Giant Crab Demon King

Giant Crab Demon King

With his cultivation greatly increased, He Yu had already surpassed all the demons in one leap. At once, he had no more scruples in his heart, and with demonic aura soaring to the skies, he flew straight into the Mount Buzhou Range.

He Yu's demonic aura was so powerful that it could be felt even from several li away. As he traveled, every demon within several li who sensed it retreated in terror, not daring to touch its edge in the slightest. Even a few Demon Kings who considered their cultivation quite decent were scared until all color drained from their demon faces. Though there were some differences in cultivation among the hundred-plus Demon Kings, overall the gap was not large—but He Yu's demonic aura had completely pulled open a vast gulf.

Riding his demon cloud like wind and lightning, He Yu also sensed from time to time that some demonic auras around him were rapidly thrown behind. Knowing they were the demons who had entered, he paid them no attention. Right now, the most important thing was to obtain Pangu's Information and learn the situation of this world. Everything else could be set aside for the moment.

Forests on the ground, secluded ravines, little streams, flowing water... passed by from time to time. At the same time, dense gathered spiritual energy surged upward. He Yu knew these were natural spiritual essences of heaven and earth, but after sensing them, he lost interest. They were stronger than those in the forests around his own small river, but unfortunately, as his cultivation increased, they were no longer important to him.

"I also have some methods cultivators use to refine pills. In the future, why not give them a try? How could swallowing spiritual essences compare to spirit pills?" He Yu pondered inwardly. After witnessing the might of the Python Demon and Tiger Demon earlier, he had felt no sense of safety and had thrown himself wholeheartedly into cultivation. Though he had also been tempted by refining spirit pills, he had not put it into action.

He Yu had read quite a few methods for refining spirit pills in his previous life. He knew the steps, the heat control, the portions, the sequence for placing spiritual essences, and so on. Precisely because he knew, he understood how difficult refinement was. First of all, the first step required a good cauldron or furnace. Next came the materials, rare water, and a superior fire seed. Only after all these conditions were met came the most important part: grasping the rhythm.

According to the descriptions in the information on refining spirit pills, if the rhythm was not grasped well, even the slightest difference could lead to failure in refinement, or even cause spiritual energy to explode and injure oneself. As for grasping the rhythm, the lower method was to become skilled through countless refinements, while the higher method was to send one's consciousness into the cauldron or furnace and clearly observe the situation.

With He Yu's current cultivation, refining spirit pills would not be difficult. His consciousness was more than capable of leaving his body and entering a cauldron or furnace to observe, so the success rate would not be too low either. But the first problem troubling He Yu was the cauldron or furnace. Now that the thought of refining spirit pills had arisen, He Yu had already made up his mind. Once he obtained Pangu's Information, he would refine a cauldron or furnace. He would not ask for it to be especially good; as long as it was usable, that would do.

"Ah! If only I had an innate spirit treasure like the Universe Cauldron or the Eight Trigrams Furnace." Thinking of cauldrons and furnaces, He Yu could not help but recall the legendary spirit treasures of the Primordial World. The foremost was naturally the Universe Cauldron that Hongjun had bestowed upon Nuwa to refine the stones for mending the heavens. The second was the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Furnace of Saint Taiqing, the Moral Heavenly Venerable. Both of these artifacts were innate spirit treasures, and their grades were not low. Leaving aside their own functions, when it came to refining spirit pills, magic treasures, and the like, they were supreme goods!

Amid his scattered thoughts, He Yu suddenly sensed two waves of demonic aura coming from ahead. Focusing his gaze, he saw green and white demonic auras mixing together and rising into the sky, with countless small demonic auras intermingled among them.

Seeing this, He Yu immediately understood that two Demon Kings were leading their subordinate little demons in a slaughter. His heart stirred at once. It was no surprise for little demons to kill and fight, but Demon Kings were no ordinary beings. At a time like this, how could they be fighting? Did they not want to contend for Pangu's Information?

"Could it be that Pangu's Information has appeared? Or that they discovered some supreme spiritual essence, innate spirit treasure, or the like? If so, I can't miss it." He Yu immediately realized this matter was not simple. Something capable of provoking two Demon Kings into killing and fighting was absolutely no small matter. As for the possibility that they were fighting because of past grudges? He rejected it as soon as he thought of it. If that were the case, they would have started at the edge of the Mount Buzhou Range. Why wait until they were within this thousand-li region?

After deciding to go take a look, He Yu directly restrained his powerful demonic aura, worried that he might scare the demons away.

The place of conflict was not far from He Yu, only around several dozen li. Riding his demon cloud, he arrived in a short while!

As he approached the site of the fight, He Yu lowered his demon cloud and hurried toward the battle. Before long, the scene entered his eyes: a Leopard Demon King emitting green demonic aura and a Wolf Demon King emitting white demonic aura were each leading more than a thousand little demons in battle. Whether in their own cultivation or the strength of their subordinate little demons, the two Demon Kings were evenly matched, and after a long while, neither side had been able to determine victory or defeat.

He Yu gave the battle a brief look, then began searching all around. Compared to the fight, he was more curious about the thing that had caused the two Demon Kings to fight.

After searching for a while, He Yu also discovered the source of the dispute not far from the two demons: a small tree shrouded in hazy green light. It was only one meter tall, with twenty-four branches and three hundred sixty leaves. Twelve green fruits grew upon it, each fruit round and smooth like a ball, four or five inches in diameter, containing abundant and terrifying spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Even from very far away, He Yu felt his heart shake. Each of these twelve green fruits contained extremely terrifying spiritual energy, more than ten times stronger than a thousand-year spiritual essence.

