How high or low was this statue of Aśoka-deva?
It seemed to rise slowly and vertically from the ground, its right hand in front, spread wide, almost obscuring the entire sky.
The very movement of it rising, caused the entire strange space to shake continuously.
The space wall seemed to be on the verge of collapsing under the enormous force at any moment.
Let alone that Chen Yun didn't expect the true body of the demon king to be an Asura.
Even the Buddhist dignitaries, such as Za Zang, Za Fa, and Bagua Laoren, who saw the demon king's true form, were all shocked to the core!
Za Zang's face was full of disbelief: "It's impossible! It's impossible! How can this old demon be an Asura?"
Fa Hai drew a sharp breath, "How could you be an Asura of my Buddhism?"
Bagua Laoren's eyes changed, he roared, "Who are you?"
Du Guangting and Li Chunfeng exchanged a glance, finally knowing that the demon king's sudden appearance in Dengzhou was not accidental, but highly likely due to human intervention.
"Angrashta?"
"Done! Done!"
"This is one of the eight departments of Buddhist dragon, we are not possible to be the opponent!"
"Why would Angrashta, one of the eight departments of the Buddhist dragons, become a demon king who tortures the living beings?"
The disciples in Dengzhou were desperate.
Chen Yun was also somewhat incredulous, staring at the enormous Asura.
Both Buddhism and Taoism have the existence of guardians, and the eightfold dragons are the guardians of Buddhism.
What are the eight departments of dragon?
The eight departments of dragon refer to the following eight groups: divinities, dragons, yakshas, gandharvas, Asuras, garudas, kinnaras, and narasas.
The divinities refer to gods, such as the great Brahma in the guardianship, Indra, and the Four Heavenly Kings. The dragons include countless dragon kings who are in charge of creating clouds and rain. The yakshas come from the ghost realm in the six realms. The Gandharvas are music gods who feed on scents and have strong scents on their bodies. The garudas are golden-winged birds, also known as the uncle of Buddha. Kinnaras are also music gods, combined with Gandharvas, they become the prototype of flying women in Dunhuang murals.
The Mahoraga is the deity of the great python, a species with a human body and snake head, which was the great python deity before Fa Hai's reincarnation and rebirth.
And the remaining one is precisely the legendary Asura!
The Asura is wild and endlessly angry, so when mentioning the Asura, it usually refers to a savage living being.
However, the Asura as one of the eight departments of dragon in Buddhism does not refer to a savage living being with a cruel nature, but rather to a "monster" that possesses great spiritual abilities.
The Asura also comes in many forms, with nine heads, nine thousand eyes, nine hundred and ninety hands and eight feet; with a thousand heads and two thousand hands; with three heads, six arms and three green-black faces; or with four eyes and four arms.
The Asura before us, although it has one head, three faces, and six arms, does not look like the most powerful in the Asura race, but it is indeed an Asura after all.
This kind of power is something that cannot be found in the mortal world!
It can be said that this Asura has already violated the "Virtuous Women's Heaven Law" established by Laojun.
That's why Za Zang, Za Zang, and Bagua Laoren, these Buddhist people, were so shocked.
This represents that there are people in Buddhism who do not adhere to the code of conduct, and they have allowed the Asura to cause trouble in the world!
The strength of the Asura is naturally beyond doubt.
When it revealed its true form, the entire world was engulfed in an infinite and endless sense of pressure.
The gods, generals, demons, and heads of the multitude that were still fighting, who had a strength below that of an upper-class mage, were all shaken to pieces by the terrifying pressure of Asura.
On the other hand, Gong Juji, the Four Demons, and the low-level cultivators remained unharmed.
Although Chen Yun knew that his gods and generals would not really die, he was still shocked by the terrifying pressure of the Asura at this moment.
Just the pressure that flowed through the whole body, and it has ground up all 2890 of his gods and generals, comparable to medium-level mages, into powder. How strong can it be imagined!
Once the Asura revealed its true form, it did not seem to be in a hurry to kill Chen Yun and all the people who were drawn into the other-dimensional space.
It spoke in an ominous tone: "Little Taoist, the treasure you rely on may not be able to break if I don't reveal my true form. Now that you have seen my true form, do you still want to subdue the demons and rule the world?"
Chen Yun felt the tiger spirit under him trembling, but he calmly raised his head and looked at the Asura, "As an Asura, you are one of the eight departments of dragon in Buddhism. Don't you fear violating the rules and attracting the pursuit and killing of heaven?"
The Asura laughed heartily, "Look where we are. I've pulled you all into the other-dimensional world. I've caused no harm to the mortal world with power beyond the realm of mortals. The harm in the mortal world is all caused by the demons I've gathered from the mortal world. Why should the heavenly court pursue and kill me?"
Just as the words fell, a powerful light shone brightly in the dull world.
Shortly afterwards, Chen Yun and all the cultivators present in the scene clearly saw what environment they were actually in.
They saw that it was an endless plain.
There was a vast expanse of a lake in the distance, with a green expanse and blooming lotus flowers on the surface.
In the middle was a Buddhist country suspended above a giant mountain, filled with Buddhist buildings.
At the summit of the mountain stood a towering Bodhi tree.
The surroundings were filled with wisps of smoke, faint scents, and hundreds of varieties of flowers in brilliant colors surrounding it.
What a wonderful place of beauty and splendor.
Chen Yun, however, had no mind to appreciate it.
Perhaps, or maybe all of the Daoist teachers like Li Chunfeng and Du Guangting, as well as the group of Buddhist teachers like Za Zang, Za Fa, and Bagua Laoren, had no mind to appreciate the beauty of good times and beautiful places.
