The Undying Immortals of the Terrifying Heavens

In the darkness, a sinister statue that made Chen Xing's five senses scream wildly and his body and mind instinctively feel an extreme sense of danger suddenly appeared before him!

The statue is shaped like a pregnant woman, with a bronze base covered in a dark black glaze, and covered with dizzying scriptures.

The statue has eight arms, with the Eight Directions Heavenly Hand Seal on its chest, and its face is covered by a red cloth with four characters written on it: "Life and death are named".

The moment Chen Xing caught a glimpse of the Great Black Buddha Mother, the surrounding deathly darkness seemed to suddenly come alive. In his vision, one after another, strange reverse eight-direction heavenly hand seals bloomed, resembling lotus flowers opening and closing, extremely sinister.

"Fire Buddha rests in one, mind sage has no moo!"

"Fire Buddha rests in one, mind sage has no moo!"

"Fire Buddha rests in one, mind sage has no moo!"

A deep, murky hum instantly pierced the eardrums and swept through the entire body.

Chen Xing felt a grating, gnawing pain from his skin to his bones, with countless tiny pits appearing all over his body.

His body stiffened instantly, and as he faced the Great Black Buddha Mother, he was subjected to an unprecedented and terrifying curse attack without any buffer.

"Ha, as expected of the Buddha Mother... her strength is truly terrifying."

Countless green caterpillars crawled out of his mouth and nose, instantly covering his entire body and frantically gnawing at his flesh.

Despite the excruciating pain, Chen Xing mustered all his strength and plunged the White Crane Boy's command sword deep into his heart. Gritting his teeth, he chanted a deep incantation: "My heart's blood is offered to the sword, the white crane descends upon the altar, slaying evil spirits, dispelling all wickedness, so be it—by decree!"

The instant the incantation was cast, Chen Xing felt as if all the blood in his body had been drained, and his heart withered and shrunken. But the next moment, a clear crane's cry rang in his ears, and all the strange illusions before his eyes vanished without a trace.

The sword at his heart felt slightly hot, its blade trembled violently, and spiritual energy surged continuously.

Chen Xing suddenly pulled it out and gripped it tightly. In a flash, he stepped forward and punched the statue of the Black Buddha Mother with all his might.

Clang!

With a crisp crack, the two arms of the Great Black Buddha Mother snapped off and fell to the ground. The red cloth covering her face moved automatically without wind, fluttering slowly.

Chen Xing looked up and saw that under the red cloth was not a human face, but a deep, dark, empty face, like a deep crystal cave.

That chilling caterpillar curse from before is poised to strike again.

Chen Xing no longer wanted to endure even a fraction of that extreme pain of insects gnawing at his flesh.

He grabbed the gourd filled with cinnabar from his hand and, without saying a word, stuffed it into the hollow of the face of the Great Black Buddha Mother.

"Eat shit!"

The gourd was inserted into the face of the deity, and every grain of cinnabar inside instantly exploded, like countless firecrackers exploding, with a continuous crackling sound.

The entire statue of the Great Black Buddha Mother trembled violently. Chen Xing gripped the command sword and slammed it down, causing the Yin-Yang Umbrella Bones on his body to fly out and tightly wrap around the command sword, amplifying its power.

Clang!

The piercing sound of metal clashing echoed continuously.

The White Crane Boy's command sword consistently suppressed the evil power of the Great Black Buddha Mother, but Chen Xing, caught up in the fierce battle, overlooked a fatal problem.

He suddenly felt an unusual stiffness in his palm, and when he looked down, his heart sank.

Under repeated and violent blows, the bronze command sword was bent and deformed!

Oh no! The Great Black Buddha Mother has a body made of iron, far harder than a bronze command sword!

"Fire Buddha Rest One, Heart Sage Without Moo!!!"

The shrill, ear-piercing curse rang out again, like thousands of steel needles piercing the eardrums and sinking deep into the brain, causing excruciating pain.

"Again? Damn it, I'm not afraid of you!"

With bloodshot eyes, Chen Xing unleashed his power, smashing the heavy Black Buddha Mother statue to the ground with an Iron Mountain Lean. He then knelt on top of the statue, continuing his relentless attack.

A powerful surge of energy coursed through his limbs and bones. His right hand swelled slightly, veins bulging, as he gripped the crooked White Crane Command Sword and slammed it down repeatedly.

The Great Black Buddha Mother's hard body was instantly covered with fine, spiderweb-like cracks. Chen Xing knew that this evil statue was already severely injured and its combat power greatly diminished. He continued to smash and suppress it while reaching for his waist.

