"Clang!"
The head fell to the ground with a crisp sound. As it rolled, the veil hat fell off, revealing a skull forged from darksteel and inlaid with ebony.
The fort in the sky hovered motionlessly. Clear light soared and a white-robed man appeared. His appearance was ordinary, his height was ordinary, and his temperament was ordinary. He was the second senior apprentice brother of the Imperial Astronomer, who could not be any more ordinary.
Sun Xuanji stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Azuro at the top of the tower.
Azuro waved his hand and turned the expensive magic tool puppet into dust.
As a warlock who was not good at hand-to-hand combat, Sun Xuanji was extremely vigilant against a Warrior, just like other Rank-3 martial artists of other systems.
Unlike experts of other systems, warlocks who were proficient in crafting weapons and formations were well-versed in the art of pay-to-win. They had more room to maneuver and were more flashy.
This magic tool puppet was one of Sun Xuanji's proudest creations. Its body was harder than a Rank-4 Warrior's, and its body was engraved with ninety-nine small formations, capable of teleportation, defense, and Five Elements Formations.
Its arms were small-caliber cannons. A Rank-4 martial artist would be seriously injured if they took one shot.
Apart from that, its core ability was the Spirit Concentration Formation engraved on its head. Sun Xuanji could separate a strand of his spirit and attach it to it.
The puppet could unleash the strength of a Rank-3 warlock for a short period of time.
However, when his spirit was attached to the puppet, Sun Xuanji's body could not move, and the puppet's strength would be slightly inferior to his.
Therefore, the magic tool puppet was not strong in actual combat, but it was perfect as bait.
If Azuro did not have a backup plan, then Sun Xuanji could break the Sealed Tower and release the Divine Spider Limb.
On the other hand, he could test Azuro's trump card.
Clearly, the youngest son of the Asura King was not a simple character. He had also made preparations in advance.
"Daibun's warlock."
Azuro said slowly. He had fallen in the Jiazi Demon-slaying War. At that time, the warlock system had been around for a hundred years.
"Confess!"
Sun Xuanji spat out these two words.
As his voice fell, Azuro, who was fighting with Xu Qi'an, turned into a golden light and dissipated.
One of the Three Great Arhat Buddhahood, Promised Buddhahood.
As the name suggested, one should receive offerings from the heavens and earth. It was the most profound Buddhist position. The arhats who are able to attain the Nirmanakaya status are the most benevolent and compassionate in the world.
The Karmic Fruit realm had two major abilities: making wishes and receiving offerings.
Make a wish: The pilgrim offers a tribute and makes a wish. The Arhat in charge of the offering position can fulfill the pilgrim's wish.
Of course, there were definitely limitations to this, and it was impossible to fulfill any wishes.
Tribute: The arhat in charge of the Karmapala can take the initiative to ask for tributes.
Inside the Sealed Tower was a relic meant for the dao immortal realm.
Before the battle began, Azuro, who had been prepared, offered tributes and made a wish to the Sarira. He wished that he could get a helper who looked exactly like himself.
The Sarira responded to his wish. With the power of the Promised Buddhahood, it summoned a helper who looked exactly like Azuro.
Then, Azuro hid in the surroundings.
From the beginning to the end, the one who fought with Xu Qi'an was the helper summoned by the Sarira, not Azuro himself.
This helper was limited by the status of the Sarira. Although it perfectly replicated Azuro's ability, its cultivation base was at most at the early third rank.
Moreover, it could only be maintained for a short period of time.
Azuro was luring the accomplice behind Xu Qi'an. Of course, he could also choose to attack together with the clone, but that would only alert the enemy and scare away Xu Qi'an.
Before the two sides had even fought, they had already laid out their own traps.
The result was a fifty-fifty chance.
"Was it my spying not long ago that aroused your vigilance?"
Xu Qi'an gripped the saber tightly in his right hand and slowly walked toward the Sealed Tower.
"Guangdong Bodhisattva has long anticipated that the Southern Monster will take advantage of the Buddhist Sect's interference in the struggle for orthodoxy in the Central Plains to seize the opportunity to subdue the Hundred Thousand Mountains."
Azuro's voice was young and mellow. "Therefore, he entrusted me to guard the southern border."
"I hate enemies with brains …" Xu Qi'an lowered his knees and shot toward Azuro like an arrow. The saber in his hand slashed out a dazzling light that distorted the air.
Clang!
The saber was caught by two fingers. No matter how much the Saber Qi shot out, it could not hurt Azuro's Vajra Divine Body.
Xu Qi'an spun like a top, causing the saber to spin so that it could break free from the enemy's fingers.
Azuro retracted his fingers and said faintly, "Do not kill!"
The power of commandment descended, making it impossible for him to think of fighting or resisting.
His fighting spirit was completely exhausted.
Immediately after, the ring of fire behind Azuro's head extinguished and was replaced by a majestic golden wheel of light.
His temperament changed greatly, becoming overbearing, fierce, and murderous like an unsheathed peerless divine weapon.
