His protective Buddha light would not last long beneath the Northern Ocean Clone’s mighty assault.
Since that was so, he might as well face offence with offence, forcing his opponent to stop his blow and defend himself lest he too suffered great damage!
After breaking through his Buddha light, the Northern Ocean Clone’s figure halted for just that one instant. And at that instant, his advantage in speed no longer existed.
This instant was his only chance to make a move, and he did so with great precision.
Even as the golden lotus of the Buddha whistled through the air, it brought along immense pressure comparable to the collapse of Mount Meru as it slammed down towards the Northern Ocean Clone.
That momentum was even greater than the huge white elephant which resembled a mountain peak leaping straight into the air and landing on the ground as it was much more terrifying and heavier as well!
Space distorted and collapsed above the Northern Ocean Clone’s head, being extinguished non-stop.
He glanced up at the golden lotus and laughed coldly, retracting his left hand and flipping it towards the air up above, resembling a true dragon leaving the sea and shooting forth into the nine heavens.
The dragon projection collided with the golden lotus. The dragon projection shattered, the golden lotus collapsing completely as well.
The Northern Ocean Clone switched claw to fist once more, his right fist resembling the tip of a great spear as it continued piercing towards his opponent’s chest.
The young monk was simultaneously blocking the Northern Ocean Clone’s left hand with both his palms as he was unable to defend.
His expression changed slightly as he inhaled deeply, golden light rising from his monk robes, constructing a final barrier on his body to help him block the Northern Ocean Clone’s punch.
The golden light suddenly shook, wavering like a lamp amidst a heavy rainstorm.
If not for this Buddhist mid-grade Sacred Artifact helping him to block that strike in a timely manner, the Northern Ocean Clone’s strike which substituted spear with fist might have penetrated straight into his chest.
Forcibly receiving this punch of the Northern Ocean Clone’s, the young monk made use of this chance to drift backwards in retreat.
Yet, the Northern Ocean Clone’s footwork advanced continuously as he immediately punched again.
The young monk could only retreat continuously, using both his arms to painstakingly resist.
Currently, he was on the defensive without even an opportunity to counterattack.
The Northern Ocean Clone punched out continuously, completely overwhelming his opponent. Then, his figure flickered as he had suddenly appeared behind him.
He grabbed with both hands towards a vital acupoint on the monk’s back.
A black hole seemingly appeared on his palms, solidly locking his foe’s body in place as he forcibly devoured his power.
The young monk’s back grew numb as he instantly felt the strength leaving his body, his true essence and Buddha light swiftly being lost.
Despite his shock, he remained composed, “Buddha light was granted by the Buddha, losing it being inauspicious. However, with it entering your body, it will precisely help you submit to our Buddha!”
As he gazed over, however, he saw that the Northern Ocean Clone’s expression was as per usual as no Buddha light had surfaced on the exterior of his body.
However, martial true intent surged above the Northern Ocean Clone’s head. What was manifested up above was not a Kunpeng or a true dragon, instead being a Taotie!
That young monk’s heart abruptly sunk to the very bottom.
The Taotie’s unique power of swallowing the heavens and devouring the earth was not like those demonic martial arts which directly absorbed another’s true essence, wresting away its essence.
This Buddha light would not easily affect the Northern Ocean Clone as he devoured it with the Taotie’s abilities.
The same principle applied to Pan-Pan who was currently stomping the white elephant underfoot.
Buddha light flickered on the robe of the young monk, helping him to block the Northern Ocean Clone’s power.
However, the radiance of the mid-grade Sacred Artifact worn by the Northern Ocean Clone, the Precipitous Golden Armour, clashed with the power of that robe, hence suppressing its power.
This young monk could only forcibly call upon his power as he attempted to break free of the Northern Ocean Clone’s grasp lest he be captured alive right there and then.
The other Buddhist martial practitioners did not remain mere spectators as they too charged towards Yan Zhaoge, the Northern Ocean Clone and Pan-Pan.
The Northern Ocean Clone and Pan-Pan ignored them as they focused on dealing with their opponents.
Yan Zhaoge controlled the black metallic box before him in transforming into a black hole, manifesting heaven-swallowing, earth-devouring might which devoured all their attacks.
Seeing this, the Buddhist martial practitioners who had been encircling and attacking Gao Qing’s group hurriedly stopped what they were doing and charged over towards Yan Zhaoge as well.
With a baleful look in his eyes, Yan Zhaoge lightly clapped on the Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring Box once more, countless streaks of sword-qi instantly surging as they enveloped the heavens and covered the earth in shooting towards the Buddhist martial practitioners, blocking their advance.
“Since I already have you, there’s no need to leave the rest,” Looking at that young monk, Yan Zhaoge smiled.
A Prime Clear lineage disciple hurriedly advised, “Don’t kill them here!”
Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly as he recalled something that Sun Zhongda had said back then.
“If I do really meet them, I should either immediately retreat or make a move and slay them straight away. If I really do slay them, I would have to return to the Roving Jade Heavens as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the other side’s bigwigs would know that I was the culprit within a very short period of time and rush over almost instantaneously.”
