Chapter 703: A Ma.s.sive Opportunity
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Hmm? There are also five very powerful auras up ahead! Everyone, be on your guard.”
The team leader furrowed his brows as he cautioned in a solemn voice.
Su Qianyun and the others stirred upon hearing this, and even the deputy team leader, Dong Guo, became more cautious.
The team leader’s name was Su Wenjun, and he was Su Qianyun’s uncle. He was an extremely powerful mighty figure who was one of the Green Wood Imperial Family’s first Return to Void Stage mighty figures.
Everyone soon arrived at the central region of the Realm of the Fallen Phoenix, where golden light permeated through the air and scorching vital energy transformed into formidable flaming dragons that swept through the air.
Su Wenjun halted in his footsteps as he looked around him.
There were five cultivators representing five different powers standing in the air above, and they were all staring down at something within the flames below with intense focus.
All five of them were also Return to Void Stage mighty figures.
“We should’ve taken more people…” Su Wenjun’s eyelids twitched as he turned to a handsome man behind him and said, “Little Xin, inform the situation to the imperial family and see if they can send another one or two Return to Void Stage mighty figures over to control the situation!”
“Yes!” the man responded respectfully before initiating communications.
Dong Guo looked up at the five Return to Void Stage mighty figures as cold sweat began to materialize on his forehead. “The Heavenly Demon Sect, the Flying Divine Sect, the Red Building Sect, the Life Harvesting Sect, and the Frosty Sun Immortal Sect… All of them are top-rated sects within the Purple Star State, and all their sect leaders have gathered here.”
All these sect leaders were veteran Return to Void Stage mighty figures, and Dong Guo did a rough calculation to find that he was no match for any of them in a fight… He was only a rookie Return to Void Stage cultivator after all, and as such, he could probably only defeat cultivators with lower cultivation bases that his.
Was he weak?
No! No Return to Void Stage mighty figure could be considered as weak!
Furthermore, he firmly believed that he was going to become stronger and stronger until he could measure up against and even outstrip these sect leaders present. If he didn’t have this unyielding dao heart, he might as well just not cultivate anymore.
“His Majesty has informed me that among our Return to Void Stage mighty figures, His Majesty will only be able to deploy General Long Kui to us,” the handsome man said.
Su Wenjun nodded upon hearing this. Having one extra Return to Void Stage mighty figure was always better than nothing.
The Green Wood Imperial Family was the top dog of the Purple Star State, but that didn’t mean that all these large sects would submit to them. If there really was a rare opportunity for the taking, it would always boil down to a free-for-all battle.
If worse came to worst, they could just grab whatever treasure they could and run!
It was also exactly because of this that the Green Wood Imperial Family needed reinforcements to stamp their authority.
This opportunity was simply too significant, to the extent that Su Wenjun was sure that all the large sects would do all they could to claim it for themselves!
Not only were the five top sects here, but even the several dozen powers littered throughout the region had gathered here in the hopes of picking up the sc.r.a.ps after the Return to Void Stage mighty figures were done.
What lay in the central region?
Just what was it that urged all those Dao Body Stage cultivators, Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivators, and Soul Formation Stage cultivators to gather here even though they knew that they had to face the pressure of the presence of several Return to Void Stage mighty figures? Just what was it that made them willing to even risk their lives for?
It was an egg!
This was a golden egg that was imbued with an extremely powerful life-force energy!
Everyone was well aware of what it meant for a flaming egg like this to appear in the central region of the Realm of the Fallen Phoenix.
A phoenix had fallen here?
But what about rebirth from the ashes?
This legendary event was taking place right before everyone’s eyes as they waited with bated breath for the right opportunity to strike.
If there was someone who could take the egg for themselves and make the phoenix refer to them as father, he would be the father of everyone else here!
So… why had none of them converged toward the egg?
This was because the flames around the egg burned at extremely formidable temperatures, and the flames were also imbued with the power of the deceased phoenix’s divine dao. This power was not something that Return to Void Stage mighty figures dared to approach lightly as they feared that they would be burned to a crisp.
“Are we just going to wait here? What if the phoenix is too powerful, and we’re unable to stand up against is once it hatches?” Su Qianyun asked with an uneasy expression.
