Below the rod where nothing was in contact with it, ripples were expanding from the void after being crushed by that energy, where cracks and shatters appeared.
However, when the vibrating ripples were spread till a certain distance, it immediately stopped, as if it was being blocked by something shapeless.
The energy did not leak out substantially. Instead, everything was compressed into a small area within the void. The energy became even more condensed, and even more horrifying!
Yan Zhaoge even felt that the world in front of his eyes seemed to have frozen. Everything became solid, which rendered him unable to move.
A part of the world seemed to have changed its form under the opponent’s rod.
The strength of this attack from the black Bull Demon, Gao Ling was so strong it seemed to vaguely resemble the effects during time where Yan Zhaoge used the Cyclic Heavenly Seal to fight against the Candle Sunlight Emperor, Immortal Court Frigid Thunder Emperor Ruan Mingyan and the others.
“As expected of the Demon Race who are famous for their strength.” Yan Zhaoge nodded and praised.
He still held only one of his hands up. He used his own flesh to receive Gao Ling’s rod’s attack!
Taiyi Fist’s fist intent was condensed, and formed into a form of defence. It cancelled the killing power forcefully brought by the iron rod.
The force of Taiji Yin Yang Palm expanded, and drew the huge impact force to the bottom of his feet.
He performed an uppercut using the Cyclic Heavenly Seal, and continued confronting him directly.
With a casual strike of Yan Zhaoge’s palm, many kinds of profundities of supreme arts were contained within. He effortlessly stopped the iron rod from lowering any further.
When the iron rod came in contact with Yan Zhaoge’s palm, the iron rod which had the force enough to make the heavens crumble was frozen in place, and could not move any further.
Between the iron rod and his palm, the compressed and shattered void immediately caused Yan Zhaoge to grab the nihility within.
The strength of the Cyclic Heavenly Seal capable of reversing heaven and earth was executed.
The uppercut to block the opponent’s rod was just the first half action. The next half had a “flipping” action. It would cause the opponent’s heavens and earth, and cause the whole world to be flipped over.
At first, when the black Bull Demon, Gao Ling’s explosive power was cancelled by Yan Zhaoge, he immediately felt a slight fatigue throughout his body.
The recoil from the iron rod almost made him unable to hold his own weapon firmly.
He felt like the rod had hit a divine mountain which would never ever crumble nor perish.
After he finished his attack, his opponent wasn’t moving at all, and yet his hands were both numb.
In all honesty, even a thousand year old ancient cliff or a ten thousand years old divine mountain would crumble under this rod’s attack.
However, not only did Yan Zhaoge not budge, a huge force was even transmitted from him. It seemed like Gao Ling’s whole body was almost flipped over.
If he didn’t want to be flipped, he would have to let go of the Reckless Iron Rod.
This caused Gao Ling to be shocked.
“Is he really just a Human Immortal? Even if it’s a True Immortal, no one can win me in terms of brute strength!”
At this moment, the black bull’s temper rose. He forcefully augmented his body with his strength, as he decided to never let go of the rod.
He grabbed the Reckless Iron Rod, and added in some strength to resist against Yan Zhaoge.
The two of them were standing in the void, and caused them to be in a stalemate.
The gap in their strength seemed to be very huge with how tiny and huge each of their figures were. Within the Pill Hall’s universe, they started a brawl in physical strength.
However, the hilarious thing was that the tinier figure seemed to not budge at all, while the huge figure seemed to be trembling slightly.
As time went on, the tremble became more and more obvious.
The black Bull Demon’s face and neck was red from trying to exert his force. He had no more demeanor of a Demon Immortal anymore. He seemed like he was at his limitation in an arm wrestling match. Amidst despair, he was desperately struggling to maintain his hand which was being pushed down by the opponent. However, it only resulted in him losing much slower.
“Not bad, being able to endure it for so long.” Yan Zhaoge smiled while holding the Reckless Iron Rod, “Excellent, very excellent. Your meat must be more tender. You look delicious.”
When Gao Ling heard it, his eyes widened, and his eyeballs seemed like they were going to escape.
Yan Zhaoge smiled and shook his head. On his hand which was holding onto the iron rod, magnificent energy was constantly being emitted from it continuously as if it had no end to it.
Finally, Gao Ling couldn’t handle it any longer.
He still didn’t want to let go of the iron rod. In the end, he was flipped by Yan Zhaoge, and he spun in mid-air.
At this moment, it was Gao Ling’s turn to experience the compression from all directions in the void, which rendered him unable to move.
He let out a thunderous roar, and reverted back to his original form.
However, before he could raise his head, Yan Zhaoge’s other hand pressed onto the black Bull Demon’s head.
If the bull doesn’t drink water, you press their head to force them to drink [1].
With Yan Zhaoge’s palm pressing on him, the black bull wasn’t able to move at all despite having all four hooves of his manifested. He couldn’t even lift his own head.
After weighing the Reckless Iron Rod that was now in his hands, Yan Zhaoge seemed to be interested, “This is a great material to be used for reinforcing Immortal Artifact.”
On the other side, the Fox Demon who was a tenth-level Demon King was taken down by He Mian.
