Chapter 167: The Buddha Battles the True Dragon, the Gatling Bodhisattva, Bone-Draining and Marrow-S

Chapter 167: The Buddha Battles the True Dragon, the Gatling Bodhisattva, Bone-Draining and Marrow-Sucking! (4K)



"Roar—"

The True Dragon forcibly suppressed the extreme pain within and stopped rolling, its vertical pupils, tinted with a dark golden hue, glaring at the audacious ant before it, baring its fangs.

Golden thunder coursed through its body, seeking to annihilate the foreign object that had invaded its being. But the two foreign objects, one under its armpit and the other at its head, remained unmoved, as if they had taken root in its very essence, inching deeper still.

It had no choice but to divert the majority of its life force and dragon thunder to halt the intrusion of these two foreign objects.

On its sharp, curved horns, branches entwined, adorned with cherry blossoms, resembling a crown upon its head, and in its vertical pupils, rage burned.

"Roar!!!"

Even in its current state of unprecedented weakness, it would not tolerate such insolence from an insect.

Dragon thunder erupted, and hundreds upon hundreds of golden thunderbolts shot out in all directions, the sound of their explosions ringing incessantly.

The spacious Water Curtain Cave was blown apart, the cliff faces crumbled, and the entire Roaring Waterfall trembled violently. From the outside, the entire mountain that formed the waterfall seemed to be collapsing inward, as countless golden lightning bolts carved one massive hole after another into the cliff face. The waterfall reversed its flow, pouring into the Water Curtain Cave through these holes, and in no time, the cave was submerged.

Countless golden plants withstood the dragon thunder, protecting Xue Jing, and as the waterfall flooded the cave, he stood amidst the waters, his silver-white divine eyes observing the earth-shattering scene with a sense of calm.

He drew the Rabbit-Slaying Blade from his waist, and black flames ignited in the water, entwining the blade.

For some reason, despite being in the midst of an intense battlefield, he could feel the 'breath' of the Rabbit-Slaying Blade becoming increasingly apparent.

It seemed to be an omen, as if something was about to be born from the blade.

Xue Jing's gaze intensified, and the Hard Extreme True Dragon that had gathered within him shattered and split into two.

His blood and muscles pulsated in unison, one burning and boiling, the other spiraling and compressing, merging as one, with thunder and flames converging.

"Black Heaven Blade: Thunder Flame Cauldron—"

"Boom!!!"

In the depths of the water, where sound barely carried, a thunderous roar suddenly reverberated.

It was not a physical sound but a thunderclap that resounded on a spiritual level.

Pitch-black thunder and fiery flames intertwined and spiraled together, forming a massive black thunder-flame vortex over five meters in diameter. It howled as it advanced through the water, engulfing the currents and creating a vacuum passage that headed straight for the True Dragon.

"Huff—"

Rocks, trees... everything that stood in the path of the thunder-flame vortex was instantly reduced to invisible dust upon contact, and it finally struck the True Dragon's chest.

The tip of the vortex, like a drill, relentlessly spun, cut, and penetrated the True Dragon's flesh, shredding and pulverizing its dragon scales.

The powerful thunder-flame blade energy delved deep into its flesh, like a meat grinder, carving out a hole several meters deep in its chest, from which large amounts of dark golden blood pumped out, tinting the surrounding waters.

"Roar!!!

The True Dragon roared in anger and pain, and golden thunder coursed over its body, obliterating the thunder-flame vortex. With a powerful flap of its wings, it cleared the surrounding waters, creating a vast vacuum zone.

Xue Jing, after delivering that one strike, was about to pursue, but the force of the wings' movement sent him flying, and he tumbled out of the Roaring Waterfall.

As he exited, a black platform appeared under his feet, and with a push, he halted his backward momentum. He was about to return to the battlefield when he suddenly sensed a warning sign and instinctively glanced at his arm.

There, a trace of subtle dark golden blood had landed.

"Hmm?"

