265: Golden Buddha Ascends to Immortality

Golden Buddha's heart ached so much he could hardly breathe; he was only a hair's breadth away from a Breakthrough. He decided to temporarily feign compliance with the opponent. Once he achieved his Breakthrough and his Realm rose another level, dealing with the adversary would surely yield twice the result with half the effort.

Xu Le smiled.

“It wasn't just Stone Buddha who wanted to deal with me just now. Besides, you lot actually dare to call yourselves Buddhas. It's perfect for me to destroy a couple more, so I have something to brag about when I go out.”

“Night Buddha and I have already recovered most of our spiritual power, and your Mental Energy surely doesn't have much left. Why must we both suffer?”

Golden Buddha circulated his spiritual power, his body emitting three feet of golden light. A dense Buddhist pressure radiated out, intending to use this to force Xu Le back.

Night Buddha's eyes flickered. Logically, his predecessors were all Xu Le's partners, but when the Light of Conversion was activated earlier, he had contributed quite a bit of spiritual power. The enmity between the two was not small.

Moreover, he had heard that Stone Buddha was severely injured just for saying a single face-saving remark, and the opponent had pursued him for ten million miles. Such a vengeful person was rare in this world.

Give it everything!

He also circulated his spiritual power, his hands turning into the shape of eagle claws. Although he still looked like a Buddha, the aura he faintly revealed was that of a towering demonic flame.

“Brother Xu Le, you and I once worked hand in hand. I do not wish to be your enemy. Please withdraw; I certainly will not seek revenge against you for today's events.”

“Is that so? What if I want to seek revenge against you?” Xu Le looked at Night Demon. He was different from the other four Buddhas; the other four all possessed human bodies, while he was a spirit without a physical form.

Furthermore, he was a Clone spirit, an existence that could be easily suppressed and then converted.

“Hahaha...” A wild, domineering laughter rang in the ears of the three. A nearby pagoda suddenly exploded, and a black figure crawled out from within.

Skin and bones, eagle claws, two pitch-black eye sockets—he was filled with malice.

Night Demon!

He looked almost exactly like Night Buddha.

The difference was that one was golden while the other was pitch black; one possessed malice but with flowing Buddha light, while the other was overflowing with malice, clearly a decisive killer at first glance.

A strange look flashed in Golden Buddha's eyes. Golden Buddha light surged as he stealthily approached Night Demon.

Night Buddha was completely bewildered: “You, you...”

Night Demon nodded: “That’s right, it’s me.”

Night Buddha was stunned: “Why?”

Night Demon seemed to know the other's confusion and answered with a smile: “After thirty years of imprisonment, I admit I eventually had a weakness, so you were split off from me.”

Xu Le realized that the previous Night Demon Clone had a hidden trick; the memories it obtained were limited, so it didn't even know it was just a collection of the other's negative emotions.

No wonder its Dao Heart shattered upon failure, its emotions fluctuated like a child's, and it was converted so easily, lacking even half the dignity of an arrogant Great Devil Head.

Night Buddha's heart turned to ash, and the Buddha light on his body grew faintly dim.

Night Demon looked at the Golden Buddha nearby and laughed loudly: “Old Bald Donkey, do you think it's still thirty years ago? My heart now has no flaws. Do you think you can convert me with just your Buddha light?”

His figure flashed, already floating in front of Golden Buddha, and his eagle-like claws had already swung out.

“Strike together!”

Golden Buddha withstood a few moves before his arms were clawed open, golden blood seeping out. Seeing that he was about to be defeated, he hastily called for Night Buddha's help.

Night Buddha's mind was in a mess, and he was unknowingly caught in the crossfire. Just as he was struggling with whom to help, Heart Buddha, who had crept up behind him, slammed a palm into his back, striking him into a state of near-death.

“Namo Amitabha. Today, this old monk attains the Dao. I am Buddha, and Buddha is me!”

Golden Buddha sat cross-legged on the ground, his left hand placed horizontally on his left foot, and his right hand curved upward in a ring, forming the Dharmachakra Mudra.

Golden Buddha light spread in all directions, and the murmurs of countless sutras were like a clear spring on stone, diffusing outward.

Night Buddha, who bore the brunt of it and was already near death, was directly converted and guided by the Buddha light, a streak of gold merging into the light.

