The three, while locked in combat with Jiang Wuya, also heard the commotion outside from within the blue stone fortress.
He knew his grandfather had made his move.
But he also knew that his grandfather and the others couldn't hold out for too long.
"Grandfather left me his last wisp of remnant soul, not even having the chance to see my children born. I absolutely cannot lose this battle."
Buddhist light flowed through his eyes, and his entire body was enveloped in golden radiance as he continuously changed Buddhist hand seals.
Tuantuo Dizang, Baozhu Dizang, Baoyin Dizang, Chidi Dizang, Chugaizhang Dizang, Ri Guang Dizang...
These were the starting hand seals of the Six Paths of Dizang, each hand seal representing a Dizang! It was with this very move that he had sealed himself and Huo Ban together.
Today, he intended to repeat history, sealing himself and Jiang Wuya together to buy time for the others!
As Yan Shouyi performed more and more Buddhist hand seals, the surrounding Sanskrit chants grew stronger. The blue stone fortress seemed unable to suppress this power, beginning to crack, with golden Buddhist light seeping through the fissures!
Jiang Wuya felt this power and instantly grasped Yan Shouyi's intention.
His expression suddenly turned ferocious, "Yan Shouyi, my millennium of planning, and you wish to perish with me?! Impossible!!"
Saying this, Jiang Wuya suddenly exerted force, and the malevolent energy within his body ceased to form tentacles. Instead, it transformed into countless scimitars that detached from his body and began to spin around him!
Yan Chou and Jiang Qingxue could only evade, but Yan Baixiang charged forward!
The two were mortal flesh and blood; being cut in half by the scimitars would mean true death. However, Yan Baixiang was in his wooden puppet Dharma form. If it was destroyed, it was destroyed, so he had nothing to fear.
As Yan Baixiang surged forward, golden talismans suddenly lit up his body. These were complex formations he had long ago inscribed onto his wooden puppet Dharma form!
"Die!"
Jiang Wuya controlled the flying scimitars and sent them towards Yan Baixiang.
Yan Baixiang leaped into the air, and then the gravity around him seemed to increase tens of thousands of times, pressing him towards the ground. The scimitars launched by Jiang Wuya fell with him.
Boom!!
A terrifying explosion resounded. The scimitars around Yan Baixiang suddenly detonated, transforming into myriad threads that tightly bound Yan Baixiang's body.
Jiang Wuya stalled Yan Baixiang's progress, all the while controlling the malevolent energy threads to constrict him and directing other scimitars towards Yan Shouyi!
Yan Baixiang let out a cold snort, and the golden talismans on his body erupted with intense light, directly melting and severing the malevolent energy threads!
Yan Baixiang, regaining his freedom, seized the opportunity to move before Jiang Wuya and unleashed a punch towards Jiang Wuya's body!
Bang!!
Jiang Wuya hadn't expected Yan Baixiang's movements to be so swift. Caught off guard by the heavy blow, his chest was pierced by this punch!
However, he was in the form of a Heavenly Fiend Corpse Puppet. Even with severe injuries to his body, he could recover quickly, so Jiang Wuya didn't take Yan Baixiang seriously. He even ignored him, continuing to control the scimitars to attack Yan Shouyi.
"Xue'er, let's form the array together!"
Yan Chou and Jiang Qingxue arrived outside the blue stone fortress in time. The two quickly formed an array, blocking all the scimitars.
Simultaneously, Yan Baixiang exerted force again. Without Jiang Wuya needing to act, his body suddenly exploded!
This wooden puppet Dharma form harbored various mechanisms within it. After Yan Baixiang activated them, his entire body erupted with countless paulownia wood spikes, like a porcupine.
And Jiang Wuya, whose chest was already pierced, was immediately turned into a sieve by the paulownia wood!
If it had been Yan Shouyi, he would likely have perished at Yan Baixiang's hands by now. But Jiang Wuya was not afraid of the paulownia wood!
Jiang Wuya's movements only paused for a moment. The next second, he raised his damaged hand and punched Yan Baixiang's head!
The head of the wooden puppet Dharma form, unable to bear the strain, directly separated from the body.
But Yan Baixiang's remnant soul still controlled the body of the wooden puppet Dharma form. Losing his head had no impact on him whatsoever!
He grabbed Jiang Wuya in a hug, and Jiang Wuya, seemingly realizing something, furiously tried to break free.
In an instant, Yan Baixiang's body emitted a powerful golden light that engulfed Jiang Wuya!
Seeing this, a trace of sorrow appeared in Yan Chou's eyes.
This was Yan Baixiang's final killing move, sacrificing his last wisp of remnant soul to buy Yan Shouyi the final moments.
From the severed head that had been flung away, Yan Baixiang's kind voice could be heard, "Shouyi! Grandfather can only help you this far! The path ahead must be walked by yourselves!!!"
"Grandfather..."
Yan Shouyi, within the blue stone fortress, couldn't help but shed tears.
He knew his grandfather was truly leaving.
Boom!!!!
A violent explosion echoed from outside, its force directly destroying the blue stone fortress surrounding Yan Shouyi!
Yan Baixiang's wooden puppet Dharma form was itself a human bomb, except instead of gunpowder, it was filled with various talismans of immense destructive power.
The force of the explosion leveled the entire General's Residence and created a deep pit in the Zhenguo Shrine. However, the Zhenguo Sword, entwined by qi-generating roots, remained intact, held aloft in the sky.
"Where is Jiang Wuya?!"
Yan Chou, shielding Jiang Qingxue, looked for Jiang Wuya as soon as the dust settled.
Jiang Qingxue said with a cold face, "His body should have been blown to smithereens, but... he won't die so easily."
As soon as she finished speaking, a mass of black malevolent energy floated out of the explosion pit. This mass of energy was like a black hole, endlessly devouring everything around it.
"Damn old man..."
Jiang Wuya's voice came from within the malevolent energy. Immediately after, the energy churned, and Jiang Wuya, his face unrecognizable from the blast, was slowly pushed out.
He had indeed survived.
Although his current appearance was extremely disheveled, it was foreseeable that he would soon recover from his physical injuries.
Yan Baixiang, with just a wooden puppet Dharma form, had pushed Jiang Wuya to this extent, which was already immensely powerful.
"We have used all our trump cards."
Yan Chou sighed softly and turned to look at Yan Shouyi.
If Yan Shouyi was not yet ready to act, then they, as parents, would likely have to prepare to fight with their lives.
Fortunately, Yan Shouyi was ready!
"Tuantuo Dizang, Baozhu Dizang, Baoyin Dizang, Chidi Dizang, Chugaizhang Dizang, Ri Guang Dizang!!"
Yan Shouyi suddenly roared, followed by the appearance of six massive Dizang Buddha statues behind him!!!
Upon seeing this, Jiang Wuya's pupils contracted sharply.
Without hesitation, he turned, intending to leave!
But at this point, how could Yan Shouyi let Jiang Wuya escape?
He reached out and grabbed the air in front of him. The six colossal Dizang Buddha statues behind him also reached out simultaneously, grabbing towards Jiang Wuya!
Seeing that escape was impossible, Jiang Wuya hardened his heart and instead flew towards Tong Jingcheng, who was busy delaying the soul-slaying blade!
The unsuspecting Tong Jingcheng was directly thrown into the palms of the Six Paths of Dizang by Jiang Wuya, who sneered, "Since you respect me as your superior, you should always be ready to sacrifice for me! Tong Jingcheng, it is time to prove your worth!"