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Chapter 346: The Main Banquet, Nine Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng Peach, a Monk Holds the Golden Pagoda
Chapter 346: The Main Banquet, Nine Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng Peach, a Monk Holds the Golden Pagoda and Battles Xi Xi (Part 1)
Dust swirled and the deafening rumble echoed endlessly, as if an enraged Dragon King was moving its massive body, creating shockwaves that shook everything in its path.
The air raged, howling and raging.
The entire Divine Palace reverberated with thunderous roars.
On the spectator stand, everyone couldn't help but stare at the hundred-foot-tall figure, resembling a giant ape, roaring towards the sky, unrestrained and unbound by the Heaven and Earth Mimicry!
The overwhelming divine essence pressure was like a towering mountain rising from the ground, crashing down with a rumble, accompanied by a deafening sound akin to a collapsing mountain.
Oppressive, terrifying, and unbridled! The heroes from various divine sects and numerous cultivators from the Nine Cities of the Divine Capital, who had come to observe, felt their souls intensely shaken.
So powerful...
How could he be so strong?!
Unstoppable!
The monk from Little Spiritual Sound Mansion, manifesting the Vajra Bodhimanda, pushed the power of the second transformation of the Divine Embryo to its limits and even summoned a mythical divine weapon. Yet, he was still utterly defeated!
Swinging left and right, the white jade bricks beneath his feet shattered, leaving cracks and flying debris in its wake. The smoke and dust swirled like a rampaging dragon! Brutal and crude!
It was as if two colossal beings were engaging in the most primitive combat techniques.
For a terrifying existence with a hundred-foot-tall body formed entirely from divine essence, each punch and swing carried an incredibly formidable force.
Just as an ordinary person's finger could crush an ant, making it feel like the end of the world, the same was true for these cultivators. But what truly astonished them was...
Li Che's divine essence technique, Heaven and Earth Mimicry, could be elevated to a hundred feet tall. Was this his limit?
No!
Was a hundred-foot-tall Heaven and Earth Mimicry truly Li Che's limit?!
At this moment, many hearts trembled with doubt.
This incredibly powerful Three Purity rank divine essence technique became more terrifying the larger it grew, and the accumulated divine essence made its unleashed power even more formidable!
A hundred feet...
It was already incredibly terrifying!
Perhaps only a cultivator with a Divine Embryo at the third transformation, where their five viscera and six entrails had all grown, could withstand such power!
If Li Che's defeat of Zhou Chi Guo was due to Zhou's Divine Embryo only having one transformation, making him no match for Li Che at the same rank, then the defeat of Monk Wukong clearly showed everyone that Li Che's Heaven and Earth Mimicry, at the Three Purity rank, could enable him to fight across ranks and overpower a cultivator with a Divine Embryo at the second transformation!
It should be noted that the gap in divine essence rank between the first and second transformations of the Divine Embryo was not as significant as the gap between the Divine Essence and Divine Embryo ranks.
However, there was still an incredibly oppressive rank gap.
But Li Che, having just broken through to the Divine Embryo rank, could bridge this gap and achieve the remarkable feat of defeating a cultivator with a Divine Embryo at the second transformation.
Seven consecutive victories!
Seven in a row!
Including Zhou Chi Guo, Li Che had achieved seven consecutive victories during the preliminary banquet, excluding the three weak heroes sent by Vast Horizon Academy, Bashu Sword Pavilion, and Dragon Tiger Divine Sect.
Essentially, each of Li Che's victories was of substantial value.
He was truly invincible!
It could be said that the bet between the six divine sects and the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect had already been lost by half.
Based on Li Che's daughter, Xi Xi's performance, at only six years old, she could easily annihilate even a Great Master. With such prowess, achieving seven consecutive victories might not be a problem at all!
Xi Xi had already won two battles, and with five more victories, she would essentially decide the outcome of this century-old grand gamble.
In fact, Xi Xi's two consecutive victories were not against weak opponents; the dragon whelps from the Sky Pill Sect and True Martial Divine Sect were formidable!
"This father-daughter duo... they're truly monsters!"
"The father is a monster, and the daughter is a monster too, truly worthy of being father and daughter!"
On the spectator stand, a powerful cultivator from a divine sect exclaimed, then immediately retreated from his divine state.
Li Che, with his Three Purity rank Divine Embryo technique, Heaven and Earth Mimicry, stood almost invincible. Anyone who wished to defeat him had to break through the defense of Heaven and Earth Mimicry and get close to Li Che's body to have a chance.
As for Xi Xi, she possessed a formidable Mechanism Technique. To defeat her, one would have to endure the onslaught of her mechanisms and get close to her while avoiding the explosions, which had the power of a Great Master's attack.
It was a difficult task, indeed!
