Primordial: From a grain of soil to the ancestor of all paths

Chapter 341 The Great Array of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Buddhism was never very powerful!
With Jieyin and Zhunti unable to participate, the only truly capable ones are Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch.

Figures like Ksitigarbha, Bhaisajyaguru, Maitreya, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteshvara, and Julusun, although they can barely exert the strength of a quasi-saint peak with the help of cultivating the three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws and various other means, are simply unable to contend with an Ancestral Witch one-on-one.

On the other hand, the Ancestral Witches not only numbered eleven, but each of them possessed combat power that was infinitely close to that of a Primordial Golden Immortal (Saint)!

Therefore, from the very beginning of the battle, Buddhism was at a significant disadvantage!
If Buddhism doesn't take any other countermeasures, then continuing the fight will only lead to one outcome: the complete annihilation of Buddhism!

Even though Amitabha Buddha had anticipated this situation before coming to the underworld, he still couldn't help but become solemn after seeing it with his own eyes.

Compared to the witch and demon races in the Eastern Heaven and Earth, as well as top forces such as the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect, Buddhism's combat strength in the mid-to-high-end is still too low!

"Should we send our true form into the fray?" Bodhi Patriarch, who also understood these things, asked Amitabha Buddha with a frown.

No matter how close the eleven Ancestral Witches' combat power is to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal (Saint) realm, they are ultimately not true Hunyuan (Saint) realm beings.

Once the two Western Saints descend upon the scene, they will surely be able to easily suppress them!

“Not yet!” Amitabha shook his head: “If our true forms were to fall so easily, even if we suppressed the eleven Ancestral Witches, we would only invite ridicule from all the gods of the prehistoric world.”

"And there are saints in the underworld too!"

"Once our main bodies are involved, it means that the great war between saints will begin directly!"

“In that case, let’s try out the formation we created not long ago!” Upon hearing this, Patriarch Bodhi’s eyes flashed with a sharp light: “Although there are still some details in this formation that need to be perfected, and we have not yet truly tested its specific power, it should be sufficient to deal with the Eleven Ancestral Witches.”

"Or rather, this is the best opportunity to test the effectiveness of our formation!"

"Excellent!" Amitabha Buddha nodded and commanded the Buddhist disciples, "Disciples of Buddhism, now is the time for us to fight back!"

"The Great Array of Ten Thousand Buddhas, activate!"

"Yes!" The Buddhist disciples nodded in unison, their eyes filled with anticipation.

"boom!"

Soon, thanks to the efforts of all the Buddhist disciples, an array radiating endless golden Buddhist light appeared in the underworld, with these Buddhist disciples as the array's core!

"What is this thing?" Zhu Rong's expression was very displeased.

“These golden lights are truly disgusting to the witch!” Gonggong said with a look of disgust beside Zhurong.

Although the Witch Clan are not spirits and cannot be restrained by the Buddha's light, they have developed an instinctive aversion to the Buddha's light after spending too much time in the underworld!

"Ha!" Dijiang sneered, "This so-called 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation' is just a modified version of the 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation,' isn't it?"

"Moreover, Buddhism's mastery of formations is clearly not very good, and in addition, the number of Buddhist disciples is far less than ten thousand. This so-called 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation' is probably not as powerful as the original 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation', right?"

Upon hearing this, the other ancestral witches also revealed mocking smiles to varying degrees.

It is important to understand that the reason why the demon race was able to successfully transform the "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation" into the "Ten Thousand Demons Formation," which was more suitable for the demon race and significantly more powerful, is that...

On the one hand, it was because the demon race had already used the "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation" several times before and had a sufficient understanding of it.

On the other hand, it was because of the help of the human race.

The human race has long been recognized as the most creative and innovative race among all the races of the prehistoric world.

Improving formations and such is not a difficult task for the human race!
In contrast, Buddhism has no record of using the "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation," and its creativity is far inferior to that of humans.

Naturally, the so-called "Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation" they created appeared somewhat incongruous and lacked power.

