Xuanxia

Chapter 219: Styx, Blood Buddha

The darkness faded away, and what came into Fu Qingzhou's sight was a vast river.

This river... is very big.

It seemed to be pouring down from the distant starry sky, rolling like the sea, boundless and endless, the water was dark yellow, and it was daunting.

Fu Qingzhou's consciousness floated in the air, like a tiny firefly, overlooking the surging river.

"This is you?"

He was a little surprised: "Your soul?"

"Surprised?" The voice of the smoker floated from the river below: "I was also a powerful Xuanxing when I was alive! People would call me Venerable wherever I went!"

Fu Qingzhou's mind moved slightly: "Where is Yuanwu?"

"Look behind you," said the smoker.

Fu Qingzhou shifted his gaze.

Behind them was still a surging river, but in the middle of the river, a giant blood-red Buddha appeared.

At first glance, the giant Buddha looked extremely strange. There was no face on its head, but its body was covered with human faces. Under the cassock, there were countless screaming and crying people trying to struggle out... Compared with the previous "Purgatory", this blood Buddha's body seemed to be the real hell.

At this time, the waves in the river kept hitting the Blood Buddha, trying to drown him, but the Blood Buddha stood still. There was a layer of invisible energy around him that resisted the river and kept shaking it away.

"This is Yuanwu's soul."

He sneered: "Look at his appearance, how many people's blood, spirit and soul has he swallowed?"

"It's an evil skill, that's it." The smoker said helplessly, "But here's the trouble. Although this guy is very evil, he has a very strong Buddhist spirit, which can restrain my Styx Nine Yin Spirit..."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Aren't you the great Xuanxing? Can you be stumped by his cave heaven realm?"

"Would you please be reasonable?"

The Smoker collapsed: "I was Xuan Xing in my lifetime! In my lifetime! Now I am a pathetic little ghost whose life and death can be controlled by you! A tiger in troubled times is bullied by a dog! I am already very awesome that I still have so much strength left! All the guys of my generation are dead!"

"What's more, the Styx Nine Revolutions I practiced is about the way of life and death. What annoys me most are the other shores and reincarnation in Buddhism. It's really a bit difficult to swallow them..."

Fu Qingzhou said with a click of his tongue: "You are ambitious then, as you chose the most difficult one."

"What can I do?" The smoker said helplessly: "You've killed all the other monks!"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Don't you want me to help you? How?"

"This……"

The smoker hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Forget it. I'll be grateful if you don't do anything to me."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Really?"

"No, I can't talk nonsense with you..."

The smoker said irritably, "I can't take that long, just stand aside and watch... Now there's no need to maintain the illusion, I'll use my last bit of strength to charge forward!"

It let out a strange cry, and the Xuanhuang Styx River below suddenly roared up, with waves several times larger than before, whistling towards the Blood Buddha!
The Blood Buddha seemed to have sensed something, and the countless human faces under the cassock also let out creepy ghostly howls and struggled even more fiercely, as if they were trying to break free from the Blood Buddha's restraints, or as if they were working together to resist the impact of the Styx.

Fu Qingzhou observed carefully.

He could see that the Blood Buddha wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

In fact, the Styx had already soaked the Buddha's body, and countless large and small patches had been corroded by the water of the Styx, especially the lower half that was submerged in the river water, which had already become the same color as the Styx.

But it is still struggling to hold on... Even if it faces huge waves as big as mountains, it still stands still and never shows any signs of collapsing. However, as time goes by, it will sooner or later be completely transformed by the water of the Styx.

"Time... I wonder if it will be the smoker who will give up first, or Yuan Wu?"

Fu Qingzhou made up his mind.

Yuan Wu must die. But if the Smoker really took over this guy's body, things would be extremely troublesome.

The reason why I agreed to come here with the smoker was that I was planning to do something.

The threats he made before were one thing, but if he really returned to his physical body and to reality, whether he would be able to do anything to the Smoker and Yuan Wu... was another matter.

As the saying goes, don't chase a desperate enemy. Be it Yan Gui or Yuan Wu, when they are forced into a desperate situation with no end in sight, what can they do if they want to join forces temporarily?

Instead of doing that, it’s better to go deeper into this situation and see if you can do something.

He spun gently in the air, circling around the Blood Buddha.

Under the control of the Smoker, the Styx has launched its final attack, with waves piled up one after another and an endless stream, crashing down on the bloody Buddha, leaving more and more signs of corrosion on its body.

The human faces on the Blood Buddha's body also cried miserably. They were no longer just human faces, but gradually took on the shape of five fingers, and even the upper body was gradually revealed.

Looking at those struggling ghosts, Fu Qingzhou suddenly had an idea and gradually moved closer.

The powerful aura from the Blood Buddha made his consciousness flicker like a candle in the wind, but he also vaguely sensed something.

"You really don't need my help?"

He smiled and said, "I think I have an idea."

The Smoker did not respond. He was probably so focused on dealing with Yuan Wu that he didn't even have the energy to talk back.

Fu Qingzhou laughed.

He is not talking nonsense, he really has a solution.

While looking at the bloody Buddha, he sensed a familiar aura. It was the feeling when Fayuan used his mind-illusion technique to pull him into the battlefield and face the countless corpses of refugees.

Sad, desolate, cold, cruel and corrupt.

This is an extremely terrifying aura. Even if people of similar realm collide with each other's souls, they may fall into it and their life or death may be unpredictable.

But... Fu Qingzhou is different.

He was filled with sorrow.

Although he did not agree with the extreme ideas represented by Qi Ran Jue, he had to admit that this thing was very effective in curing pretentiousness.

When he sensed the aura from the Blood Buddha, he also vaguely sensed a sense of sadness coming from within himself.

Now that I have escaped from the illusion and with the Smoker focused on dealing with Yuanwu...it is not difficult for me, whose mind and spirit are in harmony, to control my body to a certain extent.

At this time, the Blood Buddha and the Styx were barely maintaining a balance. The two sides were deadlocked, waiting for the moment when the other side collapsed due to exhaustion. This also meant that... even a small shrimp like himself with a low level of cultivation could do something!
As Fu Qingzhou urged his mind, his consciousness had already crashed into the Blood Buddha!
In an instant, two intertwined voices sounded in his ears at the same time.

"Fuck you, kid Fu, what the hell are you doing!"

"You...are looking for death!"

Amid the exclamations of Smoker and Yuanwu, Fu Qingzhou's consciousness suddenly penetrated into the Blood Buddha's body.

As soon as you enter the place, you will be greeted by countless ghosts!

Amidst the blood, there were countless beings with their skins peeled off. There were no eyeballs in their pupils and no teeth in their mouths. Each of them looked like a blood gourd.

They let out sharp and terrifying cries, stretched out their bloody hands, and struggled and swayed meaninglessly, like the reeds in the wind beside the Dongxuan Lake.

Seeing this scene, Fu Qingzhou's consciousness began to tremble slightly.

A feeling of compassion and sorrow started from him and gradually spread outward.

"Ugh……"

He sighed, "Let me help you...free yourself."

(End of this chapter)