Chapter 1041
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Chapter 1041 Buddha and Demon as One
When Andre lowered his hand, his once normal eyeballs had disappeared, replaced by a pair of red-pupiled Earth Eyes.
The process of transforming one’s organs into Earth Eyes is irreversible, meaning that once the power of the Earth Eyes is depleted, Andre’s eyes would completely lose their light, never able to return to their previous state.
But he had no choice.
The Lin Qiye before him, embodying both Buddha and demon, gave him an overwhelming sense of crisis. If he still thought about holding back now, he might never have another chance to act.
Chant—!
Before Andre could lower his hand, a giant figure shrouded in Buddhist light already stood before him.
A Buddhist hand seal howled down from the sky. Before the hand could touch the ground, inch by inch of dark golden patterns attached to the surface, and in an instant, a furnace of heaven-burning, earth-destroying fire ignited from nothingness.
The nine-armed black giant looked down indifferently at Andre beneath his feet, without sorrow or joy, like a Buddha among demons.
Andre’s strange red pupils suddenly contracted.
His form transformed into a beam of light, ignoring the flames and directly diving into the ground. Then, a rock and soil giant, no smaller than the nine-armed giant, slowly rose from the earth.
At the top of this giant, Andre pressed both hands on a protruding rock on its forehead, his red pupils pushed to their limit.
The nine-armed black giant narrowed his eyes, twisted his body at extreme speed, and several more Buddhist hand seals struck the surface of the rock and soil giant in succession!
The rock and soil giant’s hands transformed into two mountain-sized hammers, which immediately crashed down.
Boom boom boom—!!
The roaring explosion sounded, sand and dust danced in the center of the venue, and the two giant shadows battled in the dust, shaking the mountains and earth.
Six breaths later, Lin Qiye’s eighth hand seal shattered half of the rock and soil giant’s body.
Andre, sitting atop the rock and soil giant, had eyes that were now dim and lightless. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with unwillingness.
It’s not working… it’s simply impossible.
Even with all his techniques deployed, using both Earth Eyes simultaneously, he was no match for this nine-armed giant.
Facing Lin Qiye was like facing two top “Klein” powerhouses—one Buddha and one demon—attacking together, indescribably difficult.
As the ninth Buddhist hand seal completely shattered the rock and soil giant’s body, Andre violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes completely losing their light as he fell from the sky.
At the same time, the nine-armed black giant also dissipated.
A figure swept with demonic energy, wearing half a kasaya, streaked across the sky like lightning, precisely flashing above Andre in mid-air.
Lin Qiye clenched his right fist, a cold killing intent surging in his eyes.
“Nineteen…”
He aimed at Andre’s chest and threw a punch.
Boom—!!
A muffled crash sounded, Andre’s chest instantly collapsed, and his entire body was hammered from the sky like a sandbag, crashing heavily into the ground.
Lin Qiye gently landed on the ground. Those brilliant golden eyes glanced at Andre, who had completely lost his life force, and he spoke calmly:
“Twenty.”
A soul left his body, the demonic energy around him completely retracted, and the half kasaya on his body gradually returned to nothingness.
Lin Qiye stood quietly in the center of the venue, wearing that deep red cloak.
“Good!”
“Beautifully done!”
“Worthy of being that monkey’s successor, such a fierce fighting style.”
“That Western scoundrel was truly ignorant of life and death. Ending up like this is already lenient for him.”
“…”
The Great Xia deities present, seeing Lin Qiye decisively kill Andre, immediately applauded, their faces beaming with joy.
On the main seat, the Queen Mother of the West looked at Lin Qiye in the venue, her face containing a smile, and nodded approvingly:
“Very good, Lin Qiye. You may take your seat now. The reward this palace promised you will naturally be delivered to you after the meeting.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Lin Qiye slowly raised his hand to salute the Queen Mother, then moved his somewhat stiff legs toward his seat.
With Lin Qiye’s decisive kill, the suddenly appearing Andre had become just a small interlude at the Peach Banquet. In the eyes of the Great Xia deities, it was merely an ignorant Western scoundrel causing trouble, then being taught a lesson by a fellow mortal junior.
He slowly moved back to the second seat in the lower immortal section. As Yang Jian beside him was about to say something, Lin Qiye’s legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground.
Yang Jian reacted extremely quickly, instantly supporting him and helping him to his seat.
“Are you alright?” Nezha frowned upon seeing this.
“I’m fine, just a bit of soul overexertion…” Lin Qiye waved his hand, his face somewhat pale.
He hadn’t expected that just carrying Sun Wukong’s soul for twenty breaths would cause his own soul to show signs of collapse.
It wasn’t that Sun Wukong’s soul strength was far greater than that of Nyx and Merlin, but rather that the clash between the completely different demonic energy and sacred Buddhist intent had tormented Lin Qiye unbearably.
In these brief twenty breaths, his soul felt as if it had been roasted in fire for a while, then suddenly plunged into ice water, repeatedly bouncing between these two extremes of water and fire.
If this continued for much longer, Lin Qiye would likely not be far from soul scattering.
It seemed that Sun Wukong’s initial instruction to resolve the battle quickly wasn’t just about saving face for the Great Xia deities… Sun Wukong clearly knew that with Lin Qiye’s soul strength, he simply couldn’t carry his soul for too long.
“For a mortal, your performance just now was already very impressive,” Nezha couldn’t help but praise. “Once you enter the divine realm, you will certainly be a formidable opponent.”
“Entering the divine realm… it’s not that easy.” Lin Qiye shook his head bitterly.
As his words fell, he began to cough violently.
“Soul injuries are extensive and cannot be underestimated. You should sit here and rest,” said Yang Jian.
Lin Qiye made a sound of agreement, sat in his seat, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
The immortal music resumed, and graceful figures wearing light gauze returned to the center of the venue, performing enchanting dances to the melody of immortal music.
In the venue, wine cups clinked and laughter filled the air.
Meanwhile, outside the venue, a maid in a red dress slowly walked out and stood before the celestial soldiers and generals. Her beautiful eyes looked calmly at Xinge before her, and she snorted coldly.
“By Her Majesty’s decree, this person is an accomplice of the thief who intended to disrupt the Peach Banquet. He is to be imprisoned immediately, and five days later, he will be executed by heavenly thunder.”
As the red-dressed maid finished speaking, she took out a heavy wooden lock from behind her and directly clamped it on Xinge’s hands.
The moment the wooden lock was fastened, Xinge felt his mental power suddenly stagnate. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t activate even a bit of it, let alone use his divine void.
“Come along, I will personally escort you to the celestial prison,” the red-dressed maid said coldly.
