Chapter: Chapter 508
Streaks of starlight, like silken ribbons, tore through the molten giant bird’s body, wiping them completely from this world. Bai Ling, who unleashed this attack, didn’t relax. These giant birds wouldn’t be defeated so easily.
This scene had already unfolded several times. Each time they eliminated these giant birds, less than a minute later, the same number of large birds would emerge from beneath the lava. Their primary characteristic was endless vitality, their regenerative nature truly on display here.
Unkillable, unhurt. These creatures were not the true Phoenix. Being bogged down here to deplete their strength was simply a waste of time, yet they couldn’t ignore them. Being surrounded and attacked by them would also cause significant depletion for Leticia.
“Tch, I can’t find any direction at all.” Leticia, holding up her shield, was at her wit’s end. She had originally thought striking directly for the heart of the matter would be simple. However, she hadn’t expected that after charging into this异空间 (dimensional space/otherworldly space), her
perception abilities would be completely rendered useless.
It wasn’t that her perception had weakened or anything of the sort. Instead, the entire space was saturated with the Phoenix’s aura, making it impossible for her to locate the target, that large egg.
This was quite awkward. The plan had been progressing smoothly, but at the final crucial moment, an unforeseen problem suddenly appeared. Fortunately, Leticia had prepared beforehand, so she wasn’t completely without options.
With a slash through the air beside her, Leticia opened a dark rift out of nowhere, pulling Yuan out of the artifact space.
“Yuan, can you sense where your true body is?”
Yuan immediately nodded. As soon as she emerged from the artifact space, she clearly sensed a familiar energy from afar – the presence of her true body!
Moreover, judging by the aura, her true body’s development should be nearing completion, and it would soon break free from its shell!
“It’s in this direction, and it’ll be out of the egg soon.”
“It’s about to hatch?” Leticia felt a sudden headache. Fortunately, Yuan could point in a direction, preventing her from wasting too much time searching.
“Be careful, something’s not right. Those lava birds aren’t regenerating.” Bai Ling moved close to Leticia, her voice laced with a hint of vigilance. During the time Leticia and Yuan were talking, the large lava birds had gone silent, as if truly dead, not emerging from the lava again.
This was not right.
Bai Ling did not believe that her attack had genuinely hurt the Phoenix, causing it to refrain from summoning more large birds as obstacles.
The current situation could only be explained by one thing: the Phoenix was brewing something big, preparing to give Leticia a grand surprise.
Escape? The Phoenix would never escape. Given its volatile temper that dared to seek mutual destruction with the Dragon God countless years ago, it wouldn’t simply flee without a fight in this situation. At least, not until it was certain it couldn’t win, until then, it wouldn’t choose to escape.
“I didn’t expect you to have something like this. Let me see what this is, a weak and pitiful wisp of consciousness?”
Golden flames ignited on the surface of the molten sea. A canopy of flames slowly pressed down towards the three from the direction Yuan had indicated. A phoenix, bathed in golden fire, flapped its wings that seemed capable of shielding the entire sky, soaring up and down within the flames.
Is this the Phoenix?
A terrifying aura surged from the direction of the phoenix like a tsunami. Leticia instinctively increased the strength of her shield. Even though this Phoenix was still not its true body, the pressure it exerted on her was no less than that of the illusory phoenix in the Dragon God’s trial.
Yuan, who was locked onto by the Phoenix’s aura, fared even worse. The little girl’s face was extremely pale, and she curled up in Leticia’s arms, not daring to look up. From the Phoenix, she could truly feel the terror of death.
With just a glance from the Phoenix, she might be torn to shreds!
Unlike the consciousnesses she had defeated before, the Phoenix’s true body was too powerful. It was so powerful that Yuan couldn’t see any hope of victory. If such an existence were to compete with her for her body, could she last even a single second?
No, she had already received her answer.
She had sensed the location of her true body and its current mental strength. It was much stronger than her current self, but compared to the Phoenix, the gap was as obvious as phosphorescence on the ground versus the bright sun in the sky.
