Wen Wen looked at Wu Liugen with considerable apprehension. The manipulation of the six senses he spoke of, based on the description, was very similar to illusion techniques, but there was a significant difference.
Illusion techniques directly affected the enemy's brain, constructing phantoms within their consciousness.
Wu Liugen's ability, however, was to control the opponent's five senses, making them see whatever Wu Liugen wanted them to see.
One worked from the inside out, the other from the outside in; it was impossible to say which was more powerful.
But in the world of espers, illusion techniques were the most common, and most espers had their own methods for dealing with them, much like Wen Wen's method of the warehouse administrator's name tag and his resilient will.
Yet, for manipulating the five senses, Wen Wen had never heard of it before, which meant he couldn't rely on anyone else's experience to break Wu Liugen's moves.
From this perspective, Wu Liugen's ability was actually quite terrifying.
Those flying cicadas and insects were far less intelligent than humans; their essence was that of waste controlled by a wisp of energy.
If an illusion manipulator had come, they would have been unable to cast illusions on the brains of these cicadas.
But Wu Liugen could make all that these cicadas perceived false, causing them to constantly circle within the room, unable to find Wen Wen and the other two standing in the center.
Wu Liugen stretched his muscles and said to Wen Wen, "We can talk about the transaction later. Could the benefactor please lend me this treasure first, so I can eliminate these cicadas? After all, my divine abilities have their limits, and I can't hold them off for too long."
Wen Wen did not hesitate and directly threw the Buddha's Gatling over. When he took out the Buddha's Gatling, he had already intended to give it to Wu Liugen.
With so many cicadas present, even Wen Wen found them troublesome to deal with. Only Wu Liugen's abilities could effectively hold these creatures back.
After Wu Liugen took the Buddha's Gatling, it lit up entirely. A character appeared on each of its six barrels, making it resemble a golden LED toy gun.
"Wow, a golden legendary..."
Wen Wen blurted out a line from a certain card game without thinking.
Wu Liugen held one hand vertically in front of him and said:
"Homage to Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, six senses purified armor-piercing rounds, thirty-six hundred rotations per breath, great mercy and compassion to save all beings..."
"This is truly a treasure connected to my Buddhist sect. If every person in my sect had such a treasure, how could our sect not prosper?"
Then, holding the Gatling, he unleashed a barrage of fire at the flying cicadas. Although the Gatling was empty of bullets, Wu Liugen's inexhaustible power continuously supplied the golden Gatling, allowing it to fire energy rounds.
With each hit, a cicada was directly reduced to dust. If a bullet hit the wall, it would leave a large hole.
Wu Liugen's aim was not precise, but his spirit was invigorated and his energy was abundant. Within seconds, this church was reduced to ruins. It was not his Buddhist temple anyway, so he felt no pain even if the foundation was pierced.
Seeing their companions' corpses fall, the cicadas emitted buzzing sounds. The remaining dozen or so cicadas shamefully retreated.
Wen Wen looked at the astonishing ruins, his mouth twitching slightly. The Buddha's Gatling in Wu Liugen's hands was no longer just a gun. Even if he were piloting the X Iron Wings, he wouldn't dare to face Wu Liugen's attack.
But if Wen Wen were to clash with Wu Liugen, with Wu Liugen's abilities, he might have to face it head-on even if he didn't want to. However, given Wu Liugen's personality, he would probably want to "cut the grass and eliminate the roots" before moving to kill.
"May I boldly ask, your Buddhist sect doesn't have a Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, do they?" Wen Wen said with a blank expression.
Wu Liugen said matter-of-factly, "Not now, but if many people believe in it in the future, there will be. Which of the Bodhisattvas in the temples didn't start out this way?"
This guy wasn't devout to Buddhism either!
Wen Wen immediately realized that Wu Liugen probably had no faith at all.
Come to think of it, it made perfect sense. The Buddhism that Wen Wen understood would absolutely not do something like "cut the grass and eliminate the roots."
And would a truly faithful person have the idea of infiltrating another sect to gain advanced experience?
In general religious sects, the mere thought of such a thing would be heresy.
In fact, Wen Wen's guess was correct; Wu Liugen truly had no faith.
Wu Liugen was born with golden light and was born with knowledge, so he was regarded as a reincarnated living Buddha by the Buddhist sects in the south, who worshipped him like a deity.
But Wu Liugen himself knew very well that he was not some living Buddha, and his innate knowledge was not due to the Buddha or Bodhisattvas. Therefore, he planned to secretly leave the Buddhist sect when he grew up.
However, as he grew, he learned many things in that monastery.
Although the old monks and young monks had different views from Wu Liugen, and some of their ideas were quite laughable in his mind,
they were good people, a group of simple and good people.
Whether it was the elder monks or the young monks, their greatest pastime was wandering down the mountain, dispelling demonic creatures, or helping people with illnesses, disasters, and troubles.
Whenever asked if doing so was worthwhile, they would just smile without saying a word.
Therefore, Wu Liugen decided to help them revive Buddhism as repayment for their upbringing.
As for whether the monks would become corrupt and degenerate after growing stronger, that was not something Wu Liugen needed to consider.
In Wu Liugen's view, the reason why the Creator Church grew and prospered, while Buddhism declined.
It was not because the Creator Church's gods were "spiritual" and Buddhism's gods were not.
The root cause was the Creator Church's shrewd methods and effective propaganda, while Buddhism had always adhered to old rules and refused to change.
That was why he infiltrated the Creator Church to learn advanced experience.
Over the years, he had learned a lot from the Creator Church. In summary, it was about being ruthless and dark-hearted with a strong fist, and bestowing favors and manifesting divinity to bewitch people.
Ruthless and dark-hearted scheming was something those naive bald donkeys couldn't learn, but the others could be tried. Therefore, when he saw the Buddha's Gatling in Wen Wen's hand, he couldn't help himself.
What were the Buddhist artifacts made by those old monks?
Wooden fish, prayer beads, small iron basins, small iron rods. Those things could only kill people by the power of Buddhism, not by the power of the weapons themselves.
Therefore, he decided that from now on, the Buddha's Gatling series of weapons would be the standard equipment for the Buddhist sect. With combat power, they could cooperate with the Hunter's Association. Once they gained the Hunter's Association's support, the Buddhist sect could rapidly develop and grow.
Based on his observations, the Hunter's Association had been displeased with the Creator Church's sole dominance for a long time.
But other sects were not living up to expectations, and what Wu Liugen wanted to do was to make Buddhism stand up!
Wu Liugen had considered the Creator Church as his adversary from the beginning, and his goal was to develop Buddhism into a colossus that could contend with the Creator Church!