Chapter 351 - 344: Alliance
Looking at Ghost Night sitting on the statue of the King of Thonburi, Rajana’s eyes suddenly became incredibly calm.
A golden light bloomed from his body, dazzling like a blazing sun.
BOOM!!
Then, his towering figure leaped from the helicopter, crashing heavily onto the ground below.
His body had turned completely golden. A torrent of golden light poured from him, coalescing at his side into a massive golden Buddha. It was flawless and whole, its face radiating peace and bliss, as if it had transcended all worldly suffering and could deliver all beings from their torment.
VMMM!!
Rajana brought his palms together before his chest and softly chanted a Buddhist mantra.
Instantly, countless profound Sanskrit tones emanated from the golden Buddha, accompanied by a radiant golden light. Golden Lotuses bloomed from the ground, manifesting a paradise on earth.
Enveloped by this realm and the power of the mantra, the aimlessly wandering spirits rapidly dissolved, as if being purified and guided to salvation.
The Mahayana Golden Body!
Theravada Buddhism for self-liberation; Mahayana Buddhism for the salvation of all.
This Golden Body was formed from the true essence of the Exhaustion of Leaks, one of the Six Buddhist Spiritual Powers. One must first extinguish their own afflictions before extinguishing the afflictions of the world.
"Such fine resources... I can’t let you waste these Spirit Bodies. After all, I’ve got four insatiably greedy passengers in here."
Ghost Night cracked a slight smile and leaped down from the head of the King of Thonburi’s statue. Countless Feathered Serpent Shadows poured from his own shadow, coalescing into an enormous Feathered Serpent that hovered behind him. It opened its massive maw and roared.
The Buddhist light recoiled, a clear boundary forming between it and the darkness.
On the brow of Rajana’s Golden Body, an eye-shaped fissure remained open—the Celestial Eye, constantly observing his opponent’s every detail.
He was shocked to discover that, under his Celestial Eye, his opponent was not a single, whole entity. Ghost Night’s mind and soul were essentially a composite, stitched together from innumerable, densely packed Feathered Serpent Shadows. By a rough estimate, there were at least a thousand of them inside him.
’He has no true core body, just a composite of fragmented individuals. Does that mean he can recover as long as I don’t eliminate every last one of them?’
And tangled within these thousands of Feathered Serpent Shadows, his Celestial Eye allowed him to perceive four other, extraordinary things.
They appeared to be four faces, slumbering within Ghost Night’s true Celestial Demon form, swathed by the innumerable Feathered Serpent Shadows.
One face, purplish-black, was like that of an insect.
One, bluish-black, was like that of a ghastly Asura.
Another, a misty white, was as beautiful as a fairy.
The final face was a blood-red human visage with bestial features.
All four faces had their eyes tightly shut, creating an incredibly bizarre sight. The last one, the blood-red face, actually sent a chill down Rajana’s spine.
’What in the world are these things?’
Rajana’s guard went up. To be honest, this attack had far exceeded his expectations.
He hadn’t expected the enemy to cause such chaos with only two people. Because their numbers were so small, the heavily guarded Banku had been caught completely off guard.
The strength of these two and the bizarre nature of their abilities were far beyond what he could have imagined.
Their powers had created widespread chaos in an instant and were nearly impossible to contain.
’Fighting an opponent like this... I have to be on maximum alert.’
Meanwhile, Ghost Night also felt an irresistible, prying gaze. He knew it was the power of his opponent’s Celestial Eye.
To see the unseen, to pierce through all illusion.
"So, you’ve seen through me? It doesn’t matter. It’s time to use the sacrifices around us."
Ghost Night suddenly inhaled sharply, and the magnetic field around him contracted violently.
WHOOSH!
An invisible wind seemed to sweep across the plaza, catching a portion of the translucent Spirit Bodies. They were drawn in, streaming frantically into Ghost Night’s body through his mouth and nose.
Through his Celestial Eye, Rajana could clearly perceive the Spirit Bodies transforming into a strange power inside Ghost Night. This power was then absorbed by one of the four faces within Ghost Night’s Spirit Body—the purplish-black, insect-like one.
It was as if those Spirit Bodies were sacrifices meant for this very face.
A sacrifice!
Once it had absorbed enough sacrifices, the purplish-black face suddenly opened its eyes.
Its pure black eyes were filled with endless pain and resentment.
It was a Fierce Ghost.
With the Awakening of this Fierce Ghost, the magnetic field around Ghost Night’s body abruptly changed.
His hands formed a peculiar Seal.
Feathered Serpent Shadow, Evil Ghost Alliance.
Shaman Secret Skill, Insect Totem—activate!
On Ghost Night’s physical body, the dense black tattoos began to spread rapidly, engulfing him completely. His entire body turned purplish-black, as if coated in a special kind of metal.
Not only that, but even his internal organs were coated in the same purplish-black layer.
Both externally and internally, his Physical Strength and bodily functions were elevated to a terrifying degree.
What covered his body were not actually tattoos, but patches of color formed by special microorganisms. These had been cultivated within his body using an ancient Shaman Secret Skill from the South India Continent and had now amassed under his skin.
When using the Shaman Secret Skill, he could control these microorganisms with a special magnetic field, forcing them to fully integrate with his body. This altered his physical structure, drastically increasing his Physical Strength and his resistance to magnetic field-based attacks.
"This isn’t your own power."
Rajana realized instantly.
"Tsk. This was the ability of a genius Wizard I reaped on the South India Continent about thirty years ago. I thought it was a decent ability at the time, so I put in a little effort to make him a part of me."
Ghost Night spoke with a smile. This was another one of his abilities as one of the Seven Mo Luo, built upon the foundation of his Feathered Serpent Shadow.
The Evil Ghost Alliance.
When the Feathered Serpent Shadow kills a target, their magnetic field signature from life is activated, becoming a Spirit Body. If Ghost Night is willing to pay the price, he can turn this Spirit Body into an Evil Ghost and form an alliance with his own soul’s magnetic field. Then, by sacrificing a certain amount of power based on the Evil Ghost’s strength, he can use that entity’s specific magnetic field ability.
"And now, I’ve taken an interest in your soul. Perhaps you can become a part of me, too," Ghost Night said slowly.
「The next moment.」
SWISH!!
Ghost Night shot forward. Rajana’s eyes narrowed as he prepared to counter with his full strength, but his Celestial Eye caught something that made his pupils contract.
Although his opponent had no more external Spirit Bodies to use as sacrifices, at the very instant he lunged, a portion of the densely packed Feathered Serpent Shadows within him surged into the bluish-black face. That face, in turn, snapped its eyes open.
’He can’t only use external Spirit Bodies as sacrifices... he can use his own power to fuel that strange Magnetic Field Ability?’
’What ability is he going to use this time?!’
Then, he clearly saw a ball of golden light, wrapped in Feathered Serpent Shadows, flash past and be swallowed by the open-eyed, bluish-black face.