Buddha-Baiting, Huh? Why Did He Run Away Himself?!

Above Lingshan, demonic clouds blotted out the sky. Buddha Ancestor Wutian's face was livid, and he was extremely displeased.

"Rulai, so you reincarnated, huh?!"

"As long as you don't escape the Primordial World, I can capture you and bring you back!"

Enraged beyond measure, Wutian reached out his hand. The enormous Dharma idol behind him reached toward Great Thunderclap Temple.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~"

The vast demonic might transformed into streaks of Buddha Seals, suppressing the Buddhist sect's mighty figures. One after another, they plummeted from the sky.

"Senior Brother Maitreya!"

"Rulai, the only one who could contend with him, ran away. What should we do?!"

Lu Ya stood atop a Golden Crow formed from True Sun Fire. The rigid and supremely yang True Sun Fire was the bane of demonic qi, leaving hardly any demonic qi able to approach him.

"That's right, Senior Brother. What should we do?"

Mahasthamaprapta and Medicine Master also came toward Maitreya. Looking at the Buddhist sect's mighty figures being suppressed one after another, they had lost all confidence as well.

At first, Mahasthamaprapta and the others thought Rulai had sacrificed himself for righteousness, but later they discovered that the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus had disappeared too.

After some deduction, they finally realized that this was no self-detonation at all. He had clearly run away.

Running away would have been one thing, but he had even packed up and taken the Buddhist sect's highest-grade spiritual treasure with him...

"Namo Amitabha!"

"As we are Buddhas of the Buddhist sect, how could we fear evil demons and false Buddhas? Today, I, Maitreya, will fight until the very last moment!"

Maitreya clasped his hands together, summoned his magical treasure—the golden alms bowl—and charged forward with it held in both hands.

"Mahasthamaprapta, something's not right."

"Senior Brother Maitreya is a