Taiyi Dao Fruit

Chapter 646 - 21: Bright King Jun Tuli, plays with strategies on the 9th night

Chapter 646: Chapter 21: Bright King Jun Tuli, plays with strategies on the 9th night

However, this also exposed a weakness in Jiang Li.

"Amitabha."

Buddha’s energy surged, transforming into the likeness of a Golden Lion as the Happy Arhat unleashed the Vajra Lion Roar with the might of Great Light, shaking the barely materialized Eight Sceneries.

The Happy Arhat harbored the Buddha Image in his heart and possessed the greatest Buddha Power among all Arhats. Under his full effort, even Jiang Li’s Innate Eight Sceneries were shaken.

Immediately after, a golden staff swept across with an unrivaled momentum, its mountain-crumbling and valley-splitting force striking one of the Sceneries.

This was the staff of the Gatekeeper Arhat.

The staff, a manifestation of Dao Fruit Divine Power, was said to be a gift from the Buddha himself. Bearing it could vanquish demons, suppress evil, and prevail without fail. At this moment, when the staff struck, the Wind Force within Jiang Li’s Eight Trigrams formation surged tumultuously and then—

"Bang!"

Strength burst forth, repelling the staff.

Even with Heavenly Tribulation upon him and surrounded by fourth-rank challengers, Jiang Li remained invincible amongst the fifth-rank.

The Six Sceneries each faced off against the six Arhats, unleashing fierce storms, raging waves, blazing flames, landslides, thunderbolts, and dark marshes. Six vast streams of Primordial Qi exploded forth, evolving into six Anomalies, colliding with the Arhats’ assaults.

"Boom!"

The tempestuous backlash sent the staff crashing into the Gatekeeper Arhat, causing the Arhat Golden Body to emit a muffled sound as the Gatekeeper Arhat was blown away.

Raging waves surged, carrying the Lion’s Roar to strike the Happy Arhat, causing this first-ranked in Buddha Power to shudder with churning blood and his Golden Body nearly splitting.

Jiang Li was most skilled in these two Sceneries, inflicting the heaviest injuries on the two Arhats.

The other Arhats were forced back simultaneously, each sustaining wounds.

Yet, the six streams of Primordial Qi fiercely pursued them like hawks hunting rabbits.

Jiang Li’s overwhelming strength left the Arhats in disbelief. Despite the intensified Heavenly Tribulation, he was still able to fend off three Arhats’ attacks with ease, striking back six Arhats and injuring each one.

With such power, one could hardly imagine how terrifying he would be upon advancing to the fourth rank.

And at that moment, the Six Dharmas bore down on them, plunging the Arhats into peril.

"Zha!"

Just as the crisis loomed, a scolding sound like thunder erupted, and brilliant golden light burst forth, flooding over the six Arhats, meeting the six great Anomalies like a tide.

A formidable and overbearing force emitted from the golden light, simultaneously shattering the six Anomalies into disarrayed Essence Qi.

A figure passed between the Arhats in a flash and revealed a majestic form with four faces and eight arms.

Cloaked in blue, with eyes moistly red, hair tied up showing black and red colors like flames, eyes opened wide in anger, his body adorned in fire-light and various decorative ties, the four-faced and eight-armed figure held double swords, a Golden Stake, a red snake, and filled Seal Techniques in his hands.

This was a classic Buddhist Dharma Manifestation.

The Dharma Manifestation’s front arms wielded double swords, twisting the sword tips to create a net of Sword Qi, its fierce radiance with the sharpness to cut through Yin Yang, directly breaking through Jiang Li’s mountain and marsh Sceneries in front.

"Fourth-rank..."

Thoughts flickered in Jiang Li’s mind as a stream of Primordial Qi surged from his body. The Divine Farmer’s Cauldron suddenly appeared, rising above his head to block out the dark wind and temporarily suppressing the inner Tempest.

The Great Circle Sword drew an arc of light and came to hand; wind and thunder were incorporated into the sword as Jiang Li delivered a slash, Sword Qi like a rainbow and as fast as lightning.

As the sword rose, stars scattered for a thousand miles to execute, with the wind and thunder following the roar of the rain.

Light flickered in his left eye, Eight Trigrams swiftly turned, and Sword Qi took the form of a rainbow inviting wind and thunder, colliding with the sharp sword net, sword against sword—

"Clang!"

The double swords were swept aside by the Rainbow Sword Energy, with wind and thunder simultaneously striking the Dharma Manifestation.

With the aid of the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, Jiang Li temporarily suppressed the Heavenly Tribulation, regaining his full strength, and he still had the upper hand.

But just then—

"Roar!"

Accompanying the deep sound of a Dragon Roar, a golden yellow Dragon Shadow suddenly appeared.

No one noticed when it had appeared, not even Jiang Li could sense its traces, as if it had leapt out from causality, cut through Heavenly Mechanism, and suddenly manifested.

A golden Dragon Claw shattered the barrier arising from the Innate Eight Sceneries’ Earth Formation, and the Qimen stance was pierced as well, the Dragon Claw advancing unstoppable towards the fierce palm force.

