Su Ming remained expressionless as he sat on the Crimson Python Phoenix's body. A grim, murderous air surrounded him, and when it fused with his aloof gaze, it gave people a feeling as if there was ice and snow around him.
However, the heat spreading out from the Crimson Python Phoenix fused perfectly with the cold, forming a strange illusion that made people's gazes look as if they were distorting between the cold and heat, adding a mysterious air to the feeling Su Ming gave off.
Yue Hong Bang charged forward. It was difficult for him to hide the excitement in his heart, and he could not help but reveal a hint of it on his face. He traveled at an extreme speed and turned into a long arc that charged towards his enemy's cave abode in Qi Bei Shan.
As the Crimson Python Phoenix charged forward, it let out joyful roars. Those roars contained a desire for freedom and an outburst of emotions that had been suppressed for many years.
From the moment it gained consciousness, it had been sealed in the mouth of the volcano, and at most, it could not fly more than ten thousand feet. That seal was like a cage that would last for generations. If Su Ming had not come, it would have been sealed in there for its entire life, unable to take even half a step out.
However, Su Ming's arrival changed all of this. He also broke the traditional structure in Crimson Flame Planet. More accurately speaking, the bald crane could be said to have done a great deed in this matter.
As the Crimson Python Phoenix roared, waves of ripples reverberated through the entire Crimson Flame Planet. Its roars shook the sky and earth, and as they reverberated in all directions, they immediately attracted the attention of the ferocious beasts that were sealed in various regions in Crimson Flame Planet and could not leave. They were momentarily stunned, then let out roars in response.
For a period of time, roars from various regions in Crimson Flame Planet spread through the world and echoed in every corner of the planet. This sudden and strange change immediately caused the expressions of all the cultivators in Crimson Flame Planet to change. In the midst of their shock, they could not guess just what sort of change had occurred.
If it was not because there was no mighty pressure or divine sense descending from the sky, people would have thought that the True Guards had returned.
That was especially true of some of the people who had been thinking about the sacrificial offerings from their respective God Spirits. Their God Spirits didn't even look at the sacrificial offerings. Instead, they flew to the limits of their respective God Spirits, looking up into the northern sky and letting out shocking roars.
That roar was filled with envy and madness. This feeling was like a group of people who had been locked in a cage and suddenly saw one of their companions walk out of the cage one day. It would have been fine if it had been silent, but the person who walked out was laughing loudly.
Because of that, the crazed commotion stirred up shook the entire Crimson Flame Planet.
Compared to the shock and bewilderment of the other cultivators in Crimson Flame Planet, the hearts of the cultivators in the northern region of Crimson Flame Planet trembled violently. They lifted their heads in disbelief and looked at the gigantic figure charging through the sky.
It was a Crimson Python Phoenix that was a few thousand meters long, completely crimson red, and possessed the head of a phoenix. As this beast roared through the sky, it caused a tremor that seemed to overturn the heavens and the earth, and it overturned the minds of everyone that saw it with their own two eyes.
"This is … the divine spirit of the Crimson Python Phoenix from the volcano?"
"Could this be an illusion? This is impossible! Since the beginning of Crimson Flame Planet's history, I've never heard of these ferocious beasts from the alien races being able to fly ten thousand feet out of their cave abodes!"
"The cave abodes of these divine spirits are sealed by the four Great True Worlds. It's impossible for them to open them, so how … how did it get out?!"
"There's someone on its head! My God, who is that?! How could that person be sitting cross-legged on the divine Crimson Python Phoenix's head?!"
The uproar from the cultivators in the north reached its peak when they saw the Crimson Python Phoenix and Su Ming sitting cross-legged on it. The uproar stirred up buzzing sounds, and those voices were filled with disbelief, rapid breathing, and shock as well as reverence in their eyes.
The Crimson Python Phoenix threw its head back and roared. It traveled even faster, and the bald crane on its back continued making all sorts of poses. It felt that most of the buzzing from the crowd was because of its ancient self.
Su Ming had an apathetic expression on his face. He had his eyes closed, and even though he had covered up the aloof look in his eyes, the freezing air spreading out from his body could not be dispelled in the slightest.
Yue Hong Bang, who was leading the way, was almost roaring at that moment. He was so excited that his face was flushed red, and his heart was trembling. He was so excited that he wanted to immediately head to Qi Bei Shan's cave abode.
What excited him even more was that as the Crimson Python Phoenix charged through the sky behind him and the ground beneath him, a large number of cultivators were either following it in the sky or running on the ground. Clearly, they wanted to see just where this ferocious divine beast was going.
This sort of curiosity was something all cultivators had to suppress, but at that moment, no one could do so. Even if they had to spend some crystals, they chose to follow without any hesitation, because in all of their hearts, this sort of thing that overturned everything they knew might not even happen once in tens of thousands of years.
