Chapter 86

"Know what the consequences are for drawing your sword before me?" Lin Feng said indifferently.

Xue Chao was taken aback, then laughed. "It seems you, Daoist, have lost your mind. Do you know who you are?"

Then he smiled cruelly. "A waste like you has no use in this world. Since that's the case, I'll send you to your death!" As he spoke, he manipulated his flying sword, which slashed down at Lin Feng.

But Lin Feng didn't even look at the flying sword above his head. Instead, he looked at Mr. Ma, who was as thin as a bamboo pole, and asked calmly, "Are you the highest cultivator here at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Mr. Ma frowned slightly. "You've dabbled in some wild fox Zen, truly not knowing the extent of your own ignorance. At a time like this, you're still spouting nonsense?"

Lin Feng chuckled. "Enough, bullying the weak is something I won't do."

"Even using the power of the Golden Core stage would be considered bullying by me."

Before his words had even finished, a dazzling Buddhist light shot up into the sky, directly knocking Xue Chao's flying sword away.

In the stunned gaze of Xue Chao and the others, a golden mist enveloped the surrounding hundred zhang of swamp, dispelling the toxic fog and replacing the putrid stench with the fragrance of sandalwood. In the mist, the sounds of Buddhist chants filled the air, forming the Twenty-Four Heavenly Arhats Array.

Amidst the chants, twenty-four golden arhats stepped out of the mist, each ten zhang tall, forming a giant forest that surrounded Xue Chao and his three companions.

Each golden arhat emitted the power fluctuations of the Foundation Establishment stage, and the combined power of the twenty-four arhats was vast and boundless, like the sky and the sea.

Under such overwhelming pressure, Xue Chao and his companions felt immense pressure.

Xue Chao's Foundation Establishment stage sword was restrained by the Buddhist light in mid-air, like a fish stranded in the desert, unable to move no matter how it struggled.

"This... This can't be possible!" Xue Chao and his two companions were dumbfounded, while Mr. Ma's face turned pale. He struggled to speak. "This Daoist friend... no, this senior, please withdraw your power. There might have been a misunderstanding."

What a huge misunderstanding!

None of them had expected that Lin Feng, who seemed to only have the cultivation of the Great Completion of Qi Condensation, could actually wield such terrifying power. Wasn't this a misunderstanding?

Lin Feng's voice came from the golden Buddhist light, vast and ethereal.

"Misunderstanding? You've made things difficult for my disciple and even dared to draw your swords before me. The facts are clear; I haven't misunderstood at all."

Mr. Ma was almost in tears, gritting his teeth. "I am Ma Wu, a disciple of Changqingshan's Biliu Temple. I failed to recognize your greatness and offended you. My master, Huateng Laozu, hopes you will show mercy and forgive my earlier rudeness."

Seeing Ma Wu, who was supposed to protect him, begging for Lin Feng's forgiveness, Xue Chao's eyes turned red with anger. "The Evil General and the army are nearby, why should we fear him?"

Using all his strength, he couldn't recall his flying sword. In a panic, he pulled out a talisman from his chest and threw it at the golden arhats.

Ma Wu's face turned green; he wished he could slap this second-generation brat to death.

No matter how many helpers were nearby, if they couldn't defeat Lin Feng, they would die first, and then no one could help them.

The talisman exploded in the Buddhist light array, turning into a ball of fire that continuously exploded, even dispersing the golden mist.

The flames surged, and the powerful fire swept through like a sea of fire, causing the golden arhats to retreat. The light bodies of the arhats became unstable, as if they were about to shatter.

Ma Wu's eyes lit up. "A Golden Core talisman?"

The talisman Xue Chao threw was indeed a Golden Core talisman, specially refined by his family's elders for his protection. It was equivalent to the power of a Golden Core stage expert, Xue Chao's last trump card.

"Break through, and then we'll call the army. Even if he's a Golden Core or even a Nascent Soul expert, he will surely die!" Xue Chao's expression was fierce, and his two followers responded.

Seeing the Golden Core talisman clearing the way, Ma Wu's thoughts became more flexible. He didn't want to grovel if he didn't have to.

Ma Wu immediately formed a hand seal with both palms and spat out a plant seed. The seed floated in the air and rapidly sprouted and grew into a sapling under Ma Wu's cultivation power.

The sapling's leaves were a clear, vibrant green, looking incredibly fresh, but the green light emanating from it revealed a terrifying power fluctuation.

Wherever the green light passed, the golden Buddhist light of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Arhats Array gradually dissipated.

The Buddhist light array, already unstable from the Golden Core talisman, became even more precarious with Ma Wu's additional attack.

Ma Wu couldn't help but smile. "Daoist friend, if you retreat now, we won't pursue the matter. What do you think?"

Xue Chao snorted. "Dream on. I think this Daoist is just a silver-tipped spear, all show and no substance. He's just relying on this array he picked up somewhere. Once we break through, I'll make him pay."

Ma Wu didn't mind, letting Xue Chao play the red face while he played the white face. "Daoist friend, if you don't retreat, Xue Chao won't let you off easily. You'll regret it later."

From the Buddhist light, Lin Feng's light laughter echoed. "Who will regret it later?"

"Golden Core talisman, hah, so what if it's a Golden Core talisman?" Lin Feng laughed. "I said, even using the power of the Golden Core stage would be considered bullying by me."

As he spoke, the situation in the Twenty-Four Heavenly Arhats Array suddenly changed. Three of the twenty-four golden arhats suddenly burst into flames.

The remaining arhats, in groups of seven, surrounded the three flaming arhats, continuously supplying them with pure Buddhist power.

The three flaming arhats chanted together, and the flames shot up into the sky, forming an endless sea of fire in mid-air.

A "boom" echoed in the sea of fire, and the entire Buddhist light array shook.

Xue Chao and his companions, at the Qi Condensation stage, didn't feel it much, but Ma Wu, at the Foundation Establishment stage, clearly sensed that something terrifying was about to be born from the sea of fire.

The next moment, a golden Buddha with four faces, eight arms, and an angry expression slowly rose from the sea of fire, with a vertical eye closed in the middle of its forehead.

A milky white flame of the Immovable Wisdom King erupted from the vertical eye, landing in the sea of fire created by the Golden Core talisman.

"Boom"!

Though both were flames, the fire created by Xue Chao's talisman became fuel for the Immovable Wisdom King's flame. In an instant, the red flames were extinguished, turning into an endless sea of white fire!

The Immovable Wisdom King's flame was so domineering that it burned all other flames to ashes!

Ma Wu watched in despair as his sapling was surrounded by the white fire, unable to be retracted, and was instantly burned to ashes.

"No!" With his life-bound magical tool destroyed, Ma Wu spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed, then was enveloped by the sea of fire, screaming as he turned into a burning man.

The remaining Xue Chao and his two companions were swallowed by the sea of fire without any chance to struggle.

"Why did I have to provoke such a demon star?" This was the last thought in all their minds. Truly, they regretted it too late.

Wang Lin watched the scene before him, his eyes sparkling.

Lin Feng suddenly came to his senses. "I can't burn them all; I still need to ask them about the Star River Sand." Thinking of this, he quickly withdrew the power of the Immovable Wisdom King and transformed his own cultivation power into the Yellow Spring Nirvana Technique.

Among the four, only Ma Wu, the highest cultivator, survived by a thread, but his body was burned to charcoal, leaving only his soul.

Before he could rejoice that the flames had finally extinguished, his soul was seized by a power.

Ma Wu was terrified, and Lin Feng looked at him with a smile, using the technique of the Netherworld Puppet Master.