[Once the woman’s figure disappears, the White Elephant Demon reveals a cruel smile. The folds on its elephant-hide face squeeze together, making it look hideous in the extreme.]

[Its gaze upon you is full of malice as it says in its muffled voice that it does not care from which Buddha’s hands the Bodhisattva snatched you, nor does it care who your former master was.]

[From now on, if it tells you to go east, you cannot go west. If it tells you to crouch, you cannot stand…]

[As it speaks, it raises in its hand the lotus hammer weighing ten thousand jun. Every petal wrapped around the hammerhead has been forged from refined iron and dark steel, with great Dharma power infused into it, making the hammer heavy as a mountain. One strike of it would smash even steel bones and iron sinews into pulp.]

Lin Xun was still in the Invincibility state and could not act normally. He could only move his lips.

However, although he could not possess a Shell, his soul could still activate authority power.

Countless characters flashed through his eyes as he drove Analysis Authority to judge the relative strength of friend and foe.

Very quickly, he got the answer… he could not win!

This White Elephant Demon was also an Immortal grade monster, but its Shell level was absurdly high, completely beyond what should exist in Chapter Eight.

It was not a creature on the same difficulty level as the little mobs near the spawn point, nor the previous Mother Buddha of All Evils.

In other words, even if Lin Xun chose soul persistence and then possessed a Shell, he would most likely still be smashed by this monster until he doubted life itself.

“Brute force won’t work. Then I have to outsmart it…”

Lin Xun stroked his chin and spoke. If that Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva were still here, none of his tricks would work. But now that the big BOSS had left, only a small BOSS remained, and from the look of it, it was the kind that had put all its points into strength…

His original plan had been, after killing the Mother Buddha of All Evils, to go grind some elite monsters or BOSSes to repay the battle rating debt he had incurred by seizing the Divine item.

Because before the battle rating was repaid, the servant could not forcibly exchange out another Divine item, or there was a chance of triggering a mechanism in The Book of Salvation similar to a firewall, causing their sneaky activities to be discovered.

Only after repaying that debt could Lin Xun go fight Immortal grade gods again and seize Divine power from The Book of Salvation once more.

Now, suddenly entering the hidden region of Chapter Nine had completely disrupted his previous plans.

“The monster level in this hidden region is very high. The hidden reward chests and such in this area should not be bad either. I need to find a way to deal with this White Elephant Demon first.”

“Then while the big BOSS is not home, I can loot the place properly.”

[The White Elephant Demon sees you standing there in a daze for a long while, showing no reaction to its words, and a fierce glint flashes through its tiny eyes!]

[It raises its hammer and smashes it toward you in a single blow!]

[The refined-iron heavy hammer carries a howling gale, stirring violent winds throughout the treasure hall, as though what is smashing toward you is not a lotus hammer, but a towering mountain!]

[With a thunderous boom!]

[The White Elephant Demon is forced backward again and again by the rebounding force, falling on its rear, while you remain unharmed under the protection of a streak of golden light.]

[The White Elephant Demon flies into a rage, stands up, and swings hammer after hammer at you. It is shaken dizzy by the rebounding force, while your soul, under the protection of the great divine art, does not suffer the slightest injury.]

Lin Xun grinned. “The Invincibility state produced by the hellish game really does come with quality assurance.”

“Even your own big BOSS couldn’t break this Invincibility, and you think a baby pet like you can make me lose composure?”

[The White Elephant Demon rises, shaking its head, then stares at you and questions, Exactly which Buddha’s demon beast are you that the Bodhisattva snatched away? How can you have such a powerful great divine art protecting you?]

[You fold your arms and say calmly, I am the offspring of the Chaotic Origin Dragon, not some strange dragon demon.]

[Since the White Elephant has seen a Dragon Scion, why does it not kneel?]

[You understand that all demon-kind are believers of the Chaotic Origin Dragon. Although this White Elephant Demon has fallen into Extreme Evil, it is probably like the Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva, unknowingly corroded by the Evil God. Its faith in its heart is still likely the former Chaotic Origin Dragon.]

