Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

The moment Chu Mingkong realized something was wrong, he began to retreat at top speed. But no matter what, it was like a person on earth following the moon in the sky. No matter where a person goes, the moon will follow them. Chu Mingkong had already fled far away, but the giant handprint was still following him, showing no sign of distancing itself.

"If you squeeze it, I'll squeeze it too. Everyone has a figurine!"

Chu Mingkong stopped running. He took out the evil Buddha black relic and crushed it in his palm. A viscous black liquid dripped from the broken relic and adhered to his arm.

The angry monk rebuked him for defiling the Dharma, saying that if one has no Buddha in one's heart, how can one use relics to summon the Buddha? Even if the relic he just took was an evil Buddha relic, only demonic and devoid of Buddhahood, it is not something that just anyone can summon the image of the Buddha.

His stupidity is the same as that of the masked man; both of them think that they can obtain the Buddha's power even without understanding the Dharma.

"This is arrogance stemming from a lack of self-awareness, and also from dullness and ignorance due to a lack of wisdom."

However, the golden light that illuminated half of the abyss sky suddenly dimmed considerably.

This shouldn't be happening. My Arhat image hasn't faded yet, so why has the golden light suddenly dimmed so much?

Nu Sheng looked up and saw a giant Buddha image with a terrifying demonic aura appear behind the other party, occupying half the sky along with his own golden Arhat image.

but,

The black Dharma image was not affected by the Abyss too much!

Anger trembled violently in his golden eyes, trying his best to identify which Dharma form it was. Through layers of demonic black mist, he could vaguely see that the Dharma form was sitting cross-legged, with a graceful woman tightly embracing him in her arms.

"The Buddha of Bliss?!"

Just then, the spiritual power of the Dust-Free Talisman completely disappeared, and the graceful figure dressed in Consort Wan's robe reappeared. She clung to Chu Mingkong in a daze, her drooping skirt concealing the area where she was cultivating, revealing only two plump, fair legs wrapped around him. She appeared for only a moment before Chu Mingkong hid her again.

The Buddha on the head and the man on the ground share a similar spirit.

The pitch-black giant Buddha image extended a finger, colliding with the demon-suppressing hand seal of the golden Arhat image, causing the pitch-black Buddha image to tremble.

In this round of competition alone, Nusheng's Dharma form won.

However, after this attack, Nu Sheng's Dharma form disappeared, and his magic power was exhausted, while the dark Dharma form behind Chu Mingkong remained stable and had plenty of remaining power.

Seeing this, Chu Mingkong breathed a sigh of relief. He was genuinely afraid that the demonic dharma form that had appeared so unexpectedly would be smashed to pieces by Nu Sheng's palm strike.

Anger roared and he questioned:

"Why are you able to communicate with Buddhist relics?"

Now, Chu Mingkong was the one who was pleased with himself. He shrugged and said:

"You ask me, but who should I ask? Perhaps, I inadvertently entered into filial piety, practiced joyful meditation, and transformed into the Joyful Mother and Child Buddha?"

The small furnace for forging weapons flew into Chu Mingkong's hand, and he said again:

"Leave your belongings, and you may die!"

Chapter 253 He Ran Away

Having said that, Chu Mingkong was unwilling to say any more. The other party's treasures were already his, whether it was the Asura Divine Weapon or... Princess Chu, what he needed to do now was to remove the troubles from Xiling.

The troubles within Buddhism, and the mysterious Rakshasa Society, will surely reappear to cause trouble in the future, and then we'll kill them all again.

Chu Mingkong stretched out a fist towards the two men, and the giant Buddha in the sky also stretched out a fist towards Nu Sheng and the masked man.

The jet-black fist, wreathed in demonic energy, blotted out the sky with its immense power, relentlessly unleashing its might upon them.

Suddenly, Chu Mingkong extended a middle finger, and the Dharma image followed suit by extending a middle finger as tall as a pillar supporting the sky.

Nu Sheng watched the fist getting closer and closer to him, his heart filled with complex emotions yet also calm.

He realized that he was really going to die. The seeds of Buddhahood had been planted many years ago, and he had attained the fruition along the way, but the fruition was incomplete. He chose to reincarnate and cultivate again in order to make up for the deficiency, to reach the ultimate Arhatship, and to seek the Bodhisattvaship. He never expected that he would perish here.

I'm so unwilling to accept this!