"A spiritual root! This has to be a spiritual root!" Spiritual roots were different from spiritual essences. The two were not on the same level. As far as He Yu knew, the Primordial World regarded the ten great innate spiritual roots as supreme, with acquired spiritual roots beneath them.

The ten great innate spiritual roots of the Primordial World were: Green Lotus, Flat Peach, Ginseng Fruit, Huangzhong Plum, Green Willow, Bitter Bamboo, Gourd, Immortal Apricot, Fusang, and Five-Needle Pine.

The Green Lotus had the highest footing, transformed from the Chaos Green Lotus. It was a grade higher than the Golden Lotus, Black Lotus, Blood Lotus, and White Lotus. Unfortunately, according to myth, the Green Lotus was divided by the Three Pure Ones and transformed into three great Dao-achieving magical artifacts.

The Flat Peach was also mass-produced by Haotian and Yaochi, and its effects were greatly reduced.

The source of the Ginseng Fruit took form as Zhenyuanzi, so it could be considered the best among the ten great spiritual roots.

The Huangzhong Plum, Green Willow, Bitter Bamboo, and Five-Needle Pine were unclear, but there were rumors that the Green Willow was in the hands of the innate deity Great Immortal Yangmei.

The Gourd was divided into seven and became seven great innate spirit treasures.

The Immortal Apricot was split into three and belonged to the Three Pure Ones, so its effects were reduced. During the Investiture of the Gods, Leizhenzi transformed wind-and-thunder wings and greatly advanced his cultivation precisely because he swallowed two Immortal Apricots.

Fusang was obtained by Dijun and Taiyi, placed at the edge of the Eastern Sea in the Fusang Kingdom, and used by the Golden Crows as a resting place.

What He Yu saw at this moment was precisely an acquired spiritual root. Although it could not compare to innate spiritual roots, it was still a rare good thing!

Seeing the acquired spiritual root, He Yu was somewhat disappointed. In truth, he had hoped even more to obtain an innate spirit treasure. With an innate spirit treasure in hand, not only could he comprehend the innate Great Dao within it, his strength would also surge by several times, even dozens of times.

Though somewhat disappointed, He Yu would not let this acquired spiritual root go. In the future, whether for eating to increase his cultivation or for refining spirit pills, it would be a rare good thing!

Seeing the two Demon Kings and their many little demons still fighting without rest, He Yu felt amused. They could just happen to be subdued as subordinates. Right now, his cultivation was powerful, but he still needed a force of his own! Even if it had no great use, he still needed the pomp.

Once he had settled on his idea, He Yu directly released his own demonic aura. The demonic aura emitted by twenty-five Demon Cores could only be described as terrifying. It was even a notch stronger than two mid-stage Golden Cores. As soon as such frightening demonic aura appeared, the Demon Kings and little demons in the midst of battle all stopped in horror, looking in shock at He Yu as he slowly emerged.

That massive crab-demon body and sky-piercing demonic aura made the hearts and courage of all the demons collapse. They were meek and submissive, not daring to act rashly.

"This spiritual root has caught this king's eye. It belongs to this king now. As for all of you? I give you two choices: submit or die!" Transmitting directly with his consciousness, He Yu did not bother with nonsense. Only when cultivations were close was there room for discussion. When cultivation was not on the same level, then he was the one who ruled. Refuse to submit, and die!

Seeing the two Demon Kings' expressions shift between dark and light, He Yu also understood that making them fall from self-supreme Demon Kings into subordinates all at once was a little hard to accept. The two Demon Kings could not decide, but their little demons had all knelt and submitted. They did not have too much loyalty. Faced with death or surrender, all of them chose the latter. Even several former confidants were no exception.

"Submit to this king, and in the future, you will not lack benefits. If you earn merit, this king will not be stingy with cultivation methods, spiritual fruits, spiritual essences, and the like. Otherwise, don't blame this king for being ruthless!" He Yu coldly threatened and tempted them at the same time. The two Demon Kings' cultivation could be considered decent, and subduing them would be somewhat helpful.

"This little demon is willing to submit to the Great King!"

"This little demon is willing to submit to the Great King!"

The Leopard Demon King and Wolf Demon King both submitted, kneeling and kowtowing. The situation was stronger than the demons, leaving them no choice. Moreover, He Yu's cultivation also shocked and made them envious. If they could truly obtain some cultivation methods, that would be good as well. Besides, this spiritual root was now beyond their hopes. If they submitted to He Yu, perhaps there would still be hope of obtaining one or two fruits in the future.

"Good. From today onward, you are this king's left and right vanguards, respectively Leopard Vanguard and Wolf Vanguard. The little demons under you will still remain under your jurisdiction and will only obey this king alone." He Yu did not care about those little demons either. Their cultivation was too low; they could be wiped out with ease.

"This subordinate thanks the Great King!" Leopard Vanguard bowed in pleasantly surprised gratitude. This could be considered beyond his expectations. Compared to before, it was only that there was now one more grand master above him. As long as he served him well, things would not be much different from before; on the contrary, he would have someone to rely on.

Wolf Vanguard was also overjoyed. After bowing in thanks, however, he asked in puzzlement, "May I ask the Great King's name?"

Hearing Wolf Vanguard's question, He Yu also felt that he did need a title. Now, big or small, he was a Demon King. Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, he still could not come up with a mighty title in his mind. "This king is the Giant Crab Demon King. In the future, if other Demon Kings ask, report my name!"

He Yu did not know that before long, the title Giant Crab Demon King would become the head of the demons of the Primordial World, the chief of all Demon Kings, holding the bull's ear of the Primordial World's countless demons!