Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 249 - 249 248 Kill Buddha When You See Buddha!

249: Chapter 248: Kill Buddha When You See Buddha!

[First Update] 249: Chapter 248: Kill Buddha When You See Buddha!

[First Update] Ye Chuxue had an additional task besides attending classes: sword training!

Whenever she had the time, she would take her bamboo sword and chase rabbits all over the mountains.

It must be said that Ye Chuxue had good comprehension and a rather resolute character.

In just a few days, she had mastered the technique “Drawing the ground as a prison” to perfection, catching over a dozen wild rabbits each day.

Consequently, she would go to Li Chen every day, carrying the wild rabbits and asking for carrots.

This left a deep psychological impression on Li Chen, filling him with a faint sadness whenever he saw rabbits.

Such simple life and joyful days, no wonder the ancients often said, “They envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals.”

However, these simple and happy days did not last long.

On October 12th, Qin Feng brought news that the Heavenly Master Sect, along with the Taiping Sect, Diancang Sword Sect, Qingchengg Sect, Kongtong Sect, and other major Mystical Sects and Martial Arts Families, had come together to establish the Great Jiangnan Alliance, presenting a challenge to his Huaxia Martial Arts Alliance.

The overall strength of the Great Jiangnan Alliance was indeed far above that of the Huaxia Martial Arts Alliance.

However, for some reason, none of the leaders of the major Mystical Sects came forward; it was all managed by the elders and deacons.

Thus, although they had as many as nine Grandmasters, most of them were only at the Early or Middle Innate stage of cultivation.

The most formidable was Elder Xuan Nan of the Heavenly Master Sect, at the Late-stage Innate.

Immortal Master Li was even capable of forcefully slaying ancient monsters like the Dragon Family Ancestor, who was at the Late-stage Innate Perfection level.

Let alone these insignificant grandmasters.

Thus, although the Great Jiangnan Alliance seemed to have a formidable presence, it was all bark and no bite.

Nobody dared to provoke Yanzhou or Hang City actively, lest they completely infuriate Immortal Master Li and become another soul under his sword.

They did not initiate provocations, and the naturally weaker Huaxia Martial Arts Alliance also did not strike first.

Thus, both sides remained in a delicate balance.

All of this was actually within Li Chen’s expectations.

After all, he had almost turned the entire Jiangnan upside down.

It was quite normal for those Mystical Sects and great families to get agitated and try some tricks.

Conversely, if they remained as before without any reactions, that would truly be a ghostly anomaly!

Recently, Li Chen had to focus on refining the Buddha statue he obtained from the Dragon Family Ancestor to enhance his spiritual power.

He could not spare the energy to deal with these matters.

Therefore, he instructed Qin Feng and others to keep a low profile for now and use this opportunity for internal consolidation within the alliance to strengthen their core cohesion.

After sending away Qin Feng, Li Chen also realized the urgency of improving his cultivation.

No matter how confident he was, he could not contend simultaneously against the Four Sects of Mystical Sect and the Twelve Martial Arts Sects.

Furthermore, many of these sects had a heritage of hundreds, even thousands of years.

Their profound background was far beyond ordinary imagination.

Perhaps, there might be some ancient, enlightened monsters hidden among them.

And these monsters could likely be his next opponents.

Late at night, the cold moon hung high.

Li Chen sat cross-legged on the summit of Cloud Mist Mountain.

In front of him, a Buddha statue hovered, roughly level with his eyesight.

Li Chen’s pupils slightly constricted, emitting a barely noticeable sharp gleam straight into the eyes of the Buddha statue.

Suddenly, he felt the space and time around him distort and deform like waves, and the whole world began to spin.

When everything returned to calm, he found himself in the illusory space of the Buddha statue again.

The giant Buddha statue still sat high on the mountain summit, but this time it didn’t persuade him with words like “the sea of bitterness is boundless, turn back to the shore” and instead struck a Golden Buddha Palm at him.

