Phoenix Shrine was located deep in the remote mountains of Akagami Island. It was a mountain of fiery red, and from a distance, it was covered with fiery red spiritual plants, a breathtaking sight.

Shi Yu and his team ascended the steps. After going through tedious rituals, they entered the interior of the Phoenix Shrine. At this moment, Chi Tong, in Shi Yu's Beast Taming Space, sensed the fluctuations of the secret realm, just like Chong Chong had sensed its own phantom earlier.

Chi Tong, Shi Yu: o(〃'▽'〃)o

The Undying Underworld Phoenix didn't deceive me.

There really is a legacy!

Shi Yu's mood improved instantly.

However, perhaps because today's situation was special, there were not many people coming to the Phoenix Shrine to pray, and the interior was very deserted.

"Senior Yui, honored guests."

As Phoenixin Yui led Shi Yu and the others to the shrine, a woman also dressed in red and white shrine maiden attire walked up. She was about twelve or thirteen years old, with a very innocent appearance. She raised her head and said, "The High Priest invites you."

"I understand." Phoenixin Yui smiled slightly at the young shrine maiden and then said, "Please follow me."

Ke Yingzhong, Zheng Hai, and Shi Yu nodded.

Soon, Shi Yu and the others were led to an ancient residence. Inside, Phoenixin Kika had already brewed tea and was waiting for the honored guests.

This was a legendary Beast Tamer in her thirties, wearing a white and red kimono with a pure white haori over it. Her orange-red hair was naturally scattered. From her appearance, she didn't look much older than Phoenixin Yui. However, the aura emanating from her instantly made Ke Yingzhong, Zheng Hai, Shi Yu, and the others who had arrived feel a sense of pressure.

They only felt that what existed before their eyes was a Overlord-level ferocious beast.

This was the powerful oppressive feeling unique to high-level mixed-blood Beast Tamers.

Among the Dong Huang team, Ning Tianming also had a nascent sense of oppression, but compared to this legendary High Priest of the Phoenix Shrine, one was an adult, and the other was a child.

"Welcome, honored guests."

The legendary High Priest of the Phoenix Shrine stood up to greet them and smiled calmly:

"I am the High Priest of the Phoenix Shrine, Phoenixin Kika."

"Legendary Phoenixin, hello. I am Ke Yingzhong, a legendary archaeologist from Dong Huang," Ke Yingzhong replied.

"Quasi-Legendary Beast Tamer from Dong Huang, Zheng Hai."

"Top Beast Taming Master from Dong Huang, Lu Bai."

Shi Yu and the others introduced themselves one by one. Phoenixin Kika's gaze swept over them, and then lingered on Shi Yu for a moment, her heart tightening.

She didn't feel any threat from the legendary Beast Tamer Ke Yingzhong or from the disciple of Legendary Ba Hai, but this sickly Lu Bai gave Phoenixin Kika a strange feeling.

It was the intuition of a beast. If she was a phoenix soaring in the sky, then the "Lu Bai" before her was a giant comparable to a mountain, with immense strength, capable of plucking stars and moons with a backhand touch.

How could it be…

He clearly looked like a sickly teenager, but the oppressive feeling was even stronger than those titled legends…

This pressure had nothing to do with Beast Taming strength; it was purely generated by the Beast Tamer's own bloodline, physique, spirit, and will.

After a slight surprise, Phoenixin Kika calmed her mind and said, "I have long heard of your names. Please take a seat. Yui, you sit too."

"Yes, Teacher."

Soon, the five of them sat down for a discussion. The host, Phoenixin Kika, started the conversation first, saying, "Legendary Ke must be here for the 'Phoenix Secret Realm.' I have also heard about the bet agreement on the Champion's Path. I wonder why Legendary Ke and the others chose this particular relic?"

Beside her, Phoenixin Yui became cautious…

"This… I heard 'Lu Bai' mention it, and since the dragon and phoenix have always been representative totems of Dong Huang, I naturally became interested," Legendary Ke said.

