Primordial Wilderness: I Am Hong Yun, and I Trade My Saint Position for a Wife at the Start, Part 27

Who knew Zhurong wouldn't care in the slightest? He chuckled and shoved Xing Tian into the middle of the field.

Xing Tian was instantly on the verge of tears.

He'd only been listening to the Ancestral Shamans talk about how Ancestral Witch Houtu had found a man named Hong Yun.

From a distance, Hong Yun looked like a handsome young man.

He didn't have much muscle. His arms weren't thick, and neither were his legs.

Aside from his very handsome face, he didn't fit Xing Tian's taste at all.

Xing Tian raised his arm and looked at his own thick, sinewy muscles, coiled like a horned dragon.

Then he muttered,

"A man should put strength first. What good is being good-looking?"

Xing Tian wasn't so foolish as to think Hong Yun lacked strength.

After all, anyone who had returned from listening to the Dao at the Violet Heaven Palace alongside the Ancestral Witches was surely one of the few great powers in the Primordial Wilderness!

But the thought of Ancestral Witch Houtu choosing someone as delicate as Hong Yun for a Dao Companion...

That simply didn't fit the Witch Clan's tastes!

So he'd made a small comment.

Unfortunately, Zhurong had heard him, and insisted on shoving him into the arena.

To spar with Hong Yun!

Xing Tian felt he'd been caught in a completely undeserved mess. He had no idea how he'd ended up on Zhurong's radar!

Back at the Violet Heaven Palace, Hong Yun had said they could discuss the Dao after returning to the Primordial Wilderness.

Zhurong had been eagerly looking forward to a satisfying battle with Hong Yun ever since.

But he'd never found the chance!

He'd even challenged Zhen Yuan Zi, but Zhen Yuan Zi didn't enjoy fighting and had refused again and again.

Even when he finally accepted, he'd just thrown up a yellow barrier with a "whoosh," hiding behind it like a tortoise in its shell.

What fun was there in pounding on a tortoise shell?

And so Zhurong had thought of asking Hong Yun to give the clan's young warriors some pointers.

That was how he'd set his sights on Xing Tian!

Xing Tian stood in the middle of the field. He'd initially wanted to dodge the whole thing, but now there was no avoiding it.

He was already in the arena!

What else was there to say?

"Fight!"

Forget Hong Yun—even when facing an Ancestral Witch, Xing Tian wasn't afraid.

At worst, he'd get beaten up. A few days later, he'd be back on his feet.

Thinking this, he widened his bell-like eyes.

His fighting spirit surged!

The air seemed to prickle like it was filled with needles.

His fighting spirit was almost tangible.

It turned into fine needle-like glints that flickered around him!

Hong Yun had only just sat down when Zhurong pulled this stunt.

"Sure enough, there's no coming to the Witch Clan without getting into a fight!"

Looking at Xing Tian's imposing figure, Hong Yun couldn't help praising him inwardly.

As expected of the future "God of War"!

He'd dared to fight the Heavenly Emperor. Even after his head was cut off, he'd continued fighting, using his nipples as eyes and his navel as a mouth.

Wielding Gan Qi, he'd kept right on battling!

Hong Yun gave a slight nod.

The Witch Clan worshipped strength and preferred to deal with things directly. If he didn't even accept Great Shaman Xing Tian's challenge, the clan members would think less of him.

If he could defeat Xing Tian in one clean blow, it would surely boost his reputation among the Witch Clan.

He was an outsider who had suddenly become close to Houtu.

To the Great Shamans below, that was like having "half" an extra Ancestral Witch hanging over their heads.

If he couldn't win their respect, a rift might well form between them in the future.

At that moment, Houtu chuckled softly as well.

"Just give Xing Tian a few pointers."

"And tell that lot not to keep acting lawlessly, as if they're above everyone else!"

Hong Yun nodded to Houtu.

With a thought, he flashed into the arena and faced Xing Tian.

Xing Tian shifted slightly. Without saying a word, he clasped his fists toward Hong Yun.

A faint, amused smile played at the corner of Hong Yun's mouth.

He felt rather pleased. He didn't often get the chance to bully the not-yet-fully-formed God of War.

Next time I go to the Violet Heaven Palace, I should tease little Hao Tian while he still looks like a child.

If I pinch his cheeks now, I wonder what he'll think of it when he takes the throne of Heavenly Emperor?

At that moment, Hong Yun's thoughts wandered far away.

Xing Tian didn't care whether Hong Yun was distracted. With a loud roar, he charged in!

Xing Tian roared.

He clasped both hands around Gan Qi and swung it down at Hong Yun with all his might!

Unless they encountered a fortuitous opportunity, it was very difficult for a Great Shaman of the Witch Clan to break through to Ancestral Shaman.

After all, there could only be twelve Ancestral Shamans!

Thus, the strength of Great Shamans spanned a vast range compared to the stages of immortal cultivation, from Golden Immortal to Taiyi Golden Immortal.

At this stage, Xing Tian couldn't wield the Power of Law as instinctively as the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

But as his axe came down, its blade drew on the Power of Law in heaven and earth, gathering it along its edge.

The blow carried the might to split mountains and cleave seas!

Yet Hong Yun before him was truly like a mass of cloud.

The axe came down, but met no resistance at all!

It was as though it had struck empty air.

Hong Yun's entire body dispersed like a cloud of red smoke, and in an instant, it swept in a ring around Xing Tian.

The four laws under his control began to turn at once.

The four great laws of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind were related to the Five Elements, but they weren't the same.

Water was fluctuation, Fire was momentum, and Wind was freedom from obstruction!

With help from Zhen Yuan Zi and Houtu, Hong Yun had completed Earth—the material aspect.

From that moment on, his fate had gained an anchor!

At a thought from Hong Yun, the four streams of the Power of Law connected and began circulating in an endless cycle.

Earth gave rise to soil, Earth and Water gave rise to Metal, Water gave rise to more Water, Water and Fire combined to form Wood, and Fire gave rise to more Fire...

Beyond the four phenomena, the Five Elements also began revolving around Xing Tian.

Xing Tian immediately realized that he'd been cut off from this world.

When he swung his axe, not a trace of power from heaven and earth responded.

All he had left was the strength of his own flesh and blood!

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The feeling of punching into cotton left Xing Tian so frustrated he could almost spit blood!