Whoosh!
The huge pillar of light suddenly disappeared.
Shelly stood on Persephone’s Folly Bridge in astonishment. She had been staying inside Alex’s mind palace, but now, she completely failed to sense his existence. The others were also lost in thought as they looked in the direction of the pillar of light that vanished.
On the other hand, those evil Buddhas had originally relied on drawing energy from Dairaionji Temple in order to exist, but now that the golden pillar of light was gone, the channel of energy was completely severed. They all melted into slag and disappeared with the wind without the need for the nether realm people to do anything.
“Did the Empress go there too?”
“Will the Empress be fine?”
The kings of hell looked at each other with dismay and worry in their eyes.
The Goddess of Compassion waved the willow branch in her hand. “Amitabha. The Empress is accompanied by the Buddha. With the Buddha’s great wisdom and his Life Wheel, she should be safe at Dairaionji Temple. Of course. The Empress must not let her emotions get better of her in there, or else the situation will be unpredictable.”
Shelly said, “I’m afraid Alex Rockefeller doesn’t have great wisdom. Instead, he will make Empress Ghast take maternity leave.”
The huge toad croaked. “It can’t be, right?”
“Let’s make a bet!”
“What’s the wager?”
“If you lose, give me your body to make a smoked toad.”
The toad was puzzled.
***
Whoosh!
Following the golden pillar of light, Alex and Empress Ghast passed through a barrier with a swish and fell into another dimension. They fell hard on a sturdy stone.
After casting a sweeping glance, there were people in all directions.
They both instantly became vigilant. One of them was lifting a sword, whereas the other held the Immortal Butcher. However, upon closer inspection, they found something wrong. The people before their eyes were not real humans, but stone statues…
The stone statue that had been cut open slowly closed its initially widened eyes.
It was a liberation.
“This is the terrifying consequence of evil Buddhism. These monks who have been turned into stone statues can’t live and die on their own, nor can they reincarnate. The nether realm will not accept their souls. Eventually, they can only wander here forever.”
Empress Ghast was a professional in this aspect and had her insightful opinion. As she spoke, the group of stone statues seemed to have been stimulated in some way or received an instruction. The stone statues’ eyes shot out red light.
They began to go berserk. They came to life and yelled. Then, they began to attack Alex and Empress Ghast.
“We have been discovered! Kill our way out!” The empress was decisive.
Alex was not an inflexible person either. Since these monks had long become someone else’s puppets and ended up in such a state right now, he had no need to be merciful. He picked up the Immortal Butcher and went on a killing spree, just like the empress.
Swish!
At that moment, a whistling sound came from the sky. This sound was extremely shocking. They could feel a powerful and unparalleled coercion from a great distance.
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