Chapter 819: Chapter 813: Seizing the Void
In the void, the Demon Lord and the Buddha were still huddling together for warmth.
Not long ago, the Demon Lord and the Buddha were celebrating in high spirits.
They had stolen the World Honored Dao Fruit from Lin Yuan and reached a honeymoon period with Wa Huang.
But who could have predicted, in such a short time,
the World Honored Dao Fruit turned out to be fake, and Lin Yuan severed the Good Corpse in the Returning Ruins.
Wa Huang underwent Soldier Resolution and reincarnation, and even the entire Wa Huang’s Palace vanished.
Chaos!
Everything turned into a complete mess.
To the extent that even now, neither the Buddha nor the Demon Lord could comprehend it.
They racked their brains but couldn’t understand why the situation deteriorated so drastically?
At this point, the Buddha somewhat regretted it.
He felt they fell into Lin Yuan’s trap.
If, at the beginning, he and the Demon Lord had trusted Wa Huang and hadn’t forced Wa Huang to the Returning Ruins to kill Lin Yuan,
perhaps the situation wouldn’t have spiraled into such irreparable chaos.
Sadly, there are no sellers of regret pills in the world.
Even if the situation had deteriorated beyond repair, the Buddha still had to figure out how to resolve this mess.
Otherwise, he’d be left with no choice but to surrender and let Lin Yuan slaughter them.
The Buddha had yet to think of a way to break the situation.
However, the Buddha could confirm one thing now.
That is, he and the Demon Lord mustn’t be separated at any cost.
Now, they are on the weaker side, and once separated, it will provide Lin Yuan the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
“Demon Lord, from today on, our forces must unite.”
“Any of our actions must also be together,” the Buddha said to the Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord had no objections to this.
Even though the Buddha had frequently misjudged, making the Demon Lord trust him less than before,
still, he had faith in the Buddha’s strength, even if not in the Buddha’s decisions.
The two being together would provide some support.
Don’t be misled by the Demon Lord’s fierce exterior, seeming as if he fears nothing.
In reality, the Demon Lord was deeply fearful inside.
After all, Wa Huang was no weaker than the Demon Lord or the Buddha.
Yet Wa Huang inexplicably fell to Tier Two, and then oddly reincarnated through Soldier Resolution.
These events hugely shocked the Demon Lord.
With all his bluster, always threatening to kill Lin Yuan, he was merely covering his fear.
Under the threat from Lin Yuan, the alliance between the Demon Lord and the Buddha transformed from a mere defensive agreement to a life-and-death pact.
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As the Demon Lord and the Buddha formed a life-and-death pact, the Yin Celestial Son was detaching the Underworld.
Detaching the Underworld from Heaven and Earth was a massive project.
Of course, it was noisy, with substantial energy fluctuations.
The energy waves were so powerful that even though the Demon Lord and the Buddha were in the void, they felt them.
However,
these energy fluctuations were happening within Heaven and Earth, not the void.
With the barriers of Heaven and Earth, the Demon Lord and the Buddha only sensed violent vibrations between Heaven and Earth, unaware of the specifics.
Intimidated by Lin Yuan, the Demon Lord and the Buddha dared not brazenly spy on Heaven and Earth.
Because of this, they missed a last opportunity to turn the tables.
Only when the Underworld completely separated from Heaven and Earth, with no barriers in between, did the Demon Lord and the Buddha learn what had occurred.
“Is this… the Underworld of the Yin Celestial Son? How did it detach from Heaven and Earth?”
“Could it be they’re splitting?” the Demon Lord displayed a sudden realization.
Buddha: “????”
The Buddha gave the Demon Lord a perplexed look, thinking, when I look at you with a puzzled expression, it’s not that I have a problem, but I think you have a problem.
Splitting?
The Buddha had practiced for so long and never heard of anyone’s three corpses splitting from their main body.
Isn’t this pure nonsense?
But if it’s not about splitting, what is it then?
Ultimately, the Buddha was much smarter than the Demon Lord, and after meticulous thinking and reasoning,
the Buddha hammered his leg and roared, “I get it, they’re not splitting, they’re here to seize our home.”
As soon as the Buddha finished speaking, a loud “boom” reverberated.
The Underworld crashed straight into the void, causing the entire void to wobble thrice.
The void is tangible, while the Underworld is intangible.
However, the void is nearly infinite in size, vastly larger than the Underworld.
After the Underworld crashed into the void, it occupied just a few percent of the void’s space.
Next came the rapid expansion of the Underworld, swallowing the entire Returning Ruins.
By the time the Buddha reacted and tried to stop it, the Underworld had already collided and merged with the Returning Ruins.
At this point, it was already too late for the Demon Lord and the Buddha to stop it.
Witnessing this, the Demon Lord was utterly furious.
The Demon Lord thought, damn it, how is it logical for two brothers to split houses by dividing the neighbor’s property?
The Demon Lord stomped his feet angrily and proposed to the Buddha, “They proactively attacked, crashing the Underworld in?”
“We need to declare our sovereignty, join forces, and eliminate the Yin Celestial Son.”
The Demon Lord had just finished when the Buddha refused, “No way, if we act now, the Heavenly Emperor of the Returning Ruins will surely support him; we have no chance of winning.”
“Let’s wait, see their weaknesses clearly, and make full preparations before we strike.”
The Buddha had returned to his usual extreme caution.
“Wait more?”
“If we keep waiting, the void will become theirs, and we will be homeless!” the Demon Lord said irritably.
Compared to the irate Demon Lord, the Buddha was very calm, “Acting now would ensure defeat.”
“Acting now ensures defeat?”
“Does acting later ensure victory?”
“All you do is hide and delay; if you’re that timid, you might as well be called Buddha Turtle instead!” the Demon Lord cursed.
Despite his harsh words, the Demon Lord couldn’t just part ways with the Buddha.
If the Buddha wasn’t willing to go, going alone would be a death sentence.
After being verbally assaulted by the Demon Lord, instead of getting angry, the Buddha patiently explained, “The Underworld just integrated into the void, which is our territory.”
“This matter is a mixed blessing for us.”
“On the surface, it looks like they invaded the void, and we suffered a loss.”
“But, in reality, it gives us an opportunity to find flaws in the Underworld.”
“Once we find the flaws in the Underworld, we’ve found the flaws in the Yin Celestial Son. Finding the Yin Celestial Son’s flaws means finding Lin Yuan’s flaws.”
“The current priority is to identify all the flaws of the Underworld, then destroy the Underworld and eliminate the Yin Celestial Son.”
“After taking down the Yin Celestial Son, the next target is Lin Yuan.”
The Buddha’s long-winded explanation managed to curb the Demon Lord’s impulsiveness.
At the same time, it equated to boosting the Demon Lord’s confidence.
After hearing the Buddha’s speech, the Demon Lord felt a slight possibility of defeating Lin Yuan.