Chapter 2052: Dusk of the G.o.ds
A gigantic golden “卍” symbol materialized on the ground of the Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Formation.
This symbol covered an area of thousands of kilometers in radius, and it continuously rotated about in a clockwise direction. A tremendous Buddhist halo proliferated throughout the entire battlefield and filled the air with an aura of great benevolence and great perfection.
At the same time, seven-colored iridescent clouds floated into the sky overhead.
Above these iridescent clouds, there were tens of thousands of golden-bodied Holy Buddhas peering down at the world. Rays of iridescent Buddhist light soared hundreds of thousands of feet through the air as waves of pleasant Buddhist mantras, which contained some sort of enlightenment, flowed into every single being’s ears.
Feelings of goodwill mysteriously welled up in the hearts of the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army soldiers, making them feel as if partic.i.p.ating in this battle was an extremely abhorrent and unjust behavior. Sin, guilt, remorse, self-criticism… these feelings eventually transformed into beliefs that became firmly entrenched in the soldiers’ minds.
Thump… Thump… Thump…
Regardless of whether they were Heavenly Humans who were engaged in battle or blood-sucking Blood Tribe members, countless Heavenly Human Tribe United Army soldiers suddenly dropped their weapons as looks of profound enlightenment appeared on their faces.
Salvation is achieved as soon as one gives up evil!
This was the only thought running through the minds of the affected soldiers.
However, although they were entranced by the same Buddhist mantra, the Heaven Crus.h.i.+ng United Army became increasingly brave and ferocious instead. Their bodies were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with energy, and they immediately ended the lives of a huge number of enemies.
Buddha is benevolent, but there also exists an Enraged Vajra!
If killing one person could save the lives of tens of millions of others, then why not fight to the death to achieve this aim?
This was enlightenment, an elevation of thought, and the wisdom of the Buddhist mantra. This Buddhist mantra had starkly different effects on the opposing armies, and this was one of the reasons why this Universal Redemption could become the Third Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Earth Destroying Tune.
In no time, large groups of the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army had fallen victim to this hypnotizing Buddhist mantra.
One side had “given up evil”, while the other side became increasingly ferocious as they butchered their enemies. Thus, one could imagine the startling rate at which the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army was being decimated. In a mere few seconds, tens of millions of defenseless Heavenly Human Tribe United Army soldiers were slaughtered by the Heaven Crus.h.i.+ng United Army.
At this moment, a willowy female Heavenly G.o.ddess soared into the clouds as she lightly stepped onto the chords of the Buddhist mantra with her naked, jade-like feet.
“Such a powerful sound-based mind attack… However, it still has its flaws…”
The Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess shut her eyes and placed her fingers onto the strings of her pipa. She formed an extremely peculiar hand seal with her other hand, then she abruptly plucked at the chords of the pipa. At the same time, the divine halo that was dancing above her head started to release a limpid and pleasant tune that permeated throughout the entire expanse of heaven and earth.
“Shatter!”
Ding!
The crisp melody tore open the mantra that was being recited by the tens of thousands of golden Holy Buddhas. As it did so, the iridescent clouds in the distance were also dispersed by a soundwave that contained a paramount Heavenly G.o.d Power.
“You dare to s.h.i.+ft your attention and attack the Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Formation while battling against me?” Xu Xiaolan’s Dragon Sparrow Sword roared as she suddenly flashed behind the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ back. This sword strike was far too quick, and it instantly ripped through the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ robe, as well as her pale white skin. In fact, the extreme sharpness contained within the sword strike even sliced the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ body into two halves!
“Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess!”
“Heavenly G.o.ddess!”
Countless Heavenly Humans wailed in grief and indignation upon witnessing this sight.
“Heh… Sacrifice the insignificant me to achieve a greater goal? How touching…” Xu Xiaolan chuckled coldly.
At this moment, the two halves of the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ body slowly started to become transparent. As if becoming one with sound, it slowly became a beautiful melody that reverberated around the sky. Then, this melody slowly became softer and softer, before eventually condensing back into an intact physical body. It was as though the Heavenly G.o.ddess had transformed from sound back into a person. It seemed like she had revived with full health, yet in actual fact, two glaring cracks had already appeared on the divine halo above her head.
The beings of the Heavenly Human Tribe all knew that the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ life essence had already suffered a severe blow.
However, the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess’ situation wasn’t the direst. Beside her, three cracks had already appeared on the divine halo above Heavenly G.o.d Xing Ji’s head. The Heavenly Change G.o.ddess was even more impressive. The divine halo above her head was already like a piece of shattered gla.s.s.
The once perfect divine halo now looked like a fragile piece of gla.s.s that had cracks branching throughout every inch of its existence. It seemed as if it would shatter into a thousand shards at the lightest of touches.
The Heavenly Change G.o.ddess felt a strong sense of despair. For some reason unbeknown to her, it appeared as if Xu Xiaolan had some sort of bitter vendetta against her. Whenever the three Heavenly G.o.ds launched a joint a.s.sault on Xu Xiaolan, she would definitely chase after her and beat her with all her might! If this continued, she would definitely become the first Heavenly G.o.d to die.
