Taiyi Dao Fruit

The sound waves swept down, cracking the ground and shattering the hills, as a group of Arhats also violently shook, with blood streaming from their ears.

In the midst of the Arhats, Eight Sceneries flickered by. Following the thunder, Liu Feng swept through, creating a layer of True Void that blocked the sound waves, isolating the residual collision outside the Fangzhang.

"With wind breaking sound, his Sound Technique is not enough to threaten him."

Lou Shuangying also noticed this and a thought flickered through his mind, prompting him to change his tactic.

But at this moment, a sudden gust pierced through the chaotic currents and appeared directly in front of Lou Shuangying, with thunder exploding upon him.

"Not only can it block sound waves, but it can also disperse the movements..."

Lou Shuangying couldn't help but widen his eyes, as thunder boomed upon him.

"Boom!"

Thunder Sound Combined with Yang Thunder, and thunder light exploded, electric snakes raced as if a tidal wave, engulfing Lou Shuangying.

A handprint emerged from the midst of thunder, landing a solid blow on the chest of the Asura King, with domineering Thunder Power bursting forth—

"Hum!"

But a buzzing sound was the only thing to be heard.

Black light flashed, forming the silhouette of armor. A transparent Black Sky Armor enveloped Lou Shuangying's entire body. The thunder that struck it was absorbed like a drop into the ocean, dissipated entirely.

Lou Shuangying, with a gleam in his eyes, stood upon a mountain peak that surged upward like a giant sword, directly piercing through him, yet slammed into the figure within the thunder light.

It was the Moluo Sword Manual!

This mountain peak that had jutted upward was none other than the manifestation of the Moluo Sword Manual by Lou Shuangying.

"Wind Xi, Breaking Earth."

A light cry came from within the thunder light, followed by a raging storm that arose. A pitch-black tornado formed a massive spiral, the sound of the wind shook the wilderness, bringing with it shocking thunderclaps, striking the mountain peak.

"Boom!"

A heaven-shaking explosion resonated with a loud crash; the tornado struck the mountain, with the violent wind and thunder entering, causing it to collapse and explode, countless rocks shattered, reverting from solid into nothingness.

Wind and thunder erupted again, the furious storm carrying with it relentless thunder, engulfing Lou Shuangying in its savage fury, with countless Wind Blades and bursts of thunder striking continually against him.

But Lou Shuangying's Black Sky Armor remained undisturbed, impervious to the wind and thunder no matter how fierce, even allowing him to stabilize his form in mid-air, completely unaffected by the raging wind.

"Lou Shuangying possesses the Dao Fruit of the Asura King Shankachiu, protected by Black Sky Armor. In the fourth rank, it's nearly invulnerable."

Upon seeing this, Yin Tulong immediately shouted a reminder.

"Shankachiu?"

Jiang Li had not heard this name before, but he was familiar with the name Black Sky.

Black Sky was an incarnation of Vishnu, one of the Three-faced Gods of Brahman, and according to Jiang Li's estimation, the Three-faced God could belong to either the Second Grade or the Third Grade, in any case, surpassing the fourth rank.

Although the Black Sky Armor could not possibly reach the grade of the Three-faced Gods' Dao Fruit, within the fourth rank, it truly ranks amongst the foremost.

As the words were spoken, wind and thunder continued unabated, but they were completely unable to harm Lou Shuangying.

The figure shrouded in Black Sky Armor let out a low laugh, saying softly "So it is," and suddenly spread his arms wide, a phantom image shattering the wind and thunder.

"Let's test out this mountain."

Outside the standing Five-Finger Mountain, five more peaks arose, forming a giant hand that pushed horizontally, shredding the wind and thunder.

Lou Shuangying manifested the Five-Finger Mountain with the Moluo Sword Manual. Its shape and form were identical to those of the mountain that suppressed the Giant Snake Baqi, the hand-shaped mountain broke through the wind and thunder, striking directly at the figure amidst the lightning.

He stayed here precisely to observe the form and spirit of the Five-Finger Mountain, in hopes of manifestation with the Moluo Sword Manual.

An incredible pressure overwhelmed Jiang Li within the thunder light, and the mountain tried to press him into the earth with an overturned palm.

However—

Jiang Li's figure suddenly scattered, turning into countless semi-illusory, semi-real blue butterflies that ignored the suppressive force and fluttered gracefully.

