Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 809: Chapter 507: Guests Arriving

The sword arrives

“Hmph!”

The nun spoke with a pitiful voice, yet Demon Monarch Yan responded with a grim, cold laugh, “Even if you recite the names of gods and buddhas filling the heavens, no one can save you today. If you truly possess a shred of compassion, then come out and meet your death. In doing so, under my delighted mood, perhaps I might pity your beauty and spare a trace of incense for your Purity Temple, hahaha!”

The sound of his arrogant laughter fully revealed the demonic uproar.

However, the Master of Jingnian Nunnery remained composed, as a lotus platform suddenly appeared beneath her. Sword Intent leaked out faintly, connecting with the Brahman Grand Array. Though she possessed a Great Vehicle Body, she was able to guard this section of the world, unfazed by Demon Monarch Yan’s imposing pressure.

The battle between good and evil had initially erupted in the Barbaric Wastes to counter the invasion from the Demon Realm. The Brahma Sect had spared no expense in establishing many great cities within the Barbaric Wastes, Brahman City being one of them, protected by a Six-Order Array Method.

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A Six-Order Array Method, facing Demon Monarch Yan who ranked as a Ninth Order of the Tribulation Realm, seemed somewhat forced. Still, the Brahma Sect had anticipated this situation and had dispatched the Master of Jingnian Nunnery, a top-tier cultivator within Mahayana, comparable to the Saint Lord, wielding the Manjusri Wisdom Sword that excelled in both offense and defense, fully capable of protecting this city.

As long as they could stall and hold their ground without losing, once the powerful from the Brahma Sect arrived to reinforce them, they could potentially push the enemy back, or even turn defense into offense, reversing defeat into victory.

Thus, Jian Ni paid no mind to the words of Demon Monarch Yan, sitting firmly on her lotus platform, steadfastly defending Brahman.

“Lotus Heart Sword Platform?”

“Hmph, refuse the toast only to drink a forfeit!”

Demon Monarch Yan looked on with a cold eye as his killing intent burst forth, “Follow me in the assault. After the city falls, spare no one.”

“Kill!!!”

Upon hearing this, the demons also acted decisively, their cry of “kill” launching an offensive as the Demon Flow angrily surged toward the enemy defense.

Demon Monarch Yan himself raised his Demon Blade which was as thick and heavy as a mountain, wielding an unequalled domineering power to split Brahman.

“Amitabha!”

Atop the Lotus Heart Sword Platform, Jian Ni softly chanted the Buddha’s name, as boundless Sword Intent spread, like a lotus in full blossom.

Suddenly…

“Puff puff puff!”

With the unfolding of the Sword Lotus, an endlessly fierce energy surged forward, turning the advancing Demon Flow instantly into crimson. Countless of the Devil Race were shattered by this Sword Qi.

Only Demon Monarch Yan, relying on his Tribulation Realm strength, remained unafraid as Sword Qi rained down on him, his Demon Blade angrily slashing through, opening the heavens and splitting the earth, shattering petal after petal of the lotus and destroying layer upon layer of Sword Qi. However, as the Sword Lotus continued to bloom and the Sword Qi never ceased, it stubbornly blocked his offensive.

Indeed, it was the Brahma Sect’s treasured top quality Buddhist Instrument—the Lotus Heart Sword Platform!

This sort of artifact, in the hands of Jian Ni, shone with exceptional brilliance, integrating offense and defense seamlessly, perfectly intact.

Demon Monarch Yan’s strike achieved nothing, and his Demon Soldiers were also shredded by the Sword Qi Formation, leaving rivers of blood and countless dead or wounded.

However, Demon Monarch Yan’s expression remained unchanged, and his Demon Blade rose again, pressing the attack as his troops braved death itself without fear.

Between the Great Vehicle and Crossing the Tribulation, despite the vast gap between the two Realms, it was not an insurmountable divide.

