As his furious words fell, a terrifying Grand Unity Golden Immortal's pressure swept out.
In an instant, it blanketed the entire Taixu Tribe.
High above the Taixu Tribe, an enormous demon bird tore through the Cloud Sea and appeared in the sky!
It was a ferocious demon bird, its body as large as a mountain. Rather than feathers, it was covered in layers upon layers of dark green scales.
Its long beak resembled a crooked scythe of sin, its edges lined with serrated bone spikes. Each time it opened and closed, a foul, baleful aura surged forth, forming tangible black-red mist.
Its enormous eyes were like two murky pools of blood, gleaming with the most primal greed and savagery. Its claws were not webbed feet, but sharp talons like those of a dragon and an eagle.
The Pelican Demon Bird transformed, becoming a hook-nosed old man in black robes, his entire body radiating a vicious and eerie aura.
His arrival brought despair to the entire Taixu Tribe.
Countless frail members of the Human Race were utterly unable to resist his pressure.
Even Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivators like Taixu Yunhai could only prostrate themselves beneath a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's pressure.
"You humans are so weak that you could not possibly be the murderers of my grandson. Tell me everything you know about the culprit, and I will grant you a swift death!"
The Pelican Ancestor spoke coldly.
With a single sentence, he decided the fate of the Taixu Tribe.
The Pelican Ancestor was one of the many Taiyi demon kings of the Heavenly Court, as well as the ancestor of the Pelican Clan.
The Golden Immortal Realm pelican Cangyuan had slain earlier was precisely the junior the Pelican Ancestor had valued most.
Originally, the Pelican Ancestor had hoped that this promising junior would one day attain the Taiyi Realm and come to the Heavenly Court, so they could look after one another.
But now!
The junior he valued most had actually been killed!
How could the Pelican Ancestor not be enraged?!
"Demon!"
Taixu Yunhai struggled to speak beneath the Taiyi pressure. "Kill us if you wish! How could we humans be the kind of vile scoundrels who betray their friends?!"
Another, younger and more powerfully built human youth also shouted, "The clan chief is right! We men of the Human Race are iron-boned and unyielding. How could we possibly be cowards who fear death?!"
This human youth was astonishingly at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, even slightly stronger than Taixu Yunhai.
He was the child who had once held the crescent-shaped jade stone.
Nourished by two Star Spirit Fruits, his cultivation had surpassed that of Taixu Yunhai, the clan chief, in one stroke.
"Good, good, good."
A cold gleam flashed through the Pelican Ancestor's eyes. "Then I'll start with you! This Old Ancestor will see everything I want from your Primordial Spirit!"
With that, the Pelican Ancestor raised a hand and struck a palm toward Taixu Yunhai.
This palm resembled both eagle and dragon. As the power of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal circulated within it, it evolved endless destruction, enough to drive anyone into despair.
Just then!
A Spiritual Treasure shaped like a longevity lock charged forth fiercely!
It shattered the Pelican Ancestor's palm strike and continued toward him with unstoppable momentum.
The Pelican Ancestor's face changed drastically. "A Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure!"
What had he ever done to deserve this?
What had the Pelican Ancestor ever done to deserve a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure coming to kill him?
It thought far too highly of him, didn't it?
The Pelican Ancestor hurriedly threw out a Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure.
This was the salary he had earned working for the Heavenly Court.
What right did this standard-issue Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure have to contend with the Heart Piercing Lock? It was pierced through on the spot, collapsing into the Void and vanishing between Heaven and earth.
The Pelican Ancestor had never expected a standard-issue Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure to block a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure. He had merely used the destruction of that Houtian Spiritual Treasure to buy himself time.
The instant he threw out the Houtian Spiritual Treasure, the Pelican Ancestor revealed his true form and fled in panic. "Fellow daoist, please do not blame me. Pretend this Old Ancestor was never here."
"Hmph."
An emotionless snort echoed through Heaven and earth.
The Heart Piercing Lock traversed space.
In an instant, it pierced through the Pelican Ancestor's head and annihilated his Primordial Spirit.
The enormous pelican corpse fell from the heavens to the earth. Even from tens of thousands of miles away, the people of the Taixu Tribe could clearly feel the tremor.
Just like that, the crisis was resolved.
Taixu Yunhai struggled to his feet and deeply bowed toward the cave dwelling where Cangyuan was in secluded cultivation.
"Thank you, Senior, for once again saving the Taixu Tribe from disaster."
"Mhm."
The Heart Piercing Lock returned with the pelican corpse. "This pelican corpse contains the essence of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's flesh and blood. Eating it can strengthen your bodies and improve your cultivation. Divide it among yourselves."
Taixu Yunhai was overjoyed. "Thank you, Senior, for your reward."
The flesh and blood of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal being!
It was a treasure they had never dared to imagine.
The strongest demons they had ever hunted in the past had only been at the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
The Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm... they had not even dared to think about it.
Moreover, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal demon was treasure from head to toe. Aside from being edible, it could also be used to forge powerful weapons.
The entire Taixu Tribe sang praises of Cangyuan's great kindness and virtue.
In gratitude, they knelt and solemnly kowtowed toward the cave dwelling where Cangyuan was.
Cangyuan himself did not feel much about it.
Inside the cave dwelling.
Cangyuan recalled the Heart Piercing Lock. Looking at the Human Race members who had survived the catastrophe, he frowned tightly. "With the demon Heavenly Court suppressing the Prehistoric World, this simply is not the era of the Human Race. Any random Profound Immortal or Golden Immortal demon can slaughter whole swathes of humans. It would be best if I could temporarily relocate them into my Inner World."
"No, the Human Race is far too numerous. It would be no easy task for me alone to relocate the entire Human Race, let alone when I am only a Mid Taiyi Golden Immortal. I may be able to hide it from Daluo, but could I hide it from Quasi-Saints and Saints?"
"Even if I hid it from the Quasi-Saints and moved the entire Human Race into my Inner World, my Inner World has no ability to conceal Heavenly Secrets from divination. Those powerful figures could calculate it with a flick of their fingers and learn the entire course of events."
"If Eldest Martial Uncle and Martial Uncle Nuwa learned that I had abducted the foundation of their Dao, the two of them would probably chop me into mince. No... there would not even be chunks that big."
Cangyuan pondered bitterly.
If he wanted to avoid the great future calamity of the Human Race, now was undoubtedly the best time to act.
If he waited until after the War of the Witches and Demons, it would likely be too late.
But the problem was obvious.
He could not hide them.
There was simply no way to hide them.
Just then!
A voice as beautiful as heavenly music rang out.
"Ding!"
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