Chapter 303: Feng Yao of the Phoenix Clan

Chapter 303: Feng Yao of the Phoenix Clan

The ten Peak Emperor Realm experts of the Dragon Clan and Leng Li were thrown out of the shattered scroll together.

"The power of ten Peak Emperor Realm experts is simply too terrifying. Even with my Artifact Refining skills and the assistance of the Old Ancestors, it was impossible to withstand the ravages of such a colossal force!"

Watching the treasure scroll explode into fine powder, beyond any hope of repair, Luo Xianxian felt both heartbroken and distressed.

The Moon Rising Over the Sea scroll, which she had gone to great lengths to obtain—even trading a quasi-emperor artifact to Scarlet Thorn for it—along with a multitude of treasures used for Artifact Refining, were all completely ruined.

Of course, there was no other way.

After all, this power had far exceeded her expectations.

It was already no easy feat for the treasure scroll to hold out for a full hundred breaths of time.

"Flee!"

The instant Leng Li broke free, she activated the ancient prison-suppressing tower, pulling Luo Xianxian and Qin Xuan inside, and fled madly.

There was not a single moment to waste.

She was only at the Early Stage Emperor Realm. If not for relying on that treasure scroll, let alone holding her ground against ten Peak Emperor Realm experts...

Just one of them could have beaten her half to death within ten moves!

The ancient prison-suppressing tower rapidly tore through space, shooting forward at a frantic speed.

"Where do you think you're running?!"

"Hand over the Candle Dragon Rage Flame!"

"How can a mere human like you control a supreme treasure of our Dragon Clan?!"

The ten Dragon Clan experts, carrying Young Master Long Xiao with them, followed closely behind.

They were shocked to the core. From inside the scroll, they had been able to clearly see everything happening outside.

An Early Stage King Realm Cultivator, after cultivating the Candle Dragon Rage Flame, was actually able to fight on equal terms with their Young Lord.

This power was simply too terrifying.

If their Young Lord could obtain the Candle Dragon Rage Flame, he would surely rank among the top ten on the king ranking.

Compete alongside the prodigies of those Supreme Immortal Sects.

As Dao Protectors for this journey, if the Young Lord's ranking improved, they would share in the glory. Once the Old Master was in a good mood, their promotion to the Divine Fire Realm would be practically guaranteed!

The ten experts pursued at extreme speed.

This concerned not only Young Master Long Xiao's foundation, but also their own futures!

Inside the ancient prison-suppressing tower, Luo Xianxian looked at the relentlessly pursuing Dragon Clan experts and cried out in panic, "Faster, faster! They're about to catch up!"

Without turning her head, Leng Li said coldly, "This is already the fastest speed!"

Fine beads of sweat drenched her forehead.

Even the ancient prison-suppressing tower could not bridge the gap between her and the Peak Emperor Realm.

If not for this small tower's extraordinary material, the Dragon Clan would have caught up long ago!

*Tsk!*

Qin Xuan clicked his tongue, completely unbothered. "I didn't expect that in these God Ruins, there would actually be a Prodigy like Young Master Long Xiao who could fight me to a draw. A full-strength punch from me didn't even heavily injure him!"

Sure enough, the true Hongmeng Continent was far from as simple as he had imagined.

Such a powerful Young Master Long Xiao was actually not even a Child of Luck!

Luo Xianxian rolled her eyes. "At a time like this, you actually have the mind to care about that?"

"And don't you think your words are a bit strange? What do you mean, 'a punch didn't beat Young Master Long Xiao to death'?"

"He is ranked thirteenth on the king ranking! In the entire Hongmeng Continent, King Realm Cultivators are countless, yet he ranks in the top thirteen and has even slain Emperor Realm Cultivators!"

"You, an Early Stage King Realm Cultivator, can fight him to a draw, which proves you're already capable of ranking in the top fifteen of the King Realm! You can kill an Emperor Realm expert with a single punch."

"When you've already reached the level of such a freak, you're still calling other people prodigies?"

Luo Xianxian was truly speechless.

Wasn't the most monstrous Prodigy the Qin Xuan right in front of her?

An Early Stage King Realm Cultivator forcing the Peak King Realm Young Master Long Xiao to a draw.