He quickly pulled the fuse of the explosives on his body, and the acrid white smoke instantly filled the narrow tunnel. He then slammed the explosives onto the mangled remains of the Black Buddha Mother and turned to run away.

Before Chen Xing could run a few steps, an extremely violent shockwave from an explosion came crashing down from behind him.

Boom!

The entire underground palace trembled violently, and the ground shook violently.

The rubble and debris, along with the aftershocks of the explosion, slammed into Chen Xing, tearing bloody wounds into his body.

If an ordinary mortal were in this cramped cave, they would have been blown to pieces and died on the spot.

But for Chen Xing, a mere fatal wound was nothing to worry about!

The cave was cramped, and the immense energy from the explosion had nowhere to dissipate, instead being transformed into propulsion, carrying his figure rapidly toward the cave entrance.

Smoke and dust filled the air, and the acrid smell of gunpowder filled the air. Chen Xing steadied himself and looked up, only to find that he was just a few meters away from the cave exit.

He was secretly alarmed; the power of the explosives was far too ferocious. But just as he tried to stand up and steady himself, his legs went weak and trembled, and he stumbled and fell to the ground again.

He then realized that both his legs had been blown off. It took him a long time to recover and heal, demonstrating the terrifying power of the explosion.

Before Chen Xing could catch his breath, an unexpected turn of events suddenly occurred.

Outside the cave entrance, several voices could be clearly heard conversing.

"Don't go in! There was just a huge explosion inside; going in might cause a collapse!"

Immediately afterwards, the words "Great Black Buddha Mother" and "cult stronghold" reached Chen Xing's ears without missing a single one.

Chen Xing was startled, his face filled with astonishment.

"Damn, are you kidding me! How could someone suddenly appear here? This is completely unexpected and outside of his plans!"

With his mind racing, Chen Xing's first reaction was not to rush out of the cave to show himself, but to immediately turn around and run wildly towards the deepest part of the underground palace.

Fortunately, the underground palace was built very sturdily. After the violent explosion, only the walls showed some deformation and loosening, and it did not collapse completely.

Chen Xing rushed all the way to the deepest part of the underground palace, only to find that the once incomparably powerful Black Buddha Mother statue had been blown to pieces, with black fragments scattered all over the ground.

Amidst the scattered fragments, a bizarre scene made Chen Xing's expression freeze.

On the ground lay a mass of dark flesh and blood, mixed with tiny bone fragments.

Buddhist filth, mummified Buddhas... This evil entity before us uses similar mysterious methods, but it is by no means orthodox Buddhist or Taoist practice; rather, it is a heretical and evil art.

Traditional Buddhist enshrinement involves filling a Buddha statue with scriptures and precious jewels. A mummified Buddha is formed by drying and solidifying the body of a high-ranking monk after his death.

In other words, the seemingly intimidating large black Buddha statue was just an outer shell; the real culprit was this lump of flesh and blood!

Chen Xing bent down to take a closer look at the black, charcoal-black outer shell that had been blasted out.

He pulled out the rib of the Yinchai umbrella and gently flicked it. A wisp of black smoke rose from the flesh and blood, and there was no further movement, as if the evil power had been exhausted and completely silenced.

He then tested the surrounding broken bones and iron fragments of the idol one by one, but only faint black smoke drifted out, and the evil aura was weak, indicating that they had completely become ordinary yin materials.

The real key is this core of flesh and blood.

Chen Xing immediately reached out and used the ribs of the Yinchai umbrella to string together the mass of dark flesh and blood, then took off his clothes and wrapped it up carefully.

"The Great Black Buddha Mother should have been dealt with by now, so why hasn't the system popped up a notification that the task is complete?"

Chen Xing frowned slightly, secretly guessing that in order to completely complete the mission, it was probably not enough to just destroy its form. This evil core must be completely purified and destroyed without leaving any trace in order to truly eradicate the root of the evil.

He held the wrapped-up flesh in his hands, and could clearly feel the cold malice emanating from it, the chill piercing to the bone, like the transition from late autumn to winter, growing colder and colder.

This evil thing has only been temporarily silenced by the explosion. If it lingers for too long, it will inevitably resurface!

The most urgent and safest course of action is to take it to Zhoucang Temple or Baihe Immortal Palace and hand it over to the righteous gods for complete purification and destruction.

Chen Xing dared not delay and turned to run quickly toward the cave entrance.

A moment later, just as he rushed out of the cave, a blinding beam of flashlight suddenly shone straight at him and locked onto him.

A stern shout, filled with fear and vigilance, suddenly rang out:

"Stop right there! Who are you?!"