Pangu the Supreme Lord shook his shoulders frantically, anxiety tightening his chest, trying to fling the "Chaos Immortal Spirit" off, but the little creature clung to him like stubborn glue.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of his right shoulder was gnawed away.
"Eee-yah!" The little thing emitted joyful sounds from its mouth from time to time.
"Bang!" Pangu the Supreme Lord’s face twisted into a grimace as his left palm, suddenly enveloped by nine dazzling golden celestial stars, savagely slammed down onto the little creature’s back.
However, this attack, launched by the soul, dissolved like a clay ox entering the sea upon contact with the little one's body, inflicting absolutely no damage.
"Bang!" "Bang..." Pangu the Supreme Lord unleashed several more fierce strikes.
The chubby little body of the "Chaos Immortal Spirit" remained utterly unharmed, while his right shoulder was completely consumed.
Immediately after, the creature’s bright, dark eyes fixed upon his head, and with a bite, a piece of his skull vanished.
"Old man, stop trying.
You can’t leave until your soul is entirely devoured." Nie Kong’s tone held a clear trace of mockery.
"You don't need to be too distressed, either.
If you have remnants of your soul or a fēnshēn left in the Supreme Lord Spirit Realm, you won’t truly perish even if the soul in this body is eaten.
Perhaps in a few thousand years, you could cultivate yourself back to the Supreme Lord realm." "Nie Kong, your...
thoughts are truly malicious!" At this moment, a flicker of sheer terror finally broke through Pangu the Supreme Lord’s composure, as his recent attempts had confirmed Nie Kong’s assertion entirely.
In truth, he had hidden a Ninth-Rank Star God fēnshēn within the Supreme Lord Spirit Realm; even if this main Supreme Lord body perished, he would not truly die.
But the chasm between being a Supreme Lord and a Ninth-Rank Star God was immense.
If he truly fell from the Supreme Lord realm to that of a Ninth-Rank Star God, the staggering drop could drive a person mad.
Moreover, whether his Ninth-Rank Star God fēnshēn could ever achieve the Supreme Lord status again after the main body’s demise was uncertain.
Fortunately, despair had not yet set in.
Staring at Nie Kong with chilling, yīn-cold eyes, Pangu the Supreme Lord’s face contorted: "It won't be so easy to devour this old man's entire soul, Nie Kong.
I will absolutely not let you succeed." At almost the same instant, directly in front of Nie Kong's body, Pangu the Supreme Lord’s original form suddenly snapped its eyes open and roared, "Brother Chongxu, you and I must strike together!
We will shatter the ‘Violet Luo Space’ within Nie Kong’s soul and seal both the remnant soul and the Chaos Immortal Spirit hidden inside it." As he spoke, Pangu the Supreme Lord pulled his right hand, and the golden shroud covering Nie Kong’s body immediately swelled violently, resembling a colossal golden bell.
His palm struck the golden shield with lightning speed, the sound of piercing metal and cracking stone reverberating in powerful, wave-like surges that battered Nie Kong's soul.
If only he could shatter the ‘Violet Luo Space’...
And seal Nie Kong along with the Chaos Immortal Spirit hidden within, the crisis facing his soul would naturally be resolved.
"That is precisely my intention." Chongxu the Supreme Lord nodded solemnly, his expression grave.
His immense, fiery-red aura instantly morphed into a monstrously vast mountain peak, howling as it shot forth.
However, moments later, this fiery-red mountain peak, resembling a celestial meteor, did not descend upon Nie Kong.
Instead, with blinding speed, it smashed fiercely into the head of Pangu the Supreme Lord.
"Bang!" Pangu the Supreme Lord's colossal frame instantly collapsed by half, and terrifying residual energy burst forth madly, tearing the surrounding void into shards.
"Chongxu?" Pangu the Supreme Lord was consumed by shock and rage.
He had never dreamed that Chongxu the Supreme Lord would suddenly attack him at this critical juncture.
