by Shian Jeen
In the last collision, Huwang Xiao’s true immortal essence fire caused great damage to Huwang Hongtian’s phoenix qi, causing him to fail to maintain his pheonix form.
“You...!” Fear sprouted in Huwang Hongtian’s heart looking at Huwang Xiao this time.
Just now, when he executed Phoenix Flame Tempest, he used his full force, even deploying the godforce within his godhead, yet he still lost! He had thoroughly lost!
“I did not lose, it’s impossible! I’m a Highgod master, a divine beast phoenix, how can I lose to a late-Tenth Order God Realm human?!!” Huwang Hongtian screamed, unable to accept this truth.
Not only him, but any Highgod Realm master defeated by a puny God Realm cultivator would also feel the same.
Huwang Xiao didn’t care. In a flicker, he was already in front of Huwang Hongtian. Not wasting a word, Huwang Xiao’s fist swung across Huwang Hongtian’s left cheek.
A miserable scream shook the air as Huwang Hongtian was thrown into the air and fell back down to the ground. When he landed, one could see that the left side of his face was swollen like a pig’s, no longer a phoenix.
“You dare hit my face!!” Huwang Hongtian clutched his burning hot cheek. His eyes spewed anger, disbelief, and hatred glaring at Huwang Xiao. But his words were slurred, unintelligible due to his swollen left cheek.
Hearing this, Huwang Xiao reached him in a flicker, a fist swinging at the right side of Huwang Hongtian’s face.
Once again, the Phoenix Clan Patriarch was sent flying.
The Phoenix Clan members were enraged seeing their Patriarch treated this way and wanted to rush up.
The Mulberry Sword appeared in Huwang Xiao’s hand with a turn of his wrist, slashing out. Numerous sword qi rays flew out, injuring the Phoenix Clan’s Grand Elders and Elders.
“Which family’s junior dares to run amok in my Phoenix Clan?!” A dignified angry voice rang, echoing like an endless tide as flames engulfed Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao was startled for a second, but he quickly activated Space Concealment and Phantom Shadow at the same time, dodging the lethal attack.
Joy rose to Huwang Hongtian and the Phoenix Clan members’ faces hearing this angry voice.
Huwang Xiao remained indifferent, ‘Looks like the Phoenix Clan’s Ancestor has arrived.’
Ch.757
A giant black hole emerged in the void as two giant claws with sharp talons reached out from it. The claws gleamed dangerously under the sunlight, with golden flames swirling around them.
Following the lethal claws was a seven-colored phoenix, almost twice as large as Huwang Hongtian’s phoenix form, flying out from the black hole. Its comely seven colored plumes were stunning. On top of that, this phoenix’s flames were denser and more vibrant.
This was the Phoenix Clan’s Ancestor, Huwang Yixiao.
He was a late-First Order Highgod Realm master. In fact, Huwang Yixiao’s strength was closer to a peak late-First Order Highgod Realm.
The shockwave from Huwang Xiao and Huwang Hongtian’s battle had finally alerted Huwang Yixiao, who was in seclusion within the deep void.
When Huwang Yixiao emerged, golden-scarlet flames danced in the depths of his pupils as he glanced around. He saw Huwang Hongtian that was lying on the ground in a sorry state, as well as the group of Phoenix Clan Grand Elders and Elders. Fury erupted in Huwang Yixiao's heart, and the look in his eyes was chilling, his killing intent soared sky high.
His divine might rushed out madly, seemingly vast and boundless.
“Little runt, get on your knees obediently to receive death, or die in torment by being burned for a hundred days by my phoenix flames!” Huwang Yixiao’s murderous gaze was fixed on Huwang Xiao.
Just as his voice fell, an unexpected dragon roar resounded in their ears.
Huwang Yixiao was astounded. Turning his head, he saw an enormous golden dragon’s claw swooping down on him.
In the last second, Huwang Yixiao extended his giant claws in defense.
Rumble! The heavens shook and phoenix flames spattered like rain during a thunderstorm.
Before Huwang Hongtian and the present Phoenix Clan members’ agape faces, Huwang Yixiao slammed to the ground, parts of his huge body stuck into the earth.
