Chapter 811: Scheming and Intrigue

The current setup appears relaxed, with three figures observing the battle below, discussing the Three Pillar Gods’ situation. Yet, beneath this calm facade, danger lurks everywhere.

For true supreme beings, victory and defeat can turn in an instant.

Mindset, emotions, the revelation of trump cards, and on-the-spot performance are all crucial factors influencing the outcome of a battle.

At this point, it’s a test of who can’t hold out. The first to enter the fray will inevitably expose their trump cards and combat prowess, allowing others to observe and analyze them. The one who strikes first will certainly reveal a significant disadvantage.

At this moment, it was simply the Three Pillar Gods who were forced to act first.

The Three Pillar Gods were initially at a disadvantage, but the current turn of events was unforeseen by them; the other worlds were unknown. They had believed that, apart from other supreme giants like Caroline and Di Qi, no one else could threaten them; after all, below the Ninth Order, all were mere ants. Who could have known so many beings with alternative Ninth Order combat power would appear before them?

Though individually weak, their combined encirclement was immensely troublesome for them. This was forcing them to make the first move! While these beings couldn’t kill them, the situation left the Three Pillar Gods feeling incredibly stifled.

“They are merely spectating, enjoying our predicament, but it’s still uncertain who will ultimately prevail!” the three consciousnesses of the Three Pillar Gods communicated. “They know that these beings, with their current combat power, cannot truly encircle and destroy us. They merely want to see our trump cards and test our limits!”

“And what if they do see?”

“What defines ‘infinity’?”

“‘Infinity’ means boundless combat power, crushing all with absolute dominance!”

*Boom!*

The Three Pillar Gods fully drew their sword.

“The Deliverance Sword!”

This colossal, three-headed giant, spanning the vast cosmos, pulled off its own heads. Wielding three head-swords, it swung them wildly, unleashing terrifying divine light that erupted throughout the entire universe. The heavens and earth collapsed, space-time twisted, and all the universe’s rays were encircled and gathered, reverberating behind them to form rings of golden light.

“A Buddha!” Di Qi exclaimed, his expression subtly changing.

It was as if an ancient, colossal Buddha, shimmering with golden light, stood towering within the cosmos. A significant portion of the universe transformed into a terrifying radiation zone, becoming the Three Pillar Gods’ “Buddha Realm.”

“The Buddha Realm, with three hundred billion sariras!”

The Three Pillar Gods’ entire body erupted with endless radiance. Every one of their cells was a human head, and the demonic core within each head emitted a golden, sarira-like glow, illuminating the entire universe!

This was a World Buddha, possessing three hundred billion supreme sariras, as if three thousand countless ancient Buddhas from the Western Paradise were seated in a golden Buddhist land. Boundless and eternal, they chanted scriptures, delivering all sentient beings, and a vast, golden aura surged forth.

“Ah!!”

Amidst the Buddha’s chanting, some immediately cried out in agony, feeling themselves being converted, becoming Buddhist disciples, taking refuge in the faith, and transforming into radiated beings imbued with the attributes of the opposing Buddha Realm.

“You are courting death,” the Three Pillar Gods’ voice was cold and devoid of emotion. “A scattered group of ants, how can they hope to bring down an elephant?”

They were truly enraged. Their entire Arcane Master race had cultivated new light-source arcane arts, using demonic cores as sariras to gather radiation, which was their ultimate trump card.

*Boom!*

Frieza, Cell, the King of Cybertron, and others were instantly sent flying backward, no longer possessing the capacity to engage in the battle or encirclement. Although their individual combat power was strong, they could no longer keep pace with the current era. They lacked powerful transformation forms. Or, more accurately, unlike the Super Saiyans, their combat power couldn't rapidly break through to achieve true Ninth Order status on the path.

“It’s that flashy gold!”

“Ah! My 24K titanium alloy dog eyes!” cried one player in mock agony.

“Ah, my dog eyes too,” mimicked the Great Octopus with exaggerated flair.

The combined entity formed by the players was also swiftly sent flying, knocked out of the battle along with Frieza and the others as the lowest-tier combatants in the group. After all, the overall number of player deities was too small, only a dozen or twenty, making their combined form far less powerful than other merged entities.

Xu Zhi’s expression subtly shifted. These players truly lived up to their reputation as “atmosphere killers.” The grand, transcendent universe, where formidable ruling giants strategized using the very fate of their worlds, instantly had its solemn tone shattered the moment they opened their mouths. It was like a husky suddenly appearing in a pack of ferocious wolves.

