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Chapter 724: Flame Confrontation! The Death of the Fire Phoenix!
Chapter 724: Flame Confrontation! The Death of the Fire Phoenix!
Even within the Core Flame Vein, even with Mermaid Ji's Water Bubble providing a barrier, the moment this figure appeared, Su Ping still felt a wave of heat surge toward him.
Clearly, this Prairie Fire Phoenix was the same Semi-Legendary existence that had been chased into this place by Mermaid Ji.
More importantly, this Prairie Fire Phoenix had likely been here for a long time.
However, thanks to the abundant geothermal environment and the strong barrier of fire elements, both the anxious Mermaid Ji and Lord Bai failed to detect its presence immediately.
This demonstrated the Prairie Fire Phoenix's formidable stealth capabilities.
Under such conditions, even these two Legendaries wouldn't have noticed it right away if Little Flame hadn't just ascended.
But what about the Prairie Fire Phoenix's current state?
If it had the confidence to act, it would have attacked as soon as it was discovered, right?
Ultimately, it must have been wary of Mermaid Ji's presence.
So, had it ascended to Legendary rank?
In the Core Flame Vein, Su Ping's mental perception was greatly affected and interfered with.
However, through Little Flame's senses, he detected that it had indeed ascended!
This Prairie Fire Phoenix had truly reached Legendary rank.
However, its aura was extremely unstable.
Its grasp of the Law of Flame was still quite tenuous, much like Little Flame's current state. Even though it had ascended and grasped some of the Flame Law, it was only a recent ascension.
This grasp of the Law was not yet thorough.
But Su Ping's heart still raced.
If Little Flame were at the Emperor Rank and facing a Holy Spirit Rank opponent, he wouldn't be worried at all.
His Beast Pet was trained to fight across realms, and this was a natural and expected advantage.
However, Legendary was different!
After reaching Legendary, a Beast Pet's power would undergo a qualitative change.
Mastery of the Law often nullified many energy-based influences.
In such a situation, unless it possessed a Mythical Skill that truly excelled in the Law, Su Ping wouldn't have that confidence.
"Little Flame!"
"Hisss!"
With a hiss of flames, the Crimson Divine Bird that Little Flame had transformed into exuded absolute killing intent!
Thus, Su Ping didn't continue with his commands.
As a Beast Tamer, he needed to trust his Beast Pet.
Moreover, Su Ping believed that if Little Flame were to fall into a disadvantage, Mermaid Ji and Lord Bai would intervene and save Little Flame in time.
After all, compared to the Prairie Fire Phoenix, which was struggling to maintain its Legendary rank, even if they were both Legendaries and the Prairie Fire Phoenix had the geographical advantage in the Core Flame Vein, Su Ping was confident that these two could at least save Little Flame.
With this thought, Su Ping relaxed.
It seemed that Little Flame intended to use this Legendary Prairie Fire Phoenix as the final Life Fire for his own ascension.
However, would a Legendary Life Fire affect the ignition of the Nanming Flame?
He didn't know, but the Beast Codex for the Nanming Flame didn't explicitly prohibit it. It only stated that the Life Fire must come from a Beast Pet at the Holy Spirit Rank or higher, fighting and burning alone.
But whether Little Flame could win was the biggest question!
With this in mind, Su Ping watched closely:
As Little Flame flew upward, the Prairie Fire Phoenix was already prepared. It didn't hesitate and immediately retreated!
Clearly, it didn't fear Little Flame, but it was wary of Mermaid Ji and Lord Bai's potential intervention.
However, it had not anticipated that in the Core Flame Vein, its speed was insufficient to outdistance Little Flame, and the distance between them was continuously closing.
"Human! Fire elements, do not challenge me!"
A cold voice echoed, sending pure energy fluctuations sweeping through the area.
Su Ping remained silent, and Little Flame immediately attacked.
At that moment, the Core Flame Vein boiled like a furnace, with dark red magma flowing like rivers along the walls.
Little Flame, transformed into the Crimson Divine Bird, hovered in the flame mist, each feather glowing with a golden-red aura. Ten miles away, the Prairie Fire Phoenix crouched at the top of the fire vein, its nine tail feathers adorned with strange, crimson runes.
“Just because you’re under the protection of those two Venerables, do you really think I dare not kill you? Remember, in this terrain, even those two Venerables would be heavily suppressed by the will of Blue Star!”
