Master of Monster Synthesis-Chapter 710 - 367: Chess Saint Lin Lang, Bu Jingyun’s Belt

"Gah gah gah... Victory!!"

The Victory Demon let out a sinister laugh, its blood-red eyes bursting forth with dazzling crimson light. Its massive jaw tore open, transforming into a boundless black hole that enveloped the Evil Sword Immortal with a deafening roar.

"No!!"

The Evil Sword Immortal screamed in horror, attempting to turn and flee, but before he could react, a golden Time Watch swept in from behind and locked him in place. All he could do was watch helplessly as the monstrous entity devoured him piece by piece.

With the disappearance of the Evil Sword Immortal, the Victory Demon's form expanded once more. Overflowing gray particles spilled from its tightly clenched teeth.

Retrieving the Victory Demon with a wave of his hand, Qin Shou shook his head in disappointment. Was this all the so-called Immortal Sword Boss could muster? Surely this was just an underwhelming character from some cheap video game.

As this thought crossed his mind, a sudden disturbance rippled through the spacetime channel.

"Amitabha, although this benefactor has done acts of slaying monsters and demons, he himself appears to be a fiend. In that case, let me send you to meet my Buddha, the Tathagata, to cleanse the malice within you."

From within the spacetime channel, dazzling Buddhist radiance surged closer, accompanied by a compassionate chant. A gaunt, bald-headed old monk draped in an ornate kasaya strode forward leisurely.

Qin Shou smirked playfully, "Master? Fa Hai, is that you?"

The monk wore a benevolent expression and shook his head slightly.

"Who is this Fa Hai you speak of?"

Qin Shou didn't bother answering and instead rambled on.

"Makes sense. If it were old Fa Hai, he'd already swung his staff to bash me. How could he waste so many words?"

Black and white energy swirled in Qin Shou's eyes, reflecting the image of a massive hundred-legged centipede.

"Oh, so it's Lord National Master Ci Hang Pudu. Forgive me for being rude." Qin Shou clasped his hands together, grinning.

A centipede spirit who had mastered the Tathagata Golden Body, self-proclaiming to be Ci Hang Pudu—the infamous boss from the movie *A Chinese Ghost Story*, a peerless demon who toyed with imperial courts!

Upon seeing that Qin Shou could discern his true form, Ci Hang Pudu's expression grew solemn.

Indeed, this "Heavenly Dao" was no ordinary ground—any character encountered was not to be underestimated.

Yet, with the spacetime channel mysteriously closing, there was little time to waste.

As long as he devours this man, he would ascend beyond heaven and earth, transform into a dragon, become an immortal, and reign supreme across the three realms!

With these thoughts swirling, he snorted coldly: "Since you recognize my stature, why won't you surrender willingly—"

Before his words could be finished, he pressed his palms together. Buddhist light illuminated the spacetime channel, and mysterious chanting materialized into Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seals filling the void. A towering Tathagata Golden Body appeared behind him, extending a mighty Tathagata Divine Palm. It descended with terrifying oppression.

Qin Shou wore an easygoing expression as he sneered, "Tathagata? If the real one showed up, perhaps I'd take it seriously. But just a counterfeit? Off to bed with you!"

With that, he raised a hand, causing a golden Time Watch to expand. Its golden hands reversed a full cycle, freezing the massive Tathagata Divine Palm mid-thrust in the spacetime channel. Incredibly, the palm even began retracting.

"What..." Ci Hang Pudu's face twisted in shock, his voice turning shrill.

"Let's play a little!"

Qin Shou grinned, raising a crimson camera and capturing a shot of the "Tathagata Golden Body" with a satisfying click.

He slid the photo card into his belt, causing a radiant burst of blinding Buddhist light.

The thrill of stealing powers face-to-face!

"Buzz..."

"Golden Body Activated..."

Lights and shadows converged as another towering Tathagata Golden Body emerged within the Buddhist radiance.

Ci Hang Pudu's limited strength meant the Demigod Realm's Mirror Core was more than capable of replicating the Tathagata Golden Body at this moment.

Ci Hang Pudu's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the successfully duplicated Tathagata Golden Body, completely dumbfounded.

"You... how is this possible? You've mastered the Tathagata Golden Body too!!!"

The transformed Tathagata Golden Body of Qin Shou chuckled mischievously, its demeanor utterly incongruous.

"Old Centipede, let me send you to meet your idol!"

He struck down with a colossal palm, causing the spacetime channel to tremble slightly. Infinite Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seals spiraled around the sky-shrouding palm, unleashing a force far exceeding that of Ci Hang Pudu's Tathagata Golden Body.

"Ah!!"

Under the brilliance of the Buddhist light, Ci Hang Pudu screamed as his physical form collapsed, reverting to a massive centipede that shrieked and fled.

"Stay put!"

Qin Shou chuckled lightly as the glow of the Tathagata Divine Palm surged, immediately swelling to several times its size and solidly pinning the fleeing centipede spirit.

"Crunch, crunch..."

The sound of breaking armor echoed incessantly. Within the grasp of the palm, the centipede spirit shrieked and wailed as sinister black energy seeped from its body.

"Demon energy?"

Qin Shou's fingers twisted slightly, effortlessly crushing the centipede spirit.

Black mist swirled around his fingertips as Qin Shou stroked his chin, infusing his spiritual power into the black mist to analyze its properties.

After a moment, Qin Shou nodded in understanding.

The demon energy bore some similarities to the energy within monsters, though it was far more malleable.

Buddhist radiance was also similar, but its quality surpassed Star Power countless times over. Even the Talent Energy within the Unbreakable Realm was no match for it. It intertwined spiritual power with a mysterious force, yielding infinite variations and boundless possibilities.

Qin Shou speculated that the mysterious force might very well be the fabled Power of Faith.

However, the Buddhist light replicated by the Mirror Core lacked the Power of Faith.

Considering this possibility, Qin Shou's eyes brightened.

If the Mirror Core couldn't replicate the Power of Faith, the Magic Mirror might also fail to duplicate it.

This expedition might be worthwhile!

As he mulled this over, Qin Shou was about to retrieve the centipede spirit's corpse when a spherical, tangible spiritual entity emerged from its body. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Ah, almost forgot—the system didn't issue a notification, which means you're still alive."

Qin Shou curled his fingers into a claw, encasing the spiritual entity sphere with the golden Time Watch, fixing it in place.

Nascent Soul?

Demon Core?

Well damn, even Divine Realm experts couldn't pull this off.

Qin Shou chuckled and stowed the centipede spirit's "Demon Core," making a mental note to study these supernatural beings' cultivation methods.

Oh right—monster fusion formulas were easy to figure out, but what about the fusion formulas for demons and celestial beings?