Chapter 118: The Brain Is Much Sharper Than the Ancestral Witches

Glancing at the Fierce Beast Hou following beside him, Huluwa asked in a low voice, "Father Mountain! Where are we going?"

He did not know if it was an illusion, but after that wild swallowing in the air just now, Huluwa felt the other's aura had grown even more imposing.

Tian Yuan's gaze also swept over the massive figure beside him.

Having swallowed many corpses of Chaos Demon Gods under Mount Buzhou and absorbed numerous wills just moments ago, it was clear that a vast power was enveloping the body of the Fierce Beast Hou.

Tian Yuan estimated in his heart that this fellow was likely about to break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

A Fierce Beast Hou at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm might be troublesome on the Primordial World, but this was the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, and Tian Yuan was not afraid of it acting recklessly.

As it broke through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, the several laws it manifested also broke through.

Having come here, Tian Yuan feared no tough nut to crack, provided the other dared to resist.

However, although this fellow had a formidable physical body, it also practiced quite a few laws; that it manifested over a dozen laws for this space actually surprised Tian Yuan slightly.

"Going down to the Earth Vein!" Tian Yuan replied casually.

The scene with the Fierce Beast Hou just now gave Tian Yuan a vague feeling, as if all things in the Primordial World were beneficial to this space.

The Witch and Demon Clans went without saying, as they could dredge and purify the Earth Vein; Spiritual Roots could also purify the world and absorb wandering wills, and this Fierce Beast Hou from the East Sea could actually devour these wills as well.

Tian Yuan had some expectations for the upcoming Wangchuan River.

"Under the Earth Vein?" Huluwa muttered, but he did not ask further.

He had been down there too; the blood waves were towering, and there had been nothing before, but after Houtu returned, there was a Naihe Bridge.

In the familiar Earth Vein, amidst the flowing golden spiritual energy, the two and the beast slowly sank.

All around, the blood waves were rolling, though they were clearly much thinner than before.

The Fierce Beast Hou following beside them opened its mouth to inhale, smacked its lips a few times, then spat out the blood water, a look of disdain appearing on its face.

"This fellow is indeed related to the Underworld!"

This Blood Fiend Qi could erode the will, yet the Fierce Beast Hou was not afraid at all; it was truly worthy of being the ancestor of zombies.

Huluwa beside him also widened his eyes, examining the other with increasing curiosity.

Before long, the Wangchuan River appeared below, just as it had been when first seen, flowing quietly in the air, heading toward an unknown destination.

Tian Yuan and Huluwa were calm, while the Fierce Beast Hou, which had been following boredly, let out a low roar and excitedly rushed forward.

Then, to Tian Yuan's pleasant surprise, the other leaped and plunged straight into the trickling blood water.

"This—this fellow is too formidable, isn't he?" Huluwa opened his mouth wide, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He had been here before and knew very well how formidable the Wangchuan River was; it could even erode the will of Father Mountain.

The Divine Beast Hou had actually jumped into the river just like that, and judging by its expression, it seemed quite delighted.

Having fallen into the Wangchuan River, the Fierce Beast Hou thrashed its limbs, playing happily in the blood-colored water.

To the other, that blood water, which carried extremely strong corrosive power, was like ordinary river or lake water.

Tian Yuan, who had walked to the riverbank, had eyes flashing with brilliance; it was just as he had thought.

After playing for a while, the Fierce Beast Hou, treading the waves in the blood water, roared toward the sky and then opened its mouth to inhale fiercely.

In an instant, the blood-red surface gurgled, and then dense gray air currents surged out, mixed with crimson blood water, rapidly converging toward the mouth of the Fierce Beast Hou.

Death Qi, the most concentrated Death Qi in the Wangchuan River! A huge vortex formed on the river surface, and under the powerful suction, deep white bones could be seen in the churning blood water, dense and packed, almost covering the entire riverbed.

Previously covered by the dark red river water, they were now all revealed.

Those skeletons were strange and varied, but without exception, they were all incomparably massive.

"Why are there so many corpses here?" Those numerous remains looked extremely powerful even in life.

The Wangchuan River was located in the Netherworld; how could so many living beings have perished within it?

"They should be Fierce Beasts slaughtered during the Beast Calamity!" Just by taking a look, Tian Yuan had a guess in his heart.

Only a Heavenly Tribulation could result in so many corpses.

After Pangu opened the heavens, the Primordial World had experienced the Beast Calamity, the Dragon Han First Tribulation, and the Demon-Dao Dispute.

Looking at the appearance of those remains, they were only the Fierce Beasts that had ravaged the world.

They were beings born from the corpses of Chaos Demon Gods, most of them without wisdom, existing purely to destroy the Primordial World.

The Earth Veins in the north of the Primordial World had been destroyed by these fellows.

"Fierce Beasts?" Huluwa muttered softly, his gaze carefully examining the Fierce Beast Hou at the center of the vortex; this fellow also looked like a Fierce Beast! Just at this moment, a low roar exploded in the churning Sea of Blood.

Tian Yuan was startled and hurriedly looked over.

Bringing the Fierce Beast Hou here this time, besides manifesting laws, was to explore this Wangchuan River.

Such a great commotion had indeed attracted the things in the river; Huluwa beside him also widened his eyes, his face full of curiosity.

It was the skeleton of a Fierce Beast, resembling both a lion and a tiger, with two balls of ghostly light in its eye sockets.

It escaped from the depths of the riverbed and lunged toward the Fierce Beast Hou, which was swallowing the Death Qi with its large mouth.

Being so clear, Tian Yuan naturally saw the other's origin at a glance: a creature derived from the lingering obsession of a Fierce Beast.

