Chapter 57: The Clash Before the Decisive Battle, Scheming Against the Little Golden Crows

When Pan Huang shouted to save the people, all the defensive and protective artifact spirits of the Spirit Treasure clan manifested their true forms, enveloping everyone on the side of the Human Alliance.

However, one could tell from the trembling artifact spirits that they would likely not be able to hold on for very long.

At this moment, a massive amount of gray energy began to appear on Pan Huang's body. This gray energy quickly wrapped around him, and before long, it expanded, eventually reaching several hundred zhang in size.

After the gray energy dissipated, a several-hundred-zhang-tall figure of Pan Huang appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth! How is this possible?" Di Jun exclaimed upon seeing the several-hundred-zhang-tall Pan Huang.

In everyone's understanding, the Wu Clan could not possibly perform the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, because the Wu Clan had no primordial spirit; other than their laws and their physical bodies, they simply could not have any other means.

Yet, this was clearly the divine ability of the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth!

"Primordial spirit! This Pan Huang actually used all his merit to evolve his true spirit and catalyze a primordial spirit. No wonder so much Great Dao merit didn't push him to the Saint position. I was actually naive enough to think it was because there was no Purple Qi of Hongmeng." In the Wa Palace, Nüwa murmured to herself upon seeing Pan Huang like this.

"Chongli!" Pan Huang, transformed into a hundred-zhang giant, raised his hand and shouted.

A streak of light immediately appeared in his hand; this was exactly the true form of Chongli, the Dragon Soul Spear. Grasping the Dragon Soul Spear, the magic power within Pan Huang's body surged.

After a few breaths, the Dragon Soul Spear shone brilliantly. The next second, Pan Huang threw the Dragon Soul Spear in his hand directly, aiming at Taiyi in the sky.

The reason he had to use the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth was that he feared his strength would be insufficient to completely pierce Taiyi's true form; after all, the terrifying high temperature and Solar True Fire surrounding him were the best defenses.

Only by using the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth could he have enough strength to throw Chongli, and only in this way could he break through Taiyi's defense, thereby injuring or killing him.

Pfft—

Chongli's true form pierced through Taiyi's chest. The intense pain brought Taiyi back to his senses. Looking at the large hole in his chest and the decimated Demon Race soldiers, he could not believe that he had done this.

Seeing Taiyi in a daze, Pan Huang stomped his foot and charged directly at Taiyi. Under the enhancement of the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Pan Huang left a large pit in the ground with a single step.

A powerful, heavy fist carrying a fierce wind struck directly at Taiyi. He was already unable to dodge in time. Watching the fist constantly enlarging in his eyes, Taiyi felt the threat of death for the first time.

Boom—

With a muffled sound, Pan Huang's fist did not land on Taiyi, but on two spiritual treasures. These two spiritual treasures were the River Chart and the Luo Book.

"Primordial River and Luo Array! Rise!" The roar filled the Primordial World.

The next second, Di Jun appeared on the battlefield with the core strength of the Demon Court. The factions watching the battle gasped when they saw Di Jun and the Demon Race behind him.

Da Luo Golden Immortals, they were all Da Luo Golden Immortals, and basically all were in the mid-stage of the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm; there wasn't even an early-stage one. Terrifying, the strength of this Demon Court was simply too terrifying.

Nowadays in the Primordial World, there were only those few Saints, and the Quasi-Saints were concentrated among the old batch of innate gods. Therefore, Da Luo Golden Immortals were actually the top combat power in the Primordial World. Yet, the Demon Court had so many; at a glance, there were eight thousand if not ten thousand.

"Good! Very good! You actually dared to let them appear openly before my Human Race, very good!" Pan Huang looked at the Da Luo Golden Immortals before him, laughing out of extreme anger.

"Is that so? I also think it's quite good," Di Jun said with a smile.

After speaking, Di Jun took a step back and disappeared from before Pan Huang.

"I originally wanted to expose it during the final decisive battle, but it seems that is not possible. If it's exposed now, then so be it; it's not like this little bit of time matters anyway!" Pan Huang said indifferently, looking at the attacks hitting his body.

After Di Jun disappeared, the array began to operate. Waves of fierce attacks broke through Pan Huang's defense, but currently, they did not cause him any major damage; they were all minor injuries. However, as time passed, if Pan Huang did not come up with a countermeasure, he would be exhausted to death in this array.

After Pan Huang finished speaking, the hundred-zhang-tall Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth instantly turned into a thousand-zhang one, and Pan Huang also revealed his true form. An overbearing, desolate, and ancient aura emanated from Pan Huang's body; this was Pan Huang's true form, and also the True Body of Pangu.

This True Body of Pangu was a divine ability Pan Huang discovered after giving birth to his primordial spirit. Although the True Body of Pangu he summoned was not as powerful as the one summoned by the Twelve Ancestral Witches together, it was more than enough to deal with a Primordial River and Luo Array and a Demon Court.

