Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp...
Within the murky yellow gemstone, the Ancient Heart throbbed wildly in the skeletal palm of the Demonfeather Phoenix. Strands of demonic qi seeped into it. No one knew what this heart, sealed within the yellow gemstone like an amber specimen, had been in its past life, what earth-shaking existence it had once been, why it had been sealed inside the Dimensional Esophagus, or how it had come back to life.
A mere heart that had gained sentience and revived over the long years had actually summoned, one after another, a Rules Life Revival Will from a temporal fault line and an ancient contracted relic of a peak Level-6 Star Spirit.
Before its death, this heart must have undergone an extraordinary existence!
"No! I have only just revived! I still have to go..."
Yet none of it mattered anymore.
Crack, crack, crack...
The Demonfeather Phoenix's flat face opened that gigantic mouth once more. As rows upon rows of fine, chilling fangs ceaselessly chewed, the yellow gemstone gave off cracking sounds. Faintly, the fresh, juicy squelch of the Ancient Heart being chewed could be heard from within, blood splattering everywhere.
The Demonfeather Phoenix absorbed blood essence no differently than chewing sweet, juicy grapes. Through a racial special ability, its body would nurture an essence blood egg for its next rebirth through blood.
On the other side, the Thunder Demon Eye, unable to break free from the demonic claw, witnessed this and let out a resolute roar.
"Ah! Even if I destroy myself, I will not let you have your way!"
The Thunder Demon Eye roared as the lightning around it abruptly contracted, seeming to enter an extremely unstable state. Its body, already only the size of a fist, shrank to the size of an ordinary eyeball. It raged