The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 241 Entering the Formation Outrageously

The 800 monks’ corps was composed of the high-level Qi-refining masters of Buddhism all over the world. Each of them was at high-level Qi-refining, so they were very powerful.

Moreover, what the 800 monks’ corps practiced was the art of the military formation. In other words, the full power of the formation wouldn’t be affected because of a few people, like 18 guardian warriors or 36 arhats.

In the final analysis, the monk corps was similar to the military formation of Militarism, but it was much more powerful than the general military formation of Militarism.

Buddhism sent out 800 high-level Qi-refining monks, let them practice the military formation of Buddhism, and trained them as soldiers. Therefore, it could tell that Buddhism had a profound foundation for hundreds of years of accumulation. The Taoist sect of the Tang Empire couldn’t compare with it at all.

Tian Luo had said that that the management of the Taoist sect was sloppy and that the Taoists liked being free and easy and didn’t like constraints. This was reasonable. The Taoist sect also had a sword formation, but there were a hundred people at most. It was obviously impossible to have a corps composed of 800 people, to say nothing of 800 high-level Qi-refining masters.

In the initial plan of Buddhism, the monk corps had a larger scale, far more than 800 people. You should know that Buddhism spent 800 years to live in seclusion, so they had enough time to plan an overall arrangement.

Gathering 800 years of heaven’s luck, they worked and pulled together. They just wanted an outbreak in one day. Buddhism controlled the Western Regions to a great extent, and it had the help of 18 temples in the north of the Tang Empire, so it naturally had more people than that.

But for hundreds of years, the most amazing cultivators in the Central Plains kept going west to kill the cultivators of Buddhism with their swords. Although they all died in the Daxue Temple in Golden Mountain eventually, they had a great influence on luck and the foundation of Buddhism.

Especially a hundred years ago, that man in cyan robes, holding a sword, went straight into the Daxue Temple and killed the abbot. People could imagine that he brought a lot of damage to Buddhism.

Tian Luo stared at Li Ye and said in a sinister tone, “Although the people at high-level Qi-refining are a little worse than those in the Kong Kim Realm, they cannot be underestimated. Each of the breaths of the people at high-level Qi-refining will merge into the military formation. In other words, all 800 people are a whole, and each strike of each monk is more powerful than that of the ordinary high-level Qi-refining cultivator.”

“The fighting ability of the 800 monks’ corps is far more powerful than that of 36 arhats. Previously, when Li Ye fought against 36 arhats, he kind of played a trick. But when he faces the military formation of the 800 monks’ corps, he would have no chance to play a trick, no matter from which direction he would attack.”

“Moreover, Li Ye was originally unable to defeat 36 arhats, but Li Ye was able to escape with his life because of the timidity of the thirty-third arhat and the others. Now Li Ye had not yet recovered from his injury, and his fighting ability was not as good as before. He couldn’t defeat 36 arhats, so certainly, he couldn’t win the monk corps either.”

After he finished speaking, Tian Luo kept sneering. His words showed that he was sure to win. He had great confidence.

Fa Yi nodded and agreed with Tian Luo’s judgment. The situation was so obvious that there would be no other judgments.

Fa Yi said, “We have already lost 18 guardian warriors and 36 arhats. Among the sharp weapons of Buddhism’s going out of the world, there are only the 800 monks’ corps and the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation left. Now, Li Ye is rushing toward the 800 monks’ corps, so he is bound to die. But the monk corps will inevitably have casualties. In the future...”

“Even if the monk corps will have casualties, the Taoist sects still can’t defeat them. Even if the five major Taoist sects of the Tang Empire unite together, they don’t have 800 high-level Qi-refining cultivators. What’s more, the Taoist sects have continuous internal disputes, so the possibility of union is very small.”

Tian Luo was very confident. In order to coordinate with the current situation and let Buddhism go out of the world, Buddhism had done a lot of research on the Taoist sects. “The country is prosperous and the people are outstanding. In peaceful times, the high-level Qi-refining cultivators concentrated in the imperial system, so Chang’an was an extremely dangerous place. But now in the troubled times, the luck of the Imperial Court has long been scattered, so there are few top masters left in Chang’an, while there are a lot of masters in the world’s Taoist temples, in Jianghu, and at grassroots. Within ten years, there will be countless high-level Qi-refining cultivators and even a few hundred cultivators in the Spiritual Master Realm all over the Tang Empire. This is what troubled times look like.”

“However, that’s ten years from now. I’ve heard that the immortal of the Immortal Court like reincarnation the most. Once they grow up, the Tang Empire will be full of land immortals. But my Buddhism has made early management, so there are also many reincarnated buddhas. What’s more, we have grabbed the earliest chances. It will take less than ten years for Buddhism to take over the Tang Empire, and it will sweep the world within three or five years. At that time, those people have not yet grown up, so they won’t be able to make any differences.”

Fa Yi nodded and said, “The country is really prosperous and the people are really outstanding. Masters come out in succession. But Buddhism will go out of the world. This is the destiny of the Great Tao. Before this Great Tao, the cultivators of the country are oppressed invisibly, and the number of masters is under strict restrictions.”

Tian Luo said, “All in all, this is Buddhism’s chance, and no one can take it.”