All that was seen was a brief glimpse of what it looked like, but everyone could tell that it was not the "real space" they were in, but an interdimensional space independent of the real world.
The "Virtuous Women's Heaven Law" stipulates that supernatural powers must not cause harm to the mortal world, but it does not say that it is forbidden to pull people into another dimension to kill them.
It is clear that the Asura is exploiting the loopholes in the "Virtuous Women's Heaven Law."
Chen Yun sighed and knew that he must use his saving qi now.
The Asura was full of pride and arrogance, still talking to himself over there as if he were muttering, "Although I am one of the weakest groups of Asuras, I still have the strength of a human-level peak. You people who have not yet achieved enlightenment are definitely not my opponents. Today, I will kill all of you and steal your little Taoist priest's magical robe!"
After that, the Asura turned three faces at once with wide-open eyes and roared, "The time has come! You all can go to die now!"
Suddenly, the Asura slowly flipped a palm downward, sending down a suppression towards the ground!
The Asura's palm was still at a height of tens of millions of miles, but the suppression coming from his slowly lowering hand caused one's heart to quiver with fear!
Terrible gusts of air rushed down from the sky, splitting the earth.
The water in the lake surged and splashed to both sides, forming enormous water curtains and chasms.
"Done!"
"We are completely done!"
The local weak cultivators of Dengzhou all sighed in despair.
Li Chunfeng also showed a bitter smile, giving up any further struggle.
Du Guangting raised his head proudly, as if he was ready to die while standing.
"Namu Amida Butsu!"
"Nanmu Amitabha!"
Fa Zhen, Za Fa, and Bagua Laoren had fallen to the ground, hands joined together as if waiting for death to come.
Only the spirit demon and the dragon refused to believe in evil.
"Roar!"
The spirit demon roared loudly, causing its body to burst into life flames, instantly filling the entire space.
In the moment of the roar, the spirit demon transformed into a gigantic column of firelight, charging upwards towards the sky.
The dragon also let out a long and sorrowful roar, its ten-plus mile-long body shimmering with intense light, and charged fiercely towards the lowering hand of the Asura!
A terrifying column of firelight!
Like a godly dragon taking to the skies!
Two fierce lights were almost directly aimed towards the sky!
Both of them are at the level of teaching masters. It's clear that they don't want to back down and want to challenge Asura's authority.
Chen Yun has already removed the saving immortal qi, preparing to blow a mouth of spiritual breath to empower the saving immortal qi upon himself.
Seeing this scene before him, Chen Yun paused for a moment, wondering if the spirit demon and dragon could join forces to break through Asura's attack.
The despairing thing is that Asura is too powerful.
Its palm, as if suppressing Sun Wukong by the Buddha, directly crushed the flow of light formed by the spirit demon and the dragon!
The terrifying gusts of air still swooped down!
The earth in the other-dimensional space was constantly shaking with a "boom boom" sound of mountains collapsing.
The ground itself was being impacted by the violent gusts of air, causing countless cracks to appear.
This is just the gust of air caused by the Asura's palm striking down, but its palm has not actually landed yet.
Anyone can imagine what would happen if the Asura's palm really crashed onto the ground.
It would definitely be apocalyptic!
As they watched the spirit demon and the dragon disappear in an instant, everyone else completely gave up their struggles.
The weak cultivators of Dengzhou were full of despair and despair.
Du Guangting remained unflappable, waiting for the Great Emperor of the Three Courts to summon them.
Li Chunfeng lowered his head, as if he felt some unwillingness.
Fa Zhen, Za Fa, and Bagua Laoren had closed their eyes and kept reciting the "Ten-Direction Pure Land Aspiration to Be Reborn" sutra.
"Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, the Buddha said, 'You should have mercy on the four grades of disciples and all sentient beings in future ages... If you wish to be reborn in the joyous land of the Southern Lotus Forest, the Buddha is named the Buddha of Impeccable Bliss... There are countless realms adorned..."
With the chanting of the sutras and the light of the Buddha, golden sutras condensed into floating characters in this other-dimensional space.
The "Ten-Direction Pure Land Aspiration to Be Reborn" sutra states that before the Buddha's nirvana, at the request of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, he described the conditions of the eight corners, upper and lower grades, and ten other pure lands in all directions. It claims that if one holds and recites the names of these pure lands, they can be reborn in any of these pure lands after death.
Fa Zhen, Za Fa, and Bagua Laoren, among others, reciting these scriptures clearly indicate that they have prepared themselves for their death.
Yes, everyone has given up.
Everyone knows that Asura's strength is unstoppable, that today they will fall to their deaths.
Therefore, almost no one resisted.
Indeed, Asura was too powerful.
In the blink of an eye, its massive hand pierced through layers of space and time, suddenly arriving above everyone's heads.
It seems as if in the next moment, everyone will be dead!
Suddenly!
Boom!
The entire boundless space shook.
A burst of intense golden light suddenly blazed brightly!
Immediately thereafter, the other-dimensional space seemed to crack open a large mouth.
Suddenly, a blue-faced demon with sharp teeth, red hair, terrifying appearance, and dual wings of wind and thunder appeared on the ground.
At first, the demon god was only about four to five fists in size, but with the empowerment of the saving immortal qi, it immediately expanded as if blown by the wind, turning into a colossus over ten thousand fists high!
As the demon god appeared, lightning burst from its body and spread out in all directions!
Wherever the thunder crashed, the space there started to collapse and crumble!
In an instant, the other-dimensional space vanished completely, replaced by thunderstorms. Within the thunderstorms were Chen Yun's exceedingly enraged thoughts!
(Chapter ends)