The golden eyes of the Fire Phoenix reflected the puny opponent, its wings stirring up a crimson wave of Legendary power. Yes, this was its domain! Here, close to the core of Blue Star, even Mermaid Ji and Lord Bai would be severely restricted.
In fact, if not for Lord Bai, Mermaid Ji wouldn’t have risked entering this fire vein. For her, this was a place of extreme discomfort!
The magma of the core fire vein split open, and boundless flame storms surged forth, each storm condensed with terrifying fire laws.
Little Flame didn’t respond with a cry. Around its body, three flames slowly merged: the blue Soul Fire, the golden-red Solar Fire, and the newly formed Core Fire.
Although the fusion was still missing the final Life Fire, Su Ping could already sense that this was Nanming Flame! This was the prototype of Nanming Flame!
And the final step to becoming the ultimate Nanming Flame was just a step away!
The purifying qualities of Nanming Flame rippled out as a blue-white flame, and the legend-powered flame storms disintegrated upon contact, like spring snow melting in the sun.
Even the Law flames of a Legendary seemed less invincible in the presence of this fully-formed Flame Seed.
The Fire Phoenix’s pupils contracted as it finally identified the essence of the green-gold flame—this was a flame that surpassed its own Prairie Fire Law!
Why would a Holy Spirit Rank creature possess such a high-level flame?
“Caw!”
The phoenix cry shattered the dark red walls of the core fire vein, and the Fire Phoenix’s true form tripled in size. The magma surged into twelve crimson-gold chains, and at their intersection, a burning phoenix totem appeared: “Flame Domain: Volcanic Magma Realm!”
Flame Domain?
This was a skill the Wildfire Phoenix had absorbed from the Fire Venerable’s avatar, the same as Little Flame’s!
And without a doubt, the activation of this skill enraged Little Flame as well!
The entire fire vein shook violently, and the boundless flames seemed to be refining the Core Fire into a surging volcano. The intense heat made Mermaid Ji frown, stabilizing her water bubble to counter the raging fire of the vein.
However, Little Flame was trapped in the center of the volcano, which erupted instantly. The lava flow, infused with fire laws, was filled with countless phoenixes manifesting as fiery shadows. This was a Law-level assault—part of the unassailable dignity of a Legendary!
“Hiss!” Little Flame’s left wing, transformed into a Crimson Divine Bird, was struck by the lava, and its Holy Spirit Rank defense shattered like thin paper. More terrifying were the pulsating crimson runes at the wound, Law scars etched by the powers of a Legend, eroding the incomplete Nanming Flame at its core.
Su Ping pressed against the edge of the bubble. He saw the core of Little Flame’s body was injured, the first time Little Flame had been wounded!
It was clear his guess was correct: even with the Fire Venerable’s rank and the Flame Seed’s enhancement, a Holy Spirit Rank challenging a Legendary was no easy feat!
At this critical moment, the Crimson Divine Bird suddenly folded its wings. The prototype of the Nanming Flame suddenly began to change in energy composition.
In the next moment, a similar domain unfolded, still a Flame Domain, but the essence it carried was entirely different.
It was a simple, pure Flame Domain, but what condensed within it was extraordinary.
This was a skill Little Flame had inherited from the Fire Venerable’s avatar after its recent ascension to Holy Spirit Rank:
“World-Annihilation Fire Lotus!”
Lotus flowers were particularly special, capable of bearing the power of flames, as evident from the special Fire Attribute Beast Pet, the Blazing Crimson Lotus, in the Heart of the Forest.
Su Ping didn’t know if the Fire Venerable had drawn inspiration from the Blazing Crimson Lotus, but at this moment, he saw a glimpse of the Fire Venerable’s style from thousands of years ago in Little Flame!
At this moment, amidst the dual Flame Domains, thousands of lotuses bloomed on the surface of the volcanic magma, each reflecting Little Flame’s green-gold flame. Little Flame didn’t use any other techniques.
It chose a direct confrontation of energy and law, a battle of fire attributes, which was savage and straightforward!
One by one, the red lotuses were released, and the terrifying flames collided with the volcanic magma sea.
At this moment, the Flame Seed of the entire volcano flickered uncertainly.
“Caw!” An excited cry echoed, and Little Flame suddenly spread its wings!
