Return Again VI
Walking briskly into the Mansion, Zhang Rongfang quickly found the main hall, which resembled the command room of the White Ten Sect, in a courtyard that showed the most signs of use.
Stacks of documents and books were piled on the built-in bookshelves on the wall.
There were also sets of Western Armor of different designs displayed around. Clearly, the person in charge here was someone who had a great fondness for armor.
Zhang Rongfang walked to the only large wooden table in the hall, picked up a document on it, and flipped through it a few times.
"What is it?" White Scale asked curiously. She couldn't understand foreign languages.
'The Action Program is like Divine Decree, seemingly a message passed down from Gods and Buddhas.' Zhang Rongfang frowned slightly. This was Locked Script, and not the Locked Script he had studied.
He could only deduce the general meaning from the annotations and handwritten additions.
He could still roughly understand the handwriting, which was written in Xi Yi.
The commentary was written by Kosimov, the chief inquisitor of the White Ten Sect. Furthermore, it was mentioned above that their intrusion involved cooperation from multiple parties.
Zhang Rongfang frowned.
"As expected, there really is a conspiracy!" White Scale exclaimed excitedly. "Quickly, let's see who the other accomplices are!"
Zhang Rongfang put down the document and quickly flipped through the other documents.
But not a single document mentioned any cooperative forces; instead, everywhere was filled with the rambling poems written by the chief judge himself.
For example, "I am your eyes, your mouth, your nose, your heart." "I see the dark night, a vision that God has never opened, and a garment that you have never undone." "No matter where you are, you always bring me comfort; no matter where you are, memories of you always bring me sweetness."
Upon opening the drawer, Zhang Rongfang discovered a wooden violin inside.
'Someone's coming!' Suddenly his expression changed, his eyes became serious, and his figure transformed into a blood shadow, disappearing from the spot.
The entire hall fell silent once more.
Not long after.
Bang!
The gate was smashed open.
Two bald, burly men suddenly stepped onto the floor, draped in Golden Red Kasaya, their eyes blazing as they surveyed everything inside.
One of them was short and stout, like a ball, while the other was tall and strong, standing three meters tall, like an iron tower.
It was Master Yuan and Yuan Hong who rushed back to try and annihilate Zhang Rongfang.
As they were rushing to their destination with the chief judge and others, they suddenly received a distress signal that the port behind them was under attack.
As a large sect at the level of God Lord, the White Ten Sect naturally has its own unique and covert methods of communication.
When I received the news, the fighting had already broken out, making it difficult to spare any attention.
The chief referee then instructed the two men to return to guard against Zhang Rongfang's escape and to make sure he was captured.
To their surprise, upon their return, they discovered that something was amiss.
All the garrison Saint Limit of Citong are gone.
"The people and their presence are gone, and the Great Array shows signs of being breached. It seems the visitors are up to no good," Yuan Hong said in a deep voice.
"I told you long ago, leaving some trash here is a hidden danger. What do they think my Great Ling is? Do they think they can defend Citong with this little manpower? It's laughable! They're truly frogs in a well!" Master Yuan was as sharp and sarcastic as ever.
"The documents have been tampered with!" Yuan Hong walked to the table and frowned as he looked through them.
"They just left. They must have sensed our arrival," Master Yuan sneered. "Go and question a few of your men. Find out what happened."
"Alright!" Yuan Hong's expression shifted slightly, and he leaped out of the gate.
Master Yuan was left standing there alone. He looked around and, finding nothing else, turned and walked towards the door.
Whoosh!
Just as he turned around...
A massive blood shadow shot out silently from the corner behind him.
The blood shadow solidified, revealing Zhang Rongfang's dark red figure.
He spun around, his sharp claws protruding, and viciously grabbed at Master Yuan's neck from behind.
This was incredibly fast.
The Blood Clan Progenitor the innate ability of Super Speed Movement, which, combined with Final Form Godspeed and the added acceleration from the aid of Blood Manipulation, allowed him to move at incredible speeds.
The speed boost it provided instantly put him behind Master Yuan.
At this moment, the Master Yuan's ability to Enemy Anticipation and his instinctive warnings as a top-tier Spirit General and Great Grandmaster simultaneously surfaced.
