Then came the second petal, the third...
In an instant, the giant green lotus swallowed the manifestation of the Buddha Mother whole!
The lotus petals folded inward.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
The countless flailing buddha arms were effortlessly sheared off by the closing petals.
The hand holding the bodhisattva's head was the first to go, exploding into fine dust along with the grotesquely smiling head.
Next came the hand gripping the defiled toad, the one clutching the knot of black hair, and the one holding the twisted infant of the Buddha Mother's manifestation...
In the blink of an eye, the Great Black Buddha Mother, who had seemed so terrifyingly powerful just moments before, was reduced to a limbless torso.
"AHHH—!"
A shriek so shrill it barely sounded human erupted from within the green lotus.
But the sound was immediately deflected by the petals, creating a cacophony of overlapping echoes within the confined space.
