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Chapter 931 - 769: Crushing Decay (Vote for Monthly Ticket, Subscription Requested)

Chapter 931: Chapter 769: Crushing Decay (Vote for Monthly Ticket, Subscription Requested)

Within the Buddha Palace, after the Pure Arhat withdrew his Dharma Phase golden body, his face turned an iron blue as he gazed at the distant seven Yunzhong warships, as well as tens of thousands of ’Evil Spirits’ rapidly advancing from the ground.

"We can’t get in touch with the Bodhisattva." At this moment, deep within the palace, another five ’Arhats’ emerged.

One of them, a female, bore the Dharma name ’Colorless Arhat’. Her face was a blank slate, void of any features. She spoke with an icy tone, "Someone has used the Rule of Extreme Heaven to confound and conceal the Outer Void, preventing me from sending messages to the Bodhisattva or seeking help from Ling Mountain."

"It’s of no concern!"

Pure Arhat shook his head, "If the Bodhisattva senses danger, her True Spirit will naturally return from the mortal realm. We needn’t worry about her."

Just then, another thunderous roar resonated, and before the sound could arrive, several streaks of white light bombarded them.

These streaks, as swift as Liuguang, effortlessly tore through the palace’s enchantments.

The path of the white light was devastating, effortlessly destroying any form of solid matter in its wake, punching several massive holes in the grand palace of red tiles and white walls once again.

Pure Arhat’s face involuntarily twitched, his eyes brimming with an even colder rage and intent to kill, "Let’s first slay those Evil Spirits!"

He pointed toward the ground where the ’Black Gold Divine Armor’ clad Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were advancing, "Start by annihilating their infantry. Then we will join forces to deal with those floating warships."

"This armor looks like the ’Lengyin Armor’ from the third generation Heavenly Court, just made of a different material."

The one speaking was another Arhat from the ’Clean-Heart Pure World’ known as ’Nushi Arhat’. He ruled over all the Buddha soldiers in the Clean-Heart Pure World.

He spoke with disdain, "It’s not a big problem. My Clean-Heart Pure World’s twelve hundred thousand ’Ghost Gods’ and ’Protector Squad’, all clad in ’Buddha Armor’, are fully capable of exterminating these Evil Spirits."

The so-called ’Ghost Gods’ and ’Protector Squad’ referred to the Buddha soldiers of the Clean-Heart Pure World.

Beneath Avalokitesvara, there’s Lord Golden Peacock in command of the twenty-eight Ghost Gods squads, tasked with protecting the cultivators of The Law of Avalokitesvara.

Xinyuelian Bodhisattva’s foundation pales in comparison to Avalokitesvara, but still possesses a formidable force of twelve hundred thousand Buddha soldiers.

Pure Arhat, however, remained not entirely reassured. He clasped his hands together, "Bring along those faithful True Spirits as well. The stone and metal colossi they command can also inflict damage. The Bodhisattva has sustained them for hundreds of years, it’s time for them to exert their strength for the Bodhisattva."

Nushi Arhat felt it was somewhat unnecessary, but he still agreed, "It’s possible! But actually, there’s no need. In no more than two Shichen, I will have eliminated all these Evil Spirits—"

Yet at that moment, another thunderous explosion occurred.

Afterwards, the pure white Buddha Palace, like clean milk, was torn open by several more massive holes, spreading dust and debris through the air.

Pure Arhat realized that the enemy was clearly probing the palace’s enchantments, seeking the core of the barrier to ultimately destroy it in one fell swoop!

His complexion turned an even darker shade of green, "Hurry!"

Meanwhile, on Li Xuan’s flagship, The Xuanhuang.

Master Zhongliu watched the unfolding scene in utter astonishment, "These electromagnetic guns seem to have increased their power by many multiples compared to when they were in the mortal realm?"

—So strong that even Arhats of Great Heavenly Level can’t intercept them.

Li Xuan thought, of course, the power is greater here, where not only is the gravitational force smaller, but also the air is thinner outside the Buddha Palace, making the resistance against the projectiles almost negligible.

