Buzhou Mountain broke.
The backbone that had supported the Primordial World for countless eons shattered completely in the second clash between the Pangu True Body, Yang Mei, and Hongjun.
The mountain, billions of feet tall, became endless dust and rubble that swept outward in every direction with devastating force.
The sky collapsed. The earth split apart.
The Primordial Wilderness for billions of miles around dissolved back into Chaos.
Amid the storm of destruction, the Pangu True Body stood with the Giant Axe in hand. It swayed slightly, then steadied itself.
Across from it, Yang Mei and Hongjun looked far worse.
They had joined forces to shield Luohu, Karma, and Fate, taking the Pangu True Body's ferocious blow head-on.
Yang Mei fared better. His Hunyuan Infinite cultivation left only his aura slightly unsettled.
But Hongjun's half-step Hunyuan Infinite body shook violently under that raw power, and the light of Heavenly Dao Authority around him dimmed.
Behind him, Luohu, Karma, and Fate all had disordered auras and grim expressions.
Even together, Yang Mei and Hongjun felt unprecedented pressure from another direct clash with the Pangu True Body.
Luohu and the other two had become nothing but burdens.
To protect them, Yang Mei and Hongjun had to withstand the Pangu True Body's might from the front while diverting their attention to shield them.
Every collision took a tremendous toll.
The Pangu True Body's indifferent, enormous eyes swept toward them. Without pausing, it raised the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe again and locked onto all five.
Another swing of the axe.
Simple. Direct. Without a trace of technique.
Yang Mei watched the axe-light descend again. For the first time, resolve appeared on his aged face.
Instead of meeting it head-on, he swept his sleeve, gathered up Hongjun, Luohu, and the other two, and vanished. An instant