The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

As it turned out, even Buddhist Practitioners could get hot-headed when provoked.

Provoked by Lu Sangjiu, Ting Chan flew into a rage. ”Do you really think I’m afraid of you?”

With that, he brandished his Demon-Subduing Pestle, unleashing an immensely powerful attack straight at Lu Sangjiu.

Lu Sangjiu sneered and stepped outside the boundary of the Moon Palace’s Sect Protection Array.

She didn’t even use her Domination Map Blade, simply unleashing Netherworld Dragon Roar.

A spectral image of a giant black dragon shot toward the heavens. It scattered Ting Chan’s attack, then continued unabated straight for him.

At the same time, a dragon’s roar filled with a coercive might echoed through the clouds.

Everyone except Ting Chan clutched their ears in pain. The weaker ones couldn’t withstand it at all and were already writhing on the ground.

Even Ting Chan was momentarily dazed by the attack. By the time he recovered, the vicious dragon was right in front of him.

He scrambled to defend himself but was still wounded, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Lu Sangjiu stood tall and proud, a cold smile touching her lips. ”Hmph. So this is all a Buddhist Practitioner from the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect amounts to.”

Ting Chan was enraged. ”You dare insult the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect? You’re courting death!”

A Merit Golden Light instantly erupted from his body as he unleashed the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect’s ultimate Cultivation Technique: All Heavens and Earthly Gods and Buddhas!

In an instant, spectral figures of gods and buddhas filled the sky. As they slowly opened their eyes, the oppressive aura they exuded grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, all the gods and buddhas locked onto Lu Sangjiu and pointed down as one.

An attack that looked deceptively simple, yet was in fact terrifyingly powerful, surged forth with Merit Power, aimed straight for the center of Lu Sangjiu’s brow!

Lu Sangjiu was instantly overcome with an immense sense of danger. After all, Merit Power inherently suppressed Demon Cultivators, and this technique... was exceptionally powerful on its own!

In that moment, Lu Sangjiu could no longer afford to be arrogant. She drew her Domination Map Blade to defend herself while swiftly performing a Sealing gesture. ”Thousand Entanglement Silk!”

Thousand Entanglement Silk was one of Lu Sangjiu’s signature techniques.

It used Magic Power to form myriad entangling threads that bored into an enemy’s body, slipping through any and every opening.

Once inside the body, if the Thousand Entanglement Silk reached the heart, the victim would die instantly.

Of course, a sufficiently powerful individual could temporarily suppress the Thousand Entanglement Silk inside their body and force it out bit by bit later.

But even if they managed to suppress it, the silk would still have a debilitating effect for as long as it remained inside, with the duration depending on the victim’s power.

Someone of Ting Chan’s caliber would surely react quickly enough to avoid instant death, but he would be incapacitated for at least a moment.

In a battle between masters, a single moment can decide the outcome!

Ting Chan was aware of Lu Sangjiu’s signature techniques. The moment he saw her use Thousand Entanglement Silk, he immediately threw up his defenses, not daring to be careless for fear of being hit.

The Thousand Entanglement Silk kept Ting Chan occupied, and the spectral images of the All Heavens and Earthly Gods and Buddhas promptly vanished, their chance for a second attack lost.

All of this took time to describe, but it happened in the span of a single moment.

Lu Sangjiu was now using her Domination Map Blade to contend with the attack from All Heavens and Earthly Gods and Buddhas. However, the suppressive effect of the powerful Merit Power on a Demon Cultivator was too pronounced. Lu Sangjiu was struggling; for a moment, she couldn’t break through the attack.

At the critical moment, the sound of Jichen chanting a Spell suddenly came from behind her.

Lu Sangjiu was startled, thinking Jichen was about to launch a sneak attack from behind. She immediately bellowed, ”Fa Shan, stop him!”

Fa Shan had been watching Lu Sangjiu’s battle with rapt attention. His focus had lapsed for a moment, and he hadn’t noticed the young monk making a move.

