Chapter Fifty-Four: Shattering the Azure Sky

  (Chapter, seeking everyone's support!)

  Nyangtri Songtsen, also translated as Langdarma or Nyatri Tsenpo, was the 32nd king of Tibet according to traditional Tibetan history. He was the father of Songtsen Gampo, who is said to have unified Tibet and founded the Tibetan Empire. At that time, they had developed from a tribal alliance into a slave state, gradually expanding their power from the Zedang and Gongbu areas in southern Tibet to the Lhasa River valley. However, they still did not occupy Lhasa, and the regime was not yet unified! After Nyangtri Songtsen's death, his son Songtsen Gampo used military force to subdue the ancient Qiang people of Suibi (now northern Tibet and southwestern Qinghai) and Yangtong (now northern Tibet), moving the capital to Lhasa and formally establishing the Tibetan Empire.

  But Lhasa, in Li Yuanba's mind, is the capital of Tibet! So their strongest military force should be gathered here, after all, the famous Potala Palace was also built here! In fact, Li Yuanba did not think that at this time, the strongest military force was in the Shannan Zedang area, which belonged to Nangyal Zangpo's territory! It just so happened that Li Yuanba and his men made such a big noise, who didn't know? The current Lhasa is basically a wasteland of grass and sand, because Tibet has not been unified, no one dares to easily enter someone else's territory. When the news of Li Yuanba leading the army to attack Tibet arrived, the forces here began to put aside their differences and wanted to unite to defeat Li Yuanba first! The question is where to discuss it, so after some deliberation, all parties looked at this wasteland of grass and sand!

  Thousands of troops, all elite forces, with the most notable being tens of thousands of monks! At this time, Tibetan Buddhism had not yet begun to flourish, but these monks were basically the best at that time! Because they were among the first batch of people in Tibet who believed in Buddhism and practiced Buddhist Dharma, they were very skilled. Tens of thousands of monks with a fearless spirit of "if I don't go to hell, who will?" vowed to contribute to the Buddhist cause and penetrate deep into the hearts of the Tibetan people!

  They are all practicing the same Dharma - the Angry Vajra Secret and the Mahavairocana Mantra! Still as a mountain, moving like the wind, even Buddha's anger is to eliminate demons and protect the Tao! Tens of thousands of monks who practice the same Dharma can form the Vajra Demon-Subduing Great Array, sharing their cultivation, making it easy for them to destroy myth-level masters. Also, because Lhasa was later known as the "City of Sunlight", it will also increase the power of the Mahavairocana Mantra!

  Other forces have been arriving one after another, and the troops with different attire also show signs of breaking through 10 million! This is almost the strongest military power in the entire Tubo!

  In April, Li Yuanba reluctantly arrived at this desolate place! The traffic is really a major drawback, wandering in the mountains, it's easy to lose direction.

  This is too desolate, Li Yuanba has been walking all the way and hasn't encountered many human settlements like mountain villages! However, Li Yuanba encountered a base of the Tubo sect, where the cultivation methods made Li Yuanba feel very suffocated. Several thousand monks can share their powers, and the circular formation is not as dense as a military formation, but rather loose and flexible, able to gather or disperse at will. It's hard to hit more than two people with a big hammer! This is the first time Li Yuanba has encountered a situation where brute force alone cannot take down a large group. Due to their shared powers, they are very fast, and after entangling with Li Yuanba for half a day, he was only able to kill around 100 people! Even when using his true strength, the situation didn't improve much. The repeated curse attacks couldn't cause any harm to Li Yuanba, but could still push him back a few steps. The loud shouts of the thousand monks made Li Yuanba feel annoyed and disoriented!

  Li Yuanba's last move, Instantly arrived at the center of the big array, with himself as the center to launch a peerless technique, this just instantly killed these eighteen monks! At the same time, this also exposed Li Yuanba's weakness, although it can't even be considered a small flaw, but after all, it's not possible for him alone to instantly kill everyone under the sky, except for his peerless technique... If this group of monks were to run away, Li Yuanba could only kill them one by one, and most of them could escape under the cover of terrain even if they were hammered by Li Yuanba.

