Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2428: 211: Taiyi!_3
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Yet, from this confrontation, fresh understandings of the four supreme rules dawned upon him.
"It's no surprise that Chong Hua enjoys battling with spells against foes… Truly, one can discover countless lessons in such fights."
While these thoughts swirled in his mind, the trio of great bodhisattvas united once more for an assault, though he held steady without a hint of panic. A single mental impulse caused the meditative Buddha's illusory form in his grip to quiver lightly, casting off its deceptive shell to become the Yellow Dao Domain, which cloaked him entirely and surged ahead to intercept the three great bodhisattvas.
Buddha's radiant glow surged forth, slamming fiercely against the Yellow Dao Domain!
To the astonishment of all onlookers, the clash revealed two forces distinctly separated, with neither showing a clear edge in power!
"The Ruins Master… truly holds off the three great bodhisattvas on his own?!"
Cheng Lianzi, guiding the Fire Stone, managed to wound one bodhisattva before swiftly withdrawing, his thoughts captivated by Wang Ba's spellbound duel. Beholding the showdown between the opposing sides right then, a mix of shock, delight, and dread washed over him.
To stand against three great bodhisattvas single-handedly, such a powerhouse was someone he had once boldly attempted to waylay…
The assembled monks stared in disbelief at the unfolding spectacle. These three great bodhisattvas ranked as top-tier subordinates to the Tianshang Buddha Lord, but even their united might failed to overpower True Man Taiyi, proving even more frustrating than that fateful day in the Cloud Sky Realm!
This realization prompted unease among the many monks, recalling how in the Cloud Sky Realm that day, the foe had seized numerous bodhisattvas and arhats alone, etching a profoundly lasting mark in their memories…
Beyond Zhang’s Ruins, the pair of hidden entities lurking in the emptiness, upon witnessing this, exchanged startled glances.
"Xuan Yuanzi spoke true…"
A flicker of astonishment crossed the striking features of the towering form:
"In so brief a span, True Man Taiyi has ascended to this level… Reaching Mahayana seems merely a question of when."
His gaze shifted subtly, as if sealing a quiet resolution.
At the same time, from the opposite side, a glint of surprise lit the aged silhouette's eyes:
"This hardly matches the accounts from Taoist Friend Chao and Liaochan…"
Severity tinged his expression, soon giving way to deep reflection.
Simultaneously.
Within the three great bodhisattvas—particularly the Northern Great Bodhisattva, who had once chased Wang Ba—turmoil raged like stormy seas!
If his prior reaction was simple astonishment at the foe mimicking the Supreme True Buddha's techniques to deceive, now he sensed the formidable resilience embedded in the enemy's Dao Domain!
The rules there pulsed densely, robust and full of life.
As a former cultivator himself, even after purging his sins, he understood deeply that commanding such dominant rules demanded pure skill, not mere chance.
"True Man Taiyi… has now attained late-stage Crossing Tribulation prowess!"
"How could progress come this swiftly!"
"Merely three or four centuries have passed… Back in the Cloud Sky Realm, he was nowhere near my equal!"
Memories flooded him of their initial clash beyond the Hundred Herbs Realm, when True Man Taiyi was but a minor pest he could swat away effortlessly; even later in the Cloud Sky Realm, despite the foe's notable surge in power, without the shelter of the 'Great Land' artifact, capture would have been inevitable.
Yet he could never have foreseen that over just three or four hundred years, the adversary would transform utterly, like a reborn soul!
Both his Cultivation Base and Cultivation Realm had soared dramatically.
In a direct confrontation today, victory over this foe lay beyond his grasp.
Shock, fury, and remorse churned in his chest. Had he foreseen this day, he would have exhausted every tactic to slay him long ago!
Surrounded by myriad Buddha hands, a fierce glint hardened in the Northern Great Bodhisattva's eyes. Abruptly forming a seal with his hands and chanting a silent incantation, the Buddha hands surged with amplified might, infused with the ferocity of dragons and elephants, Vajra might, standing apart from the other Buddha hands' energies through its cunning malice.
Concurrently, various supreme Buddha treasures activated without a sound.
The other two great bodhisattvas, linked in spirit, grasped his intent at once and ramped up their attacks to shield his actions.
Wang Ba, directing the Yellow Dao Domain, perceived the varied rules the three great bodhisattvas wielded in their onslaught, which enriched his grasp of Buddhism's four supreme rules.
The Supreme True Buddha Dharma Gate he had grasped, though distant from a great bodhisattva's mastery, granted him insight into these three's tactics. Now, wielding the profoundly dense Yellow Dao Domain alongside his cultivator arts and knowledge of the Supreme True Buddha Dharma Gate, he countered with rules and Dao Domain, holding his ground evenly against them.
Suddenly, their assault intensified, stirring a faint unease in his core.
"Hmm?"
An average cultivator might overlook the shifts amid the endless 'hands of Buddha,' but after long delving into the Supreme True Buddha Dharma Gate and bolstered by his profound realm, he pinpointed the hidden irregularity right away.
Disentangling the chaos, tracing the signs…
In a flash, he isolated the irregularity's origin.
"Northern Great Bodhisattva!"
His eyes darkened as he spotted countless 'hands of Buddha' laced with the fused 'divine power' of the four supreme rules and multiple elite Dao treasures; Wang Ba let out a cold huff, forgoing the Land-Parting Staff to instead flick his sleeve!
Thereupon, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Kirin—five sacred beasts—burst from his sleeve, morphing into five radiant streaks that converged as one!
Coalescing into a blazing crimson sacred beast!
Shaped like a yellow sac, scarlet as alchemical flames, bearing six limbs and four wings, devoid of distinct features!
This was the sacred beast 'Chaos'!
It parted its jaws in a howl akin to a hound's yap.
Instantly, Yin and Yang flipped, the Five Elements tumbled into disorder, and earth, fire, water, wind all inverted!
The surrounding 'hands of Buddha' halted briefly before recoiling sharply!
The three great bodhisattvas, taken aback, scrambled to counter in alarm.
And amid their frantic defense, Wang Ba strode casually through the void, extending his palm to seize; the Yellow Dao Domain trailed like a faithful echo, shifting into a massive palm that pierced the turbulent earth, fire, water, and wind, lunging toward the Northern Great Bodhisattva!
The Northern Great Bodhisattva, occupied with countering his own prior 'divine power' seals, paled at the approaching giant hand and desperately sought to flee!
But in that instant, an overwhelming attractive force erupted from the colossal palm!
His spirit quaked as he strained to summon rules for defiance, only for 'Chaos''s wail to scramble the rules encircling him, stripping away his defenses. Panic gripped him inwardly, followed by the world spinning wildly before him, as he was inexorably drawn by the pull!
Swish—
With a sleeve sweep, the Northern Great Bodhisattva vanished inside.
Wang Ba turned his tranquil gaze upon the two remaining great bodhisattvas, frozen in shock, his tone even and composed:
"Do either of you possess further tricks? If not… kindly accompany him within my sleeve."