160: Chapter 160 The Helpless Fire Phoenix, the Stubborn Black Dragon

The Fire Phoenix carried Xia Jin, its massive wings flapping violently as it soared straight into the sky!

The Ten Thousand Mountains beneath them shrank rapidly, turning into a continuous stretch of small black dots. It flew towards the south, piercing through clouds and mist, its speed astonishingly fast.

Xia Jin sat cross-legged on top of the Fire Phoenix's head, frowning as he looked in the direction they were flying.

After all, in his memory, that Black Flood Dragon had always been in the Blackwater Marsh in the Central Region.

"Where is that Black Flood Dragon now?" Xia Jin glanced at the Fire Phoenix beneath him and asked indifferently.

Hearing Xia Jin's question, a flash of helplessness crossed the Fire Phoenix's eyes: "That fellow, the Black Flood Dragon, is currently in a marsh near the coast ahead. A few months ago, it fought with a strong cultivator from the Tianqi Continent and was severely injured, so it has been hiding there to recover. That place has a heavy concentration of Yin Qi, which is most suitable for a flood dragon like it to heal."

"Severely injured?" Xia Jin raised an eyebrow, as if thinking of something.

A few months ago, someone claiming to be from the Heavenly Sword Profound Sect of the Tianqi Continent had descended upon the Great Xia Imperial Palace, but he had killed that person.

Could the person who severely injured the Black Flood Dragon also be that same person?

"Yes," the Fire Phoenix replied, suddenly feeling a bit apologetic toward the Black Flood Dragon. "That guy has an extremely stubborn personality. If it weren't truly severely injured, it wouldn't be hiding there. In this East Profound Continent, I am likely the only one among its friends who knows where it is."

Speaking of this, the Fire Phoenix sighed inwardly.

Old friend, don't blame me this time. It's not that I want to betray you, but the one above me... I am completely unable to resist him.

If you want to blame someone, blame our bad luck for encountering such a jinx.

As it was thinking this, a grayish, hazy marsh appeared on the horizon ahead.

The marsh was extremely vast, stretching beyond the horizon. A layer of grayish-black miasma hung over it year-round, blocking out the sunlight.

To have such a marsh near the coast—this is likely the only one in the entire East Profound Continent.

They had reached the marsh.

The Fire Phoenix slowed its speed, its massive figure slowly passing through the miasma and flying toward the depths of the marsh.

Meanwhile, in the depths of the marsh.

A massive black shadow was coiled within a bottomless mud pool.

The black shadow was over a hundred zhang long, its entire body covered in black-purple scales. Two short horns had already grown on its head; it was exactly the Black Flood Dragon that Xia Jin was looking for!

At this moment, the Black Flood Dragon was closing its eyes, inhaling and exhaling the surrounding Yin Qi. Although its injuries had mostly healed, it would still take quite some time to fully recover.

Suddenly, it opened its giant eyes, which were like lanterns!

"Hmm!? This aura... it's that fellow, the Fire Phoenix!"

A trace of doubt flashed in the Black Flood Dragon's eyes.

"That guy, the Fire Phoenix, coming here at this time—could something have happened again?"

Its massive body began to writhe, and the surrounding mud pool churned as streams of black mist rose from its body. As it rose, the mist swirled around it, looking from afar as if it were riding the clouds and mist.

The Black Flood Dragon's massive body soared into the air from the mud pool, accompanied by a rain of mist.

It flew toward the direction from which the aura came and soon saw that familiar figure.

The Fire Phoenix's massive body appeared and disappeared within the miasma, the red flames rising from its body pushing back the surrounding mist for several miles.

"Fire Phoenix, it's rare to see you come here. What is it? Has something happened?"

The Black Flood Dragon let out a muffled roar, its voice filled with a hint of confusion.

However, as soon as it finished speaking, its eyes changed.

Because it saw that on top of the Fire Phoenix's head, there was actually a person standing!

A human!