Phoenixin Kika looked at Lu Bai.

Shi Yu said, "Huh? Wasn't it Legendary Phoenixin who invited us? Because Miss Yui invited us to explore."

Shi Yu betrayed the little shrine maiden.

Phoenixin Kika looked at Phoenixin Yui.

Phoenixin Yui: "..."

This, this, this... Isn't it because Teacher, and the senior officials of the association, asked me to contact this "Lu Bai"? Wasn't I trying my best to make him interested?

Phoenixin Kika pondered for a moment and quickly understood the situation.

Her gaze ultimately fell on Shi Yu.

Shi Yu had shown his talent, and the Seven Islands Association was optimistic about his potential, hoping to keep Shi Yu, or at least have him father several children in the Seven Islands, in the hope that they might inherit Shi Yu's mysterious "Beast Taming talent."

Among them, the first and preferred candidate to contact Shi Yu was Phoenixin Yui.

Even Phoenixin Kika herself felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Although Phoenixin Yui's strength was good, she had already been judged not to be the key to unlocking the Phoenix Secret Realm. Therefore, compared to Phoenixin Yui, Phoenixin Kika was more eager to see what kind of changes Phoenixin Yui's child could bring.

After all, bloodlines could also be inherited through reproduction. If one side's bloodline was excellent enough, it might even optimize the other side's bloodline. Phoenixin Yui and "Lu Bai" were undoubtedly both very excellent. Phoenixin Kika didn't care about nationality; she only cared whether both sides had sufficiently excellent bloodlines to give birth to a child who could become the key to the Phoenix Secret Realm.

Therefore, when the senior officials of the Seven Islands approached the Phoenix Shrine, Phoenixin Kika didn't rush to refuse. Instead, she sought Phoenixin Yui's opinion. Phoenixin Yui was no weakling either, and naturally, she wanted to seek her consideration in such matters. Fortunately, Phoenixin Yui herself was also interested in strong individuals.

However, Phoenixin Kika didn't expect that this girl would use the Phoenix Secret Realm as a dating spot and lure him over.

"Forget it, that's not important. I also have some questions I'd like to ask Legendary Ke," Phoenixin Kika said, shaking her head. In her opinion, these people wouldn't be able to crack the Phoenix Secret Realm anyway.

After becoming a legend, she had traveled to various places, including the Seven Kingdoms and the Totem Country. As far as she knew, within the Seven Kingdoms, the only lineage of Phoenix clan mixed-bloods was their Phoenix Shrine. Therefore, the only possibility of cracking the Phoenix Secret Realm lay with themselves.

Although Dong Huang used the dragon and phoenix as totems, they were mostly human-dragon mixed-bloods, calling themselves descendants of the dragon, but there were no human-phoenix mixed-bloods.

"What is it?" Ke Yingzhong thought it must be a question about the Phoenix clan.

"As far as I know, although Dong Huang currently has no Phoenix clan mixed-bloods, in ancient times, the legendary Beast Tamer known as the Empress was a Phoenix clan mixed-blood. So I would like to ask Legendary Ke whether you know anything about the origins of Phoenix mixed-bloods."

"I know about this," Shi Yu interjected before Senior Ke Yingzhong could answer, surprising Phoenixin Kika.

Shi Yu said, "I've only heard rumors, but I don't know the accuracy."

"Tell me about it."

Shi Yu said, "More than two thousand years ago, the development of the Phoenix clan fell into a certain bottleneck. A voice appeared within the Phoenix clan, suggesting that the power of the bloodline be bestowed upon some humans with suitable physiques, relying on humans with Phoenix blood to break through this bottleneck."

"However, because mixed-blood humans required too many resources to grow, and many members of the Phoenix clan pursued the purity of the bloodline, the clan split into two factions."

"One side supported the mixed-blood human plan, while the other side firmly opposed humans sharing the Phoenix clan's resources. The Phoenix clan civil war arose from this. Many mixed-blood humans were hunted down by the pure-blood faction, dying or fleeing."

