090 Cultivator of the Demonic Sect, Part Four

A green palm, vast as an acre, suddenly materialized in the sky and came crashing down with savage force.

More than a dozen cultivators on the Wang clan’s side did not even have time to cry out before a tremendous power struck them full on, blasting every one of them apart.

A dozen and more clouds of blood burst open in midair like firecrackers and fireworks.

Only after some time did a great black bird come flying in from the horizon.

The bird was over thirty feet long, shaped like a crow, with a middle-aged cultivator seated upon its back.

Merely sitting there, the man stood over ten feet tall, like a mountain of flesh: a body heaped with fat, broad in the waist and swollen in the belly.

The black bird arrived above the heads of the two men from Salt-Lu Island.

The middle-aged cultivator said coldly, “Shi Qi, Shi Lin, why are the two of you not guarding Salt-Lu Island? How did you end up being chased all the way here?”

The man in white, Shi Qi, immediately bowed and said, “Elder Cha, please see clearly. Salt-Lu Island has already been broken through by Wang clan cultivators. We had no choice but to flee here...”

Elder Cha said with frosty severity, “What did you say? Salt-Lu Island has been breached?”

“Every one of the Wang clan’s Core Formation cultivators was held back by us. As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, who could possibly break through the island-protecting formation?”

Shi Qi hurriedly replied, “Today, the Wang clan produced a formidable cultivator. He has already broken through eight subordinate islands in succession. Though he is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, his power of attack is truly terrifying.”

Elder Cha asked again, “Did he wield a first-rank magical treasure?”

“Seemingly... no.”

After a brief hesitation, Shi Qi answered in a low voice.

Elder Cha let out a cold snort and, with a sweep of his hand, drew the two of them up onto the bird’s back. “A useless pair. You cannot even defend a subordinate island. Come with me to Salt-Lu Island and see for yourselves.”

With that, he bade the black bird spread its wings and rise, flying toward Salt-Lu Island.

...

Inside the oil cavern of Salt-Lu Island, Pang Yue paid no heed to the battle outside. Once more he laid down the Heavenly Demon Seizing the Dao Grand Formation and began refining the Boundless Light Buddha.

As vast numbers of heavenly demons were converted, he faintly sensed that the Boundless Light Buddha had already reached a critical point.

Following the secret art recorded in the Nine Divine Puppets, he guided the Buddha light, condensed from the universal salvation art’s conversion of all living things, into the body of the Boundless Light Buddha.

The aura around the Boundless Light Buddha suddenly surged, and in an instant it broke through into a higher realm.

The Buddha light behind the golden Buddha trembled lightly, then abruptly split into three.

Three rings of Buddha light enveloped the golden figure. Beyond them, countless golden lotuses bloomed in the void, while a rich and wondrous fragrance rolled toward him on the air.

At this moment, the Boundless Light Buddha was translucent from head to toe, like golden glazed crystal. Countless scriptures flowed through its body, while auspicious radiance and divine colors filled the surrounding space.

Pang Yue’s heart stirred. He took out a ball of intensely blazing white flame and flung it into the Buddha light behind the Boundless Light Buddha.

This true flame, obtained earlier from Ning Daozhen, was unmistakably the Pure Yang True Flame, one of the seven great true flames.

Within the Nine Divine Puppets, the Boundless Light Buddha possessed a divine ability that fused its Buddha light with true flame.

It was called the Great Sun Glazed Treasure Flame Buddha Light.

As soon as the Pure Yang True Flame entered the golden Buddha light, marvelous transformations arose.

A vast and pure sense of clarity welled up of itself.

Within the three rings of Buddha light behind the Boundless Light Buddha, a layer of strange brilliance suddenly appeared, making the light seem like flame, sheathed in a veil of radiance.

In the blink of an eye, this Buddhist divine ability had been brought to fruition.

Once the Great Sun Glazed Treasure Flame Buddha Light formed, it illuminated Pang Yue through and through, inside and out, until he too seemed made of glaze.

Within his body, thirty-three black little mountains turned slowly, while a golden caterpillar lay dormant and motionless.

“At last, this journey has reached completion.”

Joy stirred in Pang Yue’s heart.

This trip had served two purposes. First, to send Jin Yuege home. Second, to raise the strength of the Boundless Light Buddha and add another trump card to his arsenal.

