Because of this situation, Shi Chan did not rush to join the battle. Instead, he stopped about ten feet in front of Liu Li and Li Molin. He looked at Liu Li from afar, put his hands together, and bowed in a Buddhist salute.

"It's you again!" Liuli said angrily, "Why is there this monk everywhere?"

Before Shi Chan could speak, Li Molin's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "Liuli, I'll kill this monk for you!"

Having said that, he took out his skull staff and rushed towards Shi Chan in a flash. Just before he reached Shi Chan, Lingxi nimbly leaped onto Liuli's shoulder.

“Uh…” Liuli was stunned for a moment, but her subconscious thought was to stop Li Molin. Her hand stretched forward but then stopped in mid-air. After a long pause, her face turned cold, and she angrily withdrew her hand, letting him go.

Li Molin soon ran into Shi Chan. Helpless, Shi Chan could only use the Zen Pure Pearl to summon many Buddhist artifacts and engage in a fierce battle with Li Molin.

Over the years, Shi Chan's cultivation has been continuously improving, and he has reached the mid-stage of the Buddha Heart realm. Although Li Molin's cultivation is higher than Shi Chan's, he is still physically weak due to losing half of his essence. Therefore, the two fought to a standstill, and neither could hurt the other.

Ever since Li Molin and Shi Chan began their battle, Liuli's gaze had been drawn away from the chaos at Bodhi Temple, fixed intently on their fight. Black and golden light intertwined between them, and countless ghostly faces and Buddhist artifacts fought fiercely, each giving an equal chance. Liuli's brow furrowed, and her heart tightened. She didn't want to see either of them get hurt in this fight.

Time ticked by, and the battle raged fiercely at the Bodhi Temple below. The Xuanjia Army, clad in highly protective Xuan Iron Armor, had not suffered a single casualty so far, while the Divine Beast Youth had lost over a dozen and suffered over a hundred wounded. The Buddhist side had also suffered heavy losses, with many young disciples killed.

In the sky, the seven-jeweled kasaya on Shi Chan's body shone brightly, while Li Molin was surrounded by demonic energy that lingered and shone with a sharp demonic light.

Liuli watched the battle between Shi Chan and Li Molin with a furrowed brow. She saw that when Shi Chan was entangled by more than a dozen ghost faces, he was caught off guard. Li Molin swung his Blood Fiend Trident, and dozens of blood-red sharp beams rushed towards Shi Chan. Shi Chan hurriedly broke free from the entanglement of the ghost faces and moved to the left to avoid most of the sharp beams. However, one sharp beam changed direction in an extremely tricky way and with a "whoosh", it was about to pierce Shi Chan's neck.

Fortunately, Shi Chan turned his head to avoid the danger of having his neck pierced by the sharp edge. The edge passed by quickly, only leaving a long wound on Shi Chan's neck, with a trail of blood.

Liuli's brow twitched, and her heart suddenly clenched.

The next moment, Shi Chan threw the Zen Purification Beads away. The beads shone brightly and arranged themselves into a swastika shape. Then they suddenly scattered and transformed into a spinning golden wheel that rushed towards Li Molin.

Li Molin gripped the skull staff with both hands, raised it high, and slammed it down hard on Jinlun.

The golden wheel had sharp edges, becoming even more razor-sharp as it spun. Li Molin gripped his skull staff tightly, trying to block the wheel's advance. Veins bulged on his hands, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead; he appeared to be struggling.

Originally, Li Molin was physically weak and lacked strength. He shouldn't have confronted the Golden Wheel head-on; he should have just dodged it. But he acted impulsively and insisted on using his strength to block the Golden Wheel. He even wanted to deflect the Golden Wheel and make it fly back.

Shi Chan clasped his hands together, lowered his eyes, and murmured Buddhist mantras. Then he raised his eyes and suddenly pushed his hands forward.

The golden wheel shone brightly, and Li Molin was unable to withstand it, nearly losing his skull staff.

Seeing that something was wrong, Liuli waved her hand and released a large amount of demonic energy to block Li Molin's path, forming a barrier that shielded him from the golden wheel and allowed him to retreat smoothly.

After retreating somewhat awkwardly, Li Molin immediately prepared to rush forward again.

Liu Li frowned and raised her hand to call out to Li Molin to stop hitting her. Just then, a chanting sound came from an unknown direction and instantly spread throughout the Central Plains.