Chapter 684 - 49: Similar Dark Humor

Chapter 684: Chapter 49: Similar Dark Humor

"Those damned mortals!"

Inside, the Xingtian Clan had resolved to rebel; outside, the Spirit Mountain Ten Witches and the Great Xia Gods kept pressing step by step.

In the shadows, the Queen Mother of the West and the Tao Ancestor—those two Great Buddhas—watched coldly from the sidelines; the man had never felt so close to failure.

Yet now the situation was an arrow on the bowstring, bound to be loosed; how things developed was no longer up to him.

From the moment those incarnations were exposed, the man knew he either had to risk everything in one desperate gamble, or choose to sink into another long hibernation.

After all, for the sake of his long-cherished wish, he had already offended an unknown number of beings over these years.

Xu Jia, whose Buddha head had been stolen, was just one of them; in terms of how badly he’d been offended, Xu Jia didn’t even rank among the worst.

Just thinking of the current Xingtian Clan, they truly wished they could flay the man alive and strip his bones, and even that wouldn’t ease the hatred in their hearts.

So hibernating was out of the question.

No one understood better than he did that if he kept hiding, sooner or later someone would catch him, and that would be the most miserable end.

He didn’t even believe the appearance of the Queen Mother of the West and the Tao Ancestor was some coincidence.

It had to be that some earlier move of his had alarmed them, drawing them to appear near this Kunlun Mountain.

Though the chain of cause and effect might be a bit inverted, his guess was in fact correct.

If not for Xu Jia, Li Boyang and Xiluo might still be wandering around the East Sea right now, and never suddenly decide to head west.

"Ganqi, I’m only missing Ganqi now."

He shot a vicious glare in the direction of the Spirit Mountain Ten Witches.

The man felt he was just one step from success; he absolutely could not let this sudden group of interlopers ruin his plan.

Unfortunately, before he could make a move, a streak of golden light suddenly tore through Ganqi City’s defensive Barrier and, with lightning speed, shot toward that black Buddha within Kunlun Mountain.

The golden streak was so fast that he didn’t even react to what had happened.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the streak of golden light had already appeared before that wrathful face.

"Go to hell!"

Blades, spears, swords, and halberds fired in unison; axes, battle-axes, hooks, and forks all struck out together.

Only at this moment did Luo Lan reveal his true form of three heads and eight arms; his offensive was so fierce it was not much weaker than the mechanical Demon God’s.

The key was that Luo Lan knew the Demon Buddha’s weakness; every attack was aimed at that wrathful face.

"Mii!"

At the critical instant, the Demon Buddha turned its head again, revealing its third visage.

In that instant, a pitch-black pagoda-bell of futu bronze manifested out of thin air.

The weapons Luo Lan launched slammed directly into the bell and were forcibly bounced back.

Seeing this, Wu Zhen, piloting the mechanical Demon God, reacted immediately and, ignoring the obstruction of those six arms, kicked straight at the black Buddha’s head.

"Its weakness is the head—attack its head!"

As Wu Zhen used the Sound Transmission Talisman to relay this message to the rear.

"Horned Dragon" also altered its attack rhythm at once.

Thus, in the ensuing battle, Luo Lan, Wu Zhen, and "Horned Dragon" coordinated seamlessly, forcibly forcing out the Demon Buddha’s final face of Deluded Clinging.

However, the Demon Buddha also took this opportunity to haul itself up from the Earth Vein.

Seen from afar, though it had only raised its upper body, it already loomed more magnificent than the mountains.

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"Let’s go. Time we paid that mastermind a visit."

Lightly tossing the Qiankun Ring in his hand, Li Boyang turned to Xu Jia with a face full of wicked amusement.

"You already know where he is?"

A bit stunned, Xu Jia asked the question almost instinctively.

He could tell that Demon Buddha wasn’t the true body of the one behind the scenes, but something akin to those incarnations.

Yet he had never imagined Li Boyang would locate the opponent’s true body so quickly.

"Mm. He really is good at hiding; when it comes to veiling cause and effect, he’s almost on par with my Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower."

"But he has a fatal flaw—he’s too eager to attain the Dao."

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly as Li Boyang smiled at the endless black fog behind the Qiankun Ring.

"What about things out here?"

After a brief silence, Xu Jia glanced at that Demon Buddha and asked.

To Xu Jia, that rampaging Demon Buddha outside was far more dangerous than the mastermind hidden in the shadows.

Not in terms of power, but in terms of the destruction the Demon Buddha would wreak on Kunlun Mountain and Changyang Mountain.

If Wu Zhen and the others failed to defeat the Demon Buddha, this whole region would become a wasteland of calamity.

"Relax. What do you think Xiluo is doing right now?"

"With her around, a mere incarnation like that can’t stir up any real storm."

When he heard Li Boyang mention Xiluo, Xu Jia finally let go of the worry in his heart.

"In that case, I’m curious about his true identity as well."

Vaguely sensing Li Boyang’s intent, Xu Jia strode into the Qiankun Ring ahead of him.

Sticking close behind Xu Jia, Li Boyang kept smiling in silence, saying nothing more until the Qiankun Ring fully closed.

"Hmph! I knew it would end up like this."

Without a sound, Xiluo appeared on the steel carrier’s deck.

Staring at the spot where Li Boyang and Xu Jia had vanished, she could only mutter a quiet complaint.

Xiluo was certain Li Boyang would hear her voice, just as he knew she would never let that Demon Buddha destroy this place.

"Teacher... is my grandpa still alive?"

Just then, Xiao Ling spoke up behind Xiluo.

Even though she had lost all memories related to her grandpa...

Even though she knew she was just a rather special automaton...

Having silently accepted all this, the only thing Xiao Ling cared about now was that grandpa she could no longer remember at all.

"He’s dead, and very, very thoroughly dead."

Turning her head to glance at Xiao Ling, Xiluo had no intention whatsoever of comforting her.

Or rather, this was simply who Xiluo was; she had never been someone who could coax children.

"But don’t worry. The doll will set everything back on the proper track."

"Maybe your grandpa won’t come back, but you’ll definitely recall all the memories related to him."

"Besides, once you chose to become my student, life and death stopped being some untouchable taboo for you."

Raising her head in slight bewilderment to look at Xiluo, Xiao Ling’s mind was a complete mess; she simply couldn’t understand what Xiluo meant.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... reminds me: why did I take in a little deadweight like you back then?"

She couldn’t help grumbling once, then her eyes rolled slightly and she went on with clear malicious glee.

"What I mean is, after your grandpa enters reincarnation, you can try to find his next life."

"Just think about it—if the two of you swapped roles, wouldn’t that be pretty interesting?"

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