The End of the Ferocious Beast Calamity! Shen Ni Challenges the Heroes of Heaven and Earth!

Central Primordial Wilderness, Buzhou Mountain Range

Beneath Tong Tian Lone Peak was not a plain stretching ten thousand li, but an immortal mountain range that extended for billions upon billions of li, filled with countless towering peaks, winding rivers, and lush green forests.

It was also one of the few places where Shen Ni and the Ferocious Beast Clan did not dare act too recklessly.

The Primordial World had only just opened, and Pan Gu's pressure still lingered. Forget climbing Buzhou Mountain—even the surrounding mountain ranges stretching ten thousand li were not places ordinary beings could enter. Only those at Great Luo Perfection were qualified to glimpse its divine grandeur.

Yang Mei and Shi Chen, reincarnated from Chaos, lived beneath the lone peak of Buzhou Mountain, within a radius of ten thousand li.

Not only was the spiritual energy here abundant, but the Great Dao Laws manifested with exceptional clarity. They could also temper their bodies with Pan Gu's pressure and avoid harassment from Shen Ni and the others.

It could be called one of the rare supreme Blessed Land Cave Heavens during the Ferocious Beast Calamity!

After Hong Jun and Luo Hou returned from the Extraterritorial Starry Sky, they headed straight here, hoping to persuade the two to lend a hand.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, Fellow Daoist Shi Chen, chaos now ravages Heaven and Earth without end. Shen Ni leads the Ferocious Beast Clan in slaughtering all living beings and Myriad Spirits. His sins are truly unforgivable and intolerable to Heavenly reason."

"In order to..."

Yang Mei watched Hong Jun ramble on, trying to make them work for nothing. Contempt and disdain immediately rose in his eyes.

With a sweep of his sleeve, he directly cut off any chance for Hong Jun to continue.

"Hong Jun, we are all old foxes. Who does not know what the other is thinking?"

"Listening to all this nonsense is truly disgusting."

"It would be one thing if you did not want to pay anything, but you even want us to help you for free without offering the slightest benefit. You are utterly shameless. It makes me sick."

Shi Chen also snorted coldly in displeasure.

He had originally been in secluded cultivation and had no desire to involve himself in the outside world's mess.

Yet he could not withstand Hong Jun's repeated verbal bombardment, so he had no choice but to leave his cave abode and meet him.

But he had never expected this.

The other party was actually so shameless, trying to fool them into helping with nothing but empty words.

As expected of the Immortal Path Demon God who, during the Chaos era, had single-handedly morally coerced most of the Chaos Demon Gods and tricked them into seeking out Pan Gu to die.

Wanting to take everything while refusing to pay anything—this was truly beyond shameless.

If it had been him, forget making others work for free.

Even if he were offering a small price to persuade someone else to do something important, he would have hesitated for ages before daring to speak.

"Let us speak plainly."

"If you want us to help, that is not impossible."

"But you must at least show some sincerity."

"If you still intend to rely on nothing but empty words, then go back wherever you came from."

After Shi Chen finished speaking, he stared at Hong Jun and Luo Hou for several breaths. When neither spoke, he immediately lost any desire to waste another word on them.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, I must return to my secluded cultivation. You may continue talking. I shall take my leave."

With that, he turned to leave.

"Fellow Daoist Shi Chen, please wait. It is not that I do not wish to pay, but that I truly lack the means at present."

"Other than the All Heavens Celebration Cloud, I possess nothing else at all."

Seeing Shi Chen turn away, Hong Jun could only part with some benefits no matter how reluctant he was.

"How about you name your conditions? So long as they are reasonable, I can agree to them. What do you say?"

Only then did a trace of satisfaction appear in Shi Chen's eyes, and he no longer made to leave.

"Since Fellow Daoist has already said so, I naturally will not be excessive."

"After Shen Ni is killed and the Ferocious Beast Clan exterminated, I want twenty percent of the Merit you two obtain."

The moment he finished speaking, before Hong Jun could even consider it, Yang Mei's voice followed.

"I do not ask for much either."

"I likewise only require you to give me twenty percent of the Merit you obtain. Then I will agree to join you in crusading against Shen Ni. What do you say?"

Hearing Yang Mei and Shi Chen's demands, anger and helplessness rose in Hong Jun and Luo Hou's hearts.

Their anger was directed at the pair's outrageous demands.

Twenty percent each meant forty percent in total.

If they were not the ones to kill Shen Ni in the end, then the Merit gained from this Ferocious Beast Calamity would be reduced by at least half.

Adding Shi Chen and Yang Mei's shares, it would be nearly equivalent to working for nothing!

Their helplessness came from Beast Emperor Shen Ni's terrifying foundation and strength.

Not only had his physical body been born from the unwilling resentment, pure killing intent, and broken corpses left behind by the Three Thousand Demon Gods before their deaths.

Even his divine soul had been gathered from the consciousness of the Destruction Demon God, fused with the consciousnesses of the Death, Battle, and Slaughter Demon Gods.

Now, as the Primordial World was continuously ravaged by the Ferocious Beast Clan and its Fortune kept gathering around him.

Shen Ni's strength had already reached Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Perfection, nearly breaking into the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo.

If Shi Chen and Yang Mei, two combatants at the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Middle Stage, were absent.

Then relying solely on the two of them, the Dragon Phoenix Qilin, five Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Early Stage combatants, along with a group of Innate Sacred beings and Demon God Reincarnations at Great Luo Perfection.

Forget crusading against Shen Ni and the Ferocious Beast Clan—they would still fall short even if they merely wished to contend with them on equal terms.