Before he could react, the dark golden blood suddenly came to life, transforming into a tiny 'blood dragon' that bit down on his arm.

In an instant, his life force was sucked away at a terrifying rate, and in less than the blink of an eye, the blood dragon swelled from the size of a thumb to that of a human infant.

Xue Jing's reaction was swift; the moment he saw the blood, he had already exerted force and shaken off the blood dragon. Even so, in that fleeting moment, at least one percent of his life force had been drained.

"What a cunning dragon species, with excellent control over its attributes... To inject its life force into its blood the moment it's injured, causing it to come alive..."

The Mirror Man exclaimed in surprise.

Xue Jing swung his blade, chopping the blood dragon into fragments, his eyes narrowing.

"Smart, but not smart enough... If this trick had been used at a critical moment, I might have fallen for it."

"The same trick won't work on me twice."

Black energy ignited black flames that enveloped his body, transforming into a magnificent Shadowflame Armor.

"Swoosh—"

From the already collapsed Roaring Waterfall, the True Dragon soared into the sky.

Although it was currently enduring the torment of the Snake-Slaying Spear's power, its body extremely weak and unable to attain the supersonic speeds it had displayed earlier, it was still incredibly fast and not to be underestimated.

High in the sky, at the very center of the borderland, the True Dragon let out an earth-shaking roar.

"Roar!"

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, obscuring the sun, and rolling thunder rumbled as if the gods themselves were enraged.

Xue Jing stared directly at the True Dragon in the sky. With a flick of his finger, nearly thirty Dragon Thunder Seeds converged around him once more.

Stems transformed into bodies, vines into clothing, thorns entwined around its surface, and petals adorned its limbs and head.

A golden giant Buddha appeared once more in the mortal realm.

However, this time, with the Plant Pact reaching Level 6, its power was even stronger, utilizing more seeds, resulting in a taller stature—fifty meters high—and an increase in the number of arms from eighteen to thirty-six.

Yet, Xue Jing did not stand atop the giant Buddha's palm as before. Instead, he sank downward, immersing himself in the shadows, hiding from view.

The majestic True Dragon paid no heed to the disappearance of this insignificant insect, assuming that its 'activated dragon blood' had drained him dry. Its dark golden vertical pupils gazed downward, focusing only on the golden giant Buddha.

At that moment, the compassionate-faced giant Buddha extended its thirty-six arms behind it and simultaneously directed an international gesture of friendship—the middle finger—toward the dragon.

This gesture seemed to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers, and the True Dragon instantly comprehended its meaning. Already enraged by pain, it immediately charged toward the giant Buddha, its body enveloped in golden thunder.

Hidden within the shadows, Xue Jing willed it, and the shadow flames entwined around the giant Buddha, forming a massive black Gatling gun that it held in both hands. The five gun barrels aimed directly at the diving True Dragon.

"Amitabha—"

Homage to the Gatling Bodhisattva, whose six roots of purity fire armor-piercing rounds, with each breath, three thousand six hundred turns, great mercy and compassion, ferry across the world.

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—"

The gun barrels spun rapidly, unleashing a terrifying metal storm of over a hundred rounds per second toward the True Dragon.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—"

The shadow flame-infused bullets, upon hitting their target, not only delivered kinetic energy but also burst into black flames, causing a second layer of annihilating damage.

A true barrage of bullets engulfed the True Dragon, causing black flames to continuously erupt from its body.

The strength of its physical body, greatly weakened by the Snake-Slaying Spear, could not withstand this ferocious onslaught. Its upper body's dragon scales and flesh were relentlessly torn apart, exposing the golden dragon bones beneath.

"ROAR!!!"

However, the True Dragon showed no sign of retreat or evasion. It merely roared in anger as it continued its approach toward the giant Buddha.

Compared to the agony it was enduring internally, the external wounds were but a minor irritation, serving only to fuel its fury further.

"Hmm?"

