"Amitabha, you have traveled from afar, what brings you here?" Several monks in saffron robes, radiating Buddhist light, approached Zhou Yan and his companions.
"Greetings, Buddha Lord," the surrounding monks said respectfully.
"Buddha Lord, they want to kill me, save me!" the bald monk shouted.
"You wicked monk, killing you would be too good for you," Diao Chan said.
"This female benefactor, in the pure land of Buddhism, to speak of killing and fighting, you are provoking the might of Buddha!" a monk rebuked.
"Heh heh!" Diao Chan laughed, "Provoking the might of Buddha? What a joke. That is your Buddha, not mine. I have absolutely no interest in your ancient Buddha."
"Such arrogant words are disrespectful to the most ancient Buddha. I will surely make you kneel before the Buddha for three years to awaken!" the monk declared.
"Whoosh!" Zhou Yan unleashed a palm strike, directly sealing the chattering monk.
The surrounding monks were astonished. They never expected Zhou Yan to be so domineering, acting so presumptuously right before their eyes.
"Retire," the Buddha Lord said to the crowd.
All the monks withdrew. Then, the Buddha Lord asked Zhou Yan, "May I know how our Buddhist sect's Jiesha has offended you, to warrant such pursuit to this place?"
"Oh, so his name is Jiesha. What a laughable dharma name. Do you know he is responsible for over a million lives?" Zhou Yan scoffed.
"Buddha Lord, he is slandering me. Jiesha has never harbored any intention to kill. He has always recited sutras and chanted Buddha, never harboring murderous intent," Jiesha quickly explained.
"You are quite clever. Every time you kill, you use Buddhist scriptures to dispel the killing intent from your body, but the evil within your soul can never be hidden," Zhou Yan stated.
"Buddha Lord, please see clearly. Disciple Jiesha has never killed anyone," Jiesha said sincerely.
"And that evil corpse? Where have you hidden it?" Zhou Yan asked.
"What evil corpse? I don't know what you're talking about. Stop slandering me." Jiesha appeared furious, as if Zhou Yan had truly wronged him.
"You wicked monk truly refuse to shed tears until you see the coffin!" Diao Chan said angrily.
"This humble monk merely has a difference in philosophy with you. You have pursued this humble monk all the way here. I have already apologized. Can you not let me go?" Jiesha said with a helpless expression.
"Husband, I want to kill him!" Diao Chan said, enraged.
"Then do it," Zhou Yan replied.
"Alright!" Diao Chan immediately attacked, lunging towards Jiesha.
"Benefactor, do not act before the matter is clarified!" The Buddha Lord radiated Buddhist light, attempting to intercept, but Zhou Yan's strike shattered it.
"Hmph! If I say he is a wicked monk, then he is a wicked monk. Why do I need to give you time to investigate? Furthermore, this wicked monk emerged from your Buddhist sect. If your own house is not clean, allowing a monk who has killed millions of beings to be within your Buddhist sect, and you, the Buddha Lord, are completely unaware, then you are also guilty of negligence."
Zhou Yan looked at the Buddha Lord of the Buddhist sect, showing no respect whatsoever. Facing thousands of Buddhist disciples, he still questioned the Buddha Lord.
Meanwhile, Diao Chan had already attacked Jiesha, but Jiesha had directly plunged into the midst of the Buddhist disciples, ordering the surrounding monks to attack Diao Chan.
Diao Chan engaged with the monks, but they were clearly no match for her, and were defeated one after another.
Ye Xun attacked, transforming into a beam of light, and reached Jiesha, grabbing him with a palm strike.
"Buddha Lord, save me!" Jiesha cried out to the Buddha Lord.
"Amitabha. Benefactors, regardless of your origins, your aggression is too much. Do not blame me for taking action."
The Buddha Lord clasped his hands together, erupting with golden light that surged towards Zhou Yan.
"Let me see what methods your Buddhist sect possesses!" Zhou Yan was fearless, allowing the golden light to approach. However, it was unable to get close, being repelled by an invisible energy.
The Buddha Lord transformed into a golden light, flying into the sky. Behind him, golden light blazed, forming the illusory form of an ancient Buddha, radiating a powerful aura.
The moment this ancient Buddha phantom appeared, Buddhist chants echoed throughout the heavens, as if a divine Buddha had manifested.
"Amitabha!" The Buddha Lord clasped his hands together, and the ancient Buddha phantom behind him also clasped its hands, then brought down a palm.
The colossal golden Buddha hand possessed the power to suppress all. The entire sky was obscured by the Buddha hand, a supreme power that could not be resisted, an ancient Buddha's might.
Everyone felt the supreme might pressing down from the heavens, so powerful, so terrifying, that no force could conceal it, nor could any energy contend with it.
The Buddhist monks smiled knowingly. The Buddha Lord's move was enough to suppress the opponent.
"Hmph! A mere petty Buddha dares to suppress me." Zhou Yan was disdainful. He raised his hand and punched. The void cracked, as if a world was being torn open from the void.
A majestic fist emerged from the void, exuding a mysterious aura, an ancient energy erupting.
This was a mysterious fist. The moment it appeared, everyone was shocked, because as soon as this fist appeared, it shattered the ancient Buddha's golden Buddha hand.
"What kind of fist is this? How can it be so terrifying!"
"The Buddha Lord's ancient Buddha true form cannot withstand it. What is this?"
"Such a terrifying fluctuation, like the power of an ancient god reawakening!"
The fearsome fist materialized directly from the void. This fist was immense. The moment it appeared, it unleashed a terrifying divine might.
When this fist truly emerged from the void, everyone was shocked to discover that it was even larger than the Buddha Lord's ancient Buddha true form.
"How is this possible!" The Buddha Lord was greatly shocked, feeling immense pressure. He unleashed even stronger Buddhist light, his entire body's Buddhist light condensing into beams of ancient Buddha light.
The ancient Buddha phantom behind him transformed into countless hands, each hand seemingly grasping a Buddhist character. The myriad Buddha hands, holding countless Buddhist characters, formed a formation, creating a shield that protected the Buddha Lord.
"You think you can block me? Can you block it?"
Zhou Yan simply watched as the fist in the void, carrying destructive energy, descended directly towards the Buddha Lord's shield.
"Boom!"
"Crack!"
"Hum!"
Terrifying energy erupted, and a fearsome impact completely engulfed the Buddha Lord.
The protective formation of the Buddhist sect was activated, and the golden energy shield vibrated violently, as if it could shatter at any moment.
At the last moment, a divine light shot up into the sky from within the Buddhist sect. A golden bowl appeared, releasing ancient Buddhist characters. This was divine energy, and under this divine energy fluctuation, the sect's formation finally stabilized.
The Buddha Lord, however, had fallen to the ground, his aura weak, clearly severely injured.
Hundreds of thousands of Buddhist disciples were also knocked over by the previous energy. If the formation had not been reinforced, they would have suffered even worse.
A golden light appeared. A powerful divine light emanated from the opponent. This was a true divine Buddha, a powerhouse extremely close to a true Buddha.