I, the Villain, Become Invincible the More Descendants I Have

Chapter 75 Shattering the Golden BodyThe Ten Thousand Buddhas Homage Array was operating at full power, with 108,000 Buddha shadows pressing down from all sides, the golden Buddha fire causing the air to hiss.

Abbot Xuan Ci stood at the center of the array, holding a purple-gold alms bowl and laughing wildly at the sky, his arrogance fully on display: ”Emperor Cao Xukun! Behold the supreme divine power of our Buddha! Today, I shall reduce you to ashes, never to be reincarnated!”

Saintly Monk Jin Chanzi hopped along, waving his wooden staff and roaring: ”Demon! Your death has arrived! The Buddha manifests, and you shall be ground to dust!”

”Is this it?” Emperor Cao Xukun scoffed, slamming his chaos divine spear down, the tip pointing straight at the firmament. ”What ’Ten Thousand Buddhas Homage Array’? It is nothing but a paper tiger built on the blood and sweat of the common people! Today, I will show you what true power is!”

Before the words had even faded, he leaped up, transforming into a streak of black lightning as he charged into the array.

The chaos divine spear danced, unleashing a sky full of spear shadows, while his Chaos Spiritual Power swept out like a tsunami.

Those seemingly imposing Buddha shadows shattered into fragments of golden light the moment they touched the spear shadows, unable to hold on for even half a breath.

”Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Explosions rang out one after another, and within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, more than half of the 108,000 Buddha shadows had been wiped out.

Abbot Xuan Ci stared in shock, his prayer beads dropping to the ground: ”Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The Ten Thousand Buddhas Homage Array is a treasure of Buddhism; how could it be so fragile?”

”Fragile?” Emperor Cao Xukun knocked away a dozen martial monks with a sweep of his spear and sneered, ”This broken array of yours doesn’t rely on any Buddha power; it is fueled by the resentment of the people of the Western Desert accumulated over centuries! The people trusted and respected you, yet you used their blood and sweat as weapons. Today, I act on behalf of the heavens to smash your scam!”

As he spoke, he flicked his wrist, and the chaos divine spear shot out a hundred-zhang-long black spear radiance, piercing straight toward Abbot Xuan Ci at the center of the array.

Terrified, Abbot Xuan Ci hurriedly raised his purple-gold alms bowl to block.

”Crack—!”

The purple-gold alms bowl, touted as being able to withstand any divine weapon in the world, was instantly pierced by the spear radiance.

Abbot Xuan Ci spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

”The array is broken! Run!”

Seeing the situation turn dire, the monks in the array threw away their armor and fled in all directions.

The common people on the outskirts saw it clearly; the so-called ”Buddha’s protection” was a complete joke, and they were all flushed with rage.

”It was all a lie!”

”We donated our life savings to them for nothing!”

”Charge in! Settle the score with these bald donkeys!”

Hundreds of thousands of commoners grabbed hoes and sickles, charging into the Great Leiyin Temple alongside the Great Xuan army.

The once solemn and majestic thousand-year-old temple was instantly thrown into chaos.

The monks wailed and begged for mercy, either kneeling to surrender or hiding in their meditation rooms, too afraid to come out.

Emperor Cao Xukun took Li Tieniu straight to the Great Hero Hall.

Abbot Xuan Ci and Saintly Monk Jin Chanzi had already fled there, holding the hall doors shut, shivering like chaff.

Looking at the three-zhang-tall pure gold Buddha statue in the center of the hall, Abbot Xuan Ci grabbed onto it like a final straw and shrieked: ”Emperor Cao Xukun! You dare enter! This Buddha statue is the true body of the Buddha, imbued with ten thousand years of Buddha power! If you dare to blaspheme, you will surely be struck by lightning!”

”The true body of the Buddha?” Emperor Cao Xukun kicked the hall door open with a loud ”boom.” ”I want to see if your Buddha is tougher, or my war god spear is tougher!”

He strode into the hall, his black dragon robe sweeping across the floor and kicking up a gust of wind.

The hall was filled with incense smoke, and the pure gold Buddha statue shimmered under the candlelight, looking incredibly majestic.

Abbot Xuan Ci hid behind the Buddha statue, shouting with a fierce but cowardly tone: ”Kneel! Kneel and repent to the Buddha immediately! Otherwise, the Buddha will punish you with five thunderbolts!”

”Punish me? I think he can’t even save himself!”