And it was clear that this appearance would bring about a great change that would turn the sky and earth upside down. If they missed this chance, they would definitely regret it for the rest of their lives.
At that moment, in the stone house at the top of the tallest mountain in the eastern part of Crimson Flame Planet was the old woman who was meditating. Her eyes flew open, and a powerful light shone in them. She moved without any hesitation and instantly appeared in the sky to look towards the north.
When she looked over, her expression changed rapidly. Sometimes, she would be stunned, sometimes shocked, and sometimes sullen. She even lifted her right hand and formed a seal. After a moment, she sucked in a deep breath, and her body shuddered.
'Someone broke the seal and released the Crimson Python Phoenix! Who is this person? How did he break the seal? This sort of thing has never happened since the seal on Crimson Flame Planet existed. Only … 'The old woman's pupils shrank, as if she had thought of something. She turned into a long arc that charged through the sky and charged towards the north.
In the only forest that existed in the western part of Crimson Flame Planet was a big tree that was trembling violently at that moment. An old human face appeared on the tree trunk, and roars tumbled out of it. As it trembled, the entire forest trembled as well.
There was a middle-aged man standing beside the tree trunk. He was staring at the sky in the north with a dumbfounded expression, and after a long while, he sucked in a sharp breath.
'It's rumored that something similar happened during the initial stages of the change in Black Ink Planet … Could it be that the second change in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence will happen in Crimson Flame Planet?!
'Could it be … that this is the change in Crimson Flame Planet?! ' The middle-aged man's expression changed swiftly. After some time, he leaped up and charged towards Bei Feng.
'There are still nine years until the True Guards' next patrol … Who was it that stirred up the change in Crimson Flame Planet?! '
Due to the Crimson Python Phoenix flying out of the seal, the other ferocious beasts in the seal sensed it and roared in response. All the cultivators in Crimson Flame Planet were in shock and astonishment, and even Su Ming did not notice that the bald crane had used a strange Art to roar out the word 'open' just now outside the volcano, causing a crack to appear on the Rune around the volcano, and at the instant the Crimson Python Phoenix flew out …
A faint, faint ripple spread from the Rune to the ground, as if it had stirred up a series of chain reactions. Once that ripple spread into the ground, one of the countless white threads that existed in the depths of Crimson Flame Planet and the inner parts of the cultivation planet snapped with a bang.
The breaking of one thread might not be able to affect the entire seal, but it did cause a small gap to appear in the complete Rune.
At the instant that gap appeared, there was an endless amount of magma in the true core of Crimson Flame Planet under the endless white threads. The color of that magma was not red, but purplish black!
At the center of that purplish black magma was a skeleton. There was not a hint of flesh or blood on that skeleton, and half of its body was quietly covered by magma. A black sword could be seen piercing deep into the top of its skull. There were three other swords piercing through the other parts of the skeleton's body.
Yet at the instant the bald crane shouted 'open' in the world outside and the ripples from the seal seeped deep into the ground, one of the countless white threads broke, and a dark light shone in the skeleton's eyes.
This was the first time … a dark light shone in its eyes since it had been sealed in this place over the countless years!
At the instant that dark light shone in its eyes, the smug bald crane standing behind Su Ming in the sky above Crimson Flame Planet suddenly froze on its face. It lowered its head swiftly and looked at the ground.
'Duke of Crimson Flame … Hmm? Which bastard is the Duke of Crimson Flame? " The bald crane was momentarily stunned, then scratched its bald head. It found the words it had just said incredibly strange. During that instant just now, it felt as if it had remembered something.
Since it could not figure it out no matter how hard it thought about it, the bald crane no longer thought about it. Instead, it became smug once again. Su Ming opened his eyes slowly. As the Crimson Python Phoenix charged forward, there were nearly a hundred cultivators following behind it in long arcs. There were also hundreds of people running on the ground.
Yue Hong Bang came to an abrupt halt before he turned his head around to look at Su Ming with reverence and zeal in his eyes. He pointed at the ground not too far away.
"Senior, that's Qi Bei Shan's cave abode!"
There was a small mountain on the ground, and there were quite a large number of blue stones scattered at the foot of the mountain. These stones were completely useless to the cultivators in this place, and neither did they contain any spiritual energy within them, which was why very few people paid any attention to them.
At the middle of the small mountain was a platform that jutted out. At that moment, Qi Bei Shan and the woman beside him, who had just returned, were looking at the sky with a dumbfounded expression. Behind them was an open door to a cave abode, and waves of blue light could be seen spreading out from within.
This small mountain was made entirely of blue stones!
Qi Bei Shan shuddered. His face was filled with shock and terror. He had only noticed the abnormality in the world outside not too long after he returned, which was why he went out to investigate. However, before long, his pupils shrank violently, and even his breathing froze for a moment. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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