"The undying phoenix remnant soul is mine!"
"Qin Hao, once I seize the undying phoenix remnant soul, you're next! No, I'll slaughter everyone else first, right before your eyes!"
Madness filled Shi Xiu's eyes. To the onlookers, he still stood motionless in place, but in truth, he had abruptly appeared behind Shi Jun as though he had teleported.
An image of Shi Xiu still lingered where he had stood.
Boom!
At the same time, high overhead.
A giant eagle's talon seemingly forged from gold came crushing down, as though it meant to seize Shi Jun outright.
Seemingly sensing something, Shi Jun stopped approaching Qin Hao and tilted his head slightly to look at the Golden Roc Great Demon's descending talon.
On his back, the dragonlike, phoenixlike phantom image of the Undying Phoenix roared, as though preparing to confront the Golden Roc Great Demon's talon.
"Hmph."
The Golden Roc Great Demon's eyes remained cold. The undying phoenix remnant soul did not sway the demon's attack.
Had the Nether Demon Lord still been alive, the Golden Roc Great Demon certainly would not have dared strike.
But the Nether Demon Lord had fallen. A mere remnant soul was beneath the Golden Roc Great Demon's notice. Besides...
The dead were gone. The demon had to plan a way out.
"Roar!"
The undying phoenix remnant soul roared and struggled.
Just then.
"Mine!"
Shi Xiu struck, his eyes brimming with madness. Vast quantities of earth laws rapidly spread outward from him. The jade floor turned earthen yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the air took on the smell of soil, as though it would soon solidify into a stretch of yellow earth.
Crack, crack, crack!
At the same time, a towering wall of yellow earth, fully ten feet thick, abruptly appeared