"I'm fine, Bing Di." Xue Di reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, a flash of fear passing through her eyes. "The Ancient Black Phoenix's strength has increased by more than just a star or two."
Once, she had sensed the Ancient Black Phoenix's situation through the seal, and with the seal blocking it, there wasn't much fear.
But now facing a god-level directly, one that seemed even stronger than before, even with her cultivation reaching 690,000 years and her strength at the peak of demigod, with one foot stepping into quasi-god, Xue Di inexplicably felt her heart palpitate.
"Secondary god, the Ancient Black Phoenix's strength has grown stronger." Ning Rongrong spoke up, then shook her head again. "It's not that it's grown stronger, but rather that the suppression from Dragon Valley has weakened. It might be related to him refining the dragon souls and dragon clouds!"
"However, he is indeed reshaping his body anew."
"Reshaping his body?" Xue Di and Bing Di both looked toward Ning Rongrong.
"That's right. The Ancient Black Phoenix's body should be the one that was sealed."
"The current him only arrived in Dragon Valley relying on his soul. Perhaps he has some special ability, allowing him to shape a body using his soul, borrowing the dragon clouds and dragon souls of Dragon Valley."
"If he succeeds in shaping the body, I'm afraid Gu Yuena won't be able to suppress him anymore."
Dragon Valley suppresses souls, but not necessarily bodies.
Ning Rongrong could vaguely sense that the rules of Dragon Valley, or Gu Yuena—her emotions were affecting Dragon Valley. She was very anxious.
A tertiary god— the four of them might be able to fight it, but she hadn't expected this Ancient Black Phoenix to be so difficult to deal with.
But if it reached secondary god level, it probably wouldn't be so easy to handle anymore.
Gu Yuena, regardless of the consequences, could strike directly, or use the rules to force the Ancient Black Phoenix out of Dragon Valley—that might also work.
But once out of Dragon Valley, the consequences of the Ancient Black Phoenix recovering to primary god level were something Gu Yuena probably didn't want to see right now either.
"Hahahaha, hahahahahahaha!" The Ancient Black Phoenix's voice rang out.
"Humans, soul beasts! Foolish trash, my Ancient Black Phoenix's strength has advanced further."
"After I devour all of you, and then deal with that silver dragon overseeing this place, I, the Ancient Black Phoenix, will rule the world."
"For the Lord, the abyss fears nothing."
Terrifying pressure permeated the entire Dragon Valley.
With a "bang" of a massive explosion.
Di Tian and the others felt a sweetness in their mouths and spat out blood in unison, flying backward.
The Ancient Black Phoenix's body had become a few sizes larger than before, especially its aura.
"Secondary god! Damn it, this is trouble now."
As the former patriarch of the black dragon clan, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian.
Even without his previous cultivation, his insight was still there.
"Don't underestimate us, Ancient Black Phoenix."
Qian Renxue, who had been sent flying backward, had the soul bone set on her body emit golden light, resonating with the Angel Holy Sword in her hand.
"God skill—Angel Judgment."
Under the influence of the divine weapon Angel Holy Sword, the sword qi slashed out by Qian Renxue was like a vast mountain range, with a momentum like overwhelming mountains and seas, seemingly about to obliterate everything around it.
"Useless, useless." The Ancient Black Phoenix opened its blood basin of a mouth, a clanging voice ringing out.
"You've missed the last chance to kill me. The current me is no longer something you trash can easily manipulate."
"Devour—"
The sword qi released by the Angel Holy Sword couldn't maintain its form under the raging black winds and turned into pure energy, sucked into the Ancient Black Phoenix's mouth.
"What! It can even devour the energy of the Angel Holy Sword now."
Qian Renxue's expression changed drastically. It clearly couldn't do that before—why could it now even devour holy aura?
"I told you, you've lost." The Ancient Black Phoenix let out a satisfied burp, humming lightly. "Holy aura, no matter when, is always so disgusting."
"In that case, let's start with you!"
The Ancient Black Phoenix flapped its pitch-black wings, and dark aura slowly spread out, a suppressive and fearful atmosphere diffusing outward.
In an instant, countless feathers formed into feather arrows.
"Swish swish swish—"
Thousands upon thousands of "arrows" launched an attack on Qian Renxue.
Each flap of its wings multiplied the arrows in the sky several times over.
Qian Renxue had no choice but to rely on the speed of her six-winged angel to dodge quickly.
However, the gap in strength between them was too great. Soon, these tracking-capable feather arrows blocked Qian Renxue's escape routes.
"It's over, human. You're the first."
The Ancient Black Phoenix landed not far directly in front of Qian Renxue, its massive body hundreds of meters tall.
Even with the addition of the six-winged angel, Qian Renxue was like a small witch compared to a great one.
