Chapter 617 - 611: True Form and Good Corpse, The Meeting of Two Kings
Under the Buddha Realm that covered half the sky, a figure appeared.
The World Honored has arrived!
The World Honored at this moment appeared sacred yet slightly eerie.
His kasaya was gold on the left side and black on the right side.
Correspondingly, there was a contrast in the expression on his face.
The left half of the World Honored’s face was kindly and benevolent, looking very amiable.
But the right half looked fierce and menacing, sending chills down one’s spine.
The World Honored simultaneously practiced the Buddha’s Dharma and the Demon Lord’s techniques, with his left side representing Buddhist Dharma and the right side representing demon techniques.
Everyone looked towards the World Honored within the Buddha Country, and Elder Bai murmured, "Logically speaking, shouldn’t the World Honored’s Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques have already fused?"
"Why are his Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques so distinctly separate?"
Elder Bai’s question was also the question of everyone present.
If they hadn’t fused, then how could the World Honored possibly attain enlightenment?
The World Honored had appeared, yet both sides seemed to remain calm.
The World Honored just stood there in his Buddha Realm, not making a move.
Lin Yuan, Elder Bai, and the others also refrained from rashly entering the Buddha Country of the World Honored.
Lin Yuan and the others were waiting, waiting to see if the World Honored would first attain enlightenment or deal with them.
The World Honored stood silently in the Buddha Country.
"Friend, when will you appear?"
"If you delay any longer, I am truly going to attain enlightenment!"
"I am offering you a chance to assist me in achieving enlightenment, but only this once!" The World Honored called to the void as if conversing with someone from afar.
The Anti-Buddha Alliance people were all on Lin Yuan’s side, so it was evident that the World Honored wasn’t addressing them.
Then, who was the World Honored talking to? The answer was clear.
The Dean.
The World Honored was conversing with his former Good Corpse across a distance.
The World Honored seemed to know that his former Good Corpse would become an obstacle to his enlightenment.
As the World Honored’s words fell, nothing stirred in the void.
The Dean also did not appear.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan even hoped in his heart that the Dean would never appear.
If the Dean didn’t show up, he wouldn’t have to sacrifice himself.
Unfortunately, Lin Yuan knew this was impossible.
The Dean would definitely appear, just not right now.
The delay in appearance was merely to avoid being led by the nose by the World Honored.
Seeing that the Dean didn’t show up, the World Honored simply stopped speaking and slowly closed his eyes.
Following this, the fusion of the World Honored’s Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques could be seen with the naked eye.
The aura of the World Honored could be seen rising rapidly.
Fusing the Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques internally was an effortless task for the World Honored.
He hadn’t fused them earlier, waiting to do so now under everyone’s watch, to complete the last step.
The World Honored wanted to show all those trying to stop him from achieving enlightenment that it was impossible to do so.
The speed of the World Honored’s fusion of Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques was too fast. In the blink of an eye, it was complete, leaving Lin Yuan and the others unable to intervene.
However, fusing the Buddhist Dharma and demon techniques was just the final step before enlightenment, not enlightenment itself.
As the aura of the World Honored surged, the Peacock Great Ming King couldn’t hold back.
He felt that they couldn’t wait any longer.
Waiting longer would only make the World Honored stronger.
Without hesitation, the Peacock Great Ming King unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light, striking towards the World Honored.
Previously trapped in Wa Huang’s Palace, the Peacock Great Ming King had just arrived, when the World Honored began his enlightenment.
Therefore, regarding the timing of action, Lin Yuan and the Peacock Great Ming King had no time to communicate.
"Oh no!"
"The Peacock Great Ming King couldn’t contain himself!" said Elder Bai helplessly.
At this point, with the Peacock Great Ming King already charging forward, it was too late to stop him. In the blink of an eye, he reached the edge of the World Honored’s Buddha Country.
Just as the Peacock Great Ming King was about to rush into the World Honored’s Buddha Country, an elderly man in a white Zhongshan suit appeared, blocking his path.
The clothing style of this old man was clearly not from the Mysterious World. In fact, it resembled Lin Yuan’s attire.
So, without a doubt, this elderly man blocking the Peacock Great Ming King was the Dean.
"Peacock Great Ming King, no rush. Let this old man fight the first battle."
"As the saying goes, ’Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.’ In the world, no one understands him better than I do." The Dean declared with confidence.
The Dean was once the World Honored’s Good Corpse, essentially a part of the World Honored, so he naturally understood him very well.
"You must be the senior often mentioned by Lin Yuan!"
"Thank you!" The Peacock Great Ming King cupped his hands toward the Dean.
"It’s necessary!" the Dean returned the greeting.
With the Dean intercepting the Peacock Great Ming King, Lin Yuan and the others also caught up.
"Great Ming King, let’s make our move later!"
"This fellow Daoist still has entanglements with the World Honored to resolve." Elder Bai held back the Peacock Great Ming King.
Now that it’s the final battle, Lin Yuan saw no need to keep the Dean’s identity a secret.
Thus, regarding the Dean being the World Honored’s Good Corpse, Lin Yuan had already informed Elder Bai and the others.
However, as the Peacock Great Ming King was previously trapped in Wa Huang’s Palace, he was unaware of this matter.
The Peacock Great Ming King was bewildered, not knowing the entanglements Elder Bai spoke of.
"You’ll understand soon enough," Elder Bai whispered.
Lin Yuan, Elder Bai, and the others led the Peacock Great Ming King back.
At this moment, only the World Honored and the Dean remained in the sky.
Their eyes met, the original body and the Good Corpse facing each other.
"You’re still the same, refusing the wine of favor and opting for the wine of punishment!"
"I invited you to come out, and you refused, forcing me to extract you!" The World Honored looked at the Dean with a superior demeanor.
From the World Honored’s tone, it could be heard that he held significant resentment towards the Dean.
The World Honored despised traitors more than anything. In his eyes, the Dean was his Good Corpse, a part of him.
Yet now, the Dean stood against him.
One could even say the Dean had become the World Honored’s biggest detractor.
The Dean quietly replied to the World Honored, "You haven’t changed either—still domineering and unreasonable in your actions."
"It’s as if all living beings in the world must obey your orders."
At this moment, the Dean was no longer the World Honored’s Good Corpse. He had become an independent entity.
The original body and the Good Corpse found each other displeasing, and their words were laced with barbs and hostility.
All at once, the surrounding atmosphere became all the more oppressive.
In the next moment, the Dean moved first, weaving his way into the World Honored’s Buddha Country.
Seeing this, the World Honored was a bit stunned.
To the World Honored, this seemed like a blunder on the Dean’s part!
Entering his Buddha Country, this was walking straight into the trap!
Did he truly not consider the consequences of entering so hastily?