The Phoenix’s will, which had persisted for countless years, was simply beyond the comparison of a little one who hadn’t even been born yet!
“Bullying a little girl, what kind of skill is that? Phoenix, can’t you have some ambition!” Patting Yuan’s head, Leticia glared at the Phoenix in the sky and shouted.
The Phoenix let out a scornful laugh. It didn’t mind chatting with Leticia for a bit. Time was on its side. As long as it could stall until the Great Egg hatched and it possessed its true body, Leticia would be unable to defeat it.
“Heh, you and that hateful fellow both like to vent your disgusting kindness everywhere.” A hint of contempt flickered in the Phoenix’s fiery eyes. “You’ve inherited her power. If I’m not mistaken, she’s already completely dead, isn’t she?”
“Never mind all that nonsense. In any case, you’ll be joining her soon. It’s just a matter of going there one after another.”
“Such arrogance! You think you can defeat me? Relying on the Dragon God’s power that you’ve only just grasped, or relying on your own inherently weak dream power?” As an experienced deity, the Phoenix could instantly discern Leticia’s divine authority. And upon seeing it, it felt even more like laughing.
The Dragon God’s divine authority was indeed powerful, no weaker than its own Phoenix divine authority. However, Leticia’s other divine authority was truly useless.
In a battle between two deities, what use was this dream divine authority?
Any normal deity wouldn’t be killed by this dream authority, not even a being like the Phoenix, who had been a spirit for countless years, could be pulled into a dream by Leticia.
Its spirit was sufficiently resilient, and the divinity within its spirit was enough to help it resist the power of divine authority. Unless it was pushed to the brink of death by Leticia, this dream authority would be completely useless.
Therefore, what the Phoenix currently had to deal with was essentially Leticia, who could only wield the Dragon God’s divine authority, and her little helper…
Hmm, this helper seemed very weak. There wasn’t a trace of divine authority on her. Although her attacks were quite powerful, in a divine battle, mortals without divine authority couldn’t interfere at all.
So, from beginning to end, the Phoenix’s enemy was only one person: Leticia.
Leticia had also guessed the Phoenix’s thoughts. She was genuinely happy about the Phoenix’s arrogance and underestimation. This deity was formidable in every aspect, but its personality flaws were indeed too severe.
With such self-importance, it wouldn’t be surprising for it to falter at any moment.
Encountering an enemy like this was considered a great fortune. If the Phoenix were a cautious and prudent opponent, it would instead give Leticia a headache.
An arrogant Phoenix was always easier to defeat than a cautious Phoenix. Leticia understood the principle that pride comes before a fall.
The Phoenix had not descended in its true form. It had merely created a temporary energy body to block Leticia. Facing such an enemy, Leticia was confident that with Bai Ling’s help, she could defeat it!
“Don’t be so confident. Who knows who will achieve victory until we fight?” Taking a deep breath, Leticia put her magic sword back into the artifact space and then reached out to the void with her right hand.
Brilliant golden light shattered space, and Leticia grasped it in her hand.
An ancient aura, not inferior to the Phoenix’s, appeared in the fiery space, forcefully pushing back the Phoenix’s momentum, creating a state of equilibrium.
This is the Dragon God’s aura! A cold glint flashed in the Phoenix’s eyes. It would never forget this detestable aura in its life. Although the previous wielder was now deceased, this divine authority still carried that nauseating scent.
“You haven’t even fully controlled this divine authority. What confidence do you have to defeat me?” Although the scent was unpleasant, the information it conveyed put the Phoenix in a good mood.
If Leticia had completely controlled this divine authority, she wouldn’t have been able to smell this disgusting scent. The fact that the Dragon God’s divine authority still carried the aura of the previous Dragon God indicated that Leticia had not fully mastered this authority.
The power this girl could unleash was not as terrifying and overbearing as the true Dragon God.
If Leticia had completely mastered the Dragon God’s power, the Phoenix wouldn’t admit it aloud, but inwardly, it would have some trepidation. It knew how terrifying and overbearing the Dragon God’s power was. Back then, it had risked its life to drag the Dragon God into mutual destruction. Now, if it were to replicate that action, the outcome would be different.
