Chapter 1348: Bright Yang Killing (I)

Li Ximing let it pass with a single thought, yet the rainbow radiance in the sky broke free from the Heaven-Venerating Gate’s suppression and swelled once more to the form it had when it first appeared.

Finally, the three-eyed Merciful One received full empowerment from the rainbow radiance. Now, not only did four arms extend from his body, but golden illusory dharma artifacts also manifested solidly in each hand, blades, spears, axes, and staves.

Chilu was still in the midst of casting his spell when he saw the Profound Fire of the Three Phases' Guard spewed by Li Ximing surging toward him, accompanied by the Heaven-Venerating Gate divine ability. He decisively brought back the pagoda that had originally been used to suppress the flames, leaving the three figures in front completely exposed.

From this single move alone, Li Ximing understood that this old thing was far from ignorant.

The Heaven-Venerating Gate was a divine ability that suppressed dharma artifacts. Buddhist cultivators were never skilled refiners to begin with, and the pagoda of an old thing like Chilu was certainly no match for a spirit artifact. If it were to be met head-on by the Heaven-Venerating Gate, there would be no hope of ever retrieving it.

Yet this retreat had exposed all three before the ferocious Li Ximing. Although the three-eyed Merciful One had just been scorched by True Fire, he still advanced, about to raise his empowered four arms to block when heavenly light flashed back and forth and the Heaven-Venerating Gate suddenly transformed into a doorway as tall as a man.

The three-eyed Merciful One was not without cunning. He stepped before the hammer-wielding Merciful One who was still gravely injured and had yet to recover, intending to meet change with constancy. but who would have thought that the Heaven-Venerating Gate would instead charge straight toward Chilu's face?

Chilu was halfway through forming his spell art hand seals. It was clear he too intended to call for divine ability empowerment. His expression immediately turned cold. Unwilling to trade his pagoda for the chance to complete the spell, and even less willing to have the empowerment cut off and be suppressed beneath the gate, he abruptly broke off the spell, enduring the piercing heavenly light head-on before dispersing into fire and vanishing.

The three-eyed Merciful One Pingling immediately realized he had been tricked and rushed to assist. Yet neither of the two beside him was willing to step beneath the gate and make sacrifices for another. So, all four arms swung their golden implements at Li Ximing's dharma body.

But the disunity among these Buddhist cultivators gave Li Ximing an opening. The Mountain-Charging Profound Veil lit up as he suddenly turned his head, heavenly light bursting forth from the center of his eyebrows.

He forcefully endured the four golden artifacts, using Heavenly Radiance, Hidden Light to entangle Chilu, while the Heaven-Venerating Gate rose high. It was clearly about to descend and suppress Chilu from above. This caused the red-faced Merciful One's expression to darken.

At this point, even if the two Merciful Ones hesitated, they had no choice but to act. If they continued to evade, Chilu would certainly lodge a complaint once he returned to the Buddhist land. Since Chilu was under the Golden Lotus Throne, the two of them would surely suffer for it.

After several exchanges, the two had no choice but to traverse the great void to intercept the Heavenly Radiance, Hidden Light.

𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Li Ximing's Mountain-Charging Profound Veil shattered under Pingling's four golden artifacts. Immediately, a brownish yellow Stable Earth Spirit Containment lit up on his body. This wondrous art had narrow applications; it could not govern the Twelve Essences or Fire Virtue, yet withstood the Merciful One's golden artifacts once again.

Sparks erupted and the rainbow clouds in the sky trembled. A pale white surge of Bright Yang qi burst forth from where Li Ximing was, with Bright Yang purple flames surging outward, yet he had vanished.

The two Merciful Ones who had just appeared while intercepting the Heavenly Radiance, Hidden Light suddenly felt a chill run down their backs. They never expected that the Heaven-Venerating Gate pursuing Chilu would halt precisely above them and plummet like a golden mountain to suppress them!

Boom!

The impact was terrifying, lighting up the sky as the protective treasure light around the two dissipated in an instant. Their knees creaked loudly; the mana within their bodies stagnated violently; and the great void instantly resounded. A flash of light appeared beneath the Heaven-Venerating Gate as a jade-white palm pierced through the heavenly light and struck toward a face.

