How Enormous Would a True Phoenix Be?

  Since he had never seen one before, Ye Tianxie naturally had no idea. However, he was certain that the Blood Phoenix before him must be much smaller than a real Phoenix. At first glance, aside from its terrifying blood-red hue, its appearance bore no significant differences from the Phoenix in Huaxia legends.

  The fifth level of the underground skeletal cavern had been utterly destroyed by its sheer power… The scene of destruction, and at such an intense level, demanded an unimaginably horrifying force. Its body stretched over ten meters long, its magnificent blood-red feathers standing upright like clusters of burning crimson flames. Its eyes, also blood-red, were now locked onto Ye Tianxie with an unyielding gaze.

  Under the Blood Phoenix’s stare, its overwhelming aura weighed upon him like an impossibly heavy stone slab, pressing against his chest so hard that he was on the verge of suffocation. A Blood Phoenix of at least the Heaven's End level was utterly beyond his strength to contend with. At this moment, Ye Tianxie had no chance to resist—not even the slightest struggle was possible. The sheer force of its presence had nearly stripped him of control over his own body, rendering him completely immobile. The shadow of death loomed ominously over him.

  “Ding… You are in combat and cannot use the Town Portal Scroll.”

  “Ding… You are in combat and cannot use the Town Portal Scroll.”

  After two failed attempts, Ye Tianxie finally accepted his fate. His gaze scanned the surroundings, searching for anything that could save his life… According to the mayor of Ancient Ping Town, the other cavern in the fifth layer of the Skeletal Cavern was the Blood Phoenix’s nest since it required absolute silence when resting. Moreover, it coexisted peacefully with the undead creatures in the area.

  Ye Tianxie couldn’t figure out why the Blood Phoenix had gone berserk in its own nest, even destroying it completely… and its target was clearly him! Could it have awakened when he attacked the Undead Monarch? That didn’t make sense—if that were the case, it should have awoken much earlier.

  What exactly caused this!?

  Chirp———

  Another piercing cry, nearly shattering Ye Tianxie’s consciousness, erupted as the Blood Phoenix shot into the sky, sending countless fragments of debris flying. It then dived downward, carrying an aura of destruction as it charged straight at Ye Tianxie.

  The immense force from above crashed down like a raging storm, pinning Ye Tianxie firmly against the wall, making it impossible for him to even move his little finger. His brows furrowed tightly, his eyes locked onto the expanding blood-red silhouette in his pupils… The gap in strength was beyond measure. Under the Blood Phoenix’s locked-on attack, there was no chance of escaping by sheer luck.

  Fear? No. A bit of unwillingness? Perhaps. He simply couldn’t understand why this Blood Phoenix was so enraged and why it was attacking him with such fury.

  At that moment, a white light appeared beside Ye Tianxie. Before her body had fully materialized, Guoguo’s panicked voice rang out:

  “Eeyaah!! Master, Master, Blood Feather… I suddenly caught the scent of the Fate Core’s Blood Feather… Ahhhhh!”

  When Guoguo materialized and saw the blood-red Phoenix diving toward them, her tiny face instantly turned deathly pale, and she let out a terrified scream. She had seemingly forgotten that her existence was an exceptionally peculiar and intangible state—only Ye Tianxie could see her, hear her voice, and touch her body. Other beings could neither perceive her nor hear her, nor could they touch her; any attack would merely pass through an illusion.

  Blood Feather…

  Blood-red Phoenix…

  Could it be…

  As the feeling of impending death drew closer, countless thoughts flashed through Ye Tianxie’s mind in an instant, yet he found no way to save himself. He could only resign himself to fate and lower his gaze.

  “Roar!!”

  The surrounding space trembled once more. A deafening beastly roar, even more terrifying than the Blood Phoenix’s screech, made Ye Tianxie snap his head upward.

  High in the air, he saw a blue silhouette—one that was charging straight toward the blood-red Phoenix.

  Boom!!

  With a miserable screech from the Blood Phoenix, the blue figure crashed heavily into its diving form, sending it flying off course. A massive damage number appeared above its head—

  -120000!

  The crushing pressure on Ye Tianxie disappeared without a trace. In that moment, he saw the blue figure in full detail.

  It was a wolf—a massive wolf, entirely blue from head to tail. It was this blue wolf that had soared into the air and slammed into the Blood Phoenix, saving Ye Tianxie’s life.

