Both Xinwen and Moucheng are Buddhist monks.
For this reason, they could understand that for the other side, the tongue-twisting techniques were of little use. How could a strong man of the God-Realm be moved by arguments?
Moreover, both sides know that the will of the other side cannot be shaken. If they could not convince each other spiritually, they could only destroy their opponents physically.
No sooner had Xin Wen’s words left his mouth than he took the lead.
The huge palm fell like a cloud hanging from the sky. As he stood in the air, Xin Wen pressed down with one hand, his infinite true qi converging into a huge golden palm with a swastika spinning in the centre of it, bringing a burst of zen intent that pressed downwards, encompa*sing the most Cheng, the Tantric monks around the altar, and even some of the Jianghu people who were close by.
“Ahhhhhhhh…”
Wails rang out all around, and the casual practitioners of the jianghu who were watching the action did not realise until now what kind of action they were getting into, it was a life-threatening action.
However, in response to this shocking slap, the most Cheng was unmoved, smiling as he watched the seemingly slow but swift fall of this titanic slap.
“Buzz–”
As the formation activated, the vibrating heaven and earth energy caused a deep buzzing in the air, followed by the roar of dragons, and nine golden divine dragons, seemingly virtual and real, suddenly soared out from within the Imperial City, soaring and dancing above it.
After the divine dragons flew into the air, Xinwen’s palm of true qi seemed to be invisibly suppressed and faded slightly, and the pressure on the crowd below was also diminished and no longer as powerful as before.
In this situation, Mao Cheng formed the Vajra Great Benefit Seal with his hand and raised his hand to send out a Vajra hand seal. At the same time, he observed the Buddha in his heart and recited the true words, “Lin.”
Body, speech and mind, all three were in tune at the same time, and this was the wonderful Tantric technique of the Three Secret Blessings.
As the three tantras united, the Vajra Hand Seal glowed with endless power, the most rigid and hard intent pervaded.
“Heart Zen, undying.”
The Buddha’s light filled the air as he struck out with his palm, a palm that carried the true meaning of indestructibility, and shook the hardest and most rigid Vajra hand seal.
“Clang…”
Like the clash of gold and iron, the two palm seals, also renowned for their rigidity, clashed with a resounding sound. The sound wave was transmitted, and the onlookers who had previously been saved by the Nine Dragons Tripod Heavenly Formation and the Vajra Hand Seal of the Most Cheng were no longer as lucky as they had been earlier.
All of them were shaken by the sound wave, causing their eardrums to rupture and their ears to bleed, and they rolled and wailed on the ground. Dozens of ordinary people who were close by were even killed by the sound wave that shattered their brains.
“It’s really intense.” Qing Yu, who was watching from afar, could not help but stammer.
There were many people at the Innate Realm and even at the Divine Origin Realm, but they were still so shaken by the aftershocks that they could not even get up and could only fall to the ground and die.
Xin Wen and Mucheng had only exchanged two strokes and they had already reached such a level, so the aftermath of the ensuing battle could be imagined. These people fell to the ground, unable to get up, and were not waiting to die.
“But that’s also why it’s important to find out who is qualified enough to close the battle.”
Qing Yu’s gaze moved, glancing over several positions. In those few locations, the sound waves were counteracted in various ways once they got close, either by foreign treasures or by martial arts. A sound wave, however, made these people presentable.
“Kaz-”
The sound of something shattering, only to see Xin Wen stretch out his right palm and join with the hand of the Buddha’s Dharma form that appeared behind him, his palm pressing down, actually causing the Great Vajra Hand Seal to appear as if it were a real object, with countless fine cracks.
“Northern Zhou Emperor, are you really determined to help the Tantric Sect?” Incredibly, up to this point, Xin Wen was still calm and collected, and still had the strength to ask Feng Tian Ming.
As he spoke, his palm was so strong that the Buddha’s dharma hand crushed the Vajra hand seal. The Vajra Handprint shattered into countless metal-like golden pieces, slowly dissipating in the air.
This power rendered many of the spectators speechless and silently shocked. The nine dragons soaring in the air over the Imperial City all paused for a moment, as if Feng Tianming, the manipulator of the formation, was hesitating and thinking.
Under the suppression of the Nine Dragons Ding Heavenly Formation, he was still able to lightly crush the Vajra Great Hand Seal, which was sent with the full strength of Most Cheng.
Hearing this horrendous strength, the Nine Dragons Tripod Heavenly Formation would be difficult to stop, right?
“The Mahabodhi Head of the Great Zen Temple is indeed formidable.” Most Cheng’s words interrupted this sudden calm.
“But we are not all unprepared.”
With the words of Most Cheng, a powerful and unstoppable aura suddenly rose to the sky.
A powerful man of the God Realm.
This was what the crowd had expected. If only Mucheng had dared to enter the Central Plains to fight with the Zen Sect, it would have been no different from seeking death.
But if there were four of them emitting such an aura, it was a bit unexpected.
In addition to the fact that the Tantric Buddhism had five practitioners of the Realm of the Divine, there were few sects in the Central Plains that had five practitioners of the Realm of the Divine.
“Poor monks Zhen Ji (Zhen Ya, Shi Hui and Dao Xiong), I have met the Chief of Xin Wen.” The four of them marched behind Most Cheng and vocalised in unison with their true qi.
The four voices joined together, the four of them shouting in unison with the Tantric True Speech Technique, and their voices were so powerful that they could be heard for hundreds of miles around the entire divine capital.
At the same time, the stagnant nine dragons began to dance again, and the Emperor of Northern Zhou, Feng Tianming, seemed to have made up his mind, “Master Xinwen, you have come here to interrupt the water and land puja for the fallen soldiers of Guocang Pa*s over the past decades, and you have hurt the people of the divine capital, so I have to take part in it.”
“Niko…”
A clear and noble phoenix chirped into the ears, and a noble and graceful multicoloured phoenix suddenly soared above the Imperial City, merging with the Nine Dragons Ding Heaven Grand Formation, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing.
Feng Mingxiao, a strong man of the Northern Zhou Imperial Family at the Realm of the Gods, had struck.
The Northern Zhou Imperial Family, following in the footsteps of the Great Zhou, had the phoenix as its revered symbol and practised the “Phoenix Heavenly Strategy”. The Nine Dragons Ding Heavenly Formation gathered the qi of the dragon veins to form the true dragon, and the two qi merged to form the dragon and phoenix, which was far more powerful than a single power.
“Xin Wen call forth your bottom card. Otherwise, you will not be able to block the Tantric Sect’s entry into Northern Zhou, and you will have to leave your life here.” Most Cheng tilted his head and gazed at Xin Wen who was still slowly flicking the Buddhist beads on his hand, and said.
“I have decreed that the Mountain River Academy will be closed and sealed, and will not be allowed to enter the divine capital for seven days. If Master Meng does not want the Confucian school to repeat the mistake of Ji Muqing, he can only make the Confucian school people stay inside the academy. Master Xinwen, if you want to use this opportunity to force the Mountain River Academy, you can’t.” Within the Imperial City, Feng Tianming’s voice came out.
“Snap.”
This sound was not actually made, but when the crowd saw that Xinwen had finally stopped flicking the Buddhist beads on his hand, they automatically made up this sound in their heads for this reason. For the next move would depend on what Xinwen did, whether the situation was reversed or whether it ended there.
