Fire Kingdom Princess

Chapter 40: Princess of the Fire Kingdom

"Roar! Go to hell, human! White Tiger War Spear!"

Refusing to accept his defeat, the White Tiger slammed his paws into the void. Over twenty blood-stained, silver-gleaming war spears surged forward, carrying a sky-piercing Killing Intent.

These twenty-eight spears were all manifested from the White Tiger's own teeth. He kept them within his body, tempering them day and night; they were, without a doubt, his most lethal trump card.

The moment they erupted, they carried the momentum to shatter the very heavens and earth.

"A futile resistance."

Shi Hao formed the True Phoenix Seal with his hands. In an instant, crimson flames soared to the heavens, and a True Phoenix with vivid, brilliant plumage rose up, sweeping across the sky and manifesting countless visions.

"Clang!"

The crimson phoenix beak, sharp as a crystalline divine blade, slashed downward. Sensing a massive crisis, the White Tiger War Spears erupted with heaven-shaking runes, instantly swelling into pillars that reached the sky, yet they were swept aside one by one by the fearless True Phoenix.

Dazzling orbs of light ignited, resembling miniature suns, before finally fading into twenty-eight dull, lusterless tiger teeth that clattered to the ground. The treasures had been shattered.

"True Phoenix Precious Technique?!!"

A cry of disbelief echoed from the center of the battlefield.

"Don't worry, as you can see, this is also just a casual move."

Shi Hao laughed at the sight, bringing two fingers together to form a sword gesture and slashing out.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Sword Qi roared. Nine blades of Sword Grass, appearing as if forged from silver metal, manifested around his body. As they slowly rotated, a terrifying aura of cutting and tearing permeated the air.

"Roar! White Tiger Battle Armor, suppress him for me!!"

Though the White Tiger did not recognize this peerless sword technique, his instincts—which were screaming in warning—would not lie. Fighting the urge to turn and flee, he desperately channeled his energy into the White Tiger Battle Armor to protect his body.

"Naive. Die!"

Shi Hao swung his raised arm downward. The silver Sword Qi surged like a galaxy falling from the nine heavens, grinding all things into dust, leveling the uneven, and sweeping away all defiance.

No matter what dazzling divine light the White Tiger Battle Armor erupted with, the sky-piercing silver Sword Qi tore through it without resistance, piercing straight through the White Tiger's chest.

"Thud!"

Instantly losing its life force, the White Tiger collapsed flat. An ancient animal-hide bag he had been clutching fell to the ground, never to be opened again.

The bag was of an archaic design, its surface covered in dense runes, the opening cinched with a golden cord, possessing the aura of something that could swallow all things.

A genuine Qiankun Bag was a chaotic supreme treasure crafted from the hides of one hundred thousand heavenly-tier Primordial True Fierce Beasts. It could contain an entire ancient universe and was a supreme treasure capable of suppressing the nine heavens and ten earths.

The counterfeit Qiankun Bags in the lower realm were mostly made from the hides of Primordial Remnant beasts. While their power was not even one-millionth of the original, they could still absorb all things.

They were useful for both combat and storage.

"Sigh, my White Tiger Battle Armor..."

Shi Hao landed on the ground and looked at the fragments of the armor scattered everywhere, sighing with regret before reaching out to retrieve the ancient animal-hide bag.

Having an extra spatial artifact wasn't bad at all.

Although he had been keeping his belongings in the Mountain Treasure box, that was, after all, a part of the Original True Interpretation; it was better not to be too flashy if he could avoid it.

"The... the young master has actually fallen?!!"

"Run, run! Find the old master and avenge the young master!"

The guards following the White Tiger watched his tragic death in horror. They immediately abandoned the ornate carriage and scattered in all directions, splitting into five groups to flee at top speed.

"It's useless. You won't get away."

Shi Hao snapped his fingers casually, and five rumbling Cave Heavens manifested.

A flapping Qingluan, a roaring True Hou, a Bian with its head held high, a golden Suanni pounding its chest, and a Primordial Golden Crow holding heavenly fire in its beak surged out from the Cave Heavens, pursuing the fugitives in five directions and unleashing a bloody slaughter.

