Chapter 174: Blocking the Way

Coincidentally, it was the exact time for the merchant ships of the Demonic Heaven Holy Land to set sail for the return journey.

They were just about to leave the port of the Central Plains.

At the very moment of their departure, the entire port was suddenly suppressed by a formidable and overwhelming aura, blotting out the skies as if the end of the world had arrived.

In the void, Elder Huitong finally rushed over, his eyes glowing with an eerie, demonic light.

In the Western Desert, Huitong also bore the title of the Demonic Monk.

Having mutated through his mastery of the Heavenly Eye, which allowed him to peer into the hearts of men, the demonic monk Huitong spoke, his voice resounding like a fiend crawling up from the netherworld.

"Chu Feng, crawl out and accept your death! I know you are still in this place. If you do not show yourself, I will destroy this entire port, and the hundreds of thousands of people here shall die because of you."

"What a lunatic!"

Chu Feng could not help but curse aloud.

Without needing to guess, this old monk must be the true guardian of Fayin.

The fact that he could catch up so swiftly even after the Swastika Buddha Seal was destroyed could only mean someone had leaked their whereabouts, and there was no need to even guess who the culprit was.

The Ji family.

Chu Feng was no hypocritical saint; what did the rise and fall of stormy floods or the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people have to do with him?

However.

This old monk was simply too arrogant.

For that reason alone, he deserved execution.

In a flash, Chu Feng made his move. With a wave of his hand, five strands of sword intent swept toward the old monk.

The Great Five Elements Immortal Sword Scripture.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

Representing respectively the sharpness of metal, the vitality of wood, the unpredictability of water, the explosiveness of fire, and the profundity of earth.

An immortal-grade swordsmanship capable of forging the Five Elements Sword Array.

Although Chu Feng had just acquired the Great Five Elements Immortal Sword Scripture, aided by the Epiphany Space and an instantaneous mastery, his comprehension of the scripture had long since reached the acme of perfection.

This old bald donkey would serve nicely as a practice partner.

The sword intent was unleashed.

Elder Huitong’s arrogant expression instantly froze.

This was the man who had slain the Buddha Son.

Anyone capable of killing the Buddha Son could not possibly be ordinary.

Only upon striking did he realize just how terrifying this man was; no matter wonder he could slay a Holy Son.

Those five strands of sword intent actually filled him with terror.

"Such formidable prowess, Chu Feng!"

"Myriad Buddhas Return to the Ancestor."

As a generation's demonic monk and a Buddhist Bodhisattva, not only had he practiced the Joyful Zen techniques of the Joyful lineage, but he had also been personally taught a single strike of the Tathagata Palm by the Buddha Tathagata.

This Tathagata Palm was an immortal-grade Buddhist technique passed down through generations of the Buddha Tathagata; even a single strike surpassed all of Huitong's divine powers and spells.

Realizing Chu Feng's might, Huitong no longer dared to hold back even the slightest bit.

He struck with ferocity.

Unfortunately for him, while he did not know that the Tathagata Palm was an immortal-grade Buddhist technique, Chu Feng's Great Five Elements Immortal Sword Scripture was likewise an immortal-grade art.

Moreover, Huitong possessed only a single move of the Tathagata Palm, whereas Chu Feng commanded the complete set of the Great Five Elements Immortal Sword Scripture.

The Myriad Buddhas Return to the Ancestor disintegrated the instant it collided with the five strands of sword intent, and the sword intent pressed onward with undiminished power, slashing toward Huitong to tear him apart.

The most lethal ultimate technique of the Great Five Elements Immortal Sword Scripture was the Five Elements Annihilation, which stirred the very five elements of heaven and earth.

And this was still without Chu Feng combining it with the Pure Yang Immortal Sword Scripture and the Single Sword Opening the Heavenly Gate.

Elder Huitong.

What truly surprised Chu Feng was that this man was actually a Child of Destiny, specifically a supporting character Child of Destiny.

While the Buddha Son Fayin was not a Child of Destiny despite his status, his guardian actually was.

How interesting.