  Nang Riti Lun Zan was promoted as the leader of the alliance, he integrated all the people who practiced magic into different large arrays, forming a hierarchical structure, densely packed, forming a powerful and defensive Luohan array! If Li Yuanba's army rushed in, almost no one would survive except for Li Yuanba himself!

  The terrain of Tibet is so complex that the people here have a special way of transmitting information. Li Yuanba finally determined the direction and rushed straight to Lhasa, under his Treading Heaven skill, it can be said that he was jumping over mountains and flying over rivers!

  Upon arrival, a very complex large formation appeared in front of Li Yuanba! Under the support of tens of thousands of people, various postures of Buddha floated vaguely on the formation, like an illusion, like a dream, with clear chanting sounds, as if in the Western Paradise! Behind the formation was a cavalry array of hundreds of thousands, ordinary people would be scared to retreat at the sight!

  "Li Yuanba! My Tubo and your Great Tang have always coexisted peacefully, like well water not interfering with river water. Why did you initiate this war, causing the people to suffer and families to be torn apart? My Tubo is a vast and powerful land, and we have always been compassionate. If you retreat now, I can represent the people of Tubo in forgiving your reckless actions and letting bygones be bygones! But now, with just one person, your army is still far away, do you really think you alone can defeat my hundred thousand strong army?!"

  Li Yuanba originally didn't know who the leader of Tubo was, but this fool actually spoke up!

  "Haha, you're the king of Tubo?! I didn't know where you were originally, now you can go die!" Li Yuanba shouted excitedly through the big array, immediately fixing his gaze on Gong Zan.

  "The renowned General Li, feared by all under the heavens, is actually a fool who can't see the situation clearly! Haha, you want to kill me? Do you think the grand formation in front of you is just for show?! I really doubt how your Li family was able to unify the Central Plains - are you all just fools who can't see the situation clearly?!" The sarcastic remarks from Tong Ri made the entire army erupt into laughter, and their fear of Li Yuanba vanished into thin air!

  "Hahaha! Fools, you've had enough!" Li Yuanba's furious laughter turned into a manic shout, his voice becoming the sole protagonist in this corner of the world, suppressing the voices of millions of troops and echoing through the heavens!

  Li Yuanba's hair suddenly flew up along with the cloak on his back, a few meters high illusory shadow rose into the air, and the massive True Purple Gold Tyrant Heaven Hammer in the shadow's hand emitted countless rays of light!

  With a loud "boom", the illusion disappeared, and in the place where Nang Rilun Zan was located, a flat three-foot-deep crater appeared within a radius of three miles!

  The Tubo leaders with some power were almost all killed by Li Yuanba in this one move! Only the leaders of small forces were not qualified to be around him and escaped disaster! This move took away several thousand human lives and horse lives.

  Everything in sight is within the range of the unparalleled technique!

  "Ah! The upright son is going wild, avenging the adults! Brothers, kill for me!" Those leaders' subordinates came back to their senses in shock and became anxious.

  "Amitabha! Exorcise the evil, protect the way, kill this demon!" The master of the great array activated it, and the Buddha's shadow quickly floated above Li Yuanba, killing intent spreading everywhere!

  "Haha, I'm gonna have some fun with you bunch of annoying monks again!" Li Yuanba was quite frustrated last time when he killed those 1,800 monks. This time, with so many densely packed monks, it should be a great killing spree!

  "Devil's Sound!" Li Yuanba struck the two hammers together, and a massive shockwave spread out in all directions! However, this group of people who mainly practiced the Secret Curse spell were unexpectedly not killed by it, thanks to the support of the large formation.

