The monk's eyelid twitched at those words, and several thoughts stirred within him.
But he quickly reined in his thoughts, narrowed his eyes, and studied Chen Cuo with a look of startled suspicion.
Chen Cuo's White Lotus Avatar had appeared in this form, sending out waves of strange ripples. When they swept across the surrounding Buddhist thoughts and incense, both drew back, unable to touch him!
"This is..."
The Golden-Armored Heavenly God's severed arm had already been restored by the countless incense-born thoughts. Yet the sight left him puzzled.
"Incense cannot touch him? Could this new River Lord have given up the Divine Spirit Talisman? If so, why hasn't the talisman appeared?"
The monk, however, understood as soon as he saw it. He retreated a few steps.
Pressing his palms together, he sighed. "So that's it! You grasped the mysteries of incense, then turned them against it! My Lord, you absorbed incense not to seek Divine Authority, but to gain understanding. Only by understanding incense first could you cease to fear it. It seems your ambitions are vast indeed!"
As he spoke, the monk glanced at the Golden-Armored Heavenly God beside him and added, "You schemed so carefully to seize the talisman at the crucial moment. Now that your intentions have been exposed and you have failed to get what you wanted, you might as well leave."
The Golden-Armored Heavenly God gave a cold laugh but did not answer. Nor did he rashly attack.
Seeing this, the monk shook his head. "In that case, I can only suppress you both here."
With that, the Buddha Light filling the sky abruptly changed. Amid the clatter of colliding chains, it formed layer upon layer of illusions that pressed down upon them!
The vast illusions enveloped not only Chen Cuo but the Golden-Armored