Rebirth and reincarnation—for gods, there are sometimes ways to do it.
"Hiss—"
Thinking of this, Xue Di drew in a sharp breath.
"I also have an inheritance, so I won't go into details." Ning Rongrong had no idea what absurd "truth" Xue Di was imagining in her mind. She lightly cradled her palm.
"For example, this is also part of my inheritance." Faint luster began to gather in her palm, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda materialized from illusion to reality.
Bing Di poked her head out, her watery eyes flickering nonstop, especially the vivid red and gold reflected in her pupils, which were extremely piercing.
"Your soul rings... this is impossible!"
Bing Di's voice trembled as she observed back and forth the terrifying aura emanating from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"So many hundred-thousand-year soul rings, and even two million-year ones..."
Bing Di couldn't continue speaking, and it wasn't her fault for being shocked. Before, Ning Rongrong's soul rings were outrageous, but still within the realm of predictability.
That Sea God, before becoming a god, had come to cause trouble, and his soul rings included black and red ones.
It was said that was due to the god exam's enhancement.
But this...
Red, red, red, red, red, red, brilliant gold, brilliant gold, red.
Seven hundred-thousand-year soul rings, two million-year soul rings.
Just looking at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda gave Bing Di immense pressure.
"Don't think too much. The soul ring colors have little to do with slaughtering soul beasts; it's related to my current level."
"To explain forcefully, the two golden soul rings are the connection between my power and Kurumi's."
"And the remaining seven red soul rings are the manifestation of my own strength, displayed in a way that conforms to this world's rules."
"There are no extra soul skills; they were only condensed to adapt to the world's rules."
If speaking of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's skills, that would be the appraisal ability and amplification ability brought by the martial soul itself.
As for the rest, they were all simulated by her from Ning Fengzhi's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and could also be called self-created soul skills.
"Actually, even without summoning the martial soul, my strength wouldn't decrease." Ning Rongrong spread her hands in explanation. "For example, when I fought the ancient black phoenix, did you see me summon my martial soul?"
"You mean, the soul rings were condensed to adapt to this world and avoid rejection—is that the understanding?"
Xue Di had lived long enough after all, her mind much sharper than her own kept Bing Di.
"Simply put, yes!" Ning Rongrong didn't explain further.
"Stop showing off your abilities, master." Tokisaki Kurumi interrupted Ning Rongrong's words in a very unromantic way. "You mentioned dragon clouds and dragon souls, but I didn't see much. Instead, I sensed that not far away, someone is fighting."
"Someone fighting?" Bing Di was stunned for a moment.
What? This wasn't the Silver Dragon King's secret realm, the burial ground of the dragon clan?
How could someone come to cause trouble?
"It's the ancient black phoenix; Gu Yuena is there too." Ning Rongrong took over the topic. "Besides that, there are a few familiar faces."
"Xue Di should have sensed it too." Upon hearing this, Xue Di nodded and then shook her head.
"My perception range isn't as sensitive as yours. This isn't the Extreme North after all; my perceptual area is restricted here."
"I only detected the ancient black phoenix's aura; I didn't discover the others."
"I see..."
Did Dragon Valley restrict soul power?
Ning Rongrong didn't think too much about it.
"Let's go see what Spirit Hall and the Silver Dragon King are up to over there."
Ning Rongrong used zhenqi to lift everyone up, stealthily approaching the center of the battlefield.
...
Dragon Valley central area.
This should have been a massive canyon, surrounded by continuous mountain ranges.
At this moment, however, it was already in ruins with broken walls and eaves.
"Bang!"
A hundred-meter black dragon was sent flying backward, letting out a pained wail. Several pieces of black scales on its body fell off, revealing three blood-red gashes.
In the sky, a golden light transformed into a giant sword that crashed down, smashing straight toward the creature below.
"Bang bang bang bang—"
The instant it touched the creature, the golden giant sword was neutralized by the pitch-black soul power on the creature's body.
"Useless, useless!"
"To kill me, the ancient black phoenix—you all aren't qualified yet."
