Chapter 475
The gray sword energy and the golden Buddhist light, representing two completely different and even conflicting laws of the Great Dao, collided violently in mid-air!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only deathly silence.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Throughout the entire Journey to the West Great World, one can feel the mournful cries of the colliding laws of the Great Dao!
Then, that indestructible golden Buddhist light melted away at a visible speed, just like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun!
Although the gray sword energy had dimmed considerably, it still carried an indomitable momentum and struck the brow of the Senju Dharma Guanyin fiercely!
"Puff--!"
Guanyin let out a muffled groan, her Dharma form trembled violently, and a thin gray sword mark appeared between her brows.
A trickle of blood slowly oozed from the corner of her mouth.
She was injured.
The renowned Guanyin Bodhisattva, famous Three Realms, was actually injured by a Golden Immortal with a single sword strike!
This result not only caused some powerful cultivators who had secretly sensed the great battle taking a deep breath, but even Guanyin herself found it hard to believe.
It wasn't until the stinging pain from the damage to her spiritual fruit, and the humiliation and anger she had never felt in tens of millions of years, that Guanyin truly decided to kill.
You... are very good!
Guanyin's voice was icy cold. She slowly raised the Jade Purification Vase in her hand, pointing the mouth of the bottle at Xu Xiao. This time, she was truly determined to kill him.
The Great Dao roared as a Peak Daluo expert disregarded everything else and unleashed his full power, causing even the heavens and earth to change color and the sun and moon to lose their light.
"Today, this humble monk will act on behalf of Heavenly Dao to eliminate you, this variable!"
Inside the Jade Purification Vase, the terrifying Three Lights Divine Water was overflowing from the mouth, and a powerful pressure capable of overturning the world rushed over.
"Haha, it seems my move has really angered you, Guanyin."
Xu Xiao smiled, seemingly relaxed, but in reality, his Divine Sense had already subtly enveloped the monkey, ready to escape at any moment using the World-Crossing Gate.
He certainly couldn't defeat a veteran Daluo expert like Guanyin in a fight; but as long as he could injure her and vent his anger from the past, that would be enough for Xu Xiao.
In any case, Xuanzang's true spiritual cause and effect had already been switched by him. He only needed to escape with the monkey, and the Western Sect's plan would definitely fail.
As long as the Western Sect is prevented from completing its journey to the Journey to the West according to its original trajectory, once the calamities of the Journey to the Journey to the West are over, he will obtain a massive amount of Power of Variables, enough to support him in exploring higher realms.
The Western Sect cannot afford to lose, but Xu Xiao doesn't care.
Not losing is winning!
"You think you can outwit me with words? Let's see if you can withstand this one!"
The overflowing Three Lights Divine Water was finally poured out, unleashing a terrifying force capable of drowning the Great Dao and obliterating everything. Wherever it passed, space shattered inch by inch, and the Great Dao dissipated.
Just at this critical moment, a streak of anxious white light finally rushed down from the heavens!
" Venerable Guanyin, please hold your hand! The Jade Emperor has decreed!"
Guanyin remained unmoved, and even increased the output of her Magic Power. The raging waves of the Three Lights Divine Water became even more turbulent, intending to kill Xu Xiao.
Xu Xiao also saw Taibai Jinxing hurtling towards him across the sky. His heart stirred slightly, but it was clear that Guanyin would rather disobey orders than let him die or be seriously injured. So he could only contact the World-Crossing Gate and choose to run away first.
After all, survival is the most important thing. If he were to die, even the Daoist Sect sect would never turn against the Western Sect for his sake.
"Your Excellency, you've passed!"
Suddenly, a loud and solemn voice came from the sky, and then the bright daylight abruptly turned into a sky full of stars.
"When--!"
A deep, resonant bell tolled throughout the universe. This was not the golden bell of Heavenly Court, but the Demon-Subduing Bell of the Northern Black Tortoise.
As the bell tolled, the previously surging and roaring Three Lights Divine Water suddenly stopped, then gradually calmed down, and was finally fixed a hundred feet in front of Xu Xiao, unable to advance an inch.
From the vast starry sky, a majestic figure slowly emerged, clad in Xuan Turtle armor, wielding the Seven Star Sword, riding on the Turtle-Snake Generals, leading thirty-six Thunder Generals and seventy-two Earthly Fiend Generals, as he slowly descended.
His face was resolute, his eyes were like cold stars, and he was surrounded by the supreme battle intent to slay all demons in the world. He was none other than the Great Emperor Zhenwu the Demon-Subduer, who was stationed in Northern Continent of Julu and commanded all demons in the Three Realms!
