Chapter 1185: I Buddha, Compassionate

Zhenhuang Dian ruins.

Hmm, at this moment, even the term "ruins" could no longer describe it.

Under the assault of the Sheng Wu Zhi Wen Zhong Zhi Shu, the surrounding space had been blasted into blackness, with black holes swallowing everything.

The labyrinth walls, Void Attendants... and even the scattered piles of rubble that were originally here—all had vanished completely!

Deep underground, the golden Furious Giant had its back completely mangled, its consciousness fading.

This was supposed to be two giants overlapping, with all passive skills and awakening skills fully activated for self-protection.

But after the explosion, only half remained. As for beneath the Furious Giant...

The Han Tian Zhi You, trembling and curled up without daring to shrink smaller—because that would dissipate its power—was also blasted into unconsciousness for the time being.

Additionally, Feng Xiaose in his ghost-beast form, and Zhu Yike, who was as solid as a fortress, had both lost consciousness and mobility.

Mu Zixi was protected in Xu Xiaoshou's embrace, and during the explosion, she had unfolded the power of her world to shield him.

Yet, even so, her Bai Ku small world was now in tatters, and the little girl herself had been knocked out on the spot by successive shockwaves.

Absolute silence reigned.

Across the ten-thousand-li radius around Zhenhuang Dian, after the explosion, there was no sign of life!

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a piercing shriek echoed through the sky.

Jiang Buyi's soul body was barely holding together, pieced from fragments, sometimes manifesting from the Sheng Dao, sometimes fading like mist, teetering on the brink of death.

He was exerting all his effort to reconstruct his physical body.

However, the restoration speed was slower than a snail's crawl!

"Ahhh!"

The reality of what had happened, the pain transmitted through his consciousness, and the unwillingness from losing his physical form drove Jiang Buyi completely insane, his roars echoing in all directions.

He saw Yu Lingdi pinned by the Four Swords and wanted to help, for the restraints of the Ban Sheng Xuan Zhi compelled him to save others.

In that moment, it should have been the Ban Sheng dominating all sides, with the Zhusheng Yun Guang explosion wiping out everything.

But!

That person...

How could his combat awareness be higher than mine?! He not only turned the tables and resolved the crisis but also, by mastering spatial mysteries, forced a fire seed into my mouth...

No! That was no mere fire seed—it was an explosion Sheng Zhong!

Jiang Buyi clawed desperately, but he couldn't dislodge it.

At the moment of explosion, he unleashed his Sheng body, yet because he was at the epicenter, his physical form was utterly destroyed.

Under the Sheng Jie, his strength was already less than one-tenth.

And now, having just arrived, his physical body was blown away—what was he supposed to do next?

Most crucially...

This time, it wasn't his Ban Sheng avatar that was destroyed, but Jiang Buyi's true body!

"How could I, a Sheng, be blasted out of my physical form by a young man in a single strike?

"This must be a dream! It has to be!"

Jiang Buyi's soul body drifted aimlessly in the void, his thoughts wandering in confusion.

His dream had been so perfect: save Yu Lingdi and secure everything!

But due to one misstep, he was ambushed by a young man, and it was fatal!

Underestimation?

Jiang Buyi didn't think it was that—he just hadn't anticipated the young man's reactions being so swift, his techniques so powerful.

Such output levels—even for Jiang Buyi, with his cloud attribute not focused on offense, would require maximum effort to achieve something similar.

In other words...

As soon as this Ban Sheng entered the field, another Ban Sheng had obliterated his physical form in an instant!

"Who is he?"

Up to this point, Jiang Buyi still hadn't realized the true identity of that young Ban Sheng.

He racked his brains but couldn't match that face to any Ban Sheng in his memories.

After calming down to think, Jiang Buyi recalled the energy of the explosion.

Jin Zhao power,

Sword intent... that's right, and he had the Four Swords. "Xu Xiaoshou?"

"The Xu Xiaoshou at Ban Sheng level?"

In an instant, Jiang Buyi's mind turned to mush.

"Tianren Five Decays didn't lie—Xu Xiaoshou is still alive? But this is all wrong! He's Xu Xiaoshou? Isn't Xu Xiaoshou just at the innate or grandmaster level?"

