Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2541: 249: Sixth Staff_3
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His eyes swept over the Mahayana experts, True Man Gai and Lady Hua included, then he shook his head faintly before speaking:
“Swift moves are crucial, yet this mission drained every one of us, with heavy tolls exacted.”
“All of you, restore your strength first. I'll scout ahead alone. The moment the opportunity ripens, I'll rally everyone to charge in unison.”
True Man Gai, Lady Hua, and the rest examined their conditions upon Wang Ba's suggestion, nodding their assent.
Within the Lotus Buddha Kingdom, scorched by Red Lotus Fire, these Mahayana powerhouses had depleted themselves greatly just to withstand it.
Even as per True Man Taiyi's assessment, they weren't the primary fighters, but plunging into battle without proper recovery could truly spell doom for them.
These high-level cultivators, sharp and resolute, wasted no time and began restoring their energies right there. In truth, during this venture, the rob cultivators barely strained themselves, while the Mahayana members bore the brunt of the exhaustion, so everyone awaited their replenishment.
True Man Gai, ever the man of his word, promptly offered up a bounty of recovery pills and artifacts.
Heavenly Monarch Chao and Kong Zen hadn't depleted much, so they skipped urgent recovery and turned to chat with Wang Ba instead.
Wang Ba exchanged insights on nurturing the Chaos Green Fox with Heavenly Monarch Chao.
This time around, Heavenly Monarch Chao clearly sensed Wang Ba's leap forward in the Way of Beast Tamer.
Deeply impressed inside.
Before, despite Wang Ba's fresh concepts and deep, startling mastery in Beast Control, he still fell short of Heavenly Monarch Chao's level, like a subordinate yielding.
Yet now, Wang Ba's grasp of Beast Control appeared to quietly surpass the Third Realm Sea boundaries, stirring a subtle sense of admiration from below.
He had no clue that Wang Ba had pored over countless divine beast annals in the “Miscellaneous Records of the Realm Sea.” Though lacking precise training techniques, exposure to Second Realm Sea divine beasts sparked no mere skill upgrade but a profound shift in outlook.
“…Following your approach, that Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox's advancement can indeed quicken, potentially breaking through soon!”
A spark of thrill danced in Heavenly Monarch Chao’s eyes.
He declared at once:
“I'll test it right away!”
Wang Ba gave a subtle nod, leaving only Kong Zen beside him.
The pair shared a glance, instantly in sync, and soared beyond the barrier.
Seeing this, a ripple of worry crossed Yan Poluo’s features.
Exiting the Cloud Sky Realm, Wang Ba and Kong Zen positioned themselves in the emptiness.
Their thoughts in harmony, no need for Wang Ba to speak—Kong Zen turned his palm, revealing a white jade staff.
Wang Ba took hold of it, refining it preliminarily with a mere intention.
As the staff's secrets flowed into him, his stare locked on it, wonder flashing in his gaze.
This white jade staff hailed from the Eastern Luli Buddha Realm's treasure trove, the sixth Tongyou wand—the True Void Staff.
It embodied ‘Kong’ within Buddhism’s Six Paths.
In the Six Paths of Buddhism, ‘Kong’ carried utmost unique power.
It dwells amidst earth, fire, water, and wind, yet soars beyond earth, fire, water, and wind.
From Kong Zen’s core, he sensed the True Void Staff's potency too.
The staff offered no extra powers, save one: it could quell earth, fire, water, and wind, dissolving them into nothingness.
That's why Kong Zen brandished the True Void Staff to come and go freely in the Lotus Buddha Kingdom, for that realm stemmed from the fusion of earth, fire, water, and wind.
The supreme arts Kong Zen planned to master tied directly to this True Void Staff—a forbidden technique bequeathed by a former Buddha Lord of the Eastern Luli Buddha Realm, crafted precisely for it.
Pairing this technique with the True Void Staff unleashed its full might.
This realization prompted Wang Ba to ponder the remaining five wands.
Each of those five wands brimmed with arcane might, yet without matching divine arts, his wielding of them stayed basic.
A quiet pang of regret stirred within him.
Kong Zen, eyes alight with eagerness, couldn't hold back:
“Let's see it in action!”
Grasping Kong Zen's eagerness, Wang Ba wasted no time. With a mental command, the five wands from his Primordial Spirit burst forth.
By now, Wang Ba had refined the six components of the Six Candle Stick of Tongyou. In that instant, the six magic wands quivered fiercely, rushing uncontrollably toward one central point!
Yellow, red, blue, green, white, and cyan... Streams of six-colored radiance shrouded the six magic wands, faintly outlining a colossal wand visible only in its silhouette!
Right then, the void encircling the Realm Sea appeared to detect something, trembling wildly without restraint!
Flashes of thunder unexpectedly erupted within the surrounding void.
The thunderbolts crackled, as if radiating intense rejection!
Wang Ba's heart jolted, flooding him with an overwhelming feeling of utter insignificance.
Suddenly, a flash of insight burst forth in his mind:
‘Realm Sea of Origin’!
The fusion of the six wands had shockingly provoked a response from the entire Realm Sea of Origin!
Beneath the crackling thunder.
Just as the six magic wands neared complete merger, the Realm Sea of Origin's backlash caused them to shatter apart once more into six beams of light, hurtling back directly to Wang Ba!
The brilliance on the six magic wands suddenly dulled.
“Has it failed?”
Wang Ba and Kong Zen both sensed a touch of disappointment.
In the Cloud Sky Realm, cultivators who had been resting and recovering shot out rapidly, gazing uncertainly at the Realm Sea's void outside.
“What happened?!”
“What just occurred?”
Emerging from the Cloud Sky Realm, Yan Poluo spotted the True Void Staff in front of Wang Ba, his face shifting subtly. Only after seeing the True Void Staff return to Kong Zen’s grasp did his expression steady a bit.
However, watching Wang Ba store away the other five magic wands, a spark of doubt flickered involuntarily in his eyes.
Wang Ba hovered in the void, staring into the distance with a somber expression, lost in contemplation. Before anyone could question him, he swiftly exchanged words with True Man Gai, then unleashed Escape and Dissolve Divine Power, vanishing instantly from sight.