In the air, Monk Benjamin reached into his Storage Sack and grabbed three red pills, which he then swallowed.
Seeing Monk Benjamin take the red pills, Noah Shadow’s face darkened. He recognized those pills as Sunfire Elixir, which could counteract Yin Fire.
After ingesting the pills, Monk Benjamin quickly formed a hand seal, and the white jade light emanating from his body became dazzling. A basin-sized White Jade Sun separated from his body and floated above his head. Under its light, the Yin Fire burning him dissipated visibly. Within a few breaths, the Yin Fire was completely gone, though burn marks remained on his body.
Noah Shadow tapped the ground with his toes and flew into the air. His cold eyes fixed on Monk Benjamin, his body surrounded by black Yin Fire. The wind howled as three white spirals in Noah Shadow’s right eye began to rotate and glow.
“Ghost Eye Technique, Phantom Coffin!” Noah Shadow shouted coldly. A massive black coffin wreathed in Yin Fire appeared. The coffin split in two, with the lid above Monk Benjamin’s head and the body below his feet. As it appeared, a chill spread through Benjamin’s body. The coffin lid and body began to close, attempting to trap Monk Benjamin inside.
Monk Benjamin used his movement technique to escape just before the coffin closed, creating a hundred-meter distance between him and the coffin. Noah Shadow knew the coffin couldn’t trap Monk Benjamin, so he controlled it to charge at him directly.
Seeing the massive black coffin coming towards him, Monk Benjamin’s face became solemn and calm. He took a deep breath, his eyes focused. He did not dodge but seemed ready for a head-on collision. He placed his hands in front of his chest and rapidly formed ancient Buddhist Sect hand seals. As his hand seals changed, spiritual energy surged from within him, gathering behind him.
In an instant, a hundred-meter-tall White Jade Buddha appeared behind Monk Benjamin. The Buddha was solemn and majestic, radiating Buddhist light. Surrounding its body were hundreds of white hands.
“What secret technique is this?” The appearance of the Buddha astonished the watching Cultivators.
“This should be the famous Thousand-Handed Buddha Secret of the Buddhist Cultivation world!” one Cultivator exclaimed.
The Thousand-Handed Buddha Secret was a renowned seventh-grade secret technique said to be performable only by Spirit God realm experts. When perfected, the Buddha would be a thousand meters tall with a thousand hands, its power shaking the heavens!
Monk Benjamin’s Buddha had only two or three hundred hands, indicating it was far from perfected. However, for someone not at the Spirit God realm to perform it showed remarkable talent.
“I didn’t expect you to be able to use the Thousand-Handed Buddha Secret!” Noah Shadow’s pale face showed a trace of surprise.
The massive black coffin was about to crash into Monk Benjamin. Unafraid, Monk Benjamin struck out with his right hand. The giant Buddha behind him mirrored his action. The massive black coffin collided with the enormous White Jade Palm.
A deafening explosion shook the heavens and earth, with visible energy waves spreading out, making everyone’s ears ring. The giant black coffin shattered, and the White Jade Palm dissipated into nothingness.
In mid-air, both Noah Shadow and Monk Benjamin trembled violently. Noah Shadow spat out a mouthful of blood, with a trickle of blood tears from his right eye. Monk Benjamin also couldn’t hold back and spat out blood, his calm face turning pale.
Clearly, both suffered significant backlash from this clash.
Next, cracks appeared on the giant White Jade Buddha behind Monk Benjamin but did not shatter. Monk Benjamin looked at Noah Shadow, suppressing the turmoil in his body, and formed another hand seal before pointing his right index finger at Noah Shadow.
Behind him, the White Jade Buddha’s fingertip glowed as it also pointed at Noah Shadow. A beam of white light pierced through the void towards Noah Shadow.
Noah Shadow’s face changed drastically as he sensed immense danger. In a sharp voice, he shouted, “Ghostly Arts, Threefold Ghost Gates!” He quickly formed hand seals, and spiritual energy surged out of him, forming three massive black ghost gates in front of him.
The white beam pierced through the ghost gates like a finger through paper, consecutively penetrating all three gates before hitting Noah Shadow. He spat out another mouthful of blood and fell from the sky like a broken kite.
Noah Shadow’s body landed heavily outside the battle platform.
The outcome was decided.
In mid-air, Monk Benjamin’s face was deathly pale, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth as he swayed unsteadily. Behind him, the giant White Jade Buddha was covered in cracks before shattering into countless white jade fragments.
It was clear that although Monk Benjamin had won, he was greatly exhausted.
“This gentleman is victorious,” declared the remnant soul of Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign, pointing at Monk Benjamin.
Monk Benjamin wiped the blood from his mouth and turned to Ancient Tyrant Pill Sovereign with a respectful gesture.
Below the battle platform, Noah Shadow slowly stood up with an extremely grim expression. His long fingers clenched tightly in frustration. He couldn’t believe that even after integrating Millennia’s Shadow Tomb Flame into his Ghost Eye Technique, he still lost to Monk Benjamin.
Monk Benjamin descended from mid-air and appeared beside the jade table, though he was visibly unsteady and nearly fell to one side. A hand reached out to steady him.
“Thank you, Mr. Bloomer,” Monk Benjamin said to Leo.
Leo nodded slightly; he had some acquaintance with Diamond Fortress after all.
With Noah Shadow eliminated, only seven people remained at the jade table. Two more eliminations would determine the five slots.
Under everyone’s gaze, a tall and burly figure stood up.
“I’ll end these last two battles,” Maverick’s rough yet domineering voice echoed.
With that, Maverick’s figure flashed as he stepped onto the battle platform. His large eyes scanned the remaining six people.