These descendants of the Prime Clear lineage clearly held the same reservations.
Yan Zhaoge had already noticed this earlier.
Quite a few Prime Clear lineage disciples, Gao Qing included, had gone easy on those Buddhist martial practitioners pursuing them even while they fled.
It seemed like they had already clashed with Buddhist martial practitioners once, injuring them heavily before capturing them alive.
Afterwards, they had been pursued here by another group of enemies, a battle hence commencing.
Gao Qing and the others really possessed formidable strength. They only appeared to be in a tough spot now because they had been bringing along captives even as they were encircled and attacked by another bunch of Buddhist martial practitioners.
Afterwards, they had released the Buddhist martial practitioners they had captured. As they were free to act without reservations then, they had immediately regained the upper hand.
Yet, they had still not killed the Buddhist martial practitioners whom they had heavily injured then captured alive.
It was not that the descendants of the Prime Clear lineage could not bear to kill them. Instead, they were worried that if they could not quickly return to the Roving Jade Heavens, there would be extremely powerful Buddhist experts hurrying over to wreak vengeance upon them.
The other party advised Yan Zhaoge, “Believe us, this is a lesson that our seniors have consolidated following countless experiences.”
He pointed at those monks, “Being a lofty existence, the Future Buddha may not care about them. However, the Future Buddha aside, they still have other Buddhist bigwigs. Right after they die, the other side can clearly grasp the killer’s identity and then confirm the location, swiftly descending.”
“If those Buddhist bigwigs have a powerful enough cultivation base, they could arrive instantly!”
While the expression of the young monk rest
ricted by the Northern Ocean Clone was rather gloomy, he still appeared composed as a result as he said calmly, “Please think thrice, benefactor. Do not go on with this blind stubbornness.”
“Lower your blade of slaughter, hence descends the light of nirvana. Benefactor is now only of an external dao. Still, if you continue making one mistake after another, you might descend into a devilish dao.”
“At that time, it would be too late for regret. Despite the benevolence and illumination of our Buddha, we still possess the fury for ambushing and exterminating devils.”
Yan Zhaoge chuckled, “So you mean that you can illuminate me, but I cannot kill you people?”
A Prime Clear lineage disciple quickly said, “The World beyond Worlds does not like involvement in such trouble. If you are really furious at him, capture him and return to our Roving Jade Heavens. There, you can cure him with a thousand cuts and slowly slice off his flesh bit by bit if you wish…”
Before he had finished speaking, Yan Zhaoge laughed, “Why the need to be troublesome?”
With that, he directly raised his palm, bringing it down upon a Buddhist monk with a bladeless sabre who was coming to attack him!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 837: The mysterious stranger and the vengeance that never came
HSSB837: The mysterious stranger and the vengeance that never came
Yan Zhaoge raised his palm, striking down towards a Buddhist martial practitioner.
Those Buddhist martial practitioners were shocked, the Prime Clear lineage disciple feeling rather anxious and panicked, “This person, why doesn’t he listen to advice?!”
Yan Zhaoge’s wilfulness would not just affect himself. Even they who had yet to leave this place would be affected as a result.
Peak Buddhist bigwigs would descend upon this land and not just trap him, but them as well.
A hint of a smile could be seen at the corner of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth as he struck down with his palm, instantly shattering the entire head of that Buddhist martial practitioner into smithereens!
Right as that monk perished, Buddha light shot out from his body, seeking to break through space.
This Buddha light did not possess offensive capabilities or emanate a powerful aura of any kind.
Yet, it completely ignored the might of Yan Zhaoge and the Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring Box.
It seemed as if they existed on two different planes such that they would not touch even if they met.
Despite the strength of Yan Zhaoge’s Cyclic Heavenly Scripture which reversed cause and effect, that golden light which seemed illusory and transparent penetrated right through it and went on its way.
The devouring power of the Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring Box was just like an illusory, surreal dream before that unique Buddha light.
Yan Zhaoge believed that he would be unable to destroy or obstruct this Buddha light even if he took out the Extreme Yang Seal or the Evil Sword Taotie.
It would be useless as he would be unable to even touch it.
Yet, that Buddha light was definitely not an illusory phenomenon.
Yan Zhaoge was certain that so long as this Buddha light flew away, a Buddhist bigwig would immediately descend upon this land extremely swiftly.
They could be comparable to Daoism’s Immortal Bridge Martial Saints.
Or even peak Martial Saints, Mortal Exalts.
Or even experts comparable to Emperors and Sovereigns of Daoism…
According to Sun Zhongda and these other Prime Clear lineage disciples, the greater the cultivation base of the bigwig, the faster they would come. They might even descend and appear immediately.
Yan Zhaoge was still smiling as the force within his palm suddenly changed, chaos concealed within.
He circulated the Peerless Heavenly Scripture as amidst the chaos, there was no flowing of time and no concept of proximity at all as it was the beginning of all things whilst also their end.
Yan Zhaoge’s palm descended once more. That Buddha light shuddered slightly as it was forced to plunge into the chaos whereupon it was extinguished at once, disappearing without a trace.
There was really only Yan Zhaoge himself who could tell what had just happened.
