Chapter 506 — Splitting the Undying Nether Phoenix with a Sword

The mixed-blood faction pursued change, hoping to make the Phoenix clan stronger through mixed blood, mainly by granting their bloodline to humans close to the phoenixes and of immense potential. But the pure-blood faction pursued bloodline purity and was unwilling to let humans share the Phoenix clan's resources, and so conflict arose between the two sides.

The Undying Nether Phoenix was a powerful supporter of the mixed-blood faction.

Mu Huiyin was the first daughter created by the Undying Nether Phoenix, but at that time the pure-blood faction was powerful, and for her daughter's safety, it had no choice but to send her away.

It was not until the mixed-blood faction gained the upper hand that it created a second daughter, supported her to become the Empress of Donghuang, and helped humanity resolve the Totem War that followed the Martial Emperor Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the pure-blood faction made a comeback at that moment, colluding with foreign races. Not only did they kill it, plunging it into a cursed state, they also plunged the Empress's dynasty into war, and the Empress vanished without a trace...

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Outside the ancient capital, the undead battlefield.

At the bottom of a deep and dark underground cavern.

A creature shaped like a dark phoenix, its back covered in black feathers, its wings and tail plumes wreathed in interlocking black-and-red flames, still slept on.

Ever since the Undying Dark Phoenix's rampage had ended last time, it had fallen into slumber—presumably from severe depletion of power.

Even if it had been demigod-level in life, sealed away for so long, it ought to have grown weak.

Outside, above the seal, Shi Jin and the others shouted for a long while, but there was no response.

Chongchong tried first to enter the Undying Dark Phoenix's dream, but could not penetrate the seal either.

"Only now do I realize how powerful this seal is. A demigod's strength could force it open, but it would likely injure the Undying Dark Phoenix in the process," Baoshi said.

"I studied it just now. The other party may not have been lying before—the core of this seal is something like a sun. Breaking it may also require solar-flame power."

"I wanted to talk with the Undying Dark Phoenix once more before unsealing it, but since that's how it is, let's just do it. Chongchong, Lin, get ready—I'll have Chitong try to break open the ruins directly," Shi Li said.

"Mm!" Chongchong and Lin nodded and ran off to construct a second seal, to keep the Undying Dark Phoenix from going berserk once it emerged.

At the same time, the loli Sword Maiden glanced at Shi Shuo.

After Shi Heng nodded, it returned to its normal state, then looked gravely toward the underground seal, half-closing its eyes as it sensed inward.

To improve Chitong's breaking effect, the Gem Cat cast a nine-colored divine radiance upon it, comprehensively strengthening Chitong.

Boom!

In an instant, Chitong's power surged. It opened its eyes, drew a deep breath, and brought down the sword in its hand. A solar-flame sword light crashed down with a rumbling boom onto the ruins' formation eye, and the earth and space shattered!

Weng!!!

The next moment, orange-red solar-flame power surged up from within the ruins.

It worked!

Solar flame really could unseal these ruins with the barest minimum of power!

"Chirp!!!!!!!" At the same time, deep within the ruins.

The Undying Dark Phoenix, bathed in black-red flames, snapped open its eyes and let out a cry.

A terrifying being gradually revived, accompanied by the phoenix cry and the underworld flames.

Wrenched awake so abruptly, the Undying Dark Phoenix was still puzzled at heart, but within moments it was overjoyed.

It was being unsealed.

Someone was beginning to unseal it through solar flame.

It sensed it at once—that familiar bloodline fluctuation.

"To think my good daughter has grown to such a level in so short a time. What powerful bloodline force..."

The Undying Dark Phoenix was thrilled beyond measure.

This was, in fact, only the second time it had awakened during this period.

The first awakening had come when the rules revived; it had been startled awake once then.

Unfortunately, it still could not break the seal by borrowing the shifts in the environment, and before long it had sunk back into slumber.

This time, however, it had truly been awakened.

It was beside itself with excitement. It seemed its investment in the Undying Fruit and the Solar-Flame Flower had not been misplaced—the other party, having gained the ability to unseal these ruins, had come to free it at once, faster even than it had imagined.

Because the resources it had left behind, though they could rapidly raise Chitong to totem level, would more than likely have been dragged down by that beast tamer—yet now it seemed that was not the case?

But in so short a time, there was no reason that youth could have reached legendary level either. Could it be that humans leveled up more easily after the rules revived?

Never mind, no matter. Ten to one, the contract had been dissolved!

With the ruins' seal broken, the Undying Dark Phoenix hauled its body along, bathed in curse flame and solar flame, and flew out toward the high sky beyond.

The next second.

The Undying Dark Phoenix soared into the open air. Its vast body of evil flame, nearly a hundred meters tall, made it look awe-inspiring. Once outside, a faint gleam flickered in its eyes as it fixed its gaze on Cen Yu—on Chitong in Sword Maiden form.

"Hahahahahaha~~~" A gigantic laugh echoed across the battlefield of the undead.

"Good daughter, thank you."

"I am truly moved. But a good deed is best seen through to the end." It gazed at Chitong. "So hungry, so hungry, so hungry... Your power has grown this strong, so share some with me."

"Once I absorb your power, I should be able to return to my peak." The Undying Dark Phoenix's reason was fading, its mind addled by hunger and weakness.

Demigod-level... and a mighty demigod not inferior to the dragon race!!!

"Chirp!!!!!!!" The next moment, it cried out shrilly again, as if activating some special skill. Across from it, Chitong's expression suddenly changed—it felt the phoenix bloodline force within its body slip free of its control at once, as if about to be drawn out.

Chitong could sense that the Undying Dark Phoenix opposite it was not strong, not demigod-level—yet against it, that creature exerted an immensely powerful suppressive effect, making it very difficult to resist using the power inherited from Mu Huiyin.

It was as if the other had used some skill tailored to suppress the bloodline descendants of its foe.

"What are you doing?" Chi Tong's eyes brimmed with fury as he turned them on the Undying Nether Phoenix.

Yet though he could not fight back through the bloodline power passed down from Mu Huiyin, sword will coiled in Chi Tong's pupils, and astonishing sword qi erupted from within his body. In an instant, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation shattered every restriction, a stunning sword-hum of rules burst forth, and in that same instant it severed the bloodline link between the Undying Nether Phoenix and Chi Tong!!!

BOOM!!!

The four swords swirled about him, the sword-hum of rules resounded through heaven and earth, crushing all flame to pieces. Sword qi wreathed him, and across from him the Undying Nether Phoenix's eyes flew wide.

A quasi-god skill—how could this be!

"Hey, are you kidding me?" At this moment, it was not only Chi Tong; Shi Jin and the others wore uniformly grim expressions as well.

BOOM!!!!

Demigod Eleven swelled abruptly to a hundred meters tall, entering his Chaos Panda form, and glared at the Undying Nether Phoenix with savage cruelty.