The Battle in Journey to the West
Chapter 272 - 242: The Three Pure Ones Set a Trap to Kill Tathagata_2

Chapter 272: Chapter 242: The Three Pure Ones Set a Trap to Kill Tathagata_2

"Who is this person whose mana is so terrifying that without showing his face, a single sword thrust could slay me!" Tathagata was greatly alarmed, his face changing color.

The sword that had beheaded Acala did not kill his Primordial Spirit but instead went straight for Tathagata, seeming to have only Tathagata as its target.

With a great roar, Tathagata clenched the Vajra Fist Seal, and threw a punch. Fortunately, Acala had blocked it for a moment; otherwise, Tathagata would not have had time to block it himself.

The fist struck the sword, and Tathagata was violently bounced off the Lotus Platform, tumbling out and landing covered in dust, the skin on his fist shaved off in several layers, revealing the golden Buddha bones beneath. It was the first time Tathagata had been beaten so miserably, even his previous clash with Donghuang Taiyi had not been so disgraceful.

That purple Divine Sword was too sharp, even Tathagata’s Golden Body couldn’t withstand it. If it had been Buddha of Immeasurable Life or Buddha of Immeasurable Light, they would probably have been directly slain into mince.

Tathagata showed a look of fear. It was the first time he felt the imminent threat of total obliteration of body and soul. He had never felt such fear before.

Imagine, it would be a joke to tell that the Respectful Ruler of the World of Mount Meru was beheaded by someone who didn’t even show his face with a single sword strike!

Tathagata shouted, "Power of the Ming Wang, Mahavairocana, converge in my body! Sage of the Heavenly Dao’s mana!"

Tathagata suddenly merged the power of Mahavairocana and the Five Great Wisdom Kings, as well as all the incense power and wishes from the Vedha Continent into his own body. Although this was wasteful, he had no choice but to do so, because if he really was slain here, it would be a great loss! Tathagata did not want to die, so he had to do this.

The power of the Great Wisdom Kings and Mahavairocana, along with the esoteric Vedha Continent’s incense power and wishes, all converged into his body, instantly boosting Tathagata’s mana to that of a Sage of the Heavenly Dao, an existence that could rival the Three Pure Ones! The purple Divine Sword seeing Tathagata suddenly invoke the forbidden technique, reaching the realm of Sage of the Heavenly Dao, still brutally attacked him.

Tathagata, incensed, exclaimed, "You are overly presumptuous! Now that I have reached the realm of the Sage of the Heavenly Dao, why would I fear you?"

Tathagata had only reached this level of mana; his realm and understanding were still not on par with a true Sage of the Heavenly Dao.

"But then again, if I had a vast amount of incense power and the strength of avatars, I could also tremendously increase my own combat power," Zhen Yuanzi couldn’t help but sneer.

At this time, Wukong inside had already woken up. The huge commotion outside had interrupted his pursuit of the Enlightenment Dao. Fortunately, he had already successfully condensed the Primordial Dao Fruit in his dantian. He now possessed the power of a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal. Hearing this comment from Zhen Yuanzi, Wukong thought to himself, indeed, he just didn’t know how to converge those avatar powers into one place. He considered asking the Daoist Equal to Heaven to visit the Shangqing Tian Miluo Palace to find the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable and inquire if there was any method to bring together the powers of the avatars.

Daoist Equal to Heaven was now extremely mighty. Stored within his Buddha Kingdom were a million Heavenly Demons, including a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal Heavenly Demon King, each day chanting scriptures, providing him with an unceasing supply of incense power and wishes. Moreover, these Heavenly Demons were not mortals, having infinite lives and never tiring, fundamentally unstoppable, chanting around the clock, not needing to use the restroom, eat, or sleep, just sitting in meditation before the statue of Daoist Equal to Heaven.

Although the incense power and wishes from mortals might be considerable, they were not provided for a long duration. The incense power from Heavenly Demons, though far less in comparison, compensated with time, constantly engaged in chanting and prayers for twelve hours a day, never ceasing. Temples and Daoist temples only opened during the day, completely reliant on luck, sometimes only a few patrons in a day, making the method of Daoist Equal to Heaven very stable!

"Huh? Great Freedom Demon Lord!" Wukong felt his Primordial Spirit being pulled as if it was about to be dragged into the Outer Domain Demon World.