Jiang Buyi had never even seen Xu Xiaoshou in person.

His impression of this rising star among the Sheng slaves came only from written reports and that incident in Miracle Forest, where they never met face-to-face.

Back then, without seeing Xu Xiaoshou's true appearance, he was tricked and forced to kill Teng Shanhai.

This was his first time seeing Xu Xiaoshou's real form, and immediately, his physical body was blown away by the other man.

"Hehe!"

"Hahahaha!"

"What utter folly! Absolute folly!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Buyi laughed maniacally, his thoughts completely shattered, not even knowing whom to mock.

"Jiang Buyi..."

Just then, another feeble voice echoed through the world.

Hunched over with its back completely blown apart and buried in the ground, Void General Zui suddenly lifted its body from the dust. It felt no pain.

Even though its waist was shattered, leaving only a spine connecting the upper and lower halves, it didn't make a sound.

In Zui's arms was a large bronze cauldron with a dragon head lid, from which demonic energy and white flames billowed, its surface scarred by the explosion.

Void General Zui raised a hand and opened the cauldron lid.

Yu Lingdi, still impaled by the Four Swords, emerged with a pale face, half his head poking out.

"Take me away..."

"Take you away, my ass! I'd rather damage my own Dao foundation than lift a finger for you, Yu Lingdi, ever again!"

Jiang Buyi's soul voice roared madly.

Yu Lingdi's face twitched slightly, his condition utterly depleted, as he said hoarsely, "This is an order."

"I'll kill you right now, you worthless order-giver!"

Jiang Buyi's eyes bloodshot, his soul body lunged downward.

"Kill me, and then die at their hands, is that it? Forgot to tell you, Xu Xiaoshou has a Ban Sheng-level ghost beast under him, called Han Ye."

Yu Lingdi showed no fear. With Void General Zui's help, he finally pulled out the Four Swords and tossed them aside like hot coals, then began dealing with the white flames and demonic energy on his body.

Thanks to Zui, the secondary gate, and the holy artifacts from the Zhenhuang List stored on Zui, Xu Xiaoshou's explosion had destroyed Jiang Buyi's physical form but caused little harm to Yu Lingdi. Of course, it wasn't that Yu Lingdi didn't want to save Jiang Buyi.

Blame it on Xu Xiaoshou being inhuman—feeding the explosion Sheng Zhong directly into his stomach.

At that time, Jiang Buyi was basically a walking bomb—how could he be saved?

Cover both with this bronze cauldron? That would just mean dying together!

Hearing this, Jiang Buyi calmed slightly, his gaze unconsciously sweeping toward the half-giant in the distance, which seemed to have fallen into slumber.

"Then I'll kill them first!"

His soul body went berserk again, charging forward.

"Go ahead!"

After much effort, Yu Lingdi extinguished the white flames on his body that had lost Xu Xiaoshou's control, and he sneered,

"Go over there and fight them with your soul body. They're all still alive; you just need to finish them off. That's easy enough.

"But make sure your strike is precise. If you fail to kill them, you'll just wake them up."

Jiang Buyi finally halted.

He clearly saw several auras beginning to recover and awaken beneath the distant giant.

And that golden giant...

It hadn't even taken any pills, yet steam was rising from its back wounds, regenerating flesh and healing at a visible speed!

"What kind of ability is this?" Jiang Buyi was stunned. If he had a physical form like that...

Damn it! Damn Xu Xiaoshou!

"He's Xu Xiaoshou—that's one of his abilities. Hurry up and finish them off, or once he's fully recovered, he'll team up with that Ban Sheng ghost beast to kill you!"

Yu Lingdi mocked and urged. Jiang Buyi finally let out a heavy sigh. "We're leaving!"

In that short time, the golden giant's wounds had healed considerably, while Jiang Buyi had only managed to form one finger.

He attached his soul body to that finger, and with a surge of Yun Sheng force, he swept up the still-immobile Yu Lingdi and Void General Zui, preparing to flee.

"Here, apply this first."

Yu Lingdi pulled a vial from Void General Zui's mouth and poured it onto Jiang Buyi's finger without asking.

"What's this..."

Jiang Buyi instinctively resisted, but soon realized that the Sheng liquid accelerated his flesh growth.