"Don't be careless!" At this moment, Houtu's beautiful figure appeared among the group of Ancestral Witches and calmly said, "'The Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation' still has considerable flaws, but it is almost complete."

"Give Buddhism some more time, and they will surely be able to possess their own 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation'!"

"Moreover, the 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation' that Buddhism has set up at this moment, even if its power is not as great as the real 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation,' is still enough to be called a Primordial Chaos-level formation!"

"In other words, Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch can temporarily possess saint-level combat power under the blessing of this formation!"

A Saint-level combat power is enough to suppress the Eleven Ancestral Witches!
This is precisely why Houtu appeared here!

“However, little sister, you…” Dijiang looked at Houtu with some surprise.

Because he could sense that what appeared before them at this moment was only an avatar of Houtu, and this avatar probably only possessed combat power that was infinitely close to the level of a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian (Saint)!

"The Buddhist saints haven't even descended yet. If I were to send out a saint-level avatar, or even my original body, wouldn't that seem like I'm placing too much importance on them?" Houtu smiled and said, "My current avatar, which is infinitely close to the Primordial Chaos level, is enough to deal with them now!"

"I understand!" Upon hearing this, Dijiang nodded, agreeing with Houtu's statement.

"boom!"

"Long!"

At that moment, Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch, under the blessing of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation", both temporarily possessed the combat power of saints.

After all, as avatars of the two Western Saints, they were only missing that crucial bit of power to possess Saint-level combat strength.

Even though the power of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation" is not as great as the "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation", when divided equally, it is enough to satisfy the "slight" difference in power between Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch, allowing them to temporarily possess saint-level combat power!

"Houtu?" Bodhi Patriarch also noticed Houtu's presence at this moment, and his expression changed immediately.

After all, this person is a master of the earth, someone who, in terms of pure status, can stand on equal footing with Hongjun, a Dao-merging being!

Even though Houtu wouldn't normally intervene personally at this time, even if she only sends out a Saint-level clone, it would be enough to cause considerable trouble for Buddhism!

"Junior brother, calm down!" Amitabha Buddha hurriedly said, "Look carefully, what Houtu has appeared here is only an avatar of hers that is infinitely close to the saint level!"

"I suppose it's because we Buddhists don't currently have any saints present, so to ensure fairness, she didn't use a saint-level avatar?"

"So the reason she allowed this clone to appear was to gather twelve Ancestral Witches of the same realm and then unleash their 'Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation'?" After calming down, Patriarch Bodhi also found it difficult to guess Houtu's purpose.

But this did not relax him; instead, it made his expression even more serious!
The power of the Pangu true form summoned by the "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation" set up by the Twelve Ancestral Witches is widely known. The existence of the Pangu true form was indispensable in the fact that Taichu and the others were able to suppress Hongjun Daozu several times in a row!

Even though Houtu has only created a clone that is infinitely close to the level of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal (Saint), so the Pangu True Body that the Twelve Ancestral Witches can summon later will not be too strong, Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch may not be able to contend with it!

But since things have come to this, Amitabha and the others can only take it one step at a time and see what happens.

"The Twelve Capital Gods' Formation, rise!"

Just as Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch predicted, after Houtu's avatar joined in, the twelve Ancestral Witches directly set up their exclusive "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation" together!
"boom!"

The next moment, a towering, majestic figure stood in the underworld, appearing before the eyes of everyone in this world!
"The true form of Pangu! It is the true form of Pangu!"

"The Ancestral Witches have used Pangu's true form; they're bound to win this time!"

"That's right. The fact that Buddhism was able to get the Ancestral Witches to use Pangu's true form already proves that they are not weak. But without the intervention of the two Western Saints, they would never be a match for Pangu's true form!"

"Wrong. Even if the two Western Saints were to intervene, the Pangu true form of the Ancestral Witches would not lose at all, would they?"

"..."

The spirits of the underworld were all excited, as if they could already see the true form of Pangu easily suppressing the entire Buddhist community!

"I never imagined that Buddhism would develop the so-called 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation' based on the 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation'?"

