Chapter 47 - 42: Break!
Drawing back the golden light it had emitted, the Jingu Bang suddenly shot toward the sky. Its speed was no less than that of the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light’s rapid movement. Thus, in the blink of an eye, the Jingu Bang had soared to an enormous height. Then, it turned downward, falling even faster than before, tearing a rift through space due to its excessive speed.
The next moment, the Jingu Bang violently plunged into the Boundless Water Realm, and once again, golden light mixed with fire burst forth. The golden light represented the purest sharpness of the metallic way of the world, while the fiery light was naturally the Red Lotus Karma Fire derived from the Void Transcendence Flower.
In fact, the Jingu Bang’s ability to absorb nearly a thousand worlds owed much to the Void Transcendence Flower. The Transcendence Bloom could transmute anything in the world. Even worlds that had begun to take shape were turned into pure law by the Transcendence Flower, which were then absorbed by the world within the Jingu Bang, thus replenishing and strengthening its inner realm.
But to return to the main point, the moment the Jingu Bang pierced into the Boundless Water Realm, the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light was already aware. However, despite his awareness, he was powerless to stop it. The Jingu Bang, with the purest metallic way of the world coupled with the Red Lotus Karma Fire, inflicted massive damage on the Boundless Water Realm.
And what terrified the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light the most was that his Boundless Water Realm was gradually diminishing, as if something was devouring it bite by bite.
After inspecting all around and finding nothing, the feeling of being devoured grew even stronger. While he contemplated further investigation, Sun Wukong did not intend to give him that time. He had exerted his Primordial Spiritual Sense and the greatest strength within his body to transform into a giant ape, and he would not let him go so easily.
Seeing that the Jingu Bang had successfully breached the Boundless Water Realm and with the help of the Void Transcendence Flower was directly devouring it, Sun Wukong’s fierce face broke into an even more savage grin.
With a single move, he appeared in front of the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light. His steel-like fur and muscle mounds, huge as small hills, were clearly reflected in the Eternal Buddha’s eyes.
Not until that moment did the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light snap out of his shock. Then, with a flash, he had flown back a hundred yards. However, in the instant the Eternal Buddha appeared, Sun Wukong also materialized simultaneously. It seemed unbelievable that Sun Wukong’s massive body could move with such speed.
The Eternal Buddha engaged all his Buddha’s power, enveloping himself in a pale blue light barrier, and began to blink rapidly away. No matter how he tried to escape, Sun Wukong could appear behind him within a fraction of a moment. In the beginning, the Eternal Buddha kept his composure, but as his various tactics continued to fail without changing the outcome, he finally became frightened!
How could this Sun Wukong possess such terrifying strength? Initially, with just the weapon in his hand, he had broken nearly a thousand realms. Then, although trapped in the Boundless Water Realm, before he could even fully use the devastating power of the Soul Extinguishing Water, the realm had been breached.
This was no mere barrier; it was a vast world. It had been easily punctured by a mere staff, which was now inexplicably devouring his world.
And at this moment, he was in disarray, unable to escape from his opponent’s terrifying speed, even with his renowned technique of rapid movement. At this point, the Eternal Buddha, despite having a myriad of strategies, had already surrendered to fear and despair.
So, defeat was merely a matter of time.
After being caught up to once more by Sun Wukong, the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light suddenly stopped running and stood still. He looked gloomily at Sun Wukong and said, word for word, "Sun Wukong, I admit that you are indeed very strong. But it won’t be so easy to kill me. After all, I am an outcast of the Ancient Realm, destined to spend my days in endless pursuit and death.
Rather than dying at their hands, I would rather meet my end today with you. At least I will have avenged the Carefree Buddha."
Having said that, the entire Boundless Water Realm suddenly began to collapse, and at the same time, the body of the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light started to become void. However, it did not disappear. Instead, specks of light the size of fingertips kept flying out from its body.
When the Boundless Water Realm vanished completely, Sun Wukong was already unable to see the person of the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light. Where the flowing light had once been, there was now only a massive orb of light. Upon closer inspection, one would realize that this massive orb was comprised of countless smaller orbs of light.
If one looked even closer, they’d see those tiny points of light were continuously merging. In an instant, all the light points merged together, forming an orb like the sun. Although it emitted a dazzling brilliance, there was not the slightest sense of heat.
When the orb had finished merging, an inexplicable chill rose within Sun Wukong. This chill made Sun Wukong feel threatened by death. It was very likely that one misstep could really lead to his demise here.
Waving his hand to recall the Jingu Bang, Sun Wukong had put away all traces of his previous contempt. He watched the distant blinding orb with unprecedented seriousness.
Suddenly, it seemed Sun Wukong’s eyes caught a glimmer, but before he could react, the next moment, he had been blasted away. After crashing through countless icebergs, he finally came to a stop. Fortunately, at the last moment, he had shielded his chest with his hands; otherwise, he would have surely been gravely injured.
Even so, Sun Wukong’s arms were already charred at the forearms. Then, a piercing pain came from his back, and without a moment’s hesitation, he darted to the right as quickly as possible. Yet he was still grazed by a beam of white light, and the skin on his left shoulder had turned black.
Two attacks, and he had been injured twice. One should know that he was now in his giant ape form, and moreover, it was the most powerful double-attribute giant ape in history. But still, he was unable to completely avoid that white light.
"Sun Wukong, weren’t you very proud a moment ago? Where is your speed now? Haha. I was just probing you just now. Next, let me show you what true Flowing Light means."
Sun Wukong turned around, and there, thirty zhang behind him, the orb of light floated quietly in the void. The voice he had just heard had come from within the orb of light as well.
Sun Wukong said nothing. He simply mobilized his ultimate magic power, pouring it into his fiery eyes. Then he stomped with both feet, and the Wind Fire Wheels appeared beneath them. Next, his back arched, and two fiery red wings appeared on Sun Wukong’s back.
The appearance of the Wind Fire Wheels was one thing, but when did Sun Wukong get wings? In fact, these were not real wings but Nezha’s famous Magic Treasure, the Universe Ring, which was simply enveloped by the Red Lotus Karma Fire, taking on the shape of wings for the moment.
Although they were not real wings, as the Universe Ring was a flying object itself, and with the aid of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, they could still increase Sun Wukong’s speed by thirty percent.
In the meantime, the orb of light had not made another move, seemingly waiting for Sun Wukong to get ready before attempting to destroy him in one fell swoop. It appeared that the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light was quite confident in its skill.
When Sun Wukong was ready and intently watching the orb of light, suddenly, his fiery eyes caught movement from it. The orb first rippled, then its surface flowed like water waves, its layers of light converging onto a single point facing Sun Wukong. Immediately afterward, the orb flashed, and a beam of light as thick as an arm shot straight towards him.
Sun Wukong opened the full power of the Wind Fire Wheels, and his entire body rose ten zhang into the sky, but at that moment, he saw that the orb of light had suddenly disappeared from its original spot, reappearing above his head, and then, another beam of light shot down.
This orb of light... could it actually perform instantaneous movement?