Lu Sangjiu’s shout jolted him back to reality, and he immediately reached out to grab Jichen.

However, a Merit Light now shone from Jichen’s body as well. Unbelievably, it looked almost as strong as the old monk’s!

’How is that possible? That old monk is in the Body Integration Realm and is at least several hundred years old, but Jichen is just in his early twenties!’

Fa Shan was astounded, but refusing to believe his eyes, he didn’t stop his outstretched hand.

However, the instant he was about to touch Jichen, the Merit Power disintegrated his Magic Power. A searing pain shot through him, forcing Fa Shan to snatch his hand back!

”HISS...” Fa Shan stared at his fingers, which looked as though they’d been burned. He was shocked to his core. ’This Merit Power... it’s the real deal!’

’In his twenty-odd years, just how many good deeds did he have to perform to accumulate such powerful Merit Power?’

As Fa Shan reeled in shock, the sound of Jichen’s chanting suddenly ceased.

The next moment, all of his Merit Power suddenly surged toward Lu Sangjiu!

Seeing this, Fa Shan flew into a rage. ”How dare you! I’ll kill you!”

With that, he channeled all his power into a single palm strike, holding nothing back as he aimed for the center of Jichen’s back!

However, to everyone’s astonishment, Jichen’s Merit Power didn’t attack Lu Sangjiu as expected.

Instead, all of the Merit Light instantly coated Lu Sangjiu and her Domination Map Blade. It didn’t harm her in the slightest; rather, it aided her in resisting the power of All Heavens and Earthly Gods and Buddhas!

Ting Chan was both shocked and furious at the sight. ”Jichen, are you insane?!”

At the same time, Fa Shan’s palm strike reached Jichen. Astonished, he did his best to pull back the force of his attack.

However, even with him holding back, a strike from someone at the Divinity Transformation Realm was still far more than a mere Golden Core cultivator could withstand.

Jichen spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body was sent flying like a leaf in the wind!

”Jichen!”

”Buddha Son!”

The members of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect all cried out in alarm at the sight, and even Ting Chan was deeply shaken.

And that momentary distraction gave the Thousand Entanglement Silk the opening it needed. In an instant, two strands bored into Ting Chan’s body.

Ting Chan’s face paled. Disregarding everything else, his first priority was to seal the Thousand Entanglement Silk.

Meanwhile, aided by Jichen’s Merit Power, Lu Sangjiu shattered the attack in a single moment!

But she didn’t press her advantage against Ting Chan. Instead, she spun around, just managing to catch Jichen in her arms.

Then, without a backward glance, she rushed back into the Moon Palace, leaving only her voice to echo across the sky.

”Old monk, you’d better take good care of Cangming! I will personally come to your gates to get him back!”

The disciples of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect watched Lu Sangjiu carry Jichen back into the Moon Palace, every one of them frantic with worry.

”What should we do? Is the Buddha Son going to die?”

Ting Chan’s face was grim as he looked over at Cangming.

Cangming stiffened and stammered, ”Wh-why are you all looking at me? I wasn’t the one who hit the Buddha Son!”

”But don’t worry! Knowing our Palace Master’s temperament, since your Buddha Son helped her, she’ll definitely do everything in her power to save him!”

His words allowed the disciples of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect to breathe a small sigh of relief, but Ting Chan was not one of them.

Ting Chan’s expression was still terribly dark. He enunciated each word, ”As the Buddha Son of our Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, he bit the hand that feeds him and can’t even distinguish right from wrong... How can he still show his face as the Buddha Son?”

”Rather than let him continue to entangle himself with that Female Demon and bring shame to our Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, it would be better if he just died and was done with it!”

Everyone instantly fell silent, unsure if he was just speaking out of anger or if he truly meant it...

But in any case, Ting Chan was injured and the Female Demon was gone. There was no point in them staying any longer, so they could only take their leave.