That palm came down upon the forehead of the imposing golden face. Deprived of the protection of treasure light and rainbow radiance, this head, though harder than a dharma artifact, held for only a brief instant before exploding outward in a radial burst. Golden flames surged like raging waves along with ferocious purple fire. The remaining body was blown apart completely, transforming into countless large and small golden stone orbs that rained down from the sky.

At the same time, a beautiful and bountiful heavenly realm filled with countless golden bodies faintly appeared on the horizon, as if receiving some form of rainbow radiance, flickering briefly before vanishing.

Stones flew everywhere across Mount Xiaoshi, dazzling to the eye. A Merciful One had fallen and had returned to the Buddhist land.

Boom!

Immediately afterward, the Heaven-Venerating Gate that spanned the sky trembled violently. Pingling, having been thoroughly toyed with, had burning red eyes as his four hands braced against the outside of the gate, causing the radiant pass to sway incessantly.

Outside the gate and beneath the gate were naturally very different states. Moreover, Pingling had now received full empowerment and was shaking the divine ability. Li Ximing did not strike the sword-wielding Merciful One cowering in the corner. Instead, he lightly flicked his sleeve and withdrew, letting the entire majestic radiant pass dissolve into heavenly light, while he himself stood upon the rainbow clouds, breathing lightly.

The three-eyed Merciful One Pingling, fully empowered and striking with all his might, was truly not to be underestimated. However, although Mountain-Charging Sea-Pacing Tiger did not use the physical body to fight, Mountain-Charging Profound Veil and Stable Earth Spirit Containment were still quite effective against these Merciful Ones. The divine ability mana within Li Ximing’s body trembled violently, yet quickly settled, leaving only a slight cut on the shoulder of his dharma body.

The three-eyed Merciful One's face was so red it seemed ready to drip blood, when laughter rang out from midair, "Good!"

Kuiqi was slightly at a disadvantage against Pi Jia, yet the opponent was evidently not daring to press him too hard, allowing him the leisure to observe the situation.

Li Ximing secretly laughed to himself,

This method really works. Changxiao taught me well after all.

That Li Ximing could unleash such terrifying damage in an instant and directly send off a Merciful One was mainly because the two opponents had just traversed the great void and had no time to react. Their protective treasure light and rainbow radiance were then shaken apart by Heaven-Venerating Gate, allowing him to succeed. First, Heaven-Venerating Gate was indeed effective. Second, he had learned this entire line of thinking from Changxiao.

Back then, he had been ignorant and inexperienced, unable to handle divine ability combat, while Changxiao possessed the marvelous ability to calculate great void landing points. As a result, every time he traversed the great void, he would suffer a spell and was nearly beaten to death within dozens of moves. Now the situation was reversed. Though he could not calculate the opponents' landing points, by striking at what the enemy must save, he could still predict their positions and suppress them unexpectedly. Unleashing the Profound Fire of the Three Phases' Guard had allowed him to achieve a remarkable feat.

Li Ximing had only just taken a single breath and had no time to celebrate when the rainbow light at the horizon finished descending. Chilu now had six arms, wielding two spears, two shields, and two swords which all gleamed gold. The four eyes on his face shone fiercely, and he rode a ferocious winged tiger through the air with eyes wide in fury.

This Merciful One clearly had little affection for his companions. Despite his face being filled with rage, Li Ximing saw that his movements were quite cautious. He had a treasure artifact in hand while flames were being brewed in his mouth.

After all, Chilu was under the Golden Lotus Throne. At his level, he had already reached the peak among Merciful Ones, with differences lying only in certain spell arts and whether one possessed a treasure artifact. As Li Ximing sent the radiant pass sallying forth, he saw Chilu suddenly open his mouth.

Boom!

In an instant, thunder and flame interwove, gathering and erupting from his mouth to form a beam of spirit light. Li Ximing shuddered and solemnly raised his divine ability. In a flash of lightning and sparks, a burst of black smoke exploded upon Heaven-Venerating Gate.