The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Xiao Zhu understood the Demon Hunter Association's intentions. He stepped forward. Xia Shi was about to follow, but Xiao Zhu stopped her and said, "Shi'er, this is a test from the Demon Hunter Association. Let me face it myself!"

Gu Chuan and Lin Xuemiao signaled to Xia Shi with their eyes that they had the same idea.

"Don't worry, your brother Xiao Zhu won't be hurt." Lin Xuemiao said, holding Xia Shi's hand.

Despite hearing what Lin Xuemiao said, Xia Shi was still so nervous that her palms were sweating. After all, there had been too many unscrupulous killings in the ancient dragon clan ruins.

Xiao Zhu landed on the ground and looked at the skeleton master in detail again. He had dark skin, deep eye sockets, all his teeth had fallen out, and his lips were sunken. He had no hair on his head and looked like a living skeleton.

"I had thought this day would come all those years ago, but I didn't expect it to come so soon." Master Ku Gu said slowly. His mouth did not move when he said this, and the words seemed to come from his stomach.

Xiao Zhu did not respond. He took out the Xiyin Sword and looked at the other party vigilantly.

If it is true as Jiang Duo said, that the strength of this Master Ku Gu is ranked second in the Demon Hunter Association and is even stronger than Jiang Duo, then he possesses the strength comparable to Changyu Jinnian who possesses Yuanwu.

Xiao Zhu just finished fighting with Changyu Jinnian and his strength has not yet fully recovered. At this moment, he would feel very pressured facing the Master of Withered Bones.

The spiritual energy in the Emerald Lake area is very abundant. If Xiao Zhu can be given a few days to recover his strength, he will have a better chance of winning against Master Ku Gu when he is in peak condition.

With Master Ku Gu's powerful perception, he naturally knew Xiao Zhu's current condition, but Master Ku Gu did not give Xiao Zhu time, he took action immediately.

Master Ku Gu had no weapons in his hands, and he just struck Xiao Zhu with his bare hands.

But this palm was soft and weak, just like the feeble slap of a dying old man.

But at the moment when the man on the dry bones stretched out his arms, a golden light suddenly appeared. It was a scene that Xiao Zhu had never expected. Not to mention Xiao Zhu, even Gu Chuan, Xia Shi and Lin Xue Miao were attracted.

The withered palm of the Skeleton Master flew away from his arm and turned into a huge Buddha's palm with a diameter of more than ten meters in the air.

"Acetic monk!" Furukawa said suddenly.

At this moment, the huge Buddha's palm hit Xiao Zhu. Xiao Zhu poured his spiritual power into the Xiyin sword, ready to withstand the blow with strength.

The Buddha's palm was defeated by Xiao Zhu's sword!

But this scene was hard to believe, not to mention other people, even Xiao Zhu himself found it hard to believe.

The power of this Buddha Palm is really not worthy of the title of the second best master in the Demon Hunter Association.

But the next moment, Xiao Zhu realized that he was too happy too early. There were seven internal forces hidden in the Buddha's palm, and these internal forces attacked Xiao Zhu's body one after another.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The first three internal energies were blocked by the Sky Crocodile Armor worn by Xiao Zhu, but when the fourth internal energy hit Xiao Zhu, the vortex of spiritual energy on the Sky Crocodile Armor was defeated.

The fifth internal energy completely destroyed the Sky Crocodile Armor, and the remaining two internal energies hit Xiao Zhu solidly.

"Ah--" Xiao Zhu groaned in pain. He was knocked hundreds of meters away by the palm.

"Brother..." Xia Shi panicked when she saw this. Fortunately, Lin Xuemiao comforted her in time: "Sister Shi'er, don't worry. After the reforging of the body by the Tree of Life and the awakening of the ten meridians, Xiao Zhu's physical strength is unmatched. He can withstand this palm."

As soon as Lin Xuemiao finished speaking, Xiao Zhu stood up. There was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, but his physical condition did not look bad.

"Legend has it that the Buddhist lineage has been extinct a thousand years ago, and the only ones left in the world are some second-rate imitators, such as the evil monk Duan Liukou back then. These people only imitated the form but didn't grasp the essence. But today's Master Ku Gu is completely different." said Gu Chuan, who was watching the battle on the sidelines.

"Brother Guchuan, what exactly is Buddhism? How do you know so much about it?" Lin Xuemiao couldn't help but ask. She didn't expect that Guchuan even knew about Buddhism from a thousand years ago.

"Experience is a prerequisite for wisdom. What I pursue is the greatest cause in the world, so I naturally cannot be a frog in a well." Furukawa replied.

"Buddhism has always advocated poverty and the pursuit of suffering as a teacher. Ascetic monks are an extreme in Buddhism. Even many monks with profound Taoism cannot bear such suffering. I once saw an ascetic monk in a book who sat on a huge rock on the edge of a cliff all year round, without sleep, food or drink, and practiced like this for ten years. However, the strength of that ascetic monk is only that of a mid-level demon hunter. He does not have the ability to fly. If he is distracted during the practice and falls off the cliff, the end will be torn to pieces."

"And this is only the initial stage of asceticism. As for the cultivation methods of those advanced ascetics, it is hard to imagine no matter how hard you try. It is not an exaggeration to even describe it as self-abuse. Therefore, ascetics also have the highest mortality rate in Buddhism. Their deaths are often caused by asceticism, not fighting."

"Oh my God! There is such a way of practice in the world." Lin Xuemiao was so shocked that she was speechless.

"In fact, not all Buddhist practices are so arduous. Ascetic monks are just a branch of Buddhism, and this branch has always been extremely niche. Many people are willing to try, but few can really stick to it. But the Master Ku Gu in front of us, his practice has reached a superb level. He must have reached the Zen realm in Buddhism. Even compared with those ancient great monks thousands of years ago, he is not inferior. Today, Xiao Zhu has met a real opponent!" said Gu Chuan.

As soon as Gu Chuan finished speaking, the situation on the battlefield changed again. After the Master of Dry Bones' attack was effective, he did not leave Xiao Zhu any time to prepare. He took out a string of emerald green prayer beads, and then tore the red silk thread that strung the beads. Suddenly, the six prayer beads were suspended in front of the Master of Dry Bones.

"Om, ma, ni, ba, mi, hum!"

The six prayer beads turned into powder in front of the Master of Dry Bones, and suddenly six large characters appeared in front of him. Each of these large characters was more than one meter in diameter, shining with golden light and full of majesty.

And the skinny man of bones seemed to grow taller as these six big characters appeared.

"The Six-Syllable Mantra!" It was not until he saw these six words appear that Furukawa recognized this spell. Seeing Master Ku Gu release such a powerful Zen technique, Furukawa calmed down instead. He closed his eyes and began to predict the direction of this battle.