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

"The collar is the breakthrough!"

Chen Mo's roar pierced through the roar of the battlefield, like a spider's thread cast into the abyss of despair.

The moment hope was ignited, an even crueler reality crashed down upon them.

There was more than one of those dark red restraining collars!

The thickest part was around the neck, its surface covered with dense, spiderweb-like runes that glowed with an ominous red light; while at the joints where the limbs connected to the torso, each was inlaid with a slightly smaller but structurally similar collar, five shackles like maggots clinging to the bone, tightly locking away the life force and power of this ancient ferocious beast.

The collar is made of neither gold nor stone, but has a cold, hard metallic luster. The Dao runes engraved on its surface form intricate circuits, and as they flow, they exude an unshakeable defensive aura, clearly indicating that it cannot be broken by brute force.

"Five..."

Shen Che's voice was hoarse, the Hunter's Shadow Dagger vibrating in his palm, "Do you want to destroy them simultaneously, or both?"

"No! There is a primary and a secondary flow of energy!"

Chen Mo's eyes flashed intensely with golden light, almost drawing blood, as he discerned the energy nodes where the vertical lines were tightly locking the collar. "The neck is the core hub, responsible for energy conversion and overall control, making it the most difficult to destroy; the limbs are the distribution nodes, responsible for transmitting suppressive force! Breaking the limbs first can cut off part of the core collar's energy supply, weakening its defense!"

This means that, under the pangolin's devastating attacks, they must carefully remove these sturdy "nails" one by one, close to the beast's vital areas.

"war!"

Lu Yu acted decisively, pushing the power of the Du Gate Formation to its limit. Dark blue light patterns surged into the earth like a tide, and the swamp-like mud and the invisible confinement field tightly gripped the pangolin's limbs, creating a fleeting window of opportunity for his teammates.

"roar--!"

As if sensing a deadly threat, the pangolin's rage suddenly intensified. The magma patterns on its body blazed like red-hot irons, and it raised its right forelimb with tremendous force, stomping down with the power to shatter mountains and split rocks, its target Lin Yue and Han Bingshuo who were closest to it!

"Don't even think about it!"

Han Bingshuo's beard and hair stood on end as he exhausted the remaining power of his eternal freezing, instantly solidifying an ice wall several feet thick in the path of the giant claw.

"Snap!"

The ice wall shattered instantly, sending ice crystals flying like arrows, but the giant claw's downward stomp was ultimately halted for a moment.

Seizing this life-or-death moment, Lin Yue pushed his wood-controlling power to its limit, and countless thorny vines burst from the ground, wrapping around the pangolin's right hind leg like giant pythons. The barbs were deeply embedded in the gaps in the scales, doing everything in its power to restrict its movements.

Shen Che and Zhao Changfeng moved like two swift winds, attacking the pangolin's left forelimb from the left and right. Shen Che's Shadow Hunting Power surged, and his Shadow Hunting Battle Spirit condensed once more. His twin blades gleamed with a sharp light that could tear through shadows, aiming straight for the junction between the collar and the scales. Zhao Changfeng roared as he pushed his spiraling wind blades to their limit, the pale blue wind blades spinning like high-speed drills, slamming into the same spot!

"Clang! Sizzle—!"

A deafening explosion of metallic clanging and tearing energy erupted.

The runes on the collar suddenly lit up, rebounding a violent energy shock. Shen Che and Zhao Changfeng were hit as if by a heavy blow, their blood surging as they were sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the rocks, coughing up a mouthful of dark red blood.

However, under the combined attack, a tiny crack finally appeared on the surface of the collar, and the red light dimmed slightly as it flickered.

Almost simultaneously, Lu Yu and Chen Mo launched a fatal attack.

Despite the dizziness from the exhaustion of his spiritual energy, Chen Mo once again activated "Breaking Through Illusions and Seeing the Truth," precisely imprinting the golden Sanskrit mark onto the broken point of the runes on the collar on his right forelimb.

With a thought, Lu Yu perfectly fused the crimson light patterns on his wound gate with the pale gold power of reality. The Void-Breaking Blade condensed into a slender, sharp blade. Taking advantage of the moment when the pangolin's attention was drawn to its left forelimb, he precisely pierced the rune connection point on the collar like a surgeon, slashing again and again, forcefully prying open the energy circuit!

"break!"

Lu Yu roared and detonated the energy of the light blade.

"Snap!"

The collar on the right forelimb shattered instantly, scattering dark red fragments everywhere.

Before the joy of success could spread, a sudden change occurred!

The moment the collar on its right forelimb was removed, the pangolin did not weaken as expected. Instead, it let out a completely different roar—the sound still contained pain, but mixed with a sense of liberation that was almost manic!

