"Rumble …"
There was another rumble of thunder in the sky. The seventh lightning tribulation was about to strike!
Lin Da frowned deeply. His expression was extremely solemn. His hands quickly formed a seal in front of him, and the Blood Crystal Lotus Platform beneath him began to shine with rays of light.
"Creation is endless, merit is immeasurable."
With a low shout from his mouth, the ghost faces around him retracted and solidified on his body like statues. They no longer bared their fangs and brandished their claws like before. They looked like dead objects.
The Blood Crystal Lotus Platform beneath Lin Da began to revolve, and finally began to shine brightly. Thin crystal lines that looked like stamens appeared on it, wriggling and extending in all directions, connecting the altars one after another.
Blood-red runes appeared on each of the altars, jumping up and down in the intertwining crystal lines. A strange aura began to spread in the square.
"What's going on?" Monk Tuo Lan was the first to notice the abnormality and exclaimed.
His robes fluttered without wind, and a layer of faint white light overflowed from the surface of his body. It was like countless fireflies enveloping his entire body.
"What … what is this?" Immediately after, someone exclaimed.
Not far from Monk Tuo Lan, another Monk's body lit up with light.
In a short while, almost all the altars in the square were lit up. Some were as pale as moonlight, some were as bright as lanterns, some were scattered like starlight, and some were like the sun hanging in the sky, forming a disk behind them.
Chan 'er was the only one who did not have any light coming from her body.
"Eh, how can this be? Did I make a mistake? "Lin Da glanced at Chan 'er and wondered in his heart.
"So the appearance of merit is different from person to person," Chan 'er said curiously as she looked around and saw the light on everyone's body.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone came to a realization. It turned out that the light was the merit that they had accumulated over many years of cultivation.
"You have a good eye, but it's a pity that you're a cripple." Lin Da could not help but feel disappointed when he saw that there was no merit on her.
After that, he no longer looked at the crowd. Instead, he put his palms together and lowered his head to recite the sutra.
His expression was focused and pious. If not for the series of events from before, everyone would have thought that he was the most pious and focused Arhat.
As he chanted, Lin Da's body began to light up. However, his Buddha's light was reddish in color, but it was more majestic and bright than everyone else's. Bit by bit, it condensed outside his body and formed a ten-foot-tall Bodhisattva statue.
The Bodhisattva statue looked similar to the Manjushri Bodhisattva. It looked compassionate and loved all living beings.
As soon as the Bodhisattva statue was successfully condensed, a white light suddenly flashed in the sky, instantly illuminating the area within a radius of a hundred miles. An incomparably loud boom resounded, as if a hole was about to be blown open in the sky.
A pure snow-white lightning fell from the sky like a waterfall from the Nine Heavens, pouring down towards Lin Da.
Lin Da raised his hand and struck an upward palm. The Bodhisattva's illusory figure then pinched a Heart Mantra Handprint and pushed his palm toward the sky. The huge palm was like an umbrella above Lin Da's head, catching the lightning that was pouring down.
However, the power of the Thunder Calamity was beyond imagination. The moment it fell into the Bodhisattva's palm, it pierced through it. Tens of thousands of electric threads intertwined and continued to strike Lin Da's body.
When Lin Da saw this, he quickly made another gesture. The other palm of the Bodhisattva's illusory figure then went up to block the lightning for the second time.
However, when the lightning residue splashed out from the palm and fell on the Bodhisattva's illusory figure, it was still like sparks splashing on a gauze dress. Instantly, numerous holes were burned in the illusory figure. Lin Da, who was in the middle of it, was naturally in great pain.
Compared to the turbulent river of lightning, the two palms were like two small dams blocking the river. They could only barely resist, but in the end, they could not escape the fate of being washed away.
Of course, Lin Da couldn't let this happen. He let out a low shout, and a blood-red light burst out from between his eyebrows. The Blood Crystal Lotus beneath him shone brightly, and the blood-red crystal wires connected to it lit up one after another.
The eminent monks on the altars only felt a scorching heat between their eyebrows. The light of merit that enveloped their bodies flowed along the blood-red crystal wire and converged on the blood-red crystal lotus platform beneath Lin Da.
In an instant, the Blood Crystal Lotus shone brightly. A layer of blurry white light enveloped the blood-red lotus petal. On the Bodhisattva's illusory figure, the white light also condensed into a layer of white gauze dress.
The lightning that splashed on the white gauze dress suddenly became less powerful and could not burn through the dress.
Lin Da's eyes flashed with joy when he saw this. He quickly absorbed the monks' Merit.
Eminent monks like Tuo Lan were still fine. They already had a lot of Merit and could still hold on for a while. Some of the Zen Masters with a shallow foundation had their Merit sucked dry very quickly, and their vitality began to fade rapidly.
The skin on the Zen Masters' faces and bodies began to dry rapidly. Their eyebrows and beards grew longer and whiter until they fell off. Their bodies kept shrinking until they finally turned into a skeleton.
Chan 'er did not have any Merit to manifest. When the burning sensation between his eyebrows rose, his vitality began to fade.
He did not know how to deal with it. He could only guard his bier and recite the Heart Sutra.
At this moment, for some unknown reason, the sarira in front of his chest suddenly lit up with a golden brilliance, enveloping his entire body. The moment the intense brilliance lit up, it was as if the sun had just risen, overshadowing the brilliance of all the eminent monks around him.
"That is …" Zen Master Tuo Lan exclaimed.
"Is that Merit? How can it be so majestic … "
"Impossible, how can it be …"
Amidst everyone's astonishment, a gigantic Golden Cicada condensed behind Chan 'er.
"The reincarnation of the Golden Cicada Master, it is indeed the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada Master. I guessed correctly! With you around, there is no need to worry about the Tribulation Transcendence, haha … "Lin Da was so happy that he almost lost his composure.
He had already guessed Chan 'er's identity and had planned to attack Chan' er in the city. However, the Flower Fox Ferret had ruined his plans. In the end, he had no choice but to chase Chan 'er all the way to Fengwei Mountain.
After that, Lin Da found out that Chan 'er had really enlightened the Fruit of Samsara. He was even more convinced that Chan' er was the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada Master. Hence, he beat Chan 'er at his own game and lured him to the Mahayana Spiritual Assembly.
"With the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada Master around, the others are useless, haha …"
With a wave of his hand, Lin Da removed his control over the other altars. He grabbed at Chan 'er from a distance and pulled his tiny body over from the other altars, controlling him in the air in front of him.
Chan 'er's body was bathed in the golden light. Memories of his past life suddenly surfaced in his mind. His expression was strangely calm.
Lin Da made a hand seal and guided it toward his body. The golden Light of Merit flowed out and enveloped the blood-red lotus platform beneath him, dyeing it pure gold. Golden light also condensed on the Bodhisattva's illusory body, and he wore a golden kasaya.
With the protection of this immeasurable Merit, the golden light reflected from him shot into the sky and intersected with the silver lightning. Both sides quickly melted, and the leaden clouds in the depths of the sky seemed to be digested by the golden light and became much thinner.
Imperceptibly, the Heavenly Axiom's desire to kill Lin Da also weakened.
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