He sprinted forward, trying to evade the sneak attack at full speed, but the attacker behind him seemed to have anticipated his choice and accelerated as well.
Caught off guard, Master Yuan roared inwardly, unleashing his Final Form move, and his body rapidly expanded and grew larger.
But halfway through the transformation, he suddenly shuddered violently and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Thud! A tremendous force slammed into the center of his back.
He avoided the vital area around the neck, but the vest still couldn't be dodged.
Bang!
Master Yuan flew out of the hall like a cannonball, smashed through the courtyard wall blocking his way, rolled on the ground, and crashed through the base wall of a restaurant across the street.
Smoke, dust, and gravel scattered everywhere, obscuring the view and making it impossible to see what was happening.
Blood Shadow slowly landed, withdrew his hand, and revealed Zhang Rongfang's satisfied expression.
"Why go head-on when you can launch a sneak attack? Look at the results now, aren't they great?" he said with a smile.
No one around him spoke to him, and from a distance, he seemed to be talking to himself, as if he were a madman.
With a muffled thud, the ground exploded, and Zhang Rongfang took a step forward, rushing towards the source of the Master Yuan's aura once again.
At the same time, a huge figure more than five meters tall also rushed out of the smoke and dust and pounced on him.
Zhang Rongfang also performed the Final Form, was five meters tall.
Both were at the same height and simultaneously threw punches forward.
With a deafening clang, the two men stumbled back several steps, leaving deep craters beneath their feet.
"What immense power!!" Zhang Rongfang was shaken. He knew that he had already gained terrifying power that even Auduna couldn't resist, thanks to his innate ability of Innate Giant Strength.
But Master Yuan was able to hold his own against him despite this.
Although it was partly because he hadn't activated the Blood Lotus, it was still quite remarkable.
"Again!!" he shouted.
Three Blood Lotus bloomed simultaneously.
This is the Three Flowers Gather on Crown! Zhang Rongfang's body grew taller and larger rapidly, as if he were being inflated.
Five meters!
Seven meters!
Nine meters!
Ten meters!!!
Bang!
He pressed down with his palm, striking hard in the direction where Master Yuan was located.
Its palms alone are two meters wide. With a single strike, combined with its Innate Giant Strength and Super Speed Movement, it can deliver a devastating blow.
From a distance, this palm strike resembled a blood-red waterfall, accompanied by numerous blood pythons coiling around it as it cascaded down.
Boom!!!
Master Yuan had already entered the Final Form. At this moment, his whole body resembled a huge ball of flesh, with thick black hair growing on his body surface and black veins wrapped around his arms, all in the shape of a dragon.
When he saw Zhang Rongfang rushing towards him, he initially planned to fight back and forcibly subdue him.
He immediately unleashed his full power.
This is a unique skill belonging to the True Buddha Temple of the Western Sect, and the True Form Subduing Demon Skill is unleashed simultaneously.
As the Abbot and the strongest in the True Buddha Temple, he had already mastered the True Form Subduing Demon Skill to its highest level. Several Limit State were superimposed together.
"Final Form Seal: Buddha Light Universal Salvation!!"
With a sharp tearing sound, countless pale fleshy tentacles simultaneously extended from behind Master Yuan's back.
Thud! All the fleshy tentacles stretched out forward, their ends turning slightly black, and fiercely stabbed towards Zhang Rongfang.
From a distance, it truly looked like a beam of white light was being released.
He only made half of his move before he realized that Zhang Rongfang had been the same height as him just moments before, was opposite him.
It has actually grown bigger again!
And this time, it's ridiculously big!!!
Puff puff puff puff puff! Countless tentacles pierced Zhang Rongfang's downward-pressing palm.
However, it quickly reacted with the blood in the palm, but the tentacles were clearly not pure Spirit Thread, but rather impacted by flesh and blood.
Its immense power was comparable to that of Zhang Rongfang at this moment.
The two were locked in a stalemate above Master Yuan's head for a moment.
After being surprised by Zhang Rongfang's height, Master Yuan's eyes grew colder and filled with murderous intent.
"You think being big is useful?? Ridiculous!"