Being among the pinnacle cultivators of the Mahayana, the capabilities of the Master of Jingnian Nunnery were extraordinary. Now settled upon the Lotus Heart Sword Platform and firmly guarding the Brahman Grand Array, she had the advantages of time, location, and unity of the people. Although not of the Tribulation Realm, she was comparable to one.

Looking at her opponent, Demon Monarch Yan, although unquestionably of the Tribulation Realm, was but newly advanced. Merely a decade prior, he had suffered a defeat at the hands of the Master of Jingnian Nunnery. While he had since broken through, he had only achieved advancement in cultivation, his Great Dharma Mystical Powers yet unrefined, making his strength somewhat superficial, leaving no chance for a decisive victory.

With such a fierce offensive, draining him fatally, it was doubtful whether he could breach the formation and enter the city even if reinforcements from the Brahma Sect arrived.

“Hmm!?”

As Demon Monarch Yan’s relentless assault continued, Jian Ni also furrowed her brows.

She was holding her position, waiting for support, with the protection of the Lotus Heart Sword Platform combined with the Brahman Grand Array, she was almost invincible. As long as nothing unexpected happened, it was impossible for Demon Monarch Yan to break through the formation.

She understood this well, as should Demon Monarch Yan.

Why then did he persist in attacking so forcefully?

Could it be that he had another reliance?

Jian Ni was puzzled but also helpless, only able to suppress her unease and firmly hold her position at the Lotus Platform.

Once known as one of the three most powerful among the hundreds of clans, the strength of the Devil Race goes without saying. Despite being defeated by the Human Clan in the ultimate battle and forced to move into the Demon Realm, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse; the overall strength of the Devil Race far surpassed that of the Brahma Sect, one of the Three Teaching Sects.

It was only because the Devil Race had its concerns and did not dare to leave its nest completely exposed that the Brahma Sect was able to hold firm in the Barbaric Wastes, rather than retreating to join forces with the Three Teaching Sect in the Central Plains to resist the demons.

“The few major Demon Heads leading the army are all under the surveillance of the Luminous Arhat. Should they make any moves, my Brahma Sect will surely respond. This Demon Monarch Yan can’t possibly be relying on that to take the city.”

“If not those old demons, then it must be the newly advanced Calamity Realm Demon Monarchs. But the strength of the newly advanced Demon Monarchs is mostly not formidable. Even if another Venerable were to come, it is yet to be seen if they could break both the Lotus Heart Sword Platform and the Brahman Grand Array.”

“So, on what is this Demon Monarch Yan relying?”

Astride the Lotus Platform, Jian Ni watched coldly, while fending off Demon Monarch Yan’s offensive, she searched for any weaknesses in herself.

And at that moment…

“BOOM!!!”

A thunderous explosion, Shaking Heaven and Earth, reverberated throughout Brahman City.

“How can this be!?”

Jian Ni’s eyes narrowed as she turned to look. She saw a light skyrocket within Brahman City, with red and white intertwining, transforming into a buddha statue. The buddha had two forms, a male sitting upright, cradling a female form, sanctity mingled with a hint of depravity.

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Jian Ni’s face changed as the Lotus swiftly spun, transforming into swords that struck directly at the Joyful Buddha image.

But the red and white, the intertwining of Yin and Yang, the buddha image transformed into a person with the elegance of both male and female, extremely enchanting.

It was none other than the Brahma Sect’s newly advanced Calamity Venerable—the Joyful Arhat.

Facing Jian Ni’s surging offense, the Joyful Arhat raised her jade hand and effortlessly deflected the Lotus Sword Intent, “Amitabha, Master of Jingnian Nunnery, I have long admired you and have come today to seek the Great Path with you.”

“You have actually turned to the Demon Path!?”

Hearing these words and seeing his expression, Jian Ni immediately understood the situation.

This newly advanced Calamity Venerable of the Brahma Sect, for some unknown reason, had fallen into the Demon Path and had quietly infiltrated Brahman City, joining forces with Demon Monarch Yan at this critical juncture to breach the Brahman Grand Array.