Above the sea, fierce winds roared, whipping up a thousand layers of black waves.
Only three hundred li separated the two men.
Where their qi mechanisms clashed, spiritual energy churned as though boiling.
Hundreds of thousands of cultivators held their breath, their gazes fixed on those two figures.
Between heaven and earth, only the waves and wind roared.
At that moment, Hui'an wore a gray kasaya and held the Nine-Ring Khakkhara. Golden light flowed through his eyes as he concentrated his intent within his spirit, driving his Nascent Soul Peak divine sense to its utmost. Yet he held it back, concentrating all of it into the words that followed-
The Buddhist Sect's great art, "Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra: Heart-Questioning Brahma Sound"!
This spell did not harm the physical body. It targeted the Dao heart alone, disrupting the divine soul. At its mildest, it shook the mind; at its worst, it shattered the Dao foundation and made one take refuge in the Buddha!
"Fellow Daoist Qing."
His voice rang out like great bronze bells, piercing the wind and waves.
Bearing the imposing might of the principles of heaven and earth, it pressed down with crushing weight.
"Back then, had our temple's Buddha's Son Wuchen not personally named you in the great hall on Vajra Mountain..."
"You would probably still be serving under the Condensed Jade Sect in the Azure Wave Archipelago today, awaiting Xuanji True Lord's commands as an elder, toiling and rushing about without a fortuitous opportunity. How could you have attained today's Golden Scales Transforming into Dragon Source Method? That is the first."
The instant his words fell, Buddhist light faintly appeared behind Hui'an. Phantom golden lotuses actually rose across the sea, accompanied by low, lingering Buddhist chants.
Behind Qing Chen, Wan Hun, Chi Xuntian, Tianhuo, Yuji, and the others