[If you can establish the identity of Dragon God’s descendant, that is, the Dragonborn, then this White Elephant Demon will very likely be turned to your side.]

[Who would have thought that upon hearing your words, the White Elephant Demon sneers and says, Chaotic Origin Dragon? What Dragon God is even left in this world?]

[The Dragon God died and fell long ago, and there have long ceased to be any demon-kind in this world!]

[It is now a White Elephant devoted wholeheartedly to the Buddha. You had best stop mentioning any Dragon God, or once the great divine art protecting you fades, it will make you suffer well and thoroughly!]

Lin Xun froze.

There were several possible explanations for White Elephant’s claim, and the least likely one was that the Chaotic Origin Dragon had truly died and fallen.

Because the goal of the Extreme Delusion Fruit was to corrode all things and all gods, turning everything in the world into its source of power.

How could it possibly allow the Chaotic Origin Dragon to die?

This understanding of the White Elephant Demon should be memory altered after being corroded by Extreme Evil.

Just like those villagers in Li Family Village who thought the world under the Vermilion Empire was peaceful and that the Martial Emperor was still in the imperial palace.

The most likely situation was that the Chaotic Origin Dragon had been completely corroded and had become the greatest source of power for the Evil God…

Judging from the state of affairs in the previous chapter, the old dragon had definitely fallen before Ancient Heavenly Enma.

When Lin Xun thought of this, he could not help but wonder whether the one the Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva had been trying to contact was truly Ancient Heavenly Enma, or the Extreme Delusion Fruit.

Because its memories and cognition had already been tampered with. It was entirely possible that in that Bodhisattva’s cognition, the Extreme Delusion Fruit was the main god of its household.

“If that BOSS was contacting the Extreme Delusion Fruit, then I’m in danger. I have to finish exploring this area as quickly as possible, then slip away at once.”

[You shake your head. Knowing that the White Elephant Demon’s memories have already been tampered with by malice and cannot be corrected, you understand that if you want to outsmart it, you will have to approach from another angle…]

[Seeing that you refuse to move your feet, and that the great divine art protecting you still has not faded, the White Elephant Demon follows the Bodhisattva’s instructions, uses several hammer blows to crack apart the land beneath your feet, then lifts the land together with you and your soul and carries you outside the hall.]

[Outside the treasure hall, clouds and mist swirl about, while golden Buddhist light flickers and shines among the cloud layers of the nine heavens. Several grand cloud bridges extend from the hall, leading toward several other Pure Bliss treasure lands hidden in the vast mist.]

[You ask the White Elephant Demon beneath you, which is carrying you, where exactly it is taking you now.]

[The White Elephant Demon gives a cold smile and says, Of course, to the place where you will be imprisoned. The Bodhisattva already said that although you are protected by a great divine art, that divine art cannot shelter you forever.]

[It only needs to wait for the divine art upon you to fade, and then it will be able to properly deal with you!]

[Your eyes shift, and you immediately reply, This divine art’s protection cannot fade on its own in ten days or half a month. I bet that before the Bodhisattva returns, it definitely will not be able to fulfill the Bodhisattva’s Dharma decree.]

[The White Elephant Demon immediately stops in its tracks and looks at you suspiciously as it asks, Is that true?]

[You nod and say, Just now, it kept swinging its hammer over and over. Did it see even the slightest sign of the protection of this divine art weakening?]

[This divine art can still protect you for half a month, but the divine art’s power will fade in the end.]

[How about this, you make a deal with it. You will actively dispel the protection of the divine art and help it complete the Bodhisattva’s Dharma decree. From then on, both of you can serve the Bodhisattva together, so you can be considered fellow travelers… no, fellow disciple brothers.]

[As repayment, it only needs to answer a few of your questions.]

[The White Elephant Demon looks at your utterly sincere expression and falls into thought…]