"With the blessing of this formation, Amitabha Buddha and Patriarch Bodhi have temporarily gained combat power comparable to that of a saint!"

"However, the 'Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation' of the Twelve Ancestral Witches is no weaker than the so-called 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation'!"

"If the two Western Saints were to intervene, the outcome might be uncertain. But if they didn't, Buddhism would probably be unable to defeat the true form of Pangu!"

"I don't think so. Perhaps the power of Buddhism is even greater than we imagine!"

"..."

The ancient gods who were secretly watching the battle were also discussing it animatedly.

Most of them were not optimistic about Buddhism at this time, and only a very few held different views!
"Destroy!"

Without wasting any time, as soon as Pangu's true form appeared, he immediately swung his axe at the location of Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch!
"boom!"

Instantly, a world-destroying power spread throughout the underworld until it was easily suppressed by the power of Houtu herself, thus preventing excessive damage to the underworld itself!
"ban!"

To avoid trouble, Houtu, using her authority as the Lord of the Earth, forcibly restricted all movement to a radius of one million miles around the location of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Amitabha Buddha!

"hiss!"

"Fortunately, the Goddess Houtu intervened to block the aftershocks of Pangu's true form's power and confined all the commotion to a million-mile radius in the center of the battlefield. Otherwise, these aftershocks alone would have been enough to overwhelm us!"

"That's good. As long as we don't get close to the area within a million miles of the center of the battlefield, there shouldn't be any major danger!"

"..."

The spirits of the underworld and the gods of the primordial world who witnessed this scene were overjoyed and filled with gratitude towards Houtu.

Otherwise, even if they wanted to watch the game, they would have to take a considerable risk!
At this moment, facing the axe blow from Pangu's true form, the greatest pressure naturally falls on Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch!
They could sense that the power of Pangu's casual axe strike had probably reached the mid-stage of the Saint level!

Once Pangu's true form gets serious, its fighting power will likely only increase!
Even so, neither Amitabha Buddha nor Bodhi Patriarch chose to give up!

"Break it for us!"

Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch radiated boundless golden Buddha light, with three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws surrounding them. Their cultivation strength and the power of the array formations supporting them were pushed to their limits!

"boom!"

The next moment, a power no weaker than that of a mid-stage Saint emerged from Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch, colliding with the axe of Pangu's true form, unleashing a terrifying aftershock that horrified countless Yin spirits and primordial saints!
In the end, neither of them could do anything to the other!

"Come again!"

Pangu's true form showed no change in expression. He quickly raised his right hand, holding a giant axe, and cleaved it down at Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch once again!

"boom!"

A force far more powerful than before erupted from the axe of Pangu's true form, bringing immense pressure to Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch.

They could sense that the power unleashed by Pangu's true form this time had reached the late stage of the Saint Realm, exceeding the limit they could currently withstand.

unless……

"Senior brother, I'm channeling all the power of my array onto you. You must withstand this!"

Seeing the critical situation, Patriarch Bodhi decisively transferred the power of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation" that he had been blessing to Amitabha Buddha.

In an instant, the aura of Patriarch Bodhi fell back to below that of a sage.

Amitabha Buddha's cultivation aura had clearly reached the mid-stage of the Saint realm!

If we add the three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws he cultivates, as well as various other methods, he might be able to unleash power comparable to the late stage of the Saint Realm!

"Break again!"

As expected, as Amitabha Buddha exhausted all his current means, he indeed unleashed power comparable to the late stage of the Saint Realm, which once again canceled out the power of Pangu's true form's axe strike.

"Heh!" At this moment, Qinglian, who was watching the battle from somewhere, chuckled and said, "'The Myriad Immortals Formation' is truly a wonderful thing!"

"Buddhism merely modified it into the slightly weaker 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation,' which temporarily gave Amitabha Buddha, whose combat power was originally insufficient for the Hunyuan (Saint) Realm, the cultivation level of the mid-Saint Realm. Only then was he able to use various means to briefly unleash power comparable to the late-Saint Realm!"

(End of this chapter)