[Beep, beep, beep. Child of Destiny Monk Huitong, a Buddhist Bodhisattva, detected.]
[Destiny Value: 800,000 points.]
[Cultivation Realm: Late Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Monarch.]
[Profile: A Buddha Son of the Bodhi Temple who was framed, expelled from the monastery, and taken in by a Buddha of the Joyful Temple. After joining the Joyful Temple, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, stepping into the Tribulation Realm and washing away his grievances. Though the Bodhi Temple sought his return, he refused, choosing to remain within the Joyful lineage ever since.]
[Embittered by false accusations, his compassionate heart transformed into that of a wrathful Vajra, making him the external blade of the Joyful Temple, dedicated to slaying all enemies who defied the temple.]
[Summary: A blade of the Joyful lineage. Wherever its tip points, rivers of blood flow and corpses litter the field; he has slain over ten thousand people.]

He was practically walking XP.

I shall beat you until you wail for your parents.

Under the onslaught of the sword intent, Huitong was like a kite with a broken string, plummeting straight to the ground.

He was as wretched now as he had been arrogant moments before.

His monk's robes had been shredded into fragments, and a golden cymbals artifact had lost its luster.

Had he not whipped out the golden cymbals and relied on the immense toughness of his robes during that previous strike, that single sword slash would have killed him.

Huitong's face twisted with extraordinary terror.

That sword strike just now had given him the chilling sensation of facing the Buddha Tathagata himself.

It also made him realize that he was simply no match for this opponent.

Even though the man had killed the Buddha Son, it was not worth risking his own life in a desperate struggle.

Chu Feng was equally surprised; he had originally expected to slay him with a single sword strike, yet the man had managed to survive.

How could Chu Feng know the depth of Huitong's heartbreak right then?

His monk's robes were woven from Vajra silk, serving as a supreme defense treasure of the Great Vehicle Heavenly Human tier.

As for the golden cymbals, they were Huitong's natal divine artifact, a supreme treasure of a Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Monarch.

With his robes destroyed and the golden cymbals stripped of their spirituality, he had barely managed to preserve his life, though he remained gravely wounded.

No, I cannot die here.

Huitong prepared to flee.

However, how could Chu Feng let him escape? With a single bound, he blocked Huitong's path.

Golden Light Escaping the Earth.

A single leap spanning ten thousand miles.

Just as Chu Feng was about to suppress him with a backhanded slap, a series of murderous shouts suddenly echoed from within the port.

"Chu Feng, get out here!"

"I am going to kill you! Only your death can resolve the karma between you and the Jiang family."

"Chu Feng!"

Chu Feng frowned, halting his movement. Sweeping his divine sense outward, he instantly located Jiang Ming.

Taking advantage of this brief hesitation by Chu Feng, Huitong seized the opportunity to flee once more, roaring at the top of his lungs, "Chu Feng is here!"

"Where is Chu Feng? Get out here!"

Following the voice, Jiang Ming rushed over, appearing before Chu Feng in a frenzy as he yelled, "Where is Chu Feng? Have you seen Chu Feng?"

"No, you are Chu Feng!"

"I've finally found you, Chu Feng. Go to hell!"

Kill!

Wielding the Hengyu Sword Scripture, he slashed toward Chu Feng with a single sword strike.

With the great sun crowning his head, a scorching sun hung across the sky.

Solar Golden Flames.

To slay Chu Feng, Jiang Ming had unleashed his full strength.

Monk Huitong, who had originally intended to flee, abruptly stopped in his tracks. "This is a Heavenly Monarch of the Jiang family, and he unleashes three Great Emperor ultimate arts right off the bat."

"If I join forces with him, can we kill Chu Feng?"

The thought rising in his mind, Huitong made an instant decision, quickly extracting a medicinal pill and swallowing it whole.

The pill was named the Heavenly Buddha Pill, a Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Monarch-tier medicine capable of instantly healing any injury, no matter how severe.

Of course, this pill came with a severe side effect: once consumed, it would burn away a thousand years of the user's lifespan.

For the sake of killing Chu Feng, what was a thousand years of life?

He would risk it all.

Soon, the Heavenly Buddha Pill took effect, rapidly healing his body and even boosting his overall strength by a massive margin.

Monk Huitong roared, "Fellow Daoist, I will assist you! Let us slay Chu Feng together!"