"Ba mi!"
"Hum!"
But by the time Xunqi of Ningchan Cave realized this, Master Xuanzhi had already finished chanting the entire Seven-Character Great Light Mantra.
Then, for an instant, deathly silence fell over the world.
An intensely ominous premonition surged in Xunqi's heart. Without any hesitation, he ordered the Demon-Bone Chenghuang beneath him:
"Burrow underground!"
Beside him, the Two-Headed Flood Dragon Demon forcibly broke free of Ghost Servant Madam Lu's control and plunged headfirst toward the ground, as though trying to burrow beneath it.
But even so, it was already too late.
"Dong!..."
With a deep, lingering toll of a bell, an extraordinarily pure Buddha Light suddenly pierced the sky shrouded by Tribulation Clouds. Like golden ripples, it spread outward from Jiaye Hall.
Wave after wave swept across the entire area for dozens of li around.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The moment that golden Buddha Light pierced the bodies of the Yin Gods and Demon Bones, muffled explosions rang out one after another across the world.
Within Jiaye Temple, the black fog enveloping the Yin Gods burst apart in succession.
Without the protection of the black fog, the Yin Gods were like pedestrians stripped naked in the street, and they began darting out of the temple at great speed.
Even so, their bodies continued to sizzle as the Buddha Light scorched them.
A strong, acrid smell of burning filled the air.
The enormous Demon Bones fared even worse.
These Demon Bones, which should never have survived into this era, exploded one after another like colorful fireworks once the Seven-Character Great Light Mantra's transmutation power enveloped them.
They were reduced entirely to ashes.
Although the Demon-Bone Chenghuang controlled by Xunqi of Ningchan Cave had already burrowed underground, its body likewise exploded with a boom when the Seven-Character Great Light Mantra's Buddha Light