Next was Night Demon. He had split off all his negative emotions and theoretically should have been incredibly powerful, yet it was as if he had been stabbed in the chest; he collapsed directly onto the ground, unable to move.

Xu Le was also shone upon by the Buddha light. It felt warm, like soaking in a hot spring, making him want to go in a bit deeper.

Countless Buddhist principles circled through his mind and then left. Under the defense of Innate Divinity, it was impossible for his Soul to be harmed unless Golden Buddha's strength became ten thousand times stronger.

The Buddha light spread outward. From the blood mist left by Silver Buddha, Stone Buddha, and Bronze Buddha, specks of gold flew out and merged into it. Then came the monks on the back mountain and the mountain paths; one by one, they suddenly attained Nirvana, and from their shells, a speck of gold separated and merged into the golden light.

The Buddha light continued to shine, becoming increasingly bright and scorching. Night Demon couldn't help but let out a howl of pain. Countless Buddhist principles drilled out from his heart, echoing with the Buddha light outside; with internal and external coordination, he soon found it hard to hold on.

“Impossible! Impossible! I endured for thirty years, nine months, 28 days, 6 hours, three quarters, and two breaths. It's impossible that I can't withstand this mere Buddha light. I can do it!

I am Night Demon, the nightmare that roams the Spirit Realm and terrifies countless living beings. I cannot possibly believe in this fake Buddha!

Only slaughter is eternal. Kill, kill, kill...”

Golden Buddha had a compassionate face, his eyes full of love for all living beings: “Foolish child, do you still not understand?”

Boom!

Night Demon's head roared. Countless Buddhist principles surged through his heart, and he finally understood.

“Hahaha, so that's how it is, so that's how it is!”

The Clone was him, and he was the Clone. Since the Clone was converted, he was also converted.

Completely unable to resist, he directly chose to give up.

His body suddenly exploded, and a mass of gold merged into the golden light. The golden light on Golden Buddha's body suddenly became scorching, and his figure began to expand.

“Om Mani Padme Hum.”

As soon as the Six-Syllable Mantra was uttered, the power of Golden Buddha's light directly increased a thousandfold. Under the illumination of the Buddha light, the entire mountain range began to merge into Golden Buddha's body.

Golden Buddha's body began to grow rapidly. One zhang, two zhang... Xu Le's eyelids twitched as he watched. In myths, the Buddha's golden body was only sixteen feet tall. This thing before him dared to pretend to be stronger than the Buddha?

What was even more perverse was that the Golden Buddha light began to get scorching hot. Even with the defensive bonus of Innate Divinity, he was finding it hard to endure.

“He is becoming a god!”

Xu Le had a moment of realization in his heart. He directly struck out with all his recovered Mental Energy. Ghost's pale palm slapped out, booming against Golden Buddha.

Education should start from childhood, and enemies should be killed while they are weak.

Boom!

Golden Buddha's chest exploded, and his rapidly growing figure paused, but he did not die. Those golden lights flowed back and forth across his chest, and within a few breaths, most of it was repaired.

The wind is strong, time to bolt!

Xu Le took off running down the mountain.

Benefiting from the fact that most of the mountain had been refined, Xu Le found a spot that wasn't so steep and slid straight down.

With the occasional help of Ghost, he slid directly to the foot of the mountain.

With no time to recover, he immediately found the Old Ghost and Spirit Turtle who were keeping watch for him at the foot of the mountain. The two spirits were very clever; they had run as soon as they saw the golden light and weren't affected.

“Let's go!” Xu Le took out the Paper Horse, only to find that not just the Paper Horse, but the entire paper ring had disappeared, including all the food and spirit paper inside.

“F*ck!”

Xu Le wanted to curse. He had never suffered such a big loss. He turned and ran into the distance.

But then he heard a loud boom. Behind him, the entire mountain had been refined, leaving only a golden giant Buddha over a hundred feet tall in its place.

“Benefactor, please stay!”

Xu Le was suppressed on the spot by the Buddha light. The two spirits were even worse off, directly converted by the Golden Buddha light to become part of Golden Buddha.

“Benefactor has a mortal body yet can resist this Buddha's light. It would be a waste to convert you directly. Let this Buddha first convert your ancestral spirit.”

Golden Buddha turned into a streak of golden light and, using unknown means, actually charged directly into Xu Le's Ancestral Spirit Space.