Golden light shimmered, and Buddhist chants echoed.
Clad in a resplendent kasaya, Ethan Shu descended from the heavens.
His voice thundered with a Buddhist chant, instantly breaking the hold of Pudu Cihang's Soul-Reaping Chant over the crowd.
"What just happened to me?"
"It was terrifying. I wanted to put down my blade and become enlightened, even considering ending my suffering."
"I felt the same!"
Fu Tianchou, Fu Qingfeng, Fu Yuechi, and others regained clarity. Remembering what they had experienced, they broke into a cold sweat, still trembling in fear.
Zhiqiu Yiye breathed a sigh of relief, his ears plugged with talismans, saying, "Good thing you all snapped out of it; otherwise, I wouldn't have stood a chance against Pudu Cihang alone."
He held a stack of talismans, ready to use them to block the ears of Fu Tianchou and the others if Ethan Shu hadn't arrived in time. He had been prepared to face Pudu Cihang head-on, buying time for the others to escape.
"Look! Another holy monk has arrived."
"My goodness, he's so handsome and young!"
"I think I heard him call Pudu Cihang a demon."
"I don't understand, but how could Pudu Cihang be a demon?"
The crowd looked up, gasping as they saw Ethan Shu descending from the sky.
Seeing Ethan Shu shatter his Soul-Reaping Chant, Pudu Cihang let out an angry scream, clapping his hands.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Shockwaves erupted, and the execution platform shattered, killing the overseer and others as dust filled the air.
Behind the dust cloud, golden light surged, and a towering figure of the Tathagata Buddha, seated upon a red-gold lotus platform, appeared before everyone.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha, the Dharma chariot of the Western Tathagata is here. What manner of demon are you? Show yourself before the Buddha!"
This false Tathagata, a projection of Pudu Cihang, spoke with a low growl.
"The Tathagata Buddha?"
Zhiqiu Yiye was taken aback.
"He can't be the real Tathagata. What a cunning demon, daring to impersonate the Buddha."
Zhiqiu Yiye knew that his own cultivation was far beneath that of Pudu Cihang.
Seeing the massive golden figure of the "Tathagata Buddha," the citizens knelt in worship.
"It's the Western Tathagata Buddha!"
"The Tathagata has manifested!"
"Let us worship the Tathagata Buddha! The Holy Monk Pudu Cihang is incredible, to summon even the Tathagata."
"If the Tathagata himself speaks, then these others must be demons!"
"No wonder that young monk looks so handsome—he must be a demon in disguise!"
With ordinary eyes, the people were once again deceived by Pudu Cihang's enchantment.
Ethan Shu clasped his hands in a Buddhist gesture, his voice thunderous, "Amitabha Buddha! Audacious fiend, daring to impersonate the Tathagata—witness as I reveal your true form!"
Ethan Shu unleashed a "Swastika" Buddhist Seal with a wave.
"Buzz!"
The air trembled, and a blazing golden [卍] symbol expanded, crashing towards the false Tathagata.
"How dare you act out before the Dharma chariot of the Tathagata? Watch as I subdue you!"
The false Tathagata's golden eyes shot forth dazzling beams of light, clashing with the "Swastika" Buddhist Seal in an explosive collision.
"No matter if you're the true Tathagata or a mere counterfeit—Mighty Heavenly Dragon!"
Realizing that his opponent's power was formidable, even surpassing his own, Ethan Shu immediately unleashed the Mighty Heavenly Dragon technique.
The kasaya billowed up into the sky, as Ethan Shu, now bare-chested, revealed a radiant golden dragon tattoo on his back.
Ethan Shu's voice reverberated with authority, echoing across the heavens.
"Mighty Heavenly Dragon!"
Mighty Heavenly Dragon!
"Venerable Ksitigarbha!"
Venerable Ksitigarbha!
"Prajna Buddhas!"
Prajna Buddhas!
"Prajna Pama Kong!"
Prajna Pama Kong!
"Flying Dragon in the Heavens!!"
"Roar—"
With a powerful sweep of his arms, Ethan Shu's back muscles bulged, and the golden Mighty Heavenly Dragon coiled around him, soaring upwards with a deafening roar, heading straight for the false Tathagata.
The false Tathagata thrust both hands forward, like two golden mountains, to clash with the Mighty Heavenly Dragon.
"Boom!" With a thunderous explosion, the golden hands of the false Tathagata shattered instantly.
The power of the Mighty Heavenly Dragon, a force that awes and subdues demons, was simply too overwhelming.
Despite Pudu Cihang's powerful cultivation, which spanned thousands of years, he was no match for Ethan Shu's Mighty Heavenly Dragon.
With the false Tathagata's hands shattered, green demon blood sprayed forth, exposing his true demonic nature.
"Heavenly Dragon's True Fire!"
Ethan Shu swung his arms, commanding the Mighty Heavenly Dragon to open its massive jaws and unleash a torrent of blazing flames.
The Heavenly Dragon's True Fire transformed into a river of fire, engulfing the enormous false Tathagata in a sea of roaring flames.
Within moments, the golden body of the false Tathagata began to melt rapidly in the fiery inferno.
The illusion shattered!
Pudu Cihang screamed as the golden body of the false Tathagata exploded, momentarily escaping the Heavenly Dragon's True Fire.
A gigantic creature burst forth from the remnants of the false Tathagata, soaring into the sky in an attempt to flee.
Those on the ground looked up, their pupils contracting, terror seizing their hearts.
The massive creature ascending into the sky was a fearsome, monstrous centipede—a millennia-old centipede demon!
"Fiend, don't think you can escape!"
"Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Great Dharma Mantra, Prajna Buddhas, Prajna Pama Kong, block the heavens!"
Ethan Shu rapidly shifted through Buddhist hand seals, and the Pure Self-Sarira within him surged forth with pure and boundless Buddhist power, infusing it into his kasaya.
The kasaya expanded, growing larger and larger, covering half of the skies over Yan City.
The millennia-old centipede demon, Pudu Cihang, attempted to escape, but Ethan Shu had already sealed off its retreat with his kasaya, leaving it with nowhere to flee.
It could only struggle, trapped beneath the sprawling kasaya, desperately trying to veer away from Yan City.
"Where do you think you're going? Celestial Net, capture!!"
Standing atop the Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Ethan Shu raised his arm skyward, seizing the enormous kasaya with his hand as he channeled Buddhist power into it.
The "Seven Treasures" embedded in the kasaya—gold, silver, crystal, amber, shell, red pearl, and agate—flared brightly, illuminating the sky with radiant brilliance.
The kasaya's crisscrossing threads, like the intersecting lines of a golden grid, shimmered as they formed a massive net, descending upon the millennia-old centipede demon.
This was the power of the resplendent kasaya!
The golden net enveloped the centipede demon, binding it like a fish in a net. The demon thrashed and writhed in the sky, but could not break free.
Ethan Shu chanted Buddhist mantras, infusing the Celestial Net with Buddhist power, intending to refine the millennia-old centipede demon!
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