A faint smile appeared on Kong Xuan's handsome face, and he stood up.
But in Randeng's eyes, that smile was downright chilling.
"Wait a moment, fellow Daoist. This humble Daoist has something to say," Randeng said urgently.
"You did not say it earlier, and now what is there left to say, Randeng!"
Lu Chuan said, "Fellow Daoist, go on your way in peace!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Kong Xuan.
His true body now needed to devote itself fully to refining and absorbing the power within those ancient Buddha Sariras. With the two divine flames burning both inside and out, it was extremely dangerous, and he had no attention to spare for dealing with Randeng at all. That was why he had asked Kong Xuan to eliminate this hidden threat for him.
"Fellow Daoist, please go on your way."
Kong Xuan's eyes flashed. Without any further hesitation, he raised his right hand high. With a boom, a beam of white divine light surged up from his arm, piercing through heaven and earth as it transformed into an infinitely vast giant sword, radiating endless innate killing energy as it suddenly swung down.
"Kong Xuan, you cannot kill me! I am an Innate Divine Being, just as you are!"
Randeng roared, "Born undying and ageless, fundamentally different from these acquired living beings..."
Unfortunately, Kong Xuan remained unmoved.
Seeing that there was no hope of talking his way out, Randeng let out a roar of despair and resentment. The illusory golden Buddha erupted, and boundless Buddha light shone like a blazing, resplendent sun.
With his temper, why had he been willing to give an entire cave's worth of ancient scriptures and treasures to Lu Chuan, this former enemy? Why? Was it not because he had taken a liking to Lu Chuan's physical