Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1072 - The Holy Fire Descends

It was rather unexpected, but it was not bad news. The lethality behind the Buddha Slaying sword was extremely great. Just a scratch was enough to claim the life of the enemy, but that was not easy either when the enemy was fully prepared and possessed extraordinary battle prowess. Even when she launched a sneak attack and pushed her swordsmanship to the limit, she had almost failed at injuring the sect master.

But now that there was the hint of buddhist nature, she could use her buddhist cultivation in the process too, pushing the might of the Buddha Slaying sword to a whole new level, which made it easier to pierce the enemy’s defences. Afterwards, all she had to do was wait for the buddhist glow to fade away and for the wounds to kick in.

It was only a single stroke, but it possessed the wonders of both the buddhist and demonic.

Only now did Xiao An basically confirm the path that she had taken was not wrong.

The sect master’s body had been completely devoured by the Samādhi Flames of White Bone. He wanted to turn himself into a Ghost King—an ability that automatically came with the cultivation methods of the Umbral Yin sect. His strength would not only face no decline, but it would even climb bigger. However, he would face suppression from the laws of the world, so he would have to enter the Hungry Ghost realm to continue cultivating.

However, the wound from the sword had reached all the way to his soul, giving him no opportunity at all. He was filled with a sense of indescribable weakness. The Samādhi Flames of White Bone flowed in deeply, setting his soul alight too and almost burning it to a crisp in the blink of an eye. Let alone turning into a Ghost King, even detonating his soul nascence became almost impossible. He was overcome with a tremendous sense of fear.

“How!? What is that sword!?”

The Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was comprehension over life, death, and saṃsāra, but it was for the sake of shattering saṃsāra and annihilating all living and dead beings across the three thousand worlds. It could not

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