The golden giant Buddha let out a sound akin to a giant, echoing 'huh' in the style of Ultraman, and then it waved the Gatling gun in its hand, transforming it into a pitch-black giant blade.

"Clang—"

The giant Buddha gripped the blade with both hands, holding it horizontally to block the True Dragon's diving claw. The powerful impact caused a third of its fifty-meter-tall body to plunge directly into the ground, creating a deafening boom.

As it blocked the attack, the thirty-six arms extending from its back instantly elongated, reaching high into the air, and clenched into fists—each one giving the middle finger.

Then, using its middle fingers, it proceeded to repeatedly strike the True Dragon in front of it.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—"

The Mirror Man couldn't help but quip, "What an impolite Buddha."

Concealed in the shadows, Xue Jing remained unperturbed. "The smaller the impact area, the greater the pressure. Fingers have more power than a fist."

Amid the endless torrent of middle fingers, the True Dragon's body was constantly shattered, but its formidable vitality allowed it to continuously self-repair. It paid no heed to the wounds it sustained and forcefully swiped backward with its front claws.

"Swish—"

The powerful force, as it exploded into a ring of air waves, interrupted the giant Buddha's relentless assault, shattering and pulverizing over a dozen of its arms.

Seizing the opportunity, the True Dragon grabbed the giant Buddha's head with its two front claws and opened its mouth, golden lightning gathering within.

"Buzz—"

The air vibrated as golden thunderbolts coalesced into a lightning cannon that pierced through the giant Buddha's head, vaporizing it. The residual energy continued forward for several dozen kilometers before gradually dissipating.

With its head obliterated, the giant Buddha's body ceased all movement, appearing to be dead.

Witnessing this, the True Dragon roared in victory, its face turned skyward.

Then, it flapped its wings, intending to take off and find a place to gradually wear down the two foreign objects within its body. Once that task was done, it would eradicate that pesky human settlement.

But, in that very instant of taking flight, the headless giant Buddha extended its remaining dozen or so arms, grasping the True Dragon's airborne feet and viciously slamming it into the ground.

"BOOM!!!"

The tremendous force, combined with the True Dragon's substantial mass, caused a mushroom cloud of dirt to erupt from the impact site, and the entire borderland seemed to shake.

Even the mighty True Dragon was dazed by this blow for a good while.

Seizing the opportunity, the giant Buddha's entire body toppled over onto the True Dragon, simultaneously transforming into various golden plants that tightly wrapped around the dragon, binding it securely. From the outside, it resembled a coffin.

At the same time, black mist was drawn from the surrounding shadows in large quantities, flowing toward the restrained True Dragon. It transformed into black flames that entered the 'coffin' through several openings created by the golden plants.

"This move shall be called 'Boiling the Turtle in the Pot.'"

Xue Jing's physical body emerged from the shadows, revealing his upper half as he raised a finger.

Black flames erupted and raged, incinerating the True Dragon's flesh as if sealing it within a high-pressure cooker for a stew.

A muffled, agonized dragon's roar emanated from within the 'pressure cooker,' and Xue Jing showed no mercy, channeling shadow flames into it without restraint, as if pumping water.

This was the first time he had been so extravagant, using shadow flames without reservation. Like a pump, he drew out as much as he could, causing the name 'Shadowflame' on the panel to gradually dim at a visible rate.

After about ten minutes, Xue Jing kept an eye on the 'blue bar' representing his shadow flames and left about a fifth of it as backup before stopping the incineration of the True Dragon.

The golden plant coffin split open from the middle, opening to the left and right, revealing the True Dragon within.

At this moment, its flesh and blood had been completely obliterated, leaving only a golden dragon skeleton.

Xue Jing jumped onto the skeleton, inspecting it before furrowing his brows and asking, "Hmm? No core organ?"

The Mirror Man pondered for a moment before answering, "That's odd. It has the ability to shift its core organ, so it should have hidden it within a bone!"

"Then, isn't that troublesome?" Xue Jing inquired.

