Great Strength Vajra! Great Might Heavenly Dragon!

Great Luo Dharma Incantation?

The moment Lu Li heard that, he dashed into the cultivation chamber without a word, sat cross-legged, and entered meditation.

At that moment, the golden scriptures in his mind melted, then congealed together, writhing and churning like boiling liquid gold.

It was as if something miraculous was about to be born!

Sure enough!

Under Lu Li's watchful divine sense, a golden Buddha image separated from the mass of molten gold.

It was a bald Arhat, his muscles knotted across his body, his eyes blazing with wrath. He looked incomparably mighty!

He held one large hand before his chest, thumb touching his middle finger, the remaining three fingers held straight up in the shape of the character "山." At any moment, he could thrust it forward and blast apart the vast world.

The golden Arhat seemed to embody all the strength in the world. He was might beyond measure, fierce and unyielding, capable of destroying everything.

Two words: ferocious!

Then, another golden Buddha image separated from the mass.

It was a Bodhisattva!

The Bodhisattva's countenance was solemn and dignified. His palms were pressed together, a white elephant beneath his feet, and golden dragons coiled and danced around him. His might was boundless, striking fear into demons and monsters.

There were no fewer than eight golden dragons!

At the same time, two sacred and solemn incantations rang out, jolting Lu Li out of his meditative state.

"System!"

Lu Li immediately called out in his mind and opened the system log to check:

"Congratulations, Host. After listening to supreme Buddhist scriptures and gaining great insight, your Great Luo Dharma Seal has evolved into the Great Luo Dharma Incantation."

"First of the Eight Buddhas: the Great Strength Vajra Arhat Manifestation has been condensed."

"You have learned the Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation. Current level: First Layer, progress: 0%."

"Second of the Eight Buddhas: the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Manifestation has been condensed."

"You have learned the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation. Current level: First Layer, progress: 0%."

"Due to a lack of materials, the remaining six Buddhas failed to condense."

"You failed to learn the incantations of the Buddhas."

"Your Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation is quite compatible with your Indestructible Vajra Divine Art. The two hit it off at first sight and exchanged cultivation insights, increasing cultivation progress by 5%."

"Your Great Might Heavenly Dragon saw that you were cultivating demonic arts. Enraged, his cultivation greatly increased, and his progress rose by 5%."

Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation: Recite it to summon the Great Strength Vajra Dharma Manifestation, which empowers you and grants you boundless strength.

Incantation: Great Strength Vajra, Great Luo Buddhas, World Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hong.

Current level: First Layer, progress: 5%.

Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation: Recite it to summon the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation, which subdues demons and vanquishes evil spirits.

Incantation: Great Might Heavenly Dragon, Great Luo Buddhas, World Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hong.

Current level: First Layer, progress: 5%.

Excellent!

By the time Lu Li reached the end, he couldn't help but beam with delight.

Without a word, he sprang up and dashed out of the cultivation chamber. His figure flitted like a ghost as he floated upstairs.

Soon, he arrived at the Martial Arts Arena on the second floor.

Standing before a slab of sturdy Black Steel Stone, Lu Li drew a deep breath, clenched his fist, and rapidly recited the incantation:

"Great Strength Vajra, Great Luo Buddhas, World Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hong!"

As soon as he finished, golden light flashed across the back of his right hand, and a tiny Great Strength Vajra Arhat Manifestation appeared.

In the next instant, boundless strength surged from the manifestation like a vast ocean, crashing into Lu Li's body.

"Ha!"

With a loud shout, Lu Li drove his fist forward.

"Bang!"

With a thunderous crash like a mountain collapsing and rocks splitting, the three-foot-thick Black Steel Stone before him shattered on the spot. Chunks of stone flew in all directions.

It was as if a cannonball had exploded right against it!

That punch had the force of fifty thousand pounds!

"What a powerful Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation! Even at the first layer, it doubles your strength!"

Lu Li pulled back his fist, his face alight with excitement.

The Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation had eight layers. The first doubled his strength, the second quadrupled it, the third increased it eightfold...and by the eighth layer, it would be multiplied by two hundred and fifty-six!

If he cultivated it to the later stages, wouldn't a single stomp be enough to shatter mountains and split the earth?

It was simply ferocious!

Its only drawback was that it consumed mana rather quickly. One punch had used up a third of his mana.

But compared to the power it unleashed, that hardly mattered.

"The first Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation is already so powerful. I wonder how formidable the second, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation, will be?"

Lu Li could hardly wait. He formed the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

Then he silently recited the incantation: "Great Might Heavenly Dragon, Great Luo Buddhas, World Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hong!"

