"I must have been seeing things!" Li Jing nearly gouged out his own eyes.
Matchmaker Yue and the Eight Immortals were speechless. They could only turn to Zhen Yuanzi for answers. After all, this guy was a veteran and knew more than anyone.
But before they could speak, Zhen Yuanzi gave a bitter smile. "If you want to ask why Dongwang Gong could absorb the blood energy of heaven and earth and counter the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then don't bother, because I sure as hell don't know either!" Zhen Yuanzi actually cursed.
"You don't know either?" Sun Monkey was speechless. Just now, even after attaining Buddhahood, his blood energy had boiled and his strength had slowly drained away. He had been utterly unable to resist, let alone other living beings. He had it relatively easy, since he had been born from the Nüwa Stone and possessed Qin Fen's bloodline, remaining untouched by the Karma of heaven and earth. But his other half could not do that. Nüwa could not manage it.
Even Monkey had been affected, so the nearby Buddhas fared even worse. Whether it was Ksitigarbha, Guanyin, Maitreya, or Dipamkara, their strength had drained rapidly. If not for Tathagata protecting them, they would have collapsed from exhaustion by now.
So the question was, how had Qin Fen done it? Apart from Hongjun, no one knew the answer—not even Big Chef himself.
The Jade Emperor could not figure it out and could only attribute it to one person: the Dao Ancestor. The Dao Ancestor was unfathomable and inconceivable. In all the world, only he could turn clouds into rain with a flip of his hand. Thinking of that, the Jade Emperor grew even more envious, jealous, and resentful of Qin Fen.
"Look at Dongwang Gong. We thought we'd have to