Chapter 309 - This Is the Gap between Us (1/2)

Chapter 309 This Is the Gap between UsDragon-subduing Arhat had never thought that Li Ye would kill him with great ease. They only fought for one time since they met. But it was just the only attack without any tricks that decided the winner. What they competed with each other was their cultivation power. Thus, Li Ye won Dragon-subduing Arhat in an oversimplified, crude, and efficient way.

But this was the most unacceptable reason for Dragon-subduing Arhat. After all, he was in the Ground Immortal Realm, but Li Ye was only a Yang Spiritual Master. They had a gap of two realms. He was an Immortal, but Li Ye was a mortal. Between them, there was a huge gap as the gap between heaven and earth. It was by no means easy for him to ignore such a huge gap.

What made Dragon-subduing Arhat feel more uncomfortable was that he was more than a Ground Immortal Realm master before he descended into this world. To be more precise, the arhat that Li Ye killed just now was not an Immortal in the Ground Immortal Realm, but an Immortal in a much higher realm! Dragon-subduing Arhat could not accept this reality even before the moment of his death.

Li Ye could not felt Dragon-subduing Arhat’s feeling, but he didn’t want to experience that either. He had no interest in a dead person’s mood because he had to confront many more still alive opponents. After Li Ye chopping off Dragon-subduing Arhat’s head, his eyes flashed like lightning. He turned around, and once again, he looked at Li Sizhao, who was still at the outer gate of the military camp.

On top of Qinzhou City’s wall, everyone had a different expression. Their only similarities were the shock and deep fear in their eyes.

Seeing Dragon-subduing Arhat being killed with his own eyes, Li Keyong didn’t know why he would feel so delighted that he even wanted to grin.

“Since the appearance of Dragon-subduing Arhat, he was on his high horse and looked down on me. He seemed to give me alms whenever he spoke to me. As an Immortal, he put on great airs. Not just Dragon-subduing Arhat, but all the people in Land Buddhism are like that. But now, a mortal killed a mighty Immortal from Land Buddhism. I will wait and see how all of you can go about with your heads high in the air! What a gratifying thing!”

After casting a glance at Feihong Bodhisattva, Li Keyong snorted coldly in his heart. He now even had a good laugh at those Immortals. “Everybody knows that you Immortals from Land Buddhism are awesome. Now by killing one of you, Li Ye humiliated all of you. I’d really like to see how you are going to end this battle against Li Ye!”

However, Feihong Bodhisattva was still sitting cross-legged with an indifferent look. Dragon-subduing Arhat died, but she did not react at all. It seemed as if the death of Dragon-subduing Arhat had nothing to do with her. Or maybe she had seen through life and death, so she had no joy or sorrow.

Because of her high spiritual realm and a good state of mind, Feihong Bodhisattva stayed still, but Deer-sitting Arhat could no longer sit still. As the head of the 18 arhats, Deer-sitting Arhat had a strong sense of responsibility. He had always regarded himself as the eldest brother of the other 17 arhats. Now Li Ye had killed the 17th Dragon-subduing Arhat and the 18th Crouching-tiger Arhat. So he could not turn a blind eye to what was happening.

Putting his palms together, Deer-sitting Arhat turned around to greet Feihong Bodhisattva. His voice swelling with anger, he said, “Bodhisattva, I don’t know what kind of evil techniques that Li Ye had learned. He could even murder Dragon-subduing and Crouching-tiger in a row. We can no longer underestimate him from now on. When the Huang Chao Uprising happened, our Buddhism once prepared to come out and take control of the world. But it was exactly Li Ye who stopped us. Besides, he killed dozens of Kong Kim Realm masters from Buddhism. As a result, he destroyed a hundred years of our accumulation on one day! This person is nobody but an extremely vicious devil. If Buddhism intends to enlighten all the people in this world and make this world a pure land, he will be our biggest stumbling block!” “Please order me to kill this evil guy!”

Lightly, Feihong Bodhisattva looked at him and asked, “Do you want to go there alone?”

Deer-sitting Arhat thought that he should shoulder the responsibility. “As a mortal who has merely reached the Yang Spiritual Master realm, he went against his superiors and killed two Immortals in a row. He is a threat to the dignity of Land Buddhism! If this can be tolerated, what cannot? But there will be nothing to be proud of if many Immortals from our Land Buddhism arise and kill him. Instead, it is a humiliation to all of us! Only if I stand out to fight with him in person and successfully pin him down can I retrieve some of Land Buddhism’s dignity!”

