The ferocious beast charged again. Humiliated and enraged, it opened its blood-filled maw and spewed forth billowing black gas steeped in dense baleful aura.
Seeing this, Si Wa hurriedly breathed out flames. Under the scorching fire, the black gas hissed and gradually dispersed.
"Brothers, this beast's weakness is on the side of its neck. Attack that spot."
While closely observing the beast's every movement, Er Wa calmly gave orders.
"Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, find a way to hold the beast back."
"Big Brother, take the chance to strike its neck with the Mountain-Splitting Axe."
"Third Brother, adapt as needed and protect everyone."
Si Wa and Wu Wa exchanged a glance and nodded.
Si Wa focused completely on controlling the blaze. The flames grew fiercer and fiercer, warping the surrounding air with their heat.
Wu Wa controlled the water currents. Like spiritual serpents, the water coiled around the beast, sometimes forming a watery barrier to block its attacks, sometimes turning into water arrows that shot at its eyes and disrupted its vision.
The beast lacked intelligence. Its muddled mind held only one thought: kill the living beings before it.
It struggled madly, trying to break through the blockade of flame and water, but failed time and again.
"Big Brother, now!" Er Wa suddenly shouted.
Hearing Er Wa's words, Da Wa instantly teleported beside the beast without hesitation. He raised the Geng Metal Mountain-Splitting Axe high, its blade gleaming with dazzling golden light.
Da Wa drew a deep breath and swung at the beast's neck with all his strength. The instant the axe came down, a blinding flash of golden light streaked through the air, followed by a heavy chopping sound.
The beast let out a pained roar. A deep wound had been cut into its neck, and blood poured out in torrents.
Enraged, it swung its claws at Da Wa.
At that critical moment, Third Baby stood before Da Wa like an unyielding city wall.
Da Wa seized the chance and swung again. This time, he cleanly chopped off the beast's head.
After losing its head, the beast's enormous body swayed a few times before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Great! We finally killed it."
The Calabash Kids cheered excitedly, their faces brimming with the joy of victory.
Just then, a wisp of Merit, like specks of starlight, suddenly descended into each of the Calabash Kids' bodies.
Xiao Teng was filled with surprise. He had never expected killing a ferocious beast to earn Great Dao Merit. Though there was little of it, Great Dao Merit was exceptionally precious.
In the Primordial World, Merit was a cure-all that could be used for anything. This Great Dao Merit might play an unexpected role at some crucial moment in the future.
Since killing ferocious beasts could earn Great Dao Merit, they could not let them go. Though the Merit from a single beast was not much, every little bit counted.
"Children, if you encounter these ferocious beasts again, make sure not to let them escape."
"Yes."
Da Wa and the others searched the surrounding area, but found no other ferocious beasts.
There should still have been quite a few ferocious beasts left, but the Primordial World was so vast that finding another one was truly like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Father, I think we've reached Phoenix Perch Mountain." Da Wa looked at the mountain ahead.
Phoenix Perch Mountain towered majestically, but compared to Mount Buzhou, the foremost divine mountain of the Primordial World, it appeared much smaller.
Xiao Teng silently recalled what he knew about Phoenix Perch Mountain. He remembered that it was not home to the Phoenix Clan, but to the siblings Nuwa and Fuxi.
Judging by the timeline, they should have already been born and begun cultivating here.
"Da Wa, take your brothers to pay a visit to Phoenix Perch Mountain," Xiao Teng's voice sounded in the Calabash Kids' minds.
"Alright, Father."
Da Wa led his younger brothers into Phoenix Perch Mountain.
The moment they entered the area, Fuxi and Nuwa keenly sensed them.
Their strength was still relatively weak, and knowing that the outside world was dangerous, they had not yet ventured out.
"Who dares trespass upon Phoenix Perch Mountain?" A dignified voice rang out from within the mountain.
"This humble cultivator, Da Wa, has come with his younger brothers to pay a visit," Da Wa called back loudly.
"You are not welcome here. Leave at once." The voice sounded again, cold and resolute.
