Nightin froze when he saw that flame, it felt way too similar to him. It may be different from the Nirvana flame he owns, but it was definitely a divine flame which isn"t any weaker.
The man spoke as he said "You"re pretty shocked right? Phoenix was my brother and it came to me as a surprise as well. Care to explain?"
Nightin opened his mouth, but realised that he himself was at a lost for words, he didn"t even know where to begin speaking.
Slowly taking deep breaths to hide down the excitement and fear, he carefully took out the Phoenix sword laying within his spatial ring.
Slowly dragging his hand on the blade of the sword, appreciation could be seen in his eyes and it was clear that he missed Phoenix as well.
The old man had entrusted him with the task of taking care of the Soaring Sword sect before his death and to take good care of himself, but he has done neither of them till now.
To make matters worse, he doesn"t even know about the whereabouts of the Soaring Sword sect till now, but he was sure that the old man Phoenix had told him that the Soaring Sword sect, was definitely still in the lower realms.
With his sect"s current intelligence and for him to have not received any updates, it was clear that his first goal after the King Forces tournament, would be to seek out the Soaring Sword sect.
It was going to be him finding a needle in the deep seas, but if the mysterious person held information about the Soaring Sword sect, it would help to make his task easier and fulfill old man"s Phoenix wish.
"I"m sorry, but why did you call for me when I was about to leave?" Nightin asked back out of respect even though he knows why he called.
The man cleared his throat by coughing before taking out a amulet from his spatial ring, the amulet was of a triangular shape and the internal area was carved into three enforced gla.s.s pieces.
On the top right triangular corner was the image of a roc, one of the three divine birds known to mankind.
To the top left was the image of a golden crow who was standing face to face against the sun, determination to challenge its scorching heat could be seen.
To the bottom, was a Phoenix which was undergoing its eighth rebirth, one more rebirth and it would have stepped into the legendary realm which might exist.
The man then said "I don"t know what sorcery you used to trick Phoenix, but I"ve given you my ident.i.ty I presume, you can die in peace now!" As he said this, a wisp of flame suddenly expanded from his palm and became a mess as they expanded towards him.
The flame gradually took on the shape of a sharp arrow as they pierced through the air, its golden glow illuminating the whole night market, but no one seems to realise the situation here as everyone"s life progressed as per usual.
Nightin who saw this immediately drew out his sword and started to gather his Samsara intent, his mind returning back to the moment where he first met Phoenix, where he first stained his hands and lost their innocent virginity, where he first formed the sect and met his disciples.
All of these were his strength and resolve to not give up now, even though he knows that the advancing flame would soon close in and engulf him, he couldn"t afford to just surrender now.
He will triumph over it no matter what, it wasn"t foolishness or stupidity, but courage and willpower, the mentality which even most peak experts of this world have forgotten by now.
The surrounding spirit energy seemed to be avoiding Nightin at this point, they were actually retreating in fear of the flames, it was clear that the laws in this world weren"t able to restrain the dazzling flames of the Golden Crow.
Even so, Nightin"s sword wasn"t any weaker as he finally stepped into the Sword Ancestor seventh stage and comprehend the sword intent essence of it.
Samsara energy of a light shade of violet gathered around his sword in a whirl as they surrounded the Phoenix sword in its own form of energy, a purple line was carved onto the sword"s blade as it sliced forward.
"Ahhhh!" Nightin charged up all his strength as he went for a pierce of all sword attacks, it might lead him head on to the dazzling flames which were blinding his eyes, but it was the sword move which held the strongest point attack.
Clang
Boom
A huge explosion took place when the flames and sword clashed, a huge crater could be seen on the ground as the mysterious man who"s the golden crow stood there without any emotion on his face.
The Phoenix sword was stabbed into the ground and a b.l.o.o.d.y figure whose body is mutilated, could be seen gripping the sword with his bloodied hands, even at the last breath and moments of his life, he wasn"t able to forget about Phoenix who gave him such big a.s.sistance.
Phoenix may not have given him much, but he knows for sure that Phoenix has left him much more, it"s just that he was way too much of a pathetic loser, he wasn"t even able to seek out what Phoenix had left in his body.
Phoenix have him everything, but he wasn"t able and won"t ever be able to help Phoenix anymore, he could feel his consciousness slipping apart and he missed his disciples.
The last few moments of his life were about to end, but he suddenly felt a surge of energy radiating from within his body as they started to repair his broken internal organs which were shattered into pieces, his skin and muscles were regaining back their life force and were recovering as well.
Toxins and impurities were being cleansed our from his body, his bones was also a benefiting party from this as they actually managed to strengthen themselves once again, all of his bones were glowing with a golden glow, yet they weren"t willing to fully envelop them.
This was a simple process, but the pain was beyond belief as Nightin clenched his teeth and held on to the last strand of consciousness, if he falls asleep right now, he would perish for eternity and never enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Rip
Rip
Ka
Ka
His muscles started to tear while growing back, this process was accompanied by his bones as they shattered and gathered back together again, this was a endless process which seemingly held no end, but if he manages to persevere through this, the King forces tournament would definitely be a breeze.
At this very thought, he gathered all the spirit energy within his body to where his spiritual core is, he was going for the ultimate limit, if he makes a breakthrough at this moment as well, it would be a extremely risky move.
If he manages to succeed, his spiritual core would undergo a mysterious change as well, giving him the chance and qualifications to employ his diviner skills to work for him as they rebuild him once and for all by then.
But right now, he just had to get his teeth and get through this bulls.h.i.+t no matter what, it may hurt, but he just has to get through this living h.e.l.l threatening to kill him at every moment.