# Chapter 1404: Kicking Someone When They're Down
Qi Lin took a single step, descending from Qi Tian Peak as if arriving at the Void Battle Platform in an instant. He fixed his gaze on Tian Chi, whose name he naturally knew well, though he wondered what level Tian Chi had reached now.
"Killing Life, Killing Karma!" Tian Chi pressed his palms together, sitting cross-legged with a solemn, dignified appearance, like a true ancient Buddha. Suddenly, ten thousand feet of Buddha light blazed from his body, illuminating the void. His blood churned, and a Buddha gradually rose into the air, appearing behind Tian Chi.
"Om Ah Vi Ra Hum Yam Kha Tsa..."
"Om Ah Vi Ra Hum Yam Kha Tsa..." Rolling Sanskrit sounds poured from Tian Chi's mouth. In an instant, countless Sanskrit characters seemed to float through the void, each possessing a strange magical power, as if trying to draw people deeply in.
"Great Compassion Mantra?" The crowd's expressions tightened. The Sanskrit sounds from Tian Chi's mouth gradually filled the void and the heavens, as if trying to penetrate everyone's eardrums.
"No, this is the Eight-Character True Mantra!"
The people from Heavenly Thunder Sound Temple's eyes trembled. Heavenly Terrace had two powerful Buddhist cultivators: Prajna, who seemed to have mastered the Sin-Annihilating Curse Speech to cut away all kinds of evil, and this monk Tian Chi, who also controlled a powerful Buddhist force—the Eight-Character True Mantra.
Within the Buddhist tradition, the Six-Character True Mantra was an extremely powerful true speech force, but beyond it, there were also the Eight-Character True Mantra, the Sin-Annihilating Curse Speech, and many other 'speech' powers. These contained boundless Buddhist teachings, were extremely rare and powerful, possessed great divine abilities, and could even borrow the power of ancient Buddhas from the void.
"Roar!" A rolling wave surged toward Qi Lin to blast and kill him. The Eight-Character True Mantra seemed to trigger the Buddhist Lion's Roar Technique, possessing boundless power. Above the void, terrifying golden lions appeared, dazzling and boundless, their bodies radiating golden light as they roared and bellowed at Qi Lin, as if the void itself would crack apart.
"Chi..." Qi Lin's body also released dazzling void threads. The terrifying void power seemed to wrap around him. The lion's roar force continuously struck the void light screen, producing rumbling, rolling sounds. Within that light screen, Qi Lin's hand gradually formed a dazzling sharp sword, flickering in and out of visibility within the void. This sword seemed able to pierce through the void and split heaven and earth.
"Boom!" The terrifying lion's roar wave force blasted the light screen to pieces. The rolling lion's roar sound waves surged toward Qi Lin to kill him, but Qi Lin slowly raised the sword in his hand. Instantly, the void was torn open. Boundless power surged to both sides of his body, transforming into golden light waves, while everything in the middle was severed and broken along with the slow raising of the void sword.
Void Sword, breaking through the void. This sword, formed purely from void power, was countless times more powerful than a mid-grade sacred artifact, even reaching the power of a high-grade sacred artifact. It was like the terrifying might of a high-grade sacred artifact fully unleashed.
Tian Chi seemed completely unaware of Qi Lin raising his sword. The final Sanskrit sounds continued to pour from his mouth, gathering in the void. Using the power of the Eight-Character True Mantra, he drew upon vast Buddhist power, resonating with heaven and earth. Behind Tian Chi, the boundless, enormous ancient Buddha's hand slowly rose. A beam of light comparable to the sun descended from the sky, landing in the ancient Buddha's hand. A sword—a Sun Sword—took shape.
"Great Sun Tathagata?" Lin Feng's expression trembled. What a magnificent scene. Senior Brother Tian Chi's strength was becoming increasingly terrifying. He seemed to have cultivated a true speech power, making his Buddhist teachings even more powerful.
"Great Sun Tathagata Sword Seal. Heavenly Terrace—how can it possess so many powerful Buddhist techniques?" The Buddhist Ancient Emperor of Heavenly Thunder Sound Temple was quite unsettled. Both Prajna and Tian Chi used Buddhist powers that were very rare and formidable divine abilities. Why did they appear at Heavenly Terrace? Were they bestowed by the Stone Emperor and Yu Emperor, or had they obtained them through their own opportunities?
The blazing, dazzling light seemed to make it impossible for Qi Lin to open his eyes, but his narrowed gaze remained sharp and boundless. The void sword he had raised suddenly slashed out, piercing through the void and striking toward Tian Chi. Almost simultaneously, the Great Sun Tathagata Sword Seal in the void also descended, endless sunlight falling from the sky to blast and kill.
"Boom!" The void sword directly pierced through the void, slashing into Tian Chi. But at this moment, Tian Chi's entire body radiated golden light, as if cast from a golden body. Even from Tian Chi's mouth, curse words continued to pour out. The golden light grew stronger and stronger, grinding against the void sword, producing piercing, sharp screeches and sparking golden flames.
The Great Sun Tathagata Sword Seal also struck the opponent's body. However, Qi Lin instantly summoned a void light screen. With a booming explosion, the light screen shattered. But the moment it broke, Qi Lin's body suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Tian Chi. The void sword condensed again, merging with the previous void sword, and once more slashed toward Tian Chi's brow.
"Roar, roar..." The lion's roar appeared again in the void, shaking Qi Lin's body violently. But his hand gripping the sword was incredibly firm, as if he would not leave until he had cut down Tian Chi.
"Great Sun Tathagata—how could it be so easily broken?" The Martial Emperor of Heavenly Thunder Sound Temple spoke a sound, as if to confirm his words. Sun fire ignited on Qi Lin's body.
