74: Call me Lord Phoenix

Zhuang Xiaoyan leaned in curiously.

She had been very tempted earlier when she saw that the Little Yellow Chicken looked like a Phoenix, wanting to see it up close and touch it.

But then she was afraid of being too forward.

Now, she could look at it openly and legitimately.

Seeing her beautiful eyes staring so hard that her eyeballs almost fell out, Xu Le scanned the items, picked up the dagger, and handed it over.

"You contributed quite a bit just now, so I'm giving this dagger to you."

Selling this top-tier dagger for a billion wouldn't be much of a problem; no matter how you looked at it, he wasn't treating her unfairly.

Zhuang Xiaoyan hurriedly waved her hands: "No, no, this is your contracted beast, I can't take it."

Xu Le: ???

What contracted beast?

Zhuang Xiaoyan snapped out of it, her face instantly turning scarlet.

She hurriedly tried to cover up her guilt: "I mean, you saved my life, I can't take this dagger from you."

"Is that so?" Xu Le asked suspiciously.

"Yes!"

Zhuang Xiaoyan turned into a nodding doll—certain, positive, and absolute.

Taking back the dagger and leaving the Little Yellow Chicken where it was, the two returned to the main hall, where the battle was still in full swing.

There were about ten Ghost Red Carps left and a few more Ghostly Magic Oxen, around thirty of them; the rest had all been reduced to ashes.

A new batch of Little Dog Clones had been swapped in, and the three hundred-plus Clones were in high spirits, charging recklessly without regard for life or death... Xu Le rushed forward holding the scythe of death staff and punched a God Slave in the head, causing it to explode instantly, with white and red matter splattering everywhere.

Ugh... that's a bit disgusting.

Xu Le looked at a nearby Water Mage: "Brother, give me a wash."

"Okay!"

The man raised his staff but suddenly froze.

If I throw a skill over there, what if the big shot thinks I'm launching a sneak attack?

But if I don't throw the skill, would that count as disobedience?

Xu Le: "Hurry up."

He urged again, and seeing the other party still frozen in place, he sighed inwardly: It's all because I'm too excellent.

Not forcing the issue, he directly used the hair of the next God Slave to wipe his hands and then began to bash them with the staff.

It had to be said that the Mythic-tier staff was very hard; combined with his strength, he could easily smash a God Slave's head.

Bang!

One God Slave fell!

Bang!

Another God Slave fell.

Time slowly passed.

The God Slaves began to die completely.

[EXP +6,280,000]

[EXP +6,280,000]

[EXP +6,280,000]

...Having nine lives seemed like a lot, but their health points were their weakness. Combined with the terrifying attributes of Xu Le and the Little Dog, they were like a bulldozer, finally clearing out all the God Slaves.

Flash!

Another beam of white light rose over Xu Le's head.

By now, he had leveled up four times in a row.

His Rank reached Level 63.

[Name] Xu Le

[Class] Holy Contract Master (SSS-Rank)

[Rank] 63 (280,000 / 61,000,000)

[Talent] Innate Divinity, The Gift, Raven Emissary

[Strength] 7,565 + 5,000

[Agility] 7,965 + 5,000

[Physique] 7,564 + 5,000

[Spirit] 7,570 + 5,000 + 200 (star robe) + 800 (scythe of death staff)

[Skills] Contract Array, Mind Link, Life Recovery, Conceal Aura, Mental Shock, Earth Spike, Hurricane Howl (Equipment)

[Equipment] scythe of death staff, star robe, Umbral Ghost Ring, space ring, traceless ring, soul of the black bird, demon moth wings

[Items] Fierce Tiger's Fang (Dagger), Banshee's Heart, Inferior Divine Stone, demon slaying blade, directional teleportation scroll, demonic qi purification talisman, Delicious Biscuits, Tent, etc.

Flash, flash, flash, flash!

From the first white light of leveling up, four consecutive flashes of white light passed over Xu Le's head in just three minutes.

Zhuang Xiaoyan and the other three watched, drooling.

Because they weren't in a party and only assisted in killing the God Slaves, they only received a small amount of experience points, far from enough to level up even once.

However, no one dared to be jealous. A Genius who could easily defeat Ghost Executioner—even the number one on the qingwu ranking probably couldn't do that.

At this moment, no one dared to treat Xu Le as a peer.

There were very few drops on the ground, only three shiny things; the drop rate was less than 1%.

Xu Le picked them up to look, and his eyes instantly became fixed.

[Item] Faith Crystal Fragment

[Quality] Mythic

[Item Details] A crystal formed when a believer's faith in a god reaches the extreme and materializes. Using it can unlock wisdom. (Only effective for believers with faith)

Xu Le immediately thought of Little Silly Crow. Unfortunately, the crystal in his hand was only a fragment. If he could collect ten of them, he would definitely synthesize one to boost its IQ.

