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.
Chapter 258: Oath - 258
The flight to the ice lands was very quick. Leonardo stood in front of the battlefield.
There were very few signs that a fight was even fought, but Dave's corpse showed that the battlefield was not tampered with.
After examining for a few minutes, Leonardo stood up and sighed. He had completely confirmed that Dave had died from a single blow.
He had also confirmed that there were no cheating attacks with the intent to kill. Dave had died fair and square.
"You are free to go. Don't let me catch you near the fiendcelestial village ever again." Leonardo said before flying away.
He took Dave's corpse with him. Pangu watched as Leonardo flew off.
'It seems that my time with the fiendcelestials is over.' He thought to himself before flying towards the opposite direction of the fiendcelestial village.
He had a pretty good understanding of the fiendcelestial world and was heading towards an area that he would have not stepped foot into before the reset.
After journeying for three days and three nights, he reached his destination. In front of him was a sinkhole so wide and deep that neither the other side nor the bottom could be seen.
Pangu jumped into it and ran down the near vertical wall. His footsteps created holes in the sturdy wall, scaring off any living thing that was in the occasional cave.
As he went deeper, the sinkhole got darker and darker. After 5 minutes, light appeared. Yellow crystals lined the sinkholes walls, providing very good lighting.
After 10 minutes, Pangu saw the opposite wall on the other side of the sinkhole, but it was still many miles away.
After 20 minutes, the sinkhole's other wall was ten miles away from Pangu. At the same time, a floor appeared. He had arrived at the sinkholes bottom. There were no more light crystals, so the surroundings were difficult to see.
Pangu landed on the ground and waited. After 3 minutes, Pangu heard movement not far from him.
"Why are you here fiendcelestial?" A snake-like voice asked.
"My name is Pangu. I have come to meet the beast emperor. I have no ill intent." Pangu said. He was looking in the direction of the beast that spoke.
"Well well well, if it isn't Pangu himself." The snake-like voice spoke sarcastically. "Why should the beast emperor meet with you?"
"That is between me and her." Pangu answered. "If she doesn't want to see me, I will leave, but do ask her."
"Fine." The snake-like voice responded before more movement was heard.
Then there was silence.
The beast talking to him had once been the 3rd strongest beast in the Fiendcelestial world.
Unfortunately, his talent was one rank below god rank, causing him to only be at the foundation establishment realm right now.
The beast was a half snake half humanoid beast. His upper body was similar to that of a human, with fangs, snake eyes, and a long tongue.
His lower body was that of a snakes.
The sinkhole was the main area of the beasts, equal to the fiendcelestial village for the fiendcelestials.
After a minute of silence, a large door appeared on a wall and opened in front of Pangu. It had been hidden by an array. The door was a thousand feet tall and golden light was spilling out of it.
Pangu easily fit inside and entered a hall. In that hall was a red carpet, a throne, and a few seats by the side. The walls were completely made of gold. Only the throne was occupied.
The hall was thousands of feet tall and thousands of feet wide. Even Pangu didn't seem that big in it.
After a moment, Pangu looked at the throne and clasped his hands with respect.
"Pangu greets the beast emperor." He said.
"Hello Pangu, we meet again." The beast emperor, a common gray house cat, answered.
Compared to Pangu, she was a thousand times smaller, but her power was equal.
Not only was she at the 5th level of the core formation realm, but her talent was at the supreme god rank.
Luckily, she had only had enough time to reach one level above Dave before the cultivation reset due to being born later.
In a battle between the Fiendcelestial village and the beasts long ago, she had fought Dave and Leonardo at the same time before retreating only due to deaths on the beast's side.
The beast king sat in her cat form and stared at Pangu. Her face looked innocent, but she was undoubtedly a threat.
"Hello Mira. I have come with an offer." Pangu spoke.
"And what would that be?" The beast king asked.
"I am willing to join the beasts." Pangu said.
Mira was clearly stunned at his words.
"Why?"
"Because I killed Dave." Pangu answered.
Mira was once again shocked. She did not know the extent of Pangu's talent.
"Well that is something. Let me guess, you are joining for safety?" Mira asked.
Pangu nodded.
"If the supreme beasts learn that I killed Dave and was kicked out of the fiendcelestial village, they may all surround me and kill me before I become stronger." Pangu said.
There were more supreme beasts with god rank and above talent than any other race.
Luckily, every major site had some sort of defense. The fiendcelestial village had a powerful shield that only needed to be activated with spirit stones, while the beasts had many unknown arrays on the way down the sinkhole, although many could not be activated without a powerful person.
If Pangu was away from the village, he could be surrounded and killed without worrying about anything.
"Then this is your best move. However, if you join, you must make an oath. Before that, I will ask you, would you be willing to kill another fiendcelestial?" Mira asked.
She knew that Dave and Pangu didn't get along, but killing someone you hate and someone you don't is an entirely different matter, especially when of the same race.
"Yes I can." Pangu responded.
"Then raise your hand high and repeat after me." She said.
"I Pangu, swear to you know who that I will not betray the beasts for a thousand years." Mira said.
"I Pangu, swear to Heaven that I will not betray the beasts for a thousand years." Pangu repeated.
Although nobody knew of the existence of heaven, the fiendcelestial world had accidentally learned about the oath system after some insane person went rambling on and was struck by lightning.
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