The others were only able to see Yan Zhaoge kill that Buddhist martial practitioner with a palm after which Buddha light flickered.
Seeing this, the Prime Clear lineage martial practitioners all held their hands to their heads, sighing towards the heavens, “You people of the World beyond Worlds have never encountered Buddhist martial practitioners before, yet just love reacting to slights. You’ve really dragged us down now.”
There was only Gao Qing who looked at Yan Zhaoge with her eyes bright as a crystal, “Oh, what a straightforward person.”
The fellow disciple beside her laughed bitterly, “Junior apprentice-sister, he’s had his fun, but now we’re all in for it. We should hurry and leave this place, returning to the Roving Jade Heavens. We have no way of investigating the abnormalities in spiritual qi over at that distant mountain now.”
“I only hope now that the Buddhist experts who rush over here aren’t too powerful. That way, we would still have time and some chance of fleeing this place successfully.”
Even as he spoke, he saw Yan Zhaoge continuing to slay Buddhist martial practitioners with his palm.
As the Prime Clear lineage descendants who had already been completely on edge saw this, their mouths twitched involuntarily.
The Buddhist martial practitioners instead calmed down, looking at Yan Zhaoge with an expression which saw dying to be like going home as it would allow one to attain a place of infinite happiness.
The young monk being restricted by the Northern Ocean Clone said calmly, “This humble monk and my fellow disciples do not fear death. Death is but the beginning of life.”
“The reaping of karma, the strange blessed soil. This can precisely free us of the sea of suffering that is the life of humans.”
“As for you, benefactor, having committed such a grave sin and plummeted into a devilish dao, you would naturally also get your just desserts.”
A smile actually surfaced on the young monk’s face, “Your retribution, Benefactor, is close at hand.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled as well, “You don’t have to worry about me. You should first worry about yourself. The reason I’ve taken care of all the other baldies is that I’ve already captured you.”
“I believe that I will be able to obtain more useful information from you.”
“Of course, I believe that you would definitely not speak easily,” Yan Zhaoge grinned widely, “Still, that’s fine. I have the time and the means with which to get you to open your mouth.”
That young monk shook his head, “Are you dreaming and thinking that these descendants of the Prime Clear lineage were just scaring you?”
He said slowly, “This humble monk has said that your retribution, benefactor, is close at hand.”
“Oh? I look forward to seeing that,” Yan Zhaoge said as he casually smashed in the head of yet another Buddhist martial practitioner, causing the brows of everyone present to twitch wildly.
The Prime Clear lineage descendants all shook their heads, turning to leave.
Before accompanying her fellow disciples in leaving, Gao Qing waved at Yan Zhaoge, “This Senior Brother, why don’t you come with us to the Roving Jade Heavens? If we arrive at the Roving Jade Heavens before those peak experts of Buddhist do, all of their clues would have come to an end.”
“I appreciate your kind intentions. Still, there is no need to worry about me,” Yan Zhaoge smiled nonchalantly before suddenly asking instead, “Could I ask if your great-grandfather, the Dragon Spring Emperor, is surnamed Long?”
Gao Qing answered, “That’s right.”
Yan Zhaoge asked curiously, “Are all the descendants of the Profound Sovereign and the Dragon Spring Emperor surnamed Gao after the Profound Sovereign?”
Gao Qing shook her head, saying as if it wa
s only natural, “Of course not! I have a granduncle who follows my great-grandfather’s surname of Long!”
Yan Zhaoge did not know whether to laugh or to cry, “Then, why didn’t you make it clear when Fu Ting was secretly implying that the Dragon Spring Emperor has taken up the surname of another!”
Gao Qing was taken aback, “She was secretly implying this? She asked me why I was surnamed Gao, and so I said that I followed my father’s surname. My father follows my grandfather’s surname, and my grandfather follows my great-grandmother’s surname, isn’t that the case? It’s not like she asked about my granduncle’s lineage.”
“Then, she seemed to disbelieve my great-grandfather’s cultivation base, and so I argued over this with her. That’s also unrelated to granduncle’s lineage, isn’t it?”
Gao Qing pursed her lips, saying very unhappily, “So this was what that Big Sis Fu actually meant.”
The Prime Clear lineage disciples beside her all looked like they were exasperated yet could not help but smile.
With so many things having happened earlier, they had not had time to speak to her about this yet.
And now, they could only drag the unhappy Gao Qing along in hurriedly departing from this place.
Yan Zhaoge seemed to be thinking about something as he watched them gradually vanish into the distance.
Recollecting himself, Yan Zhaoge looked smilingly at that young monk, “Good, it’s finally time for us to have a proper talk now.”
That young monk said in an indifferent tone, “Does benefactor really have the leisure to do so now?”
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Won’t you know after waiting for a while? Still, just waiting alone is boring. We might as well talk as we wait.”
With that, he directly tapped onto the centre of the young monk’s forehead.
A painful look now flickered within the gaze of this young monk.
He closed his eyes, gritting his teeth and tolerating it.
Buddhist martial practitioners all had extremely mighty wills and endurance. This young monk was barely able to persist through pain and torture that most people would be hard pressed to endure.
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