Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 648 - 596: Poison Blood Nine Sacrifices
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There's a saying, "Deep love breeds sharp rebukes," meaning the deeper you love someone, the sharper your rebuke will be when they make a mistake. This is nothing but the frustration of seeing someone fail to live up to their potential. Pangu felt exactly this way about Qian Shang and Luo Chen, even more so than the emotion described. Qian Shang was practically raised under Pangu's watchful eye, and even the Chaos Five Decisions were taught to him by Pangu himself. Luo Chen's story was much the same—for Pangu personally saved him in the Dominion of Soil and had meticulously instructed him for years, never hoarding any knowledge.
Yet these very two had betrayed the Genesis Divine Nation and, during the trials in the Patrolling Celestial World, had treacherously attacked from behind, causing the deaths of many from the Genesis Divine Nation. This pained Pangu immensely. When he first heard the news, Pangu thought there might be some extenuating circumstances or necessity behind their actions, but now, having seen them in person and engaged in combat with them, Pangu was certain that their betrayal was entirely of their own volition, with no coercion. Hence, Pangu didn't even bother to ask them why they had betrayed the Genesis Divine Nation.
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When a person admits to having committed a murder, no matter the reasons, they have committed a crime. In Pangu's heart, he had already sentenced Qian Shang and Luo Chen to death. Even though Pangu had an inkling that something was amiss about Xi Zhao falling into that pond, seeing Qian Shang and Luo Chen charge at him, Pangu could not resist the urge to go after Xi Zhao instead. With such grave injuries, Xi Zhao wouldn't be dead, but he would undoubtedly have lost his combat power. In that case, it would be better to clean his own house first!
Thinking thus, Pangu focused all his attention on Qian Shang, Luo Chen, Long Tian, Fen Tian, and Old Wang. Besides Qian Shang and Luo Chen, who were already on Pangu's kill list, Old Wang was included too. This had just been requested by Yue Huangquan, who Pangu naturally knew as one of the Five Battle Generals of the Netherworld World. However, Yue Huangquan was not particularly concerned about personally killing Old Wang, but rather showed great interest in Ling Weiyang, hence he casually entrusted the cleanup of the Netherworld World to Pangu. Naturally, Pangu didn't refuse—it wasn't a big deal, just something to do along the way.
Clutching the pulse axe in his hand, Pangu squinted his eyes and suddenly spun around, swinging the massive axe to trace an arc in front of him. As the axe slashed behind him, a figure appeared in the void and was immediately struck by Pangu's pulse axe, spurting blood and flying backward. This figure, whom Pangu had cleaved from the void, was none other than Long Tian. Long Tian had intended to take advantage of Pangu's distraction to stealthily move behind him for a sneak attack, but his movements had been noticed by Pangu from the start. Pangu's axe blow had landed on Long Tian's Dragon Chanting Staff, and it was the force of the blowback that caused Long Tian to spit blood.
After crashing through two mountains, Long Tian finally stopped. As he spat several more mouthfuls of blood, he saw a sizable notch on his Dragon Chanting Staff, created by Pangu's pulse axe. Clearly, one more strike, and his Dragon Chanting Staff would be rendered useless. Full of shock, Long Tian realized just how fearsome Pangu was—a single axe blow had nearly cost him half his life. While Long Tian was shocked, Pangu was surprised too; this blow hadn't claimed his life. It seems these people were not as feeble as he had thought. First Xi Zhao, now Long Tian. Pangu felt his prestige as a Heavenly Venerate was almost completely dissipated.
Pangu wanted to land another blow on Long Tian, but by then, Qian Shang and Luo Chen had already rushed in front of him. Pangu harbored a greater hatred towards Qian Shang and Luo Chen than towards Long Tian, so he abandoned Long Tian and swung his giant axe at Qian Shang and Luo Chen instead. However, Qian Shang and Luo Chen were clearly prepared, dodging rather than meeting the blow head-on. They were very familiar with Pangu, and they still dared to confront him even after his strength had surged to the Heavenly Venerable Mid Grade level, which meant they must have relied on something.
Having dodged Pangu's axe, the two attacked from the left and right towards the underarms of Pangu, the only weakness in his Chaos Giant form. If struck here, the strength Pangu gained from the pulse axe would vanish, and his Chaos Golden Body from the Chaos Giant Transformation would be broken. But Pangu was not about to let them succeed. He flipped his pulse axe, aiming to slash at Luo Chen, but to his surprise, the axe did not hit Luo Chen but instead sliced into Old Wang's abdomen.
Or rather, it was Old Wang himself who had collided with Pangu's axe. Under normal circumstances, a mere Nine Patterns Supreme—even when facing a Half-step Heavenly Venerate like Pangu—would have been split in two by such a blow. But today, after felling Old Wang, Pangu's axe was held fast, and a tremendous suction force came from Old Wang's body, an attraction far beyond the capability of a Nine Patterns Supreme, rendering Pangu unable to pull out the pulse axe and even causing his whole arm to be stuck.