Whether the Dragon God would die, it didn’t know, but it certainly would.
Rebirth from ashes wasn’t without its prerequisites. At this moment, when it hadn’t fully revived, detonating itself would be an act that even a divine being couldn’t save it from.
However, now that it knew Leticia hadn’t fully controlled the Dragon God’s power, its opponent was merely an incomplete new Dragon God, making the pressure much lower.
“Confidence isn’t spoken, it’s earned with one’s fists.” Leticia didn’t deny it. She truly hadn’t mastered the Dragon God’s complete divine authority; that was a fact.
This powerful strength had insufficient compatibility with her. Since she already possessed a dream divine authority, there was no need for her to forcefully accept this power.
Besides, even if she fully accepted the Dragon God’s divine authority, it wouldn’t significantly increase her combat power. As long as she could use the most important parts of the Dragon God’s divine authority, the other fragmented powers were unnecessary.
Softly chanting the incantation to transform into a dragon, a pure black magic circle appeared beneath Leticia’s feet. Holding the Dragon God’s staff, Leticia’s entire being plunged into the magic circle.
A few seconds later, the magic circle suddenly expanded a few times, and a black dragon claw, seemingly larger than mountains, emerged from it.
The dragon claw grasped the edge of the magic circle and exerted a slight force. A massive black dragon head appeared in the fiery space. The dragon’s face was ferocious, its molten gold-like eyes fixed on the fiery giant bird in the sky, burning with intense fighting spirit.
The magic circle continued to expand, disgorging the dragon’s entire body. The moment this dragon fully appeared in the fiery space, the high-temperature space suddenly began to cool down.
Flurries of white snowflakes drifted down from the sky, forcefully bringing the temperature of this space down from a life-forbidden zone.
The molten sea instantly solidified into black, firm rock upon contact with the falling snowflakes. The black dragon flapped its wings, landing on the newly formed black rock, and let out a roar at its opponent in the sky.
ROAR!!!
The surging sound waves, like substances, pressed towards the Phoenix in the sky. Weaker opponents might have been pulverized into dust by such sound waves.
But the Phoenix was not such a weak opponent. On the contrary, it was powerful, no less powerful than Leticia.
Facing Leticia’s provocative roar, it showed no fear. With a flick of its enormous wings, two concentrated air blades flew towards the sound waves from Leticia’s roar.
The two met in mid-air. After a mutual annihilation that was too fast for the naked eye to discern, the Phoenix ultimately won this tentative exchange.
The air blades defeated the sound waves. Although they lacked the residual force to harm Leticia after defeating the sound waves and were easily shattered by a casual swipe of Leticia’s claw, the Phoenix still had the upper hand in this confrontation.
“Is this all the strength you have? You’re so much weaker compared to your predecessor.” The Phoenix’s voice was filled with mockery. These child’s play-like probes were no match for the Dragon God of the past.
Thinking back to the Dragon God that fought it, even its tentative attacks were several times more powerful than this current one. What did this imply? It implied that Leticia’s strength was only a fraction of that of the previous Dragon God!
Although its own strength wasn’t as great as before either, facing a Dragon God with only a fraction of its power, wouldn’t it be an easy victory?
The Phoenix thought confidently. It couldn’t understand where this young successor got the courage to challenge it. Had she become arrogant after obtaining the Dragon God’s power? Did she think she was invincible?
Hmph, it was truly laughable. Then let it, as a senior, show her that her power was nothing!
“Caw!!!” Letting out a high-pitched cry, the Phoenix elegantly turned in the air, then aimed its sharp claws at Leticia’s head and plummeted down at extreme speed.
A sharp whistling sound of air piercing cut through the sky. The golden flaming claws rapidly magnified in Leticia’s vision. The Phoenix’s attack was no longer a probe. If not handled properly, Leticia had no doubt that her dragon head would be shattered by this claw.
Oh, perhaps it wouldn’t shatter, but be instantly vaporized.
In any case, the outcome wouldn’t be good.
