Buddha.
The endless Buddhist chants; the boundless Buddhist kingdom.
The entire auction site seemed to have transformed into a kingdom of tens of thousands of Buddhas. Innumerable Buddhist intent seemed to be hidden throughout the space, and one Buddha after another appeared in the surroundings as golden lotuses bloomed in large numbers.
But the background of such a scene was the horrifying killing formation dyed an endless crimson. The brilliant red light and Buddhist intent were perfectly combined.
In all of heaven and earth, there was only one person who could do such a thing—the young girl Wu Gui, who returned through reincarnation and transformed from a Buddha into a demon.
Wu Gui had been plotting this event for Nirvana Heaven for a long time, so she was already well-aware of the terrain here. At this time, she arrived at the location of the unforeseen variable with a single step.
Thus, an incomparably familiar figure that she didn't want to see at all appeared in front of her.
Leng Yedie was still staring blankly, dazed. When she saw someone take away the life-death stone, she suddenly changed color, showing anger. "You are—"
Before she could finish, she was blocked by an invisible force and gently pushed aside.
Such a gentle method naturally came from the Wu Gui behind her. If Gu Nan was the one who made a move just now, then she would've already lost her head.
Leng Yedie turned in astonishment and saw Wu Gui. Immediately, she panicked so much that she didn't even know where to put her hands. When she saluted, she stared straight at Wu Gui, just like a believer on a pilgrimage.
"How come it's you again?" Wu Gui looked like she had a headache. She felt that every time she wanted to do something, she would always run into this guy in front of her.
Gu Nanwas currently verifying the quality of the life-death stone in his mind. The life-death stone in front of his eyes met the Evil God Temple's requirements, both in terms of quality and quantity. The "Apostle Hall" structure could be constructed now.
Gu Nan, who was in a good mood, still had time to wave the life-death stone around and replied, "I need this. I heard that you guys have it here, so I came."
I need this. You guys have it, so I came to take it.
This reasoning, which sounded perfectly logical, was very acceptable to Wu Gui. She'd long been accustomed to Gu Nan's style.
"But I'm using this to kill people. If you take it, then what will I do here?" Wu Gui asked with a faint smile, but her eyes kept studying Gu Nan.
Her strength was quickly and continuously recovering. In recent days, she finally completely rebuilt her own laws and returned to Star Ruler Realm, so she was just looking for an opponent to try her hand.
There was no insurmountable gap between Star Rulers and Void Cutters, but there were still some differences.
Especially for a reincarnated old monster like Wu Gui, she had too many ways to take advantage of her superior cultivation realm.
But the next second, she realized something was wrong.
Gu Nan tilted his head, and his gaze suddenly became dangerous. A strong wind immediately rushed at her.
A punch without any embellishment smashed straight at Wu Gui's face!
Gu Nan's Evil God physique after advancing to Tier 5 was already not much weaker than his previous deity mode in Tier 4. At most, it only lacked the overbearing pressure that oppressed everything.
But although his punch was fast, Wu Gui's reaction wasn't the slightest bit slow either.
Her whole body glowed a brilliant gold. Three pairs of arms suddenly appeared behind her back, and two heads also appeared on either side of her head—three heads and eight arms, the Buddha's true body!
It's just that her Buddha's body was very strange. Of the two heads, one was a Buddha and the other a demon. One had a relaxed and serene expression, while the other looked ferocious and frightening.
Even for the arms behind her, half made Buddhist hand seals while the other half used demonic path seals.
Faced with Gu Nan's punch, Wu Gui didn't intend to hold back any power at all. 1,298 Buddhist and demonic intents instantly layered on top of each other as she pushed both her hands outward.
Gu Nan's current soul was extremely powerful, so he'd already captured this entire scene in his mind, but he paid no regard to it and continued swinging his fist forward.
The fist and palms collided, but no sound traveled out. The surrounding space collapsed instantly, and tendrils of darkness quickly overflowed from all around them.
Neither of them cared about limiting the collateral damage, so the pitch-black darkness that was still mere tendrils an instant before suddenly spread all over the scene in the blink of an eye.
Hundreds of Prodigious cultivators, including Leng Yedie on the side, were directly crushed into dust without even getting to scream.
The Void Cutters were also struggling just to stay alive. The battle between these two Star Ruler powerhouses at their full power shattered space itself, which nearly destroyed the Void Cutter cultivators present.
After a long time, the darkness finally receded slowly. The characteristics of space fracturing naturally separated the two, but no one gained the upper hand in this fight.
However, it was clear to Wu Gui that the other side actually had the upper hand.
She was only able to block her opponent's attack by mobilizing all of her laws, while the other party just used the strength of his physical body… Even from a stamina perspective, the opponent still had the advantage.
Gu Nan also didn't continue attacking. He'd never had any interest in enemies like this who couldn't be killed in one punch but also didn't drop anything upon death.
Instead, Wu Gui stood still, staring at Gu Nan with eyes full of disbelief.
She wasn't someone like Qian Han, who remained at Void Cutter Realm for his whole life. She knew the difference between a Star Ruler and a Void Cutter very well.
Even if Gu Nan didn't deliberately use his law, that feeling of perfected attainment and laws was undoubtedly that of a Star Ruler!
So Wu Gui fell silent. She studied Gu Nan with a hesitant look. "You… advanced to Star Ruler Realm?"
"Mm." Gu Nan nodded casually and turned to leave. He even opened a crack in space already.
But then he suddenly stopped, because he realized that this world was showing signs of collapse.
...
On the other side of the Myriad Heavens Universe, in the deepest part of Star Realm, Red's face was pale, while Zuo Zuo still stood in front of her coldly.
As the exceptionally strong Star Ruler who ruled over Nirvana Heaven, Zuo Zuo's strength was already above Red's to begin with, and that gap wasn't small.
If it were two Star Rulers with similar strength, they would've already crumbled from the pressure if they tried to remain in someone else's astral world for several years like him.
But using his own strength, Zuo Zuo managed to suppress Red inside her home field of Star Realm for several years, leaving the entire Star Realm riddled with holes…
If Gu Nan hadn't appeared out of nowhere, maybe Red would have completely fallen by now.
Of course, if there was no Gu Nan, maybe Zuo Zuo wouldn't have been able to find Immortal Demon World at all and wouldn't have returned to Star Realm.
Ignoring all these "what-ifs" for the time being, a figure was currently standing between Zuo Zuo and Red inside Red's palace. She wore a blood-red windbreaker and had a petite figure. She was precisely Ying Ge.
"My dear younger brother… You haven't changed at all in all these years!" Ying Ge covered her mouth and smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. Her gaze merely contained deep-rooted killing intent.
The boy half of Zuo Zuo's face became more and more kind, while the girl half of his face became more and more ferocious and even began to laugh wildly. "You still dare to appear in front of me?"
His two halves seemed to be out of harmony, and two voices appeared alternately.
"You're just a fake! A defective product!"
"I am the perfect one!"
"What are you trying to prove by running here now?!"
"Do you want to say that you succeeded? Ridiculous… Ridiculous! As long as… As long as I kill you…"
Zuo Zuo's voice began to separate on both sides, shrill and penetrating one second and deep and gloomy the next. But in the end, his voice settled into the tone of a normal middle-aged man.
"As long as I kill you, no one will know who I am."