chsdbacks Chapter 276 Blood Buddha
Chapter 276 Blood Buddha
Before the "Blood Buddha" could speak, four figures clad in black bodysuits, wearing demon masks, wielding strangely shaped curved blades, and exuding a chilling aura like venomous snakes, suddenly sprang from the shadows beside him! They were clearly his personal guards or assassins. One of them shouted in broken Chinese, "Blasphemy against the Buddha! Deserves death! Kill!!"
Before the words were even finished, four dark figures, like ghosts, shot towards Wang Ye, Nie Lingfeng, and Chen Duo from four directions! Their speed far surpassed that of the previous monsters, leaving afterimages in the air! The curved blades in their hands gleamed with a ghostly blue light, clearly coated with potent poison. The blades sliced through the air with a piercing shriek, aiming straight for vital organs!
"Tsk, resorting to violence when you can't win an argument, no class." Wang Ye sighed, seemingly disdainful of the "blood Buddha's" subordinate's sore loser behavior. But he didn't stop moving. Facing the four deadly blades coming at him, he didn't even move his feet. He simply placed his hands in front of his chest, casually forming a few hand seals like a butterfly flitting among flowers, and uttered a low shout:
"Qimen Dunjia - Four Symbols Sealing!"
"Buzz!"
Centered on him, the illusory Qimen formation on the ground, originally manifested to maintain the "harmony of the four plates," suddenly contracted and solidified! The illusory figures of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise in the four directions flashed by! Immediately afterward, the four black-clad assassins who had lunged into the air froze in unison! It was as if they had crashed into an invisible, intangible, yet incredibly resilient spatial grid! Their speed plummeted, their sword flashes slowed, and even their forms began to distort and blur, as if frozen in different time flows or spatial layers! Although they weren't completely imprisoned (these four were clearly quite powerful), their movements and attacks were greatly restricted and disrupted!
"Old Nie! Little Chen Duo! Play with them!" Wang Ye shouted without turning his head, then put his hands back in his pockets and swayed as he walked towards Wu Dengsheng, the "Blood Buddha" whose face had darkened, below the altar! He completely ignored the four temporarily trapped assassins and naturally dumped the task of "clearing out the underlings" on Nie Lingfeng and Chen Duo!
"You're really good at being a hands-off manager!" Nie Lingfeng retorted irritably, but his hands didn't slow down. Almost the instant Wang Ye spoke, he had already taken a step forward, blocking Chen Duo's path. At the same time, his right hand, fingers pointing like a sword, slashed at the black-clad assassin on the left, who was slowed down by the "Four Symbols Seal" and was trying to break free!
"Qilin True Fire - Slay Evil!"
A crescent-shaped flame blade aura, condensed to its extreme and burning with dark golden flames at its edges, tore through the air. Carrying a purifying and sharp will, it struck the azure curved blade swung by the assassin with unparalleled precision, arriving first despite being delayed!
"clang--!!!"
A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out! The fiery blade energy collided with the poisoned curved blade, and dark golden Qilin True Fire instantly spread along the blade, frantically burning and purifying the poison and the attached chilling energy! The assassin groaned, feeling a scorching, domineering force, seemingly capable of incinerating everything, slam into his body through the weapon, causing half his body to go numb and burn! He was terrified and tried to retreat, but his movements were slowed by the "Four Symbols Sealing Technique"!
It's that half-beat!
Nie Lingfeng's figure appeared beside him like a ghost! With his left hand outstretched, dark golden flames condensed in his palm into a swirling vortex of fire, carrying terrifying suction and purifying power, and slammed into the chest of the assassin!
"puff!"
There was no earth-shattering roar. The instant the vortex of flames touched the assassin's body, the layer of cold, protective energy on his skin shattered like paper! Immediately afterward, dark golden flames penetrated his body and erupted violently within him! The assassin didn't even have time to utter a complete scream; his eyes were filled with disbelief and horror as his entire body glowed with a dark golden light from within. Then, like a paper doll being set ablaze, he rapidly carbonized, disintegrated, and turned to ashes in just a breath or two, leaving not a trace! Only a lingering char and a purified aura in the air proved that he had once existed.
Sold out instantly!
On the other side, Chen Duo faced a black-clad assassin who attacked from the right, his movements even more unpredictable, like an eel. This assassin seemed to sense Chen Duo's young age and relatively weak aura (at least that's what he thought), a cruel and contemptuous glint in his eyes. His curved blade traced a cunning arc, aiming straight for Chen Duo's fair and delicate neck! The blade flashed a dark blue light, carrying a chilling, metallic scent!
However, just as the blade was about to touch Chen Duo's skin—
Chen Duo moved.
