Chapter 538: Chapter 303: Red Sound Fire Vajra! Baggy Arhat!

Rumble!

Su Que was pondering when suddenly the mountain he was in shook.

A loud boom came from afar.

It was as if a giant meteor had struck somewhere in this mountain range.

’I wonder what happened?’

Su Que’s eyes brightened, thinking that something had happened, and he might be able to fish in troubled waters, thus seizing an opportunity.

Thus, Su Que gathered his spirit and flew towards the source of the sound.

His body skimmed through the clouds, and soon he felt the place where the sound had come from was filled with a solemn Buddhist aura.

’Could it be the Divine Buddha of Spirit Mountain in action?’

Su Que wondered in his heart.

According to the memories of the cultivators from the Upper Realm, he knew that the Buddhist Sect in the Upper Realm was not just the faction of Spirit Mountain.

It was just that the power of Spirit Mountain was the greatest.

Moreover, from the cultivators’ memories, he knew that the Mother of Wusheng of the Evil Cult White Lotus Sect also had connections with the Buddhist Sect.

The Mother of Wusheng was influenced by the Buddha, and her sect’s cultivation techniques borrowed from those of the Buddhist Sect.

Besides, there were some other forces that also had intricate ties with the Buddhist Sect.

But compared to the powerful Spirit Mountain, these forces seemed less orthodox.

With questions in mind, Su Que gathered all his Essence Qi and spirit into the Lifebound Demon Seed in his dantian and flew in the direction of the Buddhist aura.

The closer he flew, the stronger the Buddhist aura became.

The sounds of combat over there also grew louder.

As he flew closer, he saw a scene.

A person with fiery red hair like flames, wearing a large golden Buddha bead necklace, topless, revealing a muscular body.

And another, standing over nine feet tall, wearing a ragged gray monk robe, with a chubby face, and a form like a bloated little mountain, with a belly seemingly capable of holding three or four people.

Alongside a hundred or so monsters with beast heads, dressed in monk robes and armored, standing upright, fifty or so bhikkhus, and thirty or so muscle-bound warriors, attacking a city from above.

Su Que recognized the two leaders from the memories of the Arhats.

The one with red hair and Buddha beads was the Red Sound Fire Vajra, one of Spirit Mountain’s Eight Great Vajra.

And the overly tall, chubby monk was the Baggy Arhat of Spirit Mountain’s Eighteen Arhats.

The Red Sound Fire Vajra had the cultivation of the Thirteenth-Layer of the Realm of Merging, while the Baggy Arhat had the cultivation of the Eleventh-Layer of the Realm of Merging.

The Red Sound Fire Vajra and the Baggy Arhat led the Dharma-Protecting Demon Monks, bhikkhus, and warriors, attacking the city below.

A torrent of dazzling golden Buddhist Seal Techniques, Buddhist Weapons, and Buddhist Magical Artifacts crashed down.

The city was protected by an invisible shield.

The shield, like an inverted bowl, covered the city.

This shield was maintained by the city’s array and the thousands of cultivators within it.

Martial Arts practitioners in the city released True Qi, while magic practitioners released Mana.

Mana wrapped around the True Qi, merging into the invisible shield to resist the attacks of Spirit Mountain’s Dharma Guardian Deities and monks.

However, with Spirit Mountain’s assault, the invisible shield quivered, on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this, Su Que understood from the Arhat’s memories what Red Sound Fire Vajra and the Baggy Arhat wanted to do.

They intended to "convert" all the loose cultivators of this entire city into Spirit Mountain.

The Celestial Court and Spirit Mountain were fighting over the loose cultivators in the Unclaimed Land.

Generally, if Spirit Mountain tried to "convert" loose cultivators, the Celestial Court would certainly intervene.

Neither the Celestial Court nor Spirit Mountain would watch the other grow stronger.

However, this city was closer to the territory of Spirit Mountain.

Spirit Mountain’s reinforcements would arrive much faster than those of the Celestial Court.

So, even if the Celestial Court knew Spirit Mountain wished to "convert" this city, they would not come to fight Spirit Mountain.

The Celestial Court would instead prefer to capture a city closer to their territory, recruiting all the loose cultivators there as Celestial Soldiers.

Although they could not stop Spirit Mountain from strengthening their forces, similarly, Spirit Mountain would find it hard to stop them from doing the same.

From the Arhat’s memories, Su Que knew that once these people were taken to Spirit Mountain.

If they were willing to cultivate at Spirit Mountain, they would be ordained and switch to cultivating Buddhist skills.

For the unyielding ones, they wouldn’t just let them die.

Rather, Spirit Mountain’s Bodhisattvas and Buddhas would perform a form of "Dharma Empowerment" on them.

Once the "Dharma Empowerment" succeeded, they would become staunch Buddhist disciples, from then on acting according to Spirit Mountain’s orders.

’This Dharma Empowerment is no different from brainwashing...’

Su Que thought, looking towards the direction again.

He was an enemy of Spirit Mountain, so naturally, he didn’t want to see Spirit Mountain grow stronger.

Moreover, the Red Sound Fire Vajra and Baggy Monk’s cultivation was not very high, and he should be able to handle it.

If he could obtain the Essence Qi and spirit of these two, his lifespan could be extended again.

However, the variable lay in the Demon Monks, bhikkhus, and warriors these two led.

These hundred or so, combined, didn’t hold much power, but when united with Red Sound Fire Vajra and Baggy Arhat, they couldn’t be underestimated.

Furthermore, from the Arhat’s memory, he knew that Baggy Arhat possessed an impressive magical treasure, the "Hundred Treasures Qiankun Bag."

With the Hundred Treasures Qiankun Bag, even though Baggy Arhat’s cultivation wasn’t as high as Red Sound Fire Vajra, he could likely hold his own against him.

After all, Arhats were disciples of the Spirit Mountain Buddha, while Vajras were just Guardian Gods of Spirit Mountain, not strictly disciples of Spirit Mountain.