Fissures ran deep into the earth and mountains collapsed, leaving only a huge phoenix’s backside facing the heavens.
Huwang Hongtian and the Phoenix Clan higher echelon stared dazedly at Huwang Yixiao’s jutted up backside. For the first time in countless tens of thousands of years, they noticed that there was a mole on their Ancestor’s backside!
A long time later, Huwang Yixiao struggled to fly up from the ground, his phoenix plumes had lost all brilliance, dim and lifeless. Not to mention the flames around his body, they flickered in and out weakly like they were about to completely dissipate.
The dignified momentum that Huwang Yixiao showed earlier when he gave Huwang Xiao two options vanished to nothing, replaced by fear and bewilderment. He looked at Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, stammering his words, “You, a Second Order Highgod Realm!”
Huwang Hongtian and the Phoenix Clan were struck dumb, cautiously turning their gazes filled with fear toward Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi. That middle-aged man beside Huwang Xiao earlier was actually a Second Order Highgod Realm ancient Dragon Clan master!
Furthermore, he was a being that stood at the top of the Dragon Clan’s hierarchy, a five-claws golden dragon!
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s powerful claw swooped down again, slamming Huwang Yixiao, who barely extracted himself from the rubble, back to the ground once more. This time, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s claw was heavily pressing down on Huwang Yixiao’s body, his voice piercingly cold, “On your knees to receive death? It doesn’t look like you have this qualification.”
Huwang Yixiao struggled frantically to break free from Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s claw to no avail. The dragon qi had Huwang Yixiao pinned down.
“Y-you’re an ancient dragon, royalty of the ancient Dragon Clan, why?! Why do you align your noble self to a puny human runt?!” Huwang Yixiao screamed in distress.
He was unwilling to accept this kind of ending, even more perplexed why one such as Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, with such a high status in the proud ancient Dragon Clan, would follow at a human runt’s side, not to mention that human runt was merely a late-Tenth Order God Realm ant!
In Huwang Yixiao’s eyes, a late-Tenth Order God Realm human wasn’t even qualified to be his slave.
Hearing Huwang Yixiao’s questions, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was genuinely angered, “Why? Because he is my friend, my savior, the person who saved me!” Of course there was another important reason, and that was the fact that Huwang Xiao’s talent was bound to astonish hundreds and thousands of galaxies, propelling him to a hegemon in the future.
To Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, able to stand beside Huwang Xiao was a heaven-sent opportunity.
A second later, Huwang Xiao reached the old dragon and Huwang Yixiao in a flicker, his voice cold and indifferent, “Here are your choices. Today, your entire Phoenix Clan submits to me, or die!”
“Submit to you?” This sounded like the craziest joke Phoenix Clan Ancestor Huwang Yixiao had ever heard, “What a joke! A mere God Realm human, what qualifications do you have to want our whole Phoenix Clan to submit to you? Not even the Vermilion Bird Institute's Principal is qualified! Little runt, if you ever fall into my hand, I’ll make you wish you were never born!!”
The Phoenix Clan’s Ancestor wasn’t bluffing, even the first person of Vermilion Bird Institute, the Vermilion Bird Institute Principal, didn't qualify to have their Phoenix Clan submit to him.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi shook his head, this Phoenix Clan Ancestor was half an idiot, comparing Huwang Xiao with the Vermilion Bird Institute Principal. Furthermore, it sounded like Huwang Xiao was many times worse than that Vermilion Bird Institute Principal…?
Huwang Xiao’s eyes gave Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi a look.
Understanding Huw
ang Xiao’s meaning, he no longer held back. His jaw stretched open, spewing dragon flames over the Phoenix Clan Ancestor.
The Phoenix Clan Ancestor screamed in excruciating pain.
Watching from afar, Huwang Hongtian and the Grand Elders turned pasty.
“Runt, I’ll tear you into pieces with my bare hands!!!” As he screamed, The Phoenix Clan Ancestor cursed and threatened Huwang Xiao with hatred. Multi-colored light and flames flickered over his body as he struggled to break free.
Seeing through Huwang Yixiao’s intention, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi coldly snickered. He doubled the force in his claws, embedding Huwang Yixiao’s body deeper into the earth. Dragon flames burned strongly and Huwang Yixiao barely had any energy left to scream.
