Chapter 192: The Death of the Evil Monk
Between heaven and earth, dark clouds had somehow gathered overhead.
The battle between Jiang Cheng and Monk Miao Si had lasted for half an hour, and the mountain forest within a ten-li radius had long been reduced to scorched earth.
Jiang Cheng's white robes were soaked in blood, a deep, bone-visible wound on his right arm was gushing blood. Opposite him, Monk Miao Si still maintained his solemn appearance, though with a few more scorch marks on his kasaya.
"Amitabha." Miao Si put his hands together, a golden Buddha light appearing behind his head, "Benefactor Jiang, you are already exhausted, why persist in this futile resistance?"
Jiang Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood, grinning: "Bald donkey, you think you've won for sure?"
His right hand formed a seal, golden flames once again burning around his body, "Great Day Burning Heaven—Golden Crow Spreads Its Wings!"
The Golden Crow's Dharma Form, enough to blot out the sky, reappeared, its scorching flames twisting the air as they burned.
However, Miao Si merely sighed softly, his face suddenly showing the composure of one who had everything under control. A pitch-black swastika seal appeared in his palm: "Stubbornly unenlightened."
"Great Wheel Vidyaraja Seal!"
The black Buddha seal swelled against the wind, instantly transforming into a hundred-zhang giant palm that struck down.
The Golden Crow's Dharma Form let out a mournful cry, actually being forcibly dispersed! The residual blast sent Jiang Cheng crashing into the ground, smashing out a ten-zhang-deep pit.
"Cough cough..." Jiang Cheng struggled to his feet, his internal organs burning with pain.
He clearly felt that the other's cultivation had reached the peak of the Longevity Realm, while he, with his half-step peak cultivation, was indeed finding it somewhat strenuous to contend.
Miao Si stepped through the air, a black lotus blooming with each step he took: "Did you think that with half-step Longevity, you could contend with this poor monk?"
He suddenly shouted, "Today I shall let you witness the true divine powers of Buddhism!"
"Great Compassion Thousand-Leaf Hand!"
Countless Buddha hands poured down like a rainstorm, each palm containing the power to split mountains and crack stones. Jiang Cheng hastily formed seals: "Golden Crow Body Protection!"
The flame barrier had just formed when it was shattered, and he was once again sent flying a hundred zhang, collapsing half a mountain slope.
Blood oozed from his seven orifices, and Jiang Cheng felt his consciousness begin to blur.
"Hahaha!" Monk Miao Si laughed wildly, his golden-red kasaya rustling in the wind.
He looked down condescendingly at Jiang Cheng, who was kneeling on one knee, his eyes flashing with a morbid excitement, "Benefactor, this poor monk told you long ago, half-step Longevity is still just half-step!"
Jiang Cheng panted heavily, blood continuously overflowing from the corners of his mouth.
He tried to stand, but staggered and fell to his knees again.
Seeing this, Monk Miao Si laughed even more wildly. He meticulously straightened his kasaya: "Look at your current state, where is the slightest bit of the grace of an immortal sect disciple?"
Jiang Cheng glared at him fiercely, asking with difficulty: "Who exactly are you? Why are you here bewitching people's hearts, committing such an act of treason and impiety?"
"Still curious even when death is upon you?" Monk Miao Si suddenly lowered his voice, a ferocious smile appearing on his face, "Then this poor monk will today be merciful and let you die with understanding."
Jiang Cheng lowered his head, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
Monk Miao Si said smugly, "I am a reception envoy of the Upper Realm's Heavenly Sound Gate, come here of course to receive the Buddha Son of my Heavenly Cloud Sect."
"Buddha Son?" Jiang Cheng still kept his head down, hiding his eyes in the shadow.
"That's right! But for you natives of the lower realm, it is impossible to comprehend the greatness of the Buddha Son. However, seeing as you are so handsome, this poor monk is reluctant to kill you so quickly. We might as well discuss some Buddhist Dharma together..." As he spoke, he actually stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.
Jiang Cheng's fists clenched with a cracking sound, but on the surface, he still maintained the appearance of being exhausted.
"What? Not convinced?" Monk Miao Si suddenly leaned close to Jiang Cheng's ear, breathing out, "My Buddha has the Vajra's Wrathful Gaze, and naturally also the Bliss of Ultimate Joy. You will soon be able to experience it."
He paced to face Jiang Cheng, beginning to unhurriedly untie the kasaya on his body—
Jiang Cheng suddenly laughed.
"So that's how it is. The person who escaped just now is the Buddha Son you spoke of?" Jiang Cheng slowly stood up, patting the dust from his body.
Monk Miao Si's expression changed drastically, his hands, which were untying his kasaya, frozen in mid-air: "You...!"
Jiang Cheng stretched lazily, his body suddenly erupting with dazzling golden light.
"How about this, since you've told me such an important secret, I'll tell you one too."
He took a step forward, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth frantically gathered:
"I could have broken through to the Longevity Realm long ago. The reason I've been suppressing it..."
"Is because I know, the deeper the accumulation, the further one can walk on the path after the Longevity Realm!"
Monk Miao Si was horrified to discover that Jiang Cheng's aura was climbing at a terrifying speed!
His expression changed drastically: "How can the Longevity Realm be broken through at will? This is impossible!"
He hurriedly formed seals, only to see Jiang Cheng already rising into the air.
"There's one more thing I forgot to tell you." Jiang Cheng grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth, "Let alone the Longevity Realm, before the Saint Realm, I... have no bottlenecks."
As his words fell, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth frantically gathered, forming a spiritual energy vortex of a thousand zhang in diameter above his head.
A pillar of light that pierced the heavens and earth descended from the sky, enveloping Jiang Cheng.
When the light dissipated, standing in the original place was a... killing god exuding the pressure of the Longevity Realm!
The pressure of the newly advanced Longevity Realm swept in all directions like a tsunami.
Jiang Cheng's white robes fluttered without wind, and every inch of his skin flowed with a light like molten lava.
He slowly raised his hand, a fire pearl of extreme brilliance condensing in his palm.
"Great Day Burning Heaven Art—" The fire pearl suddenly expanded, transforming into a true scorching sun, "Golden Crow Nirvana!"
The blinding light forced Miao Si to close his eyes.
When he opened them again, he saw a Golden Crow Dharma Form with a wingspan of a thousand zhang, every feather flowing with the rhythm of the Dao.
What was even more terrifying was that this Dharma Form actually carried the unique pressure of heaven and earth from the Longevity Realm! It was completely incomparable to the previous Great Day Burning Heaven Art!
"Go!"
The Golden Crow flapped its wings, even the space being burned with cracks. Miao Si hastily offered up his life-bound Buddhist treasure—a string of prayer beads refined from the skulls of one hundred and eight high monks.
The prayer beads transformed into a skull Buddha formation, but it turned to ash the instant it touched the Golden Crow.
"No!" Miao Si finally panicked, turning to flee.
But he saw Jiang Cheng already appearing before him, his right hand pointed like a sword, the point of white light on his fingertip too blinding to look at.
The sword light flashed past, and Miao Si's protective Buddha light shattered like paper.
He looked down in disbelief, seeing a bowl-sized hole in his chest, with golden flames still burning at the edges.
"You..." Miao Si's physical body began to disintegrate, "How could this be..."
Jiang Cheng sheathed his sword and stood, watching this evil Buddha turn to ash under the flames.
When the last speck of dust had scattered, the morning sun恰好 leaped over the horizon.
He reached out to catch a ray of the morning light, his gaze firm—
To tread the path to heaven once more through reincarnation, in this life, I shall surely reach the pinnacle of the nine heavens!
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