The Five Great Quasi-Saints

Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix were born proud.

They had never known what it meant to yield.

As for Ancestor Dragon, even though he held the advantage,

facing Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix, who were prepared to die, along with several second-generation Heavenly Phoenixes,

he still had to be extremely cautious.

"Yuanfeng, will you still not surrender!?"

Looking at the Yuanfeng clan on Phoenix Mountain,

Ancestor Dragon's eyes flashed with a sharp, icy light, and his voice rumbled like thunder without end.

If Yuanfeng surrendered,

this super war could be avoided.

But how could Yuanfeng surrender?

How could he let all the living beings in the world belong to the scaled races,

and all revere the Dragon Clan?

Yuanfeng's face was pale, but his expression remained as cold as ice. Looking at Ancestor Dragon, he wore a disdainful smile.

At the same time, however, he sent a voice transmission to Divine Phoenix beside him. "Sister Phoenix, I'll hold Ancestor Dragon off. Find a chance to leave."

Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix had both been born from the primordial heavens.

After hundreds of thousands of years together, there was no need to mention the depth of their love as husband and wife.

They should have faced everything together.

But just then, Divine Phoenix, whose beauty was peerless,

suddenly heard Yuanfeng's voice.

"What!?"

Divine Phoenix was instantly frantic. She hurriedly sent back a voice transmission. "Brother Feng, we were born together and will die together. How could I possibly leave!?"

Yuanfeng calmly replied, "You're carrying two children. They're the last of our direct bloodline, and I don't want it to end with us. If you truly care for me, then leave. After you give birth to them, you can come join me."

As soon as he said this,

Divine Phoenix had no reason to refuse or argue!

That was right. There was no chance for the children beside them to escape.

Only she might make it, if she gave it everything and fled while Ancestor Dragon was occupied.

Then Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix would still have descendants.

At the thought, tears suddenly welled up in Divine Phoenix's beautiful eyes.

Yuanfeng looked at Ancestor Dragon and suddenly let out a long laugh. "Ancestor Dragon! We're both leaders of our respective races. Since we must settle who's stronger, why make the juniors fight to the death? How about you and I fight alone, with no regard for life or death? The victor will become the leader of the living beings in the Primordial Wilderness! Of course, if you don't dare accept, then forget it! Hahaha!"

Yuanfeng's voice echoed in every direction.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of powerful flying and scaled beings all heard him clearly.

Ancestor Dragon narrowed his eyes slightly.

Yuanfeng was already badly wounded.

The safest approach was to have everyone attack together and crush him by sheer numbers.

But now Yuanfeng had publicly demanded a duel.

If Ancestor Dragon refused, the beings watching would think he was a coward.

That would seriously damage his authority.

So what if it was a duel?

Yuanfeng... I, Ancestor Dragon, have nothing to fear from you!

Ancestor Dragon's eyes flashed with a sharp, icy light. He spoke slowly. "Since Fellow Daoist Yuanfeng wishes to settle this calamity with a single battle, how could I refuse?"

Yuanfeng let out another long laugh, then gave a cry that resounded across heaven and earth!

In an instant, he soared into the sky and transformed into his true form!

What a magnificent nine-colored Yuanfeng. He was eighty thousand zhang tall, his entire body a vision of beauty. His long tail feathers stretched toward the horizon, swaying with boundless majesty.

Seeing this, Ancestor Dragon let out a long roar as well.

In an instant, he transformed into a colossal dragon, a hundred thousand zhang long!

The dragon was covered in blue-brown scales, each one fierce and imposing. He radiated domineering majesty and ancient grandeur, and even the slightest movement of his head or tail carried an overwhelming aura.

"Roar!"

"Caw!"

With two roars, the mightiest of the scaled races and the flying races on the Primordial Wilderness plunged into a battle to the death!

Watching from afar, Li Xuan couldn't help clicking his tongue.

Seeing the flesh, feathers, and hair falling from Yuanfeng and Ancestor Dragon in the sky, he couldn't help thinking what a waste it was.

