parentshiftbook Chapter 384 True Buddha? False Buddha? Filled with Blood Beads
Chapter 384 True Buddha? False Buddha? Filled with Blood Beads
Chapter 384 True Buddha? False Buddha? Filled with Blood Beads
The terror of having one's lifespan taken away is like a cold, venomous snake, coiling around everyone's heart.
Li Qinghan in the Outer Realm and Su Manniang in the Dharma Aspect Realm were able to withstand the attack by relying on their profound foundation and life essence. Although they felt uncomfortable, it was not enough to damage their fundamental nature.
However, for Luo Qingyang, who was only at the Enlightenment Realm and had not yet truly entered the realm of transcendence, this was undoubtedly a fatal blow.
He could clearly feel his youthful vitality rapidly slipping away.
In that short moment, he seemed to have aged several years.
This is an unbearable loss for a martial artist whose lifespan is less than a hundred years. It is enough to tarnish his path and may even cut off his future!
Meanwhile, Li Xijun, the only one unaffected by the situation, was experiencing a completely different feeling.
He not only confirmed that he was completely immune to this strange lifespan plundering, but also clearly sensed that deep in his sea of consciousness, the dark red blood bead obtained from the Pantheon was trembling violently at an unprecedented frequency, emitting an almost greedy desire, as if a hungry traveler had seen a delicacy, and that instinctive impulse was almost bursting out of his body!
"This blood bead and this strange infant—do they have such a strong desire? They seem to have some similarities and origins?" Li Xijun's mind raced, and he became increasingly curious about the origin and power of the mysterious blood bead.
But the crisis was imminent, leaving him no time for detailed investigation.
"kill!"
A cold glint flashed in Li Xijun's eyes, and he no longer hesitated.
Just as the blood-red infant opened its mouth to suckle again, he moved.
Without using any spiritual power, relying solely on the terrifying physical strength of his body, which contained the meaning of immortality after being fed back by the Golden Core, he took a step forward, and the "ground" beneath his feet exploded with a bang. His figure seemed to teleport, tearing through the air and creating a piercing sonic boom, instantly appearing in front of the strange infant.
Simple and direct, just one punch!
The fist's force was condensed and solid, carrying the immense power to shake mountains, and slammed fiercely towards the infant's seemingly fragile head. A trace of violence and cunning, completely inconsistent with its appearance, flashed in the pure black eyes of the blood-red infant. It neither dodged nor avoided, but a small hand with a metallic dark red luster lightly met it, its five fingers slightly spread, and subtle spatial ripples rippled from its fingertips!
"boom!!!"
The clash of fists and palms produced not the sound of flesh colliding, but a dull, deafening roar like two divine iron mountains colliding.
A violent shockwave erupted from the two of them, instantly shattering the surrounding decaying remnants of spiritual herbs into dust!
Li Xijun swayed slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
His punch was enough to kill a Grandmaster of the Earthly Ranking, yet it was easily caught by this seemingly weak infant.
The power contained within that tiny hand was terrifying, far exceeding the limits that its form could withstand!
Behind them, Su Manniang, Li Qinghan, and Luo Qingyang watched with their hearts pounding.
"This monster's strength—definitely surpasses that of a Grandmaster of Dharma Aspects, at least possessing the physical body of a Grandmaster. With the spiritual energy suppressed here, unless a Grandmaster specializing in body or soul refinement arrives in person, there's no way to deal with it in a short time!" Su Manniang's voice was solemn.
If they don't deal with this monster quickly, they'll have their lifespans drained!
However, the next second, seeing that physical strength was not enough to quickly defeat him, Li Xijun's eyes turned cold, and he no longer held back.
"Buzz—!"
A vast, pure Yang divine thought, seemingly capable of illuminating all the heavens and myriad realms and redeeming all evil spirits, surged into the sky from the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows!
In an instant, the entire dilapidated core area of the medicinal garden seemed to be stripped away from reality.
A hazy and sacred phantom of a luminous pure land descended, enveloping Li Xijun and the blood-red infant within it.
Within the Pure Land, countless chants faintly echoed, and mandala patterns bloomed from the void. Countless rays of pure, immeasurable Buddha light, imbued with the true meaning of compassion and wisdom, fell like golden jewels, weaving together to form an indestructible, all-encompassing Mandala Garbhadhatu Great Barrier of Light, separating the inside from the outside!
This is precisely the suppressive supernatural power that Li Xijun developed by combining his understanding of Buddhist principles with his mental state of being in the second stage of the tribulation of lightning, which is close to pure yang.
"Buddha?!"
The blood-red infant uttered a sound for the first time the instant it was enveloped in the Buddha's light. The sound was sharp and piercing, filled with unbelievable fear.