“Now, what about you?” the Three Pillar Gods sneered, looking towards Di Qi and the others in the distance, who remained unmoving.

Though Di Qi’s face remained placid, his heart was indeed profoundly shaken. He mused, “I pushed the Dao cultivation lineage to its absolute limit, forming a qi-circulating blood system within the body, creating a second blood-powered furnace with the nine inner spaces acting as circulation nodes. After all, qi cultivation aligns perfectly with the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art... whereas these Three Pillar Gods have, conversely, pushed the Buddhist lineage to its zenith! This Buddhist path, after all, perfectly complements their Pillar God structure, allowing demonic cores to function as sariras, making it an ideal fit!”

After a major conflict between them in the past, both sides developed their powers, each leaning towards either the Buddhist or Daoist path based on their respective racial talents.

By this point, those with lower combat power had been instantly thrown back. Frieza and the others lacked even the strength to approach the battle, leaving only a handful struggling to hold their ground.

Gogeta, the merged form of the two Saiyans, roared, “The Pillar Demon is unimaginably powerful! They have truly unleashed terrifying combat power; this is beyond absurd! We must now reveal our ultimate trump card!”

*Whoosh!*

The surrounding Saiyan descendants all transformed into Super Saiyan 3, yet it was still insufficient. At this moment, dozens of them gathered, performed peculiar movements, and astonishingly, merged into a single being.

“Ehh-hahaha!”

A furious roar erupted: “Pillar Demon, get out of our universe!!”

A terrifying, overwhelming aura gathered and surged forth. A supremely terrifying and magnificent entity had fully emerged. Endless blue flames enveloped it, golden hair stood erect, and terrifying visions swirled within its eyes. A tail swayed behind it, and the entire planetary universe trembled.

“A Super Saiyan God.”

In the distance, Frieza was utterly stunned. He, Cell, and the others were instantly left breathless by the terrifying aura. “The ancient prophecy... merging into an ancient, pure-blooded primeval god... It actually exists!”

Further away still, Di Qi’s expression changed, his eyes alight with endless admiration as he suddenly rose. “Excellent! Truly formidable! The entire race! What a magnificent species, with large and coarse cellular particles. Not only is their Ninth Order threshold low and their path fractured, but they can also fuse with one another!”

Xu Zhi, too, wore a look of astonishment. They were indeed powerful. Xu Zhi had previously thought this was the weakest of the true Ninth Order beings, but it was now clear that wasn’t the case. While it’s true that the standard Ninth Order path spans a hundred trillion cells, their individual Ninth Order path only reaches a few million. However, their ‘pixel cells’ possess the unique ability to fuse. When they temporarily combine, countless individual ‘millions’ stack together, resulting in an incredibly exaggerated increase in combat power! Such power was already capable of posing a significant threat.

Xu Zhi felt this entire expedition was highly rewarding, having witnessed an entire race’s Ninth Order digital system evolve to such a terrifying state of completion.

“As expected, we’re seeing both sides’ trump cards, given they had no choice but to act,” Di Qi remarked, his expression softening. He continued with a smile, “I must admit, this entire race’s Ninth Order path is incredibly potent, truly infinite! Perhaps its future trajectory won’t be inferior to that of the Three Pillar Gods; it could even be considered the strongest Ninth Order path: the lowest threshold, yet the most formidable combat power! However, it has now been exposed. And given its uncanny similarity to the Three Pillar Gods’ infinite system, it’s inevitable that a scoundrel like them will attempt to steal or replicate it.”

Di Qi wore a look of feigned regret. “Furthermore, the Mother Earth within me tells me that the Three Pillar Gods’ eyes are currently glinting, harboring malicious intent. They might even intend to subjugate this being, who is powerful enough to threaten them, and convert this ‘Monkey War God’ into their Buddhist faith, bringing them into their Western Lava Pure Land and granting them a Buddha title! It’s not impossible they might even be dubbed the ‘Victorious Fighting Buddha’.”

Upon hearing this, Caroline’s face darkened, and she looked utterly dismayed. “This is quite problematic!” she exclaimed. “These two, and even the Three Pillar Gods below, are all keenly observing and studying my racial system right now. Even though they can’t directly replicate my species’ unique cells, it’s inevitable they’ll draw inferences and develop other breakthroughs! After all, they are beings of exaggerated talent!”