"That old man..." Chao Hun was utterly speechless.
One man had effortlessly subdued two Divine Beasts, leaving them without the slightest ability to fight back.
What frightened Chao Hun even more was the Phoenix's cry. Was this old man from the Demon Hall?
But why would he spare him?
Apprehension rose in Chao Hun's heart again.
With two thuds, the two enormous Phoenixes crashed heavily to the ground.
Even after falling, they remained firmly suppressed, their entire bodies pressed tightly against the ground. They wanted to struggle to their feet, but could not.
Huo Lian slowly landed before the two Phoenixes and said indifferently, "Stop struggling. You don't have much time left to live anyway."
"Even if we die, you people from the Demon Hall can forget about making us submit!" one Phoenix raged.
"I am no longer part of the Demon Hall," Huo Lian sighed. "You must have seen it when I fought those old fossils back then."
"So what?" the other Phoenix shouted. "We've been imprisoned for nearly a thousand years, our essence blood almost exhausted. Wasn't that your handiwork, Demon Hall Master?"
"Demon Hall Master!" Chao Hun could not help crying out when he heard this.
After that cry escaped him, cold sweat broke out all over Chao Hun's body. He was terrified of angering the old man before him-the Demon Hall Master.
But to Chao Hun's slight relief, Huo Lian paid him no attention at all.
How is this possible? Chao Hun's thoughts were in disarray. Didn't the former Hall Masters of the Demon Hall die long ago? This Thousand-Year Period hasn't even arrived yet. Even if he's the previous Demon Hall Master, wouldn't that mean he's lived for over a thousand years?
Though he could hardly believe it, recalling how the old man had controlled