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Facing Gayin's attack, Hao Shuai smiled calmly and joked, "I never expected Saint Aunt to have such a fiery temper. I wonder which school of Buddhism you practice!"
At the same time, he waved his right hand, and a Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Ray shot from his fingers, meeting Saint Aunt Gayin's Great Five Elements Extinction Light Needles head-on.
"Zzzt—"
Two vast streams of five-colored radiance silently dissolved into each other in midair.
"What?" Startled by the sight, Saint Aunt Gayin exclaimed in astonishment, "How do you know the Great Five Elements Extinction Light Needles?"
"No, that's not the Great Five Elements Extinction Light Needles. What you used was the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light Ray of Daoist Hesha!" Before Hao Shuai could answer, Saint Aunt Gayin suddenly realized.
As the foremost female immortal among the unorthodox cultivators hundreds of years ago, she had naturally heard of Daoist Hesha's renowned technique.
She also understood why the man before her had been able to pass through her Great Five Elements Array so easily.
But she did not lose heart. Instead, she brought her hands together and intoned, "Amitabha Buddha."
In an instant, boundless, dazzling radiance bloomed from Saint Aunt Gayin, golden and brilliant, piercing through space and illuminating the ten directions.
At that moment, she was like a Buddha saving all living beings, solemn and dignified as a bodhisattva.
"Great Sandalwood Buddha Light!"
Whoosh.
Vast Buddhist light surged toward him like a tide.
"Heh heh—Buddhist techniques? As it happens, I know those too!" Hao Shuai said with a playful smile, forming a mudra with both hands.
"The Tathagata Golden Body!!"
At Hao Shuai's low shout, golden rays appeared from nowhere in the jade chamber, illuminating heaven and earth.
Amid the radiant glow, an enormous dark-golden statue of the