"Presumptuous!" Yao Zhu furiously summoned a long saber and swung it towards Bai Shengyi. "That Chong Li Eye is the divine fire of our Moon Star Middle World! Returning it to us is merely reclaiming what belongs to us!"
"Ridiculous! I say this Chong Li Eye originally belonged to me! If it wasn't mine, how could I have found it so quickly?"
Bai Shengyi had never met such a shameless person. Just as she was about to react, she saw Yue Bufan and Lin Qingyu step in front of her and Qin Si, directly blocking the saber's path!
Yue Bufan said, "I knew it smelled foul for a reason. Turns out it's your stinking mouth, you shameless cur! Stealing the opportunities of the younger generation!"
"After all, one grows older, and their skin grows considerably thicker," Lin Qingyu added casually.
The two of them, working in tandem, enraged Yao Zhu, his face turning ashen.
"Damn it!"
With a furious roar, Yao Zhu transformed into his beastly true form. His smooth, crimson feathers and the three phoenix plumes held high made him resemble a phoenix.
"I'll ask one last time, are you going to hand it over or not!"
Behind Yao Zhu, Long Zining and the others watched with cold eyes. In their view, Yao Zhu's cultivation had long surpassed the mid-stage Void Breaking realm, and coupled with his clan's special innate divine abilities, the cultivators present were no match for him.
Bai Shengyi let out a bitter laugh. No longer leaning on Qin Si, she took two steps forward, positioning herself at the forefront. Her sharp brows were filled with a mocking gaze that saw through everything.
"If you were this direct from the start, it would have been simpler. Why all the pretense? I almost believed it was something genuinely lost by your Moon Star Middle World!"
She spoke with genuine emotion, yet her face remained expressionless.
Her words, laced with mockery, enraged Yao Zhu, making his face turn red. "You!" He swung his saber towards Bai Shengyi again!
However, before he could get close, an icy long sword intercepted him in mid-air. Saber met sword, and within moments, over thirty exchanges had passed.
Yao Zhu suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He immediately retracted his saber and, as expected, found several cracks appearing on its surface!
"I will kill you all!" Yao Zhu roared at Qin Si, who had walked to Bai Shengyi's side.
This saber was his life-bound artifact, painstakingly crafted using materials he'd spent immense effort finding and requiring a master artifact refiner's utmost skill!
Flapping his wings and letting out a sharp cry, Yao Zhu violently charged towards Bai Shengyi and Qin Si. However, the anticipated scene of him knocking them down did not materialize.
"Boom!"
Yao Zhu collided with the man of bewitching beauty beside them and was sent flying backward by his own momentum!
Humiliating! This was utterly humiliating.
He had used his true form, yet he was still sent flying by a human cultivator!
Without even looking, Yao Zhu could guess that the people from the Moon Star Middle World were undoubtedly laughing at him. He roared in anger, spread his wings once more, and charged forward, "Nirvana Art, All Things Annihilated!"
With a piercing screech, an aura of deathly stillness descended, overwhelming everything, as if intending to drown them in an endless desolation.
Bai Shengyi frowned slightly. "Will the Demon King be alright?"
She saw clearly that Lin Qingyu had intentionally blocked Yao Zhu. Recalling Lin Qingyu's true form and Yao Zhu's phoenix-like appearance, Bai Shengyi and Qin Si did not move rashly. However, Yao Zhu's cultivation far surpassed Lin Qingyu's...
"No need to worry," Tian Shu said with a faint smile. "This child is merely showing off his meager skills, not worth fearing."
Qin Si also added, "He is not of the Phoenix clan, and the Nirvana Art he uses only unleashes one or two tenths of its power."
Despite their words, Bai Shengyi saw that Yue Bufan and Tian Shu's expressions had changed for the worse under the Nirvana Art. She still channeled the Reincarnation Brush and lightly swept it across the Primordial Chaos Paper.
"Spring Comes, All Things Live!"