Half an hour passed, one hour…
Two hours… five hours went by.
As more time passed, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor’s yells gradually turned from the original rage and hatred to fear and requests of reconciliation. In the end, only cries for mercy could be heard.
After Huwang Yixiao submitted, Huwang Hongtian and the other Phoenix Clan members followed suit.
Huwang Yixiao, Huwang Hongtian, and the Grand Elders’ soul seas were branded with Huwang Xiao’s soul mark. As of the Elders and the others, Huwang Xiao didn’t bother.
With Huwang Yixiao, Huwang Hongtian, and the group of Grand Elders under his control, it was sufficient to grasp the whole Phoenix Clan of the Fire World in his palm.
When this was all done, he gave every person a Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet to heal their injuries.
Watching him casually take out a bottle of Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and everyone stared at Huwang Xiao, startled.
Medicinal pellets for healing like the Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets were something not even the Vermilion Bird Institute Principal could take out as he liked, definitely not a hundred pellets at once.
When Huwang Yixiao, Huwang Hongtian, and the others healed from their injuries, Huwang Xiao had the entire Phoenix Clan leave the Phoenix Volcano. Outside, the waiting group of demonic beasts joined in, heading toward the Firecloud Mountain.
With Huwang Xiao’s current strength, adding Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the Phoenix Clan’s Ancestor, and Patriarch Huwang Hongtian, it was more than enough to subjugate the Firecloud Mountain’s three fierce Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs.
Adding the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs to his force, even if the Azure Dragon Institute, Jiang Family, Gudu Family, Wang Family, and Zhang Family all conspired for his life, Huwang Xiao wasn’t as worried as before.
Before long, Huwang Xiao’s group reached Firecloud Mountain.
Upon reaching Firecloud Mountain, Huwang Xiao and Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi wasted no time and led the group straight to the mountain peak, where the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs built their cultivation dwelling.
As for the rest of the Phoenix Clan members and the Horned Fire Lion’s demonic beast group, they were instructed to guard the periphery of Firecloud Mountain, not to let even a single demonic beast flee.
Ch.758
When Huwang Xiao, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and Huwang Hongtian arrived at the peak of Firecloud Mountain where the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs built their cultivation dwelling, a hindrance arose.
Guarding outside the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs’ cultivation dwelling were four ancient Armored Dragon-Turtles.
The Armored Dragon-Turtles were another line of Dragon Clan descendants. In ancient times, their defense ranked high amongst many other fierce beasts.
The four Armored Dragon-Turtles guarding the cultivation dwelling were all perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm.
Then again, four Armored Dragon-Turtles at perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm barely posed any trouble to Huwang Xiao and the other three, all four of them were easily dealt with.
However, the energy fluctuations from the battle alerted the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs. Inside their cultivation dwelling, the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs exchanged a glance as they opened their eyes and flew outside.
Waves of scorching flames billowed in the air.
The moment the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs flew out from their cultivation dwelling, they immediately saw Huwang Xiao’s group of four defeat the Armored Dragon-Turtles. Their eyes fixed a sharp gaze at the opposite party.
One of the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs shouted angrily at the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, “Us three brothers and your Phoenix Clan have always adhered to minding our own matters and never interfering with the other; Phoenix Ancestor, today you bring outsiders here and wound my subordinates, what is the meaning of this?!”
“It seems to me that us three brothers have been quiet for too long, so your Phoenix Clan thinks that we three brothers are made of clay, to be molded as you like!” Another Flaming Golden-Claw Great Peng said, emitting a strong murderous aura.
The Phoenix Ancestor Huwang Yixiao was awkward and ill at ease as he looked at Huwang Xiao.
“You retreat to the side.” Huwang Xiao calmly ordered.
“Yes, Master!” Phoenix Clan Ancestor respectfully acknowledged and retreated behind Huwang Xiao.
“Master?!” All three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs froze for a second, then shock overtook them. Since when did the Phoenix Clan Ancestor submit to a human runt?!
A late-Tenth Order God Realm runt at that!
And judging from the Phoenix Clan Patriarch Huwang Hongtian’s manner, he too had submitted to this human runt?
