That night, the rest of the guardian vajras and arhats directly left all the Hariti behind and sneaked back to the core area of the Forest of Kasyapa.
The reason why they had to sneak around at night was that they were afraid that their whereabouts would be exposed to the terrible woman.
But in the end, their worries became reality. Although everyone was on high alert during the escape, when a piercingly cold Sword Qi suddenly pierced out from a tree and killed the ear-digging arhat, the careful and hidden escape involuntarily turned into a mad dash.
Lu Xihua alone launched a merciless chase against a total of more than 20 opponents. The weaker guardian vajras were the first to be unlucky and became sacrifices under Lu Xihua's sword. When all the guardian vajras returned to Elysium, it was the turn of the remaining nine arhats.
The nine arhats also realized that simply escaping would probably lead to death, so in the end, the nine arhats gathered together again and no longer ran away.
After killing all the guardian vajras, Lu Xihua probably felt that the remaining arhats could no longer pose a threat to him, so he simply walked out of the depths of the forest. The two sides saw each other's faces clearly under the moonlight.
Without any nonsense, the battle between the two sides began in such a simple and fierce manner.
On one side, there were the nine arhats who cooperated with each other like brothers.
On the other side, there was Lu Xihua, who was silent and full of murderous intent.
This was a battle that didn't seem exciting at all, because both sides had directly used their trump cards, and every single one of them was a life-risking skill. Apart from the stench of blood that permeated the entire forest, there was nothing else worthy of praise.
As time went by, both sides had reached the limit of their abilities. Lu Xihua's personal shield had less than 20% energy left.
However, the arhats were not much better. Three arhats had died under Lu Xihua's sword, and the remaining six arhats were dyed bright red with blood.
"Venerable ones!
It seems that there is no way for us to return to the Bukong Temple, but we can't disgrace the name of Buddha in front of the demons. Let's fight to the death! "
The remaining six Arhats understood in their hearts that their side had already been defeated. The six of them were definitely no match for Lu Xihua.
But at this time, the Arhats had already let go of all their other worries and planned to fight to the death.
Seeing the attitude of the six Arhats, Lu Xihua tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. He knew that the final moment of this training had arrived. As long as he could successfully withstand the attacks of the remaining six Arhats, he would be able to complete the task given to him by his master.
Just as the final battle was about to begin, something strange happened. A gigantic Void Gate suddenly opened up in the sky. A figure that looked like a Buddha walked out of the Void Gate, shining with a golden light that illuminated the entire night sky as bright as day.
"Greetings, Buddha!"
Seeing the appearance of this Buddha statue, the remaining six Arhats immediately knelt in front of it excitedly and called it Buddha.
"Lady Benefactor!
Since my Arhats have already escaped, why are you still chasing after them?
Why don't you follow this poor monk back and study the Dharma painstakingly so that you can achieve the Mahayana Buddhahood in the future! "Buddha said in a magnificent voice.
"Let's go!"
The moment he saw this Buddha appear, Lu Xihua felt a power that could only be felt from Yuan Kou at the Great Desolate Realm.
Lu Xihua didn't want to talk nonsense with this Buddha at all. She immediately turned around and left because she knew very well that she was no match for this Buddha.
"Lady Benefactor, you have hurt my Buddhist Vajra Arhat. You are already plagued with karma. Why don't you follow this poor monk back and let this poor monk purify you!"
As soon as the Buddha's voice fell, eight Buddha's palms grabbed towards Lu Xihua from all directions like bulldozers.
Lu Xihua gritted her teeth and sent out a sword energy, wanting to shatter one of the Buddha's palms. However, Lu Xihua's invincible sword energy, which even an Arhat couldn't withstand, had no effect on the Buddha's palms. It was as if it had hit the hardest object in the world. It didn't even leave a trace on the Buddha's palms.
"Master!" Seeing this scene, Lu Xihua had no other choice but to shout helplessly.
"Who is bullying my precious disciple!"
As Lu Xihua shouted, another Void Gate opened up. The eight Buddha's palms grabbed Lu Xihua and pulled her into the Void.
After a while, the Void Gate opened up in front of the Buddha. Lu Xihua, who had been acting all mighty just now, was now like an obedient kitten. She followed behind a man and walked out of the Void.
"Lady Benefactor, you finally showed up!"
Seeing Guhan appear, the Buddha's face didn't show any surprise. It was obvious that he had already expected Guhan's existence.
"I wouldn't dare!
I've been bothering you in your hall for the past few days! "Guhan said.
