Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 407

Chapter 407 Human Emperor

Yuan Shang was furious. Others wouldn’t fight with all their might, but you’re simply not fighting.

Perhaps uncomfortable with Yuan Shang’s stare, Li Wu unconsciously took two steps back.

Yuan Shang’s face darkened. “Don’t retreat!”

Confused, Li Wu looked back, his blood draining from his chest.

A demon from the outer realm leaped over and appeared behind him.

It opened its maw and swallowed Li Wu whole, leaving not a drop of blood behind. It

was the third demon from the outer realm.

Yuan Shang took the lead in battling it, his blood gushing and his wounds incurable.

The others soon noticed this.

The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha made a decisive move: “I’ll leave five of you here, and the rest will go to Yuan Shang. And your immortal artifacts, quickly bring them out!”

Upon hearing this, the Tribulation Crossing cultivators rushed to Yuan Shang’s side.

The more people, the less effort required.

…

Jiang Li watched the battle, feeling exhausted for the Long-browed Buddha. If they had fought together, the worst that could have been the death of a Tribulation Crossing cultivator.

Now, everyone was distracted by their own concerns, working slack, and locked in a stalemate with the Extraterritorial Demon, even falling slightly behind.

“What kind of bastards are these?”

…

The battle was massive, with traces of fighting visible across the universe, a scene of annihilation.

The cultivators and mortals of Jiuzhou witnessed it all, horrified and trembling with fear, praying for Jiuzhou’s victory.

Unfortunately, the opposite happened. Jiuzhou gradually lost ground, and the faces of the cultivators and mortals were filled with death.

“Is that the Extraterritorial Demon that slaughters all living beings?”

“If even the Tribulation Crossing cultivators are helpless, then if the Extraterritorial Demon wins, won’t we all be doomed?”

“I don’t want to die yet.”

“The Extraterritorial Demon is too terrifying.”

“Wuwuwu… I don’t want to die yet…”

The cultivators and mortals, unaware that the Tribulation Crossing cultivators weren’t using their full strength, assumed they were fighting bloody battles, risking their lives.

The Immortal Eternal and the Tribulation Crossing Stage were their last line of defense. Seeing this defense completely crumble, they fell into panic and despair.

The battle intensified. The extraterritorial demon, through some unknown means, devoured one of the arms of the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha, preventing him from growing another.

The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha was the most powerful being in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and his every move gripped the hearts of both cultivators and mortals.

Seeing the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha showing signs of fatigue and retreating while fighting, cultivators and mortals alike felt that today was a mortal’s fate, and that Jiuzhou would inevitably be destroyed.

The despair of their own demise and the destruction of Jiuzhou gradually spread.

Within this despair, another thought naturally lurked: they did not want to die; they hoped that the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha would win.

Similar or similar thoughts gradually permeated every inch of Jiuzhou in an incomprehensible form, merging into a slow-flowing azure stream, resembling both liquid and solid.

Initially, this stream was extremely thin, poised to dry up at any moment.

But as the battle dragged on, the people’s despair and their desperate need for survival intensified, strengthening the azure stream.

Compared to the earth veins of Jiang Li’s time, the current azure stream was merely a rudiment, not yet a true earth vein.

He wanted Long-browed Buddha to win.

The rudimentary earth vein, sensing the hopes of all beings, pulsed and released its power.

…

Long-browed Buddha was sent flying again. Seeing this, the other Tribulation-crossing cultivators no longer held back, attempting to

subdue the outer demon. Unfortunately, without a leader and insufficient coordination, they were no match for the outer demon.

The outer demon charged at Long-browed Buddha, its belly flaring open, extending a dozen arms, attempting to pull him in.

He tried to resist, but he no longer had the strength.

Just as he thought the situation was over, a gentle force descended from the Kyushu Continent, nourishing his body.

“Is this the power of faith?” As a Buddhist, Long-browed Buddha was all too familiar with this power.

He simply wondered where this power of faith came from.

Soon, he sensed the thoughts embedded in the power of faith and understood its source.

“This power of faith condensed into streams beneath the Nine Provinces, then transmitted to me?” The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha was surprised; he had never heard of such a thing. But now was not the time to dwell on such matters.

The power of faith rapidly restored his strength, even elevating his physical form to a near-immortal level.

The Nine Provinces’ earth veins had just been formed, and the transmission of faith power was sporadic, unable to sustain the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha’s power.

“Fight again!”

The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha was already content. Now even more powerful than at his peak, he led several Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators to once again battle the Outer Realm Demon.

“Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage!”

The Buddha’s voice echoed illogically throughout the universe, and his aura surged. The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha unleashed a golden palm strike, as if all the Buddhas had arrived and struck simultaneously.

The Buddha’s voice disturbed his mind, and his aura stagnated his body. The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha’s palm strike caused the Outer Realm Demon to hold its ground for a moment.

Bang—

a solid blow slammed into the Outer Realm Demon’s pitch-black form, the aftermath shattering the stars.

The Outer Realm Demon was, after all, a terrestrial immortal, not even a novice, so the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha’s palm strike wasn’t enough to kill it.

“Roar—”

the Outer Realm Demon roared incoherently.

“Hit!”

The Penglai Fairy Island Master used his immortal weapon to punch a bloody hole in the Outer Realm Demon.

“Great Demon Sky-Supporting Staff!”

“Mountain-Suppressing Seal!”

Several Tribulation-crossing cultivators unleashed dazzling attacks, their movements amplifying the impact. However, only the leader of Penglai Immortal Island was using his full strength; the others were merely feinting.

Since Long-browed Buddha could still fight, there was no need for them to exert their full strength.

“Acala Dharma!”

Long-browed Buddha transformed into Acala, manifesting a wrathful image of Acala, radiating a vast, unstoppable light.

“Roar—”

The Outer Devil roared even louder, as if seeing something familiar.

The Outer Devil opened its belly again, and countless arms emerged from it, two of which held Buddhist beads.

Long-browed Buddha’s heart trembled, and he silently recited Buddhist scriptures, severing his thoughts and abandoning any consideration of the Outer Devil’s origins, focusing on the battle at hand.

Regardless of the Outer Devil’s origins, he would slay it today!

This Outer Devil was too powerful. If Earth Immortals were categorized into early, middle, and late stages, this one would be in the late stage of Earth Immortal strength.

It seemed to have a natural resistance to the Dharma and instinctively avoided Long-browed Buddha’s attacks. Even with Long-browed Buddha’s surge in power, he still struggled to inflict a fatal wound on it.

“Kill!”

The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha exhausted all his means, even resorting to methods that burned his blood and lifespan, determined to defeat the immortal Buddha with his mortal body.

Ultimately, the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha missed a move, sacrificing his life and inflicting a severe injury on the outer demon that could not heal on its own.

The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha fell, transforming into a perfect relic.

In his final moments, he harnessed the power of faith to return to the embryonic form of the earth veins, allowing them to mature rapidly and provide a continuous source of faith for those who followed.

“Master!” Witnessing this, the young novice monk leaped into the universe, fearing death to avenge his master.

“How dare you hide!”

Yuan Shang, who was battling the third outer demon, noticed this, his hair standing up in anger, his eyes bloodshot with killing intent.

“If the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha dies, you’re next! If this continues, none of us will survive!”

The people placed their hopes in Yuan Shang, the leader of the righteous path and the leader of the Xuantian Sect, who often upheld justice for both cultivators and mortals, earning him deep popular support.

The gradually maturing Jiuzhou land veins followed the will of the people and placed the power of faith in Yuan Shang.

(End of this chapter)