Silver Dragon King, Phoenix Egg, Yun Ze

Douluo Continent, Star Dou Great Forest.

The continent's number-one forest had once been vast, shaded by lush trees, and teeming with soul beasts. Now, only a fraction of its former area remained, and its past splendor was gone.

Outside the forest stood a metal embankment over three hundred meters high. A nearly transparent shield hung a thousand meters above the forest.

The shield and metal embankment formed a gigantic cage, trapping the Star Dou Great Forest within.

All kinds of Soul Guidance Weapons had been deployed along the embankment. Heavily armed troops guarded the outside, all of them soul masters radiating Soul Power fluctuations.

"Look! What's that?" someone cried, pointing toward the sky.

The people nearby tensed and immediately looked up, seeing a red point of light rapidly growing larger in the sky.

The red point grew increasingly large. It seemed to be a fireball.

As the fireball descended, the temperature on the ground rose rapidly. Though it was still several thousand meters away, the ground temperature had already exceeded fifty degrees.

"Shoot it down!" a commander shouted, sensing the threat coming from the fireball.

At this rate, once the fireball drew near, the ground temperature might reach several hundred degrees, causing massive casualties.

As soon as his voice fell, several Soul Guidance Weapons on the embankment took aim. Dozens of shells shot into the sky.

In addition, ten Black Mecha rose into the air. They started slowly, but after reaching several hundred meters above the ground, their speed surged as they flew toward the fireball.

The shells traced graceful arcs across the sky. These shells were powerful enough to kill a Soul Sage with ease, yet before they could even approach the fireball, they exploded.

At a distance of one thousand meters from the fireball, the temperature already exceeded five thousand degrees. The shells could not withstand such heat and detonated directly.

Black energy surged across the surfaces of the ten Black Mecha, shielding their pilots from the intense heat.

"Ah!" A miserable scream came from the Black Mecha closest to the fireball. Then, the entire Black Mecha began to melt.

That was right—it melted. Even the specially made Black Mecha could not withstand the fireball's heat, and the metal liquefied.

The pilots of the other Mecha were horrified and hurriedly controlled their machines to retreat from the fireball.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. The fireball's descent was too fast for them to escape.

The fireball passed within several hundred meters of them and continued descending. They died from the unbearable heat, while their Mecha melted away.

"Quickly! Use your Soul Power to protect your bodies! Hurry!" Urgent shouts rang out from the embankment.

At the same time, a shrill alarm sounded. Brilliant light flashed across the Energy Shield above the embankment as its defensive power automatically rose to combat readiness.

"Ahhh!" The soul masters outside the embankment screamed repeatedly from the heat. Many rolled across the ground, their bodies flushed red, as though their blood might be evaporated by the intense temperature.

They should have considered themselves lucky. The fireball was falling toward the central area of the embankment rather than its edge.

Otherwise, at this temperature, the casualties would have been catastrophic.

Boom! The fireball collided with the Energy Shield. The shield, which was strong enough to block a ferocious beast's attack, was as fragile as tofu and shattered with ease.

The fireball met no resistance. It tore through the Energy Shield and entered the "cage."

The moment the fireball entered, an extremely powerful energy fluctuation erupted within the Star Dou Great Forest.

This energy fluctuation was supreme, beyond the scope of Soul Power. Its appearance caused the surrounding space to twist violently.

The energy surged toward the fireball, seemingly intending to bear the fireball's entire temperature so it would not ignite the whole Star Dou Great Forest.

In the central region of the Star Dou Great Forest, a beam of light shot from the brow of a gigantic Silver Dragon over a hundred yards long, meeting the descending fireball.

The energy bearing the high temperature had also been released by her. After holding on for only a moment, she could no longer sustain it. Her body trembled from forcing herself to persist.

Nearby stood one enormous soul beast after another. At this moment, they stared at the descending fireball with fear on their faces.

Their instincts warned them that the fireball was death itself. Once it fell, they would all die.

"Master, stop worrying about us and leave first! We can die, but you cannot!" a gigantic Black Dragon said anxiously.

"Di Tian is right, Master! You must leave quickly!" the other soul beasts hurriedly urged.

The Silver Dragon ignored them and struggled to hold on. The fireball's energy was too powerful, making her own strength seem insignificant before it.

"Hm?" A puzzled voice came from within the fireball. Then, the fireball's energy began to weaken, and its temperature dropped sharply.

The fireball, originally over ten meters in diameter and radiating blazing flames, began to shrink.

The Silver Dragon found it easier to resist as the pressure vanished. She stared at the fireball in confusion. Why had its energy suddenly weakened?

She understood that the fireball had weakened not because of her, but because it had restrained its own energy.

After thinking for a moment, she began withdrawing her own energy, allowing the fireball to fall naturally toward the ground.

Without the Silver Dragon blocking it, the fireball crashed down along its original trajectory.

