Chapter 1026: Brother Cockroach, Why Don’t You Die!

Inside the Great Buddha Temple, as the three of them activated the mechanism, they obtained an object wrapped in yellow, thick cloth. The silent cluster of thousand Buddha statues suddenly came to life at that moment, surrounding the three martial arts experts in the center. Each Arhat statue moved rapidly, adopting various postures using all four limbs.
What made the three of them hesitate to move for a long time was the imposing aura emanating from these countless Arhat statues—each one no less powerful than a master in the early stages of the Mythical Realm! Moreover, all of them were fixed in one direction, staring at the three of them!
“The Arhat Formation!”
“Damn it, why didn’t I think of this from the start…” The female mechanic was sweating profusely in frustration. If given another chance, she would undoubtedly destroy those statues, which had seemed so solemn and sacred when they first arrived. At least that way, they would only face a pile of broken stones, rather than the Arhat Formation composed of thousands of awe-inspiring Arhat statues.
“What should we do now?”
The other two also hadn’t expected that picking up the mission item would trigger such a massive mechanism. They were stunned and spoke hesitantly.
“It seems they can’t attack on their own.”
As a meticulous mechanic, she quickly noticed the anomaly in the Arhat statues after staying in place for a while. Though they looked terrifying, their movement patterns made it clear they wouldn’t take a single step forward.
“Let me see…”
This discovery brought some relief to the three of them.
The female mechanic tried taking a few steps forward…
“They’re targeting what we’re holding. Huang Zhong, step over there a few times.”
After giving orders, the three of them quickly figured out that only the person carrying the yellow, thick-wrapped object would provoke the hostility of the Arhat statues; the other two, even if they got very close, wouldn’t trigger any reaction from them…
“One good news, one bad news,” said the female mechanic.
“The good news is that you two can leave the Arhat Formation safely without being attacked… The bad news is that to get this thing out of the formation, you either fight your way through or die trying.”
“Thousands of Arhat statues… Fighting our way through means facing attacks from over a hundred Mythical Realm masters in a short time…”
“Can’t we get out first, and then you throw the thing out?” one of them suggested.
The female mechanic rolled her eyes. “You’re overthinking it.”

“Not to mention that the Arhat statues will definitely block the way, even if they don’t, how far can you throw this thing?” Facing the scene of hundreds of Arhat statues densely packed hundreds of meters ahead, the three of them fell silent once again.
“Can we destroy them?”
“You can give it a try…”
The female mechanic replied, rolling her eyes unconsciously.
Attacking the Arhat statues at the Mythical realm—even if possible—would take a lot of time. Moreover, if the Arhat Formation were triggered, things would get even worse.
“Waiting like this isn’t a solution! The Evil King will be in soon!!”
All three were growing anxious.
The female mechanic asked, “Where’s Luo Zhiheng?”
“He’s outside providing support. He’s probably checking that kid’s body. That guy is ruthless—he definitely won’t miss anything valuable from that kid.”
“Send a message to him via carrier pigeon and tell him to keep an eye on the Evil King’s movements!”
“Okay!”
…
While the three were trapped inside the Thousand Buddha Arhat Formation, outside the Great Buddha Temple, their other companion was curiously observing the man who was half-dead. Though his chest and abdomen had been pierced by a sword and blood flowed everywhere, Luo Zhiheng was shocked to find that this man, who should have already collapsed, still stood firm in place. His chest rose and fell from time to time, and although his face was blurred, it was still very clear… All this indicated that the man, who had received a fatal blow, was actually still alive!
“You bastard… you’re like a cockroach—how can you not die?”
Luo Zhiheng felt extremely frustrated looking at this man.
Why?
He had originally intended to steal something from this man, who seemed to have decent equipment, but after waiting for a while, the man still hadn’t died… This left him stuck.
He came here to plunder the dead, not to kill!
Although this man’s condition seemed dire, almost as if he were dead, a slight touch might be enough to end his life. But killing him now might unnecessarily attract a powerful enemy.
It wasn’t worth risking an unknown reward and possibly a non-existent fourth-tier magic weapon just to incur the wrath of a seemingly formidable enemy.
Luo Zhiheng stubbornly stood by, waiting for the man to die naturally… In that way, when the man reincarnated, he wouldn’t get any information about him and couldn’t cause trouble.
However… after waiting for a while, this man’s resilience was as stubborn as a cockroach’s… The gruesome fatal wounds slowly healed, and the bleeding stopped.

