Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2334: 179: Striving with All Their Might (Happy Lunar New Year! Surprise!)
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Boom——
Streams of light crisscrossed the heavens, exploding into brighter splendor that wrapped the whole Cloud Sky Realm in a wild, fractured, yet magnificent display.
This chaos unfolded alongside the fierce clashes of countless cultivators and monks.
Right then, the youth in purple robes let out a sharp cry.
“Daoist Friend Taiyi, guard me now!”
With those words, he dropped to the ground in a cross-legged position, his fingers flying through a series of seals!
In a flash, he linked up rapidly with the full extent of the Domain!
Wang Ba picked up on the ripples from the purple-robed youth, his mind tightening as he realized:
“He’s gained the Realm Spirit’s approval too?”
At the same instant, the Cloud Sky Realm stirred to life, humming softly while it drew in the vast Chaos Origin Substance nearby, and the tears in the Realm Membrane started sealing up fast!
“This is bad—they’re trying to lock us inside!”
One monk spotted the shifts in the Realm Membrane, his face twisting in alarm as he yelled out.
Right away, a Bodhisattva surged ahead, offering up his Dao Treasure to smash the Realm Membrane anew.
But just then.
Dozens of dome-shaped barriers rose quietly from the earth, rays of light bursting from their peaks and lancing up to the firmament!
In a heartbeat, the Realm Membrane fused seamlessly with the array of barriers below!
Every blow the Bodhisattva landed on the Realm Membrane got spread out instantly by the shield arrays on the ground, where hordes of cultivators poured their efforts into holding the line!
The overwhelming force scattered away in moments!
From inside those barriers, bursts of holy radiance fired off now and then, and anything in their path—even an Arhat caught off guard—would suffer injuries.
Now, under the onslaught from the Supreme True Buddha’s forces, the defenses the Cloud Sky Realm had built up over years at last unleashed their true power.
On the other side, the cultivators emerging from the Taoist Field wasted no time, swiftly pairing off against their foes.
Even though the monks outnumbered them, they found themselves thrown into disarray for the moment, scrambling to fight back.
Still, the Supreme True Buddha’s army had overrun countless realms; they were no pushovers.
The Eastern Great Bodhisattva, manifesting his Dharma Aspect upon entry, looked grave but composed, snatching up several early-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivators nearby and stuffing them into the sack at his belt, before booming in a heavy tone:
“Fellow Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and disciples, rally to me and the Southern Great Bodhisattva—stay together.”
Their ranks of Bodhisattvas and Arhats dwarfed those of the Cloud Sky Realm.
Despite reinforcements from many Crossing Tribulation cultivators, they remained outnumbered in the end.
By overwhelming with sheer numbers, dominating through strength, and deploying a massive formation to pin them down, that’s how they could truly exploit their edge—instead of dueling one-on-one with spells; naturally, the key was their late-stage Crossing Tribulation experts, plus True Man Taiyi in their midst, who wasn’t late-stage himself but matched that level against Bodhisattvas and Arhats.
If they slipped up and lost too many Bodhisattvas or Arhats, it would sting badly, possibly stalling the spread of Buddhist Law, which was a vital mission.
“Evil monk, don’t get cocky—I’ll cut you down!”
A late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator who’d come to help, bottled up and itching for action, at last charged in, waving a banner brimming with Evil Qi at the Eastern Great Bodhisattva.
The Eastern Great Bodhisattva’s face stayed calm, with more than twenty Bodhisattvas clustered at his back; at the sight, they moved as one!
Shock flashed across the late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator’s features!
Confronted by almost twenty Dao Treasures all at once, even with his advanced cultivation, he wouldn’t risk blocking them head-on.
He dodged in a hurry, and right then, the Eastern Great Bodhisattva struck without warning, hurling a shining Shariputra at the late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator!
The late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator didn’t dare belittle it, calling forth his banner in haste, but though the Shariputra looked tiny, its force was staggering, shattering several banners one after another.
Alarmed, he twisted away desperately!
“Daoist Friend Er, stay calm—I’ve got your back!”
Soon after, another late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator swooped in, gripping an armlet Dao Treasure; he empowered it, and the armlet smashed into the Shariputra, after which both items flew back to their wielders.
That armlet Dao Treasure had been peddled by Wang Ba to the Cloud Sky Sect as a premium Dao Treasure and was now handed to the ally who needed it most.
The Eastern Great Bodhisattva’s gaze turned icy at the sight, and without delay, he and the monks behind him plunged into battle against these two late-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivators…
All the while.
The Southern Great Bodhisattva, clad in his crimson monk robes, smashed a middle-stage Crossing Tribulation cultivator’s Dao Domain with one strike of his palm, seized him with ease, slapped on a seal, and tucked him away into his sleeve in a blink.
He tilted his head up a bit, feeling the alterations in the Realm Membrane, his look turning somewhat grim.
Next, his eyes pierced through the emptiness, peering into the distance; he saw the Eastern Great Bodhisattva held in place, spotted the purple-robed youth commanding the whole Domain and binding it into a trapping formation, and his stare grew chillier.
At once, his form blurred as he sped toward the purple-robed youth.
However, in that instant, a figure in Cloud Sky Sect Daoist robes intercepted him, clutching a treasure pagoda that bobbed lightly in the air—it was one of the three elite Dao Treasures Wang Ba had supplied to the Cloud Sky Sect earlier.
Upon spotting this figure, the Southern Great Bodhisattva narrowed his eyes:
“You think you can block me?”
The Cloud Sky Sect cultivator’s expression hardened; though he too was at late-stage Crossing Tribulation, he’d just broken through recently and paled in comparison to the Great Bodhisattva facing him, so he merely murmured:
“I’ll give it everything I’ve got!”
With that, he urged the treasure pagoda forward, sending it crashing toward the Southern Great Bodhisattva!
The Southern Great Bodhisattva let out a cold huff, lifting his hand as if to seize it; though the palm looked plain, it felt like it could pulverize the void without effort!