"Primordial World: I, an Iron-Eating Beast, Had My Thoughts Overheard by Houtu ()"!
Watching the flock of vengeful spirits flying toward them, Gungun frowned and glanced at Houtu beside him. Seeing her staring blankly at them, he suddenly had a bad feeling. He pressed his two paws together, and in an instant, black and white enveloped the sky. An enormous Two Forms diagram appeared, sweeping up all those vengeful spirits and carrying them toward the Sea of Blood.
Once that was done, Gungun lowered his paws and said to Houtu, "Ancestral Witch, let's go back."
Houtu lowered her head to look at the fat bear who had suddenly intervened. Her gaze lingered on him for a long while before she shook her head and said, "No. Let's keep walking."
With that, Houtu stepped out of Yellowwood Forest and headed in another direction.
Gungun was reluctant. Following Houtu, he pouted and said, "What's so interesting about walking around? The Primordial World is beautiful, but very few blessed lands can rival Mount Buzhou. Let's hurry back there. The sooner we join forces with Ancestral Witch Dijiang and the others, the sooner we can bring the Demon-Slaying Sword into the world."
Hearing this, Houtu stopped. After a moment of silence, she said, "I once placed my hopes in the Demon-Slaying Sword too. But when you told me that, if the Dao Ancestor hadn't appeared and the Witches and Demons had fought their decisive battle early, our chances of winning would have been less than sixty percent, I suddenly understood. The Demon-Slaying Sword cannot change the course of this war. It doesn't have the power to help us defeat the Demon Race."
"Ancestral Witch..." Gungun froze, not expecting her to say this so suddenly.
*The Demon-Slaying Sword specifically counters the Demon Race. How could