[Buddha-Heart Lamp Transmission] Wu Song Imbued with Spiritual Power; [Emergency Circlet] Successfully Developed! (Continued)

It was perfectly normal for it to pull some last-minute stunt.

That was why I specifically came in to hold the line—to guard against exactly this."

Pei Jin lowered his head heavily.

"Thank you, my lord, for sparing me!"

At the side, the Mirage Dragon had finally recovered from the brink of death. With tears of gratitude, he said to Lin Chen:

"Thank you, my lord, for saving my life!

This subordinate... this subordinate truly thought I was finished just now!"

The Mirage Dragon transformed back into Tong Meng. Still shaken, he said:

"The pressure this evil god gave off was far too bizarre...

This subordinate has cultivated a few tricks involving illusory dreams, truth and falsehood. Usually, I thought I had some skill, but before It, I couldn't even hide.

Only after leaving home does one realize there are heavens beyond heaven. With cultivation as meager as mine, I'm truly useless..."

Lin Chen did not disdain him. Instead, he offered a few words of comfort:

"It wasn't because you were too useless that It had you in its grasp.

It was because that beast usurped Buddhism's authority of [Great Wisdom].

A Buddhist verse says: all conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows.

Buddhist wisdom is inherently the greatest bane of arts like your illusory dreams, the path of truth and falsehood.

The fact that your True-False Phantom Body managed to deceive It once was already quite good."

Tong Meng froze at those words, then suddenly understood. Deeply moved, he thought:

"My lord is wise indeed! That's what I was saying... I, Tong Meng, couldn't possibly be that terrible."

Pei Jin sneered. "You really know how to give yourself an out."

Tong Meng gave an awkward laugh, then hurriedly clasped his hands and bowed to Lin Chen again.