Ao Tu fought Manjushri and battled Zhenwu alone, challenging the gods.
The Green Lion beneath Manjushri Bodhisattva opened his enormous mouth, exposing fearsome fangs, and lunged at Ao Tu, biting straight into his leg.
Yet Ao Tu's leg was like divine iron. He could not bite through it.
Ao Tu reached back, seized the Green Lion's mane, and smashed a fist down, caving in his skull.
Manjushri Bodhisattva raised a hand and cast the Demon-Binding Rope onto Ao Tu, but Ao Tu shook his wings and slipped straight out of it.
Seeing this, Manjushri Bodhisattva swung his sword at Ao Tu. Ao Tu swept his back across it, freezing the Precious Sword.
Unafraid, Manjushri Bodhisattva abandoned the Precious Sword and manifested his eight-armed golden body. One hand held the wisdom mudra, another the demon-subduing mudra, while the remaining arms wielded a Demon-Subduing Pestle, a bell, a Dharma wheel, a flower garland, a jeweled banner, and a treasure vase as he attacked Ao Tu.
Ao Tu bared his fangs in a savage grin and charged straight in, weathering Manjushri Bodhisattva's attacks as he struck wildly with hands and feet.
A Lotus Throne appeared beneath Manjushri Bodhisattva, its dazzling radiance holding off Ao Tu's attacks, while all eight golden arms struck Ao Tu.
The Demon-Subduing Pestle smashed craters into Ao Tu's body, caving in his flesh; the Dharma wheel sliced through his body, severing muscle and sinew as blood streamed out; the precious bell shook his mind, its waves of Buddhist chanting bringing unbearable pain to his head; the treasure vase released Buddha-light that shone upon him, melting his flesh...
Ao Tu gritted his teeth, all three eyes bulging fiercely, and grinned savagely, enduring everything with his flesh alone. He spat hurricanes, snorted divine thunder, coughed lightning, and used hands and feet