New Pets and Demonic Cores' Origin

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--- Chapter 233 ---

Yu Long stared at the handful of dust on his palm and blew them away casually. The dust drifted away like black particles, marking the end of the Heavenly King of Burning Venom.

Fu Zhong hovered behind Yu Long and watched the ravine created by the slash. He shivered because that wasn't the power of a man anymore.

That was the power of a GOD!

'As expected of Lord Shadow. He's our god and savior.' Fu Zong thought fanatically.

Yu Long waved his hand, "Sorry, I broke the dagger." 

"I will pay you back later, Old Man Fu Zhong." 

Fu Zhong shook his head frantically, "No, Lord Shadow." 

"What is mine is yours." 

"It's just a poor dagger. I can get it anytime in the warehouse." 

"On the contrary, I felt honored that my dagger can be useful for you." He patted his chest proudly.

Yu Long smiled because Fu Zhong was overthinking things. Besides his body and some Primordial-level weapons, he doesn't think any ordinary tool could withstand his power. The problem lies within [Art of Ghost]'s nature, a dark element that devours and consumes energy. 

Well, the misunderstanding already happened.

Yu Long glanced at the Heavenly King of Tempest and Heavenly King of the North, "What should I do with you two?" 

"I'm planning to put you in place." 

"But that would be bullying..." 

"Bullying is bad, right? Old Man Fu Zhong?" Yu Long asked with a teasing voice.

Fu Zhong grinned, "Of course, Lord Shadow." 

"Still, I think bullying is sometimes necessary because some people dare to challenge your order." 

Heavenly King of Tempest and Heavenly King of the North shivered upon hearing Fu Zhong's words. They have a horrible feeling about this.

Yu Long nodded and said, "Very well, then." 

"Hey, Little Bird and Little Turtle." 

"I will give you a chance like the one I gave to Little Snake." 

"Take one of my attacks. And if you are alive, you can go." 

The Heavenly King of Tempest panicked, "No, no, no..." 

"Mister, you must be joking." 

"We are just coming here to enjoy the weather." 

"Haha..." 

The Heavenly King of the North coughed, "Yes, please don't take your anger on us." 

"Burning Venom's action has nothing to do with us." 

"He's just a fool." 

Yu Long tilted his head and asked, "Is that so?" 

"Yes!" 2x. 

The two Heavenly Kings couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

To them, Yu Long currently looks and feels like the tallest mountain they couldn't cover. No matter how high they flew or how deep they dug, they wouldn't be able to pass it. 

Yu Long has reason to fight the Heavenly Kings. He wanted to test and see whether the Essence Spheres' influence in their evolution was subpar to the Kaiju evolution.

He has seen cases like Freya and Yona, but pure Profound Beasts who evolved with Essense Sphere are 'fundamentally' different. 

Yu Long grabbed his index finger and pulled a black-gold finger bone due to the Great Way of Buddha, which slowly reformed into a one-bladed knife through Bone Manipulation. 

Looking at the dark golden bone knife, Fu Zhong was shocked.

Fu Zhong could feel an immense power from it. 

Yu Long shook his finger a few times, and new finger bones regenerated, filling up his skin. He tested the bone knife by slashing the air and nodded in satisfaction. As expected, the best material to withstand Yu Long's power was 'naturally' his body.

The Heavenly King of Tempest and Heavenly King of the North stared at the small bone knife with a grimace. 

It was such a small knife, many times smaller than their own gigantic bodies, yet they could feel the dread of Grim Reaper's scythe from it.

They wanted to run but felt the same fate that the Heavenly King of Burning Venom experienced would fall on them, too.

The Heavenly King of Tempest clacked her beak. She knew there was no other choice than to fight. She glanced at the Heavenly King of the North and thought this old turtle should have the same realization. 

They glanced at each other and nodded. 

Since they can't run, they must attack first.

Yu Long watched countless tornados and water bubbles appearing in the Plain of Solitude. He smirked because he was very familiar with this sight.

"How nostalgic." 

"Given ten more years, they should be able to fuse with the Mutated Beast's bloodline and become Divine Beasts." 

"Unfortunately, time is not waiting for everyone, including me." 

Yu Long raised the bone knife and added, "Let's see if my hunting skill is rusty..." 

[Art of Thunder and Lightning - 1st Stage: Drum of Liberation]

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of thunderclaps echoed in the plain.

