At those words, Witch's expression changed slightly. She immediately opened her divine eyes and looked ahead. Amid the swirling mist, Ye Xingchen sat cross-legged like a deity, communicating with the Kunpeng Egg.
Inside the Kunpeng Egg, a tiny life flew back and forth—the fledgling form of a Kun Peng!
"We absolutely cannot let him get this treasure. Once he completes his contract with this Kun Peng, he'll have an Immortal King divine beast that keeps growing."
Having achieved their aim, Qingyi and Witch nodded and charged forward. With a slight lift of their hands, a vast sweep of red light surged ahead, about to come within a hair's breadth of Ye Xingchen.
The mist-shrouded Dean before them vanished in an instant, and Ye Xingchen on the platform abruptly turned to ash and dispersed. Their expressions changed slightly. They looked around and discovered there was nothing here at all.
"What's going on? Was everything we saw an illusion? But I clearly saw that fellow just now."
"Not necessarily. Perhaps what we just saw was real. That fellow is hiding in some corner, absorbing the Kunpeng Egg, but his silhouette was revealed. Let's hurry and find him."
Meanwhile, beside the Kunpeng Egg,
Ye Xingchen looked at the Kunpeng Egg before him, within which life had hatched, and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.
He turned to glance at Ten Crown King, who kept looking around behind him, then nodded and teased:
"Back then, the Kunpeng Immortal King fought the Otherworld, slaying many undying beings. He himself returned here gravely wounded. He intended to conceal himself here and recuperate, but someone assassinated him!"
"In his despair, he used the last essence of his life to form this Kunpeng Egg, hoping it would avenge him and then protect all the