Solo Kill: Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix (Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Screech!

A piercing cry rang through the forest!

It came from a scarlet bird over five meters long, with a wingspan exceeding ten meters. Golden-red feathers covered its body like living flames, and its heat distorted the air wherever it passed.

With a single dive, it snatched a five-thousand-year-old Armored Crocodile from the forest and carried it into the air.

The Armored Crocodile struggled with all its might, but it was no use.

High in the crown of an ancient tree, Lin Feng watched the bird with shining eyes.

"A Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix. Judging by its size, it's at least sixty thousand years old. What luck! I've found my Second Soul Ring."

"Dugu Bo is only a Soul Saint right now, and he can't fly. He'd be no help against the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix, a ruler of the skies."

"If I want to hunt it, I'll have to do it myself."

Lin Feng frowned in thought. Soon, he had a plan.

Careful not to alert the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix, he flew low and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

There, he picked the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Carrying it, he returned to where the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix had been hunting.

By the time Lin Feng got back, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix had eaten nearly all the Armored Crocodile's flesh.

It preened its feathers with an elegant air. Fed and satisfied, it was about to head back and rest.

Then it sensed a strong fire-attributed aura, one that suited it perfectly.

Avid light flared in the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's eyes. If it ate that rare fire-attributed treasure, it was confident it could become the Sunset Forest's first hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast within ten thousand years.

Screech!

The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix whipped up a gale and soared into the air. Following the fire-attributed aura, it spotted Lin Feng in the forest.

Young human, put down that treasure. It isn't yours to touch!

That was what the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix thought.

It became a golden-red streak and rapidly closed in on Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked "terrified" and fled "in a panic" toward the distant mountains.

Lin Feng ran, and the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix gave chase.

The distance between them shrank rapidly.

The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's presence was so fearsome that no other Soul Beast dared stand in its way, sparing Lin Feng a great deal of trouble.

Suddenly, Lin Feng darted into a valley and vanished.

The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix suspected nothing. Its eyes burned with eagerness as it plunged into the valley after him.

In an instant, it sensed something was wrong. The valley was thick with ice and fire energy, and a majestic dragon's might pervaded it.

The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix was no fool. Realizing something was amiss, it moved to retreat from the valley.

But it was too late!

"First Soul Skill: Touch of Green Wood!"

More than a dozen Azure Vines, each as thick as a grown man's thigh, sprang from thin air and wove themselves into a vast net, trapping the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix as it charged in.

The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix was stunned. This was a trap.

Treacherous humans!

Such a despicable trick!

Screech!

Phoenix Bathes in Fire!

With a roar, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's feathers burst into flame, turning it into a blazing firebird.

Under ordinary circumstances, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's Phoenix Flame would have reduced those Azure Vines to ash in an instant.

But Lin Feng had eaten the Infernal Delicate Apricot. His Azure Vines were now immune to fire; the Phoenix Flame alone could not burn through them.

Lin Feng's eyes gleamed. He hauled on the vines, trying to drag the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix into the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Caught off guard, and perhaps not expecting Lin Feng to be so strong, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix stumbled and was dragged down.

With a splash, it fell into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Scorching heat and bitter cold invaded its body, and under their combined assault, it lost nearly all ability to resist.

Lin Feng seized the chance, rushed forward, and smashed its head with a single punch.

Consumed by resentment and unwillingness, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix released a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Only when Lin Feng saw the Soul Ring appear did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"I actually killed a sixty-thousand-year-old Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix by myself. It wasn't weak—I planned every step!"

"Without Titled Douluo-level Soul Power, the fire immunity granted by the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, I couldn't have killed it. One mistake anywhere, and the whole plan would have failed."

Lin Feng then dragged the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's body onto the shore.

After a short rest, he began absorbing its sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Compared with the Azure Vine's Soul Ring, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's was far hotter and more violent. Its energy surged through Lin Feng's meridians like molten lava, threatening to melt his body.

Lin Feng knitted his brows. Fortunately, he already had experience absorbing a high-level Soul Ring.

He immediately sent his Soul Power through his body, suppressing the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's Soul Ring energy on every front.

Then he guided the subdued energy through a full circulation of his meridians before gathering it in his dantian, where it merged with his own Soul Power.

Unlike the Azure Vine, the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix was an animal Soul Beast. Plant Soul Beasts generally had feeble souls, but animal Soul Beasts had much stronger ones. The phoenix's lingering resentment battered Lin Feng's Sea of Consciousness again and again.

Lin Feng held his mind steady. His mental strength surpassed that of an ordinary Titled Douluo; the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix could not shake him.

As the Soul Ring's energy was refined, the lingering resentment lost its source and gradually faded away.

Time passed, second by second, as the absorption settled into a steady rhythm.

Six hours later!

Lin Feng opened his eyes, alert and refreshed. He rose and stretched, his upright figure straight as a spear.

"Not bad. My Soul Power has been unlocked to level thirty!"

"And I've regained my Second Soul Skill, Crimson Fire Scorches the Heavens. My First Soul Skill focuses on control, and my Second on offense. Hunting Soul Beasts will be much easier from now on!"

As he spoke, Lin Feng walked toward the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's body. While absorbing the Soul Ring, he had sensed another source of energy inside it resonating with his ring.

If he was right, it was a Soul Bone!

Lin Feng tore open the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's body. Blood poured out, revealing a relatively intact golden-red Right Arm Soul Bone gleaming within.

He pulled out the Soul Bone, wiped away the blood, and felt the abundant energy pulsing inside it.

"What a shame. It's only a sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone. If it were a hundred-thousand-year one, I'd absorb it without hesitation. This one's neither worth absorbing nor worth throwing away."

"The Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix even left me a Soul Bone. It must have been full of resentment and unwillingness when it died."

"Fair enough. A mighty sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast, lured into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and killed by me. Who could accept that?"

Lin Feng put away the Soul Bone and looked at the Crimson Sky Crying Phoenix's body again.

"A sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast is valuable from head to tail. Its feathers, flesh, and bones will all fetch a fine price. I'd better process it quickly and sell it in Heaven Dou City."