246: Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot!

Great Master Hui Ming watched helplessly as Old Monster Mo was sucked into a dried corpse and the Eight-Winged Venomous Dragon transformed into a source of poison and was devoured; the last shred of hope in his heart was completely shattered.

His face was ashen, and cold sweat poured down him, yet he dared not flee—he knew too well that with Lu Chen's methods, if he turned, a divine spear would pierce his skull in the next instant.

His only hope was Bai Qi!

He roared hoarsely, his voice filled with desperate pleading: "Bai Qi! How much longer do you need?! I can't hold on much longer!! This Guanyin Hall consumes an enormous amount; if you don't Awaken soon, we'll all die!!"

He frantically channeled all the spiritual power in his body, his Golden Core spinning wildly, pouring pure Buddha Power into the hundred-zhang blood-colored Guanyin Hall above his head.

The blood patterns on the hall grew more intense, and the power of suppression surged again, as if to crush Lu Chen completely into a pulp!

But—

Lu Chen suddenly laughed up at the sky, his arms shaking violently!

"Boom—!!!"

His whole body burst with golden light, his muscles bulged like dragon scales, and his bones let out a crisp sound like a dragon's roar!

The Nine Heavens Dragon Vein Art operated at full power, and his Physical Body strength instantly increased tenfold!

He suddenly grabbed the edge of the Guanyin Hall with both hands, and like a Mortal playing with a stone lock, he spun this massive hall, which suppressed Golden Core cultivators, like a toy!

One turn, two turns, three turns... The entire hall spun like a top in his hands, emitting a piercing roar, and Great Master Hui Ming's Buddha Power connection almost snapped!

Lu Chen coldly looked down at Hui Ming, his voice like clashing metal:

"I was originally a Body Cultivator, my Physical Body comparable to a Spirit Treasure! You think a mere blood hall can suppress me? You are too naive! This gift—I accept it with pleasure!"

Before his words finished, his five fingers, like Dragon claws, suddenly grabbed!

"Crack!"

The Restriction runes at the bottom of the Guanyin Hall shattered inch by inch!

He used brute force to forcibly sever Hui Ming's Soul connection with the Spirit Treasure, then activated the Five Elements Inverse Deduction Art, injecting his own blood-fiend Qi into the hall, and began to refine it on the spot!

"Pfft—!!!"

Great Master Hui Ming was hit hard, spitting out blood, his face instantly turning ashen.

He trembled as he pointed at Lu Chen, his voice shaking: "You... you dare... forcibly refine my 본명 Spirit Treasure right in front of me?!"

"This is you trampling on my Cihang Sect's ten-thousand-year Legacy!! You're going too far!!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared like thunder:

"Since you want to destroy me, then I'll drag you down to Hell with me—

Let you witness the true trump card of my Cihang Sect!!"

He suddenly tore open his kasaya, revealing a hideous blood-colored Buddha seal on his chest!

He put his palms together and chanted a strange Sanskrit sound, completely different from orthodox Buddhism, full of bloodlust and venom!

"Boom—!!!"

The Void Realm behind him exploded, and a thousand-zhang-tall Thousand-Hand Golden Buddha slowly emerged!

Each palm held a blood-colored skull, and each finger was entwined with the wailing of vengeful Souls!

The Buddha's golden light was dim, but it exuded monstrous evil Qi—

Thousand Buddha Palms!

This was the ultimate Divine Ability left by the Cihang Sect tens of thousands of years ago, when Nascent Soul Immortals still presided over it!

Logically speaking, with Hui Ming's Late Golden Core Stage cultivation, he should not have been able to use it at all.

But—

The Cihang Sect had long since fallen!

Over the past thousand years, they had long since devolved from orthodox Buddhism into Evil Path cultivators who sacrificed human blood, human Souls, human bones, and human hearts!

They used the Souls of millions of beings to refine "resentment Buddha Power," embarking on a Heaven-Defying Evil Path!

Under Great Master Hui Ming's command, at least a million beings were slaughtered!

At this moment, he activated the monstrous resentment power accumulated within him, forcibly unleashing the Thousand Buddha Palms!

Each Buddha hand seemed to carry the resentment and pain of tens of thousands of deceased Souls; wherever the palm wind passed, space twisted and the earth cracked!

Although Lu Chen was a Transmigrator from Earth, he had been obsessed with passionate combat anime since childhood, possessing extremely high Comprehension Ability, and his thoughts were like lightning in the face of an enemy!

He looked at the Thousand-Hand Golden Buddha, a hint of Battle Intent flashing in his eyes, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips:

"Since you want to play with palms... then I'll play a big one with you!"