After all, the paths cultivated by Hong Jun and Luo Hou were the Demonic Path and the Immortal Path, both of which placed greater importance on spreading teachings than actual combat.

Moreover, Luo Hou at least possessed the Four Swords of Zhuxian and cultivated both the Destruction Law and Slaughter Law.

Hong Jun, however, had reincarnated as the first centipede between Heaven and Earth. Not only was his foundation the weakest among all Chaos Demon Gods, but his only Companion Supreme Treasure was the All Heavens Celebration Cloud.

It was more than sufficient for defense, but when it came to offensive power, he could not even compare to the other Demon God Reincarnations if he rode a horse all day.

As for why the two had survived until the end and were able to compete for the future orthodoxy of the Primordial Wilderness.

It was entirely because of Luo Hou's schemes and Hong Jun's perfected Hiding Path.

Otherwise, given that the Great Daos they cultivated in both their past and present lives were not among the ten supreme Great Daos.

They would not even have been qualified to know about the selection of the Primordial World's future orthodoxy.

"Your conditions are too harsh."

"We can only give each of you fifteen percent of the Merit."

After hesitating for a moment, Hong Jun and Luo Hou ultimately decided to agree.

At least they would get something if they acted. If they did not, they would get nothing at all.

However, before agreeing, they still had to bargain.

After all, every bit less they gave away was a gain.

No matter what, they absolutely could not be taken for fools!

"If you insist on..."

However, what Hong Jun and Luo Hou had not expected was that Yang Mei and Shi Chen had never intended to demand twenty percent at all. Their bottom line had been merely ten percent.

Now that the two had directly offered fifteen percent, how could they possibly refuse?

They immediately agreed in unison.

"Deal!"

"For this campaign against Shen Ni, the two of us shall follow your command. We hope Fellow Daoists will look after us well."

Seeing how readily they agreed, Hong Jun and Luo Hou were instantly dumbfounded.

After calculating every possibility, they had never expected that they would still be played by the two.

It was all Di Tian's fault. If that bastard had not stubbornly refused to come, they would not have needed to trade away their own gains.

"Fifteen percent it is. A gentleman's word cannot be taken back."

"But the prerequisite is that we must be the ones to kill Shen Ni in the end."

"Otherwise, we can only give you ten percent of the Merit!"

Words spoken were like water spilled.

Since there was no taking it back, Hong Jun and Luo Hou exchanged a glance before stating their bottom line.

"That is naturally not a problem."

Shen Ni was a powerhouse on the verge of breaking through to the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo. Even with numerous allies, taking his head would still carry considerable danger.

Yang Mei and Shi Chen had already gained enough. There was no need for them to risk their lives for the credit of killing Shen Ni.

"Good, then it is settled!"

After the four swore an oath to the Great Dao and made a contract for their agreement.

They left Buzhou Mountain and headed outside Beast Emperor Mountain to rendezvous with the Three Ancestors, as well as the Innate Sacred beings and Demon God Reincarnations they had recruited.

The sun rose and the moon set; time flew like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years passed. When Hong Jun and the others arrived outside Beast Emperor Mountain, they soon met Yuan Feng, Ancestor Dragon, Ancestor Qilin, Yin Yang, Qian Kun... and the other Innate Sacred beings and reincarnated Demon Gods participating in the campaign against Shen Ni.

Shen Ni had gathered more and more Fortune and had already reached Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Perfection. If he was not eliminated soon, he would surely step into the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo.

At that point, no one would be able to kill him, and the Primordial World would completely fall into his hands.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Three Ancestors.

In order to prevent unforeseen complications and avoid any uncontrollable accidents.

Immediately notified their clansmen scattered throughout the Four Seas and Eight Desolations to lead their subordinate races into an all-out war against the Ferocious Beast Clan.

In an instant, the Primordial World was engulfed in endless flames of war.

Aside from Buzhou Mountain, the North Sea, the Extremely West Land, and a few places that either held no value or could not be reached.

Everywhere, the Primordial Myriad Races and the Ferocious Beast Clan could be seen slaughtering one another in a frenzy.

Corpse Mountain Blood Sea and Ten Thousand Li Futu were no longer enough to describe the misery before their eyes.

Even the Boundless Blood Sea, the filthiest place in the Primordial Wilderness, appeared much more pristine at this moment!

"Reporting to Beast Emperor, the Primordial Myriad Races have all gone mad and launched attacks against our clansmen outside."

"In barely a thousand years, our clan's numbers have already plummeted by more than half."

"Even when Lord Qiongqi and the others led our people to suppress and slaughter the beings attacking our clan, it was completely futile."

"Instead, several Daoists of unknown identity killed everyone except Lord Qiongqi, leaving him alone to flee in disgrace..."

On Beast Emperor Mountain, Shen Ni reclined upon a throne of bones and listened to his subordinate's report without the slightest ripple in his eyes.

With a casual wave of one hand, he blew the subordinate apart with a single finger, then slowly rose from his throne.

The God Slaying Spear, the number one ferocious supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao, containing forty-nine Innate Restrictions and complete Destruction and Slaughter Laws, capable of injuring Chaotic Great Luo and killing supreme Saints when unleashed at full power, rose from the ground.

He flew directly into the Nine Heavens Cloud Top and coldly shouted at Heaven and Earth around him.

"You are nothing more than a pack of petty vermin who only know how to use underhanded tricks in the shadows."

"What skill is there in bullying my clansmen outside?"

"This Emperor is right here. If you have the courage, come and kill me!"