Chapter 507: The Heavenly Soldiers Are Incompetent, the Jade Emperor Sighs

The Jade Emperor expressed strong dissatisfaction. For the past five hundred years, he had highly respected Li Jing, his minister.

Whenever there is an opportunity to perform meritorious service, the Jade Emperor will always make the decision on his own and promote Li Jing and his 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to the top.

However, this honest official and loyal minister was a hopeless case and could not handle important tasks, especially when the moment was most critical.

He is not good at fighting, and without the broken pagoda given by the Western Buddha, he cannot even defeat his own son.

He is not good at strategy either. When leading troops to fight, he can only lead an army of 100,000 to bully a demon village with only a few hundred demon soldiers in the mortal world. But when it comes to a tough battle, as long as his son is no match for the enemy leader, he will have to run back crying and ask for help.

As for his previous reference, the Jade Emperor had a favorable impression of him. He thought that although this man was useless, he was loyal and at least obedient.

There are many fierce generals among the evil stars in Dou Mansion, and there are even more outstanding thunder generals in Lei Mansion. Unfortunately, they are only loyal to Dou Mu Yuanjun and Tianzun Wen Zhong. This is why Li Jing has always been honored to hold the high position of Marshal of the Heavenly Army and has full command of the largest armed group in the nominal heaven.

There is no harm without comparison. Wen Zhong's eldest son Wen Ruicai served as the temporary marshal for several years. Without using a single soldier, he only relied on the metal puppet army he created to suppress the most elite monk group of the Western Church.

That guy has extraordinary leadership ability in knowing how to appoint the right people to the right positions. He just went around and put together a makeshift team, but he found that it was full of strong people.

The Jade Emperor went over the list of heavenly generals in his mind. Even if he barely counted Yang Jian, a rebellious guy, into the ranks of the heavenly army, it seemed that all of them were no match for the Guardians of the Galaxy that Wen Rui had temporarily formed.

"Li Tianwang, I order you to immediately mobilize 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to rush to Lion Camel Ridge to rescue Emperor Wen." Suppressing his annoyance, the Jade Emperor frowned and said, "Move quickly, don't delay!"

Li Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up in astonishment and said, "Your Majesty, the 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers are still working overtime in the Desire Realm to mine frantically. In order to meet the quota and obtain the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers as soon as possible, they are entering a selfless competitive state. Even if I, the former Marshal, rush over immediately, I can't give them orders."

"Even if we force them to assemble and rush to Lion Camel Ridge, our army has no means to break the Arhat Subduing Demon Formation. We can only wave flags and shout outside the formation to boost our morale..."

When Li Jing said the last sentence, his face lowered again, almost touching the floor tiles of the Golden Palace.

The Jade Emperor held his forehead with his hand, angrily saying, "You are too pedantic. You can't even grab the credit! How come all my close ministers are so stupid and incompetent?"

His gaze fell on the projection screen that Qianli's eyes would project. In the screen, the golden shield of the Arhat Demon Subduing Array gradually dimmed, and cracks appeared on it.

The Arhats in the formation no longer fought back, but sat cross-legged in a meditation posture, with the phantom of a golden bell covering their bodies. The metal puppets surrounding them attacked in turns like rotating lanterns, and all kinds of low-level magical powers were used in succession, causing the phantom of the golden bell to fly sparks.

At the center of the great arhat formation, Venerable Arahant Kāśyapa was also sitting cross-legged with the golden bell protecting his body.

Surrounding him were Yuan Hong and Li Si. The two generals held their magic weapons and smashed them like ringing bells.

It was obvious that the five hundred Arhats were already defeated and could only defend themselves without any power to fight back.

"Li Tianwang, I withdraw my order. You don't have to go. The Western Religion's Arhat monks can't hold out for much longer."

The Jade Emperor frowned and continued, "If one day, Wen Rui uses his magical power to summon 100,000 golden puppets to cause chaos in the Heavenly Palace, and I order you to lead 100,000 heavenly soldiers to suppress the rebellion, and even order Yang Jian and his six generals from Meishan to help you, do you have the confidence to win the battle?"

