The Vajra Prajna Temple moved quickly.
After deciding to kill Chen Yuan first, Kongjian showed no hesitation whatsoever. Once he had made all the arrangements, he set out with his men.
But who could have imagined that the problem would lie in those very arrangements?
Had he not informed the branch temples, Miaoyu would not have learned of their plans when a branch temple fell.
But for an organization the size of the Vajra Prajna Temple, the abbot and all the hall heads leaving together was too major an event to go without arrangements.
Kongjian sighed deeply and shook his head gently. "Most things in this world seldom follow the path we envision. Before coming, this humble monk had already made preparations, but I never expected so many of you to arrive so quickly.
"So be it. I was already prepared to risk my life before coming. Since things have come to this, I shall fight to the death.
"A Vajra body must, in the end, be forged through mortal combat."
As his words fell, layers of golden Buddha light shone around Kongjian, even causing faint ripples to appear in the surrounding space.
"Everyone, go kill Chen Yuan. I will hold off Lu Beiming and the others!"
As his words fell, Buddha light shone everywhere, and Kongjian charged straight at Lu Beiming.
Ten thousand shafts of Buddha light soared skyward behind him, like a thousand-armed Buddha illuminating a pure land!
Lu Beiming, Wang Xuangan, Dantai Zhaorong, and Bei Tianya met Kongjian together.
Miaoyu and Liu Bai charged at the Vajra Prajna Temple's hall heads instead.
With Miaoyu unleashing Maitreya Descends and Liu Bai wielding the Sun-Piercing Sword, their strength could indeed rival the Ninth-Realm Heavenly Profound.
Their strength allowed them to clash head-on with ordinary Ninth-Realm Heavenly Profound warriors, but