hsntnovel Chapter 301 The Ancient Phoenix Appears, the True Inheritance of Ten Thousand Beasts Turns to Ashes
Chapter 301 The Ancient Phoenix Appears, the True Inheritance of Ten Thousand Beasts Turns to Ashes
The stench of blood had not yet dissipated from Baiyu Square when the bell rang for the second round of elimination matches.
Seemingly targeting Dengxian Island, the name on the screen started scrolling again as soon as Lu Sheng left the stage.
The showdown between [Dengxian Island - Luo Tianfei] and [Wan Shou Men - Li Shan].
"Hey, isn't that the little phoenix from Immortal Ascension Island?"
A flippant and grating voice came from the other side of the arena.
A burly man clad in animal skins and reeking of a strong, pungent stench leaped onto the arena. A ferocious black eagle was tattooed on his bare chest, its narrow eyes gleaming with a sinister green light.
Li Shan, a true disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Level 37, high-level Spirit Sect.
"I heard your Daoist Master is quite arrogant, killing so many of my fellow Daoists." Li Shan licked his lips, his gaze roaming unabashedly over Luo Tianfei's tattered purple robes, his lewdness undisguised. "Too bad, a Daoist Master is a Daoist Master, and you are you. Without that monster backing you up, what are you, a fledgling bird, compared to me?"
Consort Luo's pretty face was filled with murderous intent, and she didn't waste any words.
"Clang!"
A clear and melodious phoenix cry rang out.
Nine phantom phoenixes soared into the sky behind her, and purple-gold divine fire instantly covered half of the arena. Carrying the high temperature of the Nirvana Rule, it transformed into nine flaming longswords that pierced straight at Li Shan.
"A trivial skill."
Li Shan sneered and suddenly formed a hand seal.
"Myriad Beasts Dharma Form—Heaven-Devouring Demon Eagle! Come out for your meal!"
boom!
The void behind him exploded, and a giant black eagle with a wingspan of over a hundred meters burst forth.
This giant eagle had three heads, each emanating a foul, black aura specifically designed to suppress birds of prey. The moment it appeared, Luo Tianfei's nine once majestic phoenix phantoms instinctively let out a mournful cry, their flames instantly dimming by a third.
This is a secret technique of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect—Bloodline Suppression!
"go!"
Li Shan pointed out.
The Devouring Demon Eagle let out a strange howl, ignoring the purple flames filling the sky, and with a flap of its wings, it instantly pounced in front of Luo Tianfei.
The three beaks opened simultaneously and sucked fiercely at the nine flaming swords.
"Sizzle sizzle—"
The Divine Phoenix True Fire, powerful enough to burn gold and boil the sea, was swallowed whole by the demonic eagle like noodles!
"What?!"
Luo Tianfei's pupils suddenly contracted.
Before she could react, a huge black claw had already torn through her protective fire shield and grabbed her shoulder hard.
"puff!"
Blood splattered.
Luo Tianfei let out a muffled groan, and her whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the edge of the arena. Her already somewhat damaged purple clothes were torn open, revealing a large area of snow-white skin.
"Hehehe..."
Li Shan didn't rush to pursue, but instead crossed his arms and looked at the disheveled Luo Tianfei with a mocking expression.
"The Divine Phoenix? That's all?"
He approached step by step, the demonic eagle behind him letting out excited cries, as if looking at a delicious dish about to be eaten.
"Young lady, don't resist."
Li Shan rubbed his hands together, the green light in his eyes growing stronger. "Your fire may not be good, but your body is a top-grade furnace. As long as you obediently serve as my bed warmer and offer your Divine Phoenix True Blood to this demonic eagle to nourish your body, I might consider sparing your life."
"shut up!"
Luo Tianfei was filled with shame and indignation. She tried to stand up, but the wound on her shoulder was emitting black energy. It was a deadly poison that specifically targeted spiritual energy and was frantically eroding her meridians.
On the stands, the disciples of Dengxian Island were so angry that their eyes turned red.
"Shameless!!"
"These scum from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect actually resorted to such despicable methods!"
Li Xiaoyao clenched his fists even tighter. If it weren't for the rules, he would have rushed up and cleaved Li Shan in two long ago.
Only Lu Sheng remained seated on a recliner in the rest area.
He held the unfinished spirit fruit in his hand, looking at the woman on the arena who was cornered and filled with despair, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Tsk."
Lu Sheng smacked his lips in annoyance.
"Although it's a free-range chicken, this chicken..."
"He's my son too."
"Since when did it become the place for these Tom, Dick, and Harry to pluck our fur?"
On the arena.
Li Shan had already walked up to Luo Tianfei, and his large hand covered in animal fur reached directly towards Luo Tianfei's pale and beautiful face.
"Come on, give me a smile..."
Just as his fingertips were about to touch Luo Tianfei.
"call out."
A very thin, very fast, grayish-white streak of light, almost invisible to the naked eye, shot out from the direction of the rest area.
It ignored the arena's defensive formations and the spatial distance.
It precisely pierced through Luo Tianfei's brow.
"boom----!!"
Luo Tianfei, who had already exhausted her spiritual energy and was waiting to die with her eyes closed, suddenly trembled.
Deep within her consciousness, the divine phoenix essence, which had been trembling with fear at the sight of the demonic eagle, suddenly felt an indescribable, terrifying will descend upon it.
That was a drop of... dragon blood.
No, it was a drop containing the primordial aura of the "Primordial Desolate Dragon"—the Seed of Desolation.
It forcefully burrowed into the body of the Divine Phoenix, just like a tyrant forcibly taking over a weak subject.
"If you don't want to die, then... burn it up."