“Soundless!”
Upon seeing that the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess was in danger, Heavenly G.o.d Xing Ji and the Heavenly Change G.o.ddess immediately charged toward Xu Xiaolan, preventing her from following up her relentless attacks.
A look of disdain surfaced on Xu Xiaolan’s face when she saw the Heavenly Change G.o.ddess, and she immediately raised her sword and hacked toward her without saying a single word.
The Heavenly Change G.o.ddess almost burst into tears when she saw this. The densely packed faces of beautiful females on her body also looked as if they were about to cry.
Look, she’s coming to beat me again… Why???
However, Xu Xiaolan’s reason for targeting her was actually very simple. That was, she didn’t like the look of her!
What’s wrong with being a normal, beautiful female? Why do you have to form so many beautiful female faces on your skin? Who are you trying to gross out?
I must incinerate this thing!
If the Heavenly Change G.o.ddess learned of Xu Xiaolan’s reason for targeting her, how terrible would she feel?
The three Heavenly G.o.ds continued their bitter struggle against Xu Xiaolan.
To those with a discerning eye, it was clear that all three Heavenly G.o.ds could end up being killed by Xu Xiaolan if the battle dragged on like this. The formidable battle prowess displayed by Xu Xiaolan had already turned the powerful beings’ understanding of her upside down.
The battle raged on.
The iridescent clouds in the sky—along with the tens of thousands of golden Holy Buddhas—had already been ripped apart by the Heavenly Soundless G.o.ddess. However, the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army discovered that the golden “卍” symbol on the ground was still rotating without pause.
A sense of foreboding welled up in their hearts.
This sense of foreboding was spot on. After absorbing a sufficient amount of free-flowing energy from the battlefield, the golden “卍” symbol suddenly released countless powerful Buddhist-power-imbued divine weapons.
Each of the divine weapons radiated with a brilliant golden light, and they all had countless phrases of True Buddhist Scriptures carved onto their bodies. These divine weapons contained the most essential and most transcendent true meaning of Buddhism.
“Now… the true meaning of the Third Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Earth Destroying Tune—the Universal Redemption—is to set up the Fourth Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Earth Destroying Tune…” Sect Master Wu Tian put his hands together in prayer as a pure and well-meaning smile spread across his face. “Fourth Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Earth Destroying Tune—Dusk of the G.o.ds!”
Ring…
As though they were bringing dusk to the world, the divine weapons radiated with a magnificent Buddhist light as they started to soar into the sky. The entire sky was dyed into the soft orange glow of dusk.
“This… the Heaven Vanquis.h.i.+ng Formation is unleas.h.i.+ng another technique?”
“Is there no end to this?”
Some of the Heavenly Humans’ voices trembled in fear.
“Don’t panic! There are only ten thousand divine weapons! Even if they’re extremely powerful, they still don’t pose much of a threat to us!”
“That’s right! We still have one hundred and eighty million soldiers! Even if each divine weapon can kill one, or even ten soldiers, it’s still not a ma.s.sive loss for us. Continue charging forward!”
“Charge!”
Some Great Generals shouted words of encouragement to raise the morale of the soldiers.
Waves of deafening roars surged through the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army as they continued to exchange blows with the Heaven Crus.h.i.+ng United Army.
The Heavenly Human Tribe United Army was far too great in numbers. With one hundred and eighty million remaining soldiers, a mere ten thousand divine weapons truly paled into insignificance. When compared to the tens of millions of celestial swords from before, they appeared even more lacking and inconsequential.
Pew! Pew-pew!
The divine weapons carved dazzling golden arcs into the void as they suddenly slashed down toward the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army.
“General Lin Hai, be careful!” a Heavenly Human Tribe soldier shouted in warning. “There’s a divine weapon flying toward you!”
“Hmph! What impudence. It actually dares to shoot toward me?” Lin Hai raised his Great Holy Light Saber as he shot a cold glance at the nearing divine weapon. He had deflected over a dozen Immortal Slaying Celestial Swords, thus he was overflowing with confidence as he slashed his sword toward the Buddhist-power-imbued divine weapon.
“Its speed is quite quick. Let me test its mig— Puah…!”
Before Lin Hai could even finish his sentence, the divine weapon had already shattered his Great Holy Light Saber and ruthlessly hacked his body into two halves.
“General Lin Hai!”
The surrounding Heavenly Human Tribe soldiers were all dumbfounded.
Lin Hai was a powerful being of the Soul Piercing Stage, a being who could be near the level of the Return to Void Stage if he unleashed his full powers. He was a being who could wreak havoc on the battlefield! But he was actually insta-killed by a divine weapon? One had to realize… there were a whopping ten thousand of these divine weapons!
A cold chill started to grip at the soldiers’ hearts.
At this moment, a torrent of anguished wails from numerous powerful beings confirmed their worst fears.
These divine weapons specifically targeted the powerful beings of the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army. They were only responsible for slaughtering Soul Piercing Stage Generals and Heaven Pioneer Stage Great Generals. This was a terrifying spell technique that only targeted the powerful beings of the enemy army.
It was due to this exact reason that this technique was called the Dusk of the G.o.ds!