Does this mean that I am not destined to be with the Buddha's teachings? But I clearly attained a minor stage of enlightenment in my previous life, which is my destiny to be with the true Buddha!

Why have we met our end here?!

Nu Sheng suddenly thought:

“I have already severed my greed. Is what I feel in my heart now greed? The pursuit of the Dharma is different from the desire for pleasure. It should not be considered greed. However, this desire has become an obsession in my heart. Is this the regret of my previous life’s Arhatship?”

As the finger fell, Nu Sheng paid no attention to the masked man, his mind preoccupied with his own thoughts. After a series of questions, Nu Sheng did not choose to exhaust all his strength to seek a possible chance of survival, but instead relinquished all his cultivation and power, and severed his greed.

Having lost his cultivation, the power of the Abyss rapidly corroded his body. His Dharma Avatar finger fell down, like a towering pillar slamming into the crack in the ground, creating a huge crater.

When his finger touched the intense Yin energy deep within the crack in the ground, it was quickly corroded, and the Dharma image dissipated, turning back into that small Buddha statue relic. It was probably because the demonic power was severely depleted that its presence in Chu Mingkong's mind became much weaker.

"I was thinking of throwing it into the Abyss to 'see it through,' but now it seems to be a treasure. I'll keep it!" Chu Mingkong picked up the black relic and looked in the direction of Nusheng.

The crater created by the middle finger resembled a sinkhole left by a meteorite impact. Inside the crater, it felt like being in a basin. Only when Chu Mingkong looked over from a distance could he feel the power of that finger strike.

"Such finger strength...wouldn't it draw blood?" Chu Mingkong was shocked.

He desperately wanted to go and check the situation, but the impact had stirred up the mud and dust deep in the cracks. Over time, this mud and dust had become almost integrated with the Abyss itself, almost equivalent to the solidified aura of the Abyss, and he couldn't approach it casually.

Although this Extreme Yang Barrier is enhanced by his Xuan Nu Jing power, it is still insufficient in many situations within the Extreme Abyss, and should not be acted upon rashly.

He sat cross-legged and waited for a long time, feeling that the dust in the giant pit had almost settled down, and then carefully approached it step by step.

Chu Mingkong's steps would sometimes suddenly stop, his foot raised in mid-air, hesitant to put it down, as if afraid of stepping in dog poop, avoiding any unusual mud.

Finally, he found a golden relic in the giant pit. This relic was different from the black relic; it was just a golden piece of bone fragment and did not resemble a Buddha statue.

Faced with the omnipresent aura in the Abyss, the golden relic seemed unable to protect itself. In just a short while, its surface dimmed, its golden light gradually faded, and it began to decay.

Sensing the unusual movement in his hand, Chu Mingkong glanced at the black relic and brought it closer. The power of the vow in the golden relic quickly dissipated and was absorbed into the black relic.

For safety reasons, Chu Mingkong did not put the black relic, which had regained some of its power, into his storage ring, but instead put it into his system backpack.

"It seems I've successfully guided Nu Sheng to the afterlife. He apparently dissolved his cultivation in the end, dying without even a trace," he muttered.

Kick around and Chu Mingkong discovered a pile of Buddhist artifacts buried in the soil, including a kasaya, a monk's knife, and a staff. This must have been the storage ring of the monk Nusheng, which had been broken and its contents had fallen out.

But this scene really looks like a loot drop!

The legendary online game truly lives up to its reputation.

Chu Mingkong picked up the monk's staff with his free right hand and used it as a Luoyang shovel to dig around nearby. He remembered that the masked man and the angry monk had been standing in roughly the same spot.

Because the monk Nusheng had dispelled his cultivation, his body was completely corroded by the aura of the extreme abyss, leaving not even a trace. However, the masked man's cultivation was still intact, so he should have been left with nothing but a pile of rotten flesh. There shouldn't have been no trace left!

Even if he is really gone, his mask is unusual. It saved his life before, so surely it should have dropped some equipment.

"The body is gone, without even a trace. It seems they must have escaped."

Chu Mingkong thought he had gotten rid of a major threat, and before he could fully relax, his mood became heavy again.

This person has too many secrets and many tricks up his sleeve. The fight just now was a complete victory for Chu Mingkong, but it also shows that he has mastered many strange and unusual methods, including refining the Extreme Yin Flying Sword.

Such flying swords pose almost no threat to him, but if it were someone else, it would probably be very difficult to stop such a sneak attack.

