Chapter 565: Thunder Buddha
"Suppress!"
A monk roared angrily. A giant golden dragon appeared behind him, radiating Buddhist light, seemingly capable of purifying all evils in the world.
Behind the others, giant dragons of Buddhist light emerged one after another.
"Buddha Dragon Eight Directions Kill!" The eight of them spoke in unison, their voices resounding like a great bell.
Roar!!!
The eight dragons of Buddhist light roared in unison, rushing toward Chen Lan, enclosing him, trying to suppress the demonic Qi on him with their Buddhist light.
"Just mere Buddhist light, and you wish to suppress me? Back then, even your Buddha was beaten by me into a relic." Chen Lan spoke calmly, as demonic Qi burst forth.
Bang!!!
The dragons of Buddhist light exploded instantly, the Buddhist beads on the eight people’s hands shattered simultaneously, and they were sent flying backward!
In merely an instant, the eight Dao Emperors were severely injured, nearly turned into relics themselves, and could no longer fight.
"Who are you, with such terrifying Qi, even more frightening than those of the Evil Race, and we can’t suppress you at all!" a monk shouted in terror.
The Demon Race had been dormant for a million years, already forgotten by people; those not from that era couldn’t possibly know what demonic Qi was like.
So when they sensed this terrifying demonic Qi from Chen Lan, they only felt it was evil but didn’t know what kind of Qi it was.
"Seems like it’s been too long, you’ve all forgotten me; let me remind you." Chen Lan spoke calmly, slowly raising his hand.
In an instant, the eight monks floated into the air, hands tightly clutching their throats, faces flushed, legs kicking forward continuously.
Upon closer inspection, their necks were entwined by demonic Qi, making it hard to breathe, wanting to struggle free but to no avail.
"I am the Celestial Domain Demon Emperor." Chen Lan spoke coldly, his voice seeming to come from Hell, echoing endlessly in their minds.
At these words, the eight were horrified. Although they didn’t know demonic Qi, they knew of the Demon Race, knew of the Celestial Domain Demon Emperor, a forbidden existence in the Celestial Domain that none dared to mention!
"Emperor, you are the Demon Emperor?!"
"Impossible, that one’s history, having disappeared a million years ago. How can you be him!"
"No wonder, your Qi is evil and terrifying, even stronger than those of the Evil Race. Turns out you are the Demon Emperor, the one even the Evil Race feared."
In terror, they realized this was the very Demon Emperor the Evil Race feared, still alive, and in the Celestial Domain all along, without being discovered by the Evil Race?
"Since you’ve learned, die now." Chen Lan clenched his hand, and the eight monks instantly exploded into a bloody mist.
Threads of souls drilled into Chen Lan’s body, acquiring the memories of the eight monks.
After digesting these memories, Chen Lan’s eyes gradually grew cold, demonic Qi surged, killing intent reaching the sky.
"Such a fine Evil Race, to occupy the Demon Realm, establishing the Evil Realm."
In those memories, a million years ago, after he left the Celestial Domain, the Evil Race army invaded the Celestial Domain once more, and others were simply no match. After tens of thousands of years of war, the Celestial Domain was taken over by heaven!
But the Evil Race didn’t want to exterminate them completely, instead allowing the Celestial Domain to resume its original order. Yet every year, they must train over 100,000 Dao Emperors to go to heaven, or else they would massacre them.
Over 100,000 Dao Emperors a year—it’s not too many, but not too few either—requiring a vast amount of resources.
To survive, the people of the Celestial Domain, besides the Demon Realm, the nine major Domain Realms united to plan, plundering resources from other worlds day and night. Any world they came across would be resource-stripped, living beings devastated.
Over the years, countless living beings have died at the hands of the Celestial Domain.
Every year, over 100,000 Dao Emperors are sent to heaven, never to return, and no news could be found.
Because heaven required the Evil Race to guard the Celestial Domain, they turned the original Demon Realm into the Evil Realm, with the most powerful as the Celestial Emperor, under whom were five War Gods, along with many generals, and Rokaka being one of them.
In these monks’ memories, there wasn’t any information about the five War Gods or the Evil Realm’s Celestial Emperor’s strength, suggesting they hadn’t fought against them, thus didn’t know.
Chen Lan decided to return to the Demon Realm to see; his daughter was likely there.
Suddenly, heaven and earth changed dramatically; dark clouds gathered. Chen Lan slowly looked up: "Really haunting, dealing with the juniors, now comes the elder."
This aura, it’s the aura of Buddha, likely someone from those monks’ temple, possibly an Abbot.
"Infidel! Dare to kill my Thunder Temple’s people, deserving death!"
As the words fell, a beam of Buddhist light pierced the dark clouds, an elder sitting cross-legged, akin to a divine Buddha descending, radiating Buddha light, with a huge Buddha statue appearing behind him.
In the instant he opened his eyes, the Buddha light shone, heading straight towards Chen Lan.
"Indeed, an infidel, to have such terrifying evil Qi, even more terrifying than those of the Evil Race. Who are you!" the elder shouted coldly.
The aura on Chen Lan was unique, never seen before, but gave a feeling of eerie terror, more chilling than those Demon Beasts, a hundred times more evil than those of the Evil Race, as if the strongest demon from Hell.
As Chen Lan’s aura continued to surge, the elder felt a chill, hurriedly pressing his palms together, the Buddhist beads on his hands trembling, chanting continuously.
The Buddha light on his body shone even brighter, yet despite this, the chilling sensation did not dissipate.
The elder’s face grew increasingly pale, his speech quickened, cold sweat gradually forming on his forehead.
Crack!
Suddenly, the Buddhist beads on his hand exploded, the elder’s body jolting, blood slowly flowing from the corner of his mouth, his complexion void of blood!
"What kind of monster are you, with such terrifying Qi, how frightening!" The elder opened his eyes wide, looking at Chen Lan in horror, his aura becoming increasingly terrifying, as if a demon pressing down upon him, threatening to devour him.
He was the Thunder Buddha, possessed of both the Buddhist Dao and Thunder Dao, the two most rigid and yang, specifically restraining evil Qi, yet he was suppressed by the other’s evil Qi!
"Back in the day, I’ve devoured countless Buddhas, thinking now, it’s been long since I’ve done so; let’s start with you to whet my appetite."
As the words fell, Chen Lan flickered and disappeared, instantly appearing before the elder.
Seeing Chen Lan suddenly appear, the Thunder Buddha was frightened, hurriedly retreating, taking out another string of Buddhist beads, chanting continuously.
Rumble!
Endless thunder flashed in the dark clouds, directly crashing down; Chen Lan merely pointed, dispersing the thunder.
"You’re also at the extreme of the Thunder Dao, Buddha’s Palm!" The elder, astonished, hurriedly performed Buddhist Divine Techniques.
The Thunder Dao was already difficult to harm Chen Lan.
Countless giant palms of Buddha light descended from the sky, Chen Lan simply stood firm in the heavens, demonic Qi burst forth, instantly dispersing them.
As all the demonic Qi released, the Buddhist beads in the elder’s hand exploded once more, and cracks appeared on the Buddha statue behind him.
"My Buddha can’t even suppress you; who exactly are you!"