Passing on the Light of Buddha's Wisdom: Enchanting Wu Song and Developing an Emergency Headband! (Continued)

The moment Lin Chen said this, almost everyone present changed expression.

High in the sky, that black cloud of flesh and blood was still churning. Layer upon layer piled within its belly, like some unimaginably enormous placenta.

One lump of flesh after another bulged across its surface, contracting at times and expanding at others, as though it were still breathing beyond the vault of heaven.

It was an utterly bizarre kind of "motherhood."

Fecund, shadowy, embracing, ravenous...

As if it wanted to sweep everything in the world inside, wrap it in its belly, grind it into flesh and blood, then grow it anew.

Even the Guardian Divine Light Lin Chen had spread was pressed into a slight contraction, fine ripples spreading across the surface of the luminous barrier.

Zhang Fei could not help but curse:

"Damn it, just looking at this thing makes my skin crawl..."

Dragon Girl's little face turned pale.

"Father, this aura... it's far heavier than those two Evil God's Progeny from before."

Guan Yu held his long blade at a slant. Behind him, the golden phantom of a Buddhist Dharma Protector silently rose and fell. As if facing a great enemy, he said:

"This is only the residual ripple of power projected across the void. If it truly reaches its hand in here, the consequences will be unthinkable...

"The key isn't whether it can come down. The key is that crown..."

That Five-Leaf Treasure Crown, veiled in grimy ash, was slowly tilting toward the black cloud.

It was not moving quickly, yet its resolve was unmistakable.

Lin Chen stared fixedly at the treasure crown, his mind racing and his words spilling out with astonishing speed:

"Hanshan Sage Monk's soul has already scattered. The treasure crown is masterless now.

"On top of that, it was wrapped in