Tyranny and Slaughter

Chapter 19: Tyranny and Slaughter

Watching the Pangu spirit body gradually dim, the situation appeared overwhelmingly favorable. Obtaining the Crystal of Information seemed to be only a matter of time. The various Demon Kings began to calculate in their hearts; they had only united under the pressure of Pangu's might, and now that Pangu was on the verge of destruction, the next step would be the struggle for the Crystal of Information.

Involuntarily, the eyes of the Demon Kings turned toward the Evil Dragon Demon King. His performance in dealing with Pangu this time had been truly outstanding. Not only was his demonic energy formidable, but the Dragon Pearl had left the other Demon Kings in shock. Especially with the fusion of his Demon Core and the Dragon Pearl, combined with his Azure Dragon Body, the Evil Dragon Demon King's strength was terrifying.

The Evil Dragon Demon King saw the gazes of the other Demon Kings and smiled bitterly to himself. How could he not know that he had become the target of everyone? Yet, there was no other way; he could only wait for the right moment. Relying on his own cultivation and defensive power, it would be difficult for the other Demon Kings to inflict heavy injuries upon him. As long as he seized the right opportunity and struck the moment Pangu's consciousness was annihilated, there was a great hope of obtaining the Crystal of Information.

He Yu began to ponder as well. Should he continue like this to eliminate Pangu and fight for the Crystal of Information, or should he let Pangu and the Demon Kings suffer mutual destruction? By then, he could obtain the Crystal of Information without any effort, and perhaps even subdue the Demon Kings. Even if he couldn't subdue them, if he killed them all, wouldn't their forces of lesser demons become his own?

Just as the demons were each lost in their own calculations, Pangu suddenly let out a massive roar toward the sky. Streams of spiritual energy surged from his body, forming a protective barrier that blocked the encroaching demonic energy from all directions.

"Hmph! This only accelerates the consumption of his spiritual energy. It seems the elimination of Pangu will happen much sooner." Seeing Pangu use a barrier to protect himself and block the demonic energy, the Demon Kings felt nothing but disdain. Doing this consumed several times more energy than enduring it with one's physical body. To use it in such a situation was simply courting death!

"No! Could it be that Pangu still has some hidden means?" He Yu, however, did not believe Pangu would court death. To spare no effort in accelerating the consumption of his own spiritual energy to protect himself now—there must surely be some trick up his sleeve.

Secretly transmitting his voice to the Ten Demon Marshals, He Yu and his eleven demons stealthily moved away from the other Demon Kings, positioning themselves behind the crowd. As the other demons had their attention fixed on Pangu, this went unnoticed. The other demons didn't care about these eleven Demon Kings, whose cultivation was not particularly strong; among them, only the Earth Bear King could attract even a modicum of attention.

The demonic energy crashed against Pangu's barrier. The multicolored energy enveloped the circular shield, forming something akin to a five-colored egg, though this egg was connected to the hundred-plus Demon Kings by pillars of demonic energy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

The five-colored egg expanded and contracted like a heartbeat, gradually emitting an incomparably tyrannical and terrifying aura, as if a peerless, vicious fetus were gestating within. As time passed, the tyrannical aura grew stronger, radiating from the five-colored egg and shrouding the surrounding ten thousand miles, encompassing heaven and earth. Caught within this aura and facing the five-colored egg, the Demon Kings felt a sense of insignificance. At the same time, they grew uneasy, like ants facing a slowly awakening, tyrannical lion.

ROAR!

CRACK!

A dazzling golden axe-light slashed through the air, and the five-colored egg shattered and dispersed. The hundred-plus streams of demonic energy crashing against it were also struck by a massive force and dissipated. Pangu's ten-zhang-tall body appeared. His spirit body had become extremely thin and translucent due to the massive consumption of spiritual energy, and the nine-colored crystal in his heart was clearly visible.

What shocked the Demon Kings even more were the streams of blood-red light constantly circling Pangu's body. His eyes were bloodshot, and his entire being radiated a terrifying, tyrannical aura that encompassed the ten-thousand-mile expanse. Although Pangu's cultivation had dropped significantly to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, every Demon King felt a chill in their heart when facing him now.

An unprecedented sense of death filled their hearts!

"ROAR!" The tyrannical Pangu let out a giant roar. His entire body moved, forming an afterimage, and in an instant, he was before the White Ape Demon King, whose cultivation was comparable to Wolf Two. The giant axe in his hand slashed down like lightning, splitting the White Ape Demon King in two. Blood and viscera rained down in a miserable display, and a white Demon Core the size of a pigeon egg had barely left the body before Pangu sucked it into his mouth.

Upon consuming the White Ape Demon King's Demon Core, Pangu's spirit body became a fraction more substantial, and the might he radiated increased as well.

"ROAR!" Feeling his cultivation increase, Pangu let out an excited roar and charged toward a pale-green Mandrill Demon King not far away. Before he had even arrived, the giant axe was already raised high, ready to strike.

Having seen the White Ape Demon King split in two by Pangu's axe and his Demon Core devoured, the scene was truly miserable. Now, seeing Pangu charging toward him, his astonishing speed leaving afterimages in his wake, the Mandrill Demon King shrieked in terror. His cry was shrill, like the wailing of a ghost. As he retreated and dodged, he poured all the demonic energy from his Demon Core out of his body, striking toward Pangu like a sky-covering shroud.

WHOOSH!

Before the Mandrill's pale-green demonic energy could even strike Pangu, the giant axe had already descended. With the massive force and terrifying speed, the void itself trembled slightly. A blood-red axe-light erupted from the blade as Pangu swung, charging toward the Mandrill's demonic energy.

BOOM!

