Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2274: 159: Sword in Hand
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“Followers of the Supreme True Buddha?!”
Wang Ba’s heart plummeted as he perceived the silhouette racing toward them from the distance.
His Spiritual Sense rapidly swept over True Man Ba, True Man Nie, and the early-stage cultivators currently trapped by a swarm of Arhats. His thoughts spun at lightning speed, and a decision was reached in a heartbeat.
Abruptly halting his momentum, his green robes fluttered as he vanished without a sound from his current position.
The three Bodhisattvas engaged with True Man Ba and True Man Nie noticed this disappearance, their expressions shifting as they sensed imminent trouble. The Bodhisattva battling True Man Ba, possessing a face as round as a full moon, shouted with desperate urgency:
“Withdraw!”
It was already too late!
The green-robed figure materialized near the cluster of Arhats almost the very moment he had vanished.
Simultaneously, the Yellow Dao Domain surged forth like a torrential river, crashing toward the Arhats!
The Arhats' faces paled with terror.
The memory of this green-robed Taoist effortlessly slaying a Bodhisattva was still vivid; none among them were without fear.
Yet, escape was no longer an option at this proximity.
In a synchronized reflex, the Arhats hurled out their Dao Treasures to force back their current opponents. With a collective roar, they pressed their palms together, causing their Golden Bodies to swell in size!
Ten Golden Arhats, accompanied by rising Buddha phantoms, stood firm in the void, thrusting their arms upward to meet the descending weight of the Yellow Dao Domain.
A thunderous boom echoed as the Yellow Dao Domain collided violently with the ten Buddha phantoms!
Bang!
The Yellow Dao Domain pressed down with crushing force!
Beneath the oppressive weight of the Dao Domain, the complexions of the ten Golden Arhats turned a deep crimson. Faint cracks began to spiderweb across their Golden Bodies, leaking blood and dark Demonic Qi as they pushed themselves to their absolute limits. The surrounding Buddha phantoms were instantly riddled with fractures!
Somehow, they managed to narrowly withstand the crushing power of the Yellow Dao Domain.
Before any relief could set in, they watched as the green-robed Taoist flicked his sleeve. An ancient zither manifested in the air, radiating surges of energy as it hovered before him.
The Taoist reached out and plucked a string!
The vibration of the strings struck like a physical blow, leaving the ten Arhats looking ashen and defeated in an instant!
Their Golden Bodies began to peel away in fragments.
Demonic Qi billowed wildly!
Seeing an opening, the nearby early-stage cultivators prepared to launch an attack, but they were swiftly halted by the Taoist’s voice:
“Everyone, withdraw immediately!”
As he spoke, his expansive green sleeve unfurled like a great canopy, exerting an irresistible suction. None dared to fight the force, and more than ten cultivators were pulled into the depths of his sleeve in an instant!
Having secured the cultivators, Wang Ba remained on high alert. The fact that the Supreme True Buddha’s forces had set an ambush suggested this region was under their firm surveillance. Every extra moment spent here increased the peril.
His gaze flickered toward the horizon, where over a dozen figures wreathed in Demonic Qi were closing in fast. Judging by the visible joy on the faces of the local Bodhisattvas and Arhats, he knew the reinforcements were indeed from the Supreme True Buddha.
His mind whirred as he redirected his focus toward the battlefield of True Man Ba and True Man Nie.
True Man Ba had been caught by a Bodhisattva’s surprise strike, leaving him at a severe disadvantage. Meanwhile, True Man Nie was drowning under the assault of two Bodhisattvas, unable to counter and barely surviving behind his Dao Domain. Without intervention, his death was certain.
Though Wang Ba preferred to aid True Man Ba first to mount a counter-offensive, he had no choice but to streak toward True Man Nie instead.
As Wang Ba neared, the two Bodhisattvas harassing True Man Nie recognized the threat and made a quick pact:
“I will hold him off!”
A Bodhisattva wearing a jeweled crown, with a face as smooth as jade and a feminine form, barked the order as she abandoned True Man Nie. Gripping a bangle that expanded into a Golden Halo orbiting her body, she prepared for the clash. Having observed the fate of the Black-bearded Bodhisattva, she did not dare let Wang Ba get close without protection.
The edge of the bangle was impossibly sharp, infused with profound rules that seemed to carve through the void itself.
Facing this obstruction in a moment of crisis, Wang Ba’s expression turned cold. His energy erupted, his sleeves billowed, and a large brush flew into his slender, jade-like hand. Without slowing his pace, he began to paint in the air with movements as fluid as dragons and serpents!
The character for ‘Seal’ leaped from the brush tip, imprinting itself directly onto the female Bodhisattva’s rotating bangle.
The bangle’s movement faltered for a fraction of a second.
The female Bodhisattva’s face flickered with alarm as she tried to regain control of her treasure.
However, bolstered by the Wind-Driving Staff, Wang Ba’s speed was superior!
His hand reached out once more!
He thrust his palm straight through the defenses of the bangle!
In that instant, the phantom of an Azure Dragon’s claw manifested from his palm!
Caught in a desperate scramble, the female Bodhisattva could not reposition her bangle in time and was forced to meet him with a physical strike!
When their palms collided, the female Bodhisattva felt as though her hand were collapsing under the pressure; a bone-piercing agony surged through her!
The sheer force of the impact sent her reeling back two steps, unable to maintain her ground.
Unfazed after repelling her, Wang Ba pressed his advantage, leaping past her to strike at True Man Nie’s remaining assailant.
“Wisdom Tu!”
True Man Nie’s opponent, another crown-wearing figure with a vertical third eye on his brow, glared at the repelled female Bodhisattva in a fit of rage, clearly disgusted by her failure.
There was no time for reprimands. Seizing the final moment, he swung his Vajra Sword, cleaving through True Man Nie’s physical form with a single, decisive blow!
True Man Nie’s body shattered instantly!