Was this a live performance of the legendary Nirvana?
His speed surged, and Fu Qian abruptly shifted sideways, dodging the beams that continued to shoot toward him. His gaze stayed fixed on the skeleton curling into a ball.
Though its bodily structure was different, it had actually struck the same pose as that Immature Form.
Even more astonishingly, the next moment, flesh seemed to be filtered out of the lake water, rapidly filling the white skeleton.
It was really happening?
But compared to rising anew from ashes in a legendary blaze, this was a whole lot more grotesque!
A flesh-and-blood phoenix?
Wait... Something was wrong!
Having watched the transformation the whole time, Fu Qian suddenly accelerated again and put more distance between himself and the scene.
The reason was simple: he had a strong feeling he might not live to see the phoenix reborn.
As flesh filled it out, the body grew violently unstable.
The clearest sign was that its outline was going awry. The flesh that kept growing was already starting to defy logic.
In the blink of an eye, though it had curled into an egg, it could no longer even be called oval.
Even so, long feathers streaked with gold and red, like flames, continued to sprout from it.
They were not only completely unaesthetic; their chaotic, unnatural appearance was almost like a lump of sludge squirming in a chicken coop.
Boom!
Just as Fu Qian dodged the beams and successfully increased the distance, a shockwave erupted.
This time, there was a real sound. Amid the dull boom, the chaotic mass shattered, bones and all, bursting into fine powder.
The tremendous force of the shockwave made it hard for even Fu Qian, already far away, to keep his balance.
If he'd been even a little closer, his