# 1039
Chapter 1040: Bearing the Great Sage
Peach Banquet.
Andre reached out with an ethereal grip, and a诡异的大地之眼 opened beneath Lin Qiye's feet. Cracks rapidly spread across the white jade bricks.
Immediately after, a pair of earth hands towering dozens of stories high burst forth from beneath the white jade bricks, lunging violently toward Lin Qiye at their center.
At this moment, Lin Qiye remained with both eyes tightly shut, standing motionless in place.
BOOM—!!
A thunderous roar echoed as the massive earth hands came together amid a sky full of dust, seemingly crushing the Lin Qiye at their center into powder, vanishing without a trace.
The Gods of Great Xia in the Lower Immortal Region, witnessing this scene, had their expressions change simultaneously!
Nezha, who had been restless in his seat, first narrowed his eyes, then, as if sensing something, let out a soft exclamation of surprise.
Beside him, Yang Jian, the First Seat of the Lower Immortal Region, felt the vertical pupil between his brows contract slightly, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"This aura…"
In the Middle Immortal Region, Jade Tripod True Man and Ziwei Star Lord's faces displayed expressions of shock.
BOOM—!!!
A deafening explosion rang out as the closed earth hands shattered into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.
Amid the rustling sound of sand and gravel falling, with rolling dust sweeping across the area, a silhouette of an ancient ape clad in a tattered cassock emerged from the void, merging into Lin Qiye's body.
The moment the two became one, an overwhelming wave of demonic energy surged from Lin Qiye's body. His cultivation aura climbed steadily, briefly breaking through the "Unmeasurable" bottleneck to enter the "Klein" level.
The demonic energy enshrouded the surface of his skin like ancient brownish-black ape fur, rippling silently with the surges of air.
Half a golden-red cassock materialized from the void, draping over Lin Qiye's back, wild and untamed in the flying dust.
His eyes slowly opened—two clusters of blazing golden fire burning intensely within them. A terrifying and frenzied pressure descended abruptly.
Sand swirling, demons awakening,
The half-cassock draped over Lin Qiye's body, his temperament flickering between the sanctity of a Buddha and the ferocity of a demon.
"The Great Sage? That's the Great Sage's aura!"
The Gods of Great Xia at the Peach Banquet, sensing the aura emanating from Lin Qiye, wore expressions of shock on their faces.
"But didn't the Great Sage become a Buddha? How could there still be such heavy demonic energy on him?"
"The Great Sage achieving Buddhahood doesn't mean his disciple did too."
"That's right. Since this mortal is the Great Sage's disciple, it's only natural he learned the Great Sage's demonic techniques. Add some Buddhist teachings, and you get his current appearance."
"But don't you think this aura is too similar to the Great Sage's? Even if he's the Great Sage's successor, how could his aura be so alike?"
"I think so too. The feeling he gives me is practically as if the Great Sage himself descended…"
"…"
While the Gods of Great Xia were in the midst of heated discussion, Lin Qiye, who had now borne the Great Sage's soul, slightly narrowed those blazing golden eyes.
A voice resounded in his ear.
"Is this the one you mentioned who dares insult Great Xia's divine might?"
Sun Wukong's soul was attached to Lin Qiye's body, coldly staring at Andre in the distance. The demonic energy around him churned violently.
"Mm."
Sun Wukong furrowed his brow. His Fiery Golden Eyes swept across the venue before finally landing on the Kunlun Mirror suspended in the air. Understanding flickered in his gaze.
"Kunlun Mirror… so that's how it is."
He paused, speaking calmly.
"Regardless, he's merely a descendant of a Western god… Since you've borne my soul, you must uphold Great Xia's divine might. In this battle, you must not only win, but win completely, win thoroughly.
Lin Qiye, I'm asking you,
How many breaths do you need to kill him?"
"…Twenty breaths." A resolute gleam flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. "Within twenty breaths, I will definitely kill him!"
The words fell, and Lin Qiye's feet struck the ground violently. The white jade brick floor instantly cracked into a massive circular fissure. His figure flickered, then vanished from where he stood.
"Another space-type ability?"
Andre coldly snorted. The earth eye beneath his feet burst forth with light again, the red pupil rapidly spinning, locking onto the surrounding space.
However, Lin Qiye's form did not reappear as it had before.
Andre's heart immediately sank.
No involvement with space?
Before Andre could回过神来, a figure wreathed in demonic energy was already standing behind him.
The half-cassock flashed past the corner of his vision. In the next instant, a fist had already solidly slammed into his back!
The moment the fist made contact with his body, Andre felt as if the entire sky had collapsed onto him. The muscles and bones throughout his body began collapsing beyond his control.
It was only at this moment that Andre understood how Lin Qiye had just achieved that speed comparable to space blinking.
This was not an ability involving time or space, but rather a perfect combination of pure physical strength and peak combat techniques.
Just as Andre's body was about to collapse, his form visibly transformed into earth and stone. An earth eye opened on his chest, wrapping around him as he fled into the ground.
In the span of a breath, a body fused from earth and stone materialized hundreds of meters away from Lin Qiye.
Andre's features were reconstituted. He stared at Lin Qiye with furrowed brows, both palms slamming forcefully against the ground!
The earth beneath Lin Qiye's feet instantly melted into liquid. Immediately afterward, massive, grotesque rock and soil serpents coiled upward, lunging from different directions to tear at his physical body.
Those blazing golden eyes of Lin Qiye narrowed slightly. His right foot stamped hard against the ground.
In the next moment, his form rapidly expanded, instantly transforming into a sky-reaching black giant. Nine sturdy arms extended from within his body, each one grasping at the rock-soil serpents lunging toward him. The demonic energy throughout his body churned like a sea.
This was not Lin Qiye's 【Heaven-Equaling Avatar】, but rather another divine ability of Sun Wukong… the Seventy-Two Transformations.
The massive rock-soil serpents slithering through the demonic energy were seized by the nine-armed giant like loaches. The veins on the giant's arms bulged as he crushed them into fragments with brute force.
Rock and soil scattered. Demons howled. The black giant turned to look at Andre standing to the side, all nine palms lifting simultaneously.
His fingertips curved slightly, interlocking and joining. Nine distinctly different Buddhist hand seals were simultaneously formed in his grasp.
In an instant, Buddhist chants filled the air, golden light flowing.
"What kind of monster is this…"
Sensing the delicate balance between violent and holy auras coexisting on Lin Qiye's body, Andre's eyes widened. He couldn't help but murmur to himself.
A deafening boom rang out as the ground beneath the black giant shattered. Its form instantly turned into a blur, streaking toward Andre.
An unprecedented sense of life-and-death crisis surged through Andre's heart.
He gritted his teeth, both hands rapidly lifting to press against his own eyes.