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Chapter 2: The Four Ferocious Beasts, the Essence of Life
Chapter 2 The Four Ferocious Beasts, the Essence of Life
"Cough cough cough..."
Fuxi coughed a few times and looked at Nuwa, saying, "The path ahead for Haoying and the other four is already very clear. They don't need my guidance anymore. As cultivators at the peak of True Immortal, they are already powerful figures capable of dominating a region in the world today. Too much guidance will only affect their choices..."
Looking into Nuwa's calm and unwavering eyes, Fuxi found himself unable to continue speaking.
"Okay, I've been researching other things all these years and haven't had time to teach them, so I'm not in a position to say anything to you."
Fuxi said with some helplessness, "I have known Nuwa for tens of millions of years. We know each other inside and out. Nuwa probably knows the truth of what I say even better than I do."
"Other research? Are you giving up on your innate pure Yang essence and admitting defeat?"
As Nuwa listened to Fuxi's words, a cold glint appeared in her calm eyes. After fighting with Fuxi for so many years, her obsession was to defeat him, and Fuxi's willingness to admit defeat was the last thing she wanted to see.
"Admit defeat? Impossible. You don't have the ability to make me admit defeat. I just don't want to limit my path to Pangu."
"I have my own path. The Primordial Pure Yang Dao can only serve as a reference for me, not as my foundation. Of course, even if I no longer want the Primordial Pure Yang Dao, I cannot hand it over to you unless you have the strength to subdue me."
"That's good. It would be too boring if you gave up."
Nuwa's cool and aloof face revealed a smile, pure and flawless, with unparalleled beauty.
If Li Lu's "The Ultimate Beauty of Heaven and Man" magnifies the human pursuit of beauty to the extreme, then Nuwa's beauty encompasses countless kinds of beauty in all living things in the world.
The graceful beauty of women, the agility and nimbleness of beasts, the splendor and nobility of birds, the dazzling brilliance of stars, the vastness and grandeur of mountains and rivers, the clear and bright sky...
Looking at Nuwa was like watching countless beauties bloom in the world at once. This beauty that touched the depths of the soul was so captivating that even Fuxi could not ignore it and was momentarily lost in thought.
"Your mastery of the Dao of Life and Creation is becoming increasingly formidable."
Fuxi looked at Nuwa with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He and Nuwa had fought and discussed the Dao twice over the years, with one win and one loss. This was the third time.
Every time Fuxi met Nuwa, he could sense that a tremendous change had taken place in her.
In their first encounter, Fuxi used every trick in the book to barely defeat Nuwa. In their second encounter, Fuxi was not in peak condition and lost.
This is his third confrontation with Nuwa. Even though the two have not yet clashed, Fuxi has already sensed a great threat from Nuwa.
Fuxi had initially believed that his strength, having rebuilt his foundation over the years, had increased dramatically and should be enough to suppress Nuwa. However, it now appears that the difference in strength between him and Nuwa remains unchanged.
"I have switched to cultivating the Way of Life and Creation, and you have also switched to cultivating the Way of Mind and Soul."
"In the past, our two duels were decided by the two Great Daos of Pure Yang and Profound Yin. This time, I'd like to see what your understanding of the Dao of the Soul is like."
Nuwa radiated countless rays of light, and the essence of life that transcended everything emerged from her body. Fuxi frowned and immediately felt the changes in his own body and internal organs.
At this moment, his physical body and essence seemed to break free from his control, twisting into other forms, transforming into all sorts of wondrous creatures, and returning to Nuwa's side.
A ray of spiritual light shone from between Fuxi's brows, and the great power of heaven and man drew upon the power of the nine heavens and nine earths to forcefully suppress the restlessness of his internal organs and flesh.
Seeing that lush grass and countless ancient vines and trees had instantly appeared beneath Nuwa's feet, Fuxi shook his head: "Our foundations have only just been rebuilt. To act now would risk shaking our very foundations."
The innate pure Yang power burst forth from Fuxi's palm, and the ten great suns transformed into a vast expanse of golden-white flames, igniting all the countless snake-patterned vines that had coiled around him.
The immense power of life and death transformed into a halo of light that slashed down, a sharp edge piercing through the claw of a black-scaled beast that had been struck down.
A roar shattered the layers of golden-white flames that swept in, and a ferocious beast, a hundred feet long, with the body of an ox, the mouth of a tiger, the fur of a hedgehog, the wings of a roc, and the claws like hooks, burst out from the broken flames. The beast's claws, which had been pierced by the sharp edge of life and death, had been completely restored at some point.
The beast's claws slammed down, and the earth cracked open with a deafening roar. The endless flames in front of Fuxi transformed into a massive, exploding fiery tornado, blasting away the ferocious beast that was lunging at him with its gaping maw.
The golden-white pure yang fire burned fiercely on the ferocious beast's body, constantly scorching its flesh and essence.
However, the pure yang fire, powerful enough to scorch the heavens and boil the seas, only burned the scales of the ferocious beast to ashes. Although the flesh and blood of the beast were turned to ash by the flames, they quickly regenerated.
Layers of flesh and black scales rolled and grew on the beast's body. Soon, the blazing pure yang fire could no longer harm the beast, which was adapting to the heat and intensity of the pure yang fire at an extremely terrifying speed.
"The ferocious beast Qiongqi?"
