220: Chapter 220 Unjust Acts Deserve Punishment

The ancient Wood Ruins had long since ceased to exist.

As far as the eye could see was a boundless sea of magma and fire.

All the former scenery had been reduced to ashes.

Only a single branch of the wutong sacred tree, as massive as a mountain range, lay charred across it, radiating a final sense of unyielding defiance.

Boom!

The sea of fire surged, and a massive figure, wreathed in eerie blood-red light, soared into the sky from within the boundless flames.

Fallen Blood Phoenix!

It spread its wings, blotting out the sun. The eerie blood-red light and the overwhelming crimson flames intertwined around its body, emitting an aura that had already reached the realm of a Quasi-Immortal King.

A pair of cold and elegant Phoenix eyes pierced through layers of fiery waves, landing directly on the white-clad figure standing with his hands behind his back.

Su Xuanchen.

As for Ji Luanxi and Chang Xiyue beside him, they were completely ignored by her.

In her eyes, only this man was worthy of a modicum of wariness.

"This Immortal King's words are actually so frivolous."

She inwardly felt a sense of disdain.

Little did she know that the only reason she saw this gentle side of Su Xuanchen was because her Bloodline was qualified to bear him sufficiently powerful offspring.

The Fallen Blood Phoenix restrained its overwhelming malevolence, and its massive body circled in the air before transforming into a peerless woman dressed in blood-red robes.

She stepped through the air barefoot, her figure graceful. Upon her stunning face, which could make heaven and earth lose their luster, a breathtaking smile bloomed.

"Lord Immortal King helped me escape my predicament; this humble girl has no way to repay you."

Her voice carried a strange charm, as if it could snatch away one's Soul.

Su Xuanchen looked at her, a harmless smile appearing on his face.

"It's fine, it's fine."

"The young lady only needs to hand over a few drops of True Blood and imprint your innate Divine Ability; then we shall be even."

Hearing this, the Fallen Blood Phoenix's smile grew even more radiant.

"The Immortal King is right."

She softly agreed, then flicked her wrist.

An exquisite and ancient copper fragment appeared in her jade-white palm.

She pressed two slender jade fingers together and tapped lightly on the copper fragment.

Buzz!

Light flared brilliantly upon the copper fragment.

Mysterious and complex Dao runes flowed from her fingertips, imprinting themselves onto the copper fragment.

At the same time, strands of eerie, pitch-Black Flames were silently infused into it by her.

Having finished this, she handed the copper fragment, which emitted a terrifying aura, toward Su Xuanchen.

"Lord Immortal King, please take it."

She that pair of beautiful eyes were filled with 'sincerity.'

A glint flashed in Su Xuanchen's eyes.

He had long seen through her trickery but feigned ignorance, his face still wearing that playful smile.

"I've troubled the young lady."

He raised his hand, neither dodging nor avoiding, and reached directly for the copper fragment.

"Fool!"

Seeing this, the Fallen Blood Phoenix let out a disdainful sneer in her heart.

"Greed will make you pay with your life!"

She could almost see the miserable end of the frivolous man before her, his body blown to bits by her innate Divine Ability and Black Flames in the next second.

However.

At the very moment Su Xuanchen's fingers were about to touch the copper fragment.

Boom—!!!

Without any warning, the copper fragment exploded!

An indescribable, terrifying energy erupted frantically from that small copper fragment!

The pitch-Black Flames intertwined with the violent power of the runes, transforming into a shockwave capable of destroying everything as it swept frantically in all directions!

Its might was so great it was comparable to a nuclear explosion!

The boundless sea of magma below was actually blasted open by this terrifying force, creating a horrific crater ten thousand meters deep!

Everything in the vicinity, whether it was the remaining sacred tree branches or the hard rocky earth, was completely reduced to powder under this impact!

"Skree!"

At the moment of the explosion, the Fallen Blood Phoenix had already reverted to her original form and flapped her wings to fly high, avoiding the terrifying aftershocks.

She hovered above the Nine Heavens, coldly looking down at the wasteland below that had been completely leveled. Her fierce eyes were filled with undisguised triumph and mockery.

This strike was a full-power blow that condensed nearly half of her entire Origin.

She was confident that even a true Immortal King, caught off guard, would inevitably suffer heavy injuries or even perish on the spot!

"Finally, one is dealt with."

She snorted coldly in her heart and hesitated no longer.

With a flap of her wings, she prepared to tear through the Void Realm and flee this place.

However.

At the moment she turned around.

A brilliant sword light soared into the sky without warning from the core area of the explosion!

That sword light tore through the Void Realm and severed the Laws!

Once the light dissipated.

A figure in clothes as white as snow reappeared in the same spot.

It was Su Xuanchen!

He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, completely unharmed!

Not only that.

Behind him, a golden barrier constructed of Divine Power firmly protected Ji Luanxi and Chang Xiyue, who were likewise not affected in the slightest.

"Is this your repayment?"

Su Xuanchen looked up at the massive figure frozen in mid-air. His voice was flat, yet it carried a chill capable of freezing the Divine Soul.

"An unrighteous act deserves death."

What?!

The Fallen Blood Phoenix's massive body shook violently!

In her fierce eyes, an emotion called 'horror' appeared for the first time.

She stared fixedly at the white-clad figure, her heart churning like a tidal wave!

"This... how is this possible?!"

"How could he be completely unharmed?!"

That was a full-power strike into which she had condensed half of her Origin!

A killing move enough to severely wound an Immortal King!

A fear originating from the depths of her Soul, like a cold tide, instantly submerged her.

She finally understood that she had been terribly wrong from the very beginning.

The man before her was not some frivolous fool.

He was a terrifying existence that she could not fathom at all!

Flee!

She must flee!

The Fallen Blood Phoenix dared not hesitate for a second longer.

She let out a scream of utter terror and flapped her wings violently!

As a possessor of the supreme Bloodline of the Phoenix clan, she was naturally skilled in extreme speed, reaching a velocity that ordinary Immortal Kings could hardly match!

At this moment, she poured all the spiritual power in her body into her sun-blotting wings, doing her utmost to flee toward the horizon at top speed!

However.

"Did this seat allow you to leave?"

A flat voice, as if coming from the Nine Netherworld, echoed faintly in her ears.

The Fallen Blood Phoenix was scared out of her wits!

She discovered in horror that the white-clad figure had appeared in the Void Realm hundreds of thousands of miles ahead of her at some unknown point!

He stood with his hands behind his back, his white robes snapping in the Void Realm turbulence, looking at her with a calm expression as if watching an ant overestimating itself by trying to shake a divine mountain.

"Impossible!"

The Fallen Blood Phoenix's heart sank completely to the bottom.

Her speed was unrivaled among those of the same rank!

But this man was actually more than a hundred times faster than her!

Just what kind of monster was he?!

Unwilling to give up just like that, she abruptly changed direction and once again frantically poured all her spiritual power into her wings, desperately increasing her speed to flee in another direction.