Buddhist Cultivator

Yang Chengzhi's use of the Lightning Summoning Art was quite astonishing to Ma Feifei. It was like someone in his past life standing on a rooftop during a thunderstorm, holding a sword up and daring the heavens to strike him... that kind of feeling.

However, Yang Chengzhi was even more impressive. He summoned the lightning himself, and could even channel the lightning's power into his Spirit Sword without it dissipating. That was truly remarkable.

Ma Feifei could imagine that if the Wolf King had been struck by this sword, the lightning power alone would have been more than enough for it to handle. After all, lightning was no joke, especially in the world of cultivation. Hadn't he heard of how many cultivators had died under heavenly tribulations?

It seemed Yang Chengzhi had already won this match. With that thought, Ma Feifei continued to write.

'In a moment of crisis, Chengzhi struck the Wolf King away with his sword. He held the sword with both hands, channeled his spiritual energy, and summoned heavenly lightning, imbuing it into the sword's body.'

At this moment, Yang Chengzhi and the Wolf King clashed once more.

'Chengzhi leaped into the air, engaging the Wolf King. The Wolf King's sharp claws struck the Spirit Sword, and upon contact with the lightning on the blade, it let out a pained howl. After several exchanges, the Wolf King dared not meet Chengzhi's Spirit Sword head-on and could only dodge and weave.'

The advantage was no longer his. Chengzhi pressed his attack, thrusting the Spirit Sword into the Wolf King's body. The Wolf King cried out, its speed diminishing slightly. Looking at the wound, it emitted a faint smell of burnt flesh.

'The outcome is decided!' Seeing this, Ma Feifei announced the end of the battle and was about to write down the result when a furious roar suddenly came from the distance. Ma Feifei was so startled that he almost dropped his brush.

"What's going on?" Ma Feifei was dumbfounded as he looked at another Azure-eyed Wolf King sprinting towards them.

Did people bring their buddies when they fought these days?

While Ma Feifei was still stunned, the Wolf King had already joined the fray. The two Azure-eyed Wolf Kings began to viciously attack Yang Chengzhi. Even facing the lightning-infused Spirit Sword, they charged headfirst.

Yang Chengzhi was almost cursing out loud. Spirit beasts had territorial instincts. Azure-eyed Wolves were pack creatures, and typically, there would be one Wolf King within a pack. If Azure-eyed Wolves appeared in this territory, there should only be one Wolf King. But the problem was that this Azure-eyed Wolf had suddenly advanced to become a Wolf King! Now there were two Wolf Kings in one territory!

The key point was that the two Wolf Kings didn't seem to be fighting each other. Instead, they worked in unison, relentlessly attacking Yang Chengzhi.

The power of the 'Lightning Summoning Art' was waning. The lightning on the Spirit Sword grew weaker, and Yang Chengzhi's spiritual energy had dropped to less than a third, reaching a critical low. He was already struggling to fight one Wolf King, and now facing two, Yang Chengzhi was in despair.

"It's over, it's over! My book isn't even finished, and the protagonist is about to die! What am I supposed to do?" Ma Feifei was pacing like an ant on a hot pan, with no mind to continue writing. If Yang Chengzhi died, his book would be unsalvageable. He might as well write: 'Just as Chengzhi was about to slay the Wolf King with his sword, a roar echoed from afar. Immediately, another Wolf King appeared and joined the battle. Two Wolf Kings fought Chengzhi, who was no match for them and ultimately died?'

And then?

'The End of Yang Chengzhi's Revenge Saga?'

Ma Feifei felt that if this was the ending, his book would likely be classified as unfinished. Forget a blue quality, even white quality would be a stretch, and it might not even be publishable.

Therefore, he had to save Yang Chengzhi!

But the problem was, how?

"I have all this cultivation, but I can only sigh in frustration!" Ma Feifei channeled some spiritual energy, projecting it outwards and gathering it into a ball of light in his palm.

He didn't know how to fight! He really didn't! He knew nothing about combat techniques! This was asking too much of him!

"Huh! Can I throw this ball of light? Like throwing a bomb?" With that thought, Ma Feifei decided to test it out.

Ma Feifei gently tossed the ball of light in his hand forward.

The light sphere landed about ten meters in front of Ma Feifei. Without the support of spiritual energy, it exploded upon hitting the ground, and a wave of light spread out, leaving the ground barren within a five-meter radius!

"It seems to work!" Ma Feifei walked into the area affected by the light sphere and looked at the bare ground, thinking.

The ball of light was just something he casually created, and it didn't consume much spiritual energy. Yet, it managed to completely clear a five-meter radius. If he added more spiritual energy to the sphere, wouldn't it be even more powerful?

