Numerous sharp weapons pierced Shi Chan's body in the blink of an eye, but Shi Chan's seven-jeweled kasaya shone brightly, deflecting all the weapons.
With his eyes tightly closed and brows furrowed, Shi Chan endured the numerous weapons piercing his body, only dodging when a weapon struck a vital spot beyond the protection of his seven-jeweled robe. Throughout this process, he loudly chanted the Purification Mantra, attempting to awaken the soldiers on the battlefield.
Not to mention that the billions of soldiers in this demonic orb have been fighting non-stop for tens of millions of years, even when they were first imprisoned in the demonic orb, the ancient gods failed to awaken their minds, let alone the Heart-Cleansing Mantra recited by Shi Chan tens of millions of years later.
Shi Chan didn't know the time inside the demon pearl. He only felt that he had been chanting the Heart-Cleansing Mantra for a long time until his mouth was dry and his voice was hoarse. When he opened his eyes, he was still seeing crazed faces and pairs of bloodshot eyes.
Shi Chan's heart sank to the bottom, and he was utterly desperate.
Time passed slowly, and above this ancient battlefield, blood splattered and splashed, and a monstrous aura soared into the sky, stirring up the chaotic clouds that churned and drifted in all directions.
Within the ancient battlefield's demonic orb, there were no sun, moon, or stars, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night. Shi Chan was unaware of how much time had passed; he was simply disturbed by the malevolent and murderous aura emanating from this ancient battlefield, his mind becoming agitated and restless.
At first, he simply kept dodging, but there were too many weapons, and even with the Seven Treasures Kasaya protecting him, he was still injured from time to time. Gradually, the immense malevolent energy from the ancient battlefield seeped into Shi Chan's heart, and his eyes gradually turned red.
Finally, his mind went blank for a moment, and all seven precious stones on his jeweled robe detached from the robe and flew swiftly in all directions, instantly killing all the soldiers around him.
Centered on Shi Chan, within a ten-mile radius, lay countless corpses—all figures of soldiers pierced through the body by the Seven Treasure Stones, collapsing helplessly. Huge amounts of blood flowed onto the dark red ground, instantly absorbed and vanished.
Shi Chan stood stunned in the center of the circle, his face turning pale as he looked around at the numerous corpses falling one after another.
“This humble monk…this humble monk has killed so many innocent people…” Shi Chan’s fingertips began to tremble, and tears fell silently. In an instant, he was covered in tears.
At this moment, the numerous Seven Treasures Stones flew back onto the Seven Treasures Kasaya, followed by the figures of numerous soldiers running frantically over a large number of corpses.
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Above Fox Plains, six high-ranking monks, having reached the stage of Nirvana, watched as the numerous monks and nuns on the ground were bewitched by the fox demon. The six exchanged glances, and one of the monks raised his voice and shouted, "Disciples, you may silently recite the Immovable Buddha Heart Mantra. You must guard your Buddha heart to the death and not be bewitched by the fox demon!"
Upon hearing this, some Buddhist disciples who were still struggling between clarity and confusion closed their eyes and repeatedly recited the Immovable Buddha Mantra. After several recitations, these disciples gradually regained their senses. Once they were clear-headed, they felt even more hatred for the Nine-Tailed Fox, and their attacks became increasingly fierce. Where was there any trace of compassion?
Sakura shouted, "Listen up, all you foxes! We are determined to drive these bald Buddhist monks out of our home! Give it your all!"
The nine-tailed foxes, witnessing their kin being slaughtered one by one by the Buddhist disciples, were already filled with grief and indignation. Upon hearing Yingmo's words, the foxes shouted in unison, "Fight with all our might to kill the enemy!"
Sakura and the other nine six-tailed foxes quickly gathered together. They exchanged glances and then flew into the sky to greet the six monks and two nuns who had reached the Nirvana Realm.
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On the ancient battlefield, blood was the cheapest commodity. Perhaps it was the sheer volume of blood splattering everywhere that stained so many eyes. By this time, the blood had also stained Shi Chan's eyes, obscuring the clear wisdom deep within them.
At this moment, Shi Chan was sometimes lucid and sometimes insane. When the bloodshot in his eyes subsided, he would avoid fighting, but when his eyes were completely red, he would kill in a frenzy, showing no mercy to his subordinates.
Lucidity and madness alternately occupied Shi Chan's mind. Gradually, his lucid moments became shorter and his mad moments became longer and longer.
At that moment, Shi Chan was in a frenzy. The seven-jeweled kasaya on his body shone brightly, and the kasaya moved without wind, making a "humming" sound, as if it were anxiously trying to awaken Shi Chan. But Shi Chan's face was full of murderous intent, his eyes were bloodshot, and he held a golden katana in his hand, slashing incessantly. How was he any different from those crazed soldiers?
Suddenly, Shi Chan paused in his chopping motion, his face contorted in extreme pain, his brows furrowed, and his eyes briefly regained their clarity.
He stood frozen in the midst of the soldiers' encirclement, his face contorted with pain, remorse, and unease. The dagger in his hand vanished silently, and he stared down at the blood on his fingers, uttering in a daze, "Blood... the blood of innocent people..."
In the blink of an eye, just as numerous weapons swarmed towards him again, Shi Chan trembled, his mind once more clouded by ferocity, his eyes turning bloodshot and filled with a murderous light.
Can one become a Buddha in a single thought? Or can one become a demon in a single thought?
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