If he could roast some of that meat, his cultivation would soar!

He didn't even need some great opportunity.

He'd just have to find a chance to grab a few pieces of meat and run...

Willow, however, remained calm, completely unmoved by the battle ahead.

"Grandpa, how long is this fight going to last?"

Li Xuan watched the battle ahead. Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng were about evenly matched, but since Yuanfeng was seriously injured, he had fallen behind.

Even so, killing Yuanfeng would be no easy task for Ancestor Dragon.

This would probably take a long time.

So Li Xuan blinked and asked in confusion.

Willow replied indifferently, "It won't last long. When the time comes, someone will step in and wipe them out."

"Oh."

Li Xuan obediently nodded, then shrank back and waited quietly.

Ancestor Dragon roared, and Yuanfeng shrieked.

The battle went on for a full five years!

Over those five years, both Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng were greatly weakened.

But Ancestor Dragon had started at full strength, while Yuanfeng had already been badly wounded.

So even though he attacked furiously,

and was willing to trade his life for his opponent's, making Ancestor Dragon hesitate,

his defeat was inevitable.

"Brother Feng!"

Seeing this, two streams of tears ran down Divine Phoenix's face.

She suddenly cried out, moved in a flash, and transformed into her true form.

With a shake of her body, she flew straight west!

"Stop her!!"

Ancestor Dragon flew into a rage and roared.

Yuanfeng had dared to trick him!?

In an instant, the elite Dragon Clan warriors who had been watching the battle shouted in unison and charged after her.

The elite warriors of the flying races saw this and charged in as well with low growls.

And so the final, decisive battle began once more!

Divine Phoenix only focused on fleeing, crying out as she poured out the sorrow in her heart.

She was incredibly fast. Her sudden escape left the Dragon Clan unable to catch up.

But before she could flee a hundred thousand li,

a pitch-black killing intent suddenly shot toward her from the western sky!

It was so powerful that space itself split and twisted before it.

In the blink of an eye, it pierced Divine Phoenix's body.

Divine Phoenix gave a mournful cry and fell toward the ground.

But halfway down, she let out another long cry and shot back into the sky.

She was even faster than before.

Flames blazed around her entire body. She changed direction and fled south.

"Damn! What was that black light?"

Li Xuan had seen it clearly and asked in confusion.

Willow furrowed his brows slightly. "That was the spear aura of the God-Slaying Spear. What a fearsome weapon, what killing intent... The God-Slaying Spear really is formidable..."

"The God-Slaying Spear..."

Li Xuan's mouth twitched, but he said nothing.

That was Demon Ancestor Luohu's weapon, right...

But it seemed Divine Phoenix had escaped.

They'd said no one was allowed to leave, yet in the end, one still got away.

Divine Phoenix's escape was simply fate.

If she hadn't gotten away, there would have been no Peacock or Golden-Winged Great Peng.

Li Xuan understood this, but couldn't tell Willow...

With Luohu's attack, the real show had begun.

The calamity was nearing its end. Everyone could wrap things up now.

A streak of black light appeared first in the western sky.

Then a group of figures emerged behind it.

At the head of the group was a man clad in black armor, with black hair hanging over his shoulders and a cold expression.

He sat cross-legged on a twelve-petaled black lotus platform. A pitch-black spear floated beside him, and killing intent surged around him.

Li Xuan had no doubt who this was. It could only be Demon Ancestor Luohu.

Willow spoke slowly. "Come with me, kid. Our opportunity is here."

With that, he simply waved a hand. Li Xuan was pulled toward him, yelping all the while, then steadied himself.

Together with Willow, he stood atop an Auspicious Cloud and flew forward.

At the same time,

Hongjun, still lean and bald, with white beard and hair,

came flying from the south, smiling as he stood on a Jade Disk.

From the north came an old man clad in a black-and-white robe and a middle-aged Daoist in a bright-red robe.

The Yin Yang Taiji Diagram and the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Cauldron floated above their heads as they slowly appeared.

Today, the five great Quasi-Saints would hunt together on Phoenix Mountain!