After summoning the True Body of Pangu, Pangu beckoned, and the Pan Huang Axe appeared in his hand. This Pan Huang Axe had appeared once during the second Great War of the Lich.

This Pan Huang Axe was refined by Pan Huang using the Chaos Divine Stone on Mount Buzhou, combined with fragments of his own true form and the Pangu Heaven-Opening Mark. Its quality was that of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Pan Huang had originally thought it would reach the level of an innate supreme treasure, but a force in the dark forcibly suppressed its quality. However, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure was enough.

"Heaven-Opening Style One!" Pan Huang roared, raised the Pan Huang Axe in his hand, and swung it horizontally. The Primordial River and Luo Array instantly experienced violent fluctuations.

Outside the array, Di Jun, who was taking care of Taiyi, suddenly shook all over and spat out a mouthful of blood. A look of horror appeared on his face.

"This is? The aura of Pangu? How is this possible?" Di Jun murmured to himself.

"Kill! At all costs, kill Pan Huang, kill him!" The next second, Di Jun roared crazily, and there was a hint of fear in his words.

Inside the array, after hearing Di Jun's order, those Da Luo Golden Immortals no longer hid. They flew out from the shadows one after another, heading straight for Pan Huang, and countless attacks of all kinds landed on Pan Huang's body.

"Hmph!" Pan Huang snorted coldly, and a gray protective shield appeared on his body, blocking all the attacks. However, the sheer intensity of the attacks still forced Pan Huang to take several steps back.

"Heaven-Opening Style Two!" An axe light, even sharper and more powerful than before, swept across.

The Da Luo Golden Immortals in the front row were cut in half without any reaction. After the axe light swept past the first row of Da Luo Golden Immortals, its momentum remained undiminished, cutting in half some of the Demon Race Da Luo Golden Immortals behind the first row before it disappeared.

With this strike, one-third of the Da Luo Golden Immortals were killed by Pan Huang. Although Pan Huang, who had summoned the True Body of Pangu, could not reach the Saint realm, his strength was much stronger than that of a Three-Corpse Quasi-Saint. Dealing with some Da Luo Golden Immortals was simply a matter of ease.

"To die under the Heaven-Opening Axe Technique, you all have lived a glorious life!" Looking at the corpses of these people, Pan Huang snorted coldly.

"Heaven-Opening Style Three! Heaven-Opening Style Four!"

Rumble—

With a loud noise, the Primordial River and Luo Array was broken, and Di Jun spat out another mouthful of blood.

"True Body of Pangu? How is this possible? How is this possible!" Seeing Pan Huang appear before him, Di Jun's face showed a look of both shock and anger.

Not only him, but everyone was full of horror. The factions hiding in the dark and watching this place also had expressions of horror on their faces.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches could summon the True Body of Pangu without relying on Pan Huang, and this Pan Huang could summon the True Body of Pangu alone. In this case, the Wu Clan actually had two True Bodies of Pangu. How could the ten thousand races of the Primordial World not be afraid?

If the Wu Clan wanted to, the ten thousand races of the Primordial World simply could not stop the Wu Clan's attack! They did not want such a hidden danger to appear in the Primordial World.

From this point on, the races that had not intended to participate in the War of the Lich began to have different plans!

"Kill!" After Pan Huang came out of the Primordial River and Luo Array, he killed all the remaining Demon Race with one axe.

"The Holy Teacher is mighty! The Holy Teacher is mighty!" The Human Race cultivators shouted loudly upon seeing this.

At this time, only Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and the Ten Great Demon Sages remained on the field.

It must be said that these Ten Great Demon Sages were truly lucky; they could survive every major battle. The only one who was relatively unlucky was Guiche.

Just as everyone was marveling at the True Body of Pangu, an inconspicuous mosquito flew into the Lingxiao Palace of the Heavenly Court. It did not alert anyone from the Demon Race and flew straight into the back hall of the Lingxiao Palace. This mosquito was Pan Huang's clone, the Mosquito Daoist.

The array set up by Di Jun was simply a mere formality to the Mosquito Daoist. His mouthparts could even suck the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, let alone this mere protective array.

After breaking the array in the back hall, the Mosquito Daoist saw the ten little Golden Crows floating in the back hall. They had just been born with intelligence and had not fully grown, so now was the best time.

"There is no other way. If you want to blame someone, blame Di Jun. If he hadn't moved against the Human Race in advance, you might have been born. Now, become my clones." The Mosquito Daoist grinned, and the next second, he directly wiped out the intelligence of the ten Golden Crows.

Then, with a wave of his hand, ten primordial spirit fragments entered the sea of consciousness of the little Golden Crows, fused rapidly, and then began to sleep. After doing all this, the Mosquito Daoist turned back into a mosquito and left the Demon Court silently.

