Too much fruit

Chapter 750: The Awakened One Comes Out of Seclusion, Tathagata Is Born
Sun Wukong has already taken back the Dao fruit of the Fighting Buddha. Even though he has not yet recovered his full power, he has still entered the third level, allowing his strength to reach a new level.

Faced head-on with such a powerful warrior, using his fists to hit the golden cudgel, even Luohou, who had practiced "The Sutra of the Buddhist Warrior Who Moves Mountains", was injured, his flesh and blood were torn, and bright red blood flowed like a long river.

However, before the blood could fall, the edge of his fist recovered as if time had gone back, all the blood returned to his body, and the ruptured flesh and blood completely healed.

Luohu's energy was violent, stirring up the blood and flesh all over his body. It was as if he had used a forbidden technique similar to the Demon Disintegration Technique. He burst out with nearly ten times the strength and killed with another punch.

"immortal?"

The mountain-like giant ape lit up a pair of huge golden eyes, noticed the other party's abnormality, and struck the opponent's fist with the golden hoop in hand. "I want to see if your immortal body is really immortal."

The golden cudgel hit Luohou's arm hard, but the force of his fist was also unstoppable, punching out and hitting Sun Wukong.

His indestructible body took the blow head on, his arm was broken with flesh and bones broken, but it healed again.

According to the legend, the Asura King Rahu drank the elixir of immortality, and even Vishnu, one of the three gods, could not kill him. As a result of this, Rahu's immortal body was equivalent to Jiang Li's [One-foot Hammer]. Both can be said to be conceptualized magical powers, but one is based on qi and the other is based on the physical body.

Even in terms of quality, Luohou's immortal body is higher than Zhuang Zhou's Dao fruit, which is not yet truly complete.

After the attack, Luohu was still under the influence of Sun Wukong's power, and even the forbidden technique did not stop and continued to work.

Having an immortal body means you can be so willful.

At the same time, a meteor suddenly fell from the sky in the south, and countless flames broke through the air and hit Sun Wukong who was showing his power.

A black shadow from the north stirred up a black wind, and the rolling evil turned into countless gear-shaped wind wheels, strangling it.

Although they were attacked from three sides and were only of the fourth rank, their combined strength was enough to threaten a third rank.

But Sun Wukong just laughed, and his body flashed, revealing a body with three heads and six arms, each holding three golden cudgels, striking left and right, blocking the three attacks. The golden cudgels smashed meteors, shattered stones like rain, broke the black wind, and swept the wind wheel; at the same time, the cudgel hit Luohou's chest, knocking him back repeatedly.

The rubble, black wind, and the aftermath of the huge body's retreat made the area around Lingtai Mountain a mess. Even if all the major temples raised their Buddhist energy to protect it, it was difficult to block it all.

Luohou, Lou Shuangying and Ketu, the three Asura Kings from the Fire House Buddha Hell were all injured, but recovered from their injuries in the blink of an eye.

All three of them are immortal and are not afraid of fatal injuries, let alone such minor injuries.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong grinned, but didn't care too much.

No matter how tough he is, he can only take a beating. He can't rely on his immortal body to drag him to death. He, the Monkey King, also has an indestructible body. Could it be that he is afraid of these three Asuras?

however--

"Bimawen is quite good at fighting."

Even amidst the thunderous noise, Sun Wukong still accurately captured the key words, and immediately turned one of his heads towards the source of the sound with a grin.

But the Fiery Eyes could not see the person who was speaking, only saw huge discs rising up on four sides.

The top is the god plate, on which are listed eight kinds of gods and evil spirits called the Eight Gods.

The upper part is the celestial plate, on which nine stars are arranged to form nine palaces.

In the middle is a human plate, with eight gates corresponding to the eight directions.

The lower part is the territory, which is divided into eight trigrams according to the nine palaces and eight directions.

Heaven, earth, man and gods, each of them set up a formation on all sides, forming a structure that included the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams and determined the six directions and eight directions. The huge Lingtai Mountain was shrouded in the formation, and the violent gale, the rain of gravel, and the giant ape standing tall were all frozen in time.

"Ketu Rahu."

Luohou shouted loudly, and Jitu, who was wearing a black robe and a bronze mask, turned into a black shadow and merged into his body. In an instant, his aura surged, and his already huge body rose again, doubling in size.

Rahu drank the immortal dew secretly, and was reported by the sun and moon gods. He was beheaded by Vishnu, because the immortal dew had not yet taken effect when he was beheaded, so his upper and lower bodies were separated. His upper body turned into Rahu and his lower body turned into Ketu, wandering in the sky, blocking the sun and the moon, to avenge the two snitches.

The Long Agama Sutra also says: The great Asura Rāhu lives in the north of Mount Sumeru, at the bottom of the ocean. He stands in the ocean and transforms into a huge body. The sea water only covers his navel, but his head is higher than the top of Mount Sumeru. He blocks the sun and the moon with his hands. The sun and moon gods see his ugly appearance and are frightened and dare not come out, so the sky and the earth lose their light.

