Chapter 023: Agreement

Wang Bo remembered that in the hands of the Thousand-Armed Buddha statue, there seemed to be an artifact that could control time.

The Thousand-Armed Buddha had been blown up several times by Kei Kurono and his team, but with a slight movement of this weapon, the Buddha would return to its original form—extremely mystical.

This also cost Kurono's team a great deal before they finally killed the Thousand-Armed Buddha.

Wang Bo was quite curious about this weapon. He originally had a time-controlling artifact himself, but that one had been confiscated.

So Wang Bo could only shift his focus to the Thousand-Armed Buddha.

He wanted to obtain this artifact from the Buddha's hands and figure out how to use it.

Thus, Wang Bo moved swiftly.

After the Black Ball team members were teleported to the temple, he locked onto the main hall, teleported, and entered it in an instant.

Meanwhile, the Black Ball team was still dealing with the two guardian statues at the temple gate.

Although these two statues were huge, their strength was mediocre, and they wouldn't hold out long.

The Black Ball team would soon break in.

Of course, getting there wasn't easy, as the temple was large and housed at least dozens of Buddha statues.

All these statues were Buddha aliens. Killing them all would take some time.

At least for the next ten-plus minutes, the Black Ball team couldn't break in.

After Wang Bo entered the main hall, the clay-like Buddha statues enshrined there opened their eyes and glared at him, as if all the Buddhas in the heavens were condemning him.

To be honest, if a temple monk saw this, he would surely think it was a divine manifestation and be stunned with excitement.

But who was Wang Bo? He was a man who could chat with the Buddha of No Heaven and laugh with the Tathagata Buddha. How could mere Buddha aliens intimidate him?

The Thousand-Armed Buddha opened its eyes and stared directly at Wang Bo. “Are those people outside slaughtering our kind yours?”

Actually, the Thousand-Armed Buddha wasn't speaking Chinese, Japanese, or any Earth language, but their own planetary language.

However, Wang Bo had the ability to comprehend all languages, so he could fully understand what the Thousand-Armed Buddha said.

“No,” Wang Bo shook his head. “I'm not with them.”

“Then who are you, and what are you doing here?”

“I've come for the weapon in your hands.” Wang Bo pointed at the various weapons in its hands and smiled slightly. “I'm very interested in them.”

The Thousand-Armed Buddha did not fly into a rage but calmly said, “I can give you the method to manufacture these weapons, but in exchange, you must protect my people.”

As an alien, it could sense the terrifyingly high energy within Wang Bo.

When it saw Wang Bo, it felt as if it were looking at a sun.

This was simply unbelievable.

So the Thousand-Armed Buddha had no intention of attacking Wang Bo; such a being was too terrifying.

Thus, it decided to take a different path.

Wang Bo thought about it. Compared to taking the weapon by force, obtaining the manufacturing method was more important. With the method, he could have others produce such weapons.

“Deal.”

Wang Bo said, “I can send you to another world where you'll receive human worship, but in exchange, you must protect the humans of that world.”

The Thousand-Armed Buddha was surprised. “You can send us to another world?”

“Yes.”

“A parallel world?” As an alien capable of coming to Earth, the Thousand-Armed Buddha was no stranger to theories of parallel worlds and multiverses.

The technology to travel to parallel worlds was not something ordinary beings could master.

As far as it knew, Earth's current level was far from reaching such heights. So how did this man do it?

Though filled with doubts, the Thousand-Armed Buddha did not hesitate. After a moment's thought, it readily agreed to Wang Bo's request.

“As long as they don't harm us, we are willing to protect them.”

It was the leader here and had the authority to make decisions for all Buddha aliens.

After the deal was struck, Wang Bo clapped his hands. Every member of the Black Ball team attacking the temple was teleported back to the Black Ball room.

Instantly, the once chaotic temple fell silent.

The sounds of fighting and shouting vanished in an instant.

The Thousand-Armed Buddha's gaze softened, and it felt even more that Wang Bo was unfathomable. This man was truly terrifying.

“When do we leave this world?” the Thousand-Armed Buddha asked.

“When do you want to leave?” Wang Bo countered.

“The sooner the better. Preferably now.”

The Thousand-Armed Buddha was not entirely ignorant of the Black Ball team. It knew something about them. Since they had been targeted, this place was no longer safe.

It was best to leave quickly.

“Alright.” Wang Bo didn't refuse. He nodded and said, “Go gather your companions. I'll get something.”

The next second, Wang Bo returned to the villa in Ginza and brought the dimension gate locked in a room to the temple.

This dimension gate was set up by Wang Bo the day after he regained his memories and had been locked in this room ever since. Even Kishimoto Kei didn't know what was inside.

After Wang Bo brought the dimension gate, the Thousand-Armed Buddha had already gathered most of its people.

Including the massive guardian statues.

But those two were in bad shape. After fighting with the Black Ball team, though not killed, they had suffered quite a bit—one had its leg blown off, the other its shoulder, bleeding profusely.

Wang Bo glanced at them and was about to heal them when the Thousand-Armed Buddha walked over to the two guardians. It gently turned the dharma wheel in its hand, and their wounds healed in an instant, as if time had reversed.

Wang Bo couldn't help but look at the dharma wheel. It was even more powerful than he had imagined.

In the original story, the Thousand-Armed Buddha was blown up—literally. Its body was shattered into pieces by the Black Ball team's weapons.

But with a slight turn of the dharma wheel, the shattered body reassembled as if time had flowed backward.

In a sense, this was already resurrection from the dead.

Such a weapon was incredibly powerful.

And thinking that he would soon master the method to manufacture such weapons, Wang Bo couldn't help but get excited. This was a good thing.

Although Wang Bo had the ability to revive from death, he couldn't revive indefinitely.

So these things were an extra layer of insurance.