Before Three Peril Mountain, a phoenix descended from the heavens. From within the phoenix flames walked a figure in red, the same face, yet an utterly different aura.
At the sight of the arrival, Dong Yu and Xia Zhi's expressions jolted. They could not help looking toward the man beside them, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Return, Phoenix Body."
Ning Chen looked at the red-clad figure ahead and spoke.
As his words fell, phoenix flames filled the sky and churned. Boundless fiery power rose up as the two bodies fused, their full strength converging.
"Dong Yu, Xia Zhi, take me to see the Luan King."
With the Phoenix Body returned, Ning Chen looked to the two women beside him and said.
Dong Yu and Xia Zhi recovered from their shock. With complicated expressions, they nodded, turned, and headed toward Three Peril Mountain behind them.
Ning Chen stepped after them. After only a few steps, his figure faded away and vanished.
At the deepest part of the Luan Clan Secret Realm lay Green Rain Abyss. Specks of green starlight permeated the entire abyss. Upon a high platform stood the King of the Luan Clan, her body veiled in misty radiance, her formidable aura shaking heaven and earth.
Outside Green Rain Abyss, three people approached. The young man in the middle wore plain clothes that snapped in the wind. His long snow-white hair bore the full imprint of time; in but a hundred years, gray hair had come too soon.
Seeing the approaching figure, the Luan King narrowed her eyes slightly. What powerful strength. Compared to when he had first come to see her, he now truly revealed the aura a true powerhouse ought to possess.
"Greetings, Senior Luan King."
Ning Chen stepped forward, bowed, and spoke respectfully.
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