Chapter 687: Almost Escaped

The Venerable Shakyamuni inwardly cursed himself for his earlier daze. By the time he came to his senses, it was already too late—Lin Fan had long since vanished without a trace.

He could only hope to catch up now.

“Venerable Shakyamuni, please stay.” Mu Manfeng blocked the Venerable Shakyamuni’s path.

“Benefactor, I have urgent matters. Please make way.” The Venerable Shakyamuni was burning with impatience, yet his face remained serene and kind toward Mu Manfeng.

Now all the other experts had gone after Lin Fan, but Mu Manfeng had not followed; instead, he waited for the Venerable Shakyamuni.

“Making way is naturally possible. However, I have heard that the Buddhist ‘Art of Conversion’ possesses unfathomable power. If the Venerable Shakyamuni could bear to part with it, I would be most grateful.”

Mu Manfeng had inherited the legacy of the Great Free Venerable Buddha, but it lacked the Art of Conversion. If he could learn it, convert all beings, and gather faith, then his mastery of the Great Free Venerable Buddha’s techniques would reach an even higher realm.

Hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in the Venerable Shakyamuni’s eyes. He pressed his palms together and said, “Benefactor, the Art of Conversion is a secret teaching of the Buddhist clan that is never passed on. I fear you will be disappointed. Please make way; I have urgent matters.”

“They say the Buddha answers all prayers. I never expected the Venerable Shakyamuni to refuse outright. It seems your cultivation is still lacking. Very well, then I shall take it myself.” Mu Manfeng had long made up his mind. Although Lin Fan had provoked him, killing him would bring no benefit. Instead, it was better to stop the Venerable Shakyamuni and learn the Art of Conversion.

Even if the Venerable Shakyamuni refused to teach it, Mu Manfeng planned to suppress him and use soul-extraction techniques to find the Art of Conversion.

Though the Venerable Shakyamuni was formidable, Mu Manfeng was not afraid.

“Benefactor, you are possessed by a demon.” At this moment, anger flared within the Venerable Shakyamuni, giving rise to a wrathful Buddha heart. If he delayed any longer and Lin Fan truly escaped, all would be lost.

Finding him again later would be extremely difficult.

As for Mu Manfeng, the Venerable Shakyamuni could only feel helpless. He appeared to be a gentle young man, yet he was so ruthless.

"Wrathful Buddha! Your Buddhist teachings are indeed profound. Now take a look at my Greedy Buddha." Mu Manfeng chuckled lightly, and instantly a myriad of golden Buddha light, like a bolt of silk, struck across heaven and earth, even surpassing the Venerable Shakyamuni.

"Alas..." The Venerable Shakyamuni sighed, said no more, and pressed a palm down toward Mu Manfeng to suppress him.

...

"Now, the chances of successfully escaping have greatly increased." Lin Fan flew through the void, glancing back from time to time.

A group of powerful experts chased relentlessly behind him like mad dogs.

"Little bald donkey, if I can still be found by you this time, I'll eat shit directly." Lin Fan laughed inwardly. He didn't take these guys chasing after him seriously at all.

If he wanted to suppress them, it would be a piece of cake.

But to avoid causing a stir, Lin Fan didn't plan to fight back; as long as he could escape, that was enough.

"Little beast, stop right there!"

"Even if we have to chase you to the ends of the earth, we will kill you today."

"Despicable thing, daring to provoke us, you simply don't know your place."

Yu Liutian and the others roared in fury, determined to kill Lin Fan. Yu Liutian, in particular, was hot-tempered and had already accumulated a bellyful of anger since entering the secret realm.

And Lin Fan jumping over his head and acting recklessly had completely ignited the rage in Yu Liutian's heart.

"Hmph, a bunch of idiots. If it weren't for avoiding that bald donkey, I would have killed you all long ago." Lin Fan's figure flickered as he pushed his invisibility technique to the limit. With a single step, he was already a hundred miles away.

In the void, Lin Fan moved like a fish in water. His powerful body withstood the void currents, which could destroy anything but caused him no harm.

"That little beast runs really fast."

“This movement technique is truly formidable. I must kill him and obtain his cultivation method.”

“Right, he plundered the storage rings of the Three Corpses Old Ancestor and the others. His wealth is astonishing. Even if we find nothing in this secret realm, as long as we get that brat's storage ring, this journey won't be in vain.”

At this moment, to them, Lin Fan was like a moving mountain of gold. Everyone wanted to kill him.

“Damn it, they're all like mad dogs.” The distance between Lin Fan and these experts grew larger and larger. Soon, he would be able to completely escape from here.

The second primordial spirit was already suppressing the innate wood. Although these innate woods were powerful, to Lin Fan, killing them was as easy as raising a hand.

“Eh, what's that up ahead?” Just then, Lin Fan's brows furrowed. In the distance, a sea of blood churned, looking very strange.

The clouds at the horizon were blood-red and spreading rapidly. In an instant, this blood-red covered the sky above Lin Fan.

“Look, what is this?”

Those experts chasing Lin Fan also noticed the anomaly in the sky, but they didn't know what was happening.

“Something strange ahead—it must be a treasure emerging.”

“Could it be the treasure of the Blood Radiance Demon Lord?”

…

“What the hell is this?” Lin Fan's heart tightened, sensing a bad premonition.

Now, looking up, everything was blood-red, as if he were in a vast red ocean.

“Where there's strangeness, there must be demons.” Lin Fan wanted to leave quickly.

Because everything had become somewhat eerie.

But just then, the strange blood-red clouds suddenly flickered with light, and within that light were countless runes.

“Hum!”

The void trembled. An irresistible force suddenly struck from all directions, and Lin Fan was squeezed out of the void.

“Such powerful force.” Lin Fan's heart shook. This force was utterly invincible. Even a powerhouse at the eighth level of the Divine Heaven realm, the Earth God Pill realm, wouldn't have the ability to squeeze him out of the void.

“This is a binding force.”

Lin Fan felt his internal mana suddenly slow down, and even time here seemed to gradually slow.

“Damn, you skulking bastard.” Lin Fan stopped, and the Fist of Doomsday Calamity swung out fiercely. A doomsday deity, sweeping doomsday calamity winds, blasted toward the void.

But when it struck the sea of blood, it vanished like a mud ox entering the sea, instantly neutralized without even a ripple.

“Human Emperor Lin Fan, with such cultivation making Jie so troubled, truly all show and no substance.” A vast voice came from all directions.

“Who is it?” Lin Fan's expression changed. He clearly heard the word “Jie.” Could it be someone sent by the Ancient Clan's Supreme Being?

At that moment, those experts also looked around warily. They felt a powerful aura filling this realm.

In an instant.

In the distant sky, a figure appeared before everyone.

That figure was like black mist, ethereal and elusive, gradually forming a body.

The moment the body took shape, the entire world turned blood-red.