The words sounded like well-meaning advice, but every one of them carried a threat or a lure. They laid bare the dangers of God Conferment to force Winged Immortal to back down.
Winged Immortal found it laughable. He threw back his head and let out a scornful laugh that shook the heavens, fierce and unrestrained with the pride of an ancient Demon Clan powerhouse.
"Die and be placed on the God Conferment list? Lose control of my own fate? So what?"
His body jolted. Magic Power surged around him as the two energies of Yin and Yang churned and intertwined. Torrents of black and white Law converged from opposite ends of the world and coiled around him.
"Even if death awaits me on that list, I can fight you and Randeng together, Maitreya! What have I to fear?!"
With that, Winged Immortal struck in a fury!
Boom!
He drew upon the Great Dao of Yin Yang itself. Yin energy gnawed at bone, Yang energy burned the heavens, and black-and-white Law Chains crisscrossed the void, tearing through the clouds for thousands of miles.
The vast void behind him exploded, and the true-form manifestation of a Golden-Winged Great Peng appeared, its body spanning mountains and rivers!
The giant bird blotted out the sun. Its wings stretched for tens of thousands of miles, each feather sharp as divine gilded steel, keen enough to sever a saint's Dao Resonance. Its crimson eyes blazed with ancient ferocity.
A bitter demon wind swept across the land, shaking mountains and rivers and sending waterways surging skyward. The entire world trembled beneath the ancient bird's might!
Screech—!
The Peng's piercing cry shattered the clouds. Its immense beak opened, bearing the power to destroy Yin and Yang and swallow heaven and earth as it snapped viciously at Maitreya!
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