The sudden turn of events shocked everyone present.
A figure swiftly rushed to Ao Mingyue's side. "Sis, are you alright?"
"They are..."
Ao Jianlie stared warily at the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and the other ancient divine beasts.
"Jianlie, don't act rashly."
"They're here to help us."
Ao Mingyue spoke, signaling Ao Jianlie that there was no need to be tense.
She might not recognize the Golden-Haired Hound and the Black Jade Qilin, but the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix had left a deep impression on her.
Lin Fan had previously used a talisman to summon this terrifying being.
"Who are you people?"
The black-robed old man's expression darkened as he barked, "We are of the Sky Swallowing Sparrow clan. Do you intend to make enemies of our entire clan?"
"The Sky Swallowing Sparrow clan?" The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix's phoenix eyes were soul-piercing as it stared coldly at the black-robed old man and the others. "You Sky Swallowing Sparrows are exactly who I came to kill."
Its blood-red wings spread wide, and the void shuddered violently. Before one of the Sky Swallowing Sparrow clan's Demon Saint experts could react, he found that the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix had already dived before him.
He immediately let out an angry roar as raging flames burst forth around him, forming an impregnable wall of fire.
The terrifying heat was enough to warp the void itself, yet the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix seemed to ignore the blazing flames. It instantly shattered the fiery wall and tore out his bloody heart with a single claw.
"You..."
The Demon Saint expert shuddered, all the strength in his body seemingly drained away in an instant.
Before he could say another word, the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix swallowed him whole. The aura it radiated filled every Sky Swallowing Sparrow clansman with terror.
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