Dragon-Marked War God

The Great Thunderclap Temple was formed from the charm of the Buddha. All under heaven was Buddha land, and all within the borders of the land were the Buddha’s children.

Beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple, for tens of millions of miles, gods and Buddhas gathered, and kings and ministers were everywhere. There were eight thousand Buddhist temples and five hundred Arhats. Temples were countless, and the Arhats shook all directions. At the foot of Mount Yanling, all five hundred Arhats were Great Emperors. In the divine lands, no one dared to go against them. But that was the glory of the Buddhist Realm in the past. Today, it had long since ceased to exist.

In front of the Arhat Hall, everyone’s faces were grave. This inexplicable sinister wind seemed to carry a binding force. It swept them all up and carried them to the area around the Arhat Hall.

The resplendent Arhat Hall was majestic, rippling with Buddhist aura. The whole sky was filled with endless Buddhist chanting. In the surrounding void, a thousand miles of mist churned with wind and clouds.

“This is the great Western-pole Divine Land, ten thousand miles of Buddha land. I refuse to believe that any ghosts or demons would dare to run wild here. I’ll go take a look.”

A Late Hierarch expert of the Battle God Clan volunteered and was the first to charge into the Arhat Hall, where the sinister wind was howling.

“You go take a look as well.”

Xuanyuan Yumo narrowed his eyes and said to the people beside him. He was afraid that if there were any good things inside the Arhat Hall, the Battle God Clan would take them for themselves.

The Heaven Connection Divine Palace also hurriedly sent two experts, who quickly went inside.

The sinister wind was terrifying, but Late Hierarch experts could still withstand it, though with difficulty. Six people went inside in total. Lan Luo glanced at Lan Mao, who shook his head slightly and said in a low voice.

“No matter what good things there are, there’s bound to be danger too. I can’t let you take that risk.”

Lan Mao’s words came as quite a surprise to Jiang Chen. He had not expected this Lan Mao to be someone with a head on his shoulders after all. At a time like this, naturally he could not let Lan Luo put herself in danger. Otherwise, if anything went wrong, it would very likely be something they could not handle. The resplendent Arhat Hall was tempting, of course, but with the sinister wind rising on all sides within it, they knew it could not possibly be just a simple Arhat Hall.

“This sinister wind really is strange.”

Jiang Chen frowned deeply. And just at this moment, the entire Arhat Hall began to collapse layer by layer. The tiles, the roof ridges, the beams and the doors all around gradually fell, eventually turning into flying ash and then into yellow sand. As for the six people who had just gone inside, there was no sign of them at all. Everyone knew that they must have disappeared into the dust together with the Arhat Hall that had turned to ashes.

Everyone sucked in a cold breath. Who could have imagined that this Arhat Hall would gradually turn into flying ash in a matter of moments? The Hierarch experts who had gone inside had not gained anything at all before they had already become history. Their deaths were like stones thrown into the sea, not causing the slightest ripple. They had quietly become cannon fodder.

“This is simply the work of a devil! That’s no Arhat Hall, it’s the Hall of Yama, a living hell on earth!”

Someone’s eyes were filled with shock. His face changed drastically as he backed away step by step. The gusts of sinister wind turned into a tornado that swept away and gradually vanished into the long sky.

“Such a huge, resplendent Arhat Hall just disappeared like that? That’s terrifying.”

“Yeah, where did they all go? Did they all turn into ash and get buried in the Arhat Hall?”

“The Arhat Hall disappearing seemed like the most ordinary thing in the world, yet it killed so many of our Hierarch experts.”

“Is this illusory realm of the Great Thunderclap Temple really the Buddha land of the past? Why do I feel like everything here reeks of something sinister?”

Everyone became tense. Late Hierarch experts had been wiped out in an instant. Tianyin the Enlightened in particular was only at the Mid Hierarch Realm. If not for his brother, he would never have had the chance to come here. Now that he saw Late Hierarch experts killed so easily, he could hardly believe it, and he became nervous as well. No one wanted to die. With his strength, it was a fool’s dream for him to cause any big stir here.

From the very beginning, he had only come in hoping to pick up whatever others left behind. With the protection of his brother, Wuyin the Enlightened, it should not have been that dangerous. But now that he saw Late Hierarch experts die so silently, how could Tianyin the Enlightened not be alarmed?

At this moment, even with his brother’s protection, if he had no ability to protect himself, he could easily be crushed to death in this illusory realm of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

“To put it bluntly, this is just an illusory realm. An Arhat Hall in an illusory realm disappeared, so what? What’s there to make a fuss about? Hmph. Every single one of you is so full of yourselves. If they died, they died. They only have themselves to blame for not knowing life from death. If you want treasure but you’re afraid, why come into this illusory realm of the Great Thunderclap Temple at all? You might as well hide at home and cultivate.”

Dou Bai said with a sneer, his eyes full of contempt. These people were just being melodramatic. From the moment they came in, they should have been prepared to die at any moment. Not every expert could laugh proudly to the end. The Great Thunderclap Temple might not be a dragon’s pool or a tiger’s den, but now it seemed it was no good place either. A great accident like this was within expectations, but it was still very alarming. After all, in the blink of an eye, six Late Hierarch experts had vanished like smoke. Even Half-step Divine Emperors would not have been spared.

Although Dou Bai’s words were full of sarcasm, they were also an undeniable fact.

“It’s easy for you to talk when you’re not the one doing it. Who do you think you are? Do you want to give orders to everyone?”

Shenyin the Enlightened pointed at Dou Bai and said in a deep voice.

“I don’t have that kind of ability. But at least I’m not stupid enough to rush in looking for treasure. At times like this, it’s better to let those idiots go. Hehehe.”

Dou Bai shrugged indifferently. Six Late Hierarch experts had died, and everyone felt very heavy-hearted. Dou Bai’s words left Shenyin the Enlightened of Tianluo Temple speechless as well. What he said did make sense. It was all because of their own greed. If they had not been greedy, perhaps they would not have died. But the dissipation of the Arhat Hall had cast a shadow over everyone’s hearts.

“You——”

Shenyin the Enlightened’s face was dark.

“Those who walk different paths can’t make plans together. Hmph. Friends of Zhongsheng Temple, we’ll part ways here. Let’s go.”

Wuyin the Enlightened said indifferently. As the leader of his group, his words made Shenyin the Enlightened snort coldly as well. They no longer wanted to stay with this arrogant guy who looked down on everyone. In the end, no one here was worth allying with.

At least from what they could see now, every single one of them was extremely selfish. All they wanted to see was the people around them falling one by one, with only themselves surviving. That would be the best outcome.