The enormous change in the heavenly signs could be seen throughout the Mount Buzhou Range. All the demons and Demon Kings who had entered were startled. As they watched the massive golden light shoot straight into the sky, their hearts stirred at the thought that Pangu's Information had appeared. At once, they converged from every direction, near and far.
He Yu sensed streams of consciousness energy radiating from the land within a hundred thousand li. The energy was formless and invisible, and exceedingly faint. Even all of it added together would likely amount to less than a single thread of his own consciousness. Yet as he watched the streams begin to gather in the sky, he felt deeply uneasy.
The consciousness energy gathered quickly. In the span of a few breaths, it had all come together. Though invisible, He Yu sensed a mass of consciousness energy suspended high in the sky, ten thousand zhang above the ground. It was weaker than even a single thread of his own consciousness, yet it gave off an ancient, boundless, immense... aura.
"What? This...?" He was still reeling from the aura of the consciousness-energy entity when another sudden change occurred. Streams of green, hazy energy rose from the earth and converged upon it.
Heaven-and-earth spiritual energy?
He Yu was right above a gap in a spiritual vein, and clearly felt streams of heaven-and-earth spiritual energy surge upward around him, gathering into the consciousness-energy entity as though drawn in and absorbed by it. Strangely, however, he couldn't sense the slightest force of attraction.
The spiritual vein released more and more heaven-and-earth spiritual energy. Gradually, wisps of solid green spiritual energy began to emerge. At the sight, He Yu's mouth fell open in shock. He was utterly stunned. Those threads of solid green energy were the spiritual vein's very essence!
Staring in shock at the green phantom above, He Yu could hardly believe it. The consciousness energy didn't amount to even a single thread of his own, yet it could absorb a spiritual vein and draw out its essence. It was truly astonishing.
As countless streams of heaven-and-earth spiritual energy gathered and merged, the green phantom in midair slowly grew clearer. By the time the spiritual vein beneath He Yu had been completely drained, the consciousness-energy entity finally stopped absorbing spiritual energy. It had now fully taken shape. Within its hazy green glow, a giant appeared in the sky, with a massive, bulging head, prominent muscles, and rugged features. He stood ten zhang tall, his whole body radiating a terrifying aura.
"Ah! Pangu?" At the sight of the great man holding a massive axe, He Yu's first thought was Pangu. And since he had appeared when Pangu's Information emerged, he had to be connected to Pangu.
The Pangu in the sky had been formed when a trace of Pangu's lingering consciousness gathered heaven-and-earth spiritual energy. Naturally, his power was nowhere near that of the real Pangu, but he still left He Yu stunned. From the aura around Pangu, He Yu sensed that his cultivation was far stronger than his own; he had already reached the late Golden Core stage.
Although the difference was only one minor realm, the gap in strength was no less than threefold. He Yu's memories from his previous life gave him an edge in combat, and he could fight ordinary demons above his level. But this time, he was facing Pangu! Though formed from gathered spiritual energy, the consciousness within him was real. As the great god who had created heaven and earth, Pangu's consciousness was highly attuned to the Primordial World. That was precisely why such a tiny thread of consciousness energy could absorb and draw in such terrifying amounts of spiritual energy.
"The Crystal of Information? Looks like I'll have to defeat Pangu to obtain it!" He Yu focused demonic energy into his eyes and saw clearly: a faint, nine-colored radiance shone from Pangu's heart. He knew that was the object containing the information he needed—the Crystal of Information!
The problem was that the Crystal of Information was Pangu's heart. To obtain it, he would have to defeat Pangu. And the only way was to destroy the consciousness within him.
Defeat a late Golden Core expert?
And not just anyone, but Great God Pangu. With even a tiny thread of his consciousness directing him, Pangu's offensive abilities were surely formidable. If he had inherited even a few of Pangu's techniques—such as the art of creating the world—he might even be able to fight someone in the early Nascent Spirit stage.
Pressure!
Unprecedented, immense pressure!
Facing Pangu, He Yu had not the slightest confidence. The gap in cultivation was already huge. His only hope was that this tiny thread of Pangu's consciousness, given form by spiritual energy, had not inherited Pangu's combat techniques or the art of creating the world. Otherwise, He Yu might not even survive a single move!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...