Li Jing clasped his fists and said loudly: "I will do my best, devote myself to the cause, and bravely kill the enemy, even if I die!"

The Jade Emperor sighed deeply and shook his head helplessly.

...In Lion Camel Ridge, in the Arhat Demon Subduing Formation, the sound of clanging iron continued, and the one-sided hammering had been going on for a long time.

Seeing the golden light of the Arhat Formation becoming dimmer and dimmer, but unable to break it no matter how hard he tried, Wen Rui became more and more anxious as he waited.

In the territory of Xiniu Hezhou, we have penetrated deep into the sphere of influence of the Western Religion, but we cannot delay any longer. If we delay any longer, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive and the situation on the battlefield will change again.

The military force of Western religion includes not only five hundred Arhats but also three thousand Jietis.

The five hundred Arhats are good at defense, while the three thousand Jiedis are good at attack.

Moreover, in terms of combat power, the upper limit of three thousand Jiedis is far superior to that of five hundred Arhats.

The reason why it is strong is not because there are many of the Three Thousand Jiedis, but because there are many types, with different realms, including talented people, demons, ghosts, evil spirits and monsters.

The number three thousand is a figurative number, referring to a large number, and Jie Di is the guardian deity conquered by the Western religion.

These gods and kings were all talented people, great demons and monsters who once dominated the Three Realms and Nine Heavens. After converting to Buddhism, they obeyed the Buddha's orders.

Among them there are even powerful alien beings like the Peacock King who can compete with saints.

If the Buddha mobilizes the three thousand Jiedis, those who come may not necessarily be the three thousand guardian gods, and not all of them may arrive. If he is lucky, those who come may only be immortal-level demons. If he is unlucky, there may even be super powerful beings at the sub-sage level mixed among them. The variables are quite large.

Wen Rui stepped on the auspicious cloud and came to the center of the formation. He waved his hand to signal Li Si and Yuan Hong to stop, and walked closer to Venerable Aruo Kāśyapa, saying through the golden bell: "I guess the fading and cracking of your golden shield is just an act. In fact, the formation has only consumed one tenth or one twenty percent of its energy. Even if you continue to attack for several days and nights, the formation will not collapse."

The venerable who was meditating in the golden bell light slowly raised his eyelids, with only a little bit of strange color in his eyes, but he shook his head and said: "Emperor, stop it. If the formation is broken, the Arhats will be severely injured by the backlash, and your sin will be too great."

"I tricked him out. The thief is so cunning. He must be playing a trick on me!"

Wen Rui clapped his hands and said firmly: "All is fair in war. You, a monk, have stopped reading scriptures and started reading the art of war. If I hadn't seen through it in time, I would have really fallen for your delaying trick!"

Li Si and Yuan Hong looked at each other, and Li Si said, "No way? This formation clearly looks shaky, how could it be fake?"

"Western religions are the best at cheating. They say that monks don't tell lies. This statement itself is a lie!"

Wen Ruike knows a lot of hidden stories of later generations, such as Guanyin Bodhisattva putting a golden hoop on a monkey to trick Red Boy into getting on the lotus platform and wearing a golden ring, Guanyin, Samantabhadra, Manjusri and Lishan Laomu turning into beautiful women to trick Tang Monk and his disciples, and Maitreya Buddhist monkey turning into a watermelon to trick the Yellow Eyebrow Monster into eating it...

Those who know them think they are enlightened gods and Buddhas, while those who don’t think they are a fraud gang. If they don’t cheat, they don’t know how to subdue the demons.

Of course, this is also a reflection of the wisdom of gods and Buddhas. If one relies solely on brute force to subdue demons, what is the difference between him and the monsters?
It’s like Wen Rui is also keen on deceiving people. He never feels ashamed of it. Instead, he claims to have the great wisdom of gods and Buddhas and takes pride in it.

"There is no time to waste, Your Excellency. You'd better unlock the formation and let us go. Otherwise, I will be forced to resort to extraordinary measures."

Wen Rui's face darkened, and his words revealed a murderous aura: "Don't say I didn't warn you. If only a few of the five hundred Arhats are killed by me, the new number will not be very auspicious."

(End of this chapter)

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