Chapter 139: Chapter 84: Splitting Mountains and Rivers to Open the Incense and Candle Path, Waiting to Rescue the Rose (Extended Chapter)
A rainbow light flashed on the narrow path, seemingly reaching the limit of its power here.
The rainbow light settled.
Ji Baolin looked and saw a strange monk pulling a girl in purple.
He grinned, both angry and delighted, and laughed, "Boys, the big prize is here!!"
Having said that, he didn’t charge forward but quickly retreated instead, as if the soldiers had been well-trained, they quickly positioned themselves at a safe distance. The secret martial artists embedded in the army did the same.
This strange monk and the girl in purple were the Headless Buddha and Rose.
Seeing the situation, the Headless Buddha was not flustered; he fumbled out a stick of incense, but before he could act, a squad of cavalry with large black boxes burst forth from behind as the cavalry line split.
These cavalrymen held water hoses.
The next moment, poison water spewed everywhere.
The reason the Headless Buddha could keep the incense burning before was that he was deep in a thick cloud of incense, but now... all the incense around him dissipated; he couldn’t easily ignite the incense anymore.
Facing the poison water from all directions, the Headless Buddha suddenly stood still and clenched his fist.
Sssss...
His skin instantly turned black, with hair bristling like iron armor with barbs.
"Hah!"
He shouted.
His own head exploded directly.
But as a result, the poison water scattered away.
Ji Baolin sneered, "It really is a demon! Kill!!"
The Headless ’Buddha’ with black bristling hair grabbed Rose and suddenly ran, heading towards the floodwaters.
Reaching the floodwaters, he leaped directly into the water.
Ji Baolin led the cavalry in distant pursuit.
This way, both sides fought fiercely for a long time.
Finally, the Headless ’Buddha’ with his black bristling hair, unable to bear it anymore, suddenly spat out a mouthful of incense flame.
With the ejection of this incense flame, his whole person shrank a circle.
It seemed his body was not a body but condensed incense flame.
And this mouthful of incense flame directly transformed into a winding road of gold, stretching away into the distance.
The distance was the deep mountains.
Lingbo Mansion had plains on three sides and the western remnants of Red Flower Mountain on the other.
Once they reached the deep mountains, the cavalry could no longer pursue.
Ji Baolin chased relentlessly, just about to bend his bow and shoot, but saw that the two in the floodwaters had already transformed into rainbow light and disappeared.
Swish!!
The arrow plunged into the water.
Ji Baolin cursed, looked up again, and saw that the secret martial artists in the team had already chased after them.
"Hey!" Ji Baolin shouted.
The secret martial artist halted, coldly said, "General Ji, what is it?"
Ji Baolin smiled, "Be careful."
The cold look on the secret martial artist’s face melted, and he too smiled, saying, "The Prime Minister has long set up backup measures around; even if he escapes into the mountains, he won’t survive!
So many have died, if this damned creature survives, then I’ll..."
Before he could finish, Ji Baolin shouted, "Go quickly, I’ll wait for you at the victory banquet for drinks!"
The secret martial artist smiled, turned around, and swiftly darted away.
...
...
"Ugh..."
"Ugh!!!"
Rose retched violently.
Beside her, the ’Demon Buddha’ did not look well either.
The previously majestic form shrank down a circle, becoming thin and dry, with long black hair like some kind of rodent animal.
"Cough... ugh... what exactly are you?"
Rose looked at the Demon Buddha beside her, feeling deeply uneasy no matter how she thought about it.
The Headless Buddha paid her no mind, grabbing her and running quickly into the depths of the mountains.
His physical condition was apparently very good, even after enduring the strain at Lingbo Mansion, the floodwaters, and Ji Baolin’s chase, his speed remained decent.
But as he ran, he suddenly heard a strange "clack" sound.
In the eerie moonlight, one, two, three White Bone Demons peeked out from behind the trees.
Shortly thereafter, more White Bone Demons appeared behind him.
More and more White Bone Demons.
Crawling on the ground, flying in the sky, they were everywhere.
The Headless Buddha was stunned for a moment, then a sharp sound issued from his abdomen, "Same kin, why push so hard!!"
On a mountain several miles away, Li Xuan watched this scene coldly and directly set the White Bone Demons on them without a word.
The leading White Bone Demon fiercely charged at Rose, drawing its knife to strike.
Angrily, the Headless Buddha tossed Rose backward and punched the White Bone Demon, shattering it.
But... what use was shattering?
The White Bone Demons weren’t there to defeat them, but to wear them down.
One after another, the White Bone Demons charged at Rose relentlessly.
One was shattered, and another took its place.
Yet, the White Bone Demons were keen on this effort.
As long as the Headless Buddha didn’t completely crush them, they could seek out bones and reassemble themselves, continuing the assault.
The Headless Buddha had to truly exert himself with each punch.
He looked around and saw bones piling up, more and more.
Frustrated, he grabbed Rose and continued to flee.
But the White Bone Demons completely blocked the way.
Just like they blocked the carriage before.
If the Headless Buddha was alone, he might have already left.
But the White Bone Demons persistently targeted Rose.
With Rose as a burden, the Headless Buddha found it extremely difficult to proceed.
Finally, in a fit of anger, the Headless Buddha tossed Rose aside and sprinted off on his own.
The White Bone Demons quickly dashed towards Rose, then in her screams, cruelly... covered her mouth.
...
Meanwhile, the Headless ’Buddha’ ran continually, fleeing and fleeing, when he suddenly felt the air turn cold. Glancing around, he saw hundreds of figures with eerie smiles stepping forward.
The Headless ’Buddha’ took one look at these figures and understood what they were.
Clearly, yet another type of demon.
Adding to the previous one, this was obviously a demonic mountain lair.
He stopped in frustration, bowed toward the heights, and said, "I mean no offense, only seeking passage!"
An evil ghost shouted, "You, clearly a deity, how could you be a demon?"
As the words fell, the Headless ’Buddha’ suddenly transformed.
His body flowed down like it was melting, exuding the scent of incense, and a large rat head suddenly emerged from the neck of the headless torso, with limbs turning into rat paws as well.
The gigantic black rat glared at the evil ghost and asked coldly, "And now?"