  Compared to ordinary wolves, its body was much sturdier, its claws and fangs sharper, its eyes more ferocious, and its aura more overwhelming… And it was purely blue, without a trace of any other color. Blue fur, blue eyes, blue wolf ears—whether in the real world or in a virtual game world, this was the first time Ye Tianxie had ever seen a blue wolf.

  A single impact had caused 120,000 damage… Could this wolf be a Divine Mystic Beast!?

  In his shock, he didn’t even think to use a Town Portal Scroll to escape. Instead, his eyes remained locked on the sky, where the blue and blood-red figures were now entangled in battle.

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  Using Detection, all he could see were rows of question marks for both the blue wolf and the Blood Phoenix—even their names were unreadable. Their strength was on a completely different level from his, making his skills utterly ineffective against them.

  But more than the Blood Phoenix, he was becoming increasingly curious about this massive blue wolf. Its imposing presence awed him, and its strength seemed on par with the Blood Phoenix. Most importantly, it had saved him at the critical moment.

  Roar!!

  Chirp…

  Boom! Boom! Bang…

  The wolf’s growls and the Phoenix’s cries mixed with deafening collisions. The blue wolf repeatedly crashed its head into the Blood Phoenix, seemingly forcing it away from Ye Tianxie. Under its relentless impact, the Blood Phoenix let out anguished cries as its body was continuously knocked back and contorted in midair… In this battle, it was clearly at a disadvantage.

  A massive surge of blood-red flames spread from the Blood Phoenix’s wings, sweeping toward the blue wolf. Wherever the flames passed, the air itself twisted and melted. Though hundreds of meters away, Ye Tianxie felt an overwhelming heatwave rushing toward him. The blue wolf paused briefly in midair before opening its mouth wide. With a tremendous howl, a whirlwind of icy blue wind erupted from its body, colliding with the approaching flames. A bone-chilling cold instantly spread across the area, dissipating the scorching heat…

  Fire burned. Wind howled. The sky above the Skeletal Cavern was now consumed by a chaotic blend of crimson and blue.

  Death loomed once more. Just as Ye Tianxie sensed it creeping upon him, a shadow flashed beside him. A hand grabbed him, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone from his previous location.

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  BOOM!!!!

  A deafening explosion shook the air, enough to scatter a person’s very soul. Yet, the sound came from a distance further than he had expected. The sense of impending death was gone. When Ye Tianxie looked ahead, he realized he was high in the sky, a thousand meters away from the battle.

  The reason he wasn’t falling was the presence of another person—a man, hovering in midair while holding onto him.

  Ye Tianxie turned to look at his rescuer, and the moment he saw his face, a slight tremor ran through his eyes and heart.

  This man…

  "Who are you?" Ye Tianxie asked in a deep, solemn voice.

  The man’s gaze shifted toward him at the sound of his voice. The instant their eyes met, Ye Tianxie felt as if he were staring into the eyes of a dead man—cold, dim, lifeless, and devoid of any color a living being should possess.

  Suddenly, the sound of wind whistled past his ears. The blue-haired man lifted Ye Tianxie's body into the air. In a single spatial shift, they were now standing atop the peak of a small mountain. The blue-haired man did not answer Ye Tianxie’s question. Instead, his gaze once again fixated on the fierce battle between the two beasts in the distance. Ye Tianxie frowned slightly and turned his attention in the same direction.

  The entire land trembled and cracked—it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe the battle between the two beasts as earth-shattering.

  The attacks exchanged between the Blue Wolf and the Blood Phoenix were as violent as a raging storm. Their clashes—both physical and energy-based—sent out waves of destruction capable of wiping out everything in their path.

  Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

  With each of their dozens of collisions, the air was filled with deafening explosions. Though the Blue Wolf’s ability to maneuver in the air was inferior to the Blood Phoenix’s, it far surpassed the phoenix in agility and sheer strength. Its attacks came like a raging tempest, gradually forcing the Blood Phoenix back, leaving it with no chance to unleash its blood flames. Finally, another thunderous impact sent the Blood Phoenix hurtling high into the sky. It let out a piercing cry, twisting midair before unfurling its enormous blood-red wings. In an instant, what seemed like flames from beyond the heavens descended upon the land below.

