Not only Huang Xiao, but all the experts in the valley cried out in alarm.
Amid those clamorous cries, a piercing call filled with fury rang out above the Secluded Valley.
"Phoenix!" Huang Xiao hurriedly looked up into the distant sky.
Under the combined assault of the three great experts, the Phoenix's tiny body seemed barely able to hold out. Many of its scarlet feathers had fallen, leaving it looking utterly bedraggled.
There was only one Phoenix, after all, and it was injured. It seemed it was still no match for the three great experts, Huang Xiao thought.
The disturbance in the Heaven and Earth Momentum had clearly been caused by the Phoenix. After swiftly forcing the three great experts back, it shot several yards higher, then stopped.
The moment it stopped, an inexplicable fear rose unbidden in everyone's hearts. Those who had been fighting stopped, retreating from one another and looking up at the Phoenix hovering in the air.
The Phoenix slowly spread its wings. Its body was so small that even with its wings spread, it presented no imposing sight. With so many feathers missing, its wings looked disheveled and bedraggled as well.
Yet although it looked unimposing, the inexplicable feeling in everyone's hearts never faded. Instead, it continued to intensify.
Han Chengsang and the other two did not attack for the moment, but stared at the Phoenix.
Even the people below sensed something unusual. As Martial Realm experts, the three naturally felt it far more keenly.
They exchanged glances, each seeing the gravity in the others' eyes.
Another piercing cry rang out, resounding through heaven and earth. Even the clouds on the horizon seemed to be pierced and scattered by it.
Just then, someone below suddenly shouted, "It's burning!"
Only then did everyone react. The Phoenix seemed