Chapter 413: Xu Lei's Nirvana

Chapter 413: Chapter 168: Xu Lei’s Nirvana

With a sudden, violent tug, Bai Ling’s body was sent flying.

Bai Ling immediately channeled her Magical Power to halt her momentum, but she was unable to resist and continued to be pulled forward.

At the same time, however, Bai Ling unleashed her Flying Sword, sending it whistling through the air to attack.

“Escape!”

Xu Lei didn’t hesitate, immediately trying to retreat.

After all, practitioners of the Bodhisattva Dao were not experts in close combat; ranged attacks were a much safer bet.

Xu Lei had wanted to retreat to a safe distance and wait for the turmoil in his body to subside.

Then, he could attack again, coordinating a ranged assault with Bai Ling. From there, they would look for an opportunity to escape.

“None of you will escape!”

At that moment, however, the Fat Buddha’s two giant palms shot out, targeting both of them simultaneously.

One palm shot out to grab Xu Lei, the other to grab Bai Ling.

Xu Lei discovered he couldn’t escape. His recent injuries had left the Qi in his body unstable.

As a result, his speed had dropped precipitously.

He couldn’t activate his black alms bowl either. While it was still functional, the Pattern Array on its surface was damaged and would need to be repaired before it could be fully restored.

Seeing the giant palm reaching to crush him to death, Xu Lei struggled to retreat.

But it was no use; he couldn’t dodge.

His only choice was to send all of his belongings—his Lotus Treasure Fragments, Golden Magic Staff, black alms bowl, Storage Bracelet, and other Magical Artifacts—through the Round Tube Magical Artifact.

‘No matter what, I can die, but I can’t let my Magical Artifacts be taken.’

In an instant, the Magical Artifacts vanished, along with the Round Tube Magical Artifact.

CRACK! CRACK!

SPURT!

At that same moment, a giant palm closed around Xu Lei.

Immense Power crushed down on him, shattering his bones and forcing a spray of blood from his mouth.

Shards of broken bone pierced his skin all over his body, and blood gushed out.

His internal organs were displaced.

“No!”

Meanwhile, Bai Ling watched from the side, her eyes filled with sorrow as she cried out.

Xu Lei had been all but killed by the blow, and this was the second time Bai Ling had watched him die.

Of course, she quickly remembered that Xu Lei could be reborn, and her grief subsided. Still, she felt a pang of heartache and rage.

However, Bai Ling’s own situation was hardly any better.

A giant palm was hurtling toward her, intent on crushing her as well.

Bai Ling tried to block it with her Flying Sword, but it couldn’t pierce the massive palm. It seemed she was about to be caught and crushed to death as well.

“No, Ling’er!”

Xu Lei’s body was mangled, his life force on the verge of dissipating.

‘My own death isn’t what’s bothering me. I’m furious, sure, but I can be reincarnated.’

‘But it’s different for Bai Ling. If she dies, she’s gone for good.’

But just as he saw that Bai Ling was about to be crushed, before he had time to think or react, his vision went black. He had died again.

Instantly, he saw the Ten Thousand Lives Book again, just as he had the other times he’d died.

Just as Xu Lei was about to revive himself to help Bai Ling escape,

“The Buddha is compassionate. Stay your hand!”

Suddenly, another voice called out from high in the sky. This time it was a woman’s voice—it was Bodhisattva Guan Yun.

Hearing this voice, Xu Lei halted his revival.

‘After all, if I revive on the spot, I probably can’t kill this Fat Buddha with my current Power. I wouldn’t even be able to save Bai Ling. I’d just be throwing away another life and exposing my secret of resurrection.’

‘Besides, I can’t revive just anywhere. There’s a range limit.’

‘Now that Bodhisattva Guan Yun is here… and I remember the Fat Buddha saying that she was supposed to protect Bai Ling.’

Therefore, Xu Lei decided not to revive immediately, choosing instead to watch how things unfolded.

Sure enough, as soon as Bodhisattva Guan Yun spoke, the Fat Buddha’s expression changed. He immediately halted his attack on Bai Ling and withdrew his giant palm.

Bodhisattva Guan Yun was incredibly fast, descending in no time at all.

‘She still looks the same as before, as if she hasn’t aged a day.’

“Greetings, Venerable One!”

The Fat Buddha was surprisingly deferential toward Bodhisattva Guan Yun. “What brings you—”

“She is the sapling I said I would protect. Did you intend to harm her?”

Bodhisattva Guan Yun said coolly, “Now that your Cultivation has borne some fruit, you’ve gotten rather bold, haven’t you? So bold that you disregard my words?”

“I beg your forgiveness, Venerable One.”

The Fat Buddha trembled and hurriedly explained, “She insisted on attacking me. My descendants were killed by them—two promising saplings who could have successfully attained their Dao! They were killed, just like that. That is why I chose to act. I only intended to kill the other one. But this Bai Ling insisted on stopping me, so I merely wanted to teach her a lesson.”

“Let it end here.”

Bodhisattva Guan Yun said, “I will not pursue the other matters, but remember this: you must not, under any circumstances, ruin the grand plan!”

From within the Ten Thousand Lives Book, Xu Lei watched the scene unfold, somewhat confused.

‘I don’t get it. What’s the relationship between Bodhisattva Guan Yun and this Fat Buddha? And what is this ‘grand plan’ they’re talking about?’

Bai Ling was also completely baffled.

“Thank you for saving me, Bodhisattva.”

Bai Ling asked, “But why did you—”

“Venerable One, I will naturally obey and will not move against her again.”

Then, the Fat Buddha added, “But what if, after she succeeds in her Cultivation and attains her Dao, she insists on coming after me?”

“To prevent the two of you from killing each other.”

Bodhisattva Guan Yun thought for a moment, then said, “In that case, Bai Ling, you shall serve as one of my Child Girls. You have expended a great deal of your power and need to recuperate. I had originally planned to let you cultivate freely, but it appears that is no longer feasible. Come with me to the Celestial Palace.”