Speed equates to power, and these electromagnetic guns, originally capable of achieving one hundred fifty Mach, now had their speed increased by more than ten times to five hundred seventy kilometers per second, and consequently, their destructive power increased exponentially.

On the contrary, the cultivators themselves, in this environment, faced a significant reduction in combat prowess.

This was because the thinner atmosphere meant a significant decrease in spiritual power.

Although heavenly level cultivators could generate their own spiritual power, it wasn’t enough to compensate for the loss after the depletion of the natural spirit energy of heaven and earth.

This situation had its drawbacks and advantages. The thin air benefited the electromagnetic guns but was detrimental to firearms that relied on gunpowder.

Fortunately, in this world, there was the art of Taoism. One could temporarily collect enough oxygen needed for the explosives using the power of pre-made spirit runes.

And as long as these firearms and cannons could be used normally, their destructive capabilities were only greater than those in the mortal realm.

Li Xuan could already see the Buddha Army in the distance, hundreds of thousands clad in shiny golden ’Buddha Armor’, forming arrays in circles and squares, blocking their path.

And surrounding them were untold numbers of faithful spirits controlling metal and stone automatons, surging forward like a tide.

From a higher perspective, these faithful spirits seemed like a dense swarm of ants, the momentum overshadowing the skies.

"How foolish!"

General Tianxing, Lan Yu, snorted coldly and then fist-bumped Li Xuan, "Your Majesty, I request to command the army in battle."

Since the awakening of his consciousness, he had always wanted to command an all-gunpowder troop in battle, but unfortunately, there hadn’t been an opportunity.

Li Xuan, with a magnanimous wave of his sleeve, replied, "Go ahead! My only demand is that before Xinyuelian senses the danger and returns to this world, you must crush all of the Buddha Army."

General Tianxing, Lan Yu, responded with a proud look, "Your subject will absolutely meet Your Majesty’s expectations!"

He knew that the hundred thousand Buddha soldiers and the millions of faithful spirits were also the source of Xinyuelian Bodhisattva’s power.

But in Lan Yu’s view, these so-called Buddha soldiers were as trivial as chickens made of clay, while those faithful spirits were mere ants.

Subsequently, his figure flashed, and he headed directly to the ground.

Meanwhile, Li Xuan focused all his attention on the Buddha Palace across him, fully engaged in calculating the central hub of the opposing barrier.

Though Li Xuan was not versed in Buddhist teachings, this task was something only he could accomplish.

Under the summoning of Li Xuan, the ’Zhoutian Stars Array’ stationed deep in the Taixu was operating at full power, deducing relentlessly.

About half a Shichen later, after all the electromagnetic guns had completed their ninth volley, Li Xuan’s eyes shone with a sharp glint, "Lower the barrel by half an inch, shift it one foot to the left! The rest of the warships, take the electromagnetic gun on the bow of the Xuanhuang as a reference and adjust the firing elements."

A moment later, a total of five beams of white light swept across the sky, fiercely bombarding the lower left corner of the magnificent Buddha Palace.

This time, the power was starkly different from before; the entire Buddha Palace trembled and roared.

The Brahman enchantment directly manifested its shape, densely layering outside the Buddha Palace, but now large portions of these Brahman barriers were damaged.

At the corners of the enchantment stood a total of twelve giant Moon Lotuses, but now they too were showing signs of damage.

The face of the "Pure Arhat" turned pale as he knew that if the delay continued, the "Vajra Lotus Enchantment" painstakingly created by the Bodhisattva Xinyuelian with a great expense would, at most, withstand a few more cannon volleys before being leveled and destroyed.

Pure Arhat immediately let out a roar like a lion, "Nushi! How long do you plan to drag this out?"

Far away, the "Nushi Arhat"’s eyes were cold and bleak. He hesitated no longer: "All protector squads, all Ghost Gods, by the name of Nushi Arhat, I command you to assault the entire army! Before our Bodhisattva is disturbed, we must utterly annihilate these Evil Spirits. I promise you, those with outstanding military achievements will all receive the true fruits of Qielan!"

By this time, his 120,000 Buddha soldiers were less than forty-five miles away from the enemy formation.