The Crimson Divine Bird transformed into a green-red meteor, charging into the volcanic domain.
The Fire Phoenix hadn’t expected a Holy Spirit Rank Fire Attribute Beast Pet to have an advantage in both energy and law!
But as the countless crimson lotuses exploded, the entire volcanic realm shattered, and the devastating flames caused the entire core flame vein to tremble.
"Impossible!" the Fire Phoenix watched its proud domain crumble. It finally realized that while the other’s energy might not be as strong, the Law of that azure-golden flame far surpassed its own!
"What kind of flame is that?"
Unfortunately, no one answered its question.
Even Sufen’s heart was pounding. Such an energy explosion, a direct collision of Fire-attribute Laws, was incredibly dangerous.
Even within the core flame vein, it displayed world-shattering power.
However, it was fortunate that this battle took place within the core flame vein. The boundless core magma fire could absorb and dissipate the massive energy impact, preventing any catastrophic effects on the external environment.
Otherwise, if this had happened outside, even with the absolute suppression of the Blue Star’s will Law, it would still have had the power to burn mountains and boil oceans, turning a vast area into nothingness.
No wonder, no wonder that after reaching the Holy Spirit Rank, many battles no longer took place on Blue Star, and this was even more true for Legendary beings.
The power of such battles was terrifying!
However, while Sufen marveled at the combat power, Mermaid Ji and Lord Bai felt differently!
They were tense, ready to intervene at any moment, but when they saw Little Flame actually manage to withstand the Wildfire Phoenix, and even gain the upper hand, they couldn’t help but gasp.
Could this Beast Pet really contend with a Legendary?
Even though this was a newly ascended Legendary, with imperfect Law usage, it was still a Legendary!
Indeed, they both saw that when the domain shattered, the outcome of the battle was already decided!
The endless flames and residual magma were consumed by the azure-golden Nanming Flame. The Fire Phoenix let out a desperate cry but could not stop the azure-golden flame from enveloping its body.
Even a Legendary’s body, without resistance, could be completely consumed by such a flame!
The magma sea calmed, and Little Flame hovered above the Fire Phoenix’s true spirit. The Wildfire Phoenix was now entirely wrapped in the azure-golden Nanming Flame, emitting an indescribable aura of pain.
But this was a battle to the death. The Fire Phoenix had long been Little Flame’s mortal enemy.
Because the other Flame Sovereign avatars could no longer be found on its body. Flame Sovereign avatars could devour each other, but if another Fire-attribute Beast Pet dared to touch the Flame Sovereign’s authority, it would lead to a never-ending conflict!
"Flame Sovereign!? On what grounds!? Why can you command me, command all the birds of the world? I refuse to accept this!"
The voice of refusal echoed through the core flame vein.
But it could not change the outcome!
The endless flames merged, and Sufen knew that Little Flame’s true Nanming Flame, the Flame Seed he had personally ignited, had finally fully matured!
However, what neither Sufen nor Little Flame expected was that the pure life fire, which had formed from the burning life force, was now integrated into Little Flame’s body.
But from the dissolving Wildfire Phoenix, a final wisp of soul emerged.
Life fire consumed life, leaving the soul as mere residue.
However, Little Flame was not about to be polite. The azure-golden flame was about to strike again, but Sufen stopped him: "Little Flame, wait!"
He knew some information about the Wildfire Phoenix, having learned from Yun Sheng, a Beast Tamer specialized in phoenixes.
Compared to the Blaze Phoenix and the Icy Phoenix, the Wildfire Phoenix was the closest to the legendary phoenix in the Beast Pet world, due to its special skill: Nirvana!
This Nirvana was also the Wildfire Phoenix’s method of reproduction. After death, its soul would birth a residual Wildfire Phoenix egg.
And it seemed this was what was happening now.
The soul seemed to hear Sufen’s words and condensed into a peculiar, fiery red egg within the core flame vein.
Then, under Little Flame’s indifferent gaze, it flew toward Sufen.
Without hesitation, Sufen placed this precious egg into his Beast Tamer Space.
He had no time to dwell on it.
Because he knew that after Little Flame had consumed the core magma fire and the life fire of the Wildfire Phoenix, its Nanming Flame Flame Seed was finally about to reach perfection!
(End of Chapter)
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