"Become my sustenance, Heaven-Swallowing Secret Technique!"

Shi Hao crouched down, runes weaving in his palms to form a rotating black hole vortex, decomposing the essence blood of this young Primordial Remnant White Tiger into the purest divinity and vital energy, drawing it into his own body.

"Delicious blood-flesh medicine. The entire Baiduan Mountain Secret Realm shall be my hunting ground!"

Sensing his internal power reserves reach a new level, Shi Hao chuckled softly, then turned his head toward the distant mountain ridge and said leisurely, "Are you done watching? If you are, come on out."

"Brother's perception is truly sharp."

A voice as crisp as pearls falling onto a jade plate drifted over.

On the other side of the ridge, several sealers draped in black cloaks escorted a crimson phoenix carriage as they slowly approached, followed by forty or so young geniuses.

"Greetings, brother. I am Huo Ling'er of the Fire Kingdom."

The beaded curtain of the crimson phoenix carriage was lifted from within, and a stunningly beautiful girl of about fifteen stepped out. Her face was crystalline and fair, her skin smooth as snow, and her posture graceful.

She stepped down from the carriage with a unique, captivating charm.

"Huo Ling'er, the youngest daughter of the Human Emperor of the Fire Kingdom?"

Shi Hao looked up, observing the beautiful young woman with great interest.

The fire mulberry flowers bloom year after year, just to wait for his return in this mortal world...

"That is correct."

The tall, stunningly beautiful girl swayed as she walked over, her red lips parting slightly. "Ling'er has a question she hopes you can answer, Brother. May I ask where you obtained the Vermilion Bird Precious Technique you used to slay the Feiyi that day?"

"That is something you would have to ask your Little Red—oh, I mean, the Sacrificial Spirit of the Fire Kingdom."

"The Sacrificial Spirit of the Fire Kingdom? Could it be that His Highness..."

The expression on the Fire Kingdom princess's pretty face immediately turned strange. Her jade-like lips moved as if to speak, but she ultimately decided against pressing the matter.

"By the way, Princess Huo Ling'er, let us have a formal introduction. My name is Shi Hao. I hope you remember it."

Shi Hao paced forward, stopped in front of the girl, and extended his palm.

"Shi Hao? Why does that name sound so familiar..."

The girl was slightly taken aback. Although she had never encountered such a strange custom, she was clever enough to extend her slender, jade-like hand and shake his.

"Princess, he is that Shi Hao from the Void God Realm! The Shi Hao who broke ten supreme limits in a single day, the legendary Little Shi!!"

Behind Huo Ling'er, the several sealers draped in black cloaks were on the verge of losing their minds. They frantically signaled their princess while eyeing Shi Hao with extreme wariness.

"I remember now! You are that Little Shi known as the Young God, the pervert who shook every paradise in the Void God Realm, aren't you?!!"

Huo Ling'er's beautiful eyes widened instantly, and her alluring mouth formed an "O" shape. Her breath was as fragrant as orchids; she had long since heard of Little Shi's great name.

"Young God? What is that? I am Shi Hao, Shi Hao of the Shi Clan."

Shi Hao shook his head and said.

"The Shi Clan? You really are as the outside world speculated—a peerless genius hidden away by the Stone Kingdom's royal family. Are you a direct descendant of the Human Emperor, or the son of some royal prince?"

The girl's beautiful eyes brightened, as if she had discovered some incredible secret.

"The Shi Clan is not limited to the Stone Kingdom branch in the outside world. I come from the First Ancestral Land of the Shi Clan."

Shi Hao looked directly at the beauty, his gaze lingering on her captivating brows.

"The legendary First Ancestral Land of the Shi Clan? It is said that the Stone Kingdom's royal family lost contact with their true ancestral land long ago. I never expected you to come from there. Hehe, things are getting more and more interesting."

The beauty pinched the hem of her crimson dress, a radiant smile blooming on her face.