Chapter 496: Chapter 280: The Alliance Hierarch is Right! Ku Mu Mutation! _3

“Evil Spirit!”

The two Foundation Establishment monks were taken aback when they saw the situation, the term sending chills down their spines!

Then, they were about to shout a warning and activate their life-saving magical artifacts to escape.

Just as they did, the Big Belly Buddha Venerate’s mouth split open with a gentle inhale!

The bodies of the two Foundation Establishment monks were instantly sucked into the belly of the Big Belly Buddha Venerate, instantly turning into blood water!

Throughout the whole process, they were not able to send out any message.

Only in the Underground Palace of the Kumu Temple, two Soul Lamps extinguished.

It was merely the guardian of the Underground Palace, an old monk with white eyebrows, who was also a junior brother of Master Xuanmu.

At that moment, he was surrounded by evil qi, with a black lotus appearing at the center of his forehead.

He walked out of the Underground Palace, with the gate leading to the palace engulfed in a darkness so dense that even the bright sunlight couldn’t penetrate it.

A fellow guardian deacon who sensed something was off ran out and was shocked at Elder Baimei’s appearance:

“Elder uncle grandmaster! How could this be!”

“Alas!”

Old monk Baimei looked at the familiar disciple before him and said:

“This world is doomed, the old monk is just a little unwilling to give up and was seeking an extra way out for the Kumu Temple’s heritage.”

“Amitabha, once I rebuild the Kumu Temple in the future, the sacrifices made today will not be forgotten by the Kumu Temple…”

Listening to this seemingly nonsensical speech, the deacon felt that the other had been corrupted by evil qi and had gone mad!

He then tried to activate the temple’s Formation.

Suddenly, he discovered that his authority had been taken away by a higher authority who controlled the Formation!

“This is bad!”

The terrible suspicion crossed his mind the next instant, and he was suddenly engulfed by a black mist that emerged from the ground.

Before long, the deacon turned into a skeleton and was controlled by old monk Baimei, becoming one of his White Bone Evil Ghosts.

The surrounding area of Kumu Temple experienced more and more anomalies.

In the town, people who noticed these conditions and felt something was wrong fell into confusion.

Some recalled the outbreak of the Evil Spirit and began making arrangements to move away from Kumu Temple.

“Wasn’t it all fine before? What’s going on!”

In the town, a Clan Leader reliant on Kumu Temple stared in vexation toward the distant tea mountain engulfed in black fog.

Meanwhile, he anxiously hoped for the family members he sent to gather information to return quickly so he could decide where to flee.

In his anxiety, the Clan Leader suddenly heard an Outer Sect Disciple exclaim.

The disciple, such an Outer Sect Disciple, suddenly received a message directly from the master himself.

It was to urgently move away from Kumu Temple!

Hearing this news, the Clan Leader and others were utterly astonished.

Move away from Kumu Temple!

The content implied in the message was utterly terrifying!

“Quick! Forget the valuables and belongings! Let’s go!”

Having realized this, the Clan Leader immediately issued the command.

Then, just as his voice faded,

Outside the town, Black Armored Flying Insects appeared, causing a series of alarmed and even screaming voices.

A Cultivator with Qi Cultivation Perfection, holding a Magic Sword, charged forward.

With a single strike, he cut dozens of Black Armored Flying Insects in two.

However, before he could feel any relief, the Black Armored Flying Insects had already covered his body the next instant.

And the protective talisman he activated shattered and dissipated in less than a second.

The Cultivator himself also instantly fell to the ground, engulfed by the tide of Black Armored Flying Insects.

He didn’t even have time to let out a bubble.

“…”

“Run!”

Seeing that even their revered master couldn’t last a second, the remaining Cultivators who planned to fight instantly lost their nerve and turned to flee.

The Black Armored Flying Insects methodically devoured everything edible around them.

From time to time, a group of Black Armored Flying Insects would shake their bodies, emit a puff of black mist, and shortly after, the black mist would transform into a new Black Armored Flying Insect joining the feast.

When the anxious Master Xuanmu, disregarding his damaged cultivation, used a secret technique to hurry and was the first to arrive at Kumu Temple,

this old monk painfully saw what should have been the idyllic sanctuary of Kumu Temple in the Northern Land,

had turned into a hellish scene.

The few survivors still trying to escape were about to be caught by the Black Armored Flying Insects.

“Evil fiends! Evil fiends!”

Master Xuanmu was truly enraged.

After a Buddhist chant that resonated for miles escaped his lips,

a thousand-meter tall, golden, dual-headed, four-armed Arhat Golden Body Divine Power Dharma Aspect appeared outside Kumu Temple.

And as soon as it stepped into the range of the Big Array,

circles of Golden Light fell among the swarm of Black Armored Flying Insects, turning countless insects into dust in the blink of an eye.

“The Master is back!”

“Master, save us!”

On the ground, among the fleeing crowd, those who recognized Master Xuanmu shouted out, instilling a surge of hope for survival in the others.

Master Xuanmu glanced at these people and dispatched an avatar to guard them.

He then merged with his Dharma Aspect and boldly approached the front of Kumu Temple.

Looking up at the skies above the temple, he locked eyes with Elder Baimei.

Elder Baimei, watching Master Xuanmu’s Dharma Aspect, smiled faintly before a Dharma Aspect of a White Bone Giant appeared behind him,

its body crawling with numerous, varied White Bone Evil Ghosts.

A close look was enough to frighten any claustrophobic person to death.

“Brother, after so many years, you still possess only the dual-headed and four-armed Dharma Aspect,”

“Why not also pay homage to the Venerate with me?”

“With the Venerate’s blessing, there are no bottlenecks in Divine Power!”

“How about this White Bone Ghosts Dharma Aspect of mine?”

“By just taking the flesh and souls of ten thousand boys and ten thousand girls, I was able to be reborn!”

“This is the cultivation method our temple’s Divine Power should have!”

“All creatures are mere white bones! All people should rightfully be refined by me!”

As Elder Baimei spoke, his expression became increasingly maniacal.

His Evil Qi grew denser, and faintly, one could even see a thread emerging from behind him, connecting all the way to the main hall of Kumu Temple.

Then, just as Master Xuanmu was about to react in anger,

his expression slightly changed as he looked behind the White Bone Giant.

He noticed another Divine Power Dharma Aspect taking shape in the sky above the temple.

Upon closer inspection,

that forming Dharma Aspect… startlingly resembled the Big Belly Bright Light Buddha Venerate Dharma Aspect they had worshipped at Kumu Temple for a thousand years!