388: The true essence is revealed

Xiao Hei looked indifferently at the Western Regions Buddhist Sect below, which was acting as if facing a formidable enemy. He watched the phantom of ten thousand Buddhas slowly coalescing with heaven-shaking power, and the five Ancient Buddhas whose Auras were linked, invoking the power of the Supreme Emperor Weapon.

His gaze remained without a ripple from beginning to end.

It was as if he were watching the futile struggles of a group of ants.

He could not be bothered to waste any more words.

He directly raised his right hand and gently pressed it downward toward the Mount Sumeru Ancient Monastery below, which stretched for ten thousand li with Buddha light soaring into the heavens, and toward the five Ancient Buddhas waiting in battle Formation.

"Omm—!!!"

The heavens and earth lost their color; the sun and moon lost their light!

A giant palm, indescribably huge and blotting out the sky, appeared out of thin air!

The palm lines were like mountain ravines, entwined with Chaos airflow that could destroy all Laws, containing a destructive will that made the entire Xuanhuang Great World tremble, as it slowly pressed down toward the Mount Sumeru Ancient Monastery!

Before the giant palm had truly fallen, the coalescing phantom of ten thousand Buddhas let out a groan of being unable to bear the load, and began to twist and disintegrate!

Countless temples and pagodas below began to collapse like sand sculptures! The earth split open into deep abysses!

"Not good!!!"

The pupils of Changsheng Ancient Buddha shrank abruptly. Under that giant palm, he felt an unprecedented crisis of death!

This feeling was even more intense than when he had faced the Forbidden Zone Supremes back then!

Changsheng Ancient Buddha said resolutely, "Junior Brothers, this fiend is ferocious. Use our ultimate reserves directly and suppress him with thunderous force! Form the Five Directions Buddha Demon-Slaying Formation! Summon the Supreme Emperor Weapon!"

"Agreed!"

"That is the only way!"

The five Ancient Buddhas reached a consensus in an instant, holding nothing back!

"Omm—!!!"

Five boundless, massive Quasi-Emperor Auras erupted completely, connecting with the heavens and earth!

With the Mount Sumeru Ancient Monastery as the center, a massive Buddha seal covering the heavens and earth suddenly appeared, brilliant with golden light, illuminating the heavens!

It was precisely the strongest battle Formation of the Buddhist Sect, the Demon-Slaying Formation!

The five Ancient Buddhas, including Changsheng, Wisdom, and Vajra Demon-Subduing, took their positions in the five directions, like five awakened archaic Buddhas, solemn in appearance, chanting ancient scriptures.

The vast Power Of Faith accumulated by the entire Western Regions over countless ages surged into the Formation like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, bestowing power upon the bodies of the five Buddhas!

Their Auras climbed steadily, instantly breaking through their own limits and reaching an unimaginable level!

The Buddha light shone everywhere; even in the distant Eastern Regions and Central Regions, one could vaguely see that brilliant Buddha sun in the sky of the Western Regions!

This was not over yet!

"Supreme Emperor Weapon, appear!"

Vajra Demon-Subduing Ancient Buddha held his hands up in the void and roared sternly!

"Clang—!!!"

A sound like a great bell, seemingly capable of shattering Reincarnation and creating worlds, exploded from the Void Realm in the deepest part of the ancient monastery!

A demon subduing pestle, golden throughout, engraved with endless demon-slaying runes, with a bead burning with eternal Buddha flames embedded at the top—the great sun demon subduing pestle—tore through the Void Realm and descended into the world!

The true Supreme Emperor Weapon had fully awakened!

"Boom!!!"

The moment the Supreme Emperor Weapon appeared, the true Emperor Might swept across the eight wastelands and six directions!

The Void Realm collapsed in swathes, and the Laws wailed and retreated!

With the Supreme Emperor Weapon's support, the Five Directions Buddha Demon-Slaying Formation increased in power several times over!

Phantoms of billions of Buddhas appeared within the Formation, chanting in unison. The sound of the Dao turned into tangible golden ripples, sufficient to liberate all things and crush all evil!

Five Quasi-Emperors forming a Formation! The Supreme Emperor Weapon fully awakened! The Power Of Faith of ages past bestowing power!

This power had already transcended the realm of Quasi-Emperors, vaguely touching the threshold of the Emperor Realm!

Radiating light and heaven-shaking power, it was as if a living Great Emperor had truly descended into the world to perform the act of subduing demons and defending the Dao!

Below, countless monks were moved to tears, prostrating on the ground and chanting the Buddha's name, believing the Buddha had manifested and that victory was certain!

Even the five Ancient Buddhas themselves, under the support of this vast power gathered from their lifelong cultivation, the Sect's reserves, and the Power Of Faith of ages past, felt a surge of powerful self-confidence in their hearts!

With such power, even if the opponent were at the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, it would be enough to defeat them head-on, or even suppress and kill them!

At the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, Heavenly Secret Master, who was preparing to go into seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes. An ice mirror automatically condensed in the Void Realm before him.

