173: Take down the Fire Beast Domain

The Fire Phoenix was somewhat puzzled by the invaders' resurrection, but it still spared no effort in killing them over and over again. After all, they were in the Elemental World, where Fire Element energy was abundant.

However, the Demon Dragon, Fire Kirin, and Flame Orangutan seemed to have a grudge against the Flame Divine Tree. Every time they were resurrected, they would attack the divine tree; even if they couldn't kill it, they wanted to disgust the Fire Phoenix.

This tactic proved effective, as it made the Fire Phoenix furious every single time, causing it to ignore everything else just to kill them off first.

During this time, the Demon Dragon and the others consumed quite a few Flame Fruits. The Flame Orangutan even beat its chest, letting out triumphant roars while it ate.

After eating an unknown number of fruits, the Flame Orangutan successfully broke through to Tier 7.

With that, the beasts became even more enthusiastic, stuffing the fruits and even the branches and leaves into their mouths, wishing they could strip the tree bare.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen, inside the Nine Layer Abyss, felt a pang of heartache; the amount of Abyss Power consumed by these waves of resurrected minions was not insignificant.

Each resurrection of a Tier 7 demigod cost at least one million units of Abyss Power, and resurrecting these thirty-plus minions cost tens of millions at once.

As for those fire-type magical beasts, Ye Chen decisively abandoned them after they had been resurrected twice, leaving them in the abyss and no longer sending them into battle.

They posed no threat to the Fire Phoenix; their tiny flames not only failed to cause any damage to the Fire Phoenix but actually replenished its energy.

Only the Fire Kirin and the Flame Orangutan were left to assist the Demon Dragon in causing destruction.

Even so, there were still over twenty Tier 7 minions left, mainly demigod powerhouses from the Sachi World, who could only inflict minimal damage against the Fire Phoenix.

Fortunately, he had accumulated quite a bit of Abyss Power thanks to the Bronze Coffin during this period; otherwise, he would have run out of resources mid-fight.

After contemplating for a moment, Ye Chen dispatched tens of thousands of Tier 6 demons that had advanced during this period.

After receiving the Darkborn inheritance, these demons had awakened various abilities, which might prove surprisingly effective when fighting the Fire Phoenix.

As the demons joined the battlefield, they indeed caused some chaos for the Fire Phoenix.

The bizarre abilities of the demons opened its eyes, as many of them were akin to rule-based abilities, catching it completely off guard.

Without the protection of Leviathan's Starry Sky Domain, these demons would never have been able to survive in the fire domain, yet now they could fearlessly attack the divine beast.

After ten rounds of resurrections, the Fire Phoenix's aura finally began to wane.

Even an elephant can be bitten to death by enough ants, let alone by so many demigods and demons.

Realizing that if this continued, it might end up dying here, the Fire Phoenix took one last deep look at the Flame Divine Tree, turned around, and flew away at high speed toward the outside of the realm.

The Abyss minions unleashed their ultimate moves, attempting to keep the Fire Phoenix there. Even Leviathan was no exception, channeling all its star power into its Devouring Black Hole, trying to drag the Fire Phoenix back.

However, the gap in strength made their efforts futile. The Fire Phoenix transformed into flames and vanished from the spot, never to appear again.

Leviathan wanted to continue the pursuit, but was stopped by the Demon Dragon.

If the Fire Phoenix was determined to escape, they alone could not stop it. If they attracted the domain lords of the other beast domains, they would return empty-handed this time.

Although they hadn't achieved complete success, they had captured the Fire Beast Domain, which counted as a gain.

They had originally thought the Flame Divine Tree was extremely important to the Fire Phoenix and would be able to hold it, but they hadn't expected it to leave so decisively.

Then again, in the face of life, even the most precious treasures were not worth mentioning.

Subsequently, the demons held a grand sacrificial ceremony, sacrificing the entire Fire Beast Domain back to the abyss.

The World Will of the Elemental World was extremely furious, and the rumbling thunder never ceased.

However, the domain lord of this realm had already fled, and the remaining high-tier magical beasts had all become lackeys of the abyss. The entire Fire Beast Domain had no resistance left.

Soon, the entire Fire Beast Domain was pulled into the abyss, becoming the 15th layer of the abyss, and all the fire-type magical beasts were completely corrupted by the abyss.

The Flame Divine Tree atop the Flame Sacred Land became another spiritual plant alongside the World Tree.

At this moment, the Flame Divine Tree's branches and leaves were withered, and its trunk was covered in many claw marks and bite marks.

Fortunately, it had tenacious vitality and could slowly recover as time passed.

Under the time dilation of the abyss, its recovery speed was greatly accelerated.

At this time, the World Tree sensed the aura of the Flame Divine Tree. A branch extended from its trunk, traversing the vast distance to arrive near the Flame Divine Tree.

Subsequently, the branch inserted itself into the roots of the Flame Divine Tree, and a surge of immense vitality flowed from the World Tree.

Bolstered by this vitality, the wounds on the surface of the Flame Divine Tree healed rapidly, and at the same time, its size grew quickly.

The Blue Phoenix, Fire Phoenix, and flocks of Firebirds that had been resting on the Flame Divine Tree after resurrection sensed the strange transformation of the divine tree and hurriedly flew out from the canopy to investigate.

They saw the divine tree growing at a speed visible to the naked eye; the trunk, which had originally been in the center of the small island, gradually occupied the entire island.

Soon, the Flame Divine Tree had expanded dozens of times over, and the expansion finally ceased.

Above the canopy, burning Flame Fruits were dotted among the lush, fiery-red leaves.

These fruits were much larger than the ones the Demon Dragon and the others had eaten before, and the abundant energy within them was several times greater than before.

Seeing this, the Blue Phoenix and Fire Phoenix had red eyes, and the Firebirds were chirping, wanting to rush up and feast.

At this moment, an invisible ripple firmly blocked all the Firebirds; only the Blue Phoenix, Fire Phoenix, and the Tier 7 fire-type magical beasts remained unaffected.

This was naturally Ye Chen's command. If he let those Firebirds eat indiscriminately, the utilization rate for the abyss would be too low.

Thus, he had the Abyss Will strictly control the distribution of the Flame Fruits; only Tier 7 fire-type magical beasts were allowed to enjoy the fruits, in the hope that they could quickly comprehend the Fire Law and break through their shackles.

As for the eight Tier 7 fire-type magical beasts, including the Fire Kirin, they settled directly near the Flame Divine Tree, as the abundant fire-type energy there would allow them to grow better.

As for the Demon Dragon, it returned to the Nine Layer Abyss to reside; it was more accustomed to its own hot springs.

Of course, its mission on Dragon Island was not yet complete, so after staying for one night, it returned to the Dragon Island world.

Meanwhile, on Dragon Island, the Dragon Squad sent to investigate the anomalies had not returned, drawing the attention of the Ancient Dragon.

Logically speaking, given the strength of the Dragon Squad, there shouldn't be many factions in this world that dared to provoke them, and there were few people in the current age who could provoke them.

Yet now there was no news of them, which inevitably aroused its suspicion.

Could it be that the Human Nations had united to set a trap? Or was that Otherworld creature truly so powerful that it had kept that Dragon Squad?

Regardless of which it was, it was a provocation to the dragon race.

The dragon race had been detached from the world for too long, and too many people had forgotten the majesty of the dragon race.

After thinking for a long time, the Ancient Dragon sent out another Dragon Squad.

This squad was composed entirely of Tier 7 dragons, and the leader was a Tier 7 peak Black Dragon.

Such a powerful team was enough to sweep through the Human Nations and make them understand who the true hegemon of the world was.