Its pure black eyes clearly reflected the holy light of Buddha, as if it had encountered its natural nemesis.
It struggled frantically, its body erupting with a dense, blood-red evil light, attempting to corrupt and break through the Buddha's light barrier. However, the boundless light, like the scorching sun, melted away the ice and snow, suppressing its evil aura layer by layer!
With a thought, Li Xijun caused the barrier to contract, and boundless Buddhist light, like countless golden chains, coiled upwards, attempting to completely seal the strange infant.
Just as the infant was completely enveloped by the Buddha's light and transformed into a violently struggling golden sphere of light, it seemed to sense the pure and incomparable Buddha's intent in Li Xijun's mind, and its struggle paused slightly.
A flicker of surprise crossed its pure black eyes, then the eerie whisper returned, carrying an indescribable sense of relief: "So it was the real Buddha, not—"
Before the words had even finished, the infant seemed to have touched some unspeakable taboo, and its core consciousness was suddenly struck by an invisible and intangible, yet terrifyingly powerful, curse.
"puff----"
Like a candle flame extinguished by a gale, the glimmer of light in its eyes instantly dimmed and dissipated.
The golden sphere of light, which had been struggling violently, suddenly became lifeless, and the strange and powerful consciousness within it completely vanished without a trace.
Li Xijun's pupils contracted slightly, and a chill ran through her heart.
"You can't see it, you can't speak it, you can't think about it—" He instantly thought of the forbidden knowledge of a high-ranking being in the Great Sheng world.
Could it be that this infant, after being sealed by his Buddhist light barrier, unintentionally "recalled" or "touched" some indescribable existence in his consciousness after confirming some kind of "truth," thus attracting an erasure that transcends time and space?
This method is beyond reason and chilling.
As the infant's consciousness completely vanished, the enormous ancient tree that supported heaven and earth seemed to have lost its core, emitting a silent lament. Its massive form collapsed and dissipated rapidly like a sand tower, turning into specks of pure spiritual light that dissipated.
The eerie oppressive force that had enveloped the herb garden also vanished.
Su Manniang, Li Qinghan, and Luo Qingyang immediately felt a sense of lightness throughout their bodies. Their stagnant spiritual energy resumed its flow, and they couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, feeling as if they had survived a calamity.
However, when their gaze fell upon the medicinal garden again, they couldn't help but pause, their faces showing disappointment.
With the disappearance of the ancient tree and the dismantling of the barrier, the beautiful scene that was originally maintained by some kind of illusion or "domain" power was completely shattered.
What came into view was a truly dilapidated garden.
More than half of the "spiritual herbs" had withered and decayed, turning into ashes. Only a small area remained, with a few scattered plants still radiating precious light and exuding a strong medicinal aroma.
Although any one of these surviving plants would be a top-tier spiritual herb that would cause a sensation in the outside world, it is undoubtedly a world of difference compared to the previous scene of treasures everywhere, like a fairy nursery.
"It seems that most of the beautiful things we saw before were illusions created by that strange thing using the remaining immortal foundations in this place, or products distorted after being corrupted by its power."
Li Xijun calmly broke the silence, "You three can divide the remaining spiritual herbs among yourselves; I won't participate."
His gaze swept over the three men, finally settling on Luo Qingyang, whose face was still somewhat pale: "Especially Daoist Luo, you suffered considerable losses this time, so you should receive a larger share to make up for it."
Upon hearing this, Li Qinghan and Su Manniang both nodded.
The lifespan they lost was nothing to them, and these elixirs were enough to compensate for, or even far exceed, their value.
On the contrary, Luo Qingyang, who lost several years of his lifespan for no reason, does indeed need compensation.
Seeing that Li Xijun's attention seemed to be completely focused on the sealed, now unconscious orb of light, the three wisely stopped disturbing her and immediately began to carefully harvest the truly priceless spiritual herbs.
After the three left, Li Xijun carefully examined the light sphere sealed by the Light Mandala Garland Barrier again. After confirming that there was only a "shell" inside with abundant energy but no consciousness, he no longer hesitated.
With a thought, the "body" enveloped in Buddhist light was directly transferred into his own inner universe.
Almost the instant it entered the inner universe, the dark red blood bead that had been eagerly awaiting suddenly unleashed a tremendous suction force from the depths of its sea of consciousness.
Like a whale sucking in water, the "shell" containing all the primal power of the strange infant was devoured by the blood bead without any resistance, quickly merging into it—
The light within the blood bead visibly increased, and in just a few breaths, the bead, which originally required at least a dozen Vajra Realm mythical creature blood cores to fill, was instantly filled with the blood-red light, and for the first time, it shone with boundless brilliance in Li Xijun's sea of consciousness.