My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Chapter 657: Chapter 174: The Buddha will not let you go! (Seeking subscriptions)_3

A mysterious aura descended from the high skies.

Tang Sanzang’s body suddenly transformed into thousands of points of light, vanished in an instant, and re-entered Cheng Guang’s body.

Under the shroud of that mysterious aura, Tang Sanzang returned to Cheng Guang’s body.

The entire Ten Thousand Mile Dragon Cave returned to calm.

Cheng Guang had originally watched as Tang Sanzang appeared poised to wipe out the Buddha head statue; he wondered whether he should halt the activity of his Saint Dao Fruit for a moment to see if he could control the bloody flesh chunk within the statue.

But unexpectedly,

…

before Cheng Guang could even speak out, Tang Sanzang had suddenly ceased his actions.

Was this because Tang Sanzang, also known as his Saint Dao Fruit, sensed his intentions, and thus voluntarily ceased?

Or was it that…

someone else had intervened?

At this thought, Cheng Guang couldn’t help but frown.

His feeling was not unfounded.

The moment Tang Sanzang’s body disintegrated into a myriad of light points, Cheng Guang could sense a hidden presence that had descended upon Tang Sanzang.

Besides Tang Sanzang, it didn’t affect anyone else.

If it weren’t for Cheng Guang’s own sharp senses and the fact that Tang Sanzang was his own Saint Dao Fruit, he might not have detected that mysterious aura at all.

What exactly was that mysterious aura?

Cheng Guang pondered with furrowed brows for a while but couldn’t figure out any clues.

Tang Sanzang, although just a manifestation of his Saint Dao Fruit, meant that the bloody flesh chunk inside the Buddha head statue couldn’t raise even the slightest commotion in front of him. This foreshadowed,

just how powerful the real Tang Sanzang must be.

At least, he was not someone that Cheng Guang at this time could compare to.

And how many people could contend against the phantom of Tang Sanzang?

Not many, one could presume!

In fact, pitifully few!!

After pondering for a while, Cheng Guang stopped getting hung up on the matter and let go of the doubts in his heart, turning his gaze toward the monstrous humanoid that his Saint Dao Fruit had almost beaten to death.

This ferocious humanoid had emerged from within the Buddha head statue, from the bloody flesh chunk that was there.

So it could be proven that the presence within the Buddha head statue was indeed this ferocious humanoid.

As Cheng Guang approached the humanoid, passing the spot where Tang Sanzang had just stood, he felt something beneath his feet and abruptly paused.

Looking down, he saw a string of Buddha beads.

The beads were made of smooth, dark brown Bodhi seeds, each carefully polished, round, and lustrous.

Originally, Cheng Guang hadn’t noticed the beads, but now that he saw them, they were shimmering with a faint light, as if they contained a mysterious power.

If not for Cheng Guang’s recent hunch that something had descended upon Tang Sanzang, prompting him to refrain from attacking the monstrous humanoid and retreat back into his own body,

Cheng Guang might not have given the beads much thought even if he saw them.

They were the kind that could make one instinctively overlook their existence.

Cheng Guang glanced at the Buddha beads and instinctively bent down to pick them up, feeling a faint chill through the palm of his hand.

He clenched the beads, feeling an unusual sensation.

This string of beads seemed different from any object he had seen before; it exuded an indescribable sense of peace and harmony.

As Cheng Guang was immersed in contemplation, the monstrous humanoid suddenly let out a sharp roar, its body expanding rapidly, becoming larger and more terrifying.

Its eyes glinted with a fierce red light as it opened its huge mouth and lunged at Cheng Guang.

Startled back to reality, Cheng Guang subconsciously raised the Buddha beads in his hand.

A powerful light burst forth from the beads, forming a golden halo that tightly bound the monstrous humanoid.

As the halo contracted, the humanoid’s roars grew weaker and weaker until its entire body became stiff and immobile, frozen in place.

Cheng Guang’s brows knitted slightly, feeling something was amiss about the beads in his hand, but just as he was about to cast them aside,

he suddenly felt a force flowing from the beads into his body, giving him a sense of comfort and tranquility he had never felt before.

This sensation.

It was strangely similar to when he faced Tang Sanzang.

Were these beads Tang Sanzang’s belonging?

Cheng Guang was momentarily stunned, gazing at the beads in his hand, somewhat perplexed; Tang Sanzang was merely a phantom, so how could he leave behind such an utterly real string of beads?

Did Tang Sanzang know something unexpected might occur and purposefully leave these beads behind?

Or was it that,

Tang Sanzang didn’t leave the beads; rather, it was that mysterious, hidden presence that had acted from behind who left them?

Why would that mysterious entity possess Tang Sanzang’s beads?

And purposefully use Tang Sanzang’s beads to do… what?

Attacking only Tang Sanzang and not causing Cheng Guang at the scene to feel too much strangeness?

Was it because the entity acting from the shadows was also fearing something, involuntarily reticent, unable to act?

At this thought, Cheng Guang’s eyes began to flicker with a thoughtful glow.

But his train of thought quickly became more chaotic.

Without further contemplation, Cheng Guang focused his attention on the monstrous humanoid.

At this moment, the humanoid had no strength to struggle whatsoever.

Only its eyes could still move.

Besides its eyes, its body seemed to have turned to stone, unbending and rigid.

Cheng Guang walked up to the humanoid, considering for a moment, then decided to use Charm Eyes to see if he could bring it under control.

The monstrous humanoid was self-enclosed in slumber; though it had awakened, it probably hadn’t fully recovered.

At least, Cheng Guang didn’t feel intimidated by the strength emanating from the humanoid.

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