Third Baby could not help muttering softly, "Father, it seems they aren't very welcoming. What should we do?"
"Da Wa, say what I tell you."
After pausing for a moment, Da Wa said, "Could the one speaking be Fellow Daoist Fuxi?"
The other party suddenly fell silent upon hearing this.
Fuxi was filled with doubt. Neither he nor his sister had ever left Phoenix Perch Mountain, so how did these unfamiliar visitors know his identity?
This filled him with both vigilance and curiosity.
"Brother, why not let them come in? They don't look like bad people to me." Nuwa's gentle voice sounded from the side.
"Alright." Fuxi also wanted to know how they had learned his identity.
"Please come in, everyone." Fuxi opened the grand formation and let them enter.
Da Wa walked at the front and led his younger brothers into Phoenix Perch Mountain.
"Big Brother, this Phoenix Perch Mountain doesn't look like much!" Third Baby said bluntly.
Da Wa promptly gave him a punch and rebuked him in a low voice, "Keep your voice down. This is someone else's territory. Don't talk nonsense."
Da Wa was beginning to look a little like an elder brother now.
Before long, they met Fuxi and Nuwa.
At this time, Fuxi and Nuwa still had human heads and serpent bodies, which the Calabash Kids found quite novel.
Fuxi was the first to ask, "Where have you fellow Daoists come from, and where are you headed?"
After thinking for a moment, Da Wa answered, "We came from Mount Buzhou and are traveling around the Primordial World."
"So you are fellow Daoists from Mount Buzhou. My apologies, my apologies."
All living beings in the Primordial World knew that Mount Buzhou was the foremost divine mountain of the Primordial World. Those who could dwell there were people of deep blessings and destined for the Great Dao.
"Why have you fellow Daoists come to my Phoenix Perch Mountain? And how did you know my name?" Fuxi's questions came one after another.
Da Wa fell silent for a moment, then said as Xiao Teng had instructed, "We were merely passing Phoenix Perch Mountain and wished to take a look. As for Fellow Daoist Fuxi's identity, Father told me."
When Fuxi heard the Calabash Kids mention a father, he was greatly shocked.
He and his sister had transformed from Pangu's twin breasts and had only just stepped onto the path of cultivation. Yet these children, who were at the same level as him, actually had a father.
Just who was their father? A primordial fiendgod, or perhaps Pangu's brother?
Whatever the case, he had to be a great power.
As Nuwa looked at the Calabash Kids, an inexplicable sense of closeness rose in her heart. Especially when she looked at Si Wa, she always felt as though some invisible bond connected them.
Noticing Nuwa's gaze, Si Wa could not help shivering. An indescribably strange feeling rose within him, and goosebumps broke out all over him.
"The outside world is so dangerous. Aren't you afraid?" Nuwa asked with a smile.
"What's dangerous about that? The five of us brothers work together, so no danger can stop us." Third Baby confidently patted his chest.
"Brother, why don't we go out too?" Nuwa turned to Fuxi and said.
Nuwa had always longed for the world beyond Phoenix Perch Mountain, but Fuxi had always refused her, saying the time was not right.
"The strength of you two fellow Daoists is not bad either. If you wish to go out and venture through the Primordial World, it should not be a problem," Da Wa said objectively.
Fuxi frowned slightly upon hearing this and began calculating in silence. Countless scenes and pieces of information flashed through his mind as he tried to trace the Great Dao's course and determine the time for him and his sister to leave the mountain.
After a long while, he slowly said, "The time for the two of us to leave has not yet come."
"Since that is the case, we will take our leave first."
Da Wa led his younger brothers away from Phoenix Perch Mountain.
Xiao Teng understood that for now, it was enough for the Calabash Kids to make only a shallow acquaintance with Fuxi and Nuwa. Once he successfully took human form, it would not be too late to interact with them more deeply.
After all, he and the Calabash Kids had no small karmic bond with Nuwa. If too much involvement led Nuwa to dig Xiao Teng up ahead of time, that would be troublesome.
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