Chapter 256: Training - 256
Zhou Fan watched Pangu stand up while he was invisible. Pangu had finally broken into the 5th level of the core formation realm.
As he had for the foundation establishment realm, he planned on going outside the fiendcelestial village. He doubted that he would find anything worth fighting, so he planned on simply testing his new power against the world itself and training.
With the growth weapon axe, he would be able to train his weapon skills as well.
He also needed to find another place to live. His current house was too small for his new size and building a new house would waste too much time.
Pangu figured that, if he could find a good sized mountain and build a cave in the side of it, that would be the best case scenario.
As he stepped out of his house for the first time in a while, carelessly banging his head on the sturdy door frame as he walked out, Pangu saw that the village was flourishing much more than before.
It seemed that most people had adjusted to life after the cultivation reset. Instead of staying inside and madly cultivating, they were now beginning to live their old lives and only cultivate in their free time.
Of course, that was mainly the people whose jobs did not rely on strength or power. Those such as warriors and guards were still training, and hunters rarely went outside of the village in case the beast's strength surpassed theirs due to laziness.
Pangu walked through the streets that were now as lively as before. Of course, it was still rare to see more than ten people in one place due to the low population of fiendcelestials, but it was what Pangu was used to.
Pangu reached the side of the mountain fairly soon. Instead of climbing with extreme effort, Pangu began to float off of the ground.
Before the cultivation reset, he and others would usually just jump over the mountain in a single leap, but he was still too weak for that.
Pangu effortlessly flew over the mountain, much to the surprise of the villagers in the village, and landed on the other side.
He briefly took in his surroundings before flying up again towards a certain direction. In that direction was the closest mountain range to the Fiendcelestial village.
That mountain range was once home to powerful beasts that made most fiendcelestials tread carefully, but now, Pangu could force his way in there without the slightest bit of resistance.
Unlike before the cultivation reset, where he was born along already powerful fiendcelestials and beasts, Pangu was able to experience the feeling of starting at an equal time to others.
Instead of fighting from the bottom, he was walking along the top. Such an experience resembled Zhou Fans, except for the fact that Pangu had years of experience and there were actually those before him.
As if he was playing life on easy mode, Pangu reached the center of the mountain range and ran the beast off before beginning his training.
He started by punching large mountains to test his pure strength. Most fiendcelestials, similar to the barbarians, fought physically. Pangu was no exception.
When his fist connected with a mountain, a large hole was blown into it. The hole was about Pangu's size, which reached 75 feet tall.
Like he had in the past, it was about time to make a house outside the village regardless. Due to size, there was a rule that stated all nascent soul and above fiendcelestials would live outside of the village, unless they reached the void traversing realm.
Pangu punched the mountain a few more times, making a mess out of the mountain's face. Luckily, it was made of materials at the foundation establishment realm. Even if Pangu used Qi, he would not be able to completely destroy it without large amounts of time.
Once he was satisfied using his physical strength, he tested his Qi's. His fiend Qi had become much stronger, and he had already tested his sky Qi when flying over to the mountains.
Next, he grabbed his axe out of his spatial ring, both of which had become bigger with him, and swung it a bunch.
His axe training routine had become, stand still, swing the axe a thousand times, comprehend the experience of swinging, repeat.
As day turned into night and night turned into day, Pangu stood still and practiced with his axe.
In total, he spent 7 days on his first axe training session. He had previously lost his skilled use of axe Qi due to the reset, but he was building it up again.
Using weapon Qi well required much more practice than normal Qi's. It was quite unusual, but Pangu had gotten used to it.
Zhou Fan, however, began to think. He had been constantly looking for ideas to improve cultivation.
It seemed that weapon Qi was something he should consider changing. Zhou Fan considered making it different from other Qi's.
Instead of absorbing sword Qi or other weapon Qi's from the atmosphere and into your body, it could be something based off of comprehension and practice.
Instead of being treated like a main part of cultivation, it could be the same as forging weapons, making arrays, and concocting pills. A side practice.
Zhou Fan liked the idea as he thought of it more, so he began to really consider adding something like that.
Meanwhile, Pangu was heading back to the village. He didn't want to spend too much time practicing and slow down his cultivation.
He stopped just in front of the walls. Instead of causing destruction in front of the village, he decided to fight Dave elsewhere. They were getting too strong to fight around others.
Pangu let his aura out and made it cover daves house. The intention behind it was clear, and Dave soon flew out of his house and out of the walls.
Before fighting, Pangu began to fly away.
"We will fight at the ice land." He said, not needing to explain.
The ice land was a stronger area in the fiendcelestial world.
Chapter 257: Traitor - 257
Since both Dave and Pangu were at the 5th level of the core formation realm, the ice lands, which was made of ice at the core formation realm, was the perfect place to fight.
Before long, both of them landed next to a giant spire of ice. The ice lands were mostly uninhabited, so it was silent.
Dave paid attention to Pangu's axe.
"Where did you get that?" Dave asked.
