“Very simple!”
Golden light flickered across the bald fatty’s golden body, flowing brilliantly. An aura surged from him, as if some mysterious power had awakened.
The golden bodies of Leng Rong, Bi Zhuang, and several Azure Dragon Gate members who still possessed them suddenly shone brightly.
Then, the indestructible golden bodies that had solidified throughout their frames abruptly gathered into a single point and transformed into beams of Buddhist light. These beams shot out from that point and streamed straight into the bald fatty.
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
One mouthful of blood after another sprayed from the spot where each person’s body had been pierced.
“You!”
The others flew into a rage. Lin Xiao’s expression also turned grave as vital energy circulated within him.
At that moment, Leng Rong raised a hand to stop them and said, “Just minor injuries. Nothing serious!”
Everyone relaxed a little. Seeing that the golden bodies were gone and the wounds were not severe, they finally let out a long breath.
The problem of the golden bodies seemed resolved.
Still, Bi Zhuang and a few others harboured some lingering anger.
They had fought desperately for that Buddhist light, only to discover it was a trap that merely lined someone else’s pockets.
“Go rescue the other Azure Dragon Gate disciples!”
The eighth-level Martial Emperor elder from the Azure Dragon Gate spoke up.
Apart from the several seventh and eighth-level experts present, the rest of the disciples had been too weak and were told to flee on their own.
With so many Buddha statues on the periphery, some disciples were surely still trapped.
Everyone prepared to move out, but right at that instant, the hundred-zhang golden Buddha before them suddenly pressed its palms together. Dazzling golden light burst from its body and soared into the sky.
Behind it, seven-coloured golden radiance appeared, enveloping the entire area. All the remaining Buddha statues immediately froze.
The whole region shook as if a great earthquake had struck. The ground trembled violently.
Then, as though guided by some unseen force, the other Buddha statues rapidly shifted position. They lined up neatly behind the hundred-zhang golden Buddha, pressed their palms together, and knelt in worship.
The speed at which the statues moved was almost instantaneous.
Moreover, the dozens to hundreds of survivors who had been fighting the statues elsewhere suddenly appeared near the hundred-zhang golden Buddha, randomly placed at various spots.
Lin Xiao and the others paled dramatically.
“The true inheritance of the Buddha Ancestor Sect has appeared!”
At that moment, the bald fatty’s expression grew solemn. He shot forward and landed on the giant palm of the hundred-zhang golden Buddha.
“Golden body indestructible, no force can destroy it, nothing is unbreakable.”
The bald fatty sat cross-legged on the palm, chanted once, then entered meditation.
His golden body flickered. He remained motionless on the giant palm, seemingly merging with the hundred-zhang golden Buddha.
Throughout the entire area, apart from the shaking, the indistinct sound of sutra chanting and Buddhist recitations began to echo.
The golden radiance emitted by the hundred-zhang golden Buddha spread further and further, rapidly covering thousands of li in all directions.
“Rip!”
“Rip!”
“Rip!”
One figure after another was abruptly teleported in, appearing randomly in the sky and on the ground within several hundred zhang to dozens of li around the hundred-zhang golden Buddha.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. In an instant, more than two thousand people now surrounded the golden Buddha.
Every one of them seemed to have been teleported there.
Lin Xiao quickly scanned the surroundings and spotted Ji Yue, the other eighth-level Martial Emperors from the Ji family, many Ji family members, Yi Xiaoxi from the Sacred Heaven Gate, their elders and disciples, Luo Qianqiu, the Azure Dragon Gate elders, and more. It seemed everyone who had entered this region had appeared here, placed at random.
Lin Xiao could not help feeling a chill.
What on earth was going on?
Was it because the strongest inheritance had emerged, causing a massive change across the entire area?
Just like in that strange ancient city, after he obtained the Human Pill inheritance, all the ancient buildings vanished, and the moment they stepped out of the gate, they found themselves back in the outside world?
Did that mean they too might directly leave the Domain of Evil from this place?
Of course, this was only a guess.
At that moment, not only Lin Xiao but everyone else who had appeared here looked utterly bewildered.
Soon afterwards, the heaven-reaching golden light from the hundred-zhang golden Buddha vanished. The seven-coloured radiance disappeared, and the trembling ground returned to calm.
Everything fell silent once more.
Only the bald fatty on the giant palm still glowed with flowing golden light. He looked like a statue cast from bronze, completely motionless.
Anyone unaware would think he was just a small Buddha statue.
“What exactly is happening here?”
People exchanged confused glances.
No one could answer, not even Lin Xiao and his group.
Everyone turned their attention to the colossal hundred-zhang golden Buddha standing on the ground.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
At that moment, the surviving Ji family elders and disciples, as well as those from the Azure Dragon Gate who had been fighting the statues, flew towards their respective leaders.
“That’s Lin Xiao. He and that monk killed Senior Brother Yang Fengyi and Elder Rui!”
A Sacred Heaven Gate disciple pointed at Lin Xiao, then at the bald fatty.
Elsewhere, another youth reported to Ji Yue, “Lin Xiao took the chance to kill Brother Ji Ya, two of our Ji family eighth-level Martial Emperor elders, several seventh-level elders, and more than twenty others. They all fell to his alliance with the others.”
Upon hearing this, the hundreds from the Ji family and Sacred Heaven Gate flew into a fury.
Their icy gazes locked onto Lin Xiao. Although his current appearance was disguised, it could no longer be hidden.
The rest of the crowd reeled in shock.
The unrivalled top geniuses Ji Ya of the Ji family and Yang Fengyi of the Sacred Heaven Gate were dead?
Killed by Lin Xiao, the Azure Dragon Gate, and that middle-aged man who looked rather like a Buddha statue?
The Azure Dragon Gate members all frowned deeply.
“He’s receiving the inheritance. Interrupt him now!”
Someone pointed at the bald fatty and shouted.
But at that very instant, the bald fatty’s eyes snapped open. He suddenly spoke, “Who says this poor monk is receiving the inheritance?”
Everyone froze, even Lin Xiao.
He had definitely received the inheritance.
Yet he had completed it so quickly, practically in the blink of an eye?
“This poor monk has already accepted the inheritance. There are no further opportunities here. Dear benefactors, please return the way you came.”
Golden light flowed around the bald fatty as he spoke with profound mystery.
The hundred-zhang golden Buddha took two small steps forward, causing the ground to quake.
At the same time, the one or two thousand Buddha statues behind it rose abruptly. They hovered in the air, moving closer to the golden Buddha with awe-inspiring momentum.
Those who did not know the truth were stunned. The hundred-zhang golden Buddha and all those Buddha statues could actually move?
Everyone revealed wary expressions.