Before they could even speak, they saw the Fierce Beast Hou standing on the river surface roar, and the remains in the distance exploded.

Those two balls of ghostly light let out a shriek and tried to escape into the distance, but could only miserably sink into the mouth of the Fierce Beast Hou. In the surging and rolling blood waves, figures appeared from time to time, but none could get close before being swallowed by the Fierce Beast Hou in one gulp.

"This fellow is going to have a great fortune!"

Feeling the increasingly powerful aura on the Fierce Beast Hou, Tian Yuan's eyes carried joy.

The Netherworld was the most suitable place for the Fierce Beast Hou to survive, yet this fellow had stayed in the East Sea hunting the Dragon Clan everywhere.

Sure enough, no sooner had the words fallen than a powerful aura surged up from the Fierce Beast Hou, and the other successfully broke through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

With a heaven-shaking roar, even more concentrated Death Qi surged from the Wangchuan River, all of it sinking into the other's mouth.

Under the churning blood water were nothing but piles of white bones, and from time to time, lingering obsessions of Fierce Beasts would rush out, only to be ruthlessly devoured by the Fierce Beast Hou.

Seeing that the other still showed no signs of stopping, Huluwa could not help but exclaim, "This fellow won't just keep breaking through like this, will he?"

Tian Yuan did not speak, just watching quietly, without the slightest worry in his heart.

As the other party's aura continued to rise, the surface of the Wangchuan River seemed to drop slightly.

Finally, accompanied by an excited howl, the already massive body of the Hou became even more majestic, with a ghostly light flickering in its eyes.

Feeling the other party's powerful aura, Tian Yuan just watched quietly, while Huluwa at his side had a slightly nervous little face.

The figure in the river took a step, and with splashing blood-water, landed steadily in front of Tian Yuan.

Almost instantly, the surging, ferocious aura dissipated completely, and the Hou slowly lowered its head.

Tian Yuan reached out his right hand and gently patted the other's forehead; this fellow's brain was much sharper than an Ancestral Witch's.

Huluwa at the side saw this and wanted to reach out to touch it too, but when a pair of blood-red eyes looked over, his little hand froze in the air in dismay.

After hesitating for a moment, he retracted his arm in low spirits.

Although the Hou was Father Mountain's pet, it had now broken through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, while he was still at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak.

Tian Yuan did not say anything, but looked at Huluwa and said softly, "Huluwa, you must cultivate doubly hard from now on."

Being able to be deliberately plotted against and eliminated by Hongjun, Huluwa must surely have great utility in the Primordial World.

Unfortunately, the will of Mount Buzhou had not recovered enough, and he did not know what the other party's Dao was.

"Understood, Father Mountain!" Huluwa nodded, his mood somewhat low.

It was one thing for Father Mountain to break through, but now even Father Mountain's pet was stronger than him; Huluwa felt he really needed to cultivate properly.

Patting the other's head, Tian Yuan said gently, "Let's go, let's go see that reckless fellow Gonggong."

Having been beaten by the stone men for thousands of years, that fellow should be about ready.

The Hou smacked its lips, did not stay behind, and slowly followed behind Tian Yuan.

At the foot of Mount Buzhou, Gonggong lay on the ground, looking at the stone man leaving in the distance with a dazed expression.

As one of the twelve Ancestral Witches, he would absolutely not submit to Tian Yuan's tyrannical power; even when facing the brutal beatings of dozens of stone men, he still insisted on his own philosophy.

It was just that over these past few thousand years, more and more stone men had emerged, almost all of them at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak.

And just in these last few hundred years, several of the stone men who had beaten him earlier had actually broken through again, stepping into the ranks of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

He did not know why there were so many stone men here, or why they broke through so quickly, but he understood that the Wu Clan truly had no hope left.

His only hope was that, up until now, he had not seen any other Ancestral Witches being captured.

Gonggong did not know what level of cultivation Tian Yuan had reached, but if all the stone men here went out, the Ancestral Witches would definitely not be able to stop them.

Father God had truly abandoned them and chosen a Great Demon.

A dull sound came from beneath him; Gonggong was very familiar with it—it was the stone man coming to beat him again.

This kind of habitual brutal beating had already made someone as proud as him unable to feel even a shred of shame.

His pride as an Ancestral Witch had long since been shattered; his skin was thick and flesh tough, so if he was beaten, he was beaten.

After waiting for a long time, no stone man appeared; instead, a shadow covered his head, and a terrifying skull poked over.

Gonggong was greatly alarmed and hurriedly rolled to his feet.

A strange beast radiating monstrous ferocity stood before him, and the powerful pressure made his body unable to stop trembling.

A Hunyuan Golden Immortal, a Primordial World strange beast at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!

Before he could look closely, a gentle voice came: "Long time no see, Gonggong!"

A familiar figure walked out from behind the strange beast; it was Tian Yuan, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Seeing Tian Yuan again, Gonggong no longer had his usual irritability, only a pair of eyes that still held a trace of anger.

"This place and the Netherworld are the final destination for the Wu Clan; do you still not understand?" Tian Yuan walked up and spoke calmly.

All things and spirits in the Primordial World, whether it be the Wu Clan or the Demon Race, or even the Spiritual Roots of heaven and earth, as well as the Hou before him, clearly all had their own missions, and what he had to do now was to find each of them their own proper place.

Only when everyone performed their own duties could the Primordial World continue to grow stronger.

Gonggong's face twitched; he did not know how to answer.

He could feel Tian Yuan's aura, which was far above his own, but the last shred of pride in his heart still made him unable to lower his head in his presence.

(End of this chapter)