If not for the Spirit Devouring Island’s hundred-beast ointment, then relying solely on the sea beasts of the outer sea, who knew how many years it would take before the Boundless Light Buddha could be raised to the Core Formation realm.

“It is time to return.”

Pang Yue waved a hand and collected the Boundless Light Buddha, then blurred and vanished.

...

Outside Salt-Lu Island.

A great battle had come to an end.

Wang Shaorong directed the gathered cultivators to scour the island, while discussing the next step with several direct descendants of the Wang clan.

Then, from ten feet away, a streak of black light suddenly appeared, and Pang Yue emerged from within it.

A smile immediately appeared on Wang Shaorong’s face. “Daoist Pang, your arrival is perfectly timed. We have just received word from the clan: within ten days, all forces are to gather outside the main island of Spirit Devouring Island in preparation for the final battle.”

But Pang Yue only smiled and said, “I have pressing matters to attend to, I’m afraid I cannot take part in the great gathering ten days hence...”

“Daoist Wang, may all mountains remain unchanged and all rivers flow on. We shall meet again!”

“You are leaving already...”

Wang Shaorong froze, as though wanting to say more, yet stopping herself. A flicker of complicated emotion passed through her beautiful eyes.

“What is it? Does Daoist Wang have some other matter?”

Pang Yue asked in surprise.

Wang Shaorong shook her head. “Nothing important. I only thought of sitting down with Daoist Pang to discuss the Dao, but never found the time.”

Pang Yue said, “That is simple. Wait until I... hmm? Someone’s coming!”

He turned his head and saw a great black bird flying over from the horizon.

Upon the bird’s back, a giant like a mountain of flesh extended a palm through the air.

A massive green hand came crashing down.

The nearby seven or eight people, Pang Yue included, only felt an overwhelming force descend upon them, and in an instant their bodies began to collapse.

Wang Shaorong and the other Wang clan cultivators exploded into clouds of blood in the blink of an eye.

Pang Yue’s body first scattered into thirty-three black mountains and a golden caterpillar.

Then it dissolved again into thirty-four dense, surging masses of black demonic qi.

“Those who offend my Spirit Devouring Island, no matter how far away they are, will be exterminated!”

A deep voice rang out.

The green hand turned slightly and pressed down toward Salt-Lu Island.

Nearly a thousand cultivators on the island resisted for only a few breaths before they were blasted to pieces, dissolving into blood mist.

In an instant, life and vitality vanished from both inside and outside Salt-Lu Island.

Shi Qi and Shi Lin stood behind Elder Cha, watching the scene before them with awe and reverence.

As expected of one of the top experts among the eighteen elders of Spirit Devouring Island, Elder Cha had displayed the might of heaven itself with a single strike. No one could withstand him.

“Hm? A demonic talisman clone?”

Elder Cha looked off into the distance with slight surprise.

There, the thirty-four masses of black mist converged and transformed into thirty-four black talismans, each three feet long and covered with dense golden patterns that glittered brilliantly.

Then the thirty-four talismans came together at the center and became a tall, handsome cultivator, who looked over this way with a cold, indifferent expression.

“Magic Talisman Sect, are you involved in this as well?” Elder Cha frowned.

Shi Qi said in a low voice, “Elder Cha, the matter with the Wang clan has nothing to do with the Magic Talisman Sect. This Magic Talisman cultivator before us came seeking revenge because a disciple of our Spirit Devouring Island killed his spirit pet...”

“The one who broke through eight subordinate islands earlier and I mentioned to you was him.”

“A spirit pet?”

Elder Cha was utterly baffled.

“Just for a spirit pet, you dare kill so many of my Spirit Devouring Island’s people? Do you truly think our Spirit Devouring Island fears your Magic Talisman Sect?”

He gave a furious snort.

“This demonic talisman clone of yours may be neither dead nor destroyed, but once it falls into my hands, it will be no different from废弃 scraps.”

Having seen through Pang Yue’s identity as a magic talisman clone, he did not rush to attack.

Pang Yue stared at the place where Wang Shaorong had fallen, silent for a moment. Then he suddenly swept his sleeve.

Golden light spread through the air, and the sound of chanting rose in endless layers.

A golden Buddha, three feet tall, appeared out of thin air.