At the same time, in a different location, the nine-foot-tall monk shuddered.
A hundred birds took flight in the Golden Dipper Forest.
A golden, translucent barrier, eight massive stone walls, a black and yellow light curtain... various formations enveloped the entire forest.
The air itself distorted visibly, and in a flash, only a fleeting figure could be seen, like a fish darting across the water's surface. A straight line cut through everything on the ground, yet the person's shadow remained unseen until the ground collapsed, trees toppled, and dust and smoke billowed.
A figure soared into the air from the ground. It was Abbot Wuyou!
He gazed seriously at the giant, red-crowned ancient tree beyond the layers of formations, and the woman standing atop it.
She wore simple clothes, but they couldn't conceal her breathtaking beauty. Who else could it be but Xu Cuihua, who had emerged from the Heavenly Fox Secret Realm?
"Abbot Wuyou," she said, "you cannot escape."
Xu Cuihua's slender hand rested on the trunk of the Primordial Blood Tree. Her lips parted slightly, and her eyes shone with a pink light. Her voice was gentle, yet it held a uniquely alluring power.
Abbot Wuyou had been trapped within the formation for an unknown amount of time. He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, an enlightened monk, yet every time Xu Cuihua's voice resonated, it would cause his movements to falter slightly!
At the same time, in a different location, the nine-foot-tall monk shuddered.
"You've lost," Xu Cuihua declared. "The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion compass Yu Xian gave you is fake."
"The schemes of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion are also fake. There's no such thing as the Li family's destiny; it was just a trick to lure you into a trap."
"Yu Xian is actually one of our people. Except for you, Abbot Wuyou, and the Long family, everyone in Azure Cloud has made deals with my Li family. You've already lost."
"All the sects, factions, and even the Jun Prince's Mansion are on our side. You have no chance."
"Surrender. You can't escape. The past is in the past. Why cling to this grudge?"
Xu Cuihua stood outside the formation, her voice buzzing like a fly, constantly trying to influence his mind. At first, Abbot Wuyou found it amusing, but as the battle dragged on, he grew increasingly irritated.
He had encountered the same situation as Long Xuankong. The compass hadn't led him to the Li family; instead, it had brought him to a trap in the Golden Dipper Forest!
"Demoness!" he roared. "Don't try to deceive me with your wicked words!"
"You evil demons, my Buddha will not tolerate your existence in this world!"
"Indestructible Vajra, boundless sea of suffering, the suffering Buddha body!"
He was indeed affected.
Abbot Wuyou's eyes widened. His body swelled, just like that day outside the Skyveil Sect. Back then, he hadn't even used his full strength, only hastily defending against that massive hidden weapon.
Now, as his words fell, the entire ground of the Golden Dipper Forest was unexpectedly submerged in black, bitter water. Two pairs of arms even wriggled out from his sides.
Truly a Buddhist Vajra.
In an instant, a dark figure sprang from the ground, charging madly towards Abbot Wuyou. But the Abbot effortlessly crushed it with a single palm strike.
Then another, and another, in an endless cycle!
With his six arms, like a Buddhist Vajra, he continuously struck out in all directions, sacred Sanskrit characters constantly appearing around him.
Blood mist filled the air, continuously gathering as more dark figures charged forward, an endless stream of attackers!
These dark figures, silent and relentless, six in total, continuously threw themselves at him, seeking death.
Even when trapped by Abbot Wuyou's Buddhist techniques, they would self-destruct, only to be reborn within the blood mist and continue their relentless assault!
Beyond this, there was another figure.
It transformed into a black mist, gradually eroding the Sanskrit characters within the formation's Buddhist power. It relentlessly searched for weaknesses in Abbot Wuyou's defenses, continuously attacking this fearsome Buddhist body cultivator.
It would also get injured each time, but it always came back. Every time it managed to strike Abbot Wuyou, a sharp, excited laughter would echo from within the formation.
"Evil demons and fiends!"
The wrathful Vajra roared furiously. Where were his Buddhist precepts now?
Now, Abbot Wuyou only wanted to destroy everything, break free from the trapping formation, kill all the Li family members, and crush them one by one!
Besides this rage, there was also a panic that a Buddhist monk shouldn't feel.
He was experiencing the same thing as Long Xuankong.
He had obtained the formation disk from Yu Xian, the former Pavilion Master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, who had also secretly been a member of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. He had absolute faith in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's divination techniques.
But he was confused.
He was confused why, while heading towards the Li family, he had instead fallen into their trap. The compass was completely useless.
And even...
Those major forces that had agreed to join him in annihilating the Li family had seemingly vanished in an instant. Only that old geezer from Everlife Mountain had shouted "Baldy!" at him.
He wanted to break free and send those villains who had used schemes against him, a revered Buddhist monk, and colluded with demons and evil spirits, to Hell one by one!
His eyes shone with golden light, his six arms danced wildly, and Sanskrit characters blazed like flames.
"Kill!"
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