Ch. 1718 - Lin, I'm Back

After hearing the words of the Treasure Buddha Governor, San Dao let out a cold snort.

“Innocent? Who in this world is truly innocent? When Treasure Buddha Demon Venerable was at his peak, you all benefited from his grace. Now that he has met disaster, you naturally must bear responsibility together with him. In this world, how can anyone enjoy benefits without paying a price?”

Hearing this, the expression of the Treasure Buddha Governor changed slightly.

He sighed softly.

“If that’s the case, then we’ll stake our lives to accompany you. We can’t just wait for death.”

He did not wish to become enemies with True Martial Sacred Ground.

But ever since Treasure Buddha Demon Venerable took part in the ambush, everything had already been decided.

There was no escaping it.

In the end, it had to be faced.

“If we are to die, then we’ll die in battle.”

As the Treasure Buddha Governor’s voice fell, the Treasure Buddha Demon Court beneath them began to tremble.

Reflections layered upon reflections across the demon mountain.

With a loud boom, it was as if a world was evolving within the mountain.

The mountain suddenly lifted into the air and crashed toward San Dao.

“Slash,” San Dao said calmly.

Three blades coiled around his body.

The first blade shattered the void and slashed viciously toward Treasure Buddha Demon Court.

A mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

The Treasure Buddha Demon Court was split cleanly in half.

San Dao had no intention of stopping.

The remaining two blades also soared into the air.

The three blades crossed within the void.

They began to continuously slash down at Treasure Buddha Demon Court.

Thunderous explosions rang out.

Before long, the entire Treasure Buddha Demon Court was reduced to rubble.

The Treasure Buddha Governor led a group of elders, stepping out of the ruins and into the air.

“Buddha Mountain Seal.”

The Treasure Buddha Governor burned his essence blood.

At this moment, his expression was solemn.

Above the Shattered Demon Sea, endless Buddhist light spread out and enveloped everything.

“Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp, scorch the heavens and boil the seas.”

Within the boundless Buddhist radiance, a Buddhist lamp slowly ignited.

From within the lamp, flames surged endlessly.

In an instant, even the Shattered Demon Sea began to burn.

Long ago, Treasure Buddha Demon Venerable had cultivated Buddhist teachings.

This Buddhist method came from the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp.

He had once stolen the Burning Lamp, become an ascetic monk, and later entered the Shattered Demon Sea.

From that moment on, he never used the Buddhist lamp again.

When the Burning Lamp ignited now, it immediately surrounded San Dao from all sides.

The flames were terrifyingly powerful.

Even the three blades of San Dao could not sever the Burning Lamp flames.

San Dao snorted coldly.

He waved both hands, and the three blades instantly fused into one.

They condensed into a single soul blade.

“Heaven and earth, all things, nowhere to hide. I slash all things within the formless!”

With a thunderous boom, the soul blade slashed out.

The flames could not stop it.

After shattering everything in its path, the blade passed straight through the fire and struck the Burning Lamp itself.

A violent explosion rang out.

The Burning Lamp was extinguished and shattered.

“This is bad,” the Treasure Buddha Governor’s face changed drastically.

That had been their final trump card.

“Governor, run!” an elder shouted.

“Run where?” the Treasure Buddha Governor replied in despair.

“There is no road to heaven, no door to the earth.”

Everyone fell silent.

At that moment, an elder suddenly said, “Governor, do you remember that demon corpse?”

“Demon corpse?” The Treasure Buddha Governor froze for a moment.

As if recalling something, he shook his head.

“That won’t do. The founding ancestor once said it was an object of great calamity and warned us not to provoke it.”

“But Governor, this is a matter of life and death now. We can’t care about that anymore,” an elder replied.

“And we once tried to refine that demon corpse into a puppet. It might be useful.”

Voices rose in discussion, all persuading him.

The Treasure Buddha Governor’s expression flickered between light and dark as hesitation filled his face.

At this moment, the soul blade descended, and everything continued to shatter.

Within Treasure Buddha Demon Court, countless disciples were cut down.

“Then let’s try it,” he said with a sigh.

The Treasure Buddha Governor took out a command token.

Spatial edicts seemed to ripple within it.

The instant the token was crushed, the entire Shattered Demon Sea began to ripple.

Thunderous rumbles echoed.

Countless bubbles rose from the sea’s surface, as if something was about to emerge.

“Yin-Yang Guiding Art!”

Thin threads began to spread from the Treasure Buddha Governor’s hands.

There were at least tens of millions of them.

Within the Shattered Demon Sea, a massive body gradually surfaced.

The moment this body appeared, amid violent surges of demonic energy, the entire Shattered Demon Sea seemed to erupt. The sea surface, which had long been calm, began to churn.

Waves crashed endlessly.

Within those waves, inside the Shattered Demon Sea, the enormous figure overshadowed everything.

The body was at least hundreds of thousands of meters tall, pitch-black from head to toe.

The demonic energy covering it was so dense it seemed unfathomable.

The thin threads from the Treasure Buddha Governor’s hands slowly extended.

They wrapped around various parts of the demon corpse.

Its arms, legs, and head were all bound.

Under the Treasure Buddha Governor’s guidance, the entire demon corpse slowly stood up.

The pressure it exuded was immense. As it rose, the entire Shattered Demon Sea roiled violently.

The demon corpse’s eyes remained tightly shut.

It seemed to be in a perpetual state of slumber.

The demon corpse slammed down with a single palm.

With a thunderous boom, San Dao was forced to retreat.

The entire Shattered Demon Sea was lifted into the air.

“What a powerful existence,” San Dao said gravely.

Even as an Infinite Dao cultivator, he could clearly feel how terrifying the demon corpse was.

Moreover, this demon corpse could not even move freely. It was only being passively controlled.

San Dao’s expression was solemn, sharp saberforce bursting from his eyes.

“Let me handle this,” Xu Zimo’s voice suddenly sounded from beside him.

San Dao was taken aback.

“This demon corpse has some connection to me,” Xu Zimo explained.

San Dao thought for a moment, then nodded.

Xu Zimo looked at the demon corpse.

Demonic energy also surged around his body.

Within the vast sea of demonic energy, he faintly seemed to merge with the Shattered Demon Sea itself.

The demon corpse began walking toward Xu Zimo step by step.

Xu Zimo did not dodge.

There was deep thought and recollection in his eyes.

After inheriting the memories of the previous Infernal Lord and questioning Paimon and the others, he had finally confirmed certain things.

“Lin, I’m back.”

His voice was low.

Under its control, the demon corpse raised a palm and slapped toward Xu Zimo.

Just as the demonic palm came within a single centimeter of Xu Zimo, it suddenly stopped.

The demon corpse seemed to sense something.

It began to struggle against the control of the threads.

Roars erupted, as if it were about to awaken.

As the threads snapped one by one, explosions rang out.

The Treasure Buddha Governor was blasted away, sent flying backward.

At that moment, the demon corpse’s eyes snapped open.

In an instant, the entire Shattered Demon Sea shook violently.

Towering demonic energy surged straight into the heavens.

“Master, you’ve come.”

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