Silence.
A vast, rolling aura surged from all directions.
It came without warning, abrupt and sudden.
This aura was boundless and infinite, seeming limitless and inexhaustible, filling the entire void in an instant.
Wait.
This was... the aura of Original Sin.
That's right!
It was Original Sin.
Realizing it was the aura of Original Sin, Da Xing the Mad Monk's heart jolted violently. Though he was not a person of Original Sin, he was extremely familiar with its aura. What shocked him was that this sudden aura of Original Sin was far too powerful, too vast, too bizarre, and too terrifying.
What kind of existence could possess such a powerful aura of Original Sin?
Could it be that kid Gu Qingfeng?
Among all the people of Original Sin Da Xing knew, Gu Qingfeng bore the deepest sin.
However,
upon careful thought, Da Xing felt it wasn't him. Although Gu Qingfeng's sin was the deepest, strangely, the aura of Original Sin around him was neither vast nor powerful.
Moreover, his true body was currently in the Li Palace with Gu Qingfeng, so the newcomer couldn't be him.
But if it wasn't Gu Qingfeng, then who could it be?
Miao Rulai?
That didn't seem right either.
This fellow's incarnation was already here; there was no need for such a play.
As for Demon Emperor Blood River, it was even more impossible. Others might not know, but Da Xing clearly understood that Demon Emperor Blood River was not a person of Original Sin at all. He disdained becoming one; not even his incarnations were.
Then who could it be?
The Great Sun Radiance Emperor?
Qingdeng Ancestor?
Heishan Old Master?
Hard to say!
Qingdeng Ancestor and Heishan Old Master, like Miao Rulai, all... Although the Great Sun Radiance Emperor's true body was a hegemon of the Immortal Path and not a person of Original Sin, who knew if he had an Original Sin incarnation?
Da Xing couldn't figure it out for the moment.
Original Sin!
It was everywhere.
Filling the heavens.
And what was shocking was that this aura of Original Sin was growing vaster and more terrifying.
So vast that even Miao Rulai, who had been sitting cross-legged on the palm of the sacred great Buddha, couldn't help but slightly furrow his brow. The smile at the corner of his mouth had also faded at some point. His wise eyes, resembling water and fire, yin and yang, were fixed intently on the Original Sin filling the sky.
At the same time,
Demon Emperor Blood River, who had originally decided to leave, now turned back, also gazing at the rolling surge of Original Sin.
"Damn it!
What's going on here?"
Da Xing the Mad Monk looked up, scanning all around. He found this vast Original Sin permeating the void, everywhere. He tried to locate its source, but strangely, there seemed to be no source—or perhaps everywhere was the source.
"This is truly bizarre!"
A bad feeling arose in Da Xing's heart.
Just then,
he suddenly noticed a shadow flying toward Miao Rulai.
It resembled a human figure, yet also didn't. It was unclear, too blurry and distorted, ethereal and mist-like, like smoke or fog. The only thing Da Xing could be sure of was that this shadow was an Original Sin incarnation!
No!
Not one Original Sin incarnation.
But two.
One of the Original Sin incarnations attacked Miao Rulai, while the other attacked Demon Emperor Blood River.
What the hell kind of Original Sin incarnations were these?
Sensing the aura of Original Sin contained within these two incarnations, Da Xing could hardly believe his eyes.
As was well known,
the Original Sin body had four major stages.
The first stage was the Original Sin incarnation, the second was the Original Sin response body, the third was the Original Sin retribution body, and the fourth was the Original Sin dharma body.
Across these four stages, the deeper one sank into Original Sin, the greater the sin.
These two inexplicably appearing Original Sin incarnations bore sin so deep that they were not only more powerful than an Original Sin response body, but even an Original Sin retribution body, or even an Original Sin dharma body, couldn't compare.
To put it plainly, the sin of the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's Original Sin dharma body earlier was insignificant compared to these two Original Sin incarnations.
Moreover,
the Original Sin of these two incarnations was far too pure, pure as if they were the very source of Original Sin, more primordial than the primordial itself.
Who?
Whose Original Sin incarnations were they?
Unknown.
The situation on the field didn't allow Da Xing much time to ponder, because the moment the two Original Sin incarnations appeared, they charged at Miao Rulai and Demon Emperor Blood River in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
Boom!
Explosive sounds rang out. Miao Rulai remained seated cross-legged on the palm of the sacred great Buddha, one hand turning a bodhi prayer bead, the other clashing head-on with an Original Sin incarnation.
In the distance,
Demon Emperor Blood River stood in the void, one hand behind his back, the other similarly clashing head-on with an Original Sin incarnation.
The Original Sin filling the sky surged like raging waves, sweeping toward Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai with overwhelming force.
Swoosh!
The golden sun of today bloomed with radiance, illuminating the void.
Countless Buddhas in the sky began to prostrate in worship.
The vanished chanting of Buddhist scriptures also returned.
Transcendence was seen once more.
The transcendent power Miao Rulai unleashed was far, far stronger than before, whether it was the golden sun, the myriad Buddhas, or the chanting.
Darkness was seen once more.
When Demon Emperor Blood River clashed with an Original Sin incarnation, the previously vanished Darkness frantically coalesced. This Darkness was no longer serene, no longer calm, no longer silent. On the contrary, it was more violent, more ferocious, more intense than before!
If one asked how terrifying Miao Rulai's palm strike was, perhaps few knew.
But if one asked how terrifying Demon Emperor Blood River's palm strike was, many had witnessed it firsthand. The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's Four-Skull Hell Guest's two divine sense demon thoughts couldn't withstand a single palm strike from Demon Emperor Blood River, nor could his external incarnation, which contained Dark Blood and was an Earth Phoenix body Original Sin dharma body.
Not to mention the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, even Warrior Emperor Wuzang's proudly summoned Nine Heavens True Dragon had been utterly annihilated by a single palm from Demon Emperor Blood River.
And now,
that Original Sin incarnation, after clashing palms with Demon Emperor Blood River, was not only not annihilated, but became even more frenzied and formidable.
The Original Sin incarnation clashing with Miao Rulai also wasn't annihilated, similarly growing more frenzied and formidable.
Boom! Rumble—Crash!
Explosive sounds rang out continuously.
The void was no longer the void.
The sky was filled with Original Sin, filled with Darkness, filled with Buddha light.
The Original Sin filling the sky was boundless and infinite.
The Darkness and Buddha light filling the sky were similarly boundless and infinite.
The Original Sin filling the sky was supremely sinful, as if devouring the void.
The Darkness filling the sky was savage and violent, as if destroying the void.
The Buddha light filling the sky was sacred and luminous, as if transcending the void.
The Darkness destroyed the Original Sin, the Buddha light transcended the Original Sin, and the Original Sin filling the sky devoured both the Darkness and the Buddha light.
The vast Kan Palace Void was filled with Darkness, filled with Buddha light, filled with Original Sin.
This scene was too shocking, too terrifying.
The Great Dao experts who had been hiding in the surrounding ancient ruins no longer dared to stay and fled the area one after another.
Because the power of the Original Sin filling the sky, the power of the Buddha light filling the sky, and the power of the Darkness filling the sky were now locked in fierce confrontation. The rolling pressure was simply unbearable for them.