chapter 185 - Headless Buddha
Luo Wusheng is a very trustworthy person.
However, one thing is one thing. While he can exchange important information he needs by separating the consciousness of this Rat Netherkin, but at the end of the day, the other party’s position is still fundamentally opposed to his own.
At the moment, the only reason why it would make a deal with him is that because they both have a grudge against the Buddhist Sect, and they both trust that the other party wants to deal more harm to the Buddhist Sect than to them.
Because of that, he has to make a plan ahead, in case the Rat Netherkin still ends up as an enemy.
If there is a chance, he will capture this Rat Netherkin, seal it, and hand it over to the little pink fox. The affairs of the Netherkin will be left to her to handle. Maybe it can give Yao Ji, who will face the new Monarch of the Netherkin Nation in the future, an extra card.
As Luo Wusheng was contemplating this, he saw that with each swing of the sword by Little Yuli, a faint shadow covered in Buddha’s light gradually floated up from the Rat Netherkin’s current golden body, creating sparkles of starlight.
That shadow was the appearance of the golden-furred Rat, and on the body of the true Rat Netherkin, the Buddhist Sect’s golden body gradually dimmed, even faintly restoring its former gray fur.
It seems to have faded a bit…
The floating Rat shadow is now filled with horror on its little Rat face.
“No! You can’t do this! You are me and I am you. We are one body. We want to achieve the status of the only Diabolic Buddha in this world. How can you separate me here!”
It no longer cares about its composure, and its words are filled with urgency.
Meanwhile, the real Rat lying in front of the Buddha statue is enduring the pain of separation, but a mocking and cheerful smile appears on its face.
Understanding the meaning behind this, the Buddhist Sect’s Rat shadow bit its teeth and looked towards Luo Wusheng.
“If you can tell me what I want to know, I am willing to negotiate with you.”
Luo Wusheng adopts a carefree attitude, blocking the words that the shadow wants to say.
The second consciousness of this Rat devoted to Buddhism is born from the techniques of the Buddhist Sect, how could it betray them?
Finally, the shadow looks towards Lu Yuliu.
As the operating doctor for this surgery, the little girl obediently follows Luo Wusheng’s instructions, using the Sword Ancestor Wooden Sword to perform the separation operation.
‘It’s her— The one who manipulates that spiri separating Artifact is that girl!!’
The buddhist Sect Rat is in a panic, but a large part of its spirit has been severed, making most of its spells unusable to stop what’s happening.
In its current state, the spells it can use now…
“Amitabha Buddha, sentient beings suffer from emotional pain, love indulges in degradation!”
“The various aspects of Buddha’s Dharma, indulge in appearance!”
A bright Buddha light appears above the Buddhist Sect’s Rat shadow, and behind it, a jade Buddha manifestation seems to emerge.
A crack appears on the right arm of the jade Buddha, emitting a pink smoke.
However, the Buddhist Sect’s Rat shadow is not satisfied. It opens its eyes wide and shouts:
“What does the benefactor love!?”
This set of techniques is what it can use in its current state, most likely to affect the opponent’s spell.
By using the Buddhist Questioning Heart Technique to evoke the opponent’s thoughts on what they love, and then using the Indulging Appearance Technique to transfer all the thoughts of the affected person to what they love.
In this way, it would have time to regain full control of its body and leave.
As it is trying to regain control, Luo Wusheng, who has been on guard against its counterattack, flips his palm, and with surging spiritual power, directly gathers the pink smoke in front of him.
Beside him, the girl asks with curiosity, “Oh, what is this thing?”
Little Yuli slightly slowed down the manipulation of the Sword Ancestor Wooden Sword and gently touched the gathered pink smoke. She looked at Luo Wusheng beside her and asked, “Luo Lang, do you know what this is for?”
Luo Wusheng’s expression was somewhat strange.
Of course, he recognized this pink smoke.
Looking at the smoke in front of him, he instantly recalled the day when his junior sister came to his door in the middle of the night.
‘Well, this is a mysterious tool that can make you unconditionally fall in love with me and elope with me…’
Luo Wusheng sighed inwardly, about to figure out how to answer the girl’s question. However, he heard an unbelieving voice from the opposite side.
“How is this possible? Why doesn’t the Questioning Heart Technique work?”
The shadow of the Buddhist Rat was filled with confusion.
Luo Wusheng raised his eyebrows, understanding that the other party was probably talking about the spell it released earlier.
Indeed, he felt the fluctuations of the spell, but it seemed not enough to affect himself… As for Little Yuli, perhaps it was because of the Exquisite Sword Heart?
Thinking about it, could the spell of this pink smoke actually not break through the defense of the Exquisite Sword Heart?
Shaking his head, he dispersed the pink smoke gathered in his hand and then rubbed the head of the girl beside him.
“… This is a very dangerous thing. Little Yuli, be careful not to be influenced by it.”
Miss Sword Immortal nodded thoughtfully, then said, “Luo Lang, I feel like I’m almost completely separating the two little mice…”
As she spoke, a desperate and miserable scream came from both the shadow of the Rat and its real body.
The Sword Ancestor’s Wooden Sword descended, and the shadow instantly separated from the body. The golden light on the Rat Netherkin’s body dissipated, leaving its gray fur somewhat bleached.
However, despite the pain of separation, the Rat Netherkin, in a somewhat wilted state, showed an excited expression on its face. The ethereal shadow, enveloped in Buddha’s light, floated in mid-air, seemingly uncertain of its next move.
However, in the next moment, a golden hand appeared out of nowhere.
Thud, thud
A dull heartbeat echoed.
【Pure Buddha nature?】
An eerie voice, seemingly arising from nowhere, caused Luo Wusheng’s back to be soaked in cold sweat. The golden hand split open, revealing a menacing mouth.
With just one bite, the shadow of the Buddhist Rat was swallowed whole.
Immediately after, that mouth opened again.
…
What just happened?
Luo Wusheng’s brain couldn’t process all the information in front of him instantly, but his body moved ahead of his thoughts.
A terrifying force was erupting in front of him.
He mobilized his spiritual energy, and the ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ artifact in his hand, alongside the Ancestor Sword, flew out and transformed into a small barrier, shielding him.
Meanwhile, Lu Yuli was protected behind him.
He had already used the Antediluvian Nether Eye, but it was too late.
In the next moment, the liquid-like barrier created by the Ancestor Sword instantly disintegrated and turned into liquid.
Spurting blood, Luo Wusheng, who was fully protecting the girl behind him, collapsed.
The string of gemstones around the neck of the Sword Immortal lit up, forming layers of protection around her body.
However, these defenses were gradually shattering.
Until the last layer.
【Hmm? The sword of the Sword Ancestor…? Is it the successor of the Sword Ancestor?】
A puzzled voice echoed, and the burst of spiritual energy disappeared instantly, as if it had never existed.
At this point, with his spiritual energy nearly depleted and in a weakened state, Luo Wusheng finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.
The headless Buddha statue sitting in the temple was holding the Sword Ancestor’s Wooden Sword in one hand and extending the other hand toward them. In the palm of that hand, a mouth closed and vanished, replaced by an eye.
In that eye, their figures were reflected.
For some reason, Luo Wusheng sensed a touch of awkward yet courteous… friendliness?
Feeling the less-than-optimal condition of his body, Luo Wusheng fell silent.