"The civil war lasted for thousands of years. Eventually, the mixed-blood faction gained the upper hand. The Dong Huang Empress is said to have been the strongest of the mixed-blood Beast Tamers at that time. The origin of Phoenix clan mixed-bloods is also Dong Huang. If Senior Phoenixin is curious about her origins, she might consider visiting Dong Huang in the future."

"Perhaps your ancestors were Dong Huang people who fled because of the Phoenix clan civil war," Shi Yu said with a smile.

After he finished speaking, Senior Ke exclaimed, "Good lord, are you already digging a pit for them?"

You don't just want to take the secret realm; you want to move the entire Phoenix Shrine to Dong Huang!

After Shi Yu finished speaking, Phoenixin Kika's expression changed. She didn't expect to actually obtain some previously unknown secrets from the Dong Huang people. However, as Shi Yu himself said, even he didn't know if it was true or false, and Phoenixin Kika didn't immediately believe it.

Beside her, Phoenixin Yui also opened her mouth slightly. Did "Lu Bai" say that her teacher's ancestors might be Dong Huang people?

"Is this an archaeological discovery from Dong Huang?" Phoenixin Kika asked, "Is the inability to determine accuracy because there is no evidence?"

Shi Yu nodded and said, "There is no conclusive evidence."

"However, the discoverer himself is actually a conclusive piece of evidence. The Beast Tamer who discovered this secret is said to be Shi Yu, a genius archaeologist from Dong Huang. He has already made several epoch-making archaeological discoveries in Dong Huang. Based on his qualifications, the veracity of this statement should be very high."

"Shi Yu…" This wasn't the first time Phoenixin Kika had heard this name.

"Was this also discovered by Shi Yu?" Zheng Hai asked in surprise. However, he quickly realized, "Oh, that's right. Shi Yu's contracted heroic spirit, General Mu Huiyin, is also a human-phoenix mixed-blood. It's not strange that he knows some of the inside story."

"Mu Huiyin, heroic spirit? What is that?" Phoenixin Kika asked.

Although the senior officials of the Seven Islands Association had investigated Shi Yu's information, Phoenixin Kika hadn't delved into it.

Therefore, her statement that Dong Huang had no mixed-bloods was actually an old version.

Shi Yu said with a smile, "It is said that Shi Yu, the number one person under the legends of Dong Huang, has a fourth pet beast that is a heroic spirit transformed from an ancient sage, and that sage was also a human-phoenix mixed-blood."

Phoenixin Kika was stunned. So, there was currently an example of a mixed-blood in Dong Huang?

She quickly shook her head. It didn't matter much. Not every mixed-blood was related to the Phoenix Secret Realm.

The Phoenix Shrine had so many mixed-blood Beast Tamers, and they still couldn't open the secret realm.

Moreover, they had already turned into undead. They probably didn't have a concept of bloodlines, right?

She looked at Shi Yu and said, "You know a lot about this Shi Yu."

Shi Yu said, "With his reputation in Dong Huang, everyone should know him. It can be said that the younger generation of Dong Huang is living in his shadow."

Zheng Hai: !

Old man Ke Yingzhong's mouth twitched wildly. You…

In an instant, beads of sweat flowed from Phoenixin Yui's forehead and quickly froze into ice crystals. The bloodline-derived pressure directly plunged her into an ice cave. Her body, spirit, will, and soul, everything seemed to be frozen and shattered by this ice phoenix king at this moment.

"Chirp!!!!!"

Now, the Phoenix Fire Tree and Undying Fire Phoenix, directly bearing the combined pressure of Chi Tong and Su Su's "bullying tactics," had no power to resist at all. They instantly lost consciousness. Even their Beast Tamer didn't have time to amplify or strengthen them with her Beast Taming talent.