And in the distance, Jiang Li still stood perfectly fine in the midst of the Arhats.

This was an Illusion Body!

Lou Shuangying was about to suppress Jiang Li but was deceived by this ability to turn illusion into reality despite cultivating the Moluo Sword Manual.

At the same time, as the blue butterflies danced, countless butterfly wings reflected in Lou Shuangying's eyes, suddenly changing, and a figure replaced Jiang Li's position.

With a tall and straight figure like a pine tree, he wore a black robe with its hood covering most of his face, and a strand of white hair hung down beside his face.

One hand rested behind his back, while the other hand held a string of prayer beads in front, slowly twirling them, with black aura swirling around him like an abyss, as if he was the embodiment of the abyss, the source of darkness.

"Worldly Venerable!"

Upon seeing this figure, Lou Shuangying burst out with the title, his face both reverent and fanatical.

"No, you are not the Worldly Venerable!"

After confirming and then suddenly denying, Lou Shuangying struggled to calm his turbulent Mental State, yet couldn't help but feel anger.

As his anger surged, that figure slowly lifted his head, revealing a face like that of a Heavenly and Man.

"No, you are the Worldly Venerable! You are the Worldly Venerable!"

Like a switch, this face completely exploded Lou Shuangying's Mental State, and he suddenly cried out loudly, furiously turning into a black light, breaking through the sound barrier and flying away with consecutive explosions.

"You are the Worldly Venerable! You are the Worldly Venerable!"

The lingering sound spread farther and farther, becoming more and more mournful, carrying an intense emotion of disbelief, making one can't help but wonder what he had encountered to act so madly.

The Five-Finger Mountain left Lou Shuangying, automatically faded, and gradually disappeared, even the mountain peak that had been mostly destroyed was no longer visible.

Apart from the remnants of the clash between the two, there were no other traces around, no sudden rises in the terrain, and no cracks from upheaved mountains and rivers.

This skirmish had ended quite abruptly, even Jiang Li had not anticipated it.

'However...'

Jiang Li's left eye shimmered, the Eight Trigrams rotated, clearly reflecting a figure in his pupil, 'The true face of Karma Tathagata turns out to be like this.'

He used the Moluo Sword Manual and the Heart Demon Secret Sword to probe for the flaws in Lou Shuangying's spirit and incited his emotional fluctuations, then hooked onto Lou Shuangying's thoughts, summoning his Heart Demon.

Once this Heart Demon manifested, it would materialize in Lou Shuangying's heart the strongest attack, wiping out his spirit in one fell swoop.

In reality, all this was merely a transformation of Lou Shuangying's own thoughts, without any external force; even if he were to be killed, it would be caused by himself, thus it was not enough to trigger the protection of the Black Sky Armor.

From what happened, this method was indeed correct, the Black Sky Armor did not block this move, but before the killing move materialized, Lou Shuangying himself had a violent mental shock and left in a frenzy.

'And what caused all this...'

The Heavenly and Man-like face emerged in Jiang Li's eyes, 'It was this face.'

A face identical to Buddhist Zhen Ru's.

It was no longer the illusion produced by the Moluo Sword Manual but a real and tangible existence; the face of Karma Tathagata was identical to that of Buddhist Zhen Ru... or to say, the Awakened!

"It's a pity..." Jiang Li said with some regret.

He was quite interested in the secrets of the Awakened and Karma Tathagata, but now was not the time to explore this secret. Moreover, if Buddhist Zhen Ru or Karma Tathagata were to be drawn out, that would be troublesome.

The last time Buddhist Zhen Ru gave him face, not forcing the Monkey Head Gag on Jiang Li, and this time Jiang Li repaid the favor by giving up the chance to uncover the secret.

It was absolutely not because he feared Buddhist Zhen Ru placing the Monkey Head Gag on him.

"Nothing to be regretted, Lou Shuangying once was pursued by Guanyin's Disciple of the Buddha Country, his Black Sky Armor shattered by Guanyin's own hand, dead on the spot, and then resurrected."

However, Yin Tulong misconstrued his meaning and said, "This man is like Luo Hou, possessing the Undying Divine Ability; even a third-grade might not be able to capture him, so even if you could have stopped him just now, you wouldn't have been able to hold him."

"The Buddha Prison remains unextinguished by the Buddha Country simply because these two Asura Kings exist, allowing it to survive the times when Karma Tathagata does not emerge."