Li Yan had been quite confident before, believing that the "Solid" character rune could withstand the opponent's attack. But faced with the close-range attack of a Spirit Transformation cultivator—
Li Yan's hand seals froze instantly, and his mind went blank for a moment. That was true absolute speed; he had not reacted at all.
"Boom!"
"Hongyin, you vile wench!"
Yet what followed was a thunderous crash, along with an earth-shaking roar from below.
Ten zhang beneath Li Yan, the lizard-like wind beast that had suddenly appeared slammed its head into an invisible barrier, erupting in a dazzling burst of golden light.
At the same time, a three-faced, eight-armed Bodhisattva dharma manifestation appeared there. Some of its hands formed seals, while others held a sorrowless tree, a bowstring, a vajra pestle, arrows, and a vajra axe. Its face was filled with fury.
One Buddhist head spat out a lotus of Buddhist sound, which descended toward the lizard-like wind beast's head. Just as it tried to evade, a golden light suddenly flared from its dantian as well.
The lizard-like wind beast's body immediately stiffened. Extreme agony appeared in its tiny eyes, and the dark-red glow around its body abruptly turned blood-red. The lotus landed squarely on its forehead without obstruction.
"Boom!"
With a tremendous blast, the golden lotus of Buddhist sound unleashed terrifying force, like a massive hammer crashing down. The lizard-like wind beast fell like a meteor, the red light over its body scattering as it plummeted straight downward.
At the same time, another unwilling roar burst from its mouth, still cursing the nun Hongyin.
With the cultivation it had recovered so far, it could have barely endured that golden lotus of Buddhist sound.
But this time, its awakening had come only because its clone had spared no cost to detonate