At this time, Luohou showed his huge body that was taller than the top of Mount Sumeru, blocking the sun and the moon with his hands, and was so ugly that it could scare the Sun and Moon Emperor to tears. The pair of giant palms attacked from both sides and even obscured the figure of Sun Wukong who was performing the magic of heaven and earth.

"boom!"

The formation was broken by the huge force, and the giant palms came together, like two huge walls reaching to the sky, trapping Sun Wukong in between.

"Ok?"

Sun Wukong had not expected this change, but with his strength, he was not afraid of this feat which looked extremely terrifying just by looking at its power.

The giant palm roared and broke the mountains on both sides, but was blocked by the same huge force when it approached Sun Wukong. The giant ape put away the golden hoop stick, and stretched out all six arms to resist the giant palm to the left and right.

Two incomparable forces collided with each other. The giant ape's body glowed with golden light, his arms swelled, and golden hairs stood up. He held up the two mountain-like palms and protected the mountaintop he was protecting.

but--

The platinum sword light came across the sky like a meteor, and its sharp edge pierced through the golden circle outside the Wufo Temple and entered the temple.

Taibai Zhenjun showed up, and his sword energy penetrated the temple directly, opening a path and allowing him to arrive directly at the back of Wufo Temple.

The Chakravartin mentioned by Luohou was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps he was too late, or perhaps it was difficult for him to arrive in time. In any case, True Lord Taibai arrived at his destination.

The sword light leaped up, with unparalleled sharpness shooting out, directly piercing into the mountain in front.

"laugh--"

Just like a thin paper was pierced through, the scene in front of me changed, the mountain became nothingness, and in its place was a tall Bodhi tree. Under the tree, the enlightened one, dressed in white clothes and white hair, sitting quietly in the lotus position.

True Lord Taibai raised his sword, the sword light was like a dragon, piercing out with the force of splitting the sky and dividing the earth. The space was torn into cold marks, and the sword tip pierced through the light hanging from the Bodhi tree and went straight to the face of the awakened one.

Then--

Two fingers pinched the sword light.

The Awakened One was still sitting cross-legged under the tree, and he only raised his right hand, and with his index and middle fingers, he grasped the sword light without any hesitation, grasping the sword that Master Taibai had used all his strength to launch. It was so light, and so appropriate, as if this sword was supposed to be grasped so lightly.

Compared with the strongest one, Juezhe, even Taibai Zhenjun, who is praised as "the best swordsman in the world", seems to be a little inferior.

But enough is enough.

The sound of the violent wind, the rain of falling rocks, and the Taibai Zhenjun who was right in front of him all seemed to be moving away. In Taibai Zhenjun's eyes, the world was divided into two parts, half white and half black.

Behind the Bodhi tree that was emitting auspicious aura and Buddha light, a shadow was growing, as if the shadow of the Bodhi tree had stood up, and under the tree was a silhouette wearing a black robe.

The shadow of the Bodhi tree behind and the figure of the enlightened one with his back to the Buddha suddenly appeared here.

"The enlightened one does not come into the world, and the Tathagata does not come out of retreat."

The figure said slowly in a long tone: "The enlightened one has come out of retreat, and the Tathagata will be born soon."

"It's a little earlier than expected." The figure chuckled.

"Sooner or later, a war is inevitable. Sooner or later is meaningless." The awakened one said lightly.

Like the opposition between light and darkness, like the dichotomy between body and shadow, these two figures are opposite and similar, they are simply natural enemies.

"It does have meaning. For example, you are not yet ready to take that step," said the man in the shadow, "and I, no matter in the past or now, only need to defeat you."

Along with the words came the intertwined Qi, a Qi that distorted reality and illusion, that could not be seen, heard or felt, but existed for sure. It collided and entangled with the pure and holy Buddha Qi, giving rise to a bizarre scene.

Sometimes a monastery with Sanskrit sounds appeared, and sometimes the endless purgatory condensed. The monastery was shattered by the purgatory, and the purgatory was suppressed by the Buddha's shadow. All kinds of strange phenomena intertwined to form a twisted spiral that rushed straight into the sky.

The huge Dharma body of King Asura was knocked apart. Luohu's palms suddenly expanded outward, and he retreated several steps, collapsing a hillside.

Sun Wukong was also shocked and flew backwards, recovering his original height in mid-air. Looking at the intersecting and colliding qi, he couldn't help but say, "There are also strong people in this era of the Dharma Ending Age."

The practice system that inherits the fruit of the Tao has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that as long as one can withstand the erosion of the five turbidities and evil worlds and carry the fruit of the Tao, one can improve one's strength all the way and achieve the hard work of hundreds or thousands of years before the end of the Dharma.

The disadvantage is that the power of the Tao fruit can easily lead to the inability of one's Tao practice to keep up, and the Tao fruit can affect one's character and other negative effects.