His soul was being gnawed by the "Chaos Immortal Spirit," and his focus had been entirely on Nie Kong, lowering his guard against Chongxu to its absolute minimum, allowing the sneak attack to succeed instantly.
But though Pangu was not the strongest of the Supreme Lords, he was, after all, the first Supreme Lord to encounter the "Chaos Immortal Spirit," and he reacted immediately.
"Boom!" Nine colossal celestial stars shot out from above Pangu the Supreme Lord's head, shoving the fiery-red mountain peak back by several meters.
But since Chongxu had chosen to act, how could he allow his target to escape so easily?
"Ohm!" With a fierce hum, the net of fire covering a space spanning dozens of li instantly contracted, then split in two, enveloping Nie Kong and Pangu the Supreme Lord separately.
Once covered by the fire net, the fiery-red mountain peak seemed to gain countless times its weight.
Almost the moment it bounced up, it slammed down again heavily, instantly crushing Pangu the Supreme Lord within its bulk.
The nine celestial stars transformed into a dense golden light, carving out a sliver of space for him.
"Chongxu, what are you trying to do?" Pangu the Supreme Lord’s eyes blazed with fury as he roared.
"What am I trying to do?
Naturally, I intend to seal you." Chongxu the Supreme Lord smiled serenely.
"Chongxu, I never imagined you would be so utterly yīnxiǎnwúchǐ (treacherously devious)!
We haven't even fully sealed Nie Kong and the Chaos Immortal Spirit, and you are already impatient enough to strike against me!" Pangu the Supreme Lord’s rage toward Chongxu now overshadowed the fear of his soul being devoured; he looked as if he wanted to tear Chongxu to pieces.
"Yīnxiǎnwúchǐ?" Hearing those four words, Chongxu the Supreme Lord couldn't help but narrow his eyes, finding the accusation rather amusing.
"Pangu, don’t tell me you stationed those large numbers of Seventh-Rank and above Star Gods in the Central Domain of the Supreme Lord Spirit Realm just to welcome you back in the future?
In the end, I simply acted before you did." Pangu the Supreme Lord laughed in fury: "Chongxu, then what about your Grand Beginning Void God Formation?
Was it truly only intended to siphon the souls of all living beings from the Heavenly Spirit Continent and the Underworld?
I presume that once you emerged from this Void Secret Realm, you would personally oversee the formation and absorb my soul as well, wouldn't you?" "You are correct!" Chongxu the Supreme Lord offered no denial, speaking slowly and deliberately.
"Pangu, you only have yourself to blame for being too greedy.
If you hadn't been so intent on snatching the Chaos Immortal Spirit ahead of me, how could you have fallen for Nie Kong's scheme, had your soul sucked dry by the Chaos Immortal Spirit, and become unable to escape?" "Such a fine opportunity, how could I not cherish it?
Pangu, we have called each other brothers for over ten millennia; it might as well be seen as fulfilling our brotherhood for you to quietly accept my seal.
Since you left a Ninth-Rank Star God fēnshēn in the Supreme Lord Spirit Realm, you won't truly vanish anyway." "As for Nie Kong and the Chaos Immortal Spirit, you needn't worry about them anymore." "After refining your main Supreme Lord body, I can step into the Great Unity Realm in one stride.
In the future, using the Grand Beginning Void God Formation to temper Nie Kong's divine power, I will refine both him and the Chaos Immortal Spirit, easily crossing that final half-step, and my strength will even far surpass that of the original Chaos Immortal Spirit..." "Chongxu, you are too cruel!" Pangu the Supreme Lord roared like a wounded beast, his body erupting with layers of golden celestial stars, forcing the surrounding golden space to expand continuously.
However, this transformation was like the final, desperate burst of a dying flame.
"Boom!" Chongxu the Supreme Lord flicked his right hand lightly, and the mountain peak within the fire net rapidly swelled a thousandfold, immediately squeezing the golden space around Pangu the Supreme Lord by half...