Li Ye rushed before the monk corps. He stamped on the ground fiercely, and a big hole appeared. He bounced up like a cannonball and lifted his Luke Sword over his head. Cyan light was surrounding the sword, like fire and a dragon. A wave of cyan light chopped down in the air, straight to the formation of the 800 monks’ corps.

Suddenly, a loud Buddhist incantation was heard in the monk corps. A layer of golden light rose from the military formation, protecting it like a pot cover. The cyan light hit the golden pot cover, and both of them shook violently. The cyan light suddenly exploded, while the golden shield above the formation only sank a little.

The white monks, just below the Sword Qi, suddenly turned pale. Obviously, they were under great pressure. But, that was all. After the strike, the monks showed excitement and contempt. They thought the devil was just so so. His strike of full strength could do nothing to the monks’ defense.

Before the white monks could relax, however, the second cyan light suddenly fell and hit on the golden shield fiercely. This strike was like a paddle hitting the surface of the water. The cyan light sank more than three meters. The golden light immediately swayed to both sides violently, like a river being separated.

Just below the Sword Qi, the monks, who showed excitement and contempt just now, immediately changed their expressions and spurted out a mouthful of blood together. Many of them had trembling legs and were obviously under great pressure. At this time, the monks felt very clear that the strike hit on the shield, like a heavy hammer and that the tremendous force made their bones numb as if they were about to crack.

Fortunately, the suffocating pressure only lasted for a second, and their bones didn’t crack. The Sword Qi disappeared on the shield. The monks, on the other directions, felt fine, however, the monks, just below the Sword Qi, felt lucky.

They felt the first strike was average. It showed that even Li Ye’s fighting ability could not make a substantial impact on the defense of the military formation. But the second strike had an impact.

The monks felt lucky, but at the same time, they couldn’t help but think it was lucky that there were only two such Sword Qis. If there was a third strike...

Just as the thought came to them, the third cyan Sword Qi fell immediately. The monks’ expressions changed at the same time. The monks, just below the Sword Qi, even looked frightened.

After the golden shield had been cut twice in the same position, the position was as thin as a cicada’s wing and couldn’t withstand the third strike. Moreover, Li Ye wield his sword very fast, without stopping, just like a series of arrows so that the monk corps had no time to respond.

When the third cyan light chopped down, the golden shield immediately shattered. Pieces of light splashed everywhere, like the spray.

The cyan Sword Qi went straight into the formation from the gap. Under the 60-meter Sword Qi, the monks’ bodies exploded at the same time, causing blood to spurt out in a mist. They were cut by the Sword Qi and flew backward everywhere, knocking down a lot of nearby companions. When they were still in the air, all of their meridians were broken, and all of their bones cracked. When they fell on the ground, they no longer could get up. Blood oozed directly from their robes.

This strike killed and injured dozens of people.

Li Ye fell from the gap cut by the Sword Qi.

In fact, these successive three strikes were inspired by Nangong Diyi’s Three Buyue Swords. He intended to imitate them. Although the spirit of his strikes was not as good as that of the Three Buyue Swords, his power was stronger than the past Nangong Diyi because his current cultivation was in the Spiritual Master Realm.

After Li Ye charged into the formation, he didn’t stop at all. The Luke Sword was controlled by his arm and cut forward. The cyan Sword Qi burst out so that the white monks in front of him immediately spurted out blood. What was more, the monks, who were near Li Ye, were directly cut their bodies into two halves.

Li Ye’s Sword Qi was extremely overbearing. Wherever the Sword Qi passed, many upper bodies of the monks flew up.

His sword chopped down, and cyan light fell immediately. A graben appeared in front of him. All the surrounding monks vomited blood and flew backward.

Li Ye looked calm. He turned to the right and wielded his long sword. Cyan light shot out, and the white monks, who were rushing forward, were hit, like suffering lightning. They flew away and fell on the ground, like a kite with a broken string. Li Ye turned to the left and wielded his Luke Sword. In the clear sound, a group of white monks, who were flying forward, fell to the ground, like deflating balls.

Li Ye consumed a lot of Spiritual Qi to launch several strikes to carve out a place for himself. He looked forward and saw countless white monks in front of him. They were holding various magic treasures, including knives, spears, and sticks, and they kept besieging him. The dozens of people, who had been killed or wounded earlier, seemed non-existent to them. At this time, they all looked solemn and wanted to kill Li Ye, that devil.

The corner of his mouth curved upwards, and he looked cruel. Li Ye did not retreat but advanced. He flew up and moved forward. When he entered the monk corps alone, Li Ye had no room to retreat. Only by keep moving forward and fighting his way out could he have the opportunity to win. Otherwise, he would be besieged by the monks and killed by them.

Li Ye knew that Buddhism had a Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation. He didn’t want to fight against it directly, especially when the monk corps had not been exterminated. So his goal was clear, to exterminate the monk corps first and then to concentrate on the famous Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation.

Li Ye rushed into the crowd of monks, like a bold and powerful bull. Wherever he went by, the fight was fierce, blood splashed everywhere, screams were heard one after another, and broken limbs kept flying away.

The frightening blood was left at the place where he walked through. Li Ye was standing in the crowd of white monks, and his black robes were particularly eye-catching. However, the blood, which kept splashing around him, was more eye-catching than his black robes.