Furthermore, as a member of the Human Race, he had cultivated the True Dragon Precious Technique to Perfection, and even absorbed the essence of li fire to evolve the Three Thousand Dragon Flame into the Candle Dragon Rage Flame.

One must know that even a favored genius of the Dragon Clan like Young Master Long Xiao had never had such a fortuitous encounter!

*Rumble!*

Suddenly, the ancient prison-suppressing tower shook violently. Inside the small tower, Leng Li swayed and almost stumbled.

She looked back, her eyes filled with shock. "Qin Xuan, the Dragon Clan also has an Emperor Weapon, and they are about to catch up! If this continues, none of us will escape!"

"I'll stay behind and activate the styx purple ice crystal to try and block them for a moment. You now possess power comparable to the Emperor Realm; activate the ancient prison-suppressing tower and leave this place at full speed!"

Qin Xuan shook his head, looking straight into Leng Li's red eyes, and said calmly, "You intend to drag them down with you, don't you?"

Leng Li stopped arguing and grit her teeth. "If we don't do this, no one escapes! The Dragon Clan also has secret treasures that can directly target and kill the physical body. Encountering such a major clan in the God Ruins is no different from meeting them on the Hongmeng Continent—it will result in total annihilation of the Divine Soul!"

Qin Xuan didn't say anything to her, but instead turned to Luo Xianxian, chin-nudging her. "At this critical moment of life and death, stop hiding things. I don't believe that you, the daughter of the Celestial God Clan's Clan Chief, knowing there would be the Heavenly Demon Clan blocking the way, wouldn't bring along some life-saving treasures."

Luo Xianxian spoke frankly without hiding anything, "I do have a celestial god edict, but even if Leng Li activates it, it can at most unleash power at the Mid-to-Late Stage Emperor Realm. The enemy has ten Peak Emperor Realm experts; it won't be of any use in stopping them at all."

Even she had underestimated the foundation of the Dragon Clan.

She had only assumed Young Master Long Xiao would have Peak Emperor Realm Dao Protectors.

Who could have guessed that Young Master Long Xiao would travel with a whopping ten Peak Emperor Realm experts?

If not for the fact that the strongest experts in this region were only at the Peak Emperor Realm, she suspected there might even be True Gods lurking around Young Master Long Xiao!

"We can't hesitate any longer. Once the ancient prison-suppressing tower is confined, we won't be able to escape."

"You have already cultivated the Candle Dragon Rage Flame; the Dragon Clan will never let you off!"

Leng Li was burning with impatience.

Qin Xuan shook his head. "Wait a bit longer."

His gaze swept up and down Luo Xianxian.

Escaping death upon encountering an Emperor Realm Heavenly Demon Clan expert—even if he and Leng Li had driven them back—didn't that prove, in a roundabout way, that Luo Xianxian possessed immense Luck?

He didn't believe that staying by the side of the Daughter of Luck would lead to a dead end!

Time to gamble!

"Flee in that direction!"

In the dark, a subtle reaction stirred within Qin Xuan's body. He pointed in a direction and urged Leng Li to steer the ancient prison-suppressing tower there.

Fleeing at extreme speed, in less than half an hour...

The ancient prison-suppressing tower crashed violently into a massive barrier.

The entire body of the tower became embedded in the barrier, yet it stubbornly failed to shatter it.

"Where do you think you're running?!"

"Get out of that Emperor Artifact!"

"Hand over the Candle Dragon Rage Flame!"

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The ten Peak Emperor Realm experts unleashed their killing moves in unison, striking the ancient prison-suppressing tower together and forcefully pushing the small tower through the barrier.

*Crack, crack, crack—*

The sturdy barrier peeled away layer by layer like shards of glass.

A surging Battle Intent soared into the sky from within the barrier, crashing like waves against the heavens.

One after another, Emperor Realm experts clad in fiery-red armor soared into the air. Glaring at the Dragon Clan led by Young Master Long Xiao, they shouted angrily, "How audacious of your Dragon Clan!"

"Our Young Miss is in closed-door cultivation breaking through here! How dare you disturb her?!"

Under everyone's gaze, a massive 'cocoon' wrapped in fiery-red wings gradually began to crack.

