Chapter 124: A Great Opportunity
As time passed, the body of the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva began to resonate with continuous sounds. It seemed as if its joints were twisting, and even the statue’s neck started to sway!
“Clang, clang, clang…”
The Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva’s thousands of arms began to sway rhythmically, and soon, its entire body radiated with golden light.
“Liu brother, we can stop now!”
Liu Shunyi nodded. Meanwhile, Zhao Gou began frantically channeling his magical power. However, the statue was just too enormous. Even with Zhao Gou being at the Nascent Soul stage, he couldn’t handle it.
Liu Shunyi approached Zhao Gou and stuffed a pill into his mouth.
Zhao Gou looked at Liu Shunyi with gratitude and went back to crazily infusing magical energy. But suddenly, he felt something off.
“Oh crap, Liu Brother, help me!”
It felt like the statue was gobbling up both his magical power and soul. He quickly called for Liu Shunyi.
At that moment, Liu Shunyi coldly snorted.
“Boom~”
He delivered a palm strike.
“Bang…”
With a muffled sound, the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva cracked all over from the impact. But that statue absorbed Zhao Gou’s magical power and quickly began to recover.
Liu Shunyi was furious.
“Seems like you need to be taught a lesson to understand how powerful I, the King of Hell, truly am!”
Saying that, Liu Shunyi’s aura exploded forth. In the blink of an eye, the statue vanished.
Liu Shunyi: “???”
Zhao Gou: “???”
The two exchanged a bewildered glance.
“Where did the statue go?”
Liu Shunyi asked.
Zhao Gou shook his head in confusion.
“I don’t know!”
Just then, the old man—a nervous wreck—shook as he stepped out from the shadows.
He swallowed hard.
“Zhao King of Hell, you, you might want to check your Nascent Soul!”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Gou quickly looked at his Nascent Soul.
And upon seeing it, he turned into a statue himself.
“My Nascent Soul has transformed into the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva!”
Zhao Gou panicked.
“Liu brother, you have to save me! Am I going to be possessed?”
Liu Shunyi wasn’t sure either, but still said,
“Your Nascent Soul is you; whether you’ve been possessed is something you should know yourself!”
Zhao Gou thought for a second and found that to be somewhat reasonable.
Then he began to sit down and meditate deeply.
After a moment of reflection, his mood brightened.
“Liu Brother, this is a great opportunity! This really is a huge chance for me!”
Liu Shunyi, dumbfounded, asked,
“How so?”
Zhao Gou hurriedly explained.
“This statue of the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva is now integrated with my Nascent Soul! This means my Nascent Soul can’t be attacked in any way. Not only that, but it also boosts my spell strength and magic power nearly tenfold, plus it comes with self-healing abilities and a golden body!”
Liu Shunyi: “…”
“Why don’t you have a stronger reaction? Aren’t you shocked?”
Liu Shunyi sighed while looking at Zhao Gou.
“In a way, this certainly is a great opportunity for you, but all those abilities you mentioned? I seem to have them all!”
Zhao Gou: “…”
Zhao Gou wasn’t having any of that.
“My Nascent Soul can transform into the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva!”
With that, a gigantic Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva appeared behind Zhao Gou.
Liu Shunyi didn’t say a word.
Instead, a Nascent Soul that looked exactly like him emerged behind him—complete with a divine halo made of nine Golden Cores!
It made Liu Shunyi’s Nascent Soul look even more like a deity!
Zhao Gou: “…”
He quickly retracted his Nascent Soul, becoming somewhat reticent.
Liu Shunyi also put his Nascent Soul away and chuckled at Zhao Gou.
Initially, Zhao Gou felt kind of down.
But soon he realized, “Whatever! I’m not lacking. Plus, as a doctor, why would I need such strong power!”
“Oh, right! The Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva has another technique!”
He said this as he pointed a finger on Liu Shunyi’s forehead, transmitting the Thousand-Hand technique to him.
After studying it for a bit, Liu Shunyi looked speechless.
“Does it really need to be a thousand hands?”
Zhao Gou was momentarily taken aback before bursting out in laughter.
“Finally, there’s something you can’t do! Awesome!”
After thinking for a moment, Liu Shunyi smiled, “What if there’s a possibility that I can use it without a thousand hands?”
Zhao Gou: “!!!”
Then he watched in shock as Liu Shunyi directly condensed blood into hands.
Zhao Gou: “???”
Zhao Gou felt utterly defeated by Liu Shunyi’s level of insanity.
Fuming, Zhao Gou decided to spar with the old man.
Using the Thousand-Hand technique with all his might, the old man was nearly beaten to death.
The old man cried out.
“Lord King of Hell, if I’ve done something wrong, let me die rather than punishing me like this!”
Finally, Zhao Gou withdrew.
“What are you talking about? I was just challenging you normally! But seriously, how are you so weak?!”
The old man was speechless.
“I’m weak? I used to be a genius among geniuses! But I’ve never heard of anyone who could turn their Nascent Soul into the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva or one that resembled a deity!”
But he dared not voice his thoughts, fearing Zhao Gou might punch him again.
At least he wasn’t dead or crazy.
This human was like a hellish overlord!
Liu Shunyi and Zhao Gou rummaged through the temple once again.
Finding nothing of value, they decided to move to a different location.
“Old man, tell us where else there might be treasure!”
At that moment, the old man seriously thought for a moment.
“The biggest opportunity outside the city must be the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva Temple. I believe the rumored treasure of the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva is the statue itself. If you wish to look for another opportunity, you’ll have to venture into the inner city.”
However, the mention of the inner city made the old man’s face turn pale with dread.
“Gentlemen, while the inner city may have great opportunities, it also harbors great horrors. Though the gods may have fallen, some of their pets or followers are still alive, and they’re living right in the inner city. Those folks can take a life with a casual strike!”
Liu Shunyi didn’t care.
Zhao Gou, having gained powers from the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva, was feeling pretty invincible at this point.
“Let’s head to the inner city!”
Liu Shunyi declared.
Zhao Gou nodded in agreement.
The old man quickly interjected,
“Although people in the inner city might not have high levels of cultivation, each of them is incredibly strong, and some are even warriors. Their power is no less than that of Body Integration practitioners!”
Liu Shunyi and Zhao Gou remained unfazed.
The old man sighed helplessly.
“Fine, I’ll take you to the inner city, but can I not come?”
Liu Shunyi and Zhao Gou exchanged silent glances with the old man.
“Get it? I’ll go, I’ll go!”
The old man felt as if his life had turned into a dark tunnel.
He wondered if he had been cursed to run into these two hellish overlords.
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