"Chirp!"

The Phoenix's soft cry was crisp and pleasant to the ear.

Xu Le went outside to look and saw that the Little Yellow Chicken had already grown to over six meters tall. Including its three-meter-long tail, it was a full nine meters in height.

Every fire feather on its body looked like a burning flame. From a distance, it looked like a curtain of fiery red waterfall, so beautiful that one could not look away.

Divine Eye activated.

[contracted beast] Little Yellow Chicken (Can be renamed)

[Race] Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix (SSS-Rank)

[Rank] 63

[Strength] 640

[Agility] 1,920

[Physique] 640

[Spirit] 3,200

[Equipment] None

[Talent] Flame Spirit

A body composed of fire elements, immune to any fire-based Spell damage. Dealing damage will inflict fire burning, causing Spirit × 2 damage per second for 30 seconds.

[Skills]

1. Blazing Shockwave

Consumes 200 Mana points to spit out a blazing fireball, dealing Spirit × 15 damage to enemies it touches.

2. Flame Shield

Consumes 120 Mana points to summon a shield to protect itself or an ally, blocking Spirit × 12 damage.

3. Meteor Fire Rain

Consumes 600 Mana points to summon a rain of fire, dealing Spirit × 5 damage for 60 seconds.

4. Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens

Consumes 800–7,200 Mana points to summon up to nine fire Clones to attack enemies together. Each Clone possesses 80% of the original's unequipped attributes.

5. Phoenix Nirvana

Upon death, it will turn into a Phoenix egg. Its dual defenses will increase by 15,000% (excluding equipment). It will resurrect with 100% attributes after 2 minutes. Cooldown: 12 hours.

The basic attributes hadn't changed, but every skill had been strengthened to some extent. Its combat power had increased by at least 50% compared to before.

Seeing Xu Le, the Little Yellow Chicken excitedly spread its wings and flew in front of him, shrinking to a height of one meter seven and dancing gracefully.

After finishing the dance, it rested its left wing on its cheek and tucked its right wing behind it, looking exceptionally elegant.

"Master Brother, can you give me a nice name?"

Its voice was like a warbler singing, crisp and pleasant, and its lively eyes blinked repeatedly.

More importantly, it spoke.

Zhuang Xiaoyan: I'm melting, I'm melting!

She hurriedly ran in front of the Little Yellow Chicken: "He... Hello! What is your name?"

The Little Yellow Chicken tilted its small head and looked down at Zhuang Xiaoyan: "You can call me Lord Phoenix."

'Ah, I'm going to die,' Zhuang Xiaoyan clutched her heart, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes were about to melt, 'It's too cute!'

She cooperated and said respectfully: "Lord Phoenix, my name is Zhuang Xiaoyan. I'm super loving, super responsible, currently single, and haven't taken in any small animals."

Little Yellow Chicken: Did I ask you? What are you even saying? This woman is weird; Master is still the best.

Xu Le rubbed his chin. Now that the Little Yellow Chicken—no, the Little Phoenix—could talk, calling it Little Yellow Chicken was indeed a bit inappropriate.

"How about Little Feng?"

Little Yellow Chicken: (.•́︿•̀.)

Xu Le: "Uh, Little Huang?"

Little Yellow Chicken: (｡í _ ì｡)

"Little Jiu?"

Little Yellow Chicken: (ノ｀⊿´)ノ (Why did my status drop so much?)

After more than ten attempts, Xu Le was a bit frustrated: "How about just calling you Nine Phoenix?"

The Little Yellow Chicken was silent for a long time, finally feeling that its master had tried his best and she shouldn't make things difficult for him, so she nodded in agreement.

Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief: "From now on, you will be called Nine Phoenix."

Nine Phoenix cupped her wings: "Thank you for the name, Master Brother."

Zhuang Xiaoyan showed a fawning smile and placed a large pile of snacks in front of Nine Phoenix.

"Lord Phoenix, please help yourself."

Nine Phoenix huffed: "Lord Nine Phoenix doesn't care for these things."

She stuck close to Xu Le, turned her small face to the side, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Zhuang Xiaoyan laughed inwardly and moved the snacks closer: "Lord Nine Phoenix, this is a token of my heart for you."

Nine Phoenix huffed, wanting to refuse but unable to bear it, and "reluctantly" accepted: "Since that's the case, I'll take them for now, but don't let it happen again."

She opened a bag of French fries: "Oh my, human things are so delicious, so happy."

Xu Le: ...Forget it, finding a way to leave the Temple is the priority.

They had just tried several times, but they still couldn't leave the vicinity of the Temple.