imprisons those turned monstrous by drinking water, the third layer, the Purgatory King Heaven, constrains the evil fire, the fourth layer, the Ancient Rakshasa Heaven, harbors and breeds all evil spirits of the earth in this realm..."

Each time Mo Ya Monk spoke of a heavenly layer, he set a piece on the chessboard,

After placing four consecutive pieces,

The world full of raging winds, the world of foul murky water, the world of roaring flames, the world teeming with monsters, layered upon each other.

The flood surged, striking the sinking nine mansions of Jing Country,

The fire blazed like a dragon, intertwining with the flying sands and rocks, colliding with the sinking momentum of the nine mansions. When the fire ceased and the dust settled, the many evil spirits mixed within followed along the city walls and mountains of the nine mansions, to slay the twenty-three God-levels within,

But clearly, these evil spirits were not enough to slay the gods, after waves of shrill cries, the blood, and bones of the Rakshasa demons filled the nine mansions of Jing Country,

These blood, bones, corpses, souls still decomposed upon the surface of the nine mansions, penetrating deep into the earth beneath, polluting the momentum of the nine mansions.

Yet just the four heavenly layers effectively curbed the sinking trend of the nine mansions of Jing Country, Zhou Xuan could see clearly—Mo Ya Monk’s prowess did not far surpass the other nine sticks of incense; his reliance was on his Chessboard Magical Artifact.

"This chessboard is most likely from King Mijiaxun of the Buddha Country—the Holy Buddha Chessboard," Zhou Xuan said to himself.

"King Mijiaxun, after establishing the wind, water, earth, and fire four heavenly layers, Yunmo Bodhisattva asked: World Honored One, after the four heavenly layers, the people’s suffering has waned much, yet they indulge in pleasure and do not think of the Buddhist Law, how should this be handled..."

Mo Ya Monk then added four more chess pieces to the chessboard...