97: Chapter 97 All beings suffer, the Buddha's power subdues the world.
The surrounding pink mist seemed to be ignited, boiling violently.
The Rotting Fiend, which had been self-destructing, saw the rotting flesh on its body heal rapidly.
Not only that, but countless eerie pink mouths grew on its massive body.
Those mouths opened and closed, emitting all sorts of sounds.
There was laughter, screaming, moaning, and crying... countless sounds intertwined to form a chaotic movement that caused one's sanity to collapse.
Crack, crackle... atop the dragon boat.
On the walls of that originally sacred and solemn Black Church, pink patterns suddenly appeared.
It was as if some kind of parasite had burrowed into its body.
Those patterns spread rapidly, emitting a nauseatingly sweet scent.
"Not good! My Lord's medium is being contaminated!"
In the Shaven Empire's team, an old-faced Kin wearing a black robe shouted in terror.
Petrovsky's face was as dark as water, his green vertical pupils staring intently at the Rotting Fiend ahead.
As if he had thought of something, he said slowly:
"My Lord's medium cannot release Rule Power indefinitely; otherwise, once the faith on the medium is exhausted, it will disperse and disintegrate..."
"And behind this taboo... stands another even more terrifying existence!"
Seeing the Black Church in imminent danger.
"Do it!"
White Rose shouted sharply.
She knew that if they didn't deal with the Rotting Fiend before them quickly, everyone would die here.
"Thorn... Prison!"
The long whip in her hand lashed out, transforming into countless black thorn vines in the air.
These vines, as if alive, grew and intertwined rapidly, instantly weaving into a massive cage that trapped the Rotting Fiend tightly within.
Every thorn was covered in barbs that stabbed deep into the Rotting Fiend's body, frantically suppressing its Taboo Rule.
"Suppress!"
Zhou Kai also took action.
The stone tablet phantom behind him suddenly enlarged, smashing down fiercely onto the Rotting Fiend's head like Mount Tai.
At the same time.
The prophecy pen in his hand wrote rapidly in the air.
Golden "Suppress" characters appeared out of thin air, like golden chains wrapping around the Rotting Fiend.
Other Ghost Controllers also used their methods one after another.
Fire, frost, lightning, poison mist... various Rule Powers intertwined, forming a brilliant yet terrifying rule storm.
Rumble!!!
The entire sea area was beaten into a boil.
Seawater evaporated, and space fluctuated constantly.
Countless eerie visions flashed around.
There was a bleeding sky, an upside-down ocean, and countless distorted human faces wailing in the void... However.
Facing such a terrifying siege, the Rotting Fiend did not fall.
On the contrary, those pink mouths on its body laughed even more happily.
"Hee hee hee..."
"Fun... so much fun..."
"More... come again..."
Along with its laughter.
The surrounding pink mist became denser, even starting to actively erode the surrounding Rule Power.
White Rose's Thorn Prison began to wither and rot.
Zhou Kai's golden chains also began to break and shatter.
"Damn it! How is this guy so difficult to deal with?!"
White Rose gritted her teeth.
She could feel that the Rotting Fiend's power was not weakening but was instead constantly increasing!
It was as if... it was devouring their attacks to strengthen itself!
"We can't delay any longer!"
"Whatever trump cards you have... bring them out quickly!!"
Zhou Kai also realized the severity of the problem.
He shouted to the Taboo Masters around him.
At this moment, the Coughing Ghoul that had been following him suddenly raised its head.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
A burst of violent coughing sounded.
Every cough was like a heavy hammer, striking hard at everyone's hearts.
Cracks began to appear in the surrounding space.
Even the ubiquitous pink mist was somewhat dispersed by this Rule Power.
Inside the Rebirth Temple.
Lin Chuan watched everything coldly through the perspective of the Coughing Ghoul Clone.
"Not enough."
He shook his head.
"With just this much power, it can't be killed at all."
"This taboo... is no longer as simple as s-rank eighth tier."
"Inside its body... there seems to be a strand of rule belonging to the Celestial Standing Venerable!"
Lin Chuan was waiting.
He hadn't fully activated the rules!
Now... was not yet the best time... The scene shifted to the vast ocean.
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly unfavorable, a look of determination flashed in White Rose's eyes.
She reached into her bosom and pulled out an ancient bronze mirror.
The bronze mirror was only palm-sized, with complex patterns carved on the back and Chaos on the front.
The bronze mirror was an s-rank ninth-tier taboo Item—the Void Mirror!
"Seal... for me!!"
White Rose aimed the bronze mirror in her hand at the Rotting Fiend.
Buzz!!!
A dazzling white light shot out from the mirror's surface, instantly enveloping the Rotting Fiend's massive body.
That white light contained a powerful Seal rule.
The Rotting Fiend's movements instantly froze.
The space around it began to solidify rapidly, as if turning into a giant piece of amber.
"It's sealed?!"
Everyone felt a surge of joy.
However.
Before they could breathe a sigh of relief.
"Crack!"
A crisp cracking sound rang out.
A crack suddenly appeared on the bronze mirror in White Rose's hand.
Following that.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The cracks spread rapidly.
"Bang!"
The bronze mirror exploded, turning into countless shards scattered on the ground.
"Pfft!"
At the moment the bronze mirror shattered, White Rose also suffered a backlash from some rule; she spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backward.
"Impossible..."
Her eyes were full of horror.
"Even the Void Mirror couldn't Seal it?!"
"Hee hee hee..."
The sealed Rotting Fiend once again let out an eerie laugh.
That layer of solidified space instantly shattered.
Its massive body moved again, and... it was even more violent than before!
"It's over..."
A deep sense of helplessness rose in everyone's hearts.
This was simply not an existence they could defeat!
Just then.
"Cough, cough, cough!!!"
The Coughing Ghoul that had been standing by Zhou Kai's side suddenly began to cough violently.
This time, the coughing was more intense and painful than ever before.
It was as if it would cough its entire lungs to pieces.
Along with the coughing.
Its body began to expand and distort rapidly.
A Rule Power so massive it was suffocating erupted from its body.
At the same time.
Zhou Kai's body also shook violently.
He felt Lin Chuan's will, using his body as a medium, crossing space to descend here.
"Welcome... My Buddha!!"
An excited light flashed in Zhou Kai's eyes as he slammed his knees to the ground and shouted loudly.
Boom!!!
Heaven and earth changed color.
The sky, originally obscured by the pink mist, suddenly split open with a massive fissure.
Endless chaotic black light poured down from the fissure, instantly dispersing the surrounding mist.
Within that black light.
A colossal buddhas shadow that reached from heaven to earth slowly emerged.
It sat cross-legged in the void, its body tens of thousands of feet tall, as if it would envelop the entire world.
The face of the buddhas shadow was blurred, showing only a pair of giant eyes streaming with bloody tears, looking down coldly at the common people below.
Before the massive buddhas shadow.
Whether it was the S-Rank Ghost Controllers or that arrogant Rotting Fiend, all appeared incredibly tiny, like a speck of dust before a star.
"na mo... amitabha buddha..."
A grand, distorted, evil yet strangely divine Buddhist chant echoed between heaven and earth.
"All living beings suffer..."
"Only... Rebirth!"
As the voice fell.
That massive buddhas shadow slowly extended a palm.
That palm blotted out the sun, its center seemingly containing a rotating black hole, pressing down majestically toward the Rotting Fiend.
"Vile creature..."
"Will you not... convert and atone for your sins?!"