Chapter 123: Five People Show Their Might in Buddha’s Kingdom
What a standoff it was, but how could one tell? Let the praise be proof: Five Great Ming Kings with furious eyes wide, swordsmen from all corners brandishing frosty blades. Immovable at the foundation like mountains, within the Ming King Formation glinted flashes of Buddha’s Light; the sword masters’ edges unbent, the four famed swords swung with chilling edges that alarmed the gods. Buddha Ancestor too had moments of fierce gaze, with killing intent thick as clouds that veiled the sky; yet the sword masters never shrank back, their momentum sun-like, charging against the cosmos."
The Five Great Ming Kings surrounded Heaven-Defying Taoist and four others in the center, channeling their mana to form a barrier.
The Immovable Ming King, upon hearing the words of the white-browed ancestor, chuckled and said, "Good, since you’ve put it that way, we need not brute force! Let us cast a simple Formation, and if these five can break through it, we shall let them go."
However, the white-browed elder scoffed, "What shameless Tathagata!"
To form a Formation was surely far more formidable than individual combat.
The Immovable Ming King declared, "The five of us shall establish a palm-sized Buddha nation in this world. If these five can breach it, let the matter be concluded."
Upon hearing the words of the Immovable Ming King, Heaven-Defying Taoist’s rage burst forth, his hairpin snapping in an instant, and his black hair flying wildly.
"Very well, very well, oh so grand Tathagata! You won’t be satisfied until you’ve shaken my Daoist conviction! Today, I shall shatter your domain!" roared Heaven-Defying Taoist with wild laughter.
Tathagata first used the palm-sized Buddha nation to trap Wukong, suppressing him for five hundred years; the second time too with the palm-sized Buddha nation, had it not been for Xiaoqing, he would certainly have been suppressed again; and now, he wished to try for the third time, clearly intending to break his Daoist heart, confident that he would agree.
"Amitabha Buddha, Heaven-Defying, you jest. With your name matching Heaven itself, how could I shatter your Daoist conviction?" The Immovable Ming King cunningly remarked.
Yan Shisan’s eyes slightly closed, he said indifferently, "I too wish to witness the extent of your abilities."