After leaving the Demon Court, the Mosquito Daoist immediately found Ruyi and asked Ruyi to shield the heavenly secrets; otherwise, it would be troublesome if Di Jun discovered it.

On the battlefield, feeling the news from the Mosquito Daoist, a victorious smile appeared on Pan Huang's face.

"It's time to send you on your way!" Pan Huang said to Di Jun and the others.

"Demon Emperor, Demon Sovereign, you go first, we will cover the retreat." Chitie looked at Pan Huang and said in a deep voice.

The Pan Huang before them was simply too strong. Even though he was only one person, the True Body of Pangu he summoned was not something anyone could block.

But Di Jun could not die, and Taiyi could not die; otherwise, the Demon Court would be in chaos, and the Demon Race would be in chaos.

Pan Huang did not give them a chance at all and slashed over with an axe. The sharp axe light made everyone despair; that overbearing aura was simply impossible to block!

Boom—

Suddenly, a streak of Chaos Sword Qi appeared in the void, blocking Pan Huang's axe light. Following this, a light intermingled with yin and yang appeared upon Di Jun and the others. As this light touched them, their figures began to turn illusory.

"Want to leave? Have you asked the axe in my hand?" Seeing this, Pan Huang knew that Laozi had intervened. There was no need to ask who the other one was; it was clearly Yuanshi Tianzun, as that Chaos Sword Qi was the signature of the Pangu Banner.

"Seven Styles of Heaven-Opening!" Pan Huang roared. With a move of "Splitting Mount Hua," an axe light shot out from the Pan Huang Axe, instantly transforming into a thousand-foot-long beam as it charged toward Di Jun and the others.

The next second, several more streaks of Chaos Sword Qi appeared in the void. Besides the Chaos Sword Qi, a verdant treasure sword also flew out from the void, heading straight for the axe light. In addition to the Chaos Sword Qi and the Qingping Sword, a seven-colored light also flew out from the void, blocking the axe light.

"I, Emperor Di Jun, hereby swear a Heavenly Dao oath: in one thousand years, I shall fight the Wu Clan to the death, with no end until one side is destroyed!" As Di Jun was about to vanish, he suddenly swore a Heavenly Dao oath, something no one had anticipated.

Rumble—

A muffled thunderclap echoed in the sky; the Heavenly Dao had accepted Di Jun's oath. If Di Jun did not fight the Wu Clan to the death after a thousand years, he would be consumed and killed by the backlash of the Heavenly Dao oath. If he lost, he would also die; if he won, he would be the sole hegemon of the Primordial World.

"A Heavenly Dao oath? This Ancestral Wu will be waiting for you." A look of disdain appeared at the corner of Pan Huang's mouth.

This was directed at Di Jun, and also at the Heavenly Dao. For the Heavenly Dao to agree to Di Jun's oath was simply superfluous; it was currently wishing for the Wu and Demon clans to both suffer and be wiped out, so that it could clear the way for the human race.

"It seems the disaster for the human race can be considered over!" After Di Jun and the others fled, Pan Huang retracted his Pangu True Form and muttered to himself.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he stumbled. The next second, a jade hand steadied Pan Huang: "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine! Just a bit exhausted." Looking at Chang Xi's worried eyes, Pan Huang said with a smile.

Afterward, Pan Huang looked toward the remaining humans. A look of relief appeared on his face, but deep in his eyes lay a trace of guilt.

Pan Huang had originally thought that by relying on his foresight, he could prevent certain things from happening. In reality, he had indeed used his foresight to prevent many things, which had fostered a sense of superiority in his heart.

It was precisely because of this sense of superiority that Pan Huang believed the natives of the Primordial World were nothing special. Yet, in the matter of the human race, the natives had dealt him a heavy blow, and all his superiority vanished in that instant.

After the battle ended, everyone began to clear the battlefield. The Asura Clan collected their own corpses and brought them back to the Sea of Blood. As for the Demon Clan, since they had been almost entirely wiped out, the humans helped them collect their remains.

Of course, the humans did not collect them for free. These fallen demons were very powerful, and their bloodlines were among the top tier of the Demon Clan. The humans collected their corpses primarily for their essence blood and flesh.

The essence blood of these demons could help them cultivate demon bodies, while their flesh could strengthen their physical forms and increase the humans' magic power. These demons were truly treasures from head to toe!

As for the human corpses, Pan Huang had the humans cremate them on the spot, as he was unsure if the demons would steal the bodies. He did this to prevent the human remains from being stolen by the demons to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.

After finishing all this, Pan Huang had the Wu Clan warriors return to Mount Buzhou first, while he led the remaining humans back to the shores of the East Sea.

(End of chapter)