Reversing Falsehood and Preserving Truth: All Gods and Gods Are in My Hands

Shen Che used the last bit of his Shadow Hunting power, and the shadows around him boiled like ink, condensing into several chains as thick as a child's arm, which coiled around the pangolin's hind leg joints like giant pythons!

However, the moment the chains touched the scales covered in magma patterns, they hissed and crackled. The Shadow Hunter's power melted away like ice and snow, instantly shattered by the beast's ferocious force. The backlash struck his chest like a heavy hammer, and Shen Che groaned as blood gushed from the corner of his mouth.

Almost simultaneously, Zhao Changfeng's eyes widened in fury. He gathered the last of his wind-elemental energy and compressed a pale blue wind blade into a spiral drill, piercing the pangolin's lava-like pupils with a piercing shriek!

The wind blades even tore through the surrounding heat waves as they spun, but when they hit the dark red patterns flowing on the outer side of his eyelids, it was as if he had hit an invisible barrier. Sparks flew as he was violently bounced away, and the force of the shock spread along his arm, causing Zhao Changfeng's blood to surge and his throat to taste a metallic sweetness. He staggered back several steps before barely managing to stand up, and the wind blades in his palm instantly dissipated.

At the critical moment! The herb cauldron, which had been hovering above Lu Yu's head and quietly swirling with azure light, seemed to sense its master's impending doom. The patterns of plants, birds, and beasts engraved on the cauldron suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance! Without Lu Yu's deliberate activation, the cauldron transformed into a streak of azure light and swooped down, its mouth spewing forth a vast expanse of plant life, forcefully blocking Lu Yu between him and the giant claw!

"boom--!!!"

The torrent of lava, carried by the pangolin's giant claws, slammed into the light shield of the Hundred Herbs Cauldron, a deafening roar echoing through the valley. The cauldron hummed violently, its azure light rippling like water, yet it withstood this devastating blow!

Several ancient spiritual plants in the spiritual field inside the cauldron dimmed at a visible rate, with the edges of their leaves turning scorched black, clearly having paid a considerable price to protect their master.

Taking advantage of this brief respite, Lu Yu endured the excruciating pain of a broken bone and suddenly thrust out the chaotic energy vortex formed by the fusion of the power of Truth, Array Dao, and Herbs in front of his chest. It struck the core collar that was flashing red light right in front of him!

The energy vortex collided violently with the collar!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sickeningly loud tearing sound of energy. Cracks on the surface of the collar spread rapidly like a spider web, and the red light flickered to its extreme, as if it would completely collapse at any moment, yet it still stubbornly clung to the giant beast's neck.

The forced destruction by external forces obviously exacerbated the disorder in its internal energy circuits, and the vicious cycle of extracting power to feed back into suppression experienced a fleeting moment of stagnation!

"Awooo—!"

The pangolin's massive body suddenly stiffened, its forward momentum abruptly halted.

In its lava-like pupils, the violence and pain receded like a tide, and a brief, indescribable clarity flashed across its eyes!

The look in its eyes was no longer that of a ferocious beast in a frenzy, but rather one that held the weight of countless ages of vicissitudes, the sorrow of being endlessly imprisoned, and a hint of relief. It roared to the sky with a heart-wrenching cry, the sound no longer carrying the desire for destruction, but instead filled with an unspeakable, immense grief, which shook the surrounding mountains.

But this clarity lasted only a moment before a deeper, more intense violence surged forth, completely overwhelming the reason that had just returned to its eyes. The giant claw slammed down with even greater ferocity, carrying a resolute determination to destroy everything in its path!

Lu Yu had no way to avoid it and was slammed into the ground by the force, forming a deep, human-shaped crater. His bones felt like they were falling apart, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, which splattered onto the soil in front of him. His consciousness blurred instantly, and his vision went black.

However, before he completely lost consciousness, he vaguely sensed that the red light of the collar around his neck had dimmed considerably, the boiling magma patterns around the pangolin had become smoother, and the violent aura was rapidly waning!

At the same time, a familiar, illusory aura, as if breaking free from some kind of restraint, began to seep out from the pangolin's mountain-like body.

Just then, Shennong's Medicine Cauldron unleashed its power once again!

A blue light flowed around the cauldron's mouth, generating an invisible yet powerful suction force that continuously drew in the overflowing pure, illusory black energy. Inside the cauldron, the spiritual energy field shimmered, and a chaotic aura permeated the air. At a speed visible to the naked eye, it refined and purified this ferocious, illusory power, giving back a gentle and peaceful life force that flowed slowly into Lu Yu's nearly dried-up meridians like a trickle, barely keeping him alive.

Upon closer inspection of the medicine cauldron, which exuded a rich aura of Shennong, the pangolin's massive eyes softened, regaining a touch of clarity. It stared intently at the cauldron, its gaze filled with an indescribable, complex emotion—

There is a memory that transcends eternity, a sense of intimacy that originates from the source, and endless grievances that have been imprisoned for millions of years, like a lost child finally meeting an old friend.

Its gaze slowly moved, finally landing on the girl who had been trying to establish a connection with it through psychic power—Su Wan.

Su Wanfu focused his mind, enduring the soul-tearing sensation caused by the excessive consumption of his spiritual power, and carefully extended the thin silver thread connecting Lu Yu's consciousness toward the pangolin's chaotic and vast ocean of consciousness.

She knew that this might be the only chance to unravel the mystery and awaken its true nature.

"roar……"

The pangolin let out a low, no longer aggressive whimper, and actually released its mental defenses. Its immense spiritual power carefully enveloped Su Wan's faint but pure spiritual silver light, guiding it to connect tightly with Lu Yu's fading consciousness.

Su Wan was immediately struck as if by a heavy blow. Her delicate body trembled violently, her face instantly turned as transparent as paper, and blood gushed uncontrollably from her nose. Clearly, bearing two such powerful consciousnesses at the same time was putting a tremendous strain on her soul.

But she gritted her teeth and held on to this fragile bridge of consciousness. The psychic silver light at her fingertips swayed precariously, yet it never broke.

The next moment, Lu Yu's hazy consciousness and Su Wan's psychic perception were pulled together into a vast and fragmented vortex of memories...

Consciousness seemed to have traversed countless ages, descending upon a lush, vibrant valley. This was the ancient Shennong Mountains, its outline vaguely resembling the present-day Shennong Mountains, yet exuding a breathtakingly pure vitality.

The air is filled with an indescribable freshness; one breath and you feel completely relaxed. The growth of plants is visible to the naked eye, and exotic flowers and herbs grow everywhere. Each plant contains a rich spiritual light, and even the rocks gleam with a warm luster.

Beneath a mountain cliff shrouded in the most spiritual energy, a stream of pure "vitality of heaven and earth" seeps out from the cracks in the rocks, nourishing all things within a radius of several miles.

This is the very life force that Shennong sealed away and later used for alchemy, but it has not yet been contained and is flowing freely in the valley.

In a cave at the foot of the mountain wall lived an ordinary pangolin. Every day it was bathed in the vitality of heaven and earth, nibbling on the roots and stems of plants imbued with spiritual energy, and its eyes became increasingly lively.

Countless years have passed. On a star-studded night, it looked up at the celestial trajectories in the sky, and a flash of wisdom suddenly appeared in its eyes. It completely shed its ignorance and transformed into a rare spiritual beast in the mountains.

It used its claws to carve a crooked "mountain" character on the rock face, and from then on it called itself "mountain armor".