Beside the Buddha statue stood an abbot, holding a huge Buddhist rosary and wearing a kasaya. He slowly stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and bowed devoutly: "Benefactor, please lay down your butcher's knife and return to the embrace of Buddha."
The ghost bride let out a sneer, like the hooting of an owl: "Master, let's keep to ourselves. You chant your scriptures, and I'll have my own wedding. Why bother disturbing this joyous occasion?"
“This female benefactor, although you possess strange qualities, as long as you are wholeheartedly devoted to goodness, Buddha can also guide you to a new life. Why cling to the past and keep trying to seize the groom?” The abbot stepped forward.
The ghost bride snorted coldly: "You bunch of things, you dare to try to convert me!" After saying that, she withdrew her domain, turned around and fled with the bridal sedan chair like the wind, even abandoning the groom and her paper effigy that she had just captured.
However, the moment she tried to rush out and touch the dazzling golden light, she was like iron filings attracted by a magnet, burned and bounced back by the golden light. Before her eyes, the golden body of the Buddha statue was like a golden sun, suspended in the air, facing her directly.
The Buddha statue suddenly spoke, its voice booming like a great bell, deafeningly clear: "Amitabha." These four words, like magical sound waves, tightly bound the ghost bride.
The members of the Xuanwu Squad were delighted to see this scene. The monks beside the Buddha statues helped them up and untied the people who had been hanging, all with a compassionate expression.
Liu Yong and the others wanted to go forward, but Xu Anran stopped them. She found these monks strange, and had an inexplicable feeling about them. Qi Meng asked her, "Why are you stopping us?"
"I don't know, they just seem weird, I can't quite put my finger on it, they just seem abnormal." Xu Anran frowned slightly, unable to figure it out herself.
Upon hearing this, Liu Yong nodded in agreement: "Then we won't go over there. We'll stick to our original plan and go to the Taoist temple later."
Xu Anran glanced at him in surprise. Liu Yong sensed her surprise and explained, "Our team may not be good at much else, but we have one advantage: we listen to advice and never do anything dangerous." The others nodded in agreement.
Seeing that they remained motionless, several monks approached, and one of them said, "Esteemed benefactors, it is too dangerous outside. Why don't you come back to the temple with us?"
"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but we have other places to go, so we won't go any further," Liu Yong said, returning the greeting with his hands clasped together.
Upon hearing his answer, the monks were taken aback and wanted to persuade him further, but Xu Anran suddenly pulled everyone around and turned to leave. However, as they reached the golden light knot, the golden Buddha appeared once more in front of Xu Anran.
The ghost bride's red veil was lifted, revealing her charming and lovely face. Her lips were like fire, and her eyebrows and eyes were like paintings. Her red veil flew out and covered the eyes of the golden Buddha, thus successfully freeing her from her predicament.
She knew she couldn't escape on her own today, so she flew to Xu Anran's side.
The red veil covered her face for only a moment before burning and falling off. The ghost bride said to Xu Anran, "Girl, this is no good. Do you remember why you ran away from the temple? It was because of him! If we join forces, maybe we still have a chance to leave here. What do you say?"
The Xuanwu team stood with Su Shuzhi and, seeing Xu Anran and the others about to leave, sensed something was amiss. It was understandable that the female ghost wanted to escape, given the powerful Buddhist magic that could suppress evil spirits; but the fact that they were blocking the group's way of leaving suggested they were forcing them to stay.
The Xuanwu team thanked the monks and said they would go with Xu Anran and the others, then cautiously approached them.
During this time, the monks and the people behind them stared at them intently, making them feel uneasy and even more uneasy.
Seeing Xu Anran nod, the ghost bride knew she agreed to her suggestion and felt relieved. From the moment she met Xu Anran, she could sense the powerful aura of nobility emanating from her, so she didn't want to be her enemy; while this ghost Buddha probably felt that he had the advantage of numbers and strength, which was why he didn't take Xu Anran and himself seriously.
Seeing that continuing the act was pointless, the seemingly compassionate face of the Ghost Buddha revealed a sinister smile. Gone was the solemnity and holiness; only a bizarre and eerie aura emanated from him. The golden light emanating from his body turned red, and the red light in his eyes intensified. His lips parted in a wide grin: "Amitabha~ Hehehehehe."
The monks, just like the Buddha statue, turned red in the eyes and grinned. The crowd behind them stopped chanting and stared blankly at everyone.
The monks and the crowd rushed over first, engaging in combat with the Xuanwu team and Liu Yong's group. The Xuanwu team was able to hold their own for a while, but Liu Yong and his group were indeed too weak, and they could only use the talismans in their hands to defend themselves for a short time.
Xu Anran asked the ghost bride to protect Liu Yong and the others, while she went to deal with the ghost Buddha. When she saw the ghost bride fly around Liu Yong's team, Xu Anran turned to look at the tall Buddha statue.
Her heart was pounding, and she seemed to be very greedy for the big guy in front of her. When the Ghost Buddha saw the greed in Xu Anran's eyes, he suddenly had a bad feeling. This was the first time he had felt such fear since he was born in this strange world.
He wanted to escape, but suddenly he couldn't move. His body was bound by many black threads, which were eerie energy.
These eerie energies were quite peculiar, containing specks of blue light that not only kept him in place but also sealed his eerie aura.
Xu Anran jumped onto his golden body, and a thick, eerie black line extended from his heart, with a blue light flashing at its top.
The black line shot straight into the golden body on the forehead of the ghostly Buddha. Golden light flowed into the black line, like a conveyor belt, and was transmitted into Xu Anran's heart.
As the eerie aura dissipated, the ghostly Buddha let out a terrified scream, its face filled with shock, revealing its fear.
The monks and the crowd below panicked and rushed over to stop Xu Anran.
However, it was too late. Xu Anran quickly absorbed his eerie energy, and the golden light on the eerie Buddha disappeared, leaving only a terrified bronze statue.
After Xu Anran finished sucking, she unconsciously let out a satisfied sigh. Turning her head to look at the envious gaze of the ghost bride below, Xu Anran said, "Sorry, I accidentally sucked it all up. How about you keep the rest?"
The ghost bride could sense that Xu Anran was powerful, but she didn't expect Xu Anran to be this powerful!
She was initially worried when she saw Xu Anran looking at her, fearing that Xu Anran might betray her and take advantage of her. However, when she heard that Xu Anran only wanted to share the remaining small fry with her, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he ran around the place in high spirits, killing and draining the evil energy from the monks and humans who had lost their protection and were now ghost slaves transformed by the monstrous Buddha.
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