  Yet the ferocious Blue Wolf did not retreat. Instead, it charged fearlessly into the blood flames, colliding head-on with them. A massive explosion erupted, tearing the ground apart within a thousand-meter radius. Towering waves of fire soared dozens of meters high, obscuring everything from sight. The entire area had become a land of death, saturated with destructive energy.

  Amidst the overwhelming sea of fire, a strikingly blue figure suddenly shot up into the sky. Accompanied by a thunderous roar, it crashed into the Blood Phoenix like a blazing blue meteor.

  A wretched cry rang out. The Blood Phoenix was sent flying, tumbling uncontrollably through the air before barely managing to stabilize itself. The phoenix and the wolf faced each other across a hundred-meter distance, their eyes filled with nothing but primal ferocity. Then, as if by unspoken agreement, they roared and screeched before charging at each other once more. Wind and fire intertwined, transforming the battlefield into a fiery hell of destruction.

  "Wow! Master, it's so beautiful!" Guo Guo blinked her big eyes in excitement, watching the dazzling spectacle created by the battle between the Blood Phoenix and the Blue Wolf as if she were enjoying a vibrant cartoon. She paid no mind to the fact that Ye Tianxie had nearly lost his life twice because of these creatures.

  She truly had no reason to be afraid. Because of her unique body, not even ten of these creatures could harm her in the slightest. As for whether her master, Ye Tianxie, would survive… well, that wasn’t really her concern.

  Ye Tianxie: "..."

  "Also, Master, that uncle is really weird. He looks strange somehow. Do you know him?" Guo Guo asked cautiously, sneaking a glance at the blue-haired man. His extreme indifference, devoid of any emotion, made her feel slightly uneasy.

  "I don’t know him," Ye Tianxie replied. Though he was answering Guo Guo’s question, to anyone else—who couldn’t see Guo Guo—it seemed like he had suddenly spoken to himself out of nowhere. Yet, to his surprise, the blue-haired man standing beside him showed not even the slightest reaction. He didn’t move an inch—not even his eyeballs.

  This person…

  "Ah!! Master, I almost forgot… That strange phoenix has the scent of the Blood Feather! Master, you have to defeat that phoenix! The Blood Feather must be hidden within it, and it’s something really, really important to you!" Guo Guo suddenly stood up on Ye Tianxie’s shoulder, shouting excitedly into his ear.

  Ye Tianxie’s eye twitched slightly… Defeat the Blood Phoenix? He wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could pull that off. Even when facing enemies far stronger than himself, he would never give up easily—he would find every possible way to turn the tables. But the difference in power between him and the Blood Phoenix was simply insurmountable. How was he supposed to defeat it?

  "Huh…" Guo Guo, who had been so worked up, suddenly fell silent. Her sparkling eyes blinked a few times before landing on the imposing, gigantic Blue Wolf. After staring at it in a daze for a moment, she muttered, "That blue wolf… why does it feel so familiar…?"

  Boom!!!

  The fierce clash between the storm-like wind and blazing fire erupted once more. As the battlefield was engulfed in another catastrophe, the balance of power between the two creatures finally shifted.

  A bolt of blue lightning shot out from the chaotic storm of destruction. With a deafening roar, it slammed straight into the Blood Phoenix’s head. The Blue Wolf was as fast as a lightning strike—its relentless assaults had already battered the Blood Phoenix countless times, but this final blow nearly shattered its consciousness entirely.

  The phoenix’s body convulsed violently as it let out a pained cry. It struggled in the air for a brief moment before finally plummeting downward. The airborne Blue Wolf immediately followed, descending even faster than the falling phoenix itself. Its massive jaws clamped down viciously on the Blood Phoenix’s throat, dragging it down as they crashed into the earth below.

  -200,000! -200,000! -200,000! -200,000!

  A series of colossal damage numbers appeared above the Blood Phoenix, draining its life away. With a final resounding impact, both the Blood Phoenix and the Blue Wolf crashed onto the ground. The wolf, still biting down on the phoenix’s neck, pressed it deep into the shattered earth.

  The Blood Phoenix screeched and thrashed desperately, but its fire-based power was no match for the Blue Wolf’s sheer physical strength. No matter how violently it struggled, it couldn’t escape the wolf’s grip. Its health was rapidly depleting amidst its frantic resistance.