Pangu was stunned to see Luo Chen's long sword about to penetrate the underarm of his raised arm. In a hurry, Pangu used his left hand to block and firmly grasped Luo Chen's long sword. The next moment, Old Wang, who was clinging tight to Pangu's pulse axe, cried out miserably: "Retreat! Old Wang is showing his might today!" Hearing Old Wang's tragic call, Qian Shang, who had been about to pierce Pangu, immediately turned and fled for his life, and without any hesitation, Luo Chen also released his long sword and turned to run.
Then, to Pangu's astonishment, Old King burst into an explosion. However, this was not self-destruction because the self-detonation of a Nine Patterns Supreme wouldn't look like this, nor would it cause Pangu any harm even if it were a genuine self-detonation. Old King's explosion was a complete burst into a vast array of blood rain. This was actually a move from one of the Cultivation Techniques Old King practiced. The technique Old King cultivated was called Poison Blood Nine Sacrifices, an extremely sinister and vicious technique, which was why Old King had never used it on ordinary days. It was also the reason he originally learned the Chaos Five Decisions of the Genesis Divine Nation in secret—because his technique was extremely evil. If it were discovered by others, he would certainly be hunted down to his death.
Even during the numerous crises in the Patrolling Celestial World, he had not used it. Yet today, he did. The reason was simple: Old King was going to commit suicide.
After exploding, the blood rain that filled the sky, as if alive, instantly re-condensed into a human shape. Although this blood figure had a human head and limbs, it lacked facial features. Just after forming, the blood figure lunged at Pangu. Pangu naturally sensed the blood figure's sinister nature and thus did not recklessly touch it. Instead, he used his Spiritual Power to condense a palm strike aimed at the figure. However, the blood figure was like a void, the palm strike of condensed Spiritual Energy flashed past, leaving the blood figure unharmed.
Then, the blood figure charged in front of Pangu, who didn't dodge but instead raised the pulse axe in his hand and fiercely chopped down. This chop was using The Third Form of the Chaos Five Decisions, Life Baptism. The axe struck right on top of the blood figure's head, and then the figure was cleaved in two by Pangu, followed by an immense, rich Life Force spewing out from the giant axe, instantly purifying the bisected blood figure into nothingness.
After a slight sigh of relief, Pangu felt rather uneasy about the blood figure. Luckily, with the pulse axe and the aid of the Chaos Five Decisions, Pangu found the blood figure to be of little threat. He then turned his attention back to Luo Chen and Qian Shang. Pangu's gaze made Luo Chen and Qian Shang feel a chill down their spines. However, before they could feel alarmed, Pangu had once again swung the giant axe in his hand while his figure instantly vanished. When he reappeared, he was already behind Luo Chen and Qian Shang, who were still staring at the spot where Pangu had disappeared, as if they hadn't reacted yet.
Next, Pangu swung the pulse axe horizontally, intending to slice both Luo Chen and Qian Shang in two at the same time. With Pangu's current level of Cultivation, this would be no problem. It seemed to Luo Chen and Qian Shang that Pangu had already vanished, highlighting the difference between a Heavenly Venerable Mid Grade powerhouse and a Nine Patterns Supreme. Once Pangu got serious, Luo Chen and Qian Shang had no chance of resisting, although they still had their own reliance, which now seemed hopeless.
But just as Pangu's pulse axe had already sliced into Qian Shang's waist, having cut a third through, Pangu's movement suddenly froze. It was only then that Qian Shang realized what had happened due to the intense pain in his waist. As he looked down in shock at his waist where the pulse axe had sliced a third into his side, Qian Shang was terrified—any deeper and he would certainly be dead.
Luo Chen also reacted instantly, turning around in haste. When he saw Pangu frozen in place and Qian Shang nearly bisected at the waist, Luo Chen was also greatly frightened.
"Old King, you're too slow," Luo Chen said as he quickly went beside Qian Shang, supporting him and moving him off the giant axe. As the axe left the wound on his waist, blood spurted wildly; Luo Chen hurriedly tore off his clothes and haphazardly bandaged the massive wound. At this moment, Qian Shang was on the verge of fainting from the severe pain and blood loss. Luo Chen took out an Elixir from his arms and fed it to Qian Shang, then hurriedly landed and treated Qian Shang's wound. If not treated immediately, the wound so severe would surely mean death for Qian Shang.
Meanwhile, the battle on the other side had already ended. With the cultivation of a Heavenly Venerate's Peak, Ziling had almost instantly killed eight of the Nine Kirin with one move each. He was now single-handedly slaughtering the Demon Clan's claimed most elite one hundred and twenty thousand strong army. On another front, Ling Weiyang had successfully merged, and though he appeared unchanged, Yue Huangquan could feel that Ling Weiyang's Cultivation had reached the Heavenly Venerable Mid Grade, the same as his own. (The novel "Great Demon Sun Wukong" will have even more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% prize draw waiting for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" in the top right corner, select "Add Friends", search for the public account "qdread" and follow to not miss out!)(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
