Upon hearing the ascetic's words, the Dragon King said sarcastically.
"He's just a coward, hiding when he can't win. How boring..."
"My benefactor, you have been misled by karmic obstacles. Take a step forward, step out of the karmic obstacles in your heart, and as everyone knows: 'Lay down the butcher's knife and instantly become a Buddha...'"
The ascetic's voice echoed throughout the space filled with flying sand and stones, repeating again and again, impacting the Dragon King's mind!
"Everyone knows that all living beings are but ants, so why do you cultivate? You are the one who is deluded by karmic obstacles. Giving up everything and returning to the realm of sentient beings is true transcendence. Ascetic cultivation is nothing but self-deception and obsession..."
The Dragon King retorted without backing down!
"Your false teachings mislead the masses; you must undergo three thousand worlds of reincarnation before you can attain enlightenment..."
The ascetic's voice echoed, and then the entire alternate dimension coalesced into the ascetic's body...
Although these bodies were formed from dust, each one radiated golden light, like a golden Arhat who had attained enlightenment...
Seeing this, the Dragon King frowned, for he discovered that he could not find the ascetic monk's true form; each of his clones seemed to be him, yet none of them seemed to be...
At this moment, the Dragon King realized that cultivating one's spiritual power to its peak could actually deceive others' senses...
These condensed clones, some sitting, some lying down, some extending palms, some kicking, some chanting scriptures, some with closed eyes, some with kind faces, some with glaring anger, all simultaneously shouted:
"Benefactor, why haven't you converted yet..."
I take refuge... I take refuge...
The sound echoed in the confined space, interspersed with the roar of a lion, its powerful intimidating effect sending shivers of pain through the Dragon King's mind...
The ascetic's powerful mental energy was like countless steel needles, relentlessly assaulting the Dragon King's mind. Once the Dragon King's mind was invaded by the ascetic's mental energy, it would instantly be turned into mush, turning him into an idiot...
"I laugh at the world, who dares to make me take refuge?"
"I look down upon the world with pride, who dares to be my enemy?"
"You have cultivated yourself for a lifetime, yet you have severed all ties with heaven and earth, and sought to alleviate the suffering of all beings. With a selfish heart and greedy lies, you seek your path forward, and you are destined to fail..."
"Haha... Destruction is inevitable..."
An unimaginable, domineering aura emanated from the Dragon King and surged outwards in an instant…
It was like a violent explosion that instantly shattered the small space created by the ascetic!
The ascetic monk's avatar, formed from dust, was also destroyed by this powerful force, turning back into dust. The uncontrolled dust once again drifted with the wind, and when the dust settled, the ascetic monk's figure reappeared in mid-air...
Although the opponent was still floating there, its aura was not as strong as before, and the power it could control had shrunk to a small area around its body...
"As expected of the Dragon King, you are indeed powerful. However, you haven't used the power of the Dragon Ring until now, so the Dragon Ring must no longer be on you..."
The ascetic monk saw through the Dragon King's condition and knew that he had lost the Dragon Ring!
"Do you think you're worthy of me using the Dragon Ring to deal with you?"
The Dragon King said disdainfully, his eyes filled with contempt for the ascetic, showing he didn't take the ascetic seriously at all...
His domineering words, coupled with his imposing figure, revealed that this man possessed an invincible heart that looked down upon the world!
Anyone who sees this scene will be captivated...
"You were too arrogant; that's why you failed. I hope you'll learn from this in your next life, instead of wasting time talking to the enemy and giving them ample time to set traps..."
The ascetic's voice rang out, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, as if nothing in the world could affect his emotions...
"Faced with absolute power, all schemes are nothing but a joke..."
The Dragon King didn't care about the ascetic monk's trap. As long as he could crush his opponent in strength, any trap would be nothing but a joke!
"Confidence is a good thing, but excessive confidence is foolish..."
The ascetic's body remained motionless, as if devoid of all life, but a powerful surge of energy erupted from within him…
A strong wind blew by, scattering the dust on the ground, and only then did people see that twenty-four relics had appeared on the ground at some unknown time...
These relics varied in size, but all of them radiated powerful energy. They were relics left behind by powerful holy monks after their deaths, containing their powerful spiritual energy from their lifetime…
These relics subtly formed a special magnetic field, instantly enveloping the Dragon King within it…
"I never expected you to have such a trump card. Relying on the strength of others like this, is it because you lack confidence in yourself? It seems you're no longer the simple ascetic you once were; you've started using these unorthodox methods on yourself..."
The Dragon King's tone was tinged with regret. He hadn't expected that the dignified number one expert of the Liao Kingdom, the ascetic monk, would actually use the power within the relic of a high monk to suppress him. This had already deviated from the true essence of cultivation...
"If there's no clear path in cultivation, then I can only use immense power to forge one. This is merely a means to an end; as long as I can break through, my path is the right one..."
The ascetic persisted in his beliefs, seeing nothing wrong with borrowing the strength of others. He believed that if he could unleash power beyond his limits, he might be able to forge a completely different path…
"Misleading others will harm oneself and ultimately lead to destruction..."
The Dragon King sighed, knowing he couldn't persuade the ascetic; both of them had reached their limits, and their resolve was unmatched…
Now, he is trapped in a huge field formed by the relics. In the eyes of the ascetic monk, a loser is not qualified to teach him how to do things!
"Before that happens, you will understand just how powerful the power of another realm truly is..."
As soon as the ascetic finished speaking, the relics on the ground flew up and formed a spiritual barrier around the Dragon King, cutting off his senses...
Even though the entire space within his line of sight was distorted, what he saw was no longer what he truly saw, but rather what the ascetic wanted him to see…
Unable to penetrate the barrier of the relic with his senses, the Dragon King became blind. In this state, not only were his eyes unreliable, but his senses were also unreliable…
"If this were truly the power of another realm, I might already be dead. But this power you've pieced together isn't something you cultivated yourself. Power gained through opportunism won't allow you to transcend realms, but it will cause you to lose yourself..."
The Dragon King's words did not awaken the ascetic; instead, they spurred him to intensify his mental control. He wanted to prove himself right to the Dragon King. He could disregard the opinions of anyone else in the world, but he could not ignore the Dragon King's view, because the Dragon King was a master on the same level as him…
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