Chapter 1188: 42: Martial Saint of Yesteryear, Peak State

Chapter 1188: Chapter 42: Martial Saint of Yesteryear, Peak State

The lone soldier ventures deep, facing many with few.

This has always been a major taboo in military strategy.

Yet, Wenren Zheng, the ‘Military God,’ is doing just that at this moment.

One person against a nation!

“Activate the array—”

Jing Heng did not speak further with Wenren Zheng, decisively giving the order.

At Pudu Temple, tens of thousands of disciples were already positioned at different spots, chanting scriptures.

With Jing Heng’s command, all disciples played their parts, either channeling force or performing magic.

This grand array at Pudu Temple originates from magic, but once activated, martial artists can also inject their own power into it, enhancing its might.

This is also a manifestation of Magic and Martial Unity, a characteristic shared by many top-tier arrays of the current era.

In the Eight Treasure Pool outside the main hall, a Ninth Grade Golden Lotus suddenly bloomed, its petals flowing with Sanskrit like living beings.

The pool water boiled, stirring up golden-red ripples, causing the Bronze Demon-Subduing Pestle cast a thousand years ago to start humming!

Seventy-two Futu Towers materialized in the sky, followed by one hundred and eight scripture banners appearing out of thin air, distributed within a range of three kilometers around Pudu Mountain.

Each scripture banner is wrapped with seven layers of seven-colored flags, and the Vajra Bell hanging at the end of the flag moves automatically without wind, forming a visible “卍” character in the air.

“Roar—”

The phantom of the Eight Celestial Dragons appeared, radiant Buddha Light like a heavenly river pouring down, illuminating heaven and earth!

An imposing Buddha statue, towering ten thousand meters, manifested, covering the entire Pudu Mountain.

This is—the Great Sun Buddha Vajra Nirvana Array!

Pudu Temple has been passed down for millennia, and this array has undergone continuous improvement for a thousand years, while also accumulating a thousand years’ worth of Buddha Power and receiving a thousand years of tributes.

Among today’s arrays, apart from the Xuanqiong Supreme True Dragon Array in the Great Lan Dynasty’s Imperial Palace, which coalesces the power of a nation and condenses Taoism with National Fortune.

The array at Pudu Temple can be called the second best of the current era!

The Xuanqiong Supreme True Dragon Array condenses Taoism with National Fortune, allowing those without cultivation to possess peak combat power within the array, and can even grant national power across thousands of miles.

The Great Sun Buddha Vajra Nirvana Array at Pudu Temple cannot condense Taoism, nor can it grant power across thousands of miles.

This array has only one effect—defense!

Lanling City has over a million inhabitants, besides the Imperial Palace, there are the Imperial City, Inner City, and Outer City, with a vast area.

Thus, at the founding of the nation, when constructing the Xuanqiong Supreme True Dragon Array, the Grand Ancestor Emperor didn’t even consider including the entire Imperial City.

But Pudu Temple is different.

It needs only to safeguard a single mountain.

So with a Great Sun Buddha Vajra Nirvana Array, coupled with more than one peak strong person in place, it could be said to be as invincible as gold and jade!

Even if Lin Tianyi comes personally, Pudu Temple wouldn’t fear a bit!

But today’s situation is different.

Pudu Temple is no longer just a sect; it is the core of the Buddha Country.

West Pole Country has been established, and the tens of thousands of devout followers under Pudu Mountain are the valuable ‘assets’ of the Buddha Country.

The towns beneath the mountain will also expand in the future and will become the capital of West Pole Country.

It cannot be that on the first day of the country’s founding, you watch enemies kill your followers and destroy your future capital.

Such would not only drastically reduce the prestige of West Pole Country but also affect the National Fortune!

Thus Jing Heng immediately expanded the range of the Great Sun Buddha Vajra Nirvana Array to cover three kilometers.

Today, what he guards is not merely a mountain.

Beside him, Qin Zihong also activated the divine skill he just condensed.

His whole body shone with dazzling golden light, then merged into the halo behind the towering Buddha statue.

Next, a majestic Golden-winged Garuda appeared in the halo.

Its wings spread, as if they were part of the Great Sun!

This was Qin Zihong’s divine skill, not Dragon Transformation, but a transformation into the Buddhist sacred beast Garuda.

He, in his capacity as the King of West Pole Country, harnessed the National Fortune, injecting his power into the array, giving it even more grandeur!

All these changes happened in the blink of an eye.

As the array appeared, Wenren Zheng broke the barrier before him with three consecutive punches.

Entered the array alone!

“Thus have I heard, once the Buddha was in Toli Heaven, preaching to his mother. At that time, the worlds of countless directions, unspeakable, unspeakable…”

Jing Heng recited the Ksitigarbha’s Original Vow Sutra.

As the Brahma sound arose, the projection of Sumeru Mountain trembled in the void, Sanskrit runes wrapped around the mountain like chains of gilded gold.

Soon, thirty-three Bronze Hells descended inverted from the clouds, with countless billions of wraiths wailing within!

Thirty-three layers of hell entrapped Wenren Zheng within.

[Buddha’s Words] emerged, and the contents of the Buddhist scriptures materialized out of thin air, where words go, laws follow.

Wenren Zheng stood in hell, yet before he could break free, Karmic Fire transformed into Fire Lotus, burning all wraiths in hell, using endless karma as fuel, and transforming into Purifying World Fire Lotus, sweeping towards Wenren Zheng!

A thunderous roar—

Wenren Zheng thrust both palms forward, accompanied by the rumble of thunder.

The Sumeru Mountain in the sky tilted accordingly!

The mountain peak crashed down, countless giant stones falling, extinguishing the Karmic Fire.

This was—[Inverted Sumeru]!

Back when Jing Heng stormed into the Imperial Palace, he used this technique.

Wenren Zheng, being far away on Bai Feng Plain at that time, did not witness it firsthand. But after the event, he still developed a targeted killing move.

Knowing oneself and knowing the enemy leads to a hundred battles won.

This is the way of the military school!

With the posture of Inverted Sumeru, Wenren Zheng filled the thirty-three layers of hell!

“What Buddha, just that—”

He stepped forward, tearing through space, with the momentum of millions of troops charging, going after Jing Heng.

Jing Heng’s [Buddha’s Words] and River Guardian Heavenly King’s [Ganges Martial Town] were similar, both relying on the thousand-year foundation of Buddhism to cultivate Taoism.

The more Buddhist scriptures, the more people studying and reciting them, the more believers, the stronger [Buddha’s Words] become!