"Sounds pretty useful."
Kongwu hurriedly spoke up.
"As long as you spare my life, I can..."
Chen Changqing raised his sword.
"Too bad I don't trust bald donkeys."
Rujie abruptly opened his eyes.
"Chen Changqing!"
"If you're going to insult him, insult him. Don't drag this poor monk into it!"
Sword light fell.
Kongwu's demonic soul was swallowed by thunderfire.
The Demon Buddha from thirty thousand years ago vanished completely.
The demonic qi that had been suppressed in the karst cave for thirty thousand years was mostly shredded by the Sword Domain, while what remained was drawn back into the Heavenly Sound Buddha Bone.
Only the ruined base remained of the enormous Buddha statue.
The four incarnations returned behind Chen Changqing, then dissolved into streams of light.
Chen Changqing sheathed his sword and let out a breath.
This battle had not been easy.
Kongwu must have been incredibly powerful at his peak.
Had he not been suppressed for thirty thousand years and only just broken free of his seal, Chen Changqing might truly have needed to reveal more of his trump cards.
The Buddha bone on Rujie's chest suddenly blazed brightly.
The Tiger-Taming Arhat Dharma manifestation behind him slowly appeared, then lowered its head and bowed to the Buddha bone.
Old monk Huiming watched the scene, trembling with excitement.
"The Patriarch's inheritance has acknowledged the Buddha Child."
Before Rujie could speak, an aged voice suddenly emerged from the Buddha bone.
"Descendants of Heavenly Sound Temple, heed this order."
"Whoever bears the Buddha bone shall be the new generation's abbot of Heavenly Sound Temple."
Rujie froze.
Chen Changqing looked at him.
"Congratulations."
Rujie stiffly turned his neck toward him.
"If this poor monk stuffs the Buddha bone back in now, is it still in time?"
The Buddha bone gave a faint