And that human... why did he look so familiar?

The Black Flood Dragon widened its lantern-like eyes, trying hard to identify him.

Suddenly, its whole body shuddered!

It was him!

The human who had fought with it back then in the Blackwater Marsh!

Strange, this was very strange.

The Fire Phoenix—ever since it had known the other party, it had extremely disliked humans, let alone letting a human sit on its head!

What it meant for a Yao Beast to let a human sit on its body, the Black Flood Dragon knew all too well.

Unless it was someone extremely close, otherwise, it meant submission!

Could it be...

A sharp glint suddenly flashed in the Black Flood Dragon's giant eyes as it stared straight at the approaching Fire Phoenix.

Impossible! The Fire Phoenix was even more arrogant than it was; how could it submit to a human?!

But the scene before it could not be fake.

The Fire Phoenix flew in front of the Black Flood Dragon and slowly stopped.

It glanced at its old friend, a flash of complexity in its eyes. But since things had reached this point, there was nothing it could do, so it could only let out a low phoenix cry as a greeting.

Before the Black Flood Dragon could open its mouth to ask, the human on top of its head spoke first.

"Why? You seem to have many questions upon seeing this Prince?"

"Human, it seems your relationship with the Fire Phoenix is unusual. Speak, what exactly do you want by seeking me out?" The Black Flood Dragon's gaze was fixed entirely on Xia Jin, who was standing on the Fire Phoenix's head.

Xia Jin stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the Black Flood Dragon. "This Prince has come today to make you submit to this Prince and guard the Great Xia for this Prince."

The Black Flood Dragon was stunned for a moment, then its eyes turned hostile.

Its massive body arched slightly, and the dark clouds swirling around it churned even more violently; one could even see lightning generated by the collision of the dark clouds.

"Human, I remember you."

The Black Flood Dragon stared fixedly at Xia Jin, its voice filled with a hint of anger. "It seems you have already made the Fire Phoenix submit to you!"

"But do you really think that I am as easy to bully as the Fire Phoenix?!"

As soon as its voice fell, the Black Flood Dragon suddenly opened its giant mouth and let out a heaven-shaking roar!

The surrounding marsh churned violently, and countless mud sprays shot into the sky!

However, just at this moment, the Fire Phoenix suddenly spoke.

"Black Flood Dragon, if you still trust me as your old friend, do not make a move."

The Fire Phoenix's voice carried a hint of helplessness. "Because if you make a move... the outcome will be very miserable."

The Black Flood Dragon's roar suddenly cut off.

After all, having known the Fire Phoenix for so many years, it knew its old friend's temper and knew it was definitely not the type to speak nonsense.

"Fire Phoenix, you... could it be that you have also..."

"That's right, I tried just now, but there was no way." The Fire Phoenix nodded helplessly. "The aura on him... I cannot resist it. That suppression coming from the Bloodline, do you understand?"

The Black Flood Dragon fell silent.

It certainly understood what the Fire Phoenix meant. Yao Beasts like them valued the Bloodline above all else. For a Yao Beast like the Fire Phoenix to submit, what kind of existence must that be?

However, this kid was clearly a human; why would he be able to exert Bloodline suppression on Yao Beasts like the Fire Phoenix?

No, it couldn't; it was not willing to just submit like this!

"Human, listen to me, I will not submit to any human! Even if you are so powerful that even my friend cannot resist you!"

Xia Jin looked at the stubborn Black Flood Dragon before him and suddenly smiled.

That smile made the Fire Phoenix to the side tremble in its heart.

It was all too familiar with that smile.

Every time Xia Jin had shown this smile to it before, it had ended up in bad luck.

"Not bad, you, like this Fire Phoenix, have some backbone." Xia Jin nodded, his tone revealing no joy or anger. "Fine, I shall let you experience what the Fire Phoenix experienced earlier!"

After speaking, that Sun Mark between Xia Jin's eyebrows appeared once again!