"It doesn't matter. It's just that you've made me unable to sleep for the past few days. I can't even free myself to save my poor disciples. You and I have to settle this score!" Buddha's originally compassionate face instantly turned sorrowful and bitter.
After hearing the conversation between the two, the Arhats, who had been reduced from 18 to 6, finally understood why the Buddha hadn't come to their rescue after fighting so hard for so long.
It turned out that the Buddha was also restrained by the other party in the Bukong Temple.
"That's fine. Since the juniors are done with their duels, let us two old fellows fight!"
Guhan didn't care. He didn't take the Buddha's threat seriously at all, even though the other party was a Flood Level Yuan Kou.
When Guhan was at the Spiritual Sword Level, he had killed three Flood Level Yuan Kou. Now that he was at the Immortal Sword Level, killing another Flood Level was no big deal.
"What a joke. You're just a junior. You've only lived for more than 20 years. This poor monk has lived for god knows how many tens of thousands of years. What kind of old guy are you!" The Buddha said disdainfully.
Lu Xihua and the remaining six Arhats watched the duel between the two top powerhouses in the sky nervously. Although the Arhats could already see that the man in the sky was just an immortal sword wielder, it was reasonable to say that he could not be compared to the Gautama Buddha.
But for some reason, the aura that the six Arhats felt from this man was no less than their great Buddha.
"I say, Gu Han, can you be a little more shameless? It's not you who's been facing this old bald donkey for the past few days, it's us three unlucky sisters!" Suddenly, a clear voice rang out in the air.
The void was opened again. Three tall and beautiful swordmaidens jumped out of the void. The one in the lead glared at Guhan with dissatisfaction.
"You're all my swordmaidens. It's the same if you're there as if I'm there. There's no difference!" Guhan said with a smile. These three sisters were naturally the Celestial Slaying, Celestial Ending, and Celestial Trapping sisters.
The appearance of the Celestial Slaying sisters successfully broke the tense atmosphere. The moment the Celestial Slaying sisters appeared, the Buddha fixed his gaze on the Celestial Slaying sisters.
The Buddha's bronze-like face showed an expression of disbelief. He sized up the Celestial Slaying sisters again and again. Celestial Ending, who had the worst temper, was extremely annoyed. She opened her mouth and scolded the Buddha. "Ksitigarbha, you don't even recognize me. Do you have to stare at me like that?"
"Amitabha!
So it really is Celestial Ending, this little monk pays his respects! "
The glittering golden Buddha instantly lost his imposing manner and spoke to the Celestial Exterminating Sword in a courteous manner.
"Is that how you greet me?
Who are you trying to scare with your Golden Bodhisattva body? "Celestial Ending Sword said unhappily.
The high and mighty Buddha hesitated for a moment. His golden body, which was several times larger than Ultraman's, began to shrink rapidly. Finally, it turned into a bald man wearing a simple black kasaya.
"This is the true body of the Buddha!"
The six Arhats on the ground looked at each other. This was the first time in their lives that they had seen the true body of the Buddha they believed in.
"Buddha my ass. He's just a Bodhisattva. Since when does a Bodhisattva have the guts to call himself the Buddha? Aren't you afraid that old guy Tathagata will slap you to death if he hears you?" Celestial Ending Sword mocked the six Arhats.
"Celestial Ending Sword is right!
Buddha is just a name that my disciples made up. I have always been the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of Buddhism. The position of the Buddha is not something that I can covet, "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said with a smile.
"So you are Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"
This Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had a bit of fame among Yuan Kou. He had once followed Vairocana to participate in the Alps War.
However, following the defeat of Maha-Vairocana, this Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva disappeared without a trace and never appeared in front of the world again. Who would have thought that he was hiding in this Hundred Ghosts Forest and became the master of this forest?
"It is indeed me. After the war a hundred years ago, I was seriously injured and could not return to Spirited Mountain. I could only recuperate in this Kasyapa Forest … I mean, Hundred Ghosts Forest. It has been a few hundred years. I wonder how Spirited Mountain is doing now!"
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said with a sigh. However, looking at how he moved freely and looked like Ling, Guhan did not think that he was seriously injured at all.
It was obvious that this Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva must have seen that Vairocana was heavily injured and could no longer maintain his position as the Buddha, so he secretly hid in the Hundred Ghosts Forest and secretly called himself the Buddha to satisfy his craving.
"Since these are all friends of Goddess Juexian, I won't argue with them. You can all come to my Bukong Temple and stay there for a few days. I can be a good host!" Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said with a face full of smiles. The tense atmosphere from before was nowhere to be found.