Although his breath was still as weak as a candle flame in a gale, and his heart beat only after a long interval, things seemed to have improved slightly from the beginning.
This discovery left Luo Zhiheng so frustrated that he didn’t even roll his eyes…
“You’re really ruthless!”
Disheartened, Luo Zhiheng prepared to leave.
Just then!
The rumbling sound of the Arhat Formation caught his attention.
Focusing his mind, Luo Zhiheng quickly found a broken wall, leaped up, and looked into the distance to see what was happening…
At that sight, his eyes immediately turned bloodshot!
“Damn it!”
“What a joke!”
The imposing aura of the Arhat Formation was like a giant strangling machine—just a glance from afar was enough to fill one with terror.
“We must be in big trouble!”
“I have to go find them!”
After muttering to himself, Luo Zhiheng forgot about the barely alive person and took a breath, ready to rush toward the Arhat Formation…
But just then, a mysterious and fast figure suddenly appeared in the distance.
His pupils contracted!
A cold breath rushed from Luo Zhiheng’s chest to his lungs:
“The Evil King!”
It was easy to guess that with such a huge disturbance in the Thousand Buddha Group, the Evil King couldn’t possibly remain uninterested. It was likely that Shi Feixuan was already trapped by the Yin Queen and unable to stop the Evil King from entering the Arhat Formation.
“God, please protect us! The Evil King must not get in!”
“Arhat brothers, give it your all!”
Watching the Evil King rapidly approaching the Arhat Formation, Luo Zhiheng kept praying.
Unfortunately…
Whether it was because of the Buddhists praying to God or due to his own character flaws, what Luo Zhiheng hoped for didn’t happen.
The Arhat Formation seemed completely unaware of the Evil King’s approach. Without any resistance, the latter rushed into the formation smoothly!
“No way…”
“Are these Arhats just paper figures meant to scare people?” Luo Zhiheng was furious. Seeing Shi Zhixuan running away quickly, he became both panicked and anxious.
If the Evil King entered the Arhat Formation, those three people would be in danger…
In his desperation, Luo Zhiheng didn’t notice that the person, who was so weak he could fall at the slightest breeze, suddenly let out a barely audible groan. With great difficulty, he moved his fingers and slowly opened his eyelids.
“Ha…”
For happiness, that sword had almost cost him his life. He had hovered on the edge of life and death for a long time, using up almost all his strength just to survive!
As expected, the system prompt indicating improvement in the “Bone Purification Scripture” didn’t sound…
Instead, after struggling fiercely against that deadly sense of annihilation for a long time, he received a system prompt saying he had gained a bit of willpower.
Ding!

“Breaking through the ‘Sword of the Mind Demon’ of the Yin Queen! Willpower enhanced! Willpower increased by 1 point!”
Willpower!
“Damn… what’s the use of this?”
At the moment when Kai Xin felt light again after being in utter darkness, he couldn’t help but curse inwardly at the system prompt he heard.
If it weren’t for the strong self-recovery ability of the “Meridians Training Manual” and his robust vitality due to his natural aptitude, he would have already returned to the Temple of Warriors by now…
Damn it.
After all this trouble and suffering, he still hadn’t grasped what the mad monk meant by life and death.
That sword strike just now…
Such a great opportunity!
Thinking of this, Kai Xin felt somewhat disheartened.
But still, he immediately started practicing the “Meridians Training Manual” to restore his strength—being weak and on the verge of collapse was certainly not pleasant.
“Hm?”
Just after completing a small cycle of the “Meridians Training Manual” and regaining a bit of energy, Kai Xin quickly sensed another presence nearby.
His gaze shot over instantly!
Upon meeting the gaze of “Cockroach Xiao Qiang,” Luo Zhiheng felt a chill in his heart, a sense of coldness and terror as if he had fallen into an ice cave…
It was hard to believe that someone with such a gaze would foolishly confront the Yin Queen and nearly lose his life!
Actually, Luo Zhiheng was also about to leave when he suddenly heard noise behind him. Turning around, he saw that Cockroach Xiao Qiang, who had almost died, was back to life.
The shock this discovery caused him was no less than when the Evil King rushed back into the Arhat Formation!
“…”
Kai Xin quickly removed the sharpness from his eyes and reverted to his normal player demeanor.
It seemed the other person had been there for some time.
Since they hadn’t attacked even when he was in that state, they probably weren’t too malicious.
Thinking of this, Kai Xin naturally dropped his previous vigilance and hostility…
But soon, he noticed something strange at the Great Buddha Temple.
The rumbling sound caused by thousands of Buddha statues moving on the ground was like an earthquake up close—it was hard not to notice!
“What’s going on?”
Kai Xin suddenly thought that the Yin Queen and the Evil King might still be nearby, so he quickly used the energy he had barely recovered to take something out of his Qi Bag.
“…”
Luo Zhiheng was clearly quite carefree; even in such a dire situation with his companion in danger, he could still make light of it by shrugging… But when he saw what Kai Xin had taken out, his eyes widened instantly!
The blood of the Fire Qilin!

Blood that was bright red as if about to drip, exuding a powerful aura of life — surely no seasoned martial artist would be unfamiliar with it. But under Luo Zhiheng’s even more astonished gaze, he saw the mysterious cockroach brother swallow a drop of the extremely precious Fire Qilin blood without even frowning, with complete determination.
“…”
Luo Zhiheng’s heart was filled with confusion. Fire Qilin blood was used to restore severe injuries after death and also had the effect of enhancing internal energy — it was even more precious than the Life and Death Dream Pill! This guy wasn’t dead at all… yet he used such a valuable substance to recover…
“Why don’t you just die!” Luo Zhiheng cursed inwardly in anger.