"Thud!"

Golden runes appeared upon the Dragon Claw, and the Drought God Palm was overwhelmed by the strike. The green flames shattered, as the Dragon Claw blasted through the palm force and struck again against the sword that was blocking the way. A massive force was transmitted, coursing through Gongsun Qingyue’s body, inverting her True Qi and sending her reeling, her muscles, bones, and flesh in disarray, as she was flung towards Jiang Li.

"Sister!"

This sudden turn of events caused a violent fluctuation in Jiang Li’s Qi Mechanism. The Buddhist Dharma Manifestation in front of him immediately cast a Seal Technique, and the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron moved away from above Jiang Li’s head with surprising ease.

"Boom!"

Heavenly Tribulation struck anew, and Jiang Li’s body burst into a mist of blood as the wind and thunder momentarily faltered.

His face changed drastically. He drew his sword and dodged, evading the Dharma Manifestation’s counterattack, while at the same time gathering Primordial Qi to catch Gongsun Qingyue, who was flying towards him through the air.

Simultaneously, the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron landed with a thunderous crash, shaking the mountain violently.

Up above, Yin Tulong noticed the change and immediately attempted to come to the rescue. However, Guangli Bodhisattva and the Big Snake Illusion intercepted him, and they didn’t forget to strike down below. Yin Tulong, having no choice, blocked their offensive and was also held at bay.

It seemed... the situation was decided.

"Sixth Brother, in the end, you have lost."

Yellow Dragon transformed, revealing a handsome young man in yellow robes—Yun Jiuye, the eldest brother from Dinghu Sect.

"You had no flaws in and of yourself, but the Third Brother was your weakness. You targeted Fifth Brother before, and now, I targeted the Third Brother to counteract you. Consider us even."

Meanwhile, the Dharma Manifestation retreated back into a Daoist’s body.

This Daoist, dressed in blue Dao robes and with a refined appearance, was none other than Jiang Biehe.

It was he who had employed a secret technique of the Jiang family to detach the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron.

Had Jiang Li been able to focus entirely, with his current control over the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron, he wouldn’t have succumbed to the backlash of the secret technique. But in the chaos of the fierce battle, his concentration wavered, providing Jiang Biehe with an opportunity to displace the cauldron and inflict severe injuries on Jiang Li.

"Bright King Jun Tuli... So that’s how it is."

Jiang Li looked at the Daoist with a dawning realization, "You merged the Jin Zha Dao Fruit with the Bright King Jun Tuli Dao Fruit."

By itself, the Jin Zha Dao Fruit was not enough to rank as fifth-rank, but it had another aspect—the Bright King Jun Tuli Bodhisattva, also known as Prince Ganlu, the eldest son of Vaisravana.

The Li family actually embraced both Daoism and Buddhism, with Jin Zha and Mu Zha both having Buddhist identities, and Nezha’s title as the Three Altars Sea Meeting Great God also carrying significant Buddhist elements, though he did not convert to Buddhism like his brothers.

The Sanskrit pronunciation of Jin Zha and Jun Tuli was extremely similar, and the two were originally one and the same.

The double swords in the Dharma Manifestation’s hands were the Wu Hook Double Swords, and the Golden Stake was the Dragon Escape Pillar.

"Are you from the Buddha Country?" Jiang Li asked, almost in disbelief.

"Not before, otherwise I couldn’t have moved against you. After this, I will be."

Jiang Biehe responded with a cold smirk, wielding the Wu Hook Sword, shifting his position to stand between Jiang Li and the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron.

This Daoist was still cautious, ensuring first to cut off Jiang Li’s access to the Divine Farmer’s Cauldron and prevent him from suppressing the Heavenly Tribulation, severing Jiang Li’s last hope of a counterattack.

Moreover, Su Nu arrived outside the mountain with her Zither, further intensifying the crisis facing Jiang Li.

"Eldest Senior Brother, aren’t you afraid of Heaven’s Punishment?" Jiang Li turned to look at Yun Jiuye.

"Don’t worry, Junior Brother. I have a secret technique passed down from our master, and with his protection, this cause and effect won’t touch me."

Yun Jiuye said calmly, "Sixth Brother, delaying time won’t save your life. Your master is detained in Divine Capital and can’t come here. Today, your death is certain!"

Both Jiang Li and Gongsun Qingyue were doomed; Yun Jiuye would make sure not to let these two enemies escape.

His expression was murderous, as his gaze fell on the siblings...

"!"

Yun Jiuye’s expression suddenly changed.

Because he realized that Gongsun Qingyue’s body was gradually fading, her Essence Qi swirling back, forming a Spirit Grass.

A transformation?

Then the question arose, if Gongsun Qingyue was a transformation, why had Jiang Li previously exposed a weakness?

"It seems that this is as far as it can go."

Watching Gongsun Qingyue’s form fade, Jiang Li’s expression also became indifferent.

And then, time accelerated.