Rumble.

Mana poured from his body like floodwaters bursting through a dam.

At the same time, a surge of heat rose across his back. Golden light flashed, as if a golden dragon were about to burst from his back and soar into the sky.

But at that very moment, Lu Li's legs gave way, and he crumpled to the ground.

His mana had been drained completely!

Not a drop remained!

He still couldn't summon the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation.

"The second incantation takes far too much mana. I'll need to reach Foundation Establishment before I can summon it!" Lu Li got to his feet, looking somewhat weary.

But he was even more delighted than tired.

The Demon Sect had more demonic cultivators than anything else.

The Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation could subdue demons, slay evil spirits, and cleanse corruption. It was the natural bane of demonic cultivators.

With the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation protecting him, his chances of victory would greatly increase when facing demonic enemies!

Besides, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation also had eight layers. With each increase in level, he could summon one more Great Might Heavenly Dragon.

At the highest level, the Eight Legions of Heavenly Dragons would sweep aside every demon and monster, invincible wherever they went!

And there were still six more incantations!

Although their Buddha manifestations hadn't been condensed, they should be even more powerful than the Great Strength Vajra and the Great Might Heavenly Dragon!

Unfortunately, those six incantations seemed to require special materials before they could be condensed.

Lu Li glanced at the system, but it offered no explanation.

Huh, this pattern?

Lu Li noticed the Great Strength Vajra Manifestation on his hand and gave a startled exclamation. Suddenly, he thought of something.

He fetched a mirror and held it up to his back. There, he found the image of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon soaring through the sky.

"If I fully cultivate the Great Luo Dharma Incantation, will I have the Great Strength Vajra Arhat on my hand, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva on my back, Guanyin on the left side of my chest, Maitreya Buddha on the right, Dipankara Buddha at my waist, and the Buddha himself in the middle of my chest?"

A strange thought suddenly popped into Lu Li's mind.

This...felt kind of gangster.

"Forget it. Bite off more than you can chew, and you'll choke. I'll focus on cultivating these two incantations first. System."

Lu Li cleared his mind and opened the system panel.

Host: Lu Li.

Cultivation: Third Layer of Qi Refining.

Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation: First Layer (5%).

Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation: First Layer (5%).

Indestructible Vajra Divine Art: Third Layer (99%).

Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art: Third Layer (1%).

White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm: Fourth Layer (99%).

Spirit Ghost Phantom Step: Fourth Layer (16%).

His cultivation was still too low!

With a low cultivation level, even the best incantations were useless if he couldn't use them!

He couldn't raise the levels of his other martial arts, either.

Cultivate!

Lu Li's excitement settled into calm resolve. With a few quick leaps, he returned to the cultivation chamber in the basement, ready to begin a long, hard seclusion.

Of course, before starting his arduous cultivation, he still looked through all of Bai Jinfei's Buddhist scriptures and cultivation manuals.

It seemed he'd used up all his luck.

The Buddhist scriptures contained no hidden techniques.

The manuals were all incomplete, and he couldn't learn them, either.

Lu Li set the scriptures and manuals aside, then gave a light wave of his hand.

Whoosh.

A flash of yellow light passed, and a hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones appeared on the Spirit Gathering Array's stone slab.

The next moment, Lu Li gritted his teeth and placed all one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones into the grooves of the Spirit Gathering Array.

The array rumbled to life, releasing rings of colored light that enveloped all the Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and began to refine them.

In no time, dense spiritual energy seeped out from the array's patterns.

Within moments, the entire cultivation chamber was saturated with spiritual energy, thick as water.

That was money!

Though Lu Li felt a pang at the cost, he couldn't afford to worry about that now. He activated the Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art and began absorbing the dense spiritual energy around him.

Ding.

A crisp chime immediately rang out in his mind:

"Your Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art absorbed spiritual energy of extremely high purity. It gradually got carried away, feeling incomparably delighted, and its cultivation effect increased by 2000%."

Sure enough!

The power of money was the greatest cheat of all!

Lu Li sighed inwardly, slowly closed his eyes, and began cultivating at full speed.

At the same time, he didn't forget to silently recite the Prajna Heart Sutra.

System notifications rang out one after another:

"After listening to supreme Buddhist scriptures, your Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation gained a little insight. Progress increased by 1%."

"After listening to supreme Buddhist scriptures, your Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation gained a little insight. Progress increased by 1%."

"...Progress +1%."

"...Progress +1%."

"Your White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm wanted to teach the newcomers, the Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation and the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation, a lesson. But instead, it got beaten up two-on-one, was left questioning its existence, and fell into seclusion. Its cultivation regressed."