Among the Divine General and Spirit General, his demon-slaying power is second to none. It's laughable that the other party dares to confront him head-on! Boom!!! Before he finished speaking, another large hand struck from the left side.
Master Yuan had anticipated this and blocked with both arms to the left.
Another burst of air erupted between the two, a sound so loud it could deafen an ordinary person, causing the pebbles on the surrounding ground to tremble and jump.
"Foolish!! Even if I'm injured, I'm not someone like you."
Before he could finish speaking, a third large hand swept across from the right.
Master Yuan opened his eyes wide, unable to stop him any longer.
Boom!!!
He was squeezed into the center by two large hands.
He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and was pulled away by an invisible force in the air.
At the same time, all the blood inside his body seemed to be pulled by this force, wanting to fly out.
He couldn't believe that his power, hailed as the strongest in the Great Capital, would encounter an opponent here! Even if he was injured in a sneak attack first, it shouldn't be this serious... "Great God Descent!!!"
Finally, he stopped hesitating and let out a loud roar.
Thump.
An invisible wave suddenly emanated from him.
The ripples were like a spring breeze, gently caressing everything around them. In the blink of an eye, they completely enveloped an area within a kilometer radius.
'Put down the butcher's knife'
'Put down the butcher's knife'
'Put down the butcher's knife'
A series of soft murmurs kept ringing in Zhang Rongfang's ears.
His murderous intent began to crumble, and his desire to fight quickly faded.
White Scale's voice gradually faded into the distance until it could no longer be heard.
What is the meaning of life? Birth, aging, sickness, and death; wealth, power, and beauty—in the end, all that remains is a pile of bones.
'Why not take refuge?'
'Why not take refuge?'
'All things in this world are illusory, all things are merely desires of the heart. Rather than this, it is better to follow one's true nature from the beginning and seek the most fundamental bliss.'
The Blood Lotus and Final Form on Zhang Rongfang's body began to fade and recede.
Before he knew it, his mind jolted, he sensed something was wrong, and he snapped out of his daze.
There wasn't a soul in sight.
The Master Yuan had already fled. Further away, some animals, soldiers, and even the hiding civilians emerged from their hiding places, smiling, and sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly chanting Buddhist scriptures.
The scene was quite terrifying.
"You're finally awake!!" White Scale's voice echoed in my mind, filled with terror.
Zhang Rongfang then realized that he had automatically exited the Blood Lotus and Final Style State without realizing it, and was now sitting cross-legged on the ground like the others, almost as if he was chanting scriptures along with them.
'What just happened to me?!' He was terrified and stood up, looking around.
"You were sitting cross-legged on the ground with Master Yuan, both of you looking like you were struggling. But Master Yuan broke free first and ran away. You were the only one left behind," White Scale quickly explained.
"You've both fallen into the realm of divine power at the level of God Lord! It's terrifying!! The divine power of the God Lord Tathagata, combined with the ultimate power of the Great True Spirit Salvation Dharma Image!! If you two hadn't broken free sooner, you'd both become idiots who can only chant scriptures!"
'Even Master Yuan himself can't withstand it??' Zhang Rongfang's eyes widened.
"Nonsense, many of the Great God Descent at the God Lord level possess terrifying power, even indiscriminately targeting friend or foe. Otherwise, why do you think there are only a handful of God Lord level Spirit General? Even among the Divine General, there's only one First Divine General. The rest are subordinate gods worshipping Spirit Flight Heaven," White Scale quickly explained.
Zhang Rongfang let out a long sigh of relief.
'Luckily, I was smart enough to launch a sneak attack first. Unfortunately, he still managed to escape.'
"Back then, when Master Yuan fled, even the entire Reverse Time Society couldn't find him, and the Great Sect Alliance also secretly cooperated, but they still couldn't capture him. This person's ability to escape is extremely strong; it's already quite remarkable that he could do this," White Scale replied.
"Let's get out of here first!" Zhang Rongfang looked around. The priests of the White Ten Sect were also approaching, chanting Buddhist scriptures they had learned from who-knows-where with peaceful smiles as they walked.
This scene is absolutely terrifying.
He dared not linger, and with a leap, he transformed into a blood-red shadow and flew away into the distance.