Boom! The entire Star Dou Great Forest shook violently. Soil flew high into the air, and flames erupted.

Outside the embankment, the soul masters stationed there had already fallen into chaos. Many had been scorched by the heat and rolled across the ground in agony.

Now that the temperature had fallen, the soul masters in slightly better condition immediately began rescue efforts and called for help from outside.

The embankment's alarm sounded. One Mecha after another flew out from within it and arrived above the forest, surrounding the area around the huge hole the fireball had smashed into the Energy Shield.

More than a hundred purple and Black Mecha, along with a Red Mecha, stood ready around the breach.

They kept several hundred meters away from the breach, not daring to approach too closely. They feared a sudden attack from the soul beasts inside.

They also feared the fireball. None of them wanted to become the next person melted by the heat.

They had originally been able to see the situation below through the Energy Shield, but now a layer of black mist obscured it, making everything invisible to the naked eye.

Within the forest, the enormous soul beasts gathered around the fireball, watching it with curiosity and apprehension without daring to approach. Even the most powerful Silver Dragon did not dare draw near and only observed it from a distance. The fireball had smashed a pit over ten meters deep into the ground. The soil was charred black, and flames spread along the pit's edges. Rather than a fireball, it was more accurate to call it an egg. It was spherical, about half a meter in diameter, completely crimson, and covered with numerous lifelike Phoenix Patterns, as though the Phoenixes upon it might take flight at any moment.

The egg naturally radiated a pressure that made the soul beasts' blood surge and their bodies go limp, instinctively wanting to kneel. The soul beasts below the Hundred Thousand Year level had already collapsed onto the ground, trembling. They could not withstand the powerful bloodline pressure. Thud! A Hundred Thousand Year Golden Winged Roc could take no more and fell from the sky, its eyes filled with Fear. The other soul beasts struggled desperately to hold on, but the pressure was simply too strong, and they could not last much longer. Even the strongest Silver Dragon felt her bloodline suppressed. The Phoenix Egg's bloodline was too high-level; even she was inferior to it.

Shock flashed intensely through the Silver Dragon's purple eyes. What kind of species was this, to possess such overwhelming strength? "Even if it really is a Phoenix Egg, its bloodline shouldn't be able to suppress me," the Silver Dragon said, bewildered.

She had clearly underestimated the Phoenix Egg's origins. In truth, the pressure forcing the soul beasts to kneel had already been severely weakened. This pressure was less than one ten-billionth of the egg's true power. If it revealed its genuine pressure, they would be crushed to death in an instant, and even the Silver Dragon would not be spared. Of course, he could not reveal his true pressure right now.

"I need Life Gold. In return, I can promise you one thing," a weak voice came from within the Phoenix Egg. The voice was pleasant and not elderly, sounding like a young man in his twenties. It was calm and indifferent, and no emotion could be detected in its tone.

When they heard the voice, the soul beasts looked as though they had seen a ghost. The egg could actually speak.

The Silver Dragon was startled as well. Even with her extensive knowledge, this was the first time she had encountered such a situation, and for a moment, she did not know how to respond. She quickly calmed down. Her instincts told her that the Phoenix Egg was speaking to her. "Who are you?" the Silver Dragon asked, attempting to communicate with the Phoenix Egg.

The Black Dragon beside her, the Emerald Swan, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and the other powerful ferocious beasts remained silent, not daring to interrupt. "Yun Ze." "What I actually want to know is your origin," the Silver Dragon said. "Even if I told you about my origins, you might not understand. I won't speak of it for now. Answer my previous question first."

Yun Ze's calm voice came from within the Phoenix Egg once more. He had been besieged by several Immortal Emperors in the Chaos Dragon Cave, suffering fatal injuries. Their Immortal Dao Laws had even affected his innate talent, Nirvana, forcing him to scatter his cultivation to break through the laws and reconstruct a new body through Nirvana. During the process, he lost consciousness and did not know how long he had drifted through the starry universe. He seemed to have fallen into a Small World in the past. Some time ago, that Small World was attacked by powerful beings, causing the world to shatter. Energy at that level could not destroy the eggshell; it only sent him flying. After who knew how long, he eventually landed here. At his current rate of Nirvana, he would need at most another thousand years to emerge from the shell. But since this place possessed Life Gold rich in vitality, there was no need to wait any longer. Although the Life Gold here was of very poor quality, it could still help him now and shorten the duration of his Nirvana.

After pondering for a moment, the Silver Dragon asked, "If I give you Life Gold, what can you do for me?"

"As long as what you ask does not exceed the value of this Life Gold and does not violate my principles, I can do it for you."

"How much Life Gold do you want?" the Silver Dragon asked. "All of it." Yun Ze's answer caused the Silver Dragon's expression to darken, while Di Tian and the other soul beasts looked hostile.

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