112: Chapter 112 Black Dragon, Fire Phoenix

In the Southern Region, near the massive pillar of light, the animals that originally lived there seemed to perceive a pressure originating from their Bloodline and suddenly fled in all directions.

Not long after, on a cliff not far from the pillar of light, the surrounding air suddenly began to distort, and a massive, fiery red figure slowly descended from the sky!

This was a wondrous and extraordinary giant bird; when its wings were spread, they blotted out the sky, spanning a full seventy to eighty meters. As it landed on the cliff top, the moment its metallic-like claws touched the rock, an extreme heat suddenly erupted!

Several massive boulders, eight or nine meters wide, on the cliff were instantly melted into lava by the terrifying heat, slowly flowing down the steep cliff face.

After the flames on the giant bird disappeared, its feathers, which resembled seven-colored flowing mist, were revealed.

Its eyes were fixed firmly on the pillar of light ahead, and a hint of a smile actually flashed within its gaze.

"Finally... it has appeared. By obtaining it, this seat might be able to take the final step!!" A crisp voice, somewhat resembling a woman's, emanated directly from the giant bird.

However, it was clearly not the only one attracted by this massive pillar of light.

The giant bird's eyes were suddenly filled with sharpness, and at the same time, it cast its gaze toward the north.

Sure enough, only after three breaths, three streams of light descended directly from the Void Realm, landing on the mountain peak opposite the giant bird.

It was none other than White Luan and her two companions, who had been rushing all the way from the Northern Frontier!

"This aura... that's right, it definitely cannot be wrong! It is that very object!" Elder Mo Ya's face was clearly filled with excitement and ecstasy; he even unconsciously grabbed the arm of Hei Tu beside him, gripping tighter and tighter.

"Old ghost, are you sick? Why are you grabbing my arm?" Hei Tu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forearm. When he saw Elder Mo Ya gripping his right arm tightly, he hurriedly and disgustedly flung the other's hand away.

He even felt a sudden chill.

However, he quickly narrowed his eyes, because he suddenly saw the massive figure on the opposite side.

"Look over there! That giant bird on the opposite cliff... damn it, could it be that Fire Phoenix from back then?!" Hei Tu pointed to the opposite cliff and asked with some hesitation.

Elder Mo Ya and White Luan, who were focused intently on the pillar of light, suddenly heard Hei Tu's words and looked in the direction he was pointing.

They saw that on the lonely cliff opposite, the Fire Phoenix was staring coldly at the three of them with an undisguised and extremely disgusted gaze.

"Damn it!!" Elder Mo Ya's expression instantly darkened, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes: "It really is that Fire Phoenix from back then... I didn't expect that after the great battle all those years ago, and after we were all trapped in a Seal for so many years, it would actually still be alive!"

Although White Luan did not speak, her narrowed eyes and furrowed brows were enough to show how wary she was of this Fire Phoenix.

This was a Yao Beast from the same era as them; the three of them had been trapped in a Seal until now, and their cultivation had greatly diminished. And this Fire Phoenix... who knew how far its cultivation had progressed during these long years?

The two sides confronted each other, and the air began to fill with the smell of gunpowder. However, whether it was the Fire Phoenix or White Luan and her companions, they all forcibly suppressed the urge to strike. Because both sides knew that there was only one goal now, and that was the object about to emerge.

Striking now would only allow those who came later to reap the rewards for nothing.

However, the two parties did not wait for long.

In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, a massive dark cloud carrying a torrential downpour was rolling over from the distance at an astonishing speed.

Thunder rumbled faintly, and water vapor surged to the heavens.

Before the dark clouds arrived, a powerful pressure had already descended upon this area.

The confronting Fire Phoenix and White Luan's group almost simultaneously withdrew their gazes and turned to look at the rapidly approaching dark clouds.

"Screech!"

The Fire Phoenix suddenly raised its head and emitted a crisp, long cry, and the flames that had been restrained on its body surged again, instantly evaporating the approaching rain into white mist.

"Roar!!!"

From within the dark clouds, a Dragon cry that seemed to come from ancient times rang out with a boom, seemingly in response to the Fire Phoenix.

Immediately, the dark clouds suddenly dispersed, revealing a massive figure!

A Black Dragon over a hundred meters long, covered in dark purple scales, coiled and circled in the air.

Its lantern-sized slit pupils first swept across the pillar of light, then landed on the Fire Phoenix, and finally glanced coldly at the mountain peak where White Luan and her companions were located.

"What the hell, it's actually that Black Dragon from Blackwater Marsh! Why is it here too?!" Hei Tu looked at the Black Dragon coiling directly on the mountain peak next to the Fire Phoenix, his expression becoming extremely ugly.

This Black Dragon was an existence on the same level as the Fire Phoenix; its strength was unfathomable and extremely difficult to deal with.

Beside Hei Tu, White Luan, who had been silent, finally spoke after sizing up the Black Dragon, but one could clearly feel a hint of wariness in her voice: "The protrusion on this Black Dragon's head and the purple light flashing on its scales... I fear it is only one step away from becoming a true Dragon. Its strength is likely not inferior to that Fire Phoenix."

Upon hearing this, Elder Mo Ya's eyes held a trace of imperceptible fear and lingering dread.

Before the three of them headed to the Western Region, he had actually proposed killing this Black Dragon to devour its blood energy to help restore his own strength.

"White Luan, do you think that when that object emerges later, these two Yao Beasts... won't join forces to deal with us first, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of both White Luan and Hei Tu changed drastically.

After the three of them exchanged glances, they instantly realized the worst-case scenario.

This Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon obviously knew each other, and they were both Yao Beasts. If they really were to join forces, it would not be surprising.

Once the opponents joined forces, with their current state, winning was almost impossible, and whether they could retreat unscathed was an unknown.

Just as they were still calculating what to do later, a Buddhist light lit up on the western horizon, and it was getting closer and closer to this location.

"Someone else is coming!"

Hei Tu narrowed his eyes and looked over, then sneered: "I wondered who it was? So it's that meddlesome old bald donkey from Kasyapa Temple."

The wariness in his tone was clearly much less than when he faced the Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon earlier.

After all, when the three of them had forcibly broken into the Western Region, they had also clashed with this bald donkey. After this period of recovery, the strength of the three of them was no longer what it used to be.

The Buddhist light dissipated, revealing the figure of Head Monk Liansheng.

His gaze swept across the scene, and when he saw the Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon, his eyelids twitched slightly. As for the Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon, they didn't pay much attention to the arrival of Head Monk Liansheng; they just glanced at him indifferently and then withdrew their gazes.

Head Monk Liansheng very sensibly did not approach either side, but instead chose a hillside slightly further away from the pillar of light and with lower terrain.