From the beginning, the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs had selectively ignored Huwang Xiao’s existence, but now, all three of them were scrutinizing Huwang Xiao, astonishment and doubt flashed in their eyes.
“Yes, the Phoenix Volcano’s Phoenix Clan has aligned itself to me,” Watching the three ‘people’s’ expressions, Huwang Xiao stated as if it was the most natural thing in the world, “And you three have already guessed my purpose in coming here today.”
Getting Huwang Xiao’s affirmation that the whole Phoenix Clan had indeed submitted to him, the shock in their hearts was reflected as clear as day on their faces.
The Phoenix Clan was one of Fire World’s hegemon forces, comparable to the Celestial Peace Sect, Ye Family, and Liang Family super forces.
And this hegemon force actually ‘aligned’ itself to a human?!
If word of this got out, it’d raise a tsunami of shock throughout the whole Vermilion Bird Galaxy.
After their shock subsided, Big brother Peng Dafei snickered mockingly as he looked at Huwang Xiao, “Runt, although I don’t know what method you used to subdue the Phoenix Clan, wanting us three brothers to submit to you is nothing but a fool’s daydream! Right now, you’d better release the four Armored Dragon-Turtles and scram outta my face, otherwise… Hehe, the three of us will kill you and then force the Phoenix Clan to retreat!”
“Don’t assume that having the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and Huwang Hongtian on your side is enough to warrant your safety!” Second brother Peng Erfei added in a sharp voice, “With us three attacking, the Phoenix Ancestor and Huwang Hongtian won’t be able to spare the time to save you. A puny late-Tenth Order God Realm like you is nothing more than dung in our eyes!”
Even four perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm Armored Dragon-Turtles were only qualified to guard outside their cultivation dwelling, what’s more this runt of the human race!
In the eyes of ancient fierce beasts, humans were the lowest of animals.
Due to Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi concealing his cultivation, the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Peng brothers readily assumed that the strongest person amongst the enemy group was the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and after him, Huwang Hongtian.
Hearing the crude words coming out from these birds’ beaks, Huwang Xiao wasn’t angry in the slightest, “How about this, the three of you attack at the same time, but
if you cannot kill me…?”
The three of them bent over from laughing too hard hearing Huwang Xiao’s words.
“Runt, are you saying the three of us attacking together won’t be able to kill a mere late-Tenth Order God Realm human?” Third brother Peng Xiaofei looked at Huwang Xiao while his elder brothers were laughing nonstop.
Huwang Xiao continued calmly, “The three of you attack together with one hour as the time limit, if you fail to kill me within that time, then submit to me. Of course, if you succeed, then these ten thousand high divine grade spirit stones are all yours!” Finished saying that, with a turn of his wrist, thousands of spirit stones rained down from space.
Abundant and rich spiritual energy flowed vigorously, even the Firecloud Mountain seemed to quiver slightly from the sudden flood of spiritual energy.
The three brothers’ faces froze in shock staring at the enormous pile of high divine grade spirit stones in front of them, which looked more like a spirit stone mountain.
Ten thousand of them!
High divine grade spirit stones!
Even the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and Huwang Hongtian watching from the side were flabbergasted.
Ten thousand high divine grade spirit stones ah!
Even the four galaxies’ Institute Principals were unlikely to be able to take out this amount!
Even though both Huwang Yixiao and Huwang Hongtian had already submitted to Huwang Xiao, they had not a clue of Huwang Xiao’s identity. They only knew that their Master’s name was Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao’s rise to fame was merely in the last hundred years, whereas the Phoenix Clan kept to themselves, rarely leaving the Phoenix Volcano. Thus, other than Huwang Xiao’s name, they knew nothing else.
Staring fixedly at the pile of high divine grade spirit stones, the three Flaming Golden-Claw Great Pengs’ eyes burned with greed. Using a spiritual energy gathering formation arranged with these high divine grade spirit stones, their cultivation speed would be twice as fast.
Big brother Peng Dafei was the first one to regain his senses, his gaze slightly changed looking at Huwang Xiao this time around. When a person’s wealth reached an unbelievable level, it created a kind of apprehension in others.
