The night was vast and silent.
Only the bright moon hung in the sky, its light still shimmering.
The trees surrounding the former site of Jingyan Temple swayed in the moonlight.
"What a beautiful night!"
"Indeed, so peaceful and serene."
Two women in monks' robes chatted as they walked.
Reaching the entrance to the former site of Jingyan Temple, they were about to open the door
when suddenly, a scream came from their left.
"Ah!"
It was a woman's voice.
The two women were puzzled and looked towards the source of the sound.
A red sedan was parked in a parking space not far away, and the scream came from the woman in the driver's seat.
They shouldn't have interfered, so they glanced at it and were about to turn away.
However, they suddenly noticed that the man sitting in the back seat seemed to have something burning on his knee.
Startled, they quickly ran forward and knocked on the window.
Thump, thump, thump.
The window rolled down.
The woman in the driver's seat frowned and asked, "Is something the two nuns need?"
The slightly plump woman pointed to the knee of the man in the back seat who was resting with his eyes closed and said, "Lady, your friend is on fire!"
The woman in the driver's seat seemed surprised as well, her expression flustered. Instinctively, she twisted around and lifted her buttocks to try and extinguish the fire on the man's knee.
But as soon as she raised her hand halfway,
she seemed to remember something and lowered it again. "Oh, he's doing magic." After saying that, as if afraid that the two women would continue to ask questions, she started the car and drove to a parking space across the street.
"This lady is really strange," the slightly plump woman said, frowning and shaking her head.
The thinner woman said calmly, "Alright, if they don't want us to meddle, then let's not. Let's go back to the hermitage and sleep. There's a Dharma assembly tomorrow, the fifteenth."
The two didn't pay any more attention to it.
Since Jingyan Temple moved elsewhere, this place had become a nunnery, named Jinglian Hermitage.
The two were nuns of Jinglian Hermitage.
Unfortunately, their mortal eyes failed to perceive the divine war unfolding in different dimensions within the same space.
Xu Xiaoli watched the two enter before finally letting out a sigh of relief. Then, she looked worriedly at Fang Yi sitting in the back row, frowning and muttering to herself, "The talisman on the True Man's knee is on fire. Should I help put it out? But he told me not to let anyone touch his body."
Suddenly, she laughed, "The True Man's power is boundless; he can even summon a five-clawed golden dragon. What can mere flames do to him?"
Xu Xiaoli involuntarily recalled the scene from just moments before.
Fang Yi's divine soul suddenly blazed with a brilliant red light, and then a golden dragon, its body radiating intense golden light like an exploding sun, soared out, spewing endless golden flames and emitting a deafening roar as it flew towards Asura. The scene was far more exciting than any Hollywood blockbuster.
Unfortunately, the shockwave from the collision of the golden dragon and Asura's arms was too powerful, like a category 20 hurricane, causing Fang Yi's "Heavenly Eye" to lose its effectiveness.
"Master Fang is truly amazing! He can actually fight Asura!"
Xu Xiaoli's eyes were filled with admiration.
At this moment, Fang Yi's status in her mind was no longer that of a vague "true person," but rather on par with a god, possessing immense power and omnipotence.
Just as Xu Xiaoli was anticipating Fang Yi's swift defeat of Asura, she suddenly noticed that the first golden dragon talisman on Fang Yi's knee had burned completely, and then the second one also caught fire.
The third…
the fourth…
all five were burning simultaneously!
It seemed a terrifying and intense battle was taking place within the divine realm!
Surprisingly, the golden flames burning from the talismans seemed to have no temperature, and didn't ignite anything else.
"It must be that Master Fang's power is boundless, so he's impervious to water and fire."
After witnessing this, Xu Xiaoli's admiration for Fang Yi reached unprecedented heights. How could mere flames possibly harm the god-like Fang Yi?
Xu Xiaoli probably never imagined that the Fang Zhenren she admired so much was engaged in a fierce battle.
Within the Divine Realm,
thousands of flames created by golden dragons crisscrossed the area.
When the first golden dragon soared up and slammed into Asura's massive arm, it unleashed tremendous power, shattering the arm Asura had been pressing down with.
Fang Yi was initially overjoyed, thinking that summoning a few more would easily destroy Asura completely.
But unexpectedly, Asura merely swayed slightly, a surge of gray energy rose from the site of the severed arm, and then a new arm grew!
"What? Limb regeneration?"
Fang Yi's expression turned serious; he knew Asura was not to be trifled with.
However, the battle had already begun, and he would absolutely not back down until his divine soul was threatened.
Fang Yi stared intently at Asura, the red light in his soul growing ever brighter. "Summoning golden dragons consumes so much energy. That last golden dragon cost me over ten percent of my energy. I'm afraid I can only summon five or six more at most. If five or six golden dragons still can't destroy Asura, I'll be forced to retreat and leave this place first, then find a way to deal with Asura later."
Thinking this, the red light shot into the sky
, forming a pillar of light!
Roars echoed continuously within the pillar.
The dragon's roar was like thunder, its booming cries resounding throughout heaven and earth.
A second golden dragon appeared and disappeared, about to burst forth from the red light to unleash its power.
Perhaps the previous golden dragon's attack had angered Asura. The
moment its new arm grew, it suddenly let out a long howl. Gray energy swirled around its body, compressing and gradually solidifying. Gray light boiled around it, and sparks danced incessantly, like fireworks.
A tremendous power erupted from Asura's newly grown arm, covered in gray light!
It first clenched its fist, gathering power until lightning lurked within, then raised its hand and swung it fiercely.
