Ethan Shu received the giant skeleton soldier's attack head-on, causing his body to sink and his feet to leave footprints on the stone steps.
"These skeleton soldiers are formidable, but I'm not to be underestimated!"
Ethan Shu summoned his Buddhist power, causing the golden light on his broom to have intensified.
He tilted his arms, using the bamboo pole to dissipate the force of the giant skeleton soldier, then stamped his feet and leaped into the air.
"The Buddha's Seal of the Swastika!!"
As he leaped, Ethan Shu pressed his palm toward the giant skeleton soldier. Golden Buddhist light shone, and a golden [卍] symbol emerged from his palm, striking the giant skeleton soldier.
If the old monk had been here, he would have been greatly surprised.
Although the Buddha's Seal of the Swastika is simple, he had only taught Ethan Shu once.
One could even say that he had only roughly inscribed a [卍] symbol on Ethan Shu's palm.
Unexpectedly, Ethan Shu was able to perform the Buddha's Seal of the Swastika with it, which was truly shocking.
Such talent would have made even the Buddhist heir of the Hanging Temple feel ashamed and inadequate.
With a faint scream, long, crimson worms emerged from the giant skeleton soldier's body.
Upon closer inspection, these worms were delicate red bases!
Without hesitation, Ethan Shu swung his broom filled with Buddhist power and struck the red bases.
"Sizzle, sizzle," black smoke emerged, and the red bases dissolved into ashes.
In the valley, at the mass grave,
The Black Mountain Demon was furious: "The old monk was stubborn and obnoxious, and the little monk was extremely annoying!"
"Very well! You think you're tough, huh? Let's see how long you can last!!"
"When your strength or Buddhist power ran out, that would have been the day you and the old monk fell!!"
In front of the gate, the giant skeleton soldier suddenly disintegrated and scattered on the ground.
The system notification sounded in Ethan Shu's ears:
"Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! You had defeated a high-level skeleton soldier and earned cultivation points x5!"
"So that giant skeleton soldier was a high-level one."
Ethan Shu's thoughts flickered, and with the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the gate.
Taking advantage of the moment Ethan Shu was entangled with the giant skeleton soldier, a dozen dark, vengeful spirits, rolling in black smoke, seized the opportunity when the gate was momentarily unguarded and leaped over it, attempting to have sneaked into the ancient temple amidst the chaos.
"Daring vengeful spirits, this is a forbidden area of Buddhism; you shall not enter!"
Seeing this, Ethan Shu urgently roared like thunder, grabbed his Buddhist robe, and suddenly flipped it, throwing it forward.
"Rustle, rustle!"
The crimson robe unfolded, spreading out in the air and rotating as it flew.
The Sanskrit words of the Shurangama Mantra on it shone with golden light, and secret power flowed, enveloping and annihilating the dozen dark, vengeful spirits.
Ethan Shu followed up, grabbed the robe that hadn't lost its momentum, pulled it with his arm, and put it back on.
The entire process was carried out without any hesitation.
In short, it was very cool!
Ethan Shu returned to guard the gate in front of the temple.
Skeleton soldiers continued to pour up the stone steps endlessly.
Fortunately, the mountain peak was steep, and the stone steps were rugged, with few places to walk smoothly.
Otherwise, Ethan Shu, unable to be everywhere at once, would not have been able to block more demons.
Ethan Shu waved his broom.
Using the broom as a Dharma staff or Damo's staff, he became more and more proficient.
As the moon rose high in the sky, people met after dusk.
The beautiful night, in the depths of the mountains, became even more eerie and terrifying.
Ethan Shu had been fighting for hours, and even though he had refined the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones of the Flesh to the third level, his physical strength and power far exceeded ordinary people, and his Buddhist power was running low.
Ethan Shu began to feel dizzy and exhausted.
His internal Buddhist power had almost been depleted.
And this was without Ethan Shu using any Buddhist Mystic Powers that consumed a lot of power.
Otherwise, with his cultivation at the initial stage of the Dusty Realm, he would have run out of Buddhist power long ago.
"Bad! Once my Buddhist power is depleted, a broom without Buddhist empowerment can neither defeat skeleton soldiers nor withstand swords, spears, axes, and halberds!"
Ethan Shu's heart sank.
A crisis was approaching!
This calamity had been difficult to overcome.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! You had successfully accumulated 200 cultivation points. Would you like to increase your cultivation?"
At that moment, the system notification sounded like timely rain.
"Had I accumulated 200 cultivation points already?"
Ethan Shu was overjoyed and immediately responded, "System, use the cultivation points to increase my cultivation right away!"
"Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! Your cultivation had been successfully increased, consuming 200 cultivation points!"
With the system's voice falling, Ethan Shu's depleted Buddhist power suddenly surged forth from the depths of his body, a purer and more abundant Buddhist power.
Dusty Realm mid-stage!
Within a day, Ethan Shu had risen from having no cultivation at all to the mid-stage of the Dusty Realm.
With the new Buddhist power empowering him, Ethan Shu's fatigue disappeared, and he once again engaged in battle with the skeleton soldiers.
By midnight.
The Black Mountain Demon began to wonder.
Why wasn't the little monk exhausted yet? Why hadn't the dilapidated ancient temple been conquered?
It didn't know that Ethan Shu had used the cultivation points "given" by the skeleton soldiers to raise his cultivation to the late stage of the Lecheng realm!
Ethan Shu accumulated his cultivation points.
Whenever his Buddhist energy was nearly depleted and he felt utterly exhausted, he utilized those cultivation points to elevate his cultivation realm.
With each elevation of his cultivation realm, new, even more vast, and pure Buddhist energy emerged.
In this manner, he persevered.
Dawn was breaking...
Ethan Shu smashed another skeleton soldier and wearily lifted his gaze to the horizon at the end of the mountains, where a faint dawn light was spreading.
The numerous hardships he had faced throughout the night, and the countless dangers he had encountered, were all insignificant now.
But the gains were immense.
"Ding-dong, congratulations, host. The cultivation level was raised successfully. 400 cultivation points consumed!"
In an instant, Ethan Shu's mind became crystal clear, reaching a level of profound mystery.
It was as if a dusty mirror had been polished bright, allowing fortune and misfortune to be reflected upon it, enabling him to avoid danger and seek good fortune.
"I was now at the initial stage of the Mirror Realm..."
"According to my master, I now possessed inspiration and could... No, bad!"
Ethan Shu's mirror reflected both good and bad fortune, immediately generating a mysterious inspiration.
Without hesitation, he placed his broom in front of the temple gate, seated himself in a lotus position at the gate, pressed his palms together, and recited the complete Shurangama Mantra.
"Many as the sands of Ten Ganges Rivers. Each holding aloft a mountain and wielding a pestle, they pervaded the realm of space..."
Now, the skeleton soldiers on the mountain path's stone steps were gone, all annihilated by Ethan Shu.
Only the countless vengeful spirits and malicious fog remained, lingering and refusing to disperse.
"Gather for me!"
Suddenly, winds rose and clouds gathered atop the mountain, dark clouds covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
These countless vengeful spirits and malicious fog swarmed together, transforming into a giant skeleton face, with dark fog rolling and evil intentions surging.
"Little monk, I am your fatal destiny. You cannot escape!"
The Black Mountain Demon roared, controlling the massive skeleton face in the sky, diving down.
The massive skeleton face opened its bloodthirsty mouth, revealing thousands of smaller skeleton heads inside.
These skeleton heads, packed tightly together, looked extremely chilling. Truly, the means of demons!
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