Li Chen neither dodged nor evaded, also striking a palm in the air, colliding with the Golden Buddha Palm in mid-air.

“Boom!”

A deafening collision erupted, raising dust and smoke.

The entire illusory space was nearly torn apart again.

The Buddha statue, livid, began chanting in Sanskrit: the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra.

“Om!

Ma!

Ni!

Pa!

Me!

Hum!”

Seeing the Buddha statue change tactics, Li Chen likewise summoned the White Bone Jade Sword.

Jade Sword’s spiritual light twirled around, and under his mental command, it slashed through with the force of thunder, destroying everything in its path.

“Slash!”

“Slash again!”

“Third Slash!”

With each shout of “Slash” from Li Chen, a golden character would scatter with the wind.

In the blink of an eye, the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra was completely eradicated by Li Chen.

Seeing that even the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra could not subdue Li Chen, the Buddha statue suddenly rose, lifting its massive foot towards him intending to crush him into mincemeat.

The Buddha statue was towering, standing over eight zhang tall, piercing the heavens and earth.

Li Chen in front of it was as minuscule as an ant.

“Do you think I can’t slash you just because you are tall?”

Li Chen shouted explosively in mid-air, fiercely lifting his True Yuan, and performed a 720-degree massive spin in the air, rising to a position parallel to the Buddha statue’s head.

“Cloud Gathering!”

“Wind Coming!”

Li Chen’s left hand summoned clouds, his right hand beckoned the wind; clasping hands together, he formed a sword.

“Slash!”

With the sword formed from the gathered wind and clouds, Li Chen slit the entire Buddha statue in half as easily as cutting through tofu.

Finally unable to withstand the pressure, the Buddha statue burst apart with a thunderous explosion.

Instantly, the ground shook and space distorted once again.

Li Chen only felt a dizzy spell washing over his head, and by the time he steadied his spirit, he had already returned to reality.

The Buddha statue that had been floating in mid-air was now dim and lifeless, lying quietly on the ground like an ordinary rock.

However, compared to before, the Buddha statue now had a long crack.

A semi-transparent golden figure drifted out from the crack.

This was the residual soul of a Divine Realm powerhouse!

It attempted to flee, but was trapped by Li Chen using the Binding Spirit Formation.

“Hmph, since you’ve come, don’t even think about escaping!”

While speaking, Li Chen took out the Soul-devouring Pearl, and with his True Yuan and mental power, made it rotate counterclockwise rapidly.

The soul of the Buddha statue was terrified of the Soul-devouring Pearl and struggled frantically.

However, it was soon suppressed by Li Chen’s powerful intentions.

“I, Li Chen, slay gods when encountering gods, and slay Buddhas when encountering Buddhas, do you think I’m joking?”

Li Chen shouted in mid-air, and with a backhanded palm, fiercely struck down the soul of the Golden Buddha.

Following that, like unraveling silk from cocoons, he slowly extracted the soul power of the Golden Buddha and gradually integrated it into his body to nourish his Dan Tian Meridians.

By midnight, the entire soul of the Golden Buddha had been completely devoured by Li Chen, leaving no trace behind.

As expected of a Divine Realm powerhouse, although it was only a residual soul, it still more than doubled my spiritual power.

If I could devour a few more of such residual souls, I could completely break through the life and death bottleneck within three to five years, advance to the Divine Realm, and become a true Cultivator.

Then, the vast world would be mine to roam freely!

However, when he thought again, Earth was in the End of Dharma Age for cultivation.

Innate Grandmasters were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and those transcending them into the Divine Realm could hardly be born in hundreds of years – they are truly hard to come by.

This time, devouring this residual soul of the Golden Buddha was akin to winning a five-million-dollar lottery, truly a stroke of fluke.

“Forget it, don’t think too much about it, I should just go back and have a good sleep.

We can talk about other matters after I wake up!”

Just as Li Chen was preparing to go back to sleep, he suddenly noticed that inside the cracked Buddha statue, there seemed to be something faintly discernible.