The Pinnacle Of Life

Whoosh!
The huge pillar of light suddenly disappeared.
Shelly stood on Persephone’s Folly Bridge in astonishment. She had been staying inside Astor’s mind palace, but now, she
completely failed to sense his existence. The others were also lost in thought as they looked in the direction of the pillar of light
that vanished.
Astor
Alex
On the other hand, those evil Buddhas had originally relied on drawing energy from Dairaionji Temple in order to exist, but now
that the golden pillar of light was gone, the channel of energy was completely severed. They all melted into slag and disappeared
with the wind without the need for the nether realm people to do anything.
“Did the Empress go there too?”
“Will the Empress be fine?”
The kings of hell looked at each other with dismay and worry in their eyes.
The Goddess of Compassion waved the willow branch in her hand. “Amitabha. The Empress is accompanied by the Buddha.
With the Buddha’s great wisdom and his Life Wheel, she should be safe at Dairaionji Temple. Of course. The Empress must not
let her emotions get better of her in there, or else the situation will be unpredictable.”
Shelly said, “I’m afraid Astor Rockefeller doesn’t have great wisdom. Instead, he will make Empress Ghast take maternity leave.”
Astor
Alex
The huge toad croaked. “It can’t be, right?”
“Let’s make a bet!”
“What’s the wager?”

“If you lose, give me your body to make a smoked toad.”
The toad was puzzled.
***
Whoosh!
Following the golden pillar of light, Astor and Empress Ghast passed through a barrier with a swish and fell into another
dimension. They fell hard on a sturdy stone.
Astor
Alex
After casting a sweeping glance, there were people in all directions.
They both instantly became vigilant. One of them was lifting a sword, whereas the other held the Immortal Butcher. However,
upon closer inspection, they found something wrong. The people before their eyes were not real humans, but stone statues...
These stone statues looked almost similar to real people. They wouldn’t have been noticeable without a careful look.
“Do these statues look familiar to you?” Empress Ghast circled the stone statues and looked around.
“They look identical to the evil Buddhas in the Hell Tower,” Astor said.
Astor
Alex
“That’s right,” the empress replied. “So, all those evil Buddhas were the projections of these stone statues.”
Astor touched a stone statue, only to jump in shock before quickly letting go of his hand.
Astor
Alex
“What’s wrong?!” The empress noticed his abnormal reaction.

Astor looked at her. “There are signs of life in these stone statues.”
Astor
Alex
“Huh?”
The empress felt one of the statues. Then, she swung the sword in her hand down on it. A slight crack sound rang out and the
stone statue was split in half from head to toe, revealing its contents. The content inside the cross-section was exactly the same
as that of a real person, Most of the areas had been petrified, whereas a small area contained the look of a living human and
blood.
“Holy sh*t!” Astor swore.
Astor
Alex
“These are the original monks of Dairaionji Temple! Consequently, evil Buddhism has turned them into half-stone statues. They
have a fate far worse than death!”
The stone statue that had been cut open slowly closed its initially widened eyes.
It was a liberation.
“This is the terrifying consequence of evil Buddhism. These monks who have been turned into stone statues can’t live and die on
their own, nor can they reincarnate. The nether realm will not accept their souls. Eventually, they can only wander here forever.”
Empress Ghast was a professional in this aspect and had her insightful opinion. As she spoke, the group of stone statues
seemed to have been stimulated in some way or received an instruction. The stone statues’ eyes shot out red light.
They began to go berserk. They came to life and yelled. Then, they began to attack Astor and Empress Ghast.
Astor
Alex

“We have been discovered! Kill our way out!” The empress was decisive.
Astor was not an inflexible person either. Since these monks had long become someone else’s puppets and ended up in such a
state right now, he had no need to be merciful. He picked up the Immortal Butcher and went on a killing spree, just like the
empress.
Astor
Alex
Swish!
At that moment, a whistling sound came from the sky. This sound was extremely shocking. They could feel a powerful and
unparalleled coercion from a great distance.