He suddenly clapped his hands together, the Five Elements power within him rapidly converged, and the nine Dragon tattoos on his body lit up with a roar!

"Nine Dragon Palm—Break!!"

"Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!"

The Nine Dragon Palm and the Thousand Buddha Palms collided with a thunderous crash!

The palm winds swept like a furious tide, dimming the heavens and earth!

One after another, the hands of the evil Buddha shattered under the Nine Dragon Palm; with each palm destroyed, the deceased Souls imprisoned within let out a sigh of relief as if freed:

"Thank you..."

"Finally... I can Reincarnate..."

The gratitude of a million deceased Souls transformed into a peculiar energy, surging into Lu Chen's body—

The Power Of Faith!

This was also mechanical girl zero's strange setting: transcending vengeful Souls can condense faith!

The Power Of Faith within Lu Chen rapidly accumulated, actually forming a golden Buddha statue within his grotto-heaven!

He looked closely—the Buddha's face was handsome, with a Dragon pattern between its brows, exactly like his own!

"This is... my True Buddha Dharma Form?!" Lu Chen was shocked.

With a thought, he materialized this golden Buddha of faith outside his body!

"Boom—!!!"

A towering Golden Buddha descended!

The Buddha's light shone brightly, dispelling evil Qi, forming a stark contrast with Hui Ming's sinister Thousand-Hand Golden Buddha!

One was a false Buddha piled up by vengeful Souls, the other was a true Buddha condensed by faith!

All of Great Master Hui Ming's movements came to an abrupt halt, his eyes glazed over, his face filled with disbelief:

"This... this is impossible!! How could you become a Buddha?! My Cihang Sect's thousand years of accumulation, the Souls of millions of beings, only barely managed to create an evil Buddha form..."

"And why... why is your Buddha so pure?!"

Hui Ming finally understood—

Lu Chen's Buddha was not built on slaughter, but on salvation!

He had transcended a million vengeful Souls, gaining a million faiths; this was the true "Karma Golden Body"!

And he—

Was merely an evil demon in Buddha's skin!

Lu Chen stood before the True Buddha, his voice like a Heavenly Dao judgment:

"You cultivate the Evil Buddha, I cultivate the True Dao."

"Today—I shall use the True Buddha to destroy your false form!"

Killing the person and condemning their heart!!

Great Master Hui Ming's knees buckled, and he heavily knelt on the scorched earth, trembling all over, no longer possessing any demeanor of an eminent monk in his eyes, only complete collapse and despair.

He pointed at the towering Golden Buddha, his voice hoarse, like the wailing of a beast:

"You... you actually laid down your butcher knife and became a Buddha on the spot? This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

"Throughout the Cihang Sect's history, spanning tens of thousands of years of Legacy, countless eminent monks have appeared, yet those who could truly 'see their nature and become Buddha' are few and far between! Each one lived for over a thousand years, endured countless tribulations, to gain even a trace of Buddha's enlightenment!"

"And you... you, a young man of only eighteen, cultivating for only a few years, actually condensed a True Buddha Dharma Form today?!"

"Could it be... could it be that transcending deceased Souls can truly lead to Buddhahood?!"

He suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, as if his Divine Soul had been struck by a bolt of lightning:

"Then what have I been doing these past few centuries...? To pursue power, I betrayed orthodox Buddhism, leading the Cihang Sect down the Evil Path! Slaughtering Mortals, blood-sacrificing millions, building Guanyin Hall to refine Buddha with Souls... I thought the more slaughter, the stronger the Buddha form! But you... you used salvation, liberation, faith... to condense true Buddha light!"

"The Buddha did not deceive us... wholeheartedly pursuing goodness can truly lead to Buddhahood!!"

"And I... I am the sinner... who abandoned the Buddha-Dharma!!"

His words grew increasingly frantic, finally turning into a shrill roar.

He suddenly lunged at the ground, frantically kowtowing, his forehead hitting the gravel, blood flowing freely, his mouth continuously chanting: "Sin! Sin! Disciple Hui Ming, straying from the True Dharma, harming living beings, I deserve ten thousand deaths! Please, Buddha, redeem me... redeem me..."

He was no longer that sinister and ruthless Golden Core mighty figure, but a mad monk whose faith had collapsed and whose spirit was completely shattered.

He knelt in the dust, kowtowing repeatedly, tears and blood mixed, muttering incessantly, already completely Madness.

Lu Chen stood beneath the True Buddha, bathed in golden light, his expression as cold as frost.

He looked at Hui Ming, his voice calm, yet carrying an undeniable sense of judgment:

"Hui Ming!! Whether you're feigning madness or truly repent, I'll send you to the Western Paradise!"