The bird cry was extremely shrill. After the black mist enveloping the ancient black phoenix blocked the giant sword wrapped in holy aura falling from the sky, it slowly receded, revealing the ancient black phoenix's true form.
Its massive body, hundreds of meters in size, gave an intense sense of oppression.
The feathers on its wings seemed condensed from extreme cold black ice.
Each flap emitted an extremely chilling aura, causing the temperature around it to plummet drastically, with layers of frost spreading outward nonstop.
"So what if you're gods?" Black light flickered, and Bibi Dong revealed her spider form under the martial soul possession. In her hand, soul power condensed into a sickle emitting baleful qi.
Her second martial soul, with six black and three red soul rings, activated.
The final hundred-thousand-year soul ring shone with dazzling light.
"Ninth soul skill—Eternal Creation"
This was a skill she could only use after obtaining the Rakshasa Scythe, but after gaining the ninth soul skill, due to her familiarity with this skill, the soul ring skill evolved into the one she was most familiar with.
The gigantic sickle, as if the god of death harvesting lives, with a shadowy dark black soul power phantom, slashed toward the ancient black phoenix, seeming to cleave it in two with one strike.
"Useless, useless!"
"No matter how hard you try, you can't change the established facts." The ancient black phoenix flapped its wings, releasing even stronger energy.
Accompanied by a terrifying storm that dispersed Bibi Dong's ninth soul skill.
"Even if my strength is suppressed, it's still above yours."
"Once I refine that portion of power, this world's suppression on me will be greatly reduced."
"At that time, not only will I be able to appear at my peak, but I can also slay you, and that silver dragon called Gu Yuena together!"
"For the abyss, for the master, I, the ancient black phoenix, fear nothing!"
The ancient black phoenix once again charged into fierce battle with the group.
This intense scene was fully observed by Ning Rongrong and the others hidden in the distance.
"As expected, this thing came from the abyss plane." Ning Rongrong complained.
She knew there couldn't be such a coincidence. During the Dragon King Legend era, the abyss plane erupted right in the Extreme North.
Although there was the handiwork of the Tang God King, the node was in the Extreme North, so there must be a relatively weak spot for them to enter.
It turned out to be that seal below!
The god exam inheritance that should have been left for the Extreme North soul beasts, the Ice God palace that also sealed the passage, was directly erased by the Tang God King, allowing the abyss plane to come and wreak havoc on all beings.
This black phoenix appeared to be a creature from the abyss plane; she just didn't know if its "master" was the first-level god Abyss Holy Lord or the half-step God King Abyss Mother.
Compared to these distant matters, the present might be more important.
Gu Yuena was maintaining the rules of the small world and suppressing the ancient black phoenix's strength.
Suppressing a first-level god to the degree of a third-level god.
How absurd!
She just didn't know if it was intentional or an accidental result.
Ning Rongrong murmured: "Gu Yuena's aura is very unstable!"
The current Gu Yuena probably couldn't make a move either.
Once she did, the entire plane would likely collapse.
That meant the God Realm would detect the situation here, and whether it was the Silver Dragon King or the ancient black phoenix, both were extremely likely to be discovered.
"Why does this black phoenix feel so weak? Is it really the main body?" Xue Di asked doubtfully.
Although the ancient black phoenix's strength was above hers, this suspected main body couldn't compare at all to the aura when it was sealed.
"The Silver Dragon King is using the world's rules to suppress this big bird." Ning Rongrong explained.
"Mm, suppression? Why not just take it down directly?" Xue Di was puzzled.
"Not clear." Ning Rongrong spread her hands.
"The ancient black phoenix can devour the surrounding dragon souls and dragon clouds. If this continues, it will soon recover to second-level god cultivation."
"I'm a bit curious about Gu Yuena's current state..."
Ning Rongrong looked toward the sky.
Not to mention anything else, Dragon Valley used the Dragon God's dragon soul.
Although even absorbing it might not reach the God King realm, recovering from injuries should be no big problem.
But in the current situation, Ning Rongrong also couldn't judge if Gu Yuena had recovered.
Her state seemed not very good.