The magma patterns on its right forelimb burst forth with unprecedented brightness. As its muscles bulged, its movements suddenly became several times faster. With a sudden struggle, Lin Yue's thorny vines snapped like fragile threads. The force of the shock made Lin Yue's throat taste sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His control over wood instantly became stagnant.

"Oh no! The collar is both a form of suppression and a restriction!"

Su Wan's psychic powers sent a strong warning signal: "It's also using us to break free of its shackles!"

Before the words were finished, the pangolin's left forelimb slammed down on Shen Che and Zhao Changfeng, who had just landed.

This attack was as fast as lightning, far exceeding the speed before. Shen Che hastily condensed the Shadow Hunter Shield, but was directly slammed into the ground by that brute force, and blood gushed out in the dust.

Zhao Changfeng's wind blade barrier shattered instantly, and a teeth-grinding cracking sound came from his sternum. He curled up on the ground, convulsing in pain.

"Next!"

Lu Yu's eyes were bloodshot, but he knew there was no way out.

He had to destroy the remaining collars as soon as possible, hoping that once the core collar around his neck lost its energy supply to his limbs, it would stop the vicious energy cycle.

The battle had completely devolved into a desperate stalemate.

Han Bingshuo risked the backlash of the Great Dao to freeze the pangolin's left hind leg into an ice block. The ice seeped in through the gaps in the runes, temporarily freezing the flow of energy.

Ignoring the damage to his meridians, Lin Yue spurred the growth of several towering trees, which firmly held the pangolin's trunk in place. The roots of the trees were like steel claws embedded in the rocks, forcefully halting its movements.

Liu Jiaqi's healing light flickered weakly among the crowd. The pale golden light had just stabilized Shen Che's injuries when she had to turn around and treat Zhao Changfeng. She herself was pale from overexertion.

One by one, the collars were destroyed after a huge price was paid:

Shen Che detonated the Shadow Hunter Battle Spirit on the left forelimb collar, at the cost of being devoured by the power of the Great Dao, shattering the core runes of the collar. Lu Yu seized the opportunity to finish it off, completely destroying it.

Lin Yue risked damaging his meridians to force a giant tree to trap the pangolin's body with the collar on its right hind leg. Lu Yu used the Void-Breaking Blade to pry open the collar's buckle.

Han Bingshuo used up the last bit of his eternal freezing power to freeze the collar on his left hind leg until it became brittle. Chen Mo accurately marked the flaw, and Lu Yu cleaved it in two with a powerful strike.

But with each collar broken, the pangolin's aura grew more ferocious, and its movements became increasingly agile.

When all the collars on its limbs shattered, it roared to the sky, a roar that shook the entire Shennong Mountain. The sound waves caused the snow on the mountaintop to fall in a flurry, forming a small avalanche.

The core collar around its neck flickered rapidly with red light, as if it were on the verge of collapse due to energy overload, but the pangolin's physical strength soared to its peak, and magma patterns surged under its scales as if they had come alive, even distorting the air with heat.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, the enormous beast suddenly sank downwards!

"Boom!"

The ground rippled and cracked like water, and the pangolin, as if a fish had entered the water, instantly burrowed into the ground, leaving behind only a huge, dark pit and billowing dust. Even the red glow of the magma patterns disappeared beneath the soil.

"It...it burrowed underground?!" Zhao Lei clutched the wound on his chest, staring at the crater in disbelief.

The next moment, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly bulged violently!

"spread!"

Lu Yu roared and urged the power of the Du Gate array, trying to change the nature of the ground again, but this time, the pangolin's speed far exceeded the array's reaction!

With a deafening roar like a landslide, the pangolin burst out from the ground behind Lu Yu, kicking up tons of mud and rocks, and like a volcanic eruption, sent Lin Yue and Han Bingshuo flying before they could dodge!

Its head, covered with magma patterns, was like a red-hot drill, carrying the momentum to destroy everything, and crashed straight into the land in mid-air!

Even more unsettling was the faint sound of sirens and the clamor of a crowd that could be heard from the foot of the distant mountain.

Such a large-scale battle eventually attracted the attention of the outside world, and red and blue police lights flashed in the mountain fog, getting closer and closer.

The crisis, instead of being resolved, has evolved into an even more deadly predicament!

Pangolins can infiltrate mountains and launch surprise attacks from anywhere. The involvement of ordinary people adds a deadly variable to this already difficult battle!

If the pangolin's illusory energy is leaked, or if ordinary people witness this colossal beast beyond their comprehension, it could very likely trigger a new illusory riot.

Lu Yu forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, the Void-Piercing Blade held horizontally in front of him, the pale gold, cyan, and pale green halos intertwined to form a shield, facing the giant maw of lava that was swallowing him up. Behind him, the sirens and voices were getting closer and closer, and his heart felt cold.