Fuxi looked at the black-scaled beast that was crawling and growling before him, and then looked at Nuwa with some surprise.
Chaos, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu are innate ferocious beasts formed from the boundless evil and turbidity of the primordial world.
The Four Fiends are no weaker than innate gods and demons like Fuxi and Nuwa. Countless people in the primordial world have died at the hands of these Four Fiends.
These four ferocious beasts were notorious throughout the primordial world, and even ordinary innate gods and demons were not necessarily their match.
The four ferocious beasts have no intelligence whatsoever and have committed great evils. Not long ago, Fuxi even predicted in his calculations of the heavens that these four ferocious beasts would face a great calamity. Unexpectedly, the calamity of these four ferocious beasts actually refers to Nuwa.
"Not long ago, I made a breakthrough in my research on the Great Dao of Creation, and I killed these four ferocious beasts and refined them into the Four Divine Forms."
Nuwa stepped onto Qiongqi's head, looked down at Fuxi, and said lightly.
"Over the years, I have delved into the Great Dao of Creation and come to understand the four origins of life. The four ferocious beasts are inherently yin and turbid, which is exactly what I created as the four origins of life. The Qiongqi Great God Form carries the origin of evolution among the four origins of life."
The Great God Qiongqi stared intently at Fuxi, all the burns on his body having healed completely in just a few breaths.
The evolution of life was the first life trait that Nuwa realized. The Qiongqi Great God has the ability to recover quickly after being attacked, and also has the ultimate evolutionary ability to evolve a defensive system or even a counterattack system in an extreme amount of time based on the opponent's attack attributes.
The essence of life is continuous evolution and transcendence. The power of the Great God Qiongqi is far greater than when it was a ferocious beast.
The beast's claws slammed down, blasting countless deep craters into the earth. The Peng's wings flapped, and a hurricane roared in front of the Qiongqi God, with sand mixed in the hurricane like countless sharp blades ploughing deep scratches into the earth.
The extreme yin and turbid killing aura combined with the boundless life essence, and after a few breaths, the black scales on the Qiongqi Great God's body had transformed into layers of semi-transparent heavy armor, and the boundless vitality on the beast's claws condensed into countless emerald green patterns.
The power of life and death once again transformed into a sharp edge, piercing through. This time, the life and death edge evolved by Fuxi failed to pierce through the body of the Great God Qiongqi. Within the semi-transparent heavy armor, there was a trace of Yin and Yang power. Instead, the life and death power evolved by Fuxi was devoured by the Yin and Yang power.
A low growl came from above. Fuxi looked at the Qiongqi, the great god, soaring in the sky, and the relaxed look in his eyes slowly faded: "Since you want to see my research over the years, then I'll show it to you."
Fuxi's blue robes fluttered, his power concentrated yet restrained. A powerful and pure force erupted from Fuxi's body. His fair and slender fingers clenched into a fist, and Fuxi unleashed a punch that instantly distorted the heavens and the void.
A dazzling rainbow tore through the sandstorm that shrouded Fuxi, and the Qiongqi Great God, which was swooping down, roared as Fuxi punched through its left wing, which was covered with blue and green patterns.
Blood splattered, but the Great God Qiongqi ignored his pierced left wing and fell at a speed that increased by 30%. The azure flames formed from the life essence in his mouth flickered with a destructive brilliance that could overshadow the sun, moon and stars.
"The flame of life."
Fuxi lowered his eyes, and five-colored light emanated from the five internal organs (liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys) in the center of his chest. The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth transformed into a beam of five-colored divine light that shot into the sky, blasting the Qiongqi Great God away.
Five-colored light, like a canopy, hung high above Fuxi's head. Fuxi looked at the Qiongqi Great God image that had been blown away tens of thousands of miles away, and slashed down with his right sword finger. The five-colored divine light condensed into a sword beam, blocking a fair jade hand in front of him.
The sword light rang out, and the sword light formed by the five-colored divine light could easily pierce even the image of the Great God Qiongqi. However, when faced with this fair jade hand, the Five Elements Sword Light that Fuxi had condensed with the essence of his five internal organs was easily grasped by this jade hand.
"When did you switch to cultivating the ultimate path of physical strength?"
Nuwa exerted a little force with her five fingers, completely extinguishing the five elements sword light gathered in her palm. She raised her head and looked at Fuxi, saying with some curiosity.
"There's been a problem with my reforging. The power of the five soul roots I created is temporarily difficult to unleash. So I can only spend some time cultivating the True Form Body Refinement Path to make up for some of my combat strength."
Fuxi's blue robe billowed, and five-colored divine light burst forth once more, as if five interconnected worlds were repelling the Qiongqi Great God who was attacking again.
The golden light penetrated deep into the earth, drawing upon the divine gold power of the mineral veins and transforming it into countless clusters of golden sword light.
The divine light of the Wood element merged into the surrounding flowers, grasses, and ancient trees, evolving into endless verdant spiritual light across the vast plains.
The divine light of water transformed into boundless rivers, with towering waves sweeping across the land and swallowing the heavens.
The divine light of fire drew upon the earth's lava, unleashing endless bursts of intense heat that scorched everything.
The divine light of the earth element spread out in ripples, causing countless mountains to tremble. The majestic mountain spirits condensed, like giant seals crashing down.
(End of this chapter)