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"boom--!!"

The bright golden Buddha's palm and the dark purple ghost fist collided fiercely.

The immense force caused the ground to crack, sending debris flying everywhere.

A blast of air swept out.

With a loud bang, the entire quiet room collapsed instantly.

Two figures rushed out of the ruins, one after the other, and landed on the open ground outside the temple.

Mingjing was still bathed in golden Buddhist light, like a Vajra descending to earth, majestic and solemn.

Jing Chan, who was facing him from afar, was surrounded by ghostly energy, with dark purple inscriptions shimmering on his skin.

"Nephew, your Vajra Palm technique does have some of the skill of Master Xuyuan."

Jingchan smiled and gave a thumbs-up.

In just one exchange, he clearly sensed that Mingjing was no ordinary person.

No wonder Master Xuyuan sent Mingjing to find him; in terms of physical strength alone, Mingjing is indeed a bit stronger than him.

Once the battle becomes protracted, given his indestructible glass body, his defeat is only a matter of time.

"Uncle-Master, you flatter me. I only have a few resemblances to my master."

A clear, resonant voice rang out: "So, Uncle-Master, would you be willing to return to the temple with me?"

Jingchan simply shook his head and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Mingjing no longer held back. With a stomp of her foot, she transformed into a golden stream of light and continued her attack on Jingchan.

Instead of meeting the attack head-on as before, Jingchan suddenly pushed off the ground with her feet, sending her flying backward.

At the same time, the ghostly energy surrounding Jingchan suddenly surged, tearing his robes apart like a predatory vulture, revealing his bulging muscles.

In an instant, every one of his sculpted, angular muscles swelled with blood.

Dark purple runes, like living things, roamed across his skin.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the patterns suddenly changed, transforming from regular lines into something completely irregular.

But if you look closely, you can see that the transformed dark purple inscriptions are clearly shrunken, terrifying ghost faces.

This is the ultimate secret of the Hozuki Buddha body—

He uses his body as a prison, and his body suppresses all ghosts!

Unlike the usual method that requires consuming large amounts of demon flesh and precious medicines, this method only requires continuously suppressing ghosts within oneself to continuously strengthen one's physique.

However, while suppressing ghosts, one's own soul will also be constantly eroded by the ghosts being suppressed.

This is an extremely painful process. Many monks at Ghost Lantern Temple, unable to endure the daily erosion by the ghosts, eventually chose to end their own lives.

However, if the practitioner can endure it, theoretically speaking, the upper limit of this martial art will far exceed that of ordinary sixth-level external martial arts.

In fact, even the most talented Jing Chan in the last hundred years, who suppressed nearly a hundred ghosts, only managed to cultivate them to the sixth level of perfection.

Its final power, however, is still somewhat inferior to the Vajra Indestructible Crystal Body of Vajra Temple.

Besides suppressing ghosts to temper the physical body, it can also unleash power far beyond the ordinary when actively awakening the suppressed ghosts at the same time.

Similarly, at this time, one must also endure immense mental anguish.

Even Jingchan's smile vanished, replaced by bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression.

"Uncle-Master, why do this..."

Seeing this scene before him, Mingjing sighed inwardly, and then silently made a hand seal.

Indestructible Vajra Seal, arise!

This is a secret technique that can only be practiced after one has mastered the Vajra Indestructible Lapis Lazuli Body. Its effect is similar to that of the Ghost Lamp Buddha Body in awakening ghosts; both are explosive secret techniques.

However, compared to the unorthodox Ghost Lamp Buddha Body, the Vajra Indestructible Lapis Lazuli Seal is more righteous and gentle. It does not put too much pressure on the user and only causes physical weakness afterward.

As Mingjing made a hand seal, the golden light surrounding him hummed and became even more intense.

"I never imagined you'd even mastered the Vajra Indestructible Glazed Seal! Master Xuyuan has a worthy successor!"

Jingchan, his eyes bloodshot, sighed.

Mingjing did not respond. Almost the instant the Vajra Indestructible Glazed Seal was activated, he rushed out and blasted towards Jingchan.

Jingchan did not retreat again, and met the attack head-on.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"

In an instant, golden light and ghostly shadows collided, and sand and strong winds flew together.

The dazzling golden light and the dark purple glow constantly intertwined, collided, and annihilated.

..................

"They actually started fighting?"

In the distance, on an extremely thick tree trunk, Mu Yang watched the scene before him in astonishment.

Beside him stood Lu Zongsong, whose face was cold and stern.

There was no one else besides them.

Because of the plan to take action against Jingchan and Mingjing, Muyang did not allow Lei Xing and the others to approach the back mountain. Instead, he had them change their clothes and sneak into the front courtyard of the temple to investigate.

Mu Yang and Lu Zongsong went straight to the back mountain, aiming for a quick victory.

Unexpectedly, before the two of them could make a move, Jingchan and Mingjing took action first.

"So, that monk covered in golden light wasn't here to help that old bald monk? Do you know why?"

Mu Yang looked at Lu Zongsong.

He didn't know much about the specific relationship between the Vajra Temple and the Ghost Lantern Temple, only that he had heard from Lei Xing that the two forces had some connection.

"I don't know."

Lu Zongsong was also somewhat confused.

If he had known it would turn out like this, he wouldn't have gone down the mountain in the first place; he would have attacked Jingchan directly.

Another day wasted.

"In that case, let's get started and finish this quickly."

Seeing that Lu Zongsong was unclear, Mu Yang did not ask any further questions and casually drew out the black gold four-sided mace from his waist.

Who cares what their relationship is? If you have any questions, ask them after you finish the call!

"it is good."

Lu Zongsong nodded, while holding the Mandarin Duck Axe at his waist in his palm.

"hold head high!!"

Just as Mu Yang and his companion were about to make their move, a dragon's roar resounded.

Mingjing and Jingchan, who were just exchanging blows, had now separated.

The gleaming golden mirror was panting heavily, staring in astonishment at the scene before it.

At this moment, all the dark purple patterns on Jingchan's body merged together, transforming into two different shapes, one large and one small, on his chest.

The inscription on his left chest was shaped like a dragon, baring its fangs and claws, and was dark purple in color, exuding a strong demonic aura.

The mark on his right chest was pure black, resembling a human figure, but without arms or legs, its face was blurry, and its whole body exuded a ghostly aura, radiating a cold and eerie feeling.

As the two inscriptions, one on the human and one on the dragon, took shape, Jing Chan's bulging muscles deflated instantly, like a punctured balloon.

At the same time, the two inscriptions seemed to come alive, and flew away from Jingchan's chest while swaying.

It transformed into a ghostly dragon and a humanoid ghost!

In an instant, a terrifying ghostly aura filled the air, and the temperature on the back of Ghost Lantern Mountain dropped significantly.

"This is... a fused ghost? Martial Uncle, you... you actually mastered this!"

Seeing this scene before him, Mingjing could not contain his shock and cried out in alarm.