It easily parted the demonic energy and, with undiminished momentum, split the Mandrill in two, exactly the same as the White Ape Demon King before him.

Once the Mandrill Demon King died, his Demon Core tumbled out from his severed corpse. Seeing this, Pangu immediately rushed over, intending to devour it to increase his cultivation again. However, there were a dozen Demon Kings nearby—the Pangolin, Beaver, Beach Rat, Porcupine, Mane Wolf, and others—all of whom had decent cultivation, not far from the peak of the early Golden Core stage. Seeing this, they hurriedly snatched the Mandrill's Demon Core and then united to face Pangu.

Although Pangu had killed two Demon Kings in succession with single blows, the dozen Demon Kings were now united, bolstering their courage. They were not afraid to face Pangu. The dozen Demon Kings unleashed their demonic energy, converging it into one. With the combined power of over ten demons, the demonic energy was incomparably formidable, steadily surpassing the mid-stage Golden Core level and significantly exceeding Pangu's current cultivation.

"They are simply courting their own deaths," He Yu sighed inwardly. The current tyrannical Pangu was like a demon incarnate, his strength doubled. The dozen Demon Kings were far behind and simply could not withstand him; facing him head-on now, none would escape death.

He Yu did not care about the life or death of these Demon Kings, but once Pangu killed them all and devoured their Demon Cores, his cultivation would increase drastically, making him even more difficult to deal with!

"Everyone, attack together! Pangu's strength is greatly reduced; we can kill him in one fell swoop and obtain the Crystal of Information," He Yu transmitted his consciousness into the minds of all the Demon Kings. He then charged forward with the Ten Demon Marshals, though he deliberately lowered his demonic clouds and, being far from Pangu, gave the other Demon Kings the initiative.

Sure enough! Seeing He Yu and his demons move, and seeing Pangu's dim spirit body, it was clear his cultivation was greatly reduced.

Fearing that the Crystal of Information would fall into other hands, the demons swarmed toward Pangu. There were over a hundred Demon Kings, all of them large in stature; charging forward all at once was a spectacular sight. Demonic clouds rolled, demonic energy surged like a tide, and the power of over a hundred demons radiated across the heavens, mixing with Pangu's tyrannical aura and causing the forces of heaven and earth for hundreds of miles to churn in chaos.

Seeing this scene, He Yu was overjoyed and secretly ordered the Ten Demon Marshals to slow down and observe the changes.

"ROAR!" Pangu no longer charged toward the dozen Demon Kings but stopped instead. Watching the hundred-plus Demon Kings swarming toward him from all sides and sensing the powerful demonic energy, a fighting spirit was instantly ignited. The tyrannical aura that had covered ten thousand miles was drawn back into his body, and the streams of blood-red light circling him fused into his form. His entire body turned blood-red, containing a terrifying, tyrannical aura.

"HAA!" As if splitting heaven and earth, Pangu twisted his body and held the axe with both hands, swinging it in a diagonal arc from bottom to top. A hundred-zhang-long blood-red axe-light slashed toward the most densely packed area of the Demon Kings.

The blood-red axe-light contained terrifying power and emitted wisps of tyrannical aura, so dense that it had almost formed a faint black glow!

WHOOSH!

After swinging the axe, Pangu didn't even look back. He moved his body and charged toward the dozen Demon Kings who had united. Facing the powerful demonic energy they had combined to block him, he swung his blood-red giant axe down fiercely. As the heavens trembled and a loud boom echoed, the powerful demonic energy shattered and dispersed, revealing the terrified, pale faces of the dozen Demon Kings.

Facing the trembling dozen Demon Kings, Pangu slashed a few more times, killing them all. He took a fierce gulp, and the Demon Cores of the dozen Demon Kings, along with the Mandrill Demon King's core from earlier, all went into his mouth. Having swallowed so many Demon Cores at once, Pangu found it difficult to digest them. After all, demonic energy was different from spiritual energy; he was attuned to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but not to demonic energy, and he could not digest it much faster than other demons.

BOOM!

At the moment the dozen Demon Kings died, the earlier blood-red axe-light also struck four other Demon Kings. Under the hundred-zhang axe-light, the demonic bodies of all four were shattered, leaving them dead beyond any doubt.

In a short time, nearly twenty Demon Kings had died under Pangu's axe, truly chilling the hearts of the others. They retreated in terror for three miles, the Evil Dragon Demon King included. Even he had no confidence in facing Pangu now.

"Damn it! Now that the Demon Kings have all been scared out of their wits, even the Crystal of Information is out of reach. I never thought Pangu would be this terrifying; the Demon Kings are no match for him at all. If this continues, once he digests the Demon Cores in his body, his cultivation will skyrocket, making him even harder to deal with. It seems it is time for me to act!" He Yu pondered. Pangu's current cultivation was about the same as his main Demon Core, but he had twenty-four internal mansion Demon Cores, and combined with attack methods superior to Pangu's, his chances of winning were high.

If he didn't act now, his chances would be even slimmer once Pangu's cultivation increased!

With his mind made up, He Yu's twenty-five Demon Cores began to operate at full capacity. The Eight Meridians Mystic Pole ran at its fastest speed, and streams of demonic energy began to radiate from his Demon Cores, permeating his body and surrounding him.

As the demonic energy radiated out, He Yu immediately unleashed a terrifying demonic presence, even stronger than Pangu's. The Demon Kings were all stunned, staring at He Yu, even the Ten Demon Marshals included. They knew He Yu's cultivation was strong, but they had not expected it to reach such a level—his demonic presence was even more powerful than Pangu's.

Pangu also sensed He Yu's demonic presence. A massive pressure was generated, and his blood-red eyes stared fixedly at He Yu, ignoring all the other Demon Kings entirely!