  A piercing cry shattered the sky. A crimson radiance burst forth from the Blood Phoenix’s forehead, engulfing its entire body in searing blood-red flames. Its strength and aura suddenly skyrocketed several times over.

  Boom!!

  A massive explosion of fire erupted from the Blood Phoenix’s body, sending the Blue Wolf flying backward. At the same time, Guo Guo let out a dramatic shriek, "Master! Look!!! On the phoenix’s head… That’s the Blood Feather! It’s the Blood Feather!!"

  Even without Guo Guo’s warning, Ye Tianxie had already noticed. At the very moment the blood-red glow erupted, the Blood Phoenix’s forehead revealed an intensely radiant crimson feather, shimmering like a flame burning against the sky.

  That was… one of the Seven Fate Cores—Blood Feather!?

  Why was it on this strange phoenix…?

  At that moment, an even more dazzling blue light flared up from the fallen Blue Wolf. The intensity of the blue radiance far surpassed even the Blood Feather’s crimson glow. The moment the light shone, the Blue Wolf flipped over with impossible speed and lunged once more at the barely-recovered Blood Phoenix.

  "Ah!!" Guo Guo suddenly let out another startled cry.

  "What’s wrong?" Ye Tianxie, who had rarely seen Guo Guo so shocked, turned to her with a frown.

  "That light just now… That wolf… It’s… It’s Blue Soul! The Blue Soul of the Fate Cores!" Guo Guo stared wide-eyed at the Blue Wolf, utterly stunned.

  Ye Tianxie: "!!"

  A wolf… Blue Soul… A Fate Core… Could a Fate Core actually take on a living form!?

  "It has to be! There's no way I’d mistake the power of a Core of Fate." Guo Guo clutched Ye Tianxie's clothes, muttering to herself.

  On the Fate’s Mark, the sixth hollow from the top had always been an indescribable, irregularly twisted shape. Under the sunlight, a faint blue glow reflected from its surroundings. But… this was clearly a wolf—an incredibly powerful wolf…

  And at that moment, Ye Tianxie suddenly realized—

  That extremely irregular hole, the one he could never quite determine the shape of before, was strikingly similar to a wolf howling toward the sky!

  "Big Sis once said that the power of the Cores of Fate is immense. Once they detach from the Fate’s Mark, they instinctively seek a suitable energy vessel. And with their abilities, even if they don't seek one out, they have the power to transform themselves into living beings… Master, you don’t just have to defeat that phoenix—you also have to defeat that wolf. Blue Soul possesses power second only to the purple Core within the Fate’s Mark. It's even stronger than Blood Feather… Wow! This is amazing! We found both Blood Feather and Blue Soul at the same time!"

  Ye Tianxie: "…"

  The Blood Phoenix. The Blue Wolf.

  Either of these creatures alone was powerful enough to shake the entire Lost Continent. Yet both of them existed because of the Cores of Fate within the Fate’s Mark.

  Beneath his composed exterior, Ye Tianxie trembled with shock—astonished by the sheer power and mystery of the Cores of Fate. He couldn’t help but wonder… if just a single Core could give birth to such an overwhelming force, then what kind of unimaginable power would the Fate’s Mark possess once all seven Cores were united?

  Blood Feather…

  Blue Soul…

  How was he supposed to claim them?

  The disparity in power between Blood Feather and Blue Soul was now glaringly obvious. The Blood Phoenix, its entire body engulfed in crimson light, had reached the absolute peak of its strength. Yet, all it could do was let out sorrowful cries, its body struggling helplessly within the Blue Wolf’s jaws—its resistance growing weaker and weaker.

  -720000, -720000, -720000, -720000…

  With its full power unleashed, Blue Soul inflicted an astronomical 720,000 damage per second on Blood Feather. If not witnessed firsthand, no player would ever believe that such a game-breaking damage number could appear in Destiny. No one would believe that a beast could grow to such an unfathomable level of power.

  For any player, numbers like these were beyond reach—true, unattainable fantasy.

  And this blue-furred giant wolf… Ye Tianxie was certain that if it wished, it could tear Tianchen City apart in an instant.

  If this creature had truly been born from a Core of Fate… then how could he return it to the Fate’s Mark?

  Would it be possible to persuade it? Would it willingly return?

  Subjugate it?

  Heh… not a chance.