Like always, Fárbuati was standing without moving in the middle of the arena. He didn't even look at me when I approached him.
Just when I was going to greet him, he said calmly, "This place used to bind a valkyrie named Göndul. Her binding was special, and extremely tough.
"This binding still stands to this day. Your test will be to fight me under that binding. The end of the test will be announced by me. Begin."
I only just heard the description of the battle and he didn't even give me the chance to prepare. But I guess that was a fault on my part. As a warrior, one should always be ready, even if it were a sparring match.
A terrifying force took hold of my body, and I felt it is extremely, if not impossible, hard to move even my hand. Fárbuati was not joking, the binding is extremely tough.
"Aww!" screamed Pangu, "If you want to test him then go ahead! Why do you want to test me too?!"
"You are affected too?" I said with gritted teeth, and that was enough for them to break. But they remained there, of course.
"The binding affects everyone on the arena in terms of body and mind. Spirits are no exception," said Fárbuati.
"Wait, you are under...the binding power...too?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Dude! How...are you...able to preserve!?"
"This child's play to me." With that, he sent a punch without any warning. But this time, I was prepared, but that didn't mean much as I couldn't move.
The Shockwave sent by the punch hit me, causing my body to ache. But I couldn't continue like that, I need to pass the test in order to get the piece. And that certainly wouldn't happen if I stayed paralyzed.
I put all my cultivation base energy and all my fleshly body power into use as I struggled to close my right hand into a fist and send out a punch.
If Fárbuati's punch could be compared to a vast sea, mine would be a tiny drop of water in that sea. When it reached him, it was like a gentle blow of wind, having no effect at all.
"Too weak," said Fárbuati.
"I am not finished yet!" I replied. "PANGU TRANSFORMATION!"
"Here we go," said Pangu and then fused with me. The world started to tremble and the temperature started to drop, although snow didn't fall because of the overall climate of the realm. Nevertheless, a wind vortex started forming around me as it reached the sky.
When the vortex disappeared, it revealed me with spiky white hair, completely white eyes with no pupils, and bare chested.
But that wasn't all, I pushed my fleshly body power to the extreme as a tail sprouted from behind. Now, the binding power was reduced to half, enabling me to counteract.
Lookin at Fárbuati, I saw a glint of approval in his eyes. Just a glint. But that was enough.
"This is our peak state!" said Pangu and I in mixed voice, where the voice came from the Heavens.
"The Pangu transformation... The state that I couldn't reach back then. Now that I see it, it is indeed interesting," murmured Fárbuati. "If only they could have reached it..."
They? There are others who could transform into this state? That aroused my interest to know who are these that have the same bloodline as me, but yet failed to turn themselves to this state.
But I knew that this is not the time to ask questions. It is the time to fight!