As for the other Demon Immortal Fox Demon, her tail was pierced through by the Cloud Conquest Emperor’s sword, and she was also being nailed by the void.
There was nothing within the void of the universe to begin with. However, as if there was a shapeless wall, it nailed the Fox Demon who had reverted back to her original form, and left her hanging there.
The three great Demon Immortals and a Demon King was instantly captured.
The two cows were in defiance, but the two foxes were being very docile. Facing Yan Zhaoge and the other’s questions, they could only tell them everything honestly.
Just like what they had expected, these demons already knew about the Pill Hall’s hall spirit possessing its own intelligence.
Of course, they didn’t know about it beforehand. They were only aware of it after they came in.
“With our grandfather around, we naturally don’t have to be afraid of the Pill Hall’s hall spirit.” The younger Fox Demon put up a fierce front, “Our grandfather was living in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace before the Grand Calamity. He’s considered as an acquaintance with this Pill Hall’s hall spirit.”
“Within this Pill Hall, we are considered half of its owner!”
[1] A Chinese idiom which meant using brute force to force your enemy into submission.
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“Grandfather? Lived in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace before?” Yan Zhaoge touched his chin and started thinking.
He looked at the two black Bull Demons, and looked at the two Fox Demons, “You both don’t seem like husband and wife or partners. However, this combination reminded me of a famous great demon.”
Cloud Emperor and He Mian’s eyes flickered, “Great Sage who Pacifies Heavens, Bull Demon King?”
Bull Demon King, also known as Bull Demon King of Great Strength or King of Great Strength. He called himself the Great Sage who Pacifies Heaven.
Now, this title had become an existence that was from a my
th. Many people of the current era would have difficulty recognising its existence.
However, no matter if it was Yan Zhaoge who had read through the books of Heavenly Court, or Cloud Conquest Emperor and his disciple who were of the Prime Clear lineage, they both knew what this title meant.
Great Sage who Pacifies Heaven. He was one of the rulers who ruled over a part of the great thousand worlds, and was the authoritative figure of the Demon Race. His strength was omnipotent, and he was a prestigious figure.
Despite being captured, the two black Bull Demons kept their waists straight, and had a prideful expression on their face.
However, when they remembered that they were captured alive as a Demon Immortal by a bunch of human Martial Saint, it was too shameful for them. They immediately felt dejected.
Other than the bull’s cultivation, there were other things which made him famous during the Journey to the West era. One of them was his child, and the other was the matter which happened between his wife and concubine.
There was no need to mention about his wife, the Iron Fan Princess.
Other than his wife, the bull had a concubine. Her name was Jade Faced Princess, and she stayed in the Accumulated Thunder Mountain’s Sky Scraping Cave.
She was a Fox Demon.
When he saw the bull and fox combination, Yan Zhaoge and the other’s first reaction was that they were the descendants which were related to the Bull Demon King and the Jade Faced fox.
Not because they were Bull Demon King and the Jade Faced Princess’s descendants. Instead, thanks to this pair of husband and wife, the Bull Demons and the Fox Demons became very close with each other.
During the time when the Demon Race was slowly becoming extinct, the races got much closer to one another in order to help each other in times of need.
If the ancestors of a race could have a relationship with someone of another race, it meant that the ancestors approved of their race. Naturally, it would be much easier to cooperate with each other.
After that, many husbands and wives cultivation duo emerged between the Bull Demon race and the Fox Demon race.
“However…” Yan Zhaoge observed the two foxes, “You both don’t seem to be of the Jade Faced Fox Clan. You resemble the White Faced Fox Clan more.”
Cloud Conquest Emperor looked at Yan Zhaoge, “Fallen Deity seems to have a deep understanding about the Demon Race.”
After that, his gaze fell upon the two foxes, “Indeed. They’re the White Faced Fox Race, not the Jade Face Fox Race. If they are the White Faced Fox Race, then the grandfather that lived in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace…”
Yan Zhaoge clapped, “Longevity God’s White Deer!”
Longevity God, the god that controls the lifespan of humans.
In some myths, he was the same person as one of the Four Imperials of Daoism, Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor.
However, in this world, the two of them were different bigwigs of the Heavenly Court.
In the Journey to the West era, many kinds of myth were passed down through generations.
Other than the myths about the Bull Demon King and the Jade Faced Princess, there were also myths about Longevity God’s mount, the White Deer. According to the myth, when Longevity God and Emperor Dong Hua were playing chess together, it took the opportunity to privately descend to the Biqiu Kingdom, a human kingdom.
The White Deer teamed up with a White Faced Fox. The fox transformed itself into a meticulous beauty, and was presented to the king. Meanwhile, the White Deer lived by himself with the title being the king’s father-in-law.
After being subdued by the four people journeying to the west, Longevity God rescued him and brought him back to the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace after he was almost killed.
“It’s understandable if it’s Longevity God’s White Deer.” Cloud Conquest Emperor nodded, “Although the White Faced Fox Clan and the Jade Faced Fox Clan have some differences, they are both of the Fox Race. Naturally, they would be much closer compared to their bonds with other races.