"Kill, kill, kill!" A mad look appeared in Qi Lin's eyes. A cracking sound rang out as the void sword pierced through the ancient Buddha, through the golden light, cutting into Tian Chi's flesh, slashing into Tian Chi's head, trying to split him open.
"Mad. This Qi Lin is mad—he wants to kill Tian Chi even if it costs him everything!" The crowd's hearts trembled. Qi Lin's strength was already great, and now he seemed to have gone crazy.
"Substitution!" Tian Chi spoke a sound. Suddenly, cracking sounds rolled forth. Qi Lin's void sword split Tian Chi's body in two, cleaving it apart. Many people's hearts shook violently. But almost simultaneously, heaven and earth howled. Rolling, enormous giant hands reached toward Qi Lin. The massive ancient Buddha seemed to open its eyes, and within those pupils, human emotions were contained.
"Tian Chi!" The crowd's hearts trembled. Tian Chi and the ancient Buddha had swapped bodies. The body that Qi Lin had split apart transformed into specks of golden light.
"Whoosh!" Terrifying void power rippled. Qi Lin seemed to want to escape through the void, but sun fire suddenly blazed up. The void ripples seemed to be blocked. The terrifying ancient Buddha hand surged forward, directly clamping Qi Lin within that golden palm.
"No!" Qi Lin roared in fury. The ancient Buddha hand lifted him into the void. The enormous ancient Buddha's eyes then looked toward Qi Tian Peak, as if murmuring softly: "The Qi family has five people left. Mid-rank Honored Martial—the last one!"
As his words fell, the ancient Buddha's giant hand clenched tightly. A miserable scream echoed as Qi Lin died. The ancient Buddha's body split open, revealing Tian Chi's figure, who returned to the main peak where the Heavenly Terrace crowd was located.
The crowd all looked toward Qi Tian Peak. Just as Tian Chi's contemptuous words had indicated, the Qi family had only five people left. Of the mid-rank Honored Martial cultivators, only Qi Qianxing remained alone!
"If Qi Qianxing is also defeated by Mu Feng, then the Qi family's mid-rank Honored Martial cultivators will be completely disqualified from the Assembly of Emperors, eliminated entirely!"
No one had expected this situation. No one had predicted that Heavenly Terrace—with its eleven personal disciples, each a prodigy of stunning talent—had been kept hidden all along by Heavenly Terrace. Yu Emperor was ruthless enough.
"Five years from now, ten years from now, or twenty years from now—what kind of prosperous, flourishing scene will Heavenly Terrace be?" Many people thought about this, but didn't want to dwell on it. In a few decades, Heavenly Terrace would surely become a major hegemon in the Eight Wastelands Realm. If a Mid-rank Emperor appeared, Heavenly Terrace's status would surpass Martial Emperor families like the Qi family and Wen family, becoming a transcendent force.
When the initiative returned to the Qi family's hands, Qi Qianxing still didn't have the right to skip battles. He continued to wait for Mu Feng to fight him. The Qi family sent out a Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm sovereign lord to fight a very powerful sovereign lord from the Wen family. After a terrifying collision, the Qi family sovereign lord eliminated the Wen family sovereign lord through a brutal battle method. That Wen family sovereign lord was at the Eighth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm and very formidable, yet he was eliminated.
Now the Qi family only had five people left. The rotation was fast—each person had to participate in one of the five battles.
The Sikong family then sent a mid-rank sovereign to challenge a Wen family mid-rank sovereign, successfully eliminating him. When it was the Wen family's turn, they retaliated against the Qi family. The Wen family sent a Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm expert to fight the Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm person who had just dealt with their Wen family. Another terrifying battle erupted, as if the void would shatter. The Wen and Qi families seemed to be engaging in a preemptive, mutually destructive war. In the end, the Wen family sovereign lord barely won, eliminating his opponent, though he couldn't kill him. This left the Qi family with only four people.
Four people. The Qi family had only four experts left: the Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm expert who had once pursued and tried to kill Meng Qing; Qi Qianyun, a son of Emperor Qi, who was very formidable; Qi Xiao, whose younger brother Qi Yao had died at Heavenly Terrace's hands; and finally Qi Qianxing. Only these four remained, showing how desperate the Qi family's situation had become.
"That Qi Qianyun's strength is very great, not weaker than that Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm expert. And Qi Xiao is also a truly terrifying expert." The crowd pondered. When the initiative fell to the Demon Devil Hall, they sent out a terrifying Ninth Layer Demon Sovereign to fight the Qi family expert who had pursued Meng Qing. Another terrifying, brutal battle ensued. In the end, the Demon Devil Hall expert defeated his opponent, eliminating him. At this moment, the Qi family had only three lonely people left.
"This is truly joining hands to push the Qi family into an irredeemable abyss!" The various Martial Emperor factions thought to themselves. Soon, when the initiative fell into the hands of the Nether Prison, they sent out their only Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm powerful existence. The opponent he challenged was Qi Xiao of the Qi family.
The outcome of the battle: the Nether Prison expert eliminated Qi Xiao!
This seemed to perfectly illustrate the phrase "kicking someone when they're down." This time, these Martial Emperor factions wanted to completely crush the Qi family in one blow, leaving them unable to recover, rolling them off the stage of the Assembly of Emperors.
Many people thought of a question: if Heavenly Terrace's eleven personal disciples hadn't stepped forward with such a domineering attitude, wouldn't it have been Heavenly Terrace being kicked while they were down?
PS: The flower count is about to be pulled apart. Brothers, help Wuben hold the line!