This was a new move she had comprehended after her lightning tribulation, breaking through the previous restriction of a single character forming an entity.
As the phrase was spoken, starting from Bai Shengyi's feet, lush green grass grew, and pure, dazzling flowers bloomed. Birds flew in, butterflies danced, and all things vied to grow, vibrant with life.
The strong aura of vitality immediately counteracted the deathly stillness of the Nirvana Art, firmly protecting their group in the innermost circle.
Yao Zhu paid no attention to this. His sole desire now was to kill Lin Qingyu and then reclaim the Chong Li Eye from Bai Shengyi.
He looked at Lin Qingyu with confidence, expecting to see him withered and his spirit qi in disarray from the endless deathly energy, leading to the annihilation of his spirit. To his surprise, he saw Lin Qingyu, as if unfazed, slowly reveal a bewitching and sinister smile.
Yao Zhu suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Yao Zhu! Run quickly!" Long Zining's voice rang out from behind. But Yao Zhu no longer had the strength to move.
A clear and resonant cry suddenly echoed throughout heaven and earth.
With the melodious sound, the heavens and earth responded.
It was a phoenix's cry!
Yao Zhu's face turned ashen, and he watched in disbelief as his Nirvana Art completely dissipated into nothingness amidst this phoenix cry.
"It has been a long time since I've seen your clan," Lin Qingyu grinned. "So, your Avian Husbandry clan has migrated to the Moon Star Middle World. What, is it convenient to steal the secret arts and bloodline of my Phoenix clan?"
Yao Zhu's body swayed precariously!
Phoenix!
There were phoenixes in the Divine Revelation World!
Just as his mind was in disarray, another clear cry sounded through heaven and earth. A fiery red meteor suddenly flew down, landing and transforming into a charming and beautiful female cultivator.
"Vermilion Bird?"
Yao Zhu's expression turned to terror, and he couldn't help but retreat several steps!
It was indeed the Vermilion Bird!
"Oh! The little Avian Husbandry fellow has quite some insight. Then why didn't your family tell you never to appear before our Phoenix lineage?"
Qian Ying stepped forward. "Junior Sister, Qin Si, are you alright?"
Bai Shengyi shook her head. "Senior Sister, what is Avian Husbandry?" Why did it sound like this clan had a mortal enmity with the phoenixes?
Qian Ying said, "Let Qin Si explain it to you. It's taken me a lot to finally encounter this little bird, so I can't let him escape today."
Coincidentally, Lin Qingyu thought the same, and immediately charged towards Yao Zhu.
"Hiss!"
The massive and magnificent golden phoenix true form suddenly revealed itself, causing frequent anomalies in heaven and earth, with golden light shining and auspicious signs appearing in abundance.
"Nirvana Art, All Things Annihilated!" Lin Qingyu said faintly.
As the eight characters fell, an even more chilling and desolate aura of annihilation than Yao Zhu's instantly enveloped him completely!
Seeing the unfavorable turn of events, Long Zining immediately moved to help, but was stopped by Qian Ying.
Qian Ying curled her lips into a smile, her posture graceful, and her smile beaming. "Dragon Maiden, this is an old grievance between the Avian Husbandry clan and our Phoenix clan. If your Dragon clan interferes, it will not be so simple."
Long Zining's movements paused.
She steadied herself. "Esteemed sirs, we have no intention of becoming enemies with the Phoenix clan. We merely wish to reclaim our Chong Li Eye."
She looked at Qian Ying, who was smiling, and thought Qian Ying would be easy to talk to. Little did she know that Qian Ying's red lips curved, and the words she uttered were more stinging than the last.
"Want? It's just snatching, so why pretend to be so innocent? Since you've already done shameless things, are you afraid of being laughed at?"
"You—"
"No more 'you' and 'me'." Qian Ying waved her hand, interrupting her sophistry, and scoffed, "If I were the Dragon Maiden, I would leave now."