Watching the stone Buddha of the Five Absolutes Monastery depart with Lu Xiaotian's suppressed true body, the Four-Eyed Golden Roc and the Golden Nether Ghost Lord each let out a long breath of relief. This was undoubtedly the best possible outcome for them. Had the stone Buddha stayed, even if they joined forces, they would still have struggled to withstand the might of the Five Absolutes' Tiger-Subduing Formation. They might even have been swept up and dealt with by the Buddhist sect while it was at it.
If the stone Buddha of the Five Absolutes Monastery had failed to capture Lu Xiaotian and returned empty-handed, Lu Xiaotian's true body remaining here would have put immense pressure on the Golden Nether Ghost Lord, the Four-Eyed Golden Roc, and the others.
"Amitabha. The Boundary-Heaven Stone Stele Seal has just been forged, and the course is set. Fellow Daoists, there is nothing more we can do. My junior brother and I must return." Kongming and Kong'e exchanged a glance, then quickly drifted backward. With their palms together, they floated toward the enormous cauldron formed from rippling waves in the void.
"Very well. Things have come to this, and there is no other way." The two Mahayana Demon Race cultivators, Xiaoli and Linchong, followed close behind Kongming and Kong'e.
"The Boundary-Heaven Stone has fallen into the hands of wicked forces. From now on, this realm will know no peace." On the way back, Kongming sighed mournfully.
Xiaoli and Linchong looked even more troubled. Even at its weakest, the Buddhist sect still had several Mahayana Realm experts holding down the fort, in addition to the Five Absolutes' Tiger-Subduing Formation, which could suppress practically anything. The foundations of their two Demon Race tribes were far shallower than those of the Danzhu Buddhist Sect. And now that