She didn't dodge, didn't parry, and didn't even look at the incoming blade. She simply turned her head slightly, her emerald eyes calmly meeting the cruel gaze behind the assassin's mask. At the same time, she raised her right hand, extended her index finger, and gently tapped the assassin's face.
The movements were very light and slow, as if swatting a pesky fly.
"puff."
A tiny speck of fire, the size of a grain of rice yet dazzlingly concentrated, a deep golden-red, seemingly containing the dual mysteries of life and destruction, flew silently from her fingertips and precisely landed on the forehead of the assassin's mask.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
The assassin's forward charge abruptly froze! The cruelty and contempt in his eyes were instantly replaced by boundless fear and bewilderment! He could feel an extremely warm yet pure power, capable of burning away all filth and evil, surging wildly into his brain from the point between his brows and spreading throughout his entire body!
There was no pain. Only a sensation like ice and snow being exposed to sunlight, rapidly melting and vaporizing.
The next moment, under the watchful eyes of two other assassins who had just broken free from the "Four Symbols Seal" and were about to pounce, and the suddenly contracted pupils of the "Blood Buddha" beneath the altar—
The assassin struck by Chen Duo's fingertip flame, along with his demon mask, the ghostly blue scimitar in his hand, and his clothing, silently emitted a warm, golden-red light starting from the point between his brows! The light rapidly spread, enveloping his entire body! Then, in less than a second, he vanished completely, cleanly, into the air, like an erased pencil mark or a morning dew dissipating in the sunlight! There was no sound, no explosion, no ashes, only a faint, calming warmth remaining in the air.
Another instant kill! And even more bizarre and silent!
The remaining two black-clad assassins abruptly stopped in their tracks, as if they had seen a ghost (despite their own ghostly attire). They stared in utter horror at Chen Duo, then at their companion, burned to ashes by Nie Lingfeng, and then at the spot where their companion, whom Chen Duo had "clicked" away, had just stood. Their blood seemed to freeze! What kind of monster girl was this?! She could kill someone in the blink of an eye?!
Nie Lingfeng glanced at Chen Duo with some surprise. He knew that Chen Duo's Phoenix True Fire could suppress filth, but he hadn't expected it to be so domineering and so...purifying on a clearly trained and powerful human assassin. It seemed that the Phoenix True Fire purified not only the filth at the energy level, but also had a natural restraining and eradicating effect on the malicious, murderous, and depraved essence of souls and lives!
"Well done, Duoduo!" Nie Lingfeng praised.
Chen Duo withdrew her finger, her face showing no pride, but rather a paleness, and her breathing became more rapid. That "point kill" just now, seemingly effortless, had actually consumed a great deal of her mental energy and her ultimate control over the flames. But hearing Nie Lingfeng's praise, she still managed a forced smile and nodded.
At this moment, Wang had already strolled to within ten meters of "Blood Buddha" Wu Dengsheng. He stopped, put his hands in his pockets, raised his droopy eyelids, looked at "Blood Buddha" whose face was so gloomy it seemed like it was about to drip water, and lazily spoke:
"Hey, you mean that 'Blood Buddha' guy? Look, your underlings aren't doing so well, two of them were gone in one go. Want to talk?"
"Want to talk?" Wu Dengsheng, the "Blood Buddha," spoke in a hoarse, icy voice. His golden and silver demonic eyes were fixed on Wang Ye, the golden and black light within them swirling faster and faster, revealing his inner rage and... a hint of solemnity. "What do you want to talk about? How did you die?"
"Hey, why are you always fighting and killing? It's so nice to chat." Wang Ye waved his hand, giving him a "you're so boring" look. "I just want to ask, what's the point of all this mess you've built, mining, raising monsters, and making these black-flame-emitting skeletons? Just so people will call you 'Buddha'? Your 'Buddha' title is utterly pathetic with this level of subordinates!"
"And another thing," Wang Ye pointed to the wailing faces on the altar behind him, then to the surrounding monsters that were eyeing him menacingly but were now hesitant due to the instant kill, "you call these 'citizens of the Buddhist Kingdom'? Your Buddhist Kingdom has pretty low entry requirements, huh? Anything that's neither human nor ghost can get in? Your 'Buddha,' is it some knock-off from some evil god wholesale market?"
"Shut up!!" The "Blood Buddha," finally unable to contain himself, roared in fury! His scarlet robe billowed and rustled even without wind! The skull prayer beads around his neck clinked together with a sickeningly loud sound, as if countless vengeful spirits were screaming within them! His face, half compassionate and half ferocious, was completely twisted in extreme rage, making him look even more terrifying!