"What on earth is happening..."
BOOM—
Behind Hui Neng, a phantom of Vajra emerged, enclosing him with its hands and shielding him from the silver light.
The phantom flickered but remained as steadfast as a mountain.
"It’s about time."
Sensing that the Dragon Qi had reached full absorption, Hui Neng clenched the Buddha Beads, preparing to first drive Qi Chengze back, then make a swift escape with the conch.
Just then, his connection with the conch was abruptly severed.
"Huh?!"
Hui Neng suddenly looked down.
He saw a paper-like figure the size of a palm crawl out from a crevice in the ground, hoist the conch, and dashed off.
?!
Hui Neng’s eyes turned red instantly.
He thought he had everything figured out but was caught off guard by someone stealing his prize?!
"Audacious thief, put that down!"
Hearing the angry shout behind, the paperman didn’t turn back and floated away like a leaf, swiftly covering hundreds of miles in an instant.
"Stop!"
Hui Neng couldn’t afford to entangle with Qi Chengze anymore, as he turned to give chase, yet Qi Chengze, having found an opening, wasn’t about to let him off easily.
The silver light pierced the Buddha’s visage, and Primordial Qi transformed into a giant hand that came grasping down.
"Namo Samantabhadra, Om, Maha Kalaya, Svaha!"
Hui Neng’s hand sign changed, and he rapidly chanted the spell, his monk robes engulfing in flames, the giant hand of Primordial Qi vaporizing before it even touched him.
He transformed into a flaming meteor, whistling off towards the direction where the paperman fled.
"Mystic light reflects the Purple Mansion, wise vision illuminates the vastness, Three Purities bestow the spell, perceiving the Nine Nether Skies!"
As Qi Chengze uttered the True Words, dark clouds gathered on the horizon, with a giant vertical pupil emerging from the clouds, indifferent gaze directed at Hui Neng.
Hui Neng’s movements became sluggish, as if carrying a mountain on his back, helplessly watching the paperman vanish into the sky.
"Are you out of your mind?!"
"The Dragon Qi has been snatched, and here you are still pestering a poor monk?!"
Hui Neng’s eyes were bloodshot, veins on his neck bulging, and he cursed aloud.
Qi Chengze snorted coldly, "Stupid bald donkey, you think I’ll be fooled by your tricks?!"
He couldn’t be sure if Hui Neng was lying, but he definitely wouldn’t let him get away!
"...Damn it!"
CRACK—
Hui Neng crushed two Buddha Beads in succession, causing a phantom of Buddha to appear, tearing the space apart with both hands, and he instantly vanished without a trace.
Qi Chengze’s third eye pierced through the void, carefully discerning, then swiftly chased after him.
The duel between the two occurred in a flash, overshadowed by the clouds, with the people below unaware of anything amiss.
By the time the turmoil above had completely settled, in an isolated courtyard, a paperman poked its head out from a crevice, confirmed no anomalies around, then cautiously left the alley, keeping close to the walls.
Evading pedestrians all the way, using no magic, purely relying on its short little legs, it crossed several street blocks, returning to The Cloudwater Hall, squeezing into a bedroom through the gap in the window.
Once confirmed no one was following, it finally breathed a sigh of relief.



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