Battle King Buddha's Self-Detonation

The pillar of lightning shook violently, runes flickering across its surface, yet it forcibly withstood the furious blow without shattering.

"How is this possible?!"

Huirui Bodhisattva's face was filled with disbelief. No matter what, he was at the Golden Core level and held the revered rank of Bodhisattva—yet he could not break the defenses of a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Was someone secretly helping him?

Xu Yunfan's face was pale as he let out a long breath. He sensed the Moon Wheel Treasure Mirror within him, then glanced at the Empress of Heaven inside the Star Spirit Banner, who was nearly scared out of her wits.

"Empress of Heaven, I'll have to trouble you for now. Once we weather this attack, you can rest in peace afterward."

At this moment, the Empress of Heaven could not utter a word.

If she could have spoken, she would have been utterly unwilling to take the hit for Xu Yunfan.

Indeed, if Xu Yunfan had not refined the Star Spirit Banner into his life-bound artifact—so that if he died, the banner would self-destruct with him—she would only have faced the attack head-on for the sake of surviving.

After all, she was innately compatible with the Moon Wheel Treasure Mirror. By merging with it briefly, she could unleash the power of a Golden Core attack.

Huirui Bodhisattva's expression shifted uncertainly, but he did not hesitate any longer. Just as he was about to strike again, a towering pillar had already appeared before him.

Looking up, he saw Glazed Buddhist radiance surging from Wukong's body. Where fragments of his cracked stone womb fell away, a solid, tangible Vajra Glazed Wisdom King Dao foundation emerged. His eight-armed, wrathful Dharma form was wreathed in True Martial Demon Subduing baleful aura, and it gripped a bloodstained Vajra Pestle.