Chapter 955: Chapter 460:
No one expected Shì Dìzàng to bring a law corpse into the earthly realm, nor did anyone think he would unite with the law corpse to plot against a young junior.
Shì Dìzàng believed his strategies had no flaws, even Nǚ Bà no longer felt Xu Qing had any chance of survival.
But for that ethereal hope, Nǚ Bà still sent the painstakingly obtained azure energy to Taodu Mountain.
Apart from the plot against Xu Qing, Shì Dìzàng continued to probe the attitudes of the Western Spiritual Mountains and the gods above towards the intervention of Underworld law corpses in the earthly realm.
Yet, what Shì Dìzàng never anticipated was that instead of waiting for a response from the Western territories and the upper realm, he first encountered the wrath of the goddess.
"I, a humble monk, thought my thinking had been completely thorough, yet never did I expect to misjudge the human heart."
Watching Nǚ Bà burn the source of the Drought Fiend, once again turning into a weapon of slaughter with the Divine Sword, Shì Dìzàng realized his plan had deviated from expectations.
He thought the Dìzàng law corpse could annihilate Xu Qing, fulfilling the Nine Netherworlds Dharma Master’s decree, yet didn’t foresee that the Nǚ Bà he lured away would choose to trigger a massacre, willing to perish alongside him.
But who could have thought such a sentimental reaction from the former Heavenly Maiden was possible?
At this moment, Nǚ Bà’s body had completely transformed into a furnace of fire and charcoal, and even her scarlet hair flew like blazing dried grass.
On her scorched and carbonized skin, molten gold lines flowed like lava, as she opened her eyes, what she revealed was no longer a luminous gaze, but a blazing, sun-like white light.
Pure scorching oppressive force covered the Yin River, where Nǚ Bà stood, earth cracked in lines spanning thousands of miles, even the water of the Three Paths River became boiling and turbulent.
"Last time you triggered a massacre, leading to the destruction of divine status, this time you are already as good as dead, if you forcibly trigger a killing again, you are bound to meet the same fate as King Yama, dying with no chance of existing anymore."
Nǚ Bà was unmoved, the flames on her body burned even hotter, Mars and the constellation of Ṣrāvaṇa were like blood-red eyes hanging over the Three Realms, completely locking onto Dìzàng.
"Goddess! I, a humble monk, am helping you! Only one corpse fiend can exist in the Three Realms, why did Ying Gou, Jiang Chen, Hou Qing successively return to the void? Because corpse fiends are inherently intolerable to heaven and earth!"
"The goddess is the only corpse fiend in this world granted the pardon of heaven and earth, should the Great Luo Sect Leader achieve the Kui Ba Path Fruit, the goddess may not be far from a massacre."
"Is the goddess really willing to die and be extinguished, giving the Drought Fiend position to someone else?"
The Divine Sword in Nǚ Bà’s hand finally stopped in front of Dìzàng.
At this moment, the surrounding desolation swept across the wilderness for thousands of miles, clad in a red robe, Nǚ Bà seemed like a sun fallen to the earth, while the Divine Sword in her hand was both a tool for judging evil spirits and a blade to judge her own fate.
"The Drought Fiend position is a curse, not a blessing."
"Xu Qing taking on the Kui Ba Path Fruit wasn’t my kindness to him, rather my personal bias, I feel guilty towards him, you shouldn’t have plotted against him."
Nǚ Bà’s voice was extremely hoarse, yet in just a few words she laid bare the secrets hidden deep within her heart.
Corpse fiends are intolerable to heaven and earth, living Kui Bas are destined to endure the pain of exile, Nǚ Bà trapped in Chishui for many years, is clearer than anyone on the good and bad of the Drought Fiend Path Fruit.
Now she chooses Xu Qing, thereby placing all the responsibilities of the goddess, including achieving the opportunity of being a corpse fiend onto Xu Qing’s shoulders.
According to the divine power revealed by Xu Qing, given time, he is likely to walk the same path she once tread, and the end of that road is to achieve success and be discarded by heaven and earth, never to transcend.
"Chishui is bitterly cold, even as a Drought Fiend one feels no warmth. Dìzàng, if you truly kill him, you will be forming a deadly feud with me."
"If he still lives, I will still send you to the void, to pave the way for his future."
"Today, neither you nor I can escape!"
Nǚ Bà raised the Divine Sword in her hand, about to carry out God Slaying and Buddha Destruction when suddenly from the direction of Taodu Mountain in the earthly realm, a dazzling light burst forth.
Shì Dìzàng felt the incomparably holy light from afar, and his heart was shocked beyond words.
"Is it the Great Luo Sect Leader who has beheaded my law corpse? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He has yet to achieve the Kui Ba Path Fruit, how could he do it?"
Nǚ Bà’s eyes also shone with marvel, she really hadn’t misjudged the person, that Xǔ Xuán kept giving her surprises.
Since Xǔ Xuán is still alive, what she promised to him can continue to be carried out.
Shì Dìzàng seemed to notice something, he suddenly turned his head, only to see the goddess turned into a blazing sun above the heavens, recklessly waving the Divine Sword towards him.
That readiness to face death was exactly like the goddess sacrificing herself to slay the General back then.
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Shu Region, Taodu Mountain boundary.
Monkey’s face suddenly changed upon sensing anomalies in the Yin River.
Outside Taodu Mountain, Hsin Yuan Monk there to help Monkey seemed a bit puzzled, asking, "Holy Buddha, what does this phenomenon signify?"
The Great Sage withdrew the golden light in his eyes and spoke in a faint tone, "Nǚ Bà of Chishui triggered a massacre, that old man Dìzàng returned to the void."
Hsin Yuan froze for a moment, not taking it too seriously.
Although Dìzàng originated from Buddhism, he changed allegiance halfway through and went to the Nine Nether Underworld, not subjected to Buddhist control.
In other words, Dìzàng’s life or death has little impact on Buddhism.
As for the goddess exiled by Chishui... the Western Monk Buddha and the gods of the upper realm aren’t familiar with her, let alone acquainted.
Whatever the grievances between the two, it doesn’t concern him.
Seemingly sensing Hsin Yuan’s thoughts, the skinny monkey wearing a gray robe suddenly mentioned, "I have a virtuous brother, one who deeply values relationships, the goddess is my sister-in-law, today she returned to the void at Yin River, my virtuous brother certainly won’t let it go easily."
Hsin Yuan Monk didn’t take it to heart, he casually asked, "Holy Buddha’s virtuous brother, the goddess’s husband? I don’t recall hearing about it..."
