"Shapeshifting Tanuki—truly deserving of the name 'shapeshifting'!"
Chapter Nine: Legend of the Beast God
Rumble!
The next moment!
The enormous Phoenix let out a thunderous roar.
Her pair of phoenix eyes brimmed with majesty.
A haughty, all-conquering gaze looked down upon Chen Xuan and his Phantom Beast.
To be honest!
The legendary Phoenix had reached the highest bloodline level—a Mythic-grade level.
She was one of the strongest Phantom Beasts.
Judging by bloodline level, she indeed had the right to look down on a Phantom Beast like the Holy Light Dragon.
Rumble!
A dense torrent of flames spewed forth.
It was like an eruption of lava.
The Phoenix glaring furiously at Chen Xuan was clearly attacking him and the Holy Light Dragon.
The enormous lava carried rolling, terrifying might.
Anyone would have thought that lava could reduce everything to ashes.
In an instant, the surging flames came crashing over like a gigantic wave.
"Ahhh!"
"We're done for! This time, we're really done for!"
"Anyone caught by the Phoenix's flames will probably turn to ash in an instant!"
Li Cong shouted in a panic.
No sooner had one wave subsided than another rose.
After the two enormous Phantom Beasts had been rescued by that mysterious Beast God and the Holy Dragon,
they had never expected to encounter a legendary Phoenix.
"Congzi, to die beneath the flames of a divine bird like the Phoenix... you could say that's our good fortune!"
Deng Xiuwen's expression was strange, as though he was both unwilling and blissful.
To be able to die beneath the Phoenix's flames—
who could say whether that was truly fortunate or unfortunate?
The rolling flames instantly blanketed this section of the valley.
They were like a tide of fire.
Their might was terrifying beyond compare.
Below the platform, the Wind Wolves that had been surrounding the area earlier
all tucked their tails between their legs and fled, leaving behind only billowing clouds of dust.
Before a legendary divine beast like this, they were weaker than ants.
How could they dare face her head-on?
Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen's faces had already gone deathly pale.
Chen Xuan, however, remained utterly calm.
Clearly!
That Shapeshifting Tanuki knew that Chen Xuan and the Holy Light Dragon before it were the truly troublesome enemies.
It wanted to use the Phoenix's innate bloodline to scare Chen Xuan away.
If it had been an ordinary Beast Tamer and Phantom Beast,
they probably would really have run.
Just like Deng Xiuwen and Li Cong.
Unfortunately, it had encountered Chen Xuan, who possessed the system.
He could see a Phantom Beast's status panel.
In Chen Xuan's eyes,
the manifested Phoenix was still displayed as the Shapeshifting Tanuki's mutated form.
"Looks like this little fellow has seen a Phoenix before. That's truly extraordinary!"
Chen Xuan laughed.
The next moment!
He had already ordered Little White, the Holy Light Dragon, to attack.
"Judgment of Light!"
A huge white cross came crashing down toward the Phoenix.
Rumble!
The cross smashed toward the flames.
There was not the slightest resistance.
Deng Xiuwen and Li Cong raised their arms to shield their faces,
yet when the flames touched their bodies,
they discovered that nothing happened at all.
Just as they were staring in shock,
they saw the enormous cross crashing toward the Phoenix.
The next moment!
"Waah!"
A cry of pain rang out.
Boom!
A strange sound echoed.
They watched as the Phoenix transformed into the shape of a tanuki.
"A tanuki?"
The tanuki had a lump on its head where it had been struck.
It was rubbing its head in pain.
"Contract!"
At that moment,
a flash of light appeared,
linking the Shapeshifting Tanuki and Chen Xuan.
Very soon!
The tanuki flying in the sky transformed into a streak of light and sank into Chen Xuan's body.
The Shapeshifting Tanuki's Mimicry Mutation form
was itself an extremely rare and peculiar Phantom Beast.
On top of that, as a mutated form, it possessed the ability to mimic.
Chen Xuan wanted to nurture it.
Once it evolved in the future, it would be able to transform into even more Phantom Beasts
and perhaps even possess portions of their original abilities.
This could be said to be an extraordinarily powerful Phantom Beast.
With that in mind!
Chen Xuan rode Little White toward the Obsidian Evolution Stone.
Its sharp claws
pierced straight through the protective barrier.
A black stone appeared in Chen Xuan's hand.
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