971 My Turn This Time (2/2)
”Can you handle it?”
”Maybe I can. After that, I would sleep for a long time.”
”In that case, be careful.”
Ning Que closed his eyes and found he couldn't control his body the next moment. Sangsang's consciousness took over, while he could only look on quietly.
He felt quite odd and incapable of doing anything. Later, he could only watch Sangsang fight with Ksitigarbha, unable to do anything regardless of how dangerous it was.
Ning Que closed his eyes while standing on the front of the boat. Ksitigarbha gradually grew serious, because he sensed instinctively some changes that he wasn't willing to see.
The Vajra Pennant clattered when struck by the water. The vajra hanging at the umbrella's brim became drilled with holes by the water. It finally turned into countless white and scary human skulls.
The Fearless Mudra in the Ksitigarbha's right hand dispersed. His fingertips rose up in the water, fell down like flowers and made a mudra, spreading mercy through the world.
Countless vicious ghosts and skeletons sensed the changes of Ksitigarbha. They fell to their knees together and unleashed their own consciousness to aid him. They started piously chanting the sutra.
Ning Que opened his eyes, his eyelashes drawing up fine lines in the water. In the blink of an eyes, the Ksitigarbha had changed drastically.
The Vajra Pennant in Ksitigarbha's left hand had turned into the Pennant of Human Skulls. According to the sutra, it was the Tantra. The Fearless Mudra in his right hand changed into the Sweet Dew Mudra, forming the Tantra Ksitigarbha. Its purpose was to save all living creatures in the hell division.
After sensing the changes in Ning Que, Ksitigarbha reacted without any hesitation to become the most merciful yet cruelest and most powerful Tantra Ksitigarbha.
”Die or move,” Ning Que said without any expressions while looking at Ksitigarbha.
Ksitigarbha knew Ning Que wasn't himself any more. The one speaking was Haotian. He was visibly moved, and the hell became uneasy as well. Tens of thousands of wraiths and skeletons were at a loss and the sutra chanting was slightly disorderly.
The Bodhisattva quickly returned to calmness, as did the hell. The sutra chanting in the water became orderly again. He looked at Ning Que standing at the front of the boat. ”Integration of the God and human, so who is the God then?” he contemplated.
Instead of an argument, he was purely lamenting. The Bodhisattva lamented that Haotian no longer existed.
Die or move...When a cultivator said such words, it showed their power and confidence. But Haotian would have never spoken like that. Instead of speaking, she would kill the enemy right away, even if the enemy was Ksitisattva - this only demonstrated that Haotian had become very feeble.
The sutra chanting grew and Buddha's Light seeped into Ning Que's clothes, triggering the three poisons of greed, anger and foolishness in the divine soul of Sangsang. Red blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth and dripped into the water.
The blood contained Haotian Divine Flame. It was so hot that the river boiled, transforming into countless tiny bubbles. They floated over his face like pearls. He still looked expressionless - or rather, it was Sangsang who was expressionless. Her heart was injured while his body was in pain. She didn't care about this.
Sangsang didn't talk to Ksitigarbha. She took out the iron bow and shot directly. The arrow seemed normal, but compared to that of Ning Que, its was countless times more powerful!
Ksitigarbha still looked merciful. The tantra in his hand reacted. The countless pale human heads hanging below the umbrella brim opened mouths at the same time and started to scream.
Tens of thousands of white skulls screamed at the same time, and an intangible barrier was set up in the water before the skeletal elephant.
No matter how strong the iron arrow was, even if it was shot by Haotian, the screen couldn't be passed through.
There was a soft poof.
Ksitigarbha looked down at his chest and saw a black arrow sticking out. It was dyed with several drops of golden blood and tangled with several golden lines on the kasaya.
Even the most powerful Tantra Ksitigarbha couldn't block the iron arrow.
Pain colored Ksitigarbha's face, as well as confusion. He didn't know how the arrow had appeared.
Was it because God's will was difficult to predict?
No, God's will couldn't be predicted at all.
Neither could the arrow shot by Haotian.
While the iron arrow shot through Ksitigarbha, Sangsang left the front of the boat. Like truewater, she walked naturally in the water and instantly came before the skeletal elephant.
The tens of thousands of heads on the Tantra were still screaming. Black blood streamed out of Ning Que's face, but his eyes looked so peaceful - even cold. He landed on the head of the skeletal elephant without any fear.
He came before Ksitigarbha.
Haotian came before Ksitigarbha.
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