On the spectator stand, cultivators from the Divine Capital and various divine sects chose to teleport away.
Lu Tai Bai laughed heartily, his mood elated.
Xi Xi, witnessing her father's powerful display for the first time, stood with her mouth agape, astonished.
Father... was so fierce?!
With this momentum, the plan needed significant adjustments.
Xi Xi might need several decades to grow stronger!
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...
Within the Divine Palace, dust swirled.
The massive Heaven and Earth Mimicry began to dissipate.
Li Che's ink-black robe fluttered, and he struck the air, creating a whip-like sound.
His dark, robust hair danced wildly in the wind, and his aura gradually calmed. Divine essence, like lightning, coiled around his body, emitting a deep rumble.
"Huff..."
Li Che exhaled, and his entire body vibrated with a crackling sound.
Using only divine essence without engaging his martial body, Li Che felt a bit unsatisfied.
His blood boiled, yet he could only watch as Heaven and Earth Mimicry dominated without resistance, providing a satisfying sense of impact.
Within the Niwan Palace in his forehead, there was a slight sense of emptiness.
This time, Li Che truly exerted himself, fully activating the Divine Embryo Technique, Heaven and Earth Mimicry. He even infused it with the Seven Orifices Crystal Heart, pushing the technique to its limit and creating a hundred-zhang-tall manifestation.
But this wasn't the limit of the technique; it was Li Che's limit. Having just broken through to the Divine Embryo Realm, even with the support of his emotions and Lu Xuan's Golden Elixir, his Divine Essence was vast but couldn't withstand the consumption.
Taking out a Four Greats Lower Tier Divine Essence Crystal, the Seven Orifices Crystal Heart began to beat rapidly, swiftly extracting Divine Essence and infusing it into the Niwan Inner Vision, filling the void within.
The emptiness in Li Che's heart gradually dissipated.
With a grab of his fingers, a buzzing sound exploded.
The Divine Essence spread out, and a golden hoop, forged entirely of gold, appeared and floated in Li Che's palm.
The golden hoop was covered in intricate Buddhist scriptures, but the Divine Essence from the Seven Orifices Crystal Heart washed away its divine light, leaving it dull and lifeless.
Li Che took a glance with his Star-Plucking Pupils.
[Divine Armament (Middle Tier of the Five Elders): Bodhimanda Vajra Tara Mantra Golden Hoop (Replica Armament)]
[Craftsmanship: Personally crafted by the Divine Armament Saint of Little Heavenly Sound Temple, with painstaking effort and exquisite craftsmanship, creating a replica.]
A fake?! Li Che was astonished. This was the first time he had encountered a counterfeit divine armament.
Of course, it couldn't be entirely called a fake, as this weapon also possessed the quality of the Middle Tier of the Five Elders and its power was indeed remarkable, possessing the genuine Divine Essence power of the Golden Hoop...
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to stimulate the Divine Embryo of the Spirit Monkey and the Heaven-Straddling Face within the Heavenly Palace Chessboard.
After all, the Golden Eyebrow Great Mage was a Divine Carving Saint, and now, from the introduction of the Golden Hoop, it was clear that Little Heavenly Sound Temple should also have a Divine Armament Saint, who had replicated a mythical divine weapon!
A Divine Carving Saint and a Divine Armament Saint...
But Heavenly Origin Divine Sect didn't have either.
It was said that Little Heavenly Sound Temple had long broken free from the control of the Great Jing Court and was growing wildly and barbarically in Xiling Dao. No one knew how powerful it had become. From this Golden Hoop, one could get a glimpse of the temple's immense allure.
The Divine Essence contained within the Golden Hoop had even tried to subjugate Li Che's Heaven and Earth Mimicry and infect his consciousness during his previous confrontation with Monk Wukong, intending to make him submit to the Buddhist path! Such a method was indeed sinister and vicious.
Perhaps, the reputation of Xiling Dao as the Buddhist Land on Earth was inseparable from the allure of Little Heavenly Sound Temple's methods that bewitched people's hearts.
Even with Li Che's formidable cultivation, they dared to use divine light to try and convert him.
How could the common people in the various states and prefectures of Xiling Dao resist such allure? No wonder the Great Jing Court gradually lost control over Xiling Dao.
Little Heavenly Sound Temple, or rather, this realm's temple, was indeed somewhat bizarre.
After the divine light was washed away from the Golden Hoop, its effect seemed to diminish.
Li Che tore open the space and threw the Golden Hoop inside, no longer paying it any attention.
Buzz...
Li Che's eyebrows suddenly rose.
In the Divine Palace, the Divine Essence of Queen Mother Xi Wangmu surged forth.
A prompt appeared before Li Che's eyes.
