90: Buddhism and loyalty go hand in hand

Vajra Zen Skill activated, and the opponent's punch finally landed on Tang Ku's forehead.

Boom!

The shockwave, along with a golden light, burst open. Tang Ku was sent flying, crashing heavily into Giant Spirit God's chest behind him, and the immense impact once again knocked Giant Spirit God to the ground.

Cardia looked at his fist in surprise, frowning slightly, then saw the moon-white figure fly up, reaching almost the same height as him, smiling silently.

“Baldy, what ability did you use to block my near-light-speed attack?”

Cardia looked at Tang Ku, who was slowly approaching, and frowned slightly.

“Buddha Golden Body!”

Tang Ku glanced at the two sharp spikes on his shoulders, then suddenly smiled and said, “So it's the Scorpio Saint Seiya… Hmm, are all Golden Saint Seiya such boastful people? An attack speed like that, and you dare call it light speed?”

Cardia pouted and said, “Never mind what speed it is, as long as ordinary people can't see it, that's enough. But you can block attacks that ordinary people can't even glimpse. I have to say, you're truly hard-headed, or perhaps you got lucky!”

“Hmm, let's just say I stepped in dog shit. Anyway, it won't stink up my head!” Tang Ku said, narrowing his eyes.

Cardia's mouth twitched: It seemed he had just been insulted.

Among his fellow warriors in the Twelve Palaces, he had always been known for his sharp tongue. Now, to be so easily defeated in a verbal spar, how could he bear it?

Disciples of Buddha Dharma are skilled in debate and even more skilled in insulting people without using vulgar words, but Cardia did not know this.

Especially since Tang Sanzang was a master debater of Buddha Dharma, it was basically impossible for ordinary people to gain an advantage in a verbal exchange!

“Alright, even if my punch doesn't reach light speed, it can approach light speed infinitely. So, with the next punch… you will die!”

Cardia raised a finger and sneered.

“Who gave you that confidence?!”

Tang Ku scoffed, “Your two companions were defeated by me earlier. With just you, do you think you can kill me? Are you still dreaming?”

“Companions?” Cardia was startled, “Were you the ones who defeated Hasgard?”

“Not only that, your companion Shi Jingmo is now my Disciple!”

Tang Ku said, pouting.

“Impossible, Shi Jingmo is loyal to the Goddess, he would never betray her!” Cardia waved his hand and said in a deep voice, “You are deliberately trying to confuse me! You are lying to me!”

“I'm not that bored!” Tang Ku scoffed, “Besides, does becoming my Disciple mean betrayal? Who told you that believing in Buddha Dharma means you can't be loyal to the Goddess? Furthermore, after Shi Jingmo officially became a Disciple of Buddha Dharma, his strength greatly increased, giving him even more confidence in what you all are planning. Doesn't that count as loyalty to the Goddess? This is truly ridiculous! How did your brain survive until today?”

“I…”

Cardia was instantly dazed. Tang Ku's words seemed to have a special magic that made him believe that the matter with Shi Jingmo was true, as for his increase in strength…

“Greatly increased strength… Can I too? No, after accepting the Lord's transformation, my power is much stronger than before, even stronger than the gods. He said he could still increase strength, but he's just lying to me. Yes, it must be!”

Cardia thought to himself, when suddenly a huge shadow rapidly covered the area above. He saw Giant Spirit God had already leaped into the sky at some point, raising the huge axe in his hand and bringing it down towards Tang Ku's head.

Clang!

A faint green light flashed, and the axe was completely bounced away. With Turtle Shell Divine Skill attached to him, Tang Ku smiled, showing no intention of pursuing.

Giant Spirit God was also stunned. Tang Ku calmly said to Cardia, “You must be thinking, am I lying to you, right?… Well, in fact, I'm not exactly lying to you. The Cultivation Technique Shi Jingmo originally Cultivated was closely related to Buddha Dharma. So after abandoning that dark power, he broke through and stood firm, which instead made his strength advance further. Oh, by the way, your other guy named Hasgard also abandoned that dark power, and he should now be traveling the world to comprehend the Dao. His strength… is also steadily increasing. As for you… Hmm, I see your wisdom root is insufficient, so even if you abandon that dark power, you would just be a small fry. So, let's forget about it…”

“You're asking for death!”

Cardia instantly raged, and the Scorpio Saint Seiya's ultimate technique, Scarlet Needle, attacked Tang Ku as if it were free.

Saint Seiya's punches are very fast, even claiming to be light speed in front of ordinary people. So their attacks are basically invisible to the naked eye. To put it plainly, it's just as the saying goes, ‘Among all martial arts, nothing is unbreakable except speed!’

But, can they truly reach light speed?

In fact, even Leo Aiolia, who has the fastest punch, cannot achieve true light speed.

Light is an invisible particle. When tangible matter attempts to catch up to light, the mass of the object itself will infinitely increase. This is explained in Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula.

To put it simply, for humans to reach light speed, they would have to transform into light themselves.

And this is also why many deities in the mythological world like to transform into golden light when escaping. After all, the propagation speed of light is the fastest.

However, even the Jade Void Palace's Earth-Shrinking Golden Light technique can only be maintained for a few tenths of a second. Transforming the body completely into light for propagation consumes too much energy. Below a Saint, those who have not fully comprehended the Dao are already doing well to be able to perform it like this!

Therefore, Cardia's punch speed could not reach light speed. In Tang Ku's opinion, his punch speed could barely reach three or four times the speed of sound.

It's just that, perhaps due to some special ability, his speed seemed to be much faster than a normal Mach 4.

However, these were not a problem in front of Turtle Shell Divine Skill.

As long as his attack power couldn't break through Turtle Shell Divine Skill in one go, this kind of attack would only increase his defense.

Swish!

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of Scarlet Needle punches had already slammed into Tang Ku's body. A greenish-blue light emerged on Tang Ku's body, blocking all these attacks, and his defense data, in just a few seconds, increased by five or six hundred points, making his defense even higher.

Boom!

Cardia instantly felt a heavy blow, and even his golden saint cloth showed many cracks. His body was suddenly sent flying, and he involuntarily spat out blood, barely managing to stop himself in mid-air.

“This… How is this possible?” Examining himself, he suddenly realized that his injuries were far more severe than he had imagined, and he was all too familiar with this kind of injury.

This was clearly the state of having suffered his own ultimate technique, Scarlet Needle!