The Phoenix bloodline, while giving Phoenixin Yui a talent that surpassed ordinary Beast Tamers, also gave her some weaknesses that ordinary Beast Tamers didn't have. For example, when encountering a Phoenix clan pet beast with a very high level of pressure, she would instantly lose the ability to resist and lose her fighting spirit. In nature, unless one possessed a Overlord will, it was difficult for creatures to overcome this kind of crushing derived from the same clan's bloodline and level. This was also one of the reasons why Shi Yu didn't want to become a mixed-blood.

Boom!!!!

Under the intense pressure, the Undying Fire Phoenix directly fell from the sky above the Phoenix Fire Tree and crashed heavily on the ground. The flames ignited by the Phoenix Fire Tree also quietly extinguished. The field was deathly silent.

Phoenixin Yui's eyes went dark, and she was emotionally shaken. She stumbled forward and half-knelt on the ground, forcibly supporting her body. Her mind was filled with incomprehensible thoughts.

How could it be…

What happened…

She… they…

Were actually frightened into losing their fighting spirit by the pressure skill of this Lu Bai's pet beast?

"Yui!" At this time, the High Priest of the Phoenix Shrine, Phoenixin Kika, also stood up abruptly. Beads of sweat also flowed from her forehead. She also looked in shock and incomprehension at the huge ice phoenix. In an instant, she felt that even her ace phoenix pet seemed to be nothing more than this ice phoenix.

She looked at Lu Bai in the field with disbelief.

Suddenly, she understood why Mr. Kamiyo, the number one person under the legends of the Seven Islands, and that Tian Cong Yun Tiger, couldn't withstand a single move in his hands.

This guy was a monster.

Not only was that ice-element pet beast ridiculously strong, but that mysterious bird spirit, burning with icy blue ghost fire, was also ridiculously strong. Its strength would definitely not be weak, after all… It had mastered the awe-inspiring Overpower skill!! Even her pet beast hadn't mastered it yet.

Moreover, there was no mistaking that pressure fluctuation. It was Phoenix Might, a special Overpower skill that only pet beasts with Phoenix blood could release to suppress all birds.

This guy had also contracted a Phoenix clan pet beast. Was it that ice-element pet beast, or that bird spirit??? Could the true race of that ice-element pet beast be an Ice Element Phoenix? Could that bird spirit have been a Phoenix clan member in its previous life? For a moment, Phoenixin Kika was confused and speculated endlessly.

"Senior Phoenixin, I guess I won this, right?"

At this time, on the field, Shi Yu reached out his hand, and the Ice Phoenix King in the sky slowly shrunk down, shrinking to the size of a sparrow, like Chi Tong when it first appeared. In the form of an icy blue mini phoenix, it landed on Shi Yu's hand.

In this state, even without assassination, Su Su could directly clash head-on with that Overlord tiger for several rounds and suppress it in the process!

Even Eleven would probably be quickly suppressed by this Chi Su combination. There was no way around it. Using the time fruit in a 2-on-1 battle was just cheating.

"You…" Phoenixin Kika still couldn't believe it. She only felt that Shi Yu was talking nonsense. She glanced at the semi-conscious Phoenixin Yui and at the Phoenix shrine maidens in the surrounding audience seats who were not unconscious but were seriously frightened. She only felt that this Lu Bai was extremely outrageous because even her heart had been pounding rapidly just now.

Phoenixin Kika looked at Legendary Ke and the disciple of Legendary Ba Hai. What silenced her was that even Lu Bai's companions were slightly opening their mouths, seeming very shocked by the scene before them.

In other words, even his companions didn't know how strong this guy's true strength was?

"You won——" Phoenixin Kika said and sat down again, saying to the two people beside her:

"With this kind of strength, is he really just a top master?"

Even the two legendary-level new generation geniuses of the Seven Islands, Phoenixin Kika felt, were slightly inferior to Lu Bai in that state just now.

"This…" How would Ke Yingzhong know that Shi Yu was so fierce in double battles? He didn't see clearly the energy value that erupted in that instant, but it was definitely far beyond that of an ordinary Overlord.

