130: Book of Buddha Light

After the human and four monsters decided to take turns leading the way, the Cockroach was placed first due to its superior vitality.

Pushing open the hall doors, three large characters reading "Dharma Hall" were written above. Below was a wooden table against the wall, with a wooden chair on either side.

The entire hall was empty; besides these, there was nothing else.

There were no Buddha statues or mural stories. If this were Blue Star, Xu Le would have thought this place was a favorite of thieves, visited countless times by gangs of them.

But this was the Void Realm.

"Could it be a mosque?"

As soon as the thought occurred to Xu Le, he immediately dismissed it.

Before entering the temple, he had seen a brilliant Buddha's Light. It couldn't be... "Wait, I've never seen a Buddha, so why do I think that's Buddha's Light?"

Xu Le suddenly felt a chill run through his body, and his footsteps faltered as he followed the four monsters.

The four monsters were instantly alerted, their bodies freezing as they looked at Xu Le with inquiring gazes.

Xu Le: "..."

How could he explain when they didn't speak the same language?

Even if he used Mind Link, he could only convey general emotions.

Besides, they might not even accept it.

He shook his head to indicate he was fine and followed the four monsters' lead.

The four monsters were barely convinced. The Cockroach, in particular, became even more cautious with its steps, its muscles tensed as if ready to flee at the slightest sign of trouble.

When the human and four monsters finally focused their gaze on the wooden table, they saw an earthy-yellow book.

It was three fingers wide and as long as two disposable chopsticks put together, looking somewhat strange.

With just one glance, Xu Le was certain that this was the key to the hall!

Subconsciously, he cast a "Divine Eye" on it.

Unfortunately, the "Divine Eye" seemed ill-suited to this environment; it couldn't discern anything within the Void Realm.

This was also why he hadn't succeeded in ambushing the Cockroach; otherwise, if he had figured out all its skills, he never would have let it escape.

"Open it?"

The Cockroach looked at the human and the other three monsters with an inquiring gaze.

"Open it!"

Without much hesitation, the human and three monsters gave their recommendation.

Knowing there was danger, they also knew this was the key to breaking the situation, so they had to test it.

Instead of reaching out with its own leg to flip the book, the Cockroach split off a small Cockroach. It quickly scurried onto the table and gave a forceful push, opening the entire scripture.

Golden, unknown characters filled the pages. Rows of text wriggled like snakes and insects, strange and distorted, yet they radiated a golden Buddha's Light.

Although he didn't recognize the characters, he seemed to understand their meaning.

Xu Le hurriedly closed his eyes and retreated rapidly, immediately recalling many meaningful short videos in his mind.

Emptiness is form, form is form. Emptiness is not different from form, form is not different from form... It had to be said that primal desires could wash away any brainwashing.

Xu Le opened his eyes and found that the Cockroach had retreated with him. The creature was actually behind him; clearly, it had planned to retreat the moment it released its Clone, making it one step faster than him.

Noticing Xu Le's gaze, the Cockroach gave a sheepish smile, retracted its sharp claws, and turned its attention to the Orangutan and Octopus, who were tainted by the Buddha's Light.

As for the Spider, it had vanished silently from sight, hiding in some unknown corner.

With a single glance, the human and the monster understood each other's thoughts.

Xu Le summoned the Little Black Snake and approached the two monsters along with the Cockroach.

20 meters.

10 meters.

5 meters.

The two monsters seemed to sense danger. As their hands moved slightly, Xu Le and the Little Black Snake attacked with all their might.

Mental Shock!

Savage Bull Charge, Elephant Swallowing!

The Little Black Snake turned into a sharp arrow and rushed in front of the Orangutan. Instead of using its hard skull to ram it, it opened its mouth wide and swallowed the opponent in one gulp.

Sensing danger, the Orangutan turned around, and a small mountain appeared in its hand. Before it could throw it, it was hit by a "Mental Shock."

Its vision went dark, its mind fell into a daze, and by the time it regained its senses, it had already been swallowed into the Little Black Snake's stomach.

On the other side.

The Cockroach also flapped its wings violently, sharp spikes appearing on all six of its legs as it repeatedly lunged at the Octopus. Just as its longest leg slashed at the Octopus, the opponent's eight tentacles moved.

Each tentacle was like a sharp blade. A swift black light flashed, striking the Cockroach at an even faster speed with a sonic boom, slicing it directly into countless pieces.

More tentacles wove into a net, completely enveloping that space, intending to wipe out all the small cockroaches.

After Xu Le and the Little Black Snake temporarily dealt with the Orangutan, they happened to see this scene. Without hesitation, he immediately took out... melon seeds from his space ring and started cracking them.

They had been mortal enemies before, and now they were barely on a united front. Not stabbing the other in the back was already an act of benevolence; how could he possibly help?

Seeing that Xu Le didn't intervene, the Cockroach actually breathed a sigh of relief and split into several swarms of insects.

One swarm blatantly and openly reproduced, while another sprayed grey gas that was clearly poisonous;

The rest scattered into countless small groups, searching for gaps everywhere to crawl onto the Octopus's body to suck blood, spread poison, and lay eggs.

Watching this made Xu Le's scalp tingle, and suddenly the melon seeds in his mouth didn't taste so good anymore.

Seeing the fight between the Cockroach and the Octopus grow more intense, Xu Le turned his gaze toward the leaf scripture on the table.

With a thought, Nine Phoenix flew out.

"Received, Master Brother!"

Receiving Xu Le's thought, Nine Phoenix happily agreed. It was unclear whether she enjoyed causing destruction or simply liked doing things for Xu Le.

Earth Fire Flowing Slurry!

Terrifying fire elements converged and erupted on the tabletop where the scripture lay.

Boom!

As soon as the wave erupted, the scriptures turned to ash and scattered everywhere, showing no awareness of being a supreme treasure.

"That simple?"

Xu Le found it somewhat unbelievable. He had gone in with the mindset of "giving it a shot regardless of the outcome," and it turned out to be a complete success.

Then he saw the ashes turn into golden light and land on the Octopus's body.

In the next second, the Octopus's entire Aura changed.

A sudden, vibrant sense of Zen appeared on its body.

It extended two tentacles, and the countless suckers at the tips radiated golden light, transforming into two Great Mudras that slammed into the countless small cockroaches.

"Zizizi..."

The golden light was like high-temperature flames; as soon as it hit the cockroaches, it emitted terrifying heat, burning them to ash.

The dense swarm of cockroaches huddled together to form a ball. The cockroaches on the outside kept dying, while those on the inside reproduced at high speed.

After a wave of skills, the cockroaches inside not only hadn't died out but had also gained a layer of golden film, significantly enhancing their ability to resist the golden light.

Seeing the Octopus perform Buddhist skills with attacks carrying golden Buddha's Light, Xu Le ordered the Little Black Snake to sneak over.

This was Buddha's territory; he couldn't let the opponent gain power.

To his surprise, the Octopus seemed to have eyes in the back of its head. The moment it saw the Little Black Snake, it fled outward, clearly terrified by the scene of the snake swallowing the Orangutan alive earlier.

Blazing Shockwave!

Nine Phoenix gave a soft cry, opened her mouth wide, and spat out a massive, scorching red fireball.

The Octopus flicked its tentacles, swiftly striking the core of the large fireball and easily popping it without taking any damage.

Instead, it was the grey gas sprayed by the Cockroach that turned the Octopus grey, and the tentacles it had torn apart also faintly began to show spots of black.

The Octopus's body slumped. It raised two tentacles together in prayer and bowed to the void, causing a golden phantom of a Buddha statue to appear above its head.