The Mandala Bodhisattva felt this especially keenly now; quite a few people were already struggling to keep up from behind.
Regardless of whether anyone would betray them later, even in terms of the cultivation methods alone, the Ancient Buddha Miexin and the several experts at the Primordial Spirit Body realm each followed a different path. Reaching their current realms had already been exceedingly arduous.
Still, compared with those juniors, they were in much better shape. No matter how much the low-level skeleton monk soldiers might have been tainted by Buddhist aura, they were still heavily restrained when facing genuine Buddhist cultivation techniques.
The situation before them was a good example. Even though Lu Xiaotian harbored no hostility, the large number of low-level skeleton monk soldiers had no room to struggle beneath the golden radiance protecting him.
On one hand, this was because the cultivation method Lu Xiaotian practiced was domineering and his attainments were extremely high. On the other, the problem also lay with the soldiers themselves. Their cultivation was insufficient, and when they encountered someone like Lu Xiaotian, they were utterly suppressed.
Not to mention them—even the Mandala Bodhisattva felt that if they truly fought to the death, she herself would likely be greatly restrained by Lu Xiaotian. Orthodox Buddhism had once been a force even stronger than an entire Heavenly Court. How easy could it be to blaze a new trail and surpass the Buddhism of old?
Chu Zhaoyang, the Golden Gu Demon Monk, Xiang Hua, Lin Xin, and the others who practiced Buddhist techniques all wore different expressions beneath this immense aura.
Some sat down directly to cultivate, some stared blankly into the vortex, while others focused intently on the Buddha manifestations in the void as they demonstrated various techniques.
It was not only the people under