The sound of rushing air reached him. He Yu looked around and saw countless clouds of demonic energy converging, all different colors and sizes, moving at incredible speed. They were the demons who had entered the Mount Buzhou Range.
An enormous number of demons had entered the Mount Buzhou Range this time—fully a hundred million. Though their ranks had thinned from fighting one another during this period, there were still no fewer than a hundred million, including over a hundred Demon Kings. Now that the heavenly signs were visible throughout the range, every demon was converging on the place where they had arisen.
The first to arrive were the hundred or so Demon Kings. Their cultivation far surpassed that of the lesser demons, and their speed was naturally beyond anything the little demons could match.
Watching the hundred or so Demon Kings hurry over without even bringing their underlings, He Yu felt his heart tighten. Their cultivation was all close to the peak of the early Golden Core stage. With over a hundred of them here, he would be no match for them either!
A thought struck him, and He Yu quickly headed toward the Ten Demon Marshals to gather them. There was no point in maintaining the blockade now, and he could also leave the center of the storm for the time being.
To obtain the information, he had to defeat Pangu. Pangu's cultivation was at the late Golden Core stage, far beyond these Demon Kings. They would definitely join forces to attack him. Then, once both sides had been badly weakened, He Yu could strike and take the Crystal of Information.
He Yu still didn't know what kind of attacks Pangu could use, so it was just as well to let the Demon Kings test him. After all, even if they all joined forces, defeating a late Golden Core expert would be no easy task. He didn't need to worry that some demon would get the information first.
As he headed toward the Earth Bear King, intending to assemble his Ten Demon Marshals, he suddenly sensed a terrifying cloud of demonic energy hurtling toward him from the distant horizon. It stretched ten li, shrouded in gray haze, and radiated a savage aura. Within it, a dragon was rearing and thrashing.
It was a dragon, just like the ones in legends from his previous life. It was several dozen zhang long and gray all over, with a mouth like a horse's, eyes like a crab's, whiskers like a sheep's, horns like a deer's, ears like an ox's, a mane like a lion's, scales like a carp's, a body like a snake's, and claws like an eagle's. It was a creature of nine animals in one.
"Early Golden Core at its peak? Could this be the Evil Dragon Demon King the Earth Bear King mentioned? What a powerful aura! Though its cultivation is only at the peak of the early Golden Core stage, judging by this aura, its strength must be two or three times greater! Still, that's good. The stronger it is, the more help it'll be when we face Pangu!" He Yu reined in his demonic energy, keeping his own aura at about Wolf Two's level.
As he watched the clouds of demonic energy converge, He Yu sneered inwardly. You'll be my blades. Cut a path through the brambles ahead for me!
Before long, all the Demon Kings had arrived. They watched Pangu, whose aura was terrifying, and sensed the Crystal of Information in his heart, but none dared to act rashly. They all began to consider their options.
He Yu quickly gathered the Ten Demon Marshals, while ten thousand lesser demons watched from afar.
After a long wait, Pangu suddenly opened his eyes. As they opened, the aura radiating from his body doubled, forcing all the surrounding Demon Kings to retreat a li.
Once Pangu's eyes opened, the demons saw two beams of blood-red light flare forth. His eyes were like two deep wells of blood, fathomless and surging with bloodlust, filled with cruelty and savagery.
"Roar!" Pangu raised his great axe and roared at the sky, then gazed excitedly at the hundred or so Demon Kings around him.
At the sight of Pangu's eyes, every Demon King felt a chill in his heart. Even He Yu, watching from afar, felt his hair stand on end, as though an ordinary person had been caught in a wolf's gaze. He Yu sensed not the slightest trace of reason in Pangu's eyes—only savagery, a thirst for slaughter, and an obsession with blood.
"A savage consciousness entity? Looks like this tiny thread of Pangu's consciousness must have absorbed the yin-fiend energy underground, turning it into a savage consciousness entity devoid of reason, driven only to destroy and slaughter!" He Yu mused.
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