Everyone watched Yu Long disappear from his position and suddenly appear before the tornados and bubbles.

He was moving too fast for their senses to grasp. Even the Heavenly Kings, who had developed some degree of Divine Sense, couldn't catch Yu Long's movement.

"Just like Thunderstrike..." Chu Yueli commented while standing on the edge of Primordial Profound Ark. "You only a flicker of light before the drumming sounds of thunder emerge." 

"Is this the real form of [The Way of Thunderer]?"

"Amazing." Yona's eyes gleamed in awe.

"Is he going to be fine?" Xiao Lingxi asked, looking at Yu Long's lone figure worriedly.

Chu Yueli smiled and confidently answered, "Even if the Blue Pole Star crumbled, Master will survive." 

"Just look." 

Yu Long gathered the power of electricity in his bone knife and swung it at the incoming storm.

[Art of Thunder and Lightning - 2nd Stage: Lightning Cutter]

SHIIIIIING!

An extreme sharpness and fierce golden electricity sliced through all tornadoes and water bubbles.

"No way!" The Heavenly King of Tempest's eyes widened in shock.

"Shit!" The Heavenly King of the North cursed. 

Both Heavenly Kings knew they weren't weak. If not, they wouldn't be known as Heavenly Kings.

They aren't weak, Yu Long is just too goddamn STRONG!

Yu Long hovered in the air and froze, "Ah, that would be one attack." 

"I only have one attack left." 

"Hmm, let's see if I can hit them with one attack." 

[Art of Thunder and Lightning - 3rd Stage: Thunder Conqueror]

Swoosh!

A gigantic, massive avatar appeared behind Yu Long, wielding a golden lance of pure electricity.

"..." Heavenly King of Tempest.

"..." Heavenly King of the North. 

As Yu Long waved his bone knife, the avatar swung its intimidating golden lance, drawing stormy force toward the Heavenly Kings.

The Heavenly King of Tempest and Heavenly King of the North glanced at each other again. They nodded in determination and charged at Yu Long fearlessly.

Yu Long grinned in anticipation, but the reality is often disappointing. 

"GOD MASTER, PLEASE SPARE OUR LOWLY LIVES!" Both Heavenly Kings kneeled before Yu Long. 

Although Yu Long is just a minuscule-looking human, both gigantic beasts still show extreme fear while bowing on the ground.

"..." Yu Long looked down speechlessly.

Oy, where is your little pride?

I'm just playing around for a bit, and you surrendered already?

Yu Long snapped his finger, and the avatar behind him stopped its golden lance from killing the Heavenly Kings. 

He sighed, "I will spare your lives." 

"But you have to answer a few questions first." 

"Please ask anything, God Master!" The Heavenly Kings answered simultaneously. "We, lowly beasts, would answer with the best of our ability!"

Yu Long stared at them and fired the first question, "Where did you get Essence-! I mean, Demonic Cores?" 

"This..." The Heavenly Kings put on a solemn expression.

"What's the matter? You don't want me to spare your lives?" 

"No, we will answer. Please don't kill us!"

The Heavenly King of the North buried his face in the ground fearfully and answered with a muffled voice, "We usually fished the Demonic Cores from Star River." 

"Star River?" Yu Long frowned slightly.

The Heavenly King of Tempest nodded like a chicken and continued, "Star River is an area in the Illusory Demon Realm. It originated from the Dead Star Lake, a forbidden area. These flowing bodies of water are 'directly' connected to another dimension." 

"And these flowing waters is Star River."

"We used our Profound Energy to fish Demonic Cores from Star River."

"Oh?" Yu Long's interest was 'instantly' piqued.

"Old Man Fu Zhong, do you know about these Dead Star Lake and Star River?" 

Fu Zhong scrunched his face, "I'm afraid not, Lord Shadow." 

The Heavenly Kings hurriedly added, "God Master, you must possess a key to access this secret area. An outsider wouldn't know because only Heavenly Kings have it." 

"It is our secret." 

"I see..." Yu Long rubbed his chin. "Fine, I will spare your low lives." 

"My little sister need some new pets anyway." 

"I will call you guys Little Bird and Little Turtle from now on." 

"Thank you, thank you, God Master!" The Heavenly Kings didn't dare to think about being humiliated by such nicknames. Their lives are worth more than pet names.