In addition, Shi Yu didn't want to pretend anymore, right? Now Shi Yu and Lu Bai both had Phoenix bloodline undead. What if people associated them? Although… there were still differences in the power system and undead form, and Phoenix undead were not unique pet beasts in Dong Huang, Ke Yingzhong still didn't know what Shi Yu was thinking.

In fact, Shi Yu hadn't used his full strength in the battle just now. Otherwise, the mental shock could even destroy the enemy's spirit. At this time, after only a moment, Phoenixin Yui herself groggily got up and then recalled the situation in a daze. In the end, she was stunned in place.

She instantly recalled the scene where she and her pet beasts were completely unable to resist and were overwhelmed by the other party's Overpower skill. Then, her face turned pale.

How could it be…

Dragging her heavy spirit, she looked at Shi Yu, who had recalled his pet beasts on the opposite side. At this time, Shi Yu also looked at her apologetically and said, "In that case, I humbly accept."

"That was Phoenix Might. You have a pet beast with Phoenix bloodline. Is the friend you mentioned yourself?" Phoenixin Yui asked.

Or was there a possibility that "Lu Bai" wanted to win the Phoenix fruit and give it to her, give it to Phoenixin Yui.

Shi Yu: ???

What kind of strange focus is that?

"Hahahaha, it seems we've come at a bad time."

Just as the battle had just ended and the shrine maidens were all covering their foreheads with shocked expressions, two people slowly walked in from outside the god vision field, and a hearty old voice came out at the same time.

This was an old man with sunken eyes, no hair, leaning on a cane, and with wrinkles all over his face. Beside him was a female researcher, who, like Shi Yu, looked sickly, wearing a white coat, with brown hair scattered loosely, and lifeless eyes. She was around forty or fifty years old.

Phoenixin Yui's expression changed slightly after seeing these two people.

"Chairman Terashima, Legendary Shinohara," she said to the two of them.

"Hehehe… I presume these are the honored guests from Dong Huang." The old man looked up at Shi Yu and the others and said, "I am Terashima Genichi, the chairman of the Akagami Island Beast Taming Association. Welcome everyone to Akagami Island."

"High Priest Phoenixin, please don't be offended by this sudden interruption."

Phoenixin Kika's expression didn't change, and she said, "Naturally, I won't be."

As the two arrived, the gaze of Ke Yingzhong, the predecessor of the Eleven Bureau, fell on the female researcher.

The female researcher also looked at Ke Yingzhong and said, "Senior Ke, it's been a long time."

"Indeed, it's been a long time," Ke Yingzhong said in surprise.

These two people were here for more than just welcoming them, right?

The chairman of the Akagami Island Association was a legendary Beast Tamer, and this Legendary Shinohara was an archaeological expert from the Seven Islands, one of the few top archaeological experts in the Seven Islands with the ability to listen to the voice of history.

In the Seven Islands, it might be difficult to find five Beast Tamers with the listening talent, so this Legendary Shinohara had a very high status in the Seven Islands.

As a fellow legendary archaeologist, Ke Yingzhong naturally knew the other party.

"Chairman Terashima, Legendary Shinohara, what brings you here?" Legendary Phoenixin said.

"Hahaha." Chairman Terashima laughed heartily and said, "As you said, of course, we're here to meet the Dong Huang guests. We heard that Dong Huang's Legendary Ke, as well as Zheng Hai Quasi-Legendary, the disciple of Legendary Ba Hai, and Master Lu Bai, the super genius who passed the Champion's Path, are going to visit the Phoenix Shrine. As the locals, of course, we have to pay a visit as well."

"It's rare for Legendary Ke and the others to come all this way. I've invited Legendary Shinohara to come and交流 with us so that everyone can gain more."

"Also, judging by the looks of things, was there just a battle??" Chairman Terashima looked at "Lu Bai" and Phoenixin Yui, who were standing on the field, and asked knowingly, seeing that they both had pale faces.

Phoenixin Kika laughed coldly in her heart. Weren't they afraid that Yui wouldn't act according to the mission and wouldn't be able to keep "Lu Bai"? They were also afraid that this Dong Huang exchange team would really gain something from the Phoenix Secret Realm, so they had come to supervise.

