"Clang—"
A faint sword hum rang out, and a longsword that was translucent throughout manifested around Ning Rongrong, flying at extreme speed toward the incoming beam.
Ning Rongrong's fingers lightly formed seals, and with a soft shout:
"Sword Formation—Ten Thousand Swords Return to One"
This move was a skill derived from imitating Sword Douluo's soul skill, but for her who had reached the Extreme of Heart and the Extreme of Skill, it was just right to use.
The Glazed Holy Swords that flew out trembled lightly.
Two became four, four became eight...
In the blink of an eye, at the position directly ahead, tens of thousands of sword phantoms derived from the Glazed Holy Swords appeared.
These Glazed Holy Swords swiftly formed a massive sword formation in the air.
Rotating, intersecting, outlining and forming a dazzling sword net, each sword emitting brilliant light, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding scenery.
"This... what is this?"
In the distant barrier, Bing Di looked incredulously at this scene.
"Isn't she an auxiliary soul master?"
"What auxiliary soul master? The master isn't even a soul master."
Tokisaki Kurumi complained, then looking at the vast sword net in the distance, she murmured,
"May the gods bless us. Play all you want, make all the noise you want, but don't play yourself out of existence!"
"If you die, I'll be done for too."
She knew Ning Rongrong had come out wanting to find someone to spar with to vent her itch after seclusion, but picking a third-level god was a bit excessive.
The sword formation began to rotate, its movements reaching the peak.
Tens of thousands of swords formed like a massive array disc, shooting out at an almost unbelievable speed, charging toward the energy beam about to reach them.
There was no grand spectacle, nor any explosive blast.
The "phantom" that had converged into a massive sword shadow fell accordingly, directly grinding away the entire light beam, as if it had been erased by an eraser.
Several seconds later.
A wail like that of a giant bird echoed through.
Ning Rongrong took a deep breath, and the tens of thousands of swords forming the sword net vanished, leaving only a single Glazed Holy Sword slowly flying back into Ning Rongrong's hand.
"Absorb the energy, then slash back at the opponent—this is the so-called Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, controlling the sword with the heart, slaying the enemy with skill."
Her bright eyes looked toward the distance.
On the ancient black phoenix's body, a wound over ten meters long oozed blood.
Perhaps because of the pain, the ancient black phoenix struggled even more exaggeratedly, but it was all firmly locked by the chains on its body.
"As expected of a first-level god's body. Sealed for so long, even borrowing the rebound of third-level god power, it's impossible to heavily injure it."
Ning Rongrong lightly exhaled turbid qi, looking at the Glazed Holy Sword in her hand, murmuring: "God realm is indeed hard to kill."
This was still using the Glazed Holy Sword transformed from Hypnos's God-Slaying Sword as a weapon to unleash power.
Her own strength was roughly above level 99 but below level 101.
Of course, at full power, slaying newbies like Qian Renxue and Tang San at level 101 from the original work should be no problem.
Divine positions suppressed god-level beings, but she wasn't of this world's cultivation system anyway. What did the suppression of higher gods over lower gods have to do with her, Ning Rongrong?
After being slashed once, the ancient black phoenix couldn't break free from the seal and began to quiet down.
Ning Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief. If this thing remained so resilient, what came next might be a bit troublesome.
Tokisaki Kurumi maneuvered the barrier to Ning Rongrong's side.
"I say, that was a third-level god. For practice, couldn't you find a Limit Douluo?"
"What if you died?"
"Uh, you're afraid of dying yourself, right!" Ning Rongrong shrugged.
"You know it well. Our contract means if you die, I'll die too!"
"So that's it. Then as long as we kill Ning Rongrong, this house cat can be made to die young, right!" Bing Di said thoughtfully.
"What are you pondering!" Tokisaki Kurumi glared at Bing Di.
"I'm telling you, killing me might be a bit easier, but this Ning Rongrong is even harder to kill than me."
"This one?"
"That's right, it's, uh..." Tokisaki Kurumi turned her head, meeting Ning Rongrong's gaze, and shuddered all over. "That, master, hear me out, I..."
"No need to explain. When we get back this time, just wait to enjoy it properly!"
Tokisaki Kurumi: "..."
"Alright, next topic." Ning Rongrong's gaze skipped over Tokisaki Kurumi, turning toward where Xue Di was. "That place is indeed a sealed passage. What my perception discovered should be a bit more accurate than Tokisaki Kurumi's side."
"Inside the palace, there's very likely a god's inheritance."
"God, the Ice God?"
"Perhaps!" Ning Rongrong shrugged. "If you want to go in, it's best to wait until after 700,000 years of cultivation. Becoming a god at quasi-god cultivation would give a better foundation; it wouldn't take much time to make up the rest."
"Anyway, let's handle the other matter first."
"Another matter?" Xue Di and Bing Di exchanged glances.
"I've already figured out the ancient black phoenix's location." Ning Rongrong said. "Whether to go or not, think it over and then say."
"The place the ancient black phoenix entered is nine times out of ten Dragon Valley."
"Dragon Valley!"
"You mean, the place where the Silver Dragon King brought Qian Renxue and the others in before?" Bing Di and Xue Di showed astonishment on their faces. They had been hesitating all along whether to help the Star Dou Great Forest, so they hadn't entered that core area praised by the Silver Dragon King.
Not to mention themselves, even Ning Rongrong's side hadn't entered, right?
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, it came back to this.
"What's going on exactly? Why does it involve Dragon Valley?" Xue Di asked doubtfully.
"Dragon Valley's position isn't fixed. Perhaps it was spacetime turbulence produced during a spatial collision that caused it. Didn't Gu Yuena say she was going to open the entrance to Dragon Valley?"
"The aura detected is eight or nine parts similar to Gu Yuena's."
"You can't say she's just idling around everywhere!"
"Probably, that's the only explanation." Xue Di also sighed. "So next, you're going to Dragon Valley?"
"Think it over more. For a first-level god like the ancient black phoenix, I just tested the opponent's physical strength—it's probably not weak even among first-level gods."
"Even after abandoning the body and a bit of soul to deceive the Ice God palace's lock."
"Then the strength entering Dragon Valley... is probably in the second-level god category. Phoenix-type creatures usually have rebirth-type skills."
"Just say the decision already; why drag it out so much!" Bing Di complained. "No need for reasoning; we all get it. If what you're saying is true, if Gu Yuena can't stop her, the ones to suffer in the end will definitely be the Extreme North."
"Then we'll go, but I won't guarantee your safety." Ning Rongrong shrugged.
Just now, she had been recalling the plot related to Dragon Valley.
At this time in Dragon King Legend, it was the Tang Sect's important resource small world.
It didn't allow those above Soul King level to enter; they would be repelled out. But now, the ancient black phoenix hadn't appeared on the continent yet, so the most likely scenario was that it had been confined by the Silver Dragon King.
The reason was also simple: perhaps she wanted to take down the ancient black phoenix in Dragon Valley.
If this thing came out, the God Realm might send gods down, which could expose the Star Dou Great Forest and her.
Secondly, in Dragon Valley, Gu Yuena might have the ability to use power while concealing it from the God Realm.
Of course, all this was just speculation.
"Dragon clouds and dragon souls..."
These things were extremely useful even to Bone Douluo, or to ordinary soul masters.
If enough dragon souls were absorbed, there was a high probability of allowing Bone Douluo to break through to the quasi-god realm.
Ning Rongrong retracted her thoughts and said: "Since you've all decided, then let's start."
"Next destination, Dragon Valley!"
(End of this chapter)