"No wonder he stood there blankly at the last moment without caring. He probably had a way to escape and stood there preparing... And what was that seal he used to block my fire spirit energy? It completely blocked it, leaving only a small black dot on it!"

The inkstone didn't appear either; it must have been taken away with it by the masked man.

This is a formidable enemy. Just his previous methods of attacking and killing elders at Tianya Tower are enough to make Chu Mingkong worry whether he has other tricks up his sleeve that could threaten the safety of Tianya Tower.

The dead enemies are what bring Chu Mingkong the most peace of mind and comfort.

"Wandering around in the Abyss won't do any good, let's go back..."

Chu Mingkong sighed deeply. Although he was still embracing the Princess of Chu, he slowly withdrew completely, leaving behind that warm and moist embrace.

After a long period of embracing and practicing, Chu Mingkong was unaware that he was sweating. As soon as he withdrew from the embrace, a lot of sticky sweat had accumulated.

It flowed out like a burst of syrup.

Princess Chu groaned softly, slowly waking up. She looked around groggily, her breath coming in thin gasps, and said in a dazed voice:

"Mingkong, what's going on now? Where are those Buddhist people?"

Seeing that the Queen Consort of Chu was unharmed, Chu Mingkong's disappointment at failing to kill King Huai lessened somewhat, and he said:

"It's alright now, Mother, you should rest for a bit, and I'll take you out in a little while."

Chapter 254 The Cry

The extreme abyss border fortress.

The sergeant guarding the pass had a solemn expression, looking anxious and fearful, like a pitiful terminally ill patient waiting for death on his sickbed, yearning for life but only able to watch helplessly as he fell into the abyss of death.

No, that description might not be appropriate, because terminally ill patients can only face death directly, while these officers have the option of desertion. Deserters will be hunted down, but in the face of despair, deserters at least have a glimmer of hope.

A group of low-ranking soldiers, who had been stationed here for a long time, stood on the city wall, looking at the despairing scene deep in the abyss, and almost forgot to breathe.

Recently, strange phenomena in the Abyss have become more and more frequent. First, there were the occasional chanting of Buddhist scriptures a few days ago, and then the strange appearance of skeletal soldiers. These are all manageable, at least we can deal with them. The skeletal soldiers cannot break through the city gates. It's just that a new kind of creature has suddenly appeared in the Abyss's creature encyclopedia, which is a bit scary.

But today's situation is different. After Lord Zuo from Tianya City went in, strange phenomena frequently occurred in the depths of the Abyss.

Just now, two colossal Buddhas appeared in the sky above the Abyss, clashing against each other.

No one thought that one of the giant Buddhas would stand with the border guards, because nothing from the Abyss would be friendly to the human race. Even if it were, it would probably be that giant Buddha that looked golden and majestic, which might have a slightly positive impression.

However, this giant Buddha, which appeared to be the embodiment of light, had already been blasted apart by that enormous black, evil Buddha embracing a woman.

Although the two giant Buddhas have disappeared, who can guarantee that the black giant Buddha won't appear in front of the border at the next moment?

The soldiers on the city wall complained bitterly and lamented.

"Even from such a distance, the imposing presence of those two colossal Buddhas is as if they were right in front of us. Just how tall are they? The border walls wouldn't even qualify as fences in front of them, would they? Could it be that such ferocious creatures have already begun to appear in the Abyss? How can we possibly defend against them?!"

"We have no chance of winning, and what will become of the people in the rear! Just when Xiling was stabilizing again, this happened. It's as if Heaven has doomed Xiling! Spread the word, we must spread this news so that the people can get away as soon as possible!"

"To witness such a world-ending scene, this life has been worthwhile. Even in death, I can be considered a knowledgeable ghost. But... I'm still filled with resentment!"

"What else could you possibly be unwilling to do? The only problem is that you still have a bride-to-be waiting for you to retire from the military and return to your rural home?"

"No, not at all. I've been saving up this money for so long because I want to one day book a whole brothel, be a king for a night, have a good time, and then get back to being a decent person. All that energy can come back! That's what the young master said before he went to the capital, and that's why I've been saving money all this time."

"Then you must be too weak. It would be a waste to order so many girls. Let me join you for one."

"You're too kind, brother. It's nothing!"

Since they were all going to die anyway, it was just empty talk and a way to vent their frustrations. One of them, facing the army below, shouted:

"If you have no ambition, can't you learn from me? I'm going to pound a cactus!"