Before the person even appeared, a Phoenix silhouette soared into the sky from the 'cocoon'.

The Phoenix soared through the Nine Heavens, its wings unfurling to cover over a hundred miles.

*Screeech—*

With a sharp cry, the Phoenix silhouette burst.

It transformed into countless sparks of fire, falling back into the shattered 'cocoon'.

Amidst the rising Pure Phoenix Flame, a beautiful woman dressed in a fiery-red gown appeared before everyone.

"Feng Yao of the Phoenix Clan!"

Young Master Long Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking at Feng Yao who had broken through to the Peak King Realm, and emphasized, "Ranked twenty-sixth on the king ranking!"

Beside Feng Yao, many young talents of the Phoenix Clan also soared into the sky. Staring intently at Long Xiao, they said angrily, "Long Xiao, you have crossed the line!"

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're ranked fifteenth on the king ranking! When our Phoenix Clan's Young Miss Feng Yao was only at the Late Stage King Realm, she was already ranked in the top thirty of the king ranking. Now that she has broken through to the Peak King Realm, she is fully capable of competing for the top ten!"

Young Master Long Xiao did not argue with these Phoenix Clan prodigies, but instead emphasized, "It's thirteenth on the king ranking!"

He did not even look at those clamoring prodigies. None of these Phoenix Clan prodigies had left a mark on the king ranking; they were not worth remembering.

In Young Master Long Xiao's eyes, everyone below the thirteenth rank on the king ranking was an ant, while those outside the king ranking were not even worthy of being called ants.

A Peak Emperor Realm expert of the Dragon Clan spoke bluntly, "This matter has nothing to do with the Phoenix Clan. The Dragon Clan is willing to compensate the Phoenix Clan double for any losses caused. However, we must take the people inside this tower with us!"

An Emperor Realm expert of the Phoenix Clan also cast his gaze toward the small tower and urged coldly, "You crashed into our barrier. Come out!"

Qin Xuan walked out of the small tower slightly awkwardly. He didn't look at the Phoenix Clan Emperor Realm expert, but instead directly faced Feng Yao, who was stunningly beautiful with fiery-red eyelashes that seemed to flicker with flames. "If I said right now that I'm a long-lost Bloodline of the Phoenix Clan, would you believe me?"

The Phoenix Clan expert snorted coldly. "You are clearly a human Cultivator, yet you dare to impersonate our Phoenix Clan?!"

Qin Xuan activated the Phoenix Origin within his body. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a bright red fire Phoenix, soaring through the Nine Heavens before turning back into human form and slowly descending.

The Phoenix Clan expert was dumbfounded. "He is clearly a human, so why does he possess a true Phoenix body?!"

The Dragon Clan experts said angrily, "This brat killed a member of our Dragon Clan's Bloodline to Cultivate the True Dragon Precious Technique to Perfection, which is why he can also possess a true Dragon body. Since he possesses a true Phoenix body, he naturally killed a Phoenix Bloodline to learn the Phoenix Treasure Technique!"

Qin Xuan looked back and snapped angrily, "What else can your Dragon Clan do besides bullying others with numbers? Which of your eyes saw me kill a Phoenix Clan Bloodline?!"

"For trash like you, let alone Peak Emperor Realm, the moment I enter the Quasi-Emperor Realm, I can slay you!"

Simple trash-talking, ultimate enjoyment.

Having been pursued all this way, Qin Xuan felt extremely displeased.

If he didn't curse them out a bit, he wouldn't feel at ease.

Humph!

The Peak Emperor Realm expert snorted coldly, not opening his mouth to refute.

They had witnessed Qin Xuan's prodigiousness, and they certainly hadn't expected that this Prodigy had even cultivated the Phoenix Treasure Technique to Perfection, mastering the true Phoenix body.

If he were to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, perhaps he really could slay him!

"But you are not a Quasi-Emperor right now, so you must die at our hands!"

A Dragon Clan expert moved to forcefully suppress and kill Qin Xuan, refusing to give him any chance to grow.

Feng Yao raised her eyes and gave a look. Instantly, a Peak Emperor Realm Dao Protector stepped forward to block the killing blow!