Though not as terrifying as the golden giant's regeneration speed, fingers began sprouting one after another!

Soon, Jiang Buyi reformed a hand... but his injuries were too severe, and sword intent from Che Shen Nian lingered at the break, hindering healing.

The fact that the Sheng liquid sped up recovery was already a miracle.

"Run!"

Comparing the recovery speeds of both sides and sensing the auras of Xu Xiaoshou's group awakening, Jiang Buyi dared not delay any longer.

He gathered everything and transformed into a cloud stream, speeding into the sky.

But midway, as if remembering something, Jiang Buyi suddenly turned back.

"What are you doing?" Yu Lingdi was terrified.

Was Jiang Buyi really going back to finish them off? Had he gone mad!

Never mind Xu Xiaoshou's backups—Han Ye was just temporarily unconscious.

Could a Ban Sheng's soul body kill a Sheng? What a joke!

All he could do was provoke Han Ye to wake up faster—what else?

"The Four Swords!"

Jiang Buyi's body had regenerated to the elbow, and with a sweep of Yun Sheng force, he pulled the resisting Four Swords from afar.

"You're insane!"

Yu Lingdi paled in shock. "With that sword, Xu Xiaoshou can track you! Their recovery is just a matter of time!"

"Shut up! He blew up my physical form, so why can't I take his Four Swords?"

Jiang Buyi seized the sword and continued fleeing. "I have my ways to erase this vicious sword's aura so it won't be sensed."

"Hah."

Yu Lingdi took a deep breath, too lazy to argue. "Faster! Run faster! They're waking up!"

"No need for you to say that."

Jiang Buyi shot toward the clouds. Buzz!

As one of the five great Chaotic divine artifacts, the Four Swords refused to be controlled by anyone else, wildly struggling in Jiang Buyi's Sheng force.

Vast murderous demonic energy erupted, turning into layers of black sword light that slashed in all directions.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Sheng force was shattered repeatedly, severely slowing Jiang Buyi's speed.

"Throw it away!"

Yu Lingdi was going mad. What time was this to covet that sword? Hadn't he seen enough treasures?

"Shut up! It's the Four Swords!"

Jiang Buyi struggled to control it, blasting several Zhusheng Yun Guang strikes that shattered the demonic energy.

"What waves can an unclaimed sword make?"

Once he subdued the Four Swords and forcibly sealed them, Jiang Buyi sneered.

Yu Lingdi panted heavily in the cauldron, his skull cracking again from anger. How much time had been wasted?

But scolding further was pointless and would only delay them more.

Fortunately, Jiang Buyi was powerful enough—even with one arm, he could suppress the Four Swords' resistance.

Now, they just needed to run. Whoosh!

The cloud stream tore through the sky, shooting into the distance.

Behind them, the golden giant shrank to a dot and finally vanished from spiritual sense.

"Finally..."

Yu Lingdi closed his eyes heavily, concealing all his outward emotions.

"Wait!"

Just then, Jiang Buyi stopped again.

"What's happening now? Are you waiting to die, Jiang Buyi!"

Yu Lingdi clutched the cauldron rim, nearly thrown out by inertia, and roared in fury.

But Yu Lingdi was too weak; his spiritual sense couldn't see anything.

Even with just a soul body and an arm, Jiang Buyi could sense a vague, ethereal figure floating far ahead on their path.

In that instant, Jiang Buyi's soul trembled.

"Don't go... don't go over there..."

An orange figure! Going there would mean death!

The powerful premonition of a Ban Sheng made Jiang Buyi instantly sense the greater danger ahead.

He turned direction again, fleeing back toward Xu Xiaoshou's side.

"Returning?" Yu Lingdi was dumbfounded. "You're going back to die?"

"Shut up for me!"

Jiang Buyi exploded. This fool knew nothing—what use was he besides nagging?

"This path leads to certain death. If we go around Xu Xiaoshou and escape from the other side, we might have a slim chance..."

His words cut off abruptly.

Jiang Buyi seemed to see something and halted in midair.

Yu Lingdi was stunned again, nearly tumbling from the cauldron due to the sudden stop, his body battered by the bronze vessel.

"Then run, damn it!"