He drew the Rabbit-Slaying Blade from his waist and casually chose a bone, slashing at it. However, the blade was deflected with a clang, unable to inflict any damage.

His silver-white pupils transformed into vertical slit-pupils, and he scanned the True Dragon's skeleton with his penetrating gaze, but there were no 'lines' or 'dots' on its body.

As he watched, flesh buds began to squirm and grow on the skeleton, prompting Xue Jing to ask, "Now what?"

The Mirror Man fell silent for a moment before replying, "We have no choice but to use the claw."

Xue Jing nodded and reached into the pocket of his tactical vest, first retrieving the claw that still retained half of its Serpent-Slaying power.

Then, he leaped onto the True Dragon's cervical vertebra and, holding the claw backward, forcefully jammed it into the spine.

Even the Serpent-Slaying Sharp Soldier felt resistance against the True Dragon's bone, and Xue Jing had to exert a tremendous amount of force to embed it.

Next, he took a deep breath, gripped the claw, and, starting from the True Dragon's cervical vertebra, began running along its spine toward the lumbar region.

The Serpent-Slaying Sharp Soldier tore through the bone, creating a gap along the entire length of the spine.

Xue Jing reached into the gap, forcefully pried the two sides apart, and exposed the dark golden marrow within.

A plant-like, refreshing fragrance wafted from the marrow, surprisingly devoid of any putrid smell.

Wearing his Shadowflame Entwining Armor, Xue Jing was unconcerned about getting dirty and immediately crawled inside, beginning to 'extract the marrow.'

A spine-chilling, sticky sound of flesh and blood continuously echoed—squish, squish.

Only after excavating the entire spine and scattering chunks of jelly-like marrow on the ground did Xue Jing give up, having failed to find the core organ.

He had no choice but to crawl out and select another bone, using the Serpent-Slaying Sharp Soldier to continue extracting the bone marrow.

Flesh buds squirmed and grew on the skeleton, and in no time, they formed enough nerves and muscles to control the body, allowing the True Dragon to move again.

It roared in anger, feeling the pain in its marrow, and its entire body was enveloped in golden lightning.

At that moment, after exhausting half of the Serpent-Slaying Sharp Soldier's power, Xue Jing finally found a soft, fleshy ball within the True Dragon's forelimb bone.

His eyes lit up, and without hesitation, he immediately drew out the last intact Serpent-Slaying Sharp Soldier claw and jammed it into the ball! Simultaneously, golden lightning struck his body, instantly shattering his Shadowflame Entwining Armor.

Xue Jing instinctively sidestepped to the left, but the golden lightning showed no signs of letting up, tearing through half of his body. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been instantly killed.

Xue Jing was blown away by the lightning strike, and the True Dragon also sensed that another 'foreign object' had entered its body.

And this time, it wasn't just flesh—it was something even more critical: its core organ.

"ROAR!!!"

The earth-shattering roar reverberated as golden lightning erupted from the True Dragon, pulverizing everything around it. The mighty Roaring Waterfall was completely destroyed.

Its once boundless life force was now being relentlessly annihilated.

Xue Jing was blown away for kilometers, crashing into the ground and creating a deep pit. Half of his body was enveloped in golden electricity, and he ignited his life fire with his spiritual power, his flesh buds squirming and repairing his damaged flesh.

Staring at the True Dragon, which continued to burst with golden lightning like a second sun, Xue Jing endured the dozens of times gravity pressing down on him and forced out the words, "Did it work?"

The Mirror Man nodded, a hint of excitement in his voice. "It worked! Perfectly! Not a single claw was wasted."

"Now it all depends on whether you can exhaust the last bit of life force from this pure-blood dragon species."

Xue Jing took a deep breath, and his life fire blazed fiercely. Within seconds, his half-destroyed body regenerated at superspeed, and the repairs were complete.

He stood up, moved his body, flexed his newly regenerated left hand, and murmured, "Let's go, Round Two."

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(End of Chapter)

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