Having converted so many Heavenly Demons in the Demon World, even including a Heavenly Demon King, how could the Great Freedom Demon Lord ignore him, constantly watching over him? It was the perfect moment right after achieving the state of Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal, he was about to pull Wukong back into the Demon World again.

The Demon Lord was originally pulling at the Primordial Spirit of Daoist Equal to Heaven, but because at this moment the three of them had simultaneously ascended to Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal, their Primordial Spirits were interconnected, thus simultaneously affecting all three!

"This is terrible; if all three Primordial Spirits enter the Outer Domain Demon World, wouldn’t that be like a meal served up on a platter for the Great Freedom Demon?" Wukong was startled.

The Great Freedom Demon was akin to a creator; how could the three Mixed Yuan Golden Immortals be a match for him? They would probably be annihilated the moment they entered!

Wukong began to sweat coldly, wanting to shout, but his Primordial Spirit was being pulled by the Other-transforming Self at Ease, how could he possibly cry out?

However, just at that moment, the purple Divine Sword seemed to sense something, emitting a beam of light that pierced into the void, as if crossing through endless time and space.

"Ow!" A scream echoed, and Wukong immediately felt the force tugging at his Primordial Spirit vanish; he faintly glimpsed the Great Freedom Demon Lord being stabbed in the eye by that beam of light.

Wukong couldn’t help but gasp, he had nearly been pulled into the World of Heavenly Demons, that sword had come just in time, piercing through the binds of time and space, directly wounding the Great Freedom Demon Lord who was in the Outer Domain Demon World.

This purple Divine Sword was still meant to kill Tathagata, and had fought him again, but Tathagata now possessed stronger mana, and after a short battle, it seemed somewhat challenging to defeat him!

"Go!" Tathagata suddenly clenched his teeth, truly disgraced this time, he scooped up all the Buddhist followers present, then rode a shaft of Escaping Light out, heading straight for Mount Meru.

Mount Meru was Tathagata’s stronghold, the purple Divine Sword dared not pursue further, slightly shaking before vanishing without a trace.

Zhen Yuanzi and Yin Xi looked at each other, unable to guess who the perpetrator was, someone with such a formidable power that they had driven Tathagata away!

This left them feeling only fear; without showing themselves, merely with a Magical Treasure, they had sent Tathagata fleeing back to Mount Meru!

The Three Pure observed clearly from the clouds, Tathagata had fled, still inevitably making them suddenly sigh, Laozi said, "What a pity, what a pity! If Tathagata had been slain, we would have had no more concerns and could have directly ascended Mount Meru to annihilate the Three Thousand Buddhas!"

"Indeed, such a pity! If Tathagata had been killed, great things could have been achieved!" Yuan Shi Immortal Monarch also couldn’t help but stamp his foot in regret.

The Leader of Heaven-Penetrating merely scoffed and said, "What’s the use of saying these things? Since Tathagata has fled, there’s nothing we can do now. If there’s a chance in the future, we’ll set a trap and kill him! Let’s see what means Tathagata uses to revive the pepino fruit tree, formed from Spirit Root blessed by Pangu during the creation. Even I would find it challenging to revive.

Yuan Shi Immortal Monarch said, "Journey to the West may end here. If Tathagata loses, Buddhism in Middle Earth will completely withdraw from the Southern Toad Continent. How can the national destiny artifact be desecrated by a foreign sect?"

Tathagata had now run back to Mount Meru, sweating profusely, that sword was too formidable; even though he had used forbidden spells, gathering Great Magical Power and Incense Power and Wishes, he was still no match for that sword.

"Buddha Ancestor, who exactly is scheming against you? Could it be the Three Pure?" Kong Xuan couldn’t help but ask.

"I don’t know who it is, but it’s certainly not the Three Pure. Although the Three Pure’s mana is mighty, it has not fully recovered, so it shouldn’t be this strong! This person, I also do not know who it could be! Could it be Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens? She didn’t die?" Tathagata shook his head and said, "It shouldn’t be Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens; I saw with my own eyes, she was killed by the Various Heavens, turned to ash."

Tathagata secretly felt alarmed in his heart, and everyone who witnessed that moment felt somewhat horrified.

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