Chapter 876: Si Ming

Feeling the continuously increasing Feigang energy and seeing the distant enemies against whom he was helpless, Li Huowang quickly made up his mind.

Noticing the Unspeakable Army surging towards them from afar, Li Huowang instead turned his back on them.

Facing the countless people of Great Qi stretching as far as the eye could see, Li Huowang quickly scanned the crowd and found Feng Bawan.

Immediately, he forcefully pulled Feng Bawan out and excitedly ordered him, "Quick! Make them shout! Make them all follow you and keep shouting!"

"Shout what?" Feng Bawan, holding half a brick, was bewildered.

"What you just said! Get everyone to say it! Quickly!"

Before Feng Bawan could fully react, several scholars from the Bright Wheel Hall nearby understood Li Huowang's intention instantly. They immediately bowed and declared, "Your subordinates obey!"

Praises for Li Huowang were shouted out by the scholars, and everyone behind them immediately joined in. For every phrase the scholars shouted, thousands upon thousands followed.

"The Great Dao is selfless and truly virtuous! With a compassionate heart, Zhuge Yuan saves from suffering!"

"The Great Dao is selfless and truly virtuous! With a compassionate heart, Zhuge Yuan saves from suffering!"

The words spoken by the Bright Wheel Hall scholars were naturally far more elegant, a stark contrast to the bluntness of the uneducated Feng Bawan. However, Li Huowang didn't care about the eloquence of the words; he only cared about the amount of Feigang energy.

Feeling the massive amount of Feigang energy continuously surging in, he knew he had found his path to victory!

"Chandu! Take the others and block them for a moment! This is still not enough!"

The Abbot of Zhengde Temple asked nothing. Calmly twirling the prayer beads in his hand, he led Great Qi's Bureau of Celestial Observation and military forces, resolutely charging towards the Unspeakable Army, even though he knew they were no match for them.

"Don't stop! Keep shouting!"

To make everyone truly believe he was a Bodhisattva, Li Huowang directly borrowed a portion of the Feigang energy, making himself appear several zhang taller in their eyes.

When they saw Li Huowang sitting cross-legged like a true Buddha, the voices of some who were shouting instantly grew much louder. They continued to shout with the scholars, their voices becoming increasingly fervent.

"Bodhisattva Zhuge universally guides lost souls! His lotus seat and auspicious clouds lead the way to the Pure Land!"

"Bodhisattva Zhuge universally guides lost souls! His lotus seat and auspicious clouds lead the way to the Pure Land!"

"Bodhisattva Zhuge! Performs a thousand good deeds daily, accumulates three thousand merits! Immense blessings delivered, with compassion at heart!"

"Bodhisattva Zhuge! Performs a thousand good deeds daily, accumulates three thousand merits! Immense blessings delivered, with compassion at heart!"

In this environment, even some unbelievers in the crowd involuntarily began to believe. Coupled with Li Huowang's various acts of devotion, they knelt down piously and began kowtowing, seemingly starting to worship Li Huowang as a true Bodhisattva.

Everyone believed Li Huowang was the Bodhisattva Zhuge Yuan, who saves from suffering and hardship, even though this Bodhisattva wore a Taoist robe, and the name Zhuge Yuan had no Buddhist connection whatsoever.

With their pious shouts, a continuous stream of Feigang energy surged wildly towards Li Huowang. If it was a continuous stream like a small creek before, now it was like rivers pouring backward.

Feeling the Feigang energy constantly increasing, Li Huowang listened to the screams behind him, anxiously waiting. "Not enough! Still not enough! Still not enough!"

As time slowly passed, and he heard the screams behind him begin to fade, Li Huowang's eyes suddenly snapped open. "Enough!"

The moment he finished speaking, his own spine-sword behind Li Huowang rapidly began to grow flesh and blood, ultimately forming a new Li Huowang. The two stood back to back and simultaneously opened their mouths, beginning to chant spells.

"Dharma King Teacher of wondrous void form, Supreme Mysterious Origin Heavenly Mother Lord! Where golden light shines, sun and moon conceal their brilliance; when the precious pestle whirls, ghosts and gods turn pale. Manifesting divine traces in the mortal world, guarding the holy chariot in Jambudvipa…"

Although the sound was not loud, it traveled far, extending further and further. The unchanging sky above Great Qi began to change.

Immediately after, the heads of both Li Huowangs gradually turned square, beginning to transform into dice.

The chanting continued ceaselessly. The square, dice-like heads grew larger and larger and began to turn increasingly purple. Their bodies gradually began to disappear from this world, as if they themselves were illusions.

As Li Huowang's body vanished, the dice's chanting grew louder and louder, eventually becoming the only sound between heaven and earth.

The Unspeakable Army seemed to sense something. Immediately disregarding the entanglement with Great Qi's Bureau of Celestial Observation and military forces, they charged towards Li Huowang.

However, seeing Li Huowang performing the ritual, Chandu and the others could not possibly let them pass. Even if it meant fighting to the death, they would firmly block them.

Although the people of Great Qi could not defeat these entities, they could still hold them off stubbornly by sacrificing their lives.

Amidst this chaos, the chanting of the two dice began to draw to a close.

"If sentient beings face hardship and call upon the name, the great being follows the sound to save from suffering! Great compassion, great vows, great sage, great mercy! Holy Spirit, Great Light Heavenly Empress, Great Sage Marici Deva! Perfect Brightness Dipper Mother Heavenly Venerable!"

The moment the final character "Venerable" stopped, the six-sided pips on Li Huowang's face separated from their bodies. Enveloped by streams of dim purple light, they merged into the extremely dark storm clouds in the sky.

The next moment, both Li Huowangs simultaneously looked up and shouted in unison towards the sky.

"Dipper Mother Heavenly Sovereign, come quickly! I'll return the true and false Heavenly Dao to you!"

Indeed, this was the Sitting-Forgetfulness Sect's Wangtian Baohao. Since their abilities were so bizarre, he would summon the True Divine Arbiter himself and see if this hundred-odd people had the power to kill Doumu!

"Whoosh!" The storm clouds in the sky began to roll violently.

In contrast to the changes in the sky, the grassland on the ground also began to transform. The texture of the ground became very peculiar, as if it had turned into some kind of liquid.

Li Huowang looked up and saw a Yin-Yang Taiji symbol incredibly high and far away, like a sun in the sky.

Li Huowang knew Doumu was coming. "Everyone get on the ground! Close your eyes and cover your ears tightly!"

At his command, all the people of Great Qi obeyed, and a large number of people instantly lay flat on the ground.

Lying on the ground, they swayed like seaweed drifting on the surface of the water.

When Li Huowang looked up again, he saw it much more clearly: two vast oceans, black and white, intertwined! Doumu had truly been summoned.

Those two vast oceans themselves were not Doumu; rather, what lay beneath them was Doumu.

Li Huowang could feel his body melting and his perception gradually fading.

Both of them, covering their heads with pained expressions, cursed loudly at the sky above, "What the hell are you staring at us for?! Those things are the enemy! Kill them!"