Luck's Here!

Ye Feng's eyes lit up, and his second Soul Ring glowed.

"Second Soul Skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring!"

He suddenly accelerated, transforming into a streak of light as he lunged straight for Blazing Flame Phoenix's back.

Sensing danger, Blazing Flame Phoenix turned its head and spewed out a crimson pillar of fire.

Ye Feng neither dodged nor evaded. The instant his body touched the fire pillar, he elementalized once more, becoming a mass of flames that passed through it before reforming on Blazing Flame Phoenix's back.

He clenched his right fist, crimson-gold flames gathering into a basketball-sized fireball around it before he slammed it viciously into Blazing Flame Phoenix's spine.

"Boom—!"

Blazing Flame Phoenix let out a shrill cry. A charred, bloody hole exploded open on its back, and crimson feathers scattered in all directions.

Its massive body lost its balance and staggered downward.

Ye Feng pressed his advantage. With a flap of his wings, another Hellfire Meteor smashed into the base of its wing.

Blazing Flame Phoenix screamed as its left wing drooped helplessly. Unable to remain airborne, it crashed toward the ground like a burning meteor.

"Rumble—!"

The impact blasted a huge crater into the ground, sending shattered rocks flying and lava splashing everywhere.

Blazing Flame Phoenix struggled to rise, but the wounds on its back and its broken wing left it powerless.

Fear flashed through its flaming bird eyes. It had finally realized that this human youth was not someone it could handle.

"Screech—!"

It let out an unwilling cry and spewed a dense mass of crimson flames from its mouth.

The flames exploded in midair, turning into a rain of fire that obscured Ye Feng's vision.

By the time Ye Feng dispersed the fiery rain with his flames, only a patch of scorched ground remained, along with a crooked trail of blood leading deep into the stone forest.

"Trying to run?"

Ye Feng raised a brow, flapped his Phoenix Wings, and gave chase.

Seeing this, Shui Bing'er hurried after him.

Blazing Flame Phoenix was facing a life-or-death crisis.

Two humans who had appeared from nowhere clearly did not have powerful auras, yet their abilities were incredibly bizarre.

Especially that red-haired human—none of its abilities had any effect on him at all.

At that moment, a terrifying sonic boom suddenly came from behind.

A horrifying sound of something tearing through the air came from behind.

Blazing Flame Phoenix looked back and nearly lost its soul in fright.

That red-haired human was chasing it at an unimaginable speed, trailing a crimson-gold tail flame behind him like a meteor with wings.

"Tch!"

Gritting its teeth, Blazing Flame Phoenix forcibly lowered its body and dived toward the dense forest ahead.

All it wanted now was to survive. Whether there was a mountain of blades or a sea of fire ahead, it would charge through first and worry later!

At the edge of the forest.

"Quick! She ran that way!"

"Chase her! Don't let her leave Heaven Dou Territory!"

Seven or eight black-clad figures darted through the woods at incredible speed. They were clearly all well-trained Soul Masters.

At the front, a slender figure was fleeing desperately.

She was a young woman dressed in tight black leather, which outlined her curvaceous figure.

Her long black hair flew in the wind, revealing a delicate, coldly beautiful face.

She was Zhu Zhuqing, the owner of the Hell Spirit Cat martial soul.

Her breathing was ragged, and blood stained the corner of her mouth. She had clearly suffered serious injuries.

"Damn it..."

Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth and glanced back at the pursuers drawing ever closer, a feeling of helplessness rising within her.

These people had pursued her all the way from the Star Dou Empire to the Heaven Dou border, killing countless kind civilians who had taken her in along the way.

She had thought they would restrain themselves once they reached Heaven Dou Territory.

Instead, they had become even more unscrupulous.

"Miss, stop running!"

The leading man in black sneered. "Come back with us obediently, and you'll suffer a little less!"

"Otherwise—hmm?"

Before he could finish, he suddenly sensed a terrifying aura rapidly approaching.

That aura was scorching and tyrannical, as if an ancient ferocious beast were charging madly in their direction.

"What is that?!"

The man in black abruptly looked up, his pupils shrinking.

Deep within the forest ahead, a mass of crimson light suddenly appeared.

The light grew larger and brighter. Accompanied by a piercing cry and scorching waves of air, trees snapped one after another, stones flew, and dust filled the sky.

A gigantic bird wreathed in crimson flames barreled straight toward them like an out-of-control cargo soul-guided vehicle!

"Holy shit!"

"A soul beast! It's a soul beast!"

"Damn it, how could a soul beast like this appear in the outer region?!"

"Move!"

The black-clad men instantly erupted into chaos.

They wanted to flee, but Blazing Flame Phoenix was simply too fast. It reached them in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Zhuqing, at the very front, narrowed her pupils and reacted almost instinctively.

She stomped hard against the ground, and her body executed an almost ninety-degree sharp turn in midair in an inhuman posture.

The Hell Spirit Cat's flexibility was on full display. Her body seemed boneless as she slid along the side of a tree trunk.

"Whoosh—!"

Blazing Flame Phoenix roared past her, carrying scorching waves of air with it.

The heat blasted her face, whipping her long hair about and making her cheeks sting.

But Zhu Zhuqing had no time to care about that. She rolled as she landed, steadied herself, and looked back.

Then she saw a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life.

Like a heavy truck, Blazing Flame Phoenix crashed straight into the group of black-clad men.

Blazing Flame Phoenix, wrapped in scorching airwaves, charged directly into the crowd.

"Holy—"

"Boom—!"

Blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The Soul Masters who failed to dodge did not even have time to finish their screams before Blazing Flame Phoenix's savage impact and blazing flames turned them directly into clouds of blood mist.

They were immediately vaporized into smoke carrying the stench of scorched flesh.

The only survivor was the leader.

His reaction was incredibly quick. At the critical moment, he grabbed a companion beside him and used him as a shield, borrowing the force of the impact to tumble miserably to the side.

"Crack—!"

The sound of that unfortunate companion's bones shattering beneath Blazing Flame Phoenix's impact was crystal clear.

His entire body flew away like a rag doll, slammed into a tree trunk, and fell silent.

The leading man in black rolled across the ground seven or eight times before scrambling up, filthy and disheveled.

Without even wiping the blood from his face, his pupils contracted as he stared fixedly at the gigantic bird that had charged past.

"A twenty-thousand-year... Blazing Flame Phoenix?!"

His voice trembled. "How could a soul beast of this level appear in the outer region?!"

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned as well.

Pressed against the tree trunk, she watched the giant bird smash through the crowd, then lurch another few dozen meters before plunging headfirst into a patch of bushes, sending dust soaring into the air.

"Screech!"

Blazing Flame Phoenix let out a weak cry and struggled a few times, but it could no longer rise.

That collision seemed to have drained the last of its strength.

Zhu Zhuqing's gaze sharpened. She keenly noticed a horrifying charred wound on the giant bird's back, deep enough to expose bone. Its left wing also hung at a bizarre angle, clearly broken.

"It's injured?"

Her heart stirred. Before she could think further, a lazy voice suddenly came from behind her:

"Hey, that bird is my prey. None of you better try to steal it."