Suddenly, the wind and clouds changed color, and space shattered!
A massive, lightning-streaked gray tornado was born, carrying an invincible aura, and fiercely attacked Fang Yi's soul.
The tornado tore through layers of spatial barriers,
turning the world into nothingness!
The terrifying power shook the heavens and the earth!
"Not good! The power is too strong; a golden dragon is no match for it!"
Seeing this power, Fang Yi was terrified. He could no longer afford to slowly deplete his energy, frantically drawing power from his golden core. The golden light of his soul continuously erupted, intertwining with the red light of his divine power.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Five consecutive dragon roars exploded!
Immediately, the red light spread violently.
Accompanying this were five golden dragons, each hundreds of feet long, bursting forth from the light!
As soon as these five golden dragons appeared, they simultaneously opened their blood-red maws, spewing forth endless flames.
The golden flames converged, raging like a raging sea, their fire reaching the heavens.
For a moment, only two colors remained in the world.
Gray tornadoes flickered with lightning in the sky.
The shattered earth blazed with flames, as if setting the world ablaze!
Two enormous energies of different colors surged rapidly towards each other, colliding like crashing waves!
Boom!
The world shattered!
The entire space collapsed continuously.
A terrifying shockwave erupted from the point of impact, shattering Fang Yi's soul and crushing a large amount of golden light into dust!
"Just the aftershocks of the energy impact have so severely damaged my soul. And this wasn't even me fighting personally; otherwise, I would have been annihilated long ago."
Fang Yi was shocked by the power of the gods.
Fortunately, he possessed the means to summon golden dragons from the statue of the Red Pine Yellow Immortal in the village temple.
Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to do anything about this Asura.
Speaking of which, the power of the gods seemed far greater than his own soul, at least within the divine realm.
He was genuinely curious why a god who didn't exist in reality possessed such immense power.
Was it because of different dimensions? Was
his soul leaving his body to enter the divine realm equivalent to entering another dimension?
But if so, how could he summon a five-clawed golden dragon, countless times stronger than his own soul, using the power of his bio-energy field?
Crucially, it only consumed a little over ten percent of his energy to summon a golden dragon.
Fang Yi felt there was something fishy about this.
He figured the answer lay in some detail he hadn't noticed.
But he didn't have time to ponder it now.
The aftershocks of the impact were still raging.
Fang Yi could only dodge as much as possible.
Fortunately, the impact only lasted a short while before disappearing.
The golden flames gained the upper hand, pulling the gray tornado, which had been lurking with lightning, upwards and frantically devouring the Asura's body.
Fortunately, it didn't damage his core.
However, Fang Yi's bio-energy field was still severely impacted, becoming "scarred and battered."
If it wasn't repaired in time, it might damage the very essence of his soul.
Despite his severe injuries, he didn't back down, staring intently at Asura beyond the universe.
He wanted to see if the overwhelming rage, fueled by the power of five golden dragons, could annihilate Asura in one fell swoop.
However, something despairing happened.
The flames were constantly devouring Asura's body.
But a gray current of energy, appearing from nowhere, continuously replenished it,
allowing Asura to continuously repair its body!
Ten breaths later,
the flames dissipated.
Asura still stood in the void!
If there was anything that could comfort Fang Yi, it was that Asura's body was fading, as if it had suffered a huge wound, unable to replenish its energy for a time, barely maintaining its form.
"What a pity, I'm out of energy, otherwise, summoning two more golden dragons might have given me a chance to destroy it."
Fang Yi couldn't help but feel a bitter taste in his mouth.
He had used all his strength to fight, only to fail at the crucial moment.
Just as he was about to retreat helplessly,
suddenly!
Boom!
The entire endless void trembled, and a vertical eye suddenly appeared between Asura's eyebrows.
As the colossal demon's body grew even dimmer, its vertical eye between its brows slowly opened.
Within that eye was boundless heat!
Red flames danced within!
Fang Yi was utterly horrified.
He suddenly recalled a Asura king named Taraka from Buddhist mythology, who had fought a great battle against Brahma.
After his defeat, Taraka, enraged, sought to destroy the world, unleashing a world-destroying flame from his vertical eye.
Could this Asura be the mythical Asura king Taraka?
Regardless, the upcoming attack was far beyond his ability to withstand.
Fang Yi retreated without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, another surprise occurred.
The Asura, for some unknown reason, abruptly ceased all movement, its vertical eye half-open, standing there silently.
"Hmm? What's wrong with it?"
Fang Yi wondered, then a flash of inspiration struck him, and he thought, "Could it be that its divine power has run out?"
Just as he was wondering what was going on,
the Asura's body gradually became ethereal.
Finally, it vanished without a trace.
Within the divine realm, a great light shone forth!
Fang Yi looked closely and saw that the shattered earth had already healed.
Flowers still bloomed on the ground.
Lotuses blossomed on the distant lake.
Huge mountains
still stood tall. And the Buddhist kingdom remained suspended in the air.
It was as if nothing had happened.
Only Fang Yi, who had just experienced the fierce battle, knew that everything that had occurred was real.
He had indeed fought the invincible Asura.
"I was originally prepared to retreat, but I didn't expect that my divine power would be exhausted, and the Asura would suddenly dissipate."
Fang Yi couldn't help but chuckle. He
truly hadn't expected the battle with the Asura to end in this way.
It was truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to me effortlessly.
" "Phew, no matter what, as long as I can get inside, that's fine."
Fang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, his heart pounding with excitement as he looked towards the Buddhist kingdom. Having almost exhausted all his energy, he was finally about to gain a new divine power!