" Zhenwu! Even you dare to stop me!" Guanyin's eyes turned cold, and her face was no longer filled with the compassion of the past, only with boundless rage.
"No! I was merely ordered to patrol the mortal realm and, sensing that this place was about to suffer World Ender, I took action." The Great Emperor Zhenwu glanced at the battlefield and slowly spoke.
"You, a dignified great master of the West, are actually engaging in magical combat with a junior Golden Immortal in this mortal world, and even preparing to use the world-destroying divine power of the Three Lights Divine Water? Do you Daoist Sect Black Laws do not exist?"
Zhenwu's eyes were cold, his hand resting on the Seven Star Sword, as if he were about to draw it.
As the God of War in the Daoist Sect, Zhenwu of the North is primarily responsible for eliminating demons and maintaining peace in the human world. However, he also has the right to arrest and make decisions regarding gods and Buddhas who do not abide by the heavenly rules.
Guanyin's expression changed. She had just been injured by Xu Xiao's sword, and her anger and sense of the bigger picture made her want to kill Xu Xiao directly with swift and decisive means, but she completely forgot that this was the Human Realm.
Once the Three Lights Divine Water is poured down, it's hard to say whether Xu Xiao will be alright, but the world will definitely face a catastrophe.
Perhaps the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, who are high above, do not care about the life and death of mortals in the human world, but now that Zhenwu has mentioned it, if he dares to make a move again, he will be met with the thunderous wrath of Great Emperor Zhenwu.
"Good! Very good! I've seen firsthand how protective the Daoist Sect!" Guanyin's voice was icy. With a wave of her hand, the Three Lights Divine Water was poured back into the bottle, but her eyes were fixed on Xu Xiao.
"This child has ruined my Buddhist Sect grand plan and damaged my Dharma Body and Dao fruit. I wonder how, according to the Daoist Sect Black Laws, the Sovereign Lord Zhenwu will restore justice to the Three Realms?"
"Fairness?" The Great Emperor Zhenwu smiled faintly, his eyes sharp. "Your Excellency is mistaken. Xu Zhicao was personally appointed by the Jade Emperor as a protector of the Journey to the Journey to the West. How could he be accused of ruining the important affairs of the Western Sect? On the contrary, I heard that the Western Sect first sought trouble with my junior brother, even allowing that demonic protector to roar at a Heavenly Court official, thus forcing my junior brother to take action. Right and wrong will be judged by the Three Realms. Why must Your Excellency turn the tables?"
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the broken lotus petals on the ground, then looking at the lingering gray sword mark between Guanyin's brows, his tone calm with a hint of mockery:
"Furthermore, these two juniors were merely exchanging pointers with their senior, and the exchange ended there. As a great master of the Buddhist Sect, it would be disrespectful if word got out that you would harbor murderous intent towards two junior Golden Immortal after losing just one move, would it? Wouldn't that damage the reputation of the Buddhist Sect compassionate society?"
"You... is this how Sovereign Lord Zhenwu protects him?" Guanyin was so angry that her three corpses throbbed, pointing at Xu Xiao with an expression that showed she wished she could kill him first.
"What favoritism? I'm just stating the facts. If the Bodhisattva is truly displeased, then let's go to that Heaven Beyond Heaven and I will have a duel with the Bodhisattva. Whoever wins will have the final say on this matter."
The Great Emperor Zhenwu's eyes shone with divine light, and his fighting spirit surged. He directly took over the karma between Xu Xiao and the other party.
"You... you..."
Guanyin was so angry that her face turned pale and then red, but she was helpless.
How could he dare to fight Great Emperor Zhenwu one-on-one? Zhenwu is the Daoist Sect recognized God of War in Daoism, and his combat power is unfathomable. Even if the Tathagata Buddha came, he would not dare to say that he could definitely defeat him.
If he were to actually go to the Heaven Beyond Heaven, he would only suffer an even greater defeat and lose even more face.
Moreover, the Great Emperor Zhenwu was clearly taking sides, and the truth was indeed not on his side.
Whether it's the claim by Ksitigarbha that Xu Xiao harmed the Pilgrim and lost his Buddhist heart but no evidence could be found, or the claim that Xu Xiao attacked the Arhat and Dharma protectors of the Buddhist Sect, both sides are in the right.
Not to mention, for a Bodhisattva at the Peak Daluo realm to be injured by a mere Golden Immortal official's Dharma Aspect and Dao Fruit is not only disgraceful but also invites ridicule.
Once relations are broken, the relationship between the Buddhist Sect and Heavenly Court will be completely severed, and the pilgrimage to the West will be aborted.