CHAPTER 82
Go back ten thousand years
His gaze slowly swept across the mountain range. Every lone peak, every river, and even every forest here was so familiar and full of vitality.
"What's going on? Why did the True Fire Phoenix bring me back to Sky Spirit Mountain? What is it trying to tell me?" Chu Xingyun felt that it was not a coincidence that the True Fire Phoenix brought him back to Sky Spirit Mountain. There must be some other reason.
Suddenly, the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range began to tremble violently. A pitch-black light burst out from the mountain, carrying an extremely dense aura of death as it shot towards the Truefire Phoenix.
Seeing this, the True Fire Phoenix opened its mouth, and endless flames immediately wrapped around the black light. Under the burning, the two disappeared at the same time.
However, the black lights didn't stop there. One after another, they flew out from the mountain, causing the mountain to tremble even more. Countless birds and beasts screamed and quickly fled.
Awoo!
A violent roar spread out from the mountain range. Not long after, an enormous figure of a beast appeared in Chu Xingyun's field of vision. It was as large as a small mountain, and its body was like a lion. It had a pair of wings on its back, and its head was in the form of a ball of pitch black mist. Everywhere it passed, everything would become withered and yellow, as if it had been deprived of its vitality.
"Soul Extinguishing Nightmare!" Chu Xingyun jumped up the moment he saw the beast.
Not only did he recognize this enormous beast, he had even seen it with his own eyes.
Back then, when he was bitterly cultivating in Heaven Spirit Mountain, he had traveled to every corner of the mountain.
In the deepest part of Heavenly Spirit Mountain, there was a huge basin. There were no spiritual materials or precious treasures in the basin, only a huge beast skeleton.
According to the ancient records, this enormous beast skeleton came from an ancient variant beast that was capable of seizing the vitality of all things, and it was called the Soul Annihilation Nightmare.
Like the Truefire Phoenix, the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare was also a legendary supreme divine beast. Its strength was not inferior to the Truefire Phoenix.
As for why it died in Sky Spirit Mountain, no one knew.
He only knew that the Soul-Destroying Puppet's corpse had existed since ten thousand years ago, and the entire corpse was covered in flames. Only the Martial Emperor could get close to it.
"The Soul Extinguishing Nightmare before me is still living in Heavenly Spirit Mountain and hasn't died yet. If we combine this with the ancient records, could it be that the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare's death was caused by this True Fire Phoenix?"
"My soul didn't return to Tianling Mountain, but was brought back to ten thousand years ago by the True Fire Phoenix's remnant soul?"
Chu Xingyun speculated bit by bit. When he looked up, he discovered that the True Fire Phoenix and the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare had already collided with each other, causing a deafening explosion.
The Soul Destruction Nightmare was an extremely ferocious divine beast. Its head was formless, but a ball of black mist.
According to the ancient records, this ball of pitch black mist was the aura of death. So long as one came into contact with it in the slightest, one would be stripped of all vitality. Thus, places where Soulannihilation Nightmares appeared would usually become barren.
The Soulannihilation Nightmare and the True Fire Phoenix collided in the void. One of them burned the sky, while the other was filled with surging aura of death. The entire sky was shattered, and countless void cracks appeared in the middle. A terrifying suction force burst out from the cracks.
As long as one was sucked into the void cracks, anything would be shattered into pieces.
"Is this a battle between Martial Emperors?" Chu Xingyun was shocked by the scene before him.
He had once stood at the peak of the True Spirit Continent, and had killed countless people in his life. He had even killed many Martial Emperor experts. Each battle could be said to be earth-shattering.
However, compared to the scene before him, he realized that the battles he had experienced before were insignificant. Even the void was shattered. It was so terrifying that even Martial Emperor experts couldn't contend against it.
Awoo!
The Soul Extinguishing Nightmare was thoroughly enraged. Its body turned into a black flowing light and flashed past. It actually cut open the True Fire Phoenix's wings, and golden True Fire Phoenix blood gushed out.
However, the True Fire Phoenix didn't show any signs of weakness. Its flames raged and fell on the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare's body. It was like maggots that couldn't be extinguished, and burned crazily.
The two divine beasts didn't want to give way to each other. Every time they attacked, they fought with their lives on the line. They fought fiercely for three days and three nights before gradually calming down.
At this moment, the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare's body was mottled with blood. The Death Qi that shrouded its head had become extremely thin. Its huge body fell from the sky and smashed into the depths of the Tianling Mountain Range, creating a huge crater.
The True Fire Phoenix's situation wasn't optimistic either.
Wisps of pitch-black Death Qi attached to the True Fire Phoenix's body and began to nibble away at it. The scorching True Fire Phoenix also became dim, flickering as if it would disappear at any moment.
The True Fire Phoenix hovered in the void. It opened its mouth and spat out a flame with all its might. It enveloped the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare's body and burned it to death. Only a charred corpse was left.
After doing all this, the True Fire Phoenix let out a sorrowful cry. It flapped its wings and flew into the distance.
"The True Fire Phoenix and the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare are both extremely powerful divine beasts. Their strength is on par. Although the True Fire Phoenix burned the Soul Extinguishing Nightmare to death, its vitality will be nibbled away by the Death Qi."
Chu Xingyun spat out a word. As soon as he finished speaking, the True Fire Phoenix fell from the sky. Its flames were extinguished, and its last trace of vitality disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, Chu Xingyun felt his vision become blurry, and his consciousness dissipated once again.
"My guess was right. The scene just now was indeed from ten thousand years ago in Heavenly Spirit Mountain. The Soul Extinguishing Demon and the True Fire Phoenix fought each other. In the end, both of them were severely injured. This is why the Soul Extinguishing Demon's corpse is covered in the Inextinguishable Flame. This flame actually came from the True Fire Phoenix." Chu Xingyun finally unraveled this dusty history and felt a trace of pride in his heart.
As for why he did not see the corpse of the True Fire Phoenix in Tianling Mountain, Chu Xingyun already knew the answer.
Rumour had it that when the True Fire Phoenix was on the verge of death, it could split its essence blood and undergo Nirvana Rebirth. The True Fire Phoenix must have used this innate ability in the moment of its death, allowing it to escape.
"If I could also have such a powerful innate ability as Nirvana Rebirth, perhaps I would have been able to survive Xiao Xingtian's assassination attempt back then," Chu Xingyun mocked himself. He suddenly opened his eyes and discovered that he had returned to the Reincarnation Stone.
However, what was different was that a huge pool of water had suddenly appeared in the centre of this space. It was over a hundred meters long and wide.
The pool was filled with red water that constantly churned. From a distance, it looked just like blood as it stirred up blood-red waves.
Above the pool, there was a drop of blood. Within the drop of blood, there was actually a small True Fire Phoenix. It was raising its head to the sky and letting out a long cry. Endless flames sprinkled down, enveloping the churning blood colored pool water.
"This droplet of blood contains an extremely powerful vitality. Could it be the essence blood of the True Fire Phoenix?"
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