"No need for talk. This will be the last time we fight. I will completely win." Pangu said without moving his gaze.
Dave stopped talking as he and Pangu's gazes clashed one more time. Then, Pangu launched forward.
His first step created a dent in the layer of ice, but the ice was extremely thick and strong.
As he reached Dave, he was met with his fist covered in Fire Qi and fiendcelestial Qi. Pangu flew into the air and moved around Dave.
Sky Qi covered his body, causing him to be much faster than expected.
Dave only managed to turn around and see an axe covered in Fiend Qi in front of his body.
He managed to put his arm covered by fire Qi in the way of the axe, and the two collided.
With little resistance, the axe cut Dave's hand off. Then, the axe buried itself in Dave's chest. Both Pangu and Dave stood shocked for a second.
Dave fell onto the ice below him and stared at his injuries. The cut off arm, along with the axe in his chest, would likely prove to be fatal.
"I didn't expect you to be so weak." Pangu said as he looked upon the bleeding out Dave.
After the initial shock, Pangu did not feel much for Dave. He hated Dave. Dave was the cause of all his suffering before the cultivation reset.
In a way, Dave hated Pangu. It was mainly the closeness of all fiendcelestials that stopped him from killing Pangu. He also had to watch out for his reputation.
After twenty seconds, Dave's giant body was laid out on the ice. He was dead. It was sudden and pathetic.
Despite his hatred of Dave, Pangu was feeling a little worried. The fiendcelestials loved Dave. Pangu was essentially the only one who had any hatred for him.
He was a strong and charismatic leader, but Pangu had killed him. Pangu was not scared of the villagers attacking him, but he was worried about how they would react.
Besides Dave, there was no other suitable leader. The other fiendcelestial with god rank talent was reclusive, and Pangu had no interest in leading.
He considered not going back to the village, but he decided to let them know about the events that took place in the ice lands.
With his Sky Qi, the journey back to the village was quick. As he arrived, he stood in the middle of the village square. Luckily, it had been made huge, so his body did not take up that much space.
"All fiendcelestial report to the village square." He said, his voice traveling through the entire village.
Within a few moments, people were making their way to the village square. Making such an announcement was not a small matter.
It was only permitted if a serious or threatening event had taken place, something that the entire village needed to be quickly notified about.
After 3 minutes, not a single fiendcelestial within the village was outside of the village square.
Pangu and the other fiendcelstial with god rank meridians towered over everyone else. There were very few foundation establishment realm fiendcelestials, and the rest were Qi gathering fiendcelestials.
"Why have you called us here, Pangu?" The other fiendcelestial with god rank meridians asked.
Pangu looked at his fellow fiendcelestials one last time before speaking.
"Dave is dead." He spoke.
In an instant, all movement ceased. Everyone stood still, dumbfounded by Pangu's words.
Even the other fiendcelestial with god rank meridians was silent with widened eyes.
"How did he die!?" One of the fiendcelestials shouted in a panicked voice.
"Are we in danger?!" Another voice asked.
"Calm down, there is no danger." Pangu said, silencing the village square.
"I killed Dave." He said.
Another silence descended upon the fiendcelestial village.
Not long after Pangu spoke, faces of rage appeared on the fiendcelestials faces.
"How dare you?! How could you?! Why would you kill the leader of us all, a fellow fiendcelestial! He had been nothing but a brother and leader to us all!" One of the fiendcelestials at the foundation establishment shouted.
Even his voice was soon drowned out by the other fiendcelestials angry words.
"Quiet." The other fiendcelestial with god rank meridians, Leonardo, spoke. His voice instantly quieted everyone.
He looked at Pangu with a calm face, though anger was behind his eyes.
"Is there a good reason as to why you killed Dave?" He asked.
He knew that Pangu had been suppressed by Dave, but he felt that it was an event in the past and should be looked over for the good of the fiendcelestials.
"It was an accident. You may have noticed we had sparred, and we did that again, this time in the icelands." Pangu began to explain with a calm face. "We fought, and in one move, I accidentally killed him."
Suspicion was present on the faces of every Fiendcelestial. Dave had been the strongest and talented. It was unlikely that Pangu could kill Dave in one move and on accident.
"Yeah right!" One of the fiendcelestials shouted. "You probably sneak attacked him, or cheated."
Hearing his words, the fiendcelestials felt enlightened.
"That must be it! You filthy traitor!" Another fiendcelestial said.
Soon, voices once again filled the village square.
"Quiet." Leonardo spoke again.
SIlence descended.
"You know that you cannot stay here." He said.
Pangu nodded. It was expected.
"But you will not take away my name and status as Pangu and a fiendcelestial." Pangu added.
In the case of a traitor, there were rules set in place. Although only 2 traitors had existed before, the rules on it were strict and serious.
Removing someone's name and status as a fiendcelestial was one of the worst punishments besides death.
"If you truly swear that Daves death was an accident, you can leave unblemished." Leonardo spoke.
"Then follow me to the ice lands." Pangu said, turning away and flying to the sky, Leonardo close behind.
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