Yu Lingdi was furious.

"Run?"

Suddenly, a mocking voice came from below.

Yu Lingdi froze, looking down.

The people under the golden giant hadn't woken yet, but the giant itself had regained consciousness.

In the time Jiang Buyi had dawdled, Xu Xiaoshou had actually woken up!

What kind of recovery speed was this? Even pills couldn't compare!

The world fell silent, not a sound.

Yu Lingdi felt his heart stop.

If possible, what he wanted most now was to grab the Four Swords and stab them into Jiang Buyi's head.

"Go to hell, Jiang Buyi!"

"You deserve to die here! Pay the price for your greed!"

The golden Furious Giant took one step, appearing before Jiang Buyi's arm, the cauldron on the arm, Yu Lingdi on the cauldron, and the floating Void General Zui.

Its back was still mangled, but its state had rallied, its momentum completely overwhelming the two ahead.

"No infighting needed."

The Furious Giant grinned.

It suddenly raised a hand, and countless alchemy cauldrons flew out, scattering endless pills.

With a sharp inhale, "Hiss~"

The pills turned into countless small spiritual energy vortices, merging into the Furious Giant's body.

Visibly, its back wounds recovered rapidly, thousands of times faster than Jiang Buyi's!

"None of you are getting away!"

The Furious Giant's eyes flashed red as it stared at the ants before it, suddenly raising its knee.

"Stop him! Zui!"

Yu Lingdi's eyes nearly split.

Void General Zui moved at the command, but then a soul-level roar echoed.

"Battle!!!"

A beam of spiritual light poured from the nine heavens.

Another Void General, Hong, the same size as Zui, half-knelt and suddenly looked up.

Facing the incoming great halberd, it gripped the great sword in its chest and yanked it out with a boom.

"Bang!"

The black halberd and great sword clashed in midair, exploding with violent sound waves and endless void ripples.

Jiang Buyi's arm and the cauldron were instantly blasted away.

The Furious Giant, transformed from Xu Xiaoshou, delivered a heavy kick to the flying cauldron, whipping it like a lash.

"No!"

In that moment, Yu Lingdi's eyes almost burst.

But he had no extra strength to resist and could only watch as fate judged him.

This despair was terrifying!

"Clang!" The sound of weapons clashed instantly.

The frenzied sound waves from the Ban Sheng-level physical body and the Furious Giant's strike on the Sheng artifact cauldron alone shattered Yu Lingdi's already weakened body inside!

"Jiang Buyi, may you rot in hell!"

As his skull shattered, Yu Lingdi's final roar was directed at his companion.

"Don't worry, you'll all die."

With one kick, the Furious Giant flattened and sent the Sheng artifact bronze cauldron flying.

Xu Xiaoshou's Furious Giant form perfectly controlled the battlefield.

Ignoring the fierce battle between Hong and the weakened Void General Zui nearby, the Furious Giant raised an arm, and the hurricane it generated pulled Jiang Buyi's newly formed arm toward it.

After the storm, the world grew quiet again.

"No!"

Jiang Buyi's struggles and words mirrored Yu Lingdi's.

But his fragmented Sheng force didn't hold much advantage over Xu Xiaoshou's, and the giant's momentum was even stronger! Thus, the Jiang family arm, despite erupting with Sheng force, flew uncontrollably toward the golden giant.

The Furious Giant, as Xu Xiaoshou, remained calm, eyes lowered in a compassionate pose, quietly waiting for the arm's arrival.

When Jiang Buyi, the left palm, and the right palm aligned, the giant spun on its feet, stepping out a Ling Dao disk, while a faint green light emanated from its body.

"I, Buddha, am merciful."

The Furious Giant pressed its palms together!

With a massive boom, the black void exploded again.

Bright red and faint green blood—flesh and soul blood—spurted from the golden fingers, splattering the sky.

Below, Han Ye slowly awoke, feeling the rampant Sheng force above.

He looked up in shock, but upon seeing the scene, his scalp tingled instantly.

In the misty darkness, at his feet was a cauldron stewing flesh, in his palm was a Ban Sheng's mutilated corpse, and the Furious Giant, glowing with golden Buddha light, bowed its head in repentance.

"Sinful, sinful."