Yan Zhaoge muttered, “Seems like during the Great Calamity, the White Deer escaped from the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace, and returned back to the Demon Race.”
“If that’s the case, Longevity God wasn’t as fortunate. He might have perished during the Grand Calamity…”
Longevity God controlled the longevity of humans, and possessed the same longevity as the heavens to begin with. However, the famous luck star’s life expectancy turned into zero because of the Great Calamity.
As they thought about this, the three of them seemed to have felt something.
The younger Fox Demon snorted and asked, “Do you know how great he is now?”
Yan Zhaoge complimented, “Even such an old demon has come out of seclusion. Seems like your Demon Race were really quietly observing changes during the past few years.”
It was highly possible that the White Deer demon was the leader of the Demon Race that came to the Pill Hall. Since it had lived in the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace for so many years, he must have had many clues about the Pill Hall.
The White Faced Fox that cooperated with him was beaten to death at that time. However, because of how close the White Faced Fox Demon was with him, the White Deer was friendly to them.
It was no wonder why they called the White Deer their grandfather.
The White Faced Fox Clan and Jade Faced Fox Clan were like siblings. Because of the past, the Jade Faced Fox Clan and the Bull Race’s relationship were quite close. This time, they also brought the Bull Race with them as helpers.
Although there was no Jade Faced Fox among the four of these demons, it was obvious that the Demon Race who followed the White Deer into the Pill Hall weren’t just these four people alone.
“Although it isn’t the Great Sage who Pacifies Heaven, the Bull Demon King, he’s still an old demon.” Yan Zhaoge and the others looked at each other. They finally knew where the Demon Race got their confidence from.
Because of all the big matters that happened in every era, it was a habit to refer to the ancient eras as the Investitures of the Gods.
After that, the mid-ancient era would be referred to as the Journey to the West Era.
After that, with the transcendence of the Mystical Mountain Buddha, Gautama Buddha as a symbol, the New Era had started.
Now, it was the New Era.
However, because of the Great Calamity which caused such a drastic influence, and had almost destroyed the heavens and earth, everyone was used to using the Great Calamity as a division. They classified the era before it as the Pre-Modern Era, and the era after the Great Calamity as the Modern Era.
If it was really the mount of Longevity God, the White Deer, it was naturally different from any normal Great Demons, considering how it lived from the mid-ancient era.
It was not necessary one would become stronger the longer they live.
This deer seemed quite useless in the Journey to the West myth. However, how strong or weak someone was depends on who they were being compared with.
The mount Lord Longevity Godin the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace wasn’t some wild deer adopted from the wilderness.
At the very least, Yan Zhaoge knew that the White Deer’s strength was considered exceptional way before the Great Calamity. It was much stronger than many of the Immortals within the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace.
That was excluding the fact that he stole Longevity God’s Wyvern Sceptre when he descended into the mortal realm.
If the sceptre fell into his hands again, the outcome would be unimaginable.
Without exaggeration, without the hall spirit included, everyone among the hall wouldn’t be able to defeat the deer even if they worked together.
“That old deer isn’t afraid of the damaged Pill Hall hall spirit to begin with. Now that the hall spirit is risking its life to rush the ritual, it would currently be in its weakest state. This gave the old deer even more chances.” Yan Zhaoge loo
ked at Cloud Emperor and his disciple, “However, it might also be an opportunity for us.”
“Just that the two of them have the possibility of working together.”
Cloud Conquest Emperor said, “Since we’re here, I’m unwilling to return empty-handed.”
“Then we should utilize our time efficiently.” Yan Zhaoge smiled as he said. He grabbed the black Bull Demon, Gao Ling, and tossed him to the side of the Cloud Emperor.
Cloud Emperor raised his sword, and slashed it downwards. Gao Ling widened his eyes. Before he could even let out a sound, his huge head was decapitated.
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The three other demons were in a daze when they saw the scene. After that, they felt a chill down their spine.
The opponent already knew that their side had a top-notch expert accompanying them in the journey to the Pill Hall, and yet they still seemed to have no fear when decapitating him.
Since they killed Gao Ling, it meant that they wouldn’t hesitate to kill the other three of them.
The Fox Demon laughed tragically, “Excellent, excellent, excellent! Since all of you dare to kill us, that means all of you still want to fight with our grandfather over this Pill Hall. You’re all digging your own graves, and our grandfather will surely bury you all deep down! We sisters will go a step ahead, and will be waiting for you on the road to hell!”
“Too much blabbering.” The Cloud Conquest Emperor shook his head. He slashed with his sword three times and peacefully pierced the black Bull Demon and the two Fox Demons to death.
Yan Zhaoge said, “Let’s not delay any further. Let’s quickly depart.”
The three of them continued their journey to the medicine storage.
While Yan Zhaoge was advancing, a part of his concentration was on the Cloud Conquest Emperor. He was staying alerted.
For the Cloud Emperor, he desired a top-grade furnace like the Profound Sky Purple Golden Furnace.
Compared to it, the other resources and treasures in the Pill Hall paled in comparison.
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