Wu Rusong was utterly shocked. He had never imagined that this man would appear so suddenly. More frightening still, he had not sensed the man's presence at all, even though he had been nearby just moments ago. Had he not seen him, he truly would not have known that Phoenix was now clasped in this man's hand.
He knew that this man's strength was far beyond that of someone at his Martial Realm. At the thought, his heart trembled.
But the man's face was masked. He could not make out his features or determine who he was.
The man's sudden appearance naturally left all the experts present wide-eyed. They were all Martial Realm experts, and they knew very well what his soundless arrival meant. This was the gulf in their strength.
The masked man ignored them and lowered his gaze to Phoenix in his hand. Phoenix's aura was now feeble, and the flames on his body looked as though they would soon go out.
"A little bird attempting rebirth through nirvana? Seeking your own death. Hmm? Beast immortal grass? Perhaps there's still a little hope," the masked man murmured.
Then he closed his hand and turned it over, and Phoenix vanished from his grasp.
Next, he took a single step and arrived before Huang Xiao.
Daoxuanzi frowned slightly at his approach. He realized that even he could not detect the man's aura. Such power was probably beyond even his imagination.
Only someone whose strength far surpassed his own could keep him from detecting their aura. Unless this masked man deliberately revealed it, he had no way of guessing his origins.
"How useless!" the masked man said, looking down at Huang Xiao, who sat cross-legged.
Daoxuanzi's heart stirred at those words. He could tell that the masked man seemed to have