Gu Yuan was the first to notice the change. He pointed toward the four Sky-Supporting Black Pillars. "Look over there!"
The other three turned in unison. Beside the four Sky-Supporting Black Pillars, the thick, nauseating black mist was no longer alone. Flying figures had appeared within it.
Every figure in flight stretched over a hundred zhang long. Broad wings, sleek bodies, heads held proudly high—every one of them was a Heavenly Demon Phoenix!
But these were nothing like the proud, magnificent Heavenly Demon Phoenixes they usually saw. Thick, hideous black mist clung to their bodies without pause. Anyone with sharp enough eyes could see that their phoenix eyes, once clear and bright, were now filled with swirling mist. Their minds had already been affected by its power. A long black line also trailed from beneath each phoenix, connecting it to the mist. As the lines pulsed, the phoenixes' auras kept growing stronger.
The speed of that growth made the four onlookers' expressions change.
Their strength was rising at a terrifying rate. These Heavenly Demon Phoenixes should not have had even one Dou Sheng Expert among them, yet now they were growing stronger before the naked eye. Even after reaching the Dou Sheng level, they showed no sign of slowing. And the most frightening part was that this was happening not to one or two phoenixes, but to all of them!
Hundreds of Heavenly Demon Phoenixes were growing stronger together. If this continued, they would sooner or later become a force capable of sweeping across the entire Douqi Continent.
For a moment, Xiao Yan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, Gu Yuan, and their fourth companion forgot the hostility that should have stood between them. They looked at one another and saw undisguised shock in each other's eyes.
The Heavenly Demon Phoenixes still filled