The overall formation was in the shape of a half-moon, presenting a semi-encirclement situation.

Originally, Nushi Arhat had intended to press forward with a rigid formation, crushing and sweeping away these Evil Spirits.

But the situation had changed, the enchantment of the Buddha Palace was in imminent danger, and obviously, it could not wait that long.

Yet Nushi Arhat was still full of confidence; if they couldn’t maintain the formation, then they wouldn’t maintain it.

With four times the army of Ghost Gods and a million spirits of the faithful, even if they had to pile up corpses, they could sweep these invading Evil Spirits flat, at worst the casualties in this battle would be slightly higher.

As soon as his words fell, those 120,000 Buddha soldiers let out a thunderous roar.

Charging across the land of the "Clean-Heart Pure World," they surged forward like a tide of golden light.

And because the air was thin and the gravitational force weak, it took only a little more than a hundred breaths for the 120,000 Buddha soldiers to cross over ten miles of space.

"Idiots!"

Lan Yu watched this scene from a distance, finding it both amusing and disappointing.

He had held a slight anticipation for this battle.

But the actions of the opposing commanders had cooled Lan Yu’s interest in this battle to the freezing point.

What followed was nothing short of a massacre, slaughtering over a hundred thousand chaotic and disordered sheep—

"All units halt advancement, switch to the Line Column Formation, all cannons in position! Pay attention to the recoil, the cannon bases all need reinforcement."

With an unchanging expression, Lan Yu watched those Buddha soldiers charge until they were less than fifteen miles from the Heavenly Army’s formation.

All one thousand field smooth-bore cannons were already in place and, upon Lan Yu’s command, loaded with buckshot.

But the first to fire were the seven floating warships above,

Their gunwales on both sides mounted a total of six hundred scaffolded rifled cannons and two hundred and eighty Red General Cannons all fired simultaneously.

In an instant, countless buckshot and as many as six hundred high-powered rounds swept across the fan-shaped area on both sides, sweeping the approaching hordes of golden stone puppets clean.

Tens of thousands of the spirits of the faithful were blasted into oblivion by these cannonballs.

At this time, General Tianxing Lan Yu, bored at the front of the Heavenly Army, gave orders.

"All field cannons, begin simultaneous fire! All Line Columns, fire at will!"

"Boom!"

Within the formation, the 1,020 field smooth-bore cannons fired buckshot at the same time, covering a twenty-mile wide area in front of them.

All the Line Columns, all the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, also triggered runes at this moment, creating a breeze that produced oxygen all around.

In that instant, they all pulled their triggers simultaneously, making the whole battle line resound with the ’bang bang bang’ of gunfire.

The "Rune line-bore guns with firing pins" they held had an effective range of less than six hundred yards in the mortal realm, roughly three and a half miles.

But in this "Clean-Heart Pure World," the effective range of these firearms extended almost five times, and due to the greatly increased speed, the power was also multiplied several times.

At that moment, the 120,000 Buddha soldiers in front were as if struck by an immense hammer, with thousands upon thousands of "Buddha Armors" shattered and broken open, and countless Ghost Gods and Buddha soldiers inside blown to fragments and remnants by these astonishingly powerful Rune bullets.

"What is this thing?"

The "Nushi Arhat" behind them looked at the scene in bewilderment: "My Bodhisattva, what in the world are those weapons?"

He was utterly unable to comprehend, for at this moment nearly one-fifth of his 120,000 Buddha soldiers were completely obliterated.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the 27,000 Xuanhuang Heavenly Soldiers were like flawless machinery, simultaneously working the bolts to eject cartridge cases from the barrels and then loading new bullets.

The whole process took not even two breaths’ time.

At that instant, the Xiaowei commanding them, as if timing it perfectly, issued the order: "Everyone aim, fire!"

Bang, bang, bang, bang—

At that moment, all 27,000 soldiers in the Line Column Formation fired simultaneously.

While those field smooth-bore cannons were still loading and adjusting positions, just the rounds fired by these heavenly soldiers formed an impenetrable barrage of death, sweeping across in a devastating sweep that obliterated thousands of Buddha soldiers in front to dust!