Bi Fang
High in the sky, Jin Lie was at his last gasp, having long since lost all ability to fight.
Facing Lei Chong's giant hand, he had no way to resist.
Pfft!
As the giant hand came down, Jin Lie felt his whole body shudder. His internal organs were crushed by a tremendous force, and blood sprayed ceaselessly from his mouth.
"You..." Fire blazed in Jin Lie's eyes, but in the end, that was all he managed to say.
Pfft!
Lei Chong casually thrust out a finger. A golden imprint flew forth and entered Jin Lie's forehead, completely dispersing his primordial spirit.
After putting the Golden-Winged Great Peng into his Qiankun bag, Lei Chong picked up the Vermilion Bird's rune bone.
The rune bone was still heavy, with the secret power of laws flowing around it.
Clang!
Lei Chong pinched the Primal True Feather, and a metallic ringing immediately sounded, as if real metal had been polished into a feather.
Hum!
Lei Chong took hold of the true feather and gently swept it through the air.
A rumble came from the void ahead as countless Vermilion Bird runes poured out of the true feather.
Vast stretches of the void split open and only healed a long time later.
The Primal True Feather was indeed powerful, surpassing the true feathers he had.
Those true feathers had come from vicious birds the Kunpeng had suppressed and slain at the Kunpeng Nest.
The fact that the true feather here was stronger than those from the Kunpeng Nest did not mean the Kunpeng was weaker than the True Phoenix.
The vicious beasts in the Kunpeng Nest had all been casually slain by the Kunpeng, while those here had all been immortal birds, followers of the True Phoenix.
After sensing the true feather's power, Lei Chong had other ideas.
The Vermilion Bird was not the only one here. There were other divine birds, each with a Primal True Feather, and he did not want to miss out on them.
With that thought, Lei Chong hurriedly rose, preparing to head to the next place.
Hum!
But just as Lei Chong got up, a large group of cultivators flew over.
They did not belong to the same faction. They had gathered to act together in order to investigate the entire space.
Of course, they had been investigating separately at first, but the battle between the two just now had left them afraid to come alone. They had not even dared to approach to investigate.
Although they had also reached the Venerable Realm, they were at its very bottom. Otherwise, they would not have been sent to investigate this unfamiliar space.
When they arrived at the battlefield, they found Lei Chong alone.
"Where is Jin Lie?" a Golden-Winged Great Peng asked.
"He was killed, of course." Lei Chong made no attempt to hide it.
"Ah... how is that possible?" The Golden-Winged Great Peng's expression changed.
"No, you're lying. You're just a human youth. How could you possibly have killed Jin Lie?" the Golden-Winged Great Peng said.
"If you don't want to die, scram." Lei Chong gave him no face at all.
"You're courting death." The Golden