  "Damn it! If thunder doesn't kill you, I'll smash you to death! Tread the sky and hammer the earth!" Two skills were released instantly.

  Suddenly appeared beside several monks, double hammers struck down! "Boom!" Within five meters of the monks didn't even have time to react, and were instantly crushed into powder!

  "Maintain formation, once he charges over, disperse immediately!" The monk in charge of the grand formation hastily instructed!

  "Huh? Die!" Li Yuanba heard the voice and turned around, throwing out a peerless skill!

  "Listen to my orders!" Several places suddenly appeared multiple voices, this is what other people saw the main array master die, immediately topped up!

  "Mantra!" Many voices sounded at once!

  "What?" Li Yuanba couldn't understand this Tibetan language!

  "Mahavairocana mantra!" "Vajra mantra" "Acala mantra" "Mantra of Light" "Heavenly Demon Subjugation Mantra"... A series of Buddhist secret mantras formed a giant palm in the air, slapping towards Li Yuanba!

  "Buddha's Hand Subdues the Demon!" A combination of various incantations actually formed a Buddha's hand!

  "Damn it! Mount Wuzhi!?" Li Yuanba looked up and saw that this scene was just like the one where Sun Wukong was suppressed.

  "You shall die for your evil deeds!" The monks shouted in unison, their voices shaking heaven and earth!

  "Damn it! You really are the old Buddha! Tread on heaven, break for me!" Li Yuanba rapidly jumped into the air, relying solely on his body to shatter that enormous Buddhist palm. Flipping over and striking downwards, he threw both hammers at the densely packed crowd on the ground: "Hammer Strike, Pursue!" The two skills combined instantly smashed onto the earth! Under the enhancement of Pursuit, Hammer Strike's attack range suddenly rose to a 20-meter radius!

  "Amitabha! Fellow Taoists, we must sacrifice our lives to eliminate the demons, assemble!" Along with this loud shout, a large array of several tens of thousands of people quickly gathered in one place like stacked Buddhas.

  "Hmph, I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeves!" Li Yuanba raised his twin hammers and quietly watched this group of dead monks to see what kind of skills they could display!

  But in a moment, tens of thousands of people gathered together, forming a huge Tathagata!

  Tens of thousands of people, Li Yuanba strained his neck but couldn't see the upper half of this gigantic Buddha-like figure!

  A Buddhist chant echoed through the air: "All living beings suffer, follow me, the Tathagata, and I will ferry all to salvation!"

  "Wow! This is incredible! Truly, the Guinness World Records and this are just child's play in comparison!" Li Yuanba couldn't help but admire, this was too magnificent, not inferior to any divine miracle!

  "Buddha's mercy! Exorcise the demon!" A voice from the sky came, a huge Buddha hand slapped down in mid-air! This was entirely composed of monks forming the Buddha hand, several dozen meters in size!

  "Haha, Breaking Heaven, Sweep Away!" Li Yuanba swung his twin hammers upwards, and a massive whirlwind suddenly shot up towards the Buddha's hand! Along with the devastating effect of shredding everything in its path, the Buddha's hand was rolled up into the air, and for a moment, the sky rained blood, and the miserable cries of those on the brink of death made this world seem like a realm of ghosts!

  "Amitabha! The Buddha's mercy, with the Buddha's body to ferry all the wronged souls in hell! Sacrifice the body to become a Buddha!" A huge Buddha body leaned over Li Yuanba, and the sound of mantra seals echoed inside the Buddha's body, making the Buddha's body as if it had been plated with a layer of golden light, surrounded by an aura, stirring up the power of several kilometers of heaven and earth, as if the entire heaven and earth were turned upside down!

  "A bit of pressure! But, wanting to hurt me is not enough! Breaking the sky, stepping on the earth, unparalleled in the world!" Li Yuanba only felt that the Buddha's body brought a gust of wind that excited his whole body, and the huge unparalleled virtual shadow moved with him, breaking through the heavens!