Fighting Pangu

Facing Pangu's blood-red, savage eyes, alight with excitement, all the Demon Kings were aghast. They wanted to flee, yet couldn't bring themselves to leave the Crystal of Information near his heart.

"Roar!" A tremendous, beast-like roar burst from Pangu's mouth. He immediately gripped his giant axe and flew toward the surrounding Demon Kings. The terrifying aura radiating from his body engulfed the area for several miles. Anyone caught within it whose cultivation was inferior to his would be severely affected, unable to bring their full strength to bear.

Among the surrounding Demon Kings, the Evil Dragon Demon King had the highest cultivation. Pangu's first target was him.

"Roar!" As Pangu charged, the Evil Dragon Demon King let out a dragon's roar and met him with all his strength. Though Pangu's cultivation was terrifying, he had confidence in his own body. With his Azure Dragon Body, even someone a whole realm above him would struggle to hurt him.

Amid roiling gray demonic aura, the Evil Dragon Demon King's Azure Dragon Body rapidly grew. In just a few blinks, he swelled from dozens of zhang to hundreds, nearly ten times his original size. As his body grew, the demonic aura he exuded surged as well, faintly reaching the mid-stage Golden Core level.

"Dragons really are something! Their natural gifts are truly formidable. If our cultivation were equal, I'm afraid I'd struggle to withstand even one of his blows!" He Yu marveled inwardly, but he wasn't concerned. How could his current cultivation compare to the Evil Dragon Demon King's? With all twenty-five Demon Cores unleashed, he could kill several Evil Dragon Demon Kings at once!

"Roar!" Seeing the Evil Dragon Demon King charge toward him, Pangu let out an excited roar. Heaven and earth trembled faintly for a thousand li around him; the sheer force of it was immense. All the demons quailed, and even the Evil Dragon Demon King's momentum faltered.

Rumble!

As soon as the Evil Dragon Demon King drew near, the giant axe in Pangu's hand cleaved through the air and came crashing down toward his dragon head. It fell like a bolt of thunder, its power shaking heaven and earth, sending tremors across ten thousand li.

As Pangu swung his axe, He Yu fixed his gaze on it. The giant axe seemed to come straight down in a simple Mountain-Splitting Strike, with nothing especially mysterious about it. Yet he sensed something indescribable in that blow; its power exceeded an ordinary strike by a good thirty percent.

"So Pangu does have a few tricks, but they're not all that terrifying. His attacks don't even measure up to mine. That means there's a good chance here. Still, there's no need to rush. I should wait a little longer. After all, he's at the late Golden Core stage!" He Yu's confidence settled. Pangu had some offensive techniques, but they weren't particularly impressive. After all, he was only a tiny wisp of consciousness, with limited abilities.

Beneath the force of Pangu's axe, the Evil Dragon Demon King was nearly scared out of his wits. To him, the blow was like a towering mountain crashing down. Beneath it, he felt as small as an ant. There was no way he could withstand it!

He had never imagined Pangu could be so terrifying. But it was too late for regrets. Under the force of Pangu's axe, he couldn't retreat, and he could also tell that Pangu was far faster than he was.

Against this blow, holding anything back would mean certain death. The Evil Dragon Demon King unleashed his strongest attack.

"Roar!" He threw back his head and let out a piercing dragon's roar. It wasn't as powerful as Pangu's, but it was still impressive. As the Evil Dragon Demon King roared, gray light shone from his body. A flawless, smooth orb, gray all over and half a chi in diameter, shot from his mouth and soared toward Pangu's giant axe. It contained an immense, terrifying amount of demonic aura, packed tightly within.

"A Dragon Pearl? I never expected the Evil Dragon Demon King to have cultivated one!" He Yu was astonished. Unlike a Demon Core or Golden Core, a Dragon Pearl had the functions of both, while also acting like a magical treasure that could be used to attack or defend. Its power depended on the cultivation of its dragon master.

