209: The old monk turned into relics, and the cat promoted to the peak of the fifth level!

“You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!”

Seeing that the old monk still refused to back down, Xia Fan immediately became furious.

The next moment, he raised his hand and struck out with a claw towards the old monk, saying, “Since that is the case, then don’t blame this king for being impolite!”

“amitābha!”

The old monk pressed his palms together, lightly chanting a Buddhist prayer, and golden light flashed, forming a translucent, light golden protective shield around his body, just as the enormous tiger claw descended.

Rumble—

In an instant, a loud bang erupted.

The Buddhist disciples inside the Buddha Hall felt a violent tremor all around them, and a large amount of dust fell, causing them to be filled with terror.

The old monk retreated several steps, his face showing a pained expression due to Xia Fan’s previous attack, and even the golden protective shield around his body showed faint signs of shattering.

But he only briefly adjusted himself for a moment before standing at the very front again, simultaneously launching a counterattack.

The old monk raised his hand and gently struck towards Xia Fan, but that palm attracted endless Buddhist light, condensing into a giant palm in mid-air, almost perfectly covering Xia Fan’s entire body.

“Om!”

He lightly moved his lips as the golden giant palm grew larger against the wind. Just as it was about to descend, Xia Fan let out an angry roar, delaying the giant palm for a moment before charging forward directly and smashing it to pieces, “Old monk, you brought this upon yourself!”

Currently, he was not like Qiongqi, who could only use dark power.

Therefore, when facing this old monk, his own power was not weakened in the slightest.

In both confrontations, he clearly resolved them with ease, while the old monk, on the other hand, retreated step by step, a trace of blood already seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Xia Fan’s immense power had already caused him to suffer a backlash; if it happened a few more times, he would likely be severely injured.

“Benefactor, this seal… must not be opened!”

The old monk knew he was no match and could only try to persuade him with words, hoping Xia Fan would still listen, “Beneath this Buddha Hall is sealed an evil demon!”

“If the Buddha Hall’s seal is opened and the evil demon escapes without dying, the human world will likely face a catastrophe!”

“Please, Benefactor, think thrice!”

“Please, Benefactor, think thrice!”

At the same time, the other Buddhist disciples in the Buddha Hall all pleaded with Xia Fan, their words filled with sorrow.

Previously, due to Qiongqi, many Buddhist disciples had already died. Now, facing the unyielding Xia Fan, they even felt that even death might not move him, but besides this, they had no other options.

“And what does that have to do with me?”

Upon hearing this, Xia Fan immediately sneered, not taking the requests of these Buddhist disciples to heart at all, as he simply did not care if the world fell into great chaos, “I only know that almost nothing I want is unattainable.”

“My willingness to advise you here today is because I am in a good mood. If you insist on not retreating, then I have nothing more to say!”

Before, when the Immortal Corpse emerged from the Immortal Realm, everyone thought he would at least not act arbitrarily, but what was the final outcome?

That Immortal Corpse still wreaked havoc, causing terror wherever he went.

In Xia Fan’s view, titles such as immortal, demon, and Buddha were merely terms.

They were just a subjective way people defined cultivation methods, but there was never a definitive good or bad among them.

After all, who could be sure that all immortals and Buddhas were good people?

Who would dare say that all demonic cultivators were only capable of heinous deeds and despicable acts?

“Since that is the case…”

After hearing Xia Fan’s words, the old monk pondered for a moment, then looked at Xia Fan with a resolute expression, having made up his mind, “Even if this poor monk dies and falls into hell forever, I must keep the Benefactor out!”

As his voice fell, everyone saw golden light overflowing from the old monk’s body, and Buddhist scriptures continuously appeared, these golden lights making the old monk seem even more extraordinary.

Especially, this kind of light seemed as if he was burning his essence and soul.

“Master!”

“You… why go to such lengths?”

“How did Grandmaster come to this point?”

Inside the Buddha Hall, the Buddhist disciples were all shocked to see the old monk in a desperate stance, especially the old monk’s disciples, whose eyes already held glistening tears, “Master, your disciple will accompany you!”

“This evil demon is too much of a bully, and Master alone is too weak. Let your disciple ascend to the Pure Land with you!”

“amitābha…”

More Buddhist disciples simply pressed their palms together, bowed their heads slightly, and silently prayed for the old monk in their hearts.

They had not considered facing the calamity with the old monk, but the previous rampage of Qiongqi had proven that in front of such powerful evil demons, the power of these Buddhist disciples was too insignificant; only the old monk still had a sliver of strength to contend.

“Hmph!”

In mid-air, Xia Fan let out a cold snort, then clapped his hands and a bolt of lightning fell, followed by a full-force attack, “Old monk, you won’t die in vain at the hands of this king.”

Rumble—

In an instant, the old monk was like a small boat on a stormy sea, unable to even take care of himself, how could he possibly resist?

After a short while, under the enormous disparity in strength, the old monk was still no match for Xia Fan and was ultimately defeated.

His body instantly transformed into a brilliant light, and then a golden relic flew up from within.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the Buddhist disciples in the Buddha Hall became even more sorrowful.

The appearance of the relic meant the old monk had truly fallen.

“A relic?”

“There really is such a thing?”

Xia Fan, seeing this, exclaimed in surprise, then unceremoniously took it into his hand. However, when he tried to devour it, he found that his body was actually incompatible with it.

He wondered if it was because he had devoured Qiongqi’s dark power.

“Magic Cat, can you eat this thing?”

Xia Fan pondered for a moment, then handed the relic to Magic Cat, saying, “This item contains immense energy. If you can eat it, your strength will greatly increase.”

“I should be able to!”

Magic Cat joyfully took it and then swallowed it in one gulp.

After all, most of her energy served auxiliary and healing purposes, so she wasn’t particularly repulsed by this relic full of Buddhist nature.

As time passed, Magic Cat digested the relic, and then golden light flashed around her body, and even her cultivation aura instantly soared.

Magic Cat immediately said to Xia Fan with great delight, “Tiger Brother, it really worked!”

“I can feel the energy inside the relic has become my own.”

“Hurry and refine it; don’t waste it.”

“Mm-hmm!”

Magic Cat nodded heavily in agreement. After fully digesting the relic, she let out an extremely excited cheer, “I am already at the peak of Fifth Stage!”

She seemed to want to verify this point, so she directly merged with Xia Fan, and as usual, bestowed various abilities upon Xia Fan, then curiously asked, “Tiger Brother, how is it? Am I not even more powerful?”

“Mm-hmm.”

Xia Fan nodded, a weight lifted from his heart, “Now, your various enhancement effects on me are very significant…”