Lu Sheng's hoarse, cold voice resounded deep within Luo Tianfei's soul.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Luo Tianfei suddenly raised her head and let out a long, mournful howl.
The sound was no longer crisp and melodious; instead, it carried a chilling hoarseness and deathly stillness.
Followed by.
A bizarre scene unfolded.
The flames that erupted from her body were no longer the dazzling, sacred purple-gold color.
Instead, it's... gray.
A gray flame, as pale and desolate as ashes, exuding an aura of "the end of all things"!
"What...what the hell is this?!"
Li Shan, who was about to make a move, suddenly pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted.
He was horrified to discover that the tiny gray spark on his fingertip could not be extinguished!
Moreover, the flames weren't burning, but rather... weathering.
His fingers instantly withered and turned black, becoming lifeless rotten wood, before turning into ashes and scattering away.
"Chirp!!!"
A phoenix cry, filled with killing intent and desolation, resounded through the sky.
Luo Tianfei slowly stood up.
Her once jet-black hair had turned gray-white and was now dancing wildly in the wind.
The purple light in his eyes faded, leaving only a deathly gray.
Behind her, the phantom of the divine phoenix, which had been suppressed, now grew tenfold in size. Its feathers turned into grayish-white bone spikes, and its wings spread out, blotting out the sky and emitting a terrifying aura that could freeze one's soul.
Mutated Dharma Form—[Ancient Nether Phoenix]!
"What...what do you want to do?!"
Li Shan felt the oppressive aura that made his scalp tingle, his legs went weak, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.
The Devouring Demon Eagle behind him seemed to have encountered its natural enemy, tucking its tail between its legs and trying to retreat back into the Dharma Realm.
"Trying to run away?"
Luo Tianfei tilted her head.
This movement is strikingly similar to Lu Sheng's.
She slowly raised her hand, and in her palm, a gray fire lotus quietly bloomed.
"You just said... you wanted to use me as a furnace?"
The voice was icy cold, like the chilling winds of hell.
"Since you like fire so much..."
Luo Tianfei's lips curled into a cruel smile, and she suddenly waved her hand.
"Then... let's burn as much as we want."
boom!!!
The gray fire lotus exploded.
There was no loud explosion, only a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.
The hundred-meter-tall Devouring Demon Eagle didn't even have time to scream before it was swallowed up by the gray sea of fire.
It was like a painting being thrown into a brazier.
Its feathers, flesh, and bones turned to ashes in an instant.
"No!! My Dharma form!!!"
Li Shan coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face filled with terror as he tried to admit defeat: "I admit defeat..."
call--
The gray flames, as if possessing a spirit, instantly spread across his entire body through the connection with the Dharma image.
"Aaaaaahh ...
The piercing scream lasted only a second.
On the arena, there was now a humanoid sand sculpture in a running posture...
The wind blows.
The sand sculpture collapsed and scattered all over the ground.
The dignified disciple of the Myriad Beasts Sect, a level 37 Spirit Master, was reduced to ashes.
The entire room fell silent.
Even the powerful divine senses on the main peak of Kunlun showed obvious fluctuations at this moment.
"What... kind of flame is that?"
"It's not Phoenix Fire...it's some higher, more destructive rule!"
"Investigate! We must find out the truth!"
On the arena.
The gray in Luo Tianfei's eyes slowly faded, and her hair color returned to black.
She swayed and collapsed to her knees, exhausted.
But she didn't look at the terrified audience, nor at the results of her own actions.
She immediately turned her head and looked at the man sitting in the rest area, casually munching on fruit.
The arrogance and defiance that once filled his eyes were gone.
Instead, there is a deep sense of awe and… attachment, as if one were to surrender one’s very soul.
That's the look in someone's eyes after they've been tamed.
Lu Sheng felt her gaze, but simply waved his hand casually, as if shooing away a well-fed puppy.
Be quicker next time.
"It makes a mess of dust, and I have to sweep it up. What a hassle."
Luo Tianfei pursed her lips, and a rare, obedient smile appeared on her usually aloof face.
"Um."
……
Night falls.
After the first round of elimination matches, all members of Dengxian Island advanced, becoming the biggest dark horse of this competition.
In the quiet room of the rest area.
Lu Sheng sat cross-legged, sorting out the wisp of rule feedback generated within his body due to "feeding" Luo Tianfei.
"A wild dragon paired with a phoenix, and they've created a new species."
Lu Sheng looked into the depths of his spine and discovered that a gray firebird tattoo had appeared on the finger of the [Desolate Heaven Emperor] dharma image.
Just then.
"Knock knock knock".
There was no fluctuation of spiritual energy, but three soft sounds came from the windowsill.
Lu Sheng suddenly opened his eyes.
A paper crane has appeared on the windowsill without anyone noticing.
The paper crane is made entirely of some kind of ancient talisman paper folded together. It has no signature on it, only a faint musty smell, as if it came from another time and space.
Lu Sheng squinted and picked up the paper crane with two fingers.
open.
There was only one line of crooked, childlike handwriting inside:
Want to know the truth behind the disappearance of the Immortal Qin Emperor?
[At midnight tonight, in the forbidden area behind the mountain, under the Heavenly Gate that you just half-demolished.]
Don't bring that little phoenix; she's not good enough.
[—An old friend who also enjoys eating fruit.]
Lu Sheng stared at the note, a wisp of gray wildfire igniting at his fingertips, burning it to ashes.
He walked to the window, looked at the Kunlun main peak that appeared particularly menacing in the night, and slowly grinned.
"An old friend?"
"That's interesting."
"Since you dared to ask me out..."
"I hope your bones are a bit stronger than this note."