The Dragon Clan had been blessed with exceptional gifts from birth, possessing dragon essence within them. By cultivating a Demon Core, they could draw on its power to gather their dragon essence and form a Dragon Pearl. The Dragon Pearl was like a second Demon Core to a dragon, though less important than the first. Even if one lost it, they could cultivate another given enough time.

What astonished He Yu was that the Evil Dragon Demon King had cultivated a Dragon Pearl while bringing his Demon Core to the peak of the early Golden Core stage. Even more, the Dragon Pearl contained no less demonic aura than his Demon Core. With the power of dragon essence added, it was even more powerful than the Demon Core.

Boom! Rumble!

The Dragon Pearl collided with the giant axe, and heaven and earth shook. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth fell into chaos as torrents of demonic aura and spiritual energy formed raging tempests that filled a radius of ten thousand li. The demonic cloud beneath the Evil Dragon Demon King dispersed, and his body was blasted dozens of li away. A great mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth.

Before the demonic aura and spiritual energy had settled, Pangu's enormous figure flashed out of the center of the explosion and pursued the Evil Dragon Demon King, giant axe in hand. The terrifying blast had weakened Pangu slightly, but as spiritual energy surged around him, he recovered in the blink of an eye.

"Pangu's consciousness is deeply attuned to the Primordial World. Unless the damage is severe, he doesn't lose anything at all!" He Yu furrowed his brows. Even the Dragon Pearl's strike had barely harmed Pangu. He would have trouble inflicting serious damage too. It looked like obtaining the Crystal of Information would be very difficult.

"Everyone, Pangu's power is truly terrifying! We must attack together. Once we've dealt with him, we can discuss the Crystal of Information. Otherwise, none of us will get it!" Seeing Pangu pursuing him, the Evil Dragon Demon King was both terrified and alarmed. He immediately sent a telepathic message to all the surrounding Demon Kings.

Seeing the mightiest among them, the Evil Dragon Demon King, defeated in a single move, the other Demon Kings were shaken. They understood that the only way to defeat Pangu was to join forces. They could discuss the Crystal of Information afterward. At once, every Demon King attacked, sending waves of demonic aura surging toward Pangu. More than a hundred Demon Kings attacked with all their might from every direction, in groups of three or five. They feared Pangu too much to approach, attacking him from a distance with their demonic aura.

He Yu also brought the Ten Demon Marshals along to skulk at the edge of the fight!

Pangu's cultivation was high—his late-stage Golden Core cultivation was far stronger even than He Yu's—and his giant axe struck with deadly force. Yet against the combined attack of more than a hundred Demon Kings, he was still at a disadvantage. Once the Evil Dragon Demon King had recovered, the tide turned even further against him.

Pangu's blow had left the Evil Dragon Demon King's Dragon Pearl dim and drained of more than half its power, but he could still use it.

"Roar!" Pangu roared again and again. But all the Demon Kings attacked from afar. Hemmed in by the combined demonic aura of so many Demon Kings, he couldn't get near them. He could only roar and swing his giant axe again and again, cleaving through wave after wave of demonic aura.

With the Demon Kings' demonic aura working in concert with the Evil Dragon Demon King's Dragon Pearl, Pangu was completely on the back foot. He Yu couldn't help sighing at the sight. Pangu's cultivation was terrifying, and he could almost kill a Demon King with a single strike, but against more than a hundred Demon Kings working together, even he was powerless. They had him surrounded and pinned down, keeping him from getting close.

Under the onslaught of more than a hundred waves of demonic aura, even Pangu was helpless!

"Excellent! Pangu can no longer recover as fast as he's being worn down. If we can keep this up, we'll have the Crystal of Information before long." Between Pangu's axe strikes and the Demon Kings' attacks, he was being drained from both sides. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the encirclement was also sealed off, greatly reducing his ability to recover. His spiritual-energy body was already beginning to fade. The sight lifted every demon's spirits.