[Attendee of the Preliminary Banquet: Li Che]
[Seven Consecutive Victories in the Preliminary Banquet]
[Qualified for the Main Banquet of the Peach Banquet Festival and Hero Feast]
Seven consecutive victories...
Does that automatically qualify him for the main banquet? Li Che was surprised.
Because Lu Tai Bai hadn't mentioned this before.
It seemed that seven consecutive victories were a shortcut to the main banquet.
However, it was also because of these seven victories that the Queen Mother Temple's deity automatically determined that Li Che's cultivation was far superior to the preliminary banquet level, allowing him to directly proceed to the main banquet.
"The main banquet..."
"The main banquet of the Peach Banquet Festival and Hero Feast, where I heard the opponents will be even stronger... Like the first hero of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, the Celestial Master Dao, who directly advanced to the main banquet, and the hero of the Southern Sea Bamboo Forest, who also did the same..."
Li Che's eyes revealed a glimmer of interest.
Only at the feast could one obtain rewards like thousand-year-old peaches, or even... Peaches of several thousand years.
Peaches also varied in their effects, some nourishing the body, some the spirit, and some prolonging life...
The eight-hundred-year-old Chi Long Blood Peach that Li Che obtained before was for replenishing the body's energy.
In the distance, the divine light that shrouded the table faded away.
Che walked over with a hint of anticipation.
The first three rounds had been disgusting, and the preliminary banquet only offered a cup of tea, which left Li Che speechless.
This round against Monk Wukong should be better, right? Indeed.
As the glow dissipated, Li Che saw a peach with a white core and a pink exterior, placed on the table.
Beside the table, there was also a jade wine pot and cups.
A rich fragrance filled the air.
[Heavenly Material (Middle Tier of the Five Elders): Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Black Phoenix Spirit Peach]
Another eight-hundred-year-old peach! Li Che's eyes lit up.
An eight-hundred-year-old peach... should be the highest-quality reward for the preliminary banquet! Unlike the Chi Long Blood Peach, this Black Phoenix Spirit Peach was probably not for replenishing the body but for enhancing the Divine Essence.
Li Che thought for a moment and then picked up the peach, taking a bite.
It wasn't crispy, but rather soft, like eating a water honey peach. Juice splattered as he bit into it.
The fruit's flesh seemed to come alive, turning into a cool stream that quickly rushed towards Li Che's forehead.
In just a moment, Li Che's consciousness merged into the Niwan Palace within his eyebrows.
It wasn't a simple transformation into Divine Energy, but rather, it was like a nourishing tonic, stimulating each Divine Essence Golden Elixir, causing them to constantly undergo metamorphosis.
Li Che's Seven Emotions and Six Desires Golden Elixir had almost reached the level of Embryonic Breathing, capable of giving birth to a majestic Divine Energy.
Now, under the stimulation of the Peach, these Golden Elixirs seemed to be on the verge of transforming into Embryos.
"What a good thing... However, it doesn't seem to have much effect on the Divine Embryo, prioritizing the Divine Essence Golden Elixir instead?"
Li Che fell into deep thought.
After a few sips, the entire Peach was devoured.
Among the numerous Golden Elixirs, Lu Qingxuan's Golden Elixir was the one that absorbed the most Divine Energy, growing stronger and fuller, almost on the verge of transforming into a Divine Embryo.
The vigorous beating of the Embryonic Breathing heartbeat seemed to reverberate within the Niwan Palace.
Li Che drank another cup of wine, and the entire person felt as if they were about to ascend to the heavens, even Li Che felt a sense of soul-stirring elation.
"Good wine."
Li Che praised, not much different from the Dragon Blood Wine the boss had given him.
Although the taste was slightly inferior, its effect on cultivation assistance was even more remarkable.
Li Che thought that it was probably due to the difference in raw materials.
Stretching lazily, Li Che put down the wine gourd, and his entire person vanished within the Divine Palace.
After Li Che's disappearance, the empty Divine Palace suddenly echoed with a leisurely sigh.
Countless Buddha lights crushed by Li Che began to slowly gather together for some unknown reason.
Finally, they transformed into the Tight Bind.
Suddenly, the Divine Palace was filled with a terrifying Divine Energy.
Bang—!!!
The Buddha Light Tight Bind instantly shattered into pieces!
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Lotus Pavilion.
The bright sunlight shone into the pavilion, causing the water to glisten with ripples, and three lotus flowers bloomed splendidly.
An elderly man in plain clothes slowly descended the bamboo ladder, his brows furrowed.
National Master Xie Yunshen's eyes revealed a hint of strangeness.
"Master, the Pacify Rebellion Prince has come to pay his respects."
A guard with a long sword at his waist hurried over and bowed.
"Let him in."
National Master Xie Yunshen sat at the main desk, preparing tea, but his brows remained furrowed, forming a deep frown.
(End of Chapter)
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