My brother is so cunning

Chapter 946 The Great Divine Power of the Eight-Foot Golden Body

Venerable Kasyapa's anxiety finally subsided. The new metal puppet, while not exactly the same as the previous one in terms of martial arts level, was even slightly superior.

Even a fool can understand that if something is not unique, then there must be countless variations, endlessly.

Lao Tzu's classic texts on humanities also record: "One begets three, and three begets all things."

In other words, the hundred metal puppet formations behind Wen Rui had all reached the pinnacle of martial arts in the world, and any one of them could go toe-to-toe with him, the martial arts master of Lingshan.

As a martial arts master at the pinnacle, Venerable Kasyapa liked to feign humility and say to others, "There are few in the world who can fight me to a draw."

Now this statement needs to be changed: "There are only a few people who can fight this monk to a draw, but there are hundreds of millions of metal puppets."

But saying it like that makes you seem really useless!

Having barely managed to neutralize the first strike of the Dharma Wheel, before Venerable Kasyapa could even catch his breath, the metal puppet launched another attack. Its high-speed movement left trails of afterimages, its palms forming a lotus shape, gathering terrifying power as it pounced forward.

Kasyapa recognized it as the "Lotus Blossom" move, a powerful killing move in the Subduing Demon Fist. After the move was made, the energy that bloomed from the palm of the hand shot out, transforming into a golden lotus that enveloped the opponent. Countless lotus petals containing terrifying energy came from all directions, making it impossible to avoid.

Before the wound on his chest, torn open by the golden aura, had even had time to heal, he was struck again by the fierce force of hundreds of lotus-shaped fists. Even with his golden body protecting him, Venerable Kasyapa could not withstand it.

His expression was solemn, and he clasped his hands together, but instead of using the Zen Mind Stabilizing the Mountain, he was forced to unleash the Great Divine Power of the Eight-Zhang Golden Body.

A golden Buddha phantom emanated from his body. As he changed his clasped hands into a flat palm, a huge golden palm print condensed in the air and slammed towards the returning metal puppet.

The immortals watching from the sidelines frowned and began to whisper among themselves.

"He used supernatural powers? I remember we agreed to only compete in martial arts, right?"

"It wasn't agreed upon in such detail, and the distinction between supernatural powers and martial arts couldn't be that clear-cut..."

"Am I just too ignorant to understand? I don't think even the Buddha's chief disciple is that strong. He's fighting a metal puppet to a standstill. I think I could do it too..."

"You really can't do it. After just a few rounds of fighting, both of you are at the pinnacle of martial arts in the Three Realms. Even Yang Jian couldn't stop you!"

"Huh? That metal puppet is even more powerful than Yang Jian? The Creator God said he could create an unlimited number of them, so when did Yang Jian become so worthless?"

"You still have the right to talk about Yang Jian? Yang Jian could beat a hundred thousand of you without breaking a sweat."

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The giant golden Buddha's palm blocked the metal puppet's charge. The Lotus Blossom technique had to be activated prematurely, and countless fist imprints struck the Buddha's palm, causing ripples to spread across it. Each fist imprint contained immense power, but it was all absorbed by the Eighteen-Foot Golden Body's divine power and neutralized and dissolved by supreme magic.

At the end of martial arts lies supernatural power. While the highest level of martial arts can break some supernatural powers, the most powerful supernatural powers unleashed by beings above the Golden Immortal level remain unsolvable by martial arts. Take, for example, the battle between the Tongtian Sect Leader and Laozi. As the strongest beings in the primordial world, they didn't use any flashy moves. Even with the Tongtian Sect Leader's unparalleled Chaos Sword Technique, he was defeated by Laozi's sage-level supernatural power of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones.

Venerable Kasyapa knew, of course, that he had cheated in public. Although there had been no agreement that supernatural powers were forbidden, both sides had tacitly agreed to test martial arts, comparing the strength of the puppet created by Wen Rui and the elite demonic mosquitoes with extremely high martial arts levels.

Even if you unleash your great power and defeat the metal golem, it will be meaningless.

This was not a battle to determine who was stronger, but merely a sparring match to test whether the metal golems were capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of sweeping away the demonic mosquitoes of the mortal realm.

Otherwise, if every puppet Wen Rui creates can wield great supernatural powers, what use would there be for all the gods and Buddhas in the world?
These metal golems will only be used as ordinary soldiers charging into battle. Their martial arts level is high enough to rival the demonic mosquitoes, which would be enough to replace the heavenly soldiers and generals blessed by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Western Paradise.

However, Venerable Kasyapa defied convention and cheated in public, losing face in the process.

He had his reasons for doing this; he needed to test the limits of these metal puppets' power, which was crucial for maintaining the relationship between the Western Religion and the Heavenly Court in the future.

The golden Buddha's palm slowly pressed down, and the metal puppet dodged and retreated. However, the arena was still too small, and it soon retreated to the shield barrier with nowhere left to go.

The Jade Emperor had previously instructed Venerable Kasyapa not to use his supernatural powers, because the Lingxiao Palace was not a dedicated arena for combat, and the small space it created had limited strength. If both sides were to display their abilities in their chariots and horses, it would not be a martial arts contest in front of the palace, but rather a great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace.

The palace has only been repaired for a few years. If it is destroyed again because of this martial arts competition, the Jade Emperor will not know where to find immortal jade and materials to repair it.

For many years to come, they would have to hold court in the ruins of the dilapidated, open-air palace, losing face for all the gods in Heaven, and the Jade Emperor would also lose all his authority.

With the limited space sealed by one Buddha's palm, the metal puppet, empowered by the speed of the Buddha, twisted and turned, and was about to escape through the gap in the palm to ascend to heaven. Venerable Kasyapa then slowly pressed down with his other palm.

Another golden Buddha's palm condensed in the air, working in tandem with the previous palm, as if catching a nimble mouse, with both palms pressing down simultaneously.

Upon seeing this scene, the gods not only did not think that Venerable Kasyapa was powerful, but instead frowned and shook their heads, finding it extremely boring.

To destroy a metal golem and use such great power is truly disregarding one's status. It can't even be called bullying the weak; it's simply throwing a tantrum and smashing things to vent one's anger.

It's just an inanimate object. Is it worth wasting your faith, willpower, and accumulated magical power through arduous practice?

Great supernatural powers are indeed impressive, but powerful things often come at a price.

When Venerable Kasyapa unleashed his eight-zhang golden body, the magical power he consumed every second was equivalent to the incense offerings and prayers accumulated by a medium-sized temple in the mortal realm in a year. Nowadays, temples in the mortal realm are either abandoned or destroyed by demonic insects and have become ruins. Magical power and prayers have become non-renewable resources, and such waste is truly unnecessary.

Even if he can crush the puppet, it doesn't prove anything. We can't expect all the gods and Buddhas of the Western Sect to personally take to the field and use their great supernatural powers to kill the demon mosquito, can we?
Before the demonic mosquitoes could be completely eradicated, the incense offerings and prayers accumulated by the Western Religion since its founding were all exhausted.

The metal puppet was cornered by a pair of Buddha palms, with no way to avoid it. As the huge Buddha palms fell, it could only tighten its body and assume a defensive posture, seemingly going to use its body to withstand this divine attack.

(End of this chapter)