Feihong Bodhisattva waved her hand freely. “Then go ahead.”

Immediately after Deer-sitting Arhat got the order, he turned around to fight with Li Ye.

Upon seeing such a scene, Li Keyong curled his lips. “Retrieve some of Land Buddhism’s dignity? As a master in the Ground Immortal Realm, Deer-sitting Arhat comes out to deal with Li Ye, who is only in the Spiritual Master Realm. Even if he defeats Li Ye, he cannot restore their dignity. If they are capable enough, they should send someone in the Spiritual Master Realm there. If this person can handle Li Ye, then they can truly show Land Buddhism’s mighty background.”

“But the truth is that no one of Land Buddhism in the Spiritual Master Realm can deal with Li Ye. Or else they will truly do that.”

Watching Deer-sitting Arhat coming at Li Ye, Li Keyong asked Feihong Bodhisattva, “If even Deer-sitting Arhat cannot defeat Li Ye, will you go out to fight?”

Feihong Bodhisattva didn’t bother to glance at him. With a dimly discernible and indifferent voice, she replied to him as if she were talking to a stone. “No.”

Li Keyong tried hard to conceal his disgusted feeling and asked. “Why?”

Feihong Bodhisattva took the success of Deer-sitting Arhat for granted. “Deer-sitting Arhat can certainly defeat Li Ye!”

Deer-sitting Arhat was not an ordinary Immortal. When Li Ye killed Crouching-tiger, he was not on the spot. But he saw it clearly how Li Ye killed Dragon-subduing. At this moment, he alone dared to come out to challenge Li Ye because he knew that he could rely on his cultivation strength, which was much stronger than Dragon-subduing Arhat’s.

With force as strong as the thunderbolt, Li Ye beheaded Dragon-subduing Arhat because he had much stronger cultivation power. Hence Deer-sitting Arhat assumed that Li Ye had an advantage in his great cultivation power. Only by making full use of his cultivation power to eliminate his enemy once they met could he win the battle. In other words, except for his cultivation power, Li Ye’s ability in other aspects was no match for the Ground Immortal Realm masters, for example, the power of techniques.

Therefore, Deer-sitting Arhat had no intention to confront Li Ye with toughness even if he thought that his cultivation power was not weaker than Li Ye’s.

He intended to combine his power of the “Immortal Area” with his techniques first. And then he could thoroughly defeat Li Ye with his much higher realm and directly win the battle. During the battle, Deer-sitting Arhat would never give Li Ye any chance to get closer to him because he was afraid that Li Ye might break his defense by his violent cultivation power.

Of course, his analysis might also be incorrect. But as long as he gave no chance for Li Ye to fight close combats with him, Li Ye would not be able to win by the first attack. Then, Deer-sitting Arhat could get enough time to deal with Li Ye.

“No big deal. If I can’t defeat him, other arhats can help. They will never watch Li Ye taking my life away. At this period, we have a lot of unoccupied arhats. Besides, all of us have already known Li Ye’s ability and tricks, and so we are well-prepared. When he killed Dragon-subduing Arhat, we were totally unprepared for that situation. Thus, after we realized what happened, it was already too late for us to save Dragon-subduing.”

Thinking of this, Dragon-subduing Arhat felt very calm. At this time, he was sure that he could win. With determination, he looked at Li Ye as if he were watching the fish on the chopping block.

After Li Ye killed Dragon-subduing Arhat, he pretended to attack Li Sizhao. As he had expected, other arhats instantly appeared after seeing his action. Thus, when Li Ye looked up and saw Deer-sitting Arhat, he slightly narrowed his eyes. Deer-sitting Arhat was strongest among the 18 arhats. Whether it was his cultivation power or his wisdom and experience could never be neglected.

However, Li Ye also had made a plan for this.

Before he went to the battlefield, Li Ye clearly analyzed and compared the strength of his enemy and himself. He had figured out an all-round plan to win.

The 18 arhats were the strongest masters in the Ground Immortal Realm, but Li Ye was only in the Spiritual Master Realm. Thus, Li Ye’s strength was not comparable to them. Beyond that, as Immortals from Land Buddhism, their realm was much higher before they came down to earth, and they must have learned enough means to fight against their enemies. If Li Ye wanted to win, he must avoid struggling hard against them. The best way for him to win was to take them by surprise and never give these Immortals the chance to use their various techniques.