Chapter 345 - 174: The Battle of the Virgo Temple, The Deaths of Shaka and Asmita! (Part 1)

Chapter 345: Chapter 174: The Battle of the Virgo Temple, The Deaths of Shaka and Asmita! (Part 1)

The roar of the battles from the first five temples beat against the silence of the Virgo Temple like surging waves of Cosmo.

When Sisyphus, Kardia, El Cid, Degel, and Albafica, the five former Gold Saints, stepped before the Virgo Temple...

A Cosmo as vast as the cosmic sea of stars, acting as an invisible barrier, blocked their path with a gentle yet irresistible force.

The few of them even heard the chanting of Buddha in their ears, and the air was filled with the scent of sandalwood.

Countless phantom lotuses descended from the sky. It was as if they had stepped not into a sacred temple, but into a pure land.

"The Virgo of this generation! I have come to experience your Tenbu Horin!"

Asmita stepped forward. He had been blind since childhood, but he had awakened his Sixth Sense from a young age.

As the former Virgo Gold Saint, his perception at this moment was clearer than anyone else’s.

He could see the figure deep within the temple, sitting on a lotus pedestal, eyes tightly shut, radiating a sacred glow.

The current Virgo Gold Saint, Shaka, also known as the man closest to god!

From within the Virgo Temple, Shaka’s ethereal and calm voice slowly drifted out, devoid of any worldly impurities.

"Asmita, you should not have returned. The cycle of life and death has its own destiny. Forcibly reversing it only adds to your karma. This place is a pure land protected by the Goddess, and it should not be poisoned by the fires of war."

Although he had not opened his eyes, his divine sense had long pierced through space and landed on Asmita, carrying a trace of pity within its sorrow.

A faint smile appeared on the corners of Asmita’s mouth.

"Life or death has long been irrelevant to you and me. We have returned from the Underworld not to seek a meager existence, but to settle the past. Shaka, step aside, or today will be the time of your fall."

Shaka sighed. The lotus beneath him bloomed, and he formed the Vitarka Mudra with his hand.

"Asmita, I understand your purpose for coming, but I have also been entrusted by someone, and I must stop you here!"

Asmita similarly sat down cross-legged, his Surplice emitting boundless light.

The other Gold Saints felt as if they saw two giant Buddhas, one golden and one purple-black, smiling at each other!

"In the end, we still have to fight it out!"

As the words fell, a majestic Cosmo, no less inferior to Shaka’s and filled with great wisdom and enlightenment, explosively erupted from Asmita!

Two massive forces, both having reached the peak of the Eighth Sense, clashed and squeezed violently in the space before the Virgo Temple, causing the solid stones of the Sanctuary beneath their feet to crack silently.

Shaka floated out of the Virgo Temple in mid-air. He opened his eyes, his entire body radiating golden Buddha light!

"Tenbu Horin!"

Shaka’s voice suddenly became magnificent, as if Buddha had handed down a decree, and he threw the rosary in his hand!

The Virgo Temple vanished instantly, replaced by a resplendent Dharma wheel composed of countless stars, Buddhist realms, and a giant Swastika symbol!

Radiating boundless light, the Sanskrit chanting was like thunder!

A powerful force of sealing and deprivation spread out, enveloping the six former Gold Saints in front of the Virgo Temple like an invisible giant net!

Sisyphus and the others’ expressions changed slightly. They instantly felt their five senses become sluggish, the space solidify, and the circulation of their Cosmos become incredibly difficult!

This was exactly the ultimate secret of Virgo: Tenbu Horin.

An irresistible force struck. Kardia, Sisyphus, El Cid, and the others all flew into mid-air. While in the air, they suddenly discovered that their sight, hearing, and taste were quietly dissipating!

Shaka’s Tenbu Horin ultimate secret could randomly deprive enemies of their five senses. Within his domain, he was a god, suppressing everything!

"Shaka, a battle here will defile the purity of the Virgo Temple and damage the foundation of the Sanctuary."

Asmita’s voice rang out clearly within the domain, carrying a strange resonance. Although Tenbu Horin was strong, it could do nothing against him, the former Virgo Saint!

"Why don’t we change locations, so you and I can truly fight without holding back."

Asmita brought his hands together, and a gentle spatial fluctuation rippled outward, forcibly opening a passage within Shaka’s nearly perfect Tenbu Horin domain!

At the end of the passage, light and shadows flowed, and a tranquil garden could be faintly seen. Two massive, leafy Sal trees swayed gracefully in the breeze!

The Twin Sal Trees Garden, the very place where Buddha attained Nirvana and passed on to the Sukhavati.

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