The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's party streaked across the purple-mist-shrouded night sky like a shower of brilliant golden meteors. Their dazzling trails lingered against the dark heavens.
Within each streak of light, the faint outline of a Phoenix Phantom spread its wings and soared. A noble, commanding aura swept outward, making every Magical Beast within dozens of miles bow its head and fall silent.
At the front of the party, a Blonde Woman stood atop a golden Phoenix Phantom. She held herself straight, her beautiful face cold as ice. She had only glanced around casually, but the moment her gaze landed on Lin Ming, her pupils shrank to pinpoints.
"It's him!"
The words came through her clenched teeth, cold and brimming with undisguised Killing Intent. Golden Flame surged around her, instantly evaporating the nearby purple mist and revealing the Mountain Forest below, blanketed in Poisonous Miasma.
Beside her, the Man in the Iridescent Feather Robe turned his head slightly.
"Golden Phoenix, who is he?" His voice was cool and calm, yet carried the authority of someone who looked down on all things, as though the world lay in his grasp.
"Lin Ming!"
Golden Phoenix practically ground out the name. Her slender fingers curled so tightly that her knuckles turned pale.
"Over a year ago, every member our clan sent to contest the Ancient Ruins was wiped out. We have no direct evidence, but the traces at the scene and our subsequent investigation all point to him!"
The man did not answer at once, but the light in his iridescent eyes grew dangerous, like a volcano about to erupt beneath a calm sea.
He was Jiu Feng, heir to the position of Clan Leader of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Revered within the clan and carefully trained by its elders since