The Buddha's Pagoda spun in response and similarly emitted a strict and overbearing power of suppression in an attempt to affect Azuro and weaken his strength.
Bang!
Azuro clenched his fist and disregarded the power of the Buddha's Pagoda. He struck Xu Qi'an's chest, causing his dark golden skin to crack inch by inch and his chest to instantly cave in.
The Vajra Divine Art was directly torn apart by the power of the Vajra Divine Art.
If he could not break the Vajra Divine Art, how could Azuro have the qualifications to be called the strongest under Bodhisattva?
Xu Qi'an flew out like a cannonball, crashing into houses and halls one after another and plowing out a trail of dust in the Nanfa Temple.
The Buddha's Pagoda that had lost its master's blessing was indeed a bit difficult to affect an Arhat who had achieved the Vajra Divine Art.
At this moment, Azuro suddenly moved sideways, and a dark golden blade of light brushed past him before disappearing into the buildings of the Nanfa Temple.
A few seconds later, the buildings and halls split apart like tofu that was sliced by a blade.
Xu Qi 'an made use of the Shadow Leap and silently appeared behind Asulo to launch an attack. Because of the Heaven Gu's "Shifting Stars" ability to conceal his presence, Asulo's martial artist did not have any warning of danger.
That flash earlier was purely based on his own reflexes.
But this also caused Azuro to lose the initiative. At the same time that he moved sideways to avoid the blade of light, Xu Qi'an closed in on him with his left hand clenched into a fist and his right hand wielding a blade, coordinating the battle.
Dang! Dang!
Dang! His fists were like cannons that exploded densely on Azuro's body.
The light wheel behind Azuro's head retracted, and the blazing ring of fire exploded with a bang, illuminating the pitch-black night sky.
He switched seamlessly between Arhat and Vajra.
He was already tall and burly, but now his muscles exploded and expanded.
Dang!
This Vajra Asura headbutted Xu Qi'an's forehead, forcefully interrupting Xu Qi'an's combo with an even stronger and more domineering force.
His vision darkened, and in the moment of temporary loss of consciousness, Xu Qi'an recalled Floating Incense's words — Azuro failed in cultivating the Vajra avatar and switched to the Zen Master system.
A person who was qualified to cultivate the Vajra avatar had to be at least a Third Grade Great Perfection in terms of strength and aura.
The only ones who could interrupt Wu Fu's combo were the stronger Wu Fu.
In the next moment, the offense and defense switched. The ring of fire behind Azuro's head extinguished, and the light wheel lit up. His fists, wrapped in the power of Thief Killer, punched deep holes in Xu Qi'an's body.
This time, it was Xu Qi'an's turn to be in a desperate situation after being hit by Warrior's combo.
On the other hand, with Asura's strength and the damage from the Thief Dao Immortal's Keep Going If You Die, even if his combo couldn't kill a martial artist with strong vitality, it would still cause his condition to deteriorate and his strength to plummet.
The scales of victory were tipped.
Seeing this scene, the monks of Nanfa Temple cheered, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
Venerable Azuro was invincible. No one below the First Grade could defeat him.
Venerable was a title given to the disciples of Buddha.
Buddha had been cultivating for thousands of years, but most of his disciples had been annihilated in the river of time.
In today's Buddhism, only Galo Tree Bodhisattva, Guangxian Bodhisattva, and the youngest son of the Asura King could be called Venerable.
As for the higher-ups like Glazed Bodhisattva and Dhu Lohan, they were the rising stars of Buddhism.
"Everyone, quickly get into formation and seal off the West Court. Don't let the thieves and their accomplices escape. Martial monks come out of the temple to help the City Defense Army put out the fire and catch the arsonists. "
An old monk with a white beard and eyebrows said loudly.
"Yes, Elder Pan Fa!"
The monks were full of fighting spirit. The fear and panic just now were swept away.
While Xu Qi 'an was "restraining" Azuro, Sun Xuanji didn't stay idle. He stood at the edge of the fort and slowly spread his arms.
A circular formation appeared above his head, the patterns of which looked like twisted flames.
Twelve forts floated in the air and threw themselves into the formation. As soon as they came into contact with the formation, the refined iron bodies of the cannons quickly melted. The impurities were removed and turned into blazing molten iron.
The molten iron floated above Sun Xuanji's head, dyeing his white robe with a layer of orange.
The second formation took shape, covering tons of molten iron. With a sizzling sound, the molten iron quickly cooled down.
As the molten iron cooled down, a super-large cannon barrel was formed, followed by the cannon body.
A prototype of a super-large cannon was born.
Warlocks who controlled formations had basically bid farewell to the furnace and mortal fire for artifact forging.
Following that, Sun Xuanji's fingers danced and drew a formation in the air. Formation patterns of different shapes that symbolized different domains of power were born. They were imprinted on the super-large cannon in an orderly manner.
Some were used to strengthen the cannon body, some were used to condense spiritual power … In a dozen breaths, dozens of formations were completed.
It was a very large caliber magical artifact that was refined from a cannon.
"Snap!"
