Chapter 426: Chapter 281: Seal of Que Ling! You Forced My Hand
’I’d thought joining the Joyful Shrine Association would make me stronger, but it turns out I’m still just a pawn in their game.’
’This Great Virtue Temple really isn’t a place I can stay for long. Even with my status as the Buddha’s Son and the blessed fortune of having a True Buddha’s body from a past life, I’m just another tool to be used.’
’It’s a good thing I’d already decided to leave.’
’Golden Thread Pavilion on one side, Great Virtue Temple on the other... they’re both using me. To hell with this undercover mission. Whoever wants the job can have it. I’m done.’
’The entire Origin Realm is on the brink of collapse, and these bastards are still focused on their internal squabbles.’
Given the circumstances, Yang An felt his decision was absolutely the right one.
’I have to run! Run away from this world, get out of here. I can’t entertain any delusions of saving this world. The people here are past the point of no return, utterly beyond saving. Trying to help them would only drag me down into the abyss.’
VMMMM—
A series of mournful wails echoed through the air. In the blink of an eye, the ugly man appeared before Yang An, one hand thrusting forward.
In that same instant, Yang An’s figure reappeared a kilometer away, dodging the attack in a flash.
The moment he reappeared a kilometer away, the spot where he’d been standing was sliced apart by a colossal Buddhist Mantra. The entire mountaintop instantly collapsed into a cascade of rock and dirt, as if flattened by an invisible giant hand.
The ugly man seemed completely unsurprised by Yang An’s sudden reappearance a kilometer away. He instantly transformed back into a black shadow and, in a flash, was in front of Yang An once more.
At the Zombie God realm, one’s speed was already unparalleled. Covering a kilometer was a simple matter of an instant.
Even Yang An’s former master, Elder Life Crane, had been able to carry him from the Xiyue River back to the Life Crane Sect in the space of a few breaths, though that was likely with the aid of the power of Rules.
Anyone with a lower Cultivation Level would be completely unable to follow their movements, seeing only ghostly, flickering shadows.
Yang An didn’t dodge or evade. He instantly activated the physical transformation of his Jade Kala Vajra Body. His form swelled as he threw a punch.
Not to be outdone, the ugly man with Hai Shu’s face coated one of his arms in countless black Buddhist Mantras, transforming it into a pitch-black limb. He met Yang An’s fist with his own.
Within the span of a single blink, they exchanged dozens of blows before disengaging, each retreating several hundred meters.
Thick black smoke billowed from the ugly man’s upper body, a result of being burned by the Dust that permeated Yang An’s form.
However, the smoke quickly dispersed to reveal that the black Buddhist Mantras on the ugly man’s body remained as dense as impenetrable armor, without a single scratch.
Yang An, in contrast, had more than a dozen dents of various sizes on his body. Even his form, seemingly forged of bronze skin and iron bone, had been dented.
They appeared to be evenly matched, but Yang An’s brow furrowed.
’The power of the Buddhist Mantras on this guy has grown stronger. I can’t even break through their defense to land a solid blow on his actual body.’
’I threw dozens of punches, and at least half of them landed, but the Buddhist Mantras blocked every single one. He’s completely unscathed.’
’Those Buddhist Mantras... they don’t seem like the kind of power a Zombie God should be able to wield.’
The last time this creature had escaped from him, it had relied on the defensive capabilities of these Buddhist Mantras. Yang An had suspected something was strange back then, but he never expected they could become even more powerful.
Yang An was absolutely certain this was Hai Shu’s doing; if he were wrong, he’d write his own name backward.
Hai Shu had given him the Jade Kala Vajra Body, so no one knew its potential better than him.
What Hai Shu hadn’t counted on, however, was that Yang An had used the Jade Kala Vajra Body to restore his Red Wheel Infinite Body. As a result, his physical form had been tempered not only by Dust, but also by the even more powerful Magic Light.
Otherwise, he likely would have been at a disadvantage in that last exchange.
His body swelled as if being inflated, and the dents from the blows vanished in the blink of an eye.
Just then, the creature charged again. The Buddhist Mantras spread to cover him even more completely until, in an instant, his entire body turned black, as if he had been soaked in ink.
The very air seemed to compress under immense pressure. When the creature appeared before Yang An, the force of the displaced air alone was enough to make him take an involuntary step back.
BOOM!
The next moment, both figures were sent flying backward again.
One smashed through a mountaintop. The other crashed into the ground, sending out shockwaves like a tidal wave and carving a massive crater in the dense forest.
’He’s gotten stronger!’
Yang An teleported out of the crater, instantly reappearing in mid-air. He looked down to see the sharp, white bone of his forearm jutting out from his elbow, while a fist-sized dent had appeared on his chest.
’My Body Refining Technique is actually being suppressed by this guy’s Curse Seals!’
The shattered mountaintop exploded, and the ink-black ugly man emerged once more. Traces of Dust clung to his chest, but it was unable to corrode the Curse Seals, leaving only faint black marks.
With a slight flick of his wrist, Yang An snapped the protruding bone back into place. His body healed in an instant, but he could feel the situation was becoming precarious.
The next moment, both fighters vanished from their spots, once again trading a flurry of blows in the unseen airspace.
Two flickering black shadows were all that could be seen, their battle stirring up furious gales that churned the very clouds above, casting a gloomy pallor over the sky.