Although the Phoenix Secret Realm was being guarded by the Phoenix Shrine, like Dong Huang, the Seven Islands also had relevant regulations that the ownership of relics and secret realms within the country belonged to the country. Therefore, the Phoenix Secret Realm was not the individual property of the Phoenix Shrine. At most, Phoenixin Kika, as the discoverer and guardian, could get more resources. Over the years, other forces in the Seven Islands had also wanted to get a piece of the pie from the Phoenix Secret Realm, but unfortunately, the Phoenix Secret Realm was not so easy to crack.

And the Phoenix Secret Realm was located on Akagami Island, so if the secret realm was cracked, the Akagami Island Association would naturally be the biggest beneficiary. In this situation, knowing about the bet between the Dong Huang exchange team and the Seven Islands Association, how could the chairman of the Akagami Island Association sit still, afraid that the Dong Huang exchange team would crack the Phoenix Secret Realm and take all the resources, or that they wouldn't be able to crack this one and would lock on to other Akagami Island relics and secret realms. In that case, he didn't know whether the Phoenix Shrine would suffer a loss, but the Akagami Island Association would suffer a heavy loss.

He had to think of a way to lure them to other islands!

"Lu Bai and Yui had a battle, but judging from the results, Yui's cultivation is not yet up to par," Phoenixin Kika said.

Below, Phoenixin Yui didn't expect the gap between herself and Lu Bai to be so huge, so huge that it was hard for her to imagine.

Unless her pet beast could break through to Overlord as soon as possible, she might not be able to overcome this gap.

"Yui lost?" Chairman Terashima was slightly silent.

"But it seems that the honored guests from Dong Huang haven't started exploring the Phoenix Secret Realm yet."

"Yes," Shi Yu said, looking at this old codger, wanting to see what he would say.

Chairman Terashima said, "There's nothing to explore in this broken secret realm."

Phoenixin Kika, Yui: ??

"It's been almost completely researched by High Priest Phoenixin. You need to have 'mixed blood' to be qualified to cause changes in the secret realm, and even then, it's just changes. It's very difficult to crack. You need a very high concentration of bloodline, which is probably difficult to achieve in this era. I do know of an uncracked legendary relic on Hoshino Island with a long history and extremely high exploration value."

"Legendary Shinohara beside me has explored there before. She might be able to give you some advice."

Shi Yu, Legendary Ke, Zheng Hai: "..."

You old codger, you're so bad.

You just don't want us to explore the relics and secret realms on your Akagami Island, it's too obvious!

Shinohara Legendary pushed up her glasses. Honestly, she didn't want these Dong Huang guys to gain any benefits from any relic on the Seven Islands, whether it was Akagami or Hoshino.

If the relics and secret realms of the Seven Islands were dug up by Dong Huang archaeologists, she was worried about what impulsive things she might do.

"By the way," Shi Yu suddenly said from the crowd, "The Phoenix Secret Realm should be in the back mountain of the shrine, right?"

"What's wrong?" Shinohara Legendary looked at this beautiful boy with pale hair and complexion, a weak tone, and a bit of a desire to punch him to see if he would fall down.

This was the genius from Dong Huang who had swept the Champion's Path.

The world was so big, there were all kinds of strange things.

"During the battle just now, I seemed to feel that something was calling to me. It seemed to be the Phoenix Secret Realm. The bet agreement has already taken effect, and the time has started. If I crack the Phoenix Secret Realm, all the resources inside will be mine, right?" Shi Yu looked thoughtful, clapped his palms together, and looked up.

Phoenixin Kika, Phoenixin Yui, many shrine maidens, Chairman Terashima, Legendary Shinohara: ??????

What are you talking about? Are you delirious? What a fantasy, the secret realm is calling to you.

Senior Ke: Are you feeling it! Is it coming… that, the Time Reversal Mystical Technique!!!

Zheng Hai: Aba?