But if someone can maintain rapid progress in his practice, he may be able to achieve the same level of accomplishments as the powerful ones before the end of the Dharma. This is the case with the Awakened Ones and the Karma Tathagatas.

Even before the Dharma Ending Age, these two are capable of becoming Buddhas and ancestors. They are able to reach such a realm in today's world, and they are guaranteed to be Buddhas before the Dharma Ending Age.

Take the spiral beam of light before our eyes, for example. In a short time, it has penetrated the sky and the earth. Lingtai Mountain, the Buddhist Kingdom, the Gobi Desert, even thousands of miles away, can all see this spiral beam that penetrates the sky.

"Amitabha."

Inside the Jiuhua Temple, the Chakravartin was still in the ball of light, but he could see clearly all the changes outside.

The entire dark space was supported by an invisible force, resisting the invasion of external forces. While maintaining Jiuhua Temple, the Wheel King said with compassion: "Karma Tathagata has reappeared in the world."

A hundred years ago, Karma Tathagata and Awakened One fought a great battle, and more than 200,000 people were affected by the aftermath of the fight between the two, and resentment was everywhere.

A hundred years later, Karma Tathagata is born again, and no one knows how many people will be killed or injured this time.

"Amitabha." The Chakravartin chanted the Buddha's name again, and the huge wheel behind him was slowly repairing the damaged parts.

The rescue of Jiang Zhuyang from a distance was obviously not without cost. At least the attack from Jiang Sikong caused the Wheel King to be damaged. The Dharma image of Vajra Tibetan Bodhisattva was blown up, so the Wheel King was actually in a good situation.

Moreover, Vajra Zang and Jiang Zhuliu now have no time to think about the situation of the Chakravartin. They are both anxious about the return of the enlightened one to the world.

When the first emperor of the Buddhist kingdom is born, can the two great bodhisattvas who have been in charge of the Buddhist kingdom for many years continue to hold on to power?

Should the team that has already headed east turn back?
Vajra Zang was worried, not caring about his wounds, and said to the Chakravartin: "The Linggan Temple has lost its abbot, I am afraid it will suffer a heavy loss. I will go back immediately, Buddhist friend, goodbye."

After saying that, he hurriedly took Jiang Zhuliu out of Jiuhua Temple and flew back to the mountain where Linggan Temple was located.

The huge body of the Asura demon could be seen in the distance. Its head alone was as big as a star, which made Vajra Zang feel fearful when he saw it.

Asuras have the ability to shock others with their faces, and the Asura King also has this ability. Not to mention that Luohou's ugliness is clearly recorded in the Buddhist scriptures. It is an ugliness that can scare the Sun and Moon Emperor to tears, so you can imagine how strong his supernatural power is.

Of course, Vajra Zang was at least a fourth-level Bodhisattva, so he was not so frightened that he could not move. He silently recited scriptures in his heart, suppressed the waves, and returned to Linggan Temple with Jiang Zhuliu.

At this time, most of the palace complex of Linggan Temple that covered most of the mountain collapsed. Even with the concerted efforts of the Buddhist practitioners and the blessing of the Buddha formation, they still could not keep the entire temple intact in the aftermath of the battle.

Luohou and others arrived too suddenly, and Vajra Zang was not in the temple, so it was good enough that the light was not completely destroyed.

When Vajra Zang saw this scene, his face became heavy and he was about to enter the temple to summon the monks.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at Linggan Temple, he saw an evil figure standing in front of him.

He was wearing a dark red robe embroidered with ancient yet twisted patterns, his long hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, and he had a bronze ghost mask on his face that looked like an Asura mask.

He stood with his hands behind his back in front of the gate of Linggan Temple. At his feet were bloodstains and several broken corpses.

“The fourth king of the Buddha Hell…” Vajra Zang’s expression was solemn, “Asura King Fei Tian.”

"I prefer you to call me 'Wuzhen'."

The Asura King, who sounded like a young man, turned around and looked at him. With a slight smile, he said, "You two are worried about how the power of the Buddhist Kingdom will be distributed after the enlightened one comes out of retreat, and where the monks and soldiers who are traveling east will go?"

His voice was full of insight into people's hearts, and contained a hint of indescribable temptation, as if this Fourth King of the Buddhist Hell had also received the Dao Fruit of the Emperor Demon.

But in the next moment, all the temptations were swept away.

"Don't worry," Wu Zhen said slowly, "I have a way to let Manjusri continue to control the monks who are traveling east, and even prevent them from returning to the Buddha's kingdom. That is... to kill you."

"Kill all the Jiang clan members in the Buddha Kingdom and put the blame on the Awakened One. Manjusri can use this as an excuse to stay outside. Moreover, without you, Manjusri will also lose his master, and the Buddha Kingdom will not be able to use your clan members to threaten Manjusri to return. So..."

"For your master and your people, sacrifice yourself."

(End of this chapter)