Emperor Cao Xukun’s eyes sharpened as he gripped the chaos divine spear, his spiritual power erupting.

He leaped up, the tip of his spear condensing a destructive force as he stabbed viciously at the center of the Buddha statue’s brow!

”No!” Abbot Xuan Ci let out a despairing scream.

”Boom—!”

With an earth-shattering roar, the pure gold Buddha statue instantly shattered!

Countless golden fragments splattered everywhere, and even a corner of the hall’s roof was shaken down.

Amidst the dust, a golden pillar of light shot up from the fragments of the Buddha statue, containing a massive amount of Buddhist divine power.

[Ding! Hidden inheritance found: Tathagata Palm!]

[Intercepting inheritance for the Host... 10%... 50%... 100%! Interception successful!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the complete ancient divine ability—Tathagata Palm!]

[Reward: 50% Buddhist luck stripped! Cultivation stabilized at late-stage Great Void Realm!]

A stream of pure Buddhist divine power surged into his body, blending perfectly with Emperor Cao Xukun’s original Chaos Spiritual Power.

He instinctively threw a palm strike, and a golden palm print tore through the air, punching a deep hole into the wall of the hall.

”Refreshing! This Tathagata Palm is truly legendary!” Emperor Cao Xukun flexed his wrist, looking satisfied. ”Who would have thought this old bald donkey had some stash, actually hiding the inheritance inside the Buddha statue. It’s my gain.”

Abbot Xuan Ci slumped on the ground, staring at the fragments of the Buddha statue, his face ashen as he kept muttering: ”It’s over... It’s all over... The Buddha is gone... The inheritance is gone...”

Saintly Monk Jin Chanzi was so scared his legs went soft, and he scrambled toward the back of the hall, shouting as he ran: ”Master! Don’t just stand there! Run! If we don’t leave now, we’ll lose our lives!”

Abbot Xuan Ci suddenly snapped out of it, and no longer caring about the Buddha statue, he followed Saintly Monk Jin Chanzi in a wretched escape through the back door.

The two of them even lost their cassocks and ran barefoot through the courtyard, looking nothing like an abbot or a saintly monk.

”Want to run? Too late!” Li Tieniu raised his giant axe, ready to chase.

”No need to chase,” Emperor Cao Xukun waved his hand. ”The monks can run, but the temple can’t. They must have hidden in the Scripture Library at the back. Governor Ye Qingyi is there with the Saintess’s guards; they think they’ll be safe hiding there.”

He turned to look at the Buddha statue fragments covering the floor, a cold smile curling his lips: ”Pass the order to seal the entire Great Leiyin Temple; not even a fly is allowed to escape! Search every room carefully and unearth all the incense money they embezzled and the land deeds they seized; display it all publicly for the people of the Western Desert to see shortly.”

”Understood!” Li Tieniu took the order and left.

Emperor Cao Xukun walked slowly to the center of the hall, looking at the wreckage, his gaze deep.

At the moment he shattered the Buddha statue, he clearly felt the resentment that the people of the Western Desert had accumulated for centuries dissipating bit by bit.

Those people who had been deceived their entire lives finally saw the true faces of these Buddhist scoundrels.

”What Buddha, what saintly monk—they are just a bunch of blood-sucking parasites,” Emperor Cao Xukun murmured to himself. ”From now on, there will be no more ’Buddha Kingdom’ in the Western Desert; there will only be the people of Great Xuan.”

Just then, cheers erupted from outside.

It turned out the soldiers had already unearthed mountains of gold and silver jewelry from the storehouse, along with countless land deeds.

Seeing the piles of silver, the people of the Western Desert trembled with rage, shouting for Abbot Xuan Ci and Saintly Monk Jin Chanzi to be held accountable.

Emperor Cao Xukun walked out of the hall, looked at the furious crowd, and raised his hand to signal them to quiet down, the entire scene instantly falling silent.

”Fathers and fellow villagers!” Emperor Cao Xukun’s voice echoed throughout the Great Leiyin Temple. ”All these years, the Great Leiyin Temple has sucked your blood, eaten your flesh, and treated you like beasts of burden! Today, I, Emperor Cao Xukun, will be your champion and return everything they stole from you!”

”Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

Earth-shattering shouts rang out, shaking the entire Great Leiyin Temple.

Emperor Cao Xukun looked toward the direction of the Scripture Library, a playful smile curling his lips.