A sharp bird cry echoed through, and the Ancient Black Phoenix dove down. With the tracking feathers blocking the way, Qian Renxue had no way to escape and was about to be swallowed in one bite.
"Little Xue!" *2
Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong exhausted their strength but couldn't break through the encirclement of the net array formed by the feathers.
"Damn it, Ancient Black Phoenix, how dare you do this? Qian Renxue is the hope of our Star Dou Great Forest!"
On the other side, Di Tian was even more furious, roaring loudly as a dragon roar echoed through the entire Dragon Valley.
"God skill—Dragon God Claw."
"Rip—"
In the end, it was a Dragon God skill, extremely powerful and effective.
The dense feather array formed by the black feathers was torn open a gap, but as soon as he tried to get out, more feathers blocked the path.
Everyone seemed to be able only to watch helplessly as Qian Renxue was devoured by the Ancient Black Phoenix.
However, in the next moment.
Silver light fell from the sky.
Countless feathers seemed to lose control, igniting into flames and burning to ashes.
Even the Ancient Black Phoenix diving toward Qian Renxue let out a wail, as if it had crashed into a wall, directly rebounding and bouncing back, retreating thousands of meters before barely stopping.
"Gu... Gu Yuena!"
Qian Renxue looked in shock at the woman with silver-white hair draped over her shoulders beside her, her lips moving as if to say something, but before Qian Renxue could speak.
The illusory Silver Dragon King raised her head to look at one spot, her voice faint:
"Ning Rongrong, since you've already arrived, why hide to the side?"
"If you're willing to help us resolve the Ancient Black Phoenix, everything in Dragon Valley, I can offer with both hands."
Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Di Tian also quickly flew to Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue's side, just in time to hear Gu Yuena speaking to an empty spot.
Shocked expressions appeared on all their faces.
Ning Rongrong?
That Ning Rongrong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?
She's here?
Just as everyone except Gu Yuena was puzzled, at the spot where Gu Yuena's gaze fell.
A spherical barrier revealed itself—it was Ning Rongrong, Tokisaki Kurumi, plus Bing Di and Xue Di.
"How about it, willing to help?" Gu Yuena asked.
"If I say I want the Dragon God's dragon soul, would you be willing to give it?" Ning Rongrong's voice was calm.
"You..." Di Tian was about to speak but was stopped by Gu Yuena with a hand, shaking her head.
Gu Yuena looked at Ning Rongrong and Tokisaki Kurumi, saying:
"A portion of the Dragon God's dragon soul has been fused by me; it's impossible to separate it again."
"The other portion was on the black phoenix just now. The remaining unfused part, I can give to you—I'm just not sure if you dare to take it."
Silence—the entire space fell silent.
"Forget it." Ning Rongrong chuckled lightly.
"I don't want to be treated like a street rat. As for the Dragon God or whatever, you can keep it for yourself!"
"Anyway, someone who can issue commands to their own clan that soul beasts can't become gods doesn't seem all that smart. What if fusing it makes me dumb?"
Ignoring Di Tian's furious expression as if he wanted to bite someone, Ning Rongrong paused slightly before continuing:
"I can help you, but I need Di Tian's blood. Don't worry, it won't endanger his life."
"In addition, I need Dragon Valley's dragon souls and dragon clouds."
"Plus... that black ice phoenix."
When Ning Rongrong said the three words "black ice phoenix," the Ancient Black Phoenix, who had already recovered, launched an attack on Ning Rongrong.
Good grief, you're dividing the spoils already!
The Ancient Black Phoenix flew at extreme speed, opening its blood basin mouth to swallow Ning Rongrong and the others in one go.
"Careful!"
Qian Renxue instinctively shouted.
"This doesn't concern you, Ancient Black Phoenix. Spoils should have the mindset of spoils—go back where you came from."
A massive clock array pattern quickly condensed at the Ancient Black Phoenix's position.
Hundreds of meters in diameter, it directly imprinted on the Ancient Black Phoenix's body, as if sealing this massive black phoenix.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda flew out from Ning Rongrong's body, rapidly enlarging and smashing onto the Ancient Black Phoenix.
"Boom—"
Like a heavy object cracking a walnut.
The Ancient Black Phoenix flew backward at an even faster speed than it came.
"Really, we haven't even finished dividing yet! Can't you behave a little?"
The gigantic Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda quickly shrank, landing in Ning Rongrong's right hand like a miniature toy.
However, the soul rings attached to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda made the Spirit Hall crowd present extremely taken aback, their eyes widening involuntarily.
Because the soul ring colors of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda were:
Red, red, red, red, red, red, brilliant gold, brilliant gold, red.
That's right, nine rings, Title Douluo.
But these colors were simply absurd—absurdity knocking at the door, absurdity come home.