The mirror reflected the heart-palpitating darkness in the sky of the Western Regions, as well as the destructive Aura that made even him instinctively tremble.

"What happened in the Western Regions?"

"Who dares to make a move against the Western Regions Buddhist Sect?"

This moment became a shared mystery in the hearts of all top forces in the Xuanhuang Great World.

Whether it was Holy Lands, Imperial Dynasties, clans, or those ancient existences hidden behind the scenes, all were shocked by this sudden, heaven-shaking event. They each used their own methods to cast their gazes toward that Buddhist land shrouded in destructive Aura.

The Western Regions Buddhist Sect was a behemoth that had produced several Great Emperors, was suppressed by a Supreme Emperor Weapon, possessed endless Power Of Faith, and was even shown some respect by the Forbidden Zone!

Just then, Xiao Hei, who was suspended high above the Mount Sumeru Ancient Monastery, spoke in a cold voice that pierced through the Void Realm and rang out within the perception of many powerful experts:

"The Western Regions Buddhist Sect has repeatedly broken my rules and secretly schemed against young Disciples; their crimes deserve death."

Once these words were spoken, the world seemed to fall silent.

Immediately following this was the sound of countless gasps and exclamations of horror!

"It is him! The Dao Protector behind Battle Asura!"

Most Holy Lands were quite wary of the Western Regions Buddhist Sect, knowing full well how difficult and powerful it was.

Yet now, this mysterious person who had once wiped out the Glazed Holy Land was about to make a move against this behemoth.

This was simply extremely domineering!

Amidst the shock, an even stronger emotion, mixed with curiosity and fear, permeated the air.

Just then, Vajra Demon-Subduing Ancient Buddha, holding the brilliant great sun demon subduing pestle, acted as the eye of the Formation, gathering the power of the five Buddhas and the Power Of Faith of ages past.

It transformed into a golden torrent that pierced through the heavens and earth, carrying the supreme Emperor Might to purify everything and judge everything, and crashed violently toward Xiao Hei!

"Prodigy! Die!"

This strike could be called the strongest strike of the Buddhist Sect! It was a killing blow worthy of being recorded in ancient history and shining through the ages!

Facing this strongest strike, which gathered the eternal reserves of the Buddhist Sect and was enough to make a Quasi-Emperor at the Peak change color, Xiao Hei did not change his expression.

The giant palm that was slowly pressing down did not pause or change in the slightest, still carrying the absolute majesty that disregarded everything as it covered downward.

"Boom—!!!!!"

A collision that could not be described in words occurred!

Under the gaze of countless eyes peeking at this place through Divine Abilities and exotic treasures, the torrent of destruction, which had gathered five Quasi-Emperors, the Supreme Emperor Weapon, and the Power Of Faith of ages past, at the moment it touched the pitch-black giant palm...

Disintegrated inch by inch, shattered, turned into the most primitive points of light, and dissipated into nothingness!

The subtle "crack" sounds of Laws wailing and the myriad Daos breaking were more heart-palpitating than any thunder!

"Pfft—!!!"

The five Ancient Buddhas, as if hit head-on by a Chaos sacred mountain, shook violently, and brilliant golden Buddha blood sprayed out as if it were worthless!

The Aura around them, which had been surging like the sea and forcibly raised to the Peak by the Formation and faith, was like a punctured balloon, instantly withering to the extreme!

The Demon-Slaying Formation, unable to hold on for even a single breath, shattered with a boom!

The phantoms of billions of Buddhas manifested in the Formation let out a silent groan and vanished like bubbles!

The great sun demon subduing pestle, which had been fully awakened with vast Emperor Might, let out a groan that was shrill to the extreme and filled with spiritual sorrow. The bead at the top, burning with eternal Buddha flames, instantly dimmed, as if it would go out at any moment!

The body of the pestle was struck by an irresistible force and shot backward like a meteor, smashing deep into the Holy Mount Sumeru. It was unknown how many temples and pavilions it collapsed, and the power of the Supreme Emperor Weapon was completely lost!

"No! Impossible!!!"

Vajra Demon-Subduing Ancient Buddha's eyes were splitting, and he let out a desperate and unwilling roar. He could not accept that the strongest reserves of the Buddhist Sect were so vulnerable under the opponent's hand!

Changsheng Ancient Buddha's face was as pale as gold paper, the fire of wisdom in his eyes completely extinguished, leaving only boundless fear and bewilderment.

The terrifying aftermath of the collision swept out like a destructive tide!

"No—!"

In the Buddhist land below, those Buddhist Great Saint and Saint King level Elders who were maintaining the Formation and were close to the core area could not even let out a complete scream before their Physical Bodies disintegrated and their Divine Souls were destroyed in the ripples of Law annihilation!

The Buddhist cultivators with slightly weaker cultivation fell in droves. In an instant, the casualties were heavy, and blood flowed like a river!

The Mount Sumeru Ancient Monastery, which just a moment ago had been filled with ten thousand zhang of Buddha light, heaven-shaking Sanskrit chants, and a belief in certain victory, instantly turned into a purgatory on earth filled with wails!