Sun Xuanji snapped his fingers, and the formation patterns on the cannon barrel lit up one by one, triggering a chain effect that lit up the entire cannon body.
Powerful spiritual power began to gather, and a fist-sized ball of light lit up in the muzzle. As spiritual power condensed, the ball of light continued to grow.
This process lasted about ten seconds. Sun Xuanji suddenly shouted,
"Good!"
As soon as he said that, Azuro, who was chasing after Xu Qi 'an and venting his violence, suddenly had his chest caved in. Then his lower abdomen, ribs, back, shoulders … all parts of his body collapsed to varying degrees.
His dark golden skin cracked like a piece of porcelain.
In an instant, his Vajra Divine Power collapsed, his internal organs were severely injured, and his aura rapidly weakened.
Jade Shatter!
Xu Qi 'an activated Jade Shatter, returning 60% of the damage he suffered.
This was the limit of Jade Shatter.
Taking advantage of Azuro's heavy injuries, Xu Qi 'an blended into the shadows and appeared in the distance.
"Snap!"
Sun Xuanji snapped his fingers.
Boom!
The cannon barrel spat out a blazing light, and a one-meter wide light beam enveloped Azuro.
The entire Nanfa Temple was illuminated by this light beam as if it was daytime.
The monks stared blankly at the light beam as if they were looking at the sun. It was so stimulating that hot tears flowed from their eyes.
They couldn't understand the sudden turn of events.
"So powerful …" Xu Qi 'an narrowed his eyes and stared unblinkingly at the light beam.
At the top of the Buddha's Pagoda, the shadow of the Apothecary Dharma Form appeared. The jade bottle sprinkled down a gentle golden glow, healing his injuries. Combined with the powerful self-healing ability of the Third Stage Warrior, the Apothecary Dharma Form slowly removed the power of the Killer Thief Dao Level.
As expected of the Killer Thief Dao Level that was famous for its combat strength among the Second Stage Buddhist Sects. Although it couldn't compare to the characteristics of the Nation Suppressing Sword, it could still suppress the self-healing ability of the Unparalleled Warrior …
"If I fight him alone, I won't be able to defeat Azuro. Jade Shatter can only return 60% of the damage. Killing eight hundred to kill eight hundred but losing a thousand to myself. Fortunately, I have the Apothecary Dharma Form …"
Xu Qi 'an thought with lingering fear.
Two plus three Buddhist Sects experts were terrifyingly powerful.
"With Senior Brother Sun's all-out attack and the damage caused by my Jade Shatter, even if Azuro doesn't die, he won't be a threat anymore."
The outcome was decided!
The light beam lasted for about 20 breaths before it was exhausted and slowly dissipated.
Azuro's cross-legged figure appeared in front of everyone. The light beam had created a deep pit. He was sitting in the pit with his hands clasped together.
The kasaya on his body had been burned. The skin of this Shura King's youngest son was almost completely burned, revealing tender red flesh that looked like melted wax.
The most shocking part was his head. His flesh was burned, revealing his charred skull.
His facial features were like melted wax figures, twisted together. There were only two charred holes left in his eye sockets. His eyeballs were gone.
Xu Qi 'an's Jade Shatter directly broke Azuro's Golden Body and severely injured his internal organs.
Even if he used his Zen skills to resist the "cannon attack" in time, it was still difficult for him to survive the full attack of a Third Stage Warlock in his poor state.
"I'll kill him while he's down …" Xu Qi 'an's body merged into the shadows and emerged from Azuro's back.
The Taiping Saber slashed down!
Without the support of the Vajra Divine Art, Azuro's body couldn't block the sharpness of the Taiping Saber in his current state.
As long as he cut off his head and handed it to Sun Xuanji to seal, Azuro would only face the path of exhaustion and death.
Dong dong dong …
At this time, Xu Qi 'an heard the sound of drums, dense and dull.
Although he was surprised, this didn't stop the Taiping Saber from slashing down.
Ding!
The sharp sound of metal colliding rang out. The Taiping Saber slashed out sparks. It didn't cut off Azuro's head. It was blocked by his outstretched palm.
A palm that was as black as ink.
Azuro's burnt skin quickly regenerated. His skull was first covered by tender red flesh and then wrapped by a layer of black skin.
In a few breaths, Azuro's injuries were completely healed. At the same time, his appearance changed. His whole body was as black as ink, like a demon from the abyss.
"It's been a long time since I've released the power of my bloodline. It's been so long that I've almost forgotten that I'm the strongest warrior of the Asura Race."
With a sigh, Azuro flicked his finger, and the Taiping Saber almost left Xu Qi 'an's hand.
It wasn't until now that Xu Qi 'an realized that the dense drumming was the sound of Azuro's heartbeat.
"This …" Seeing Azuro in this state, Xu Qi 'an's pupils dilated slightly, revealing an extremely shocked and stunned expression.
He lost his composure, not because he was afraid of Azuro's strength.
But because he had seen another person with this kind of unlucky skin.
Shen Shu's black dharma!
The power of bloodline, this was the power of the Asura Race's bloodline?!
Then Shen Shu was …
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