With that in mind, Ma Feifei began to experiment further.

Thus, Ma Feifei began his 'Light Sphere Power Experiment Time,' while on the other side, Yang Chengzhi was being beaten by the two Wolf Kings.

Most importantly, Yang Chengzhi had expected Ma Feifei to intervene when he couldn't hold on any longer. In Yang Chengzhi's imagination, Ma Feifei would gracefully float over, stand in front of him, smile gently, and with a flick of his finger, the two Wolf Kings would die. His demeanor would be elegant, his smile reassuring, and his presence a pillar of support!

But what was the reality?

He was getting beaten up here, while Ma Feifei was out there throwing light spheres around?

Yang Chengzhi even felt that the scene he was witnessing might be more frustrating than being killed by the two Wolf Kings.

Honestly, it was better not to look!

"Alas, fate seals my doom!" Yang Chengzhi sighed. "It's a pity I couldn't expose Xiaoyaozi's hypocritical facade."

With that thought, Yang Chengzhi's Spirit Sword slowed its defense, and he gradually lowered it, abandoning his resistance, accepting his fate.

"Yang brother, move aside!"

Just as Yang Chengzhi gave up resisting and accepted death, Ma Feifei's voice came from behind him. Feeling a surge of spiritual energy from behind, Yang Chengzhi instinctively rolled to the side.

As Yang Chengzhi rolled, he caught a glimpse. He saw a ball of light fly past where he had just been standing and strike one of the Wolf Kings that was lunging at him.

The light sphere smashed directly into the Wolf King's mouth. Before Yang Chengzhi could react, there was a sudden 'boom,' and the Wolf King's entire body exploded into pieces, scattering like blood mist from mid-air.

"What kind of technique is this?" Yang Chengzhi, still on the ground, stared at the scene in utter astonishment.

A single light sphere had obliterated a level five spirit beast! The shock was no less than what Yang Chengzhi had imagined when he pictured Ma Feifei intervening.

"Could it be that he truly is a powerful hidden master?" Yang Chengzhi thought, and couldn't help but glance in Ma Feifei's direction. He saw Ma Feifei covering his face with his hands, peeking through his fingers at the scene he had created.

'It's over, it's over! I've killed! I've killed.'

'I'm a Buddhist cultivator! How could I kill? I can't even bear to step on an ant, and now I've killed such a large wolf! Oh dear! It's over, it's over.' Ma Feifei was troubled! Although he didn't feel any discomfort killing such a ferocious spirit beast, as someone aspiring to be a Buddhist cultivator, killing violated his principles.

"No, no, no, this wolf wasn't killed by me, it wasn't killed by me," Ma Feifei shook his head, picked up the paper and pen he had set aside, and wrote: 'In Chengzhi's moment of crisis, a light sphere suddenly descended from the sky, striking a Wolf King, which exploded and died. Chengzhi narrowly escaped death. Thus, the author is moved to write: This is divine justice!'

"Hmm, this way, I've absolved myself of the sin of killing," Ma Feifei nodded and silently gave himself a thumbs-up in his heart.

Putting down the paper and pen, he looked up and saw Yang Chengzhi staring at him. Ma Feifei pointed forward and said, "Brother, don't get distracted, there's still one left!"

The light sphere had only killed one Wolf King, leaving one more. However, that Wolf King seemed to be dazed by the sudden light sphere and stood frozen for three to five seconds.

However, once it recovered, it immediately found its mortal enemy, Yang Chengzhi, and lunged at him. Yes, this was the Azure-eyed Wolf that Yang Chengzhi had toyed with, breaking through to become a level five spirit beast!

It hated Yang Chengzhi to its core.

Yang Chengzhi also reacted. He hastily parried a wave of attacks, then created a bit of distance to compose himself. The man and beast resumed their battle.

Although Yang Chengzhi was in a bad state, with less than a third of his spiritual energy remaining, the wolf king was also covered in wounds, not much better off than Yang Chengzhi. Especially after being stabbed several times by Yang Chengzhi's lightning-infused Spirit Sword, its injuries were more severe. Thus, both sides were pretty evenly matched.

However, Yang Chengzhi was, after all, a seventh-stage Spirit Master. Despite being somewhat exhausted, he was confident facing a wolf king at the end of its rope. A few minutes later, Yang Chengzhi thrust his sword into the wolf king's throat, and it fell to the ground dead.

"Heaven's justice descended, Cheng Zhi narrowly escaped death, then rose to battle another wolf king. Both sides were at their limit, but Cheng Zhi, relying on his superb cultivation, slew the wolf king with his sword moments later. Therefore: Cheng Zhi, with his seventh-stage Spirit Master cultivation, fought two level five spirit beasts alone and emerged victorious!"