This phoenix was a Dao Integration Stage being when it had fallen here. Even if its revival would drastically debilitate it, what if it wasn’t debilitated to a sufficient extent? Wouldn’t it be a tragedy if everyone here was slaughtered by the phoenix?
“Do not fear, Princess Yun Le, I will protect you, even if it means giving up my life!” Dong Guo turned to Su Qianyun with a warm smile.
Su Qianyun: “…”
Su Wenjun responded to her concerns, “There’s no need to worry. Each time a phoenix is reborn from the ashes, its cultivation base will plummet drastically. According to historical records, the last time a phoenix fell was over three hundred thousand years ago. When it was reborn from the ashes, it was only at the Spirit Nurturing Stage and was captured by the Mythological Beast Sect in the end…”
“So our main concern is in the power of the Dao Integration Stage that’s imbued within the phoenix’s flames?” Su Qianyun asked.
“That’s right. We can only observe the situation now. I have a feeling that another drastic transformation is going to befall this region,” Su Wenjun replied with a grave expression.
The golden egg was enveloped in layers of scorching flames, from which all the onlookers detected a sense of danger.
Aside from the Green Wood Imperial Family team, none of the other five sect leaders were interested in chatting with or insulting one another. All of them were gearing up to strike at the first opportunity that arose.
Boom!
Heaven and earth suddenly trembled violently.
Immediately afterward, the entire sky above was transformed into an expanding sea of flames.
The surrounding temperatures were instantly elevated to an extreme value, causing many Dao Body Stage cultivators to wail in anguish before fainting and collapsing to the ground with skin that was scorched red.
Dong Guo instantly stationed himself in front of Su Qianyun before looking at her with a nonchalant smile. “Don’t be scared, Princess Yun Le. I swear I will protect you no matter what happens!”
“Run!” someone suddenly roared.
A cold sneer appeared on Dong Guo’s face as he turned forward, only to find that it was Su Wenjun who had spoken.
Upon making this discovery, his expression faltered before catching sight of the divine dao flames around the golden egg. The flames had transformed into flaming dragons and flaming phoenixes, which were pouncing toward everyone in the general vicinity!
A flaming phoenix flew toward a small sect before instantly reducing a Soul Formation Stage cultivator, ten Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivators, and over a hundred Dao Body Stage cultivators to dust.
At the same time, the energy of life essence began to flow toward the golden egg.
“This is… a blood sacrifice?”
Dong Guo faltered for a split second.
At this moment, a flaming dragon imbued with the power of the divine dao opened its cavernous mouth before charging toward the Green Wood Imperial Family team at a horrifying speed.
“What are you waiting for? Run!”
Su Wenjun roared before positioning himself in front of everyone as he summoned a round s.h.i.+eld.
The flames instantly cracked the round s.h.i.+eld open before knocking Su Wenjun back into the air with blood gus.h.i.+ng forth from his mouth.
Dong Guo had p.i.s.sed himself with fear. Even Su Wenjun had been wounded by the flames; he would probably be burned to a crisp if he were to stand up against it!
At this moment, the flaming dragon reared its head again before pouncing toward the Green Wood Imperial Family team.
“Run!” Dong Guo screeched before turning and running away at full speed, leaving a series of afterimages in his wake.
He didn’t have time to think about anyone else during these dire circ.u.mstances.
Princess Yun Le? F*ck off! What would be the point of gaining Princess Yun Le’s affection if he died in the process!
He had finally advanced to the Return to Void Stage, how could he allow himself to die here?
“Roar!” the flaming dragon roared as it flew toward the fleeing team. It completely disregarded the spell techniques that Su Wenjun had thrown at it as it chased after Su Qianyun!
Su Qianyun possessed the True Yin Physique!
Yin and yang gave rise to one another.
Hence, her const.i.tution was extremely enticing to the golden egg and was exactly what it needed to nurture itself!
The flaming dragon was simply too fast, and there was no way that a Half-Step Soul Formation Stage cultivator like Su Qianyun was going to be able to outrun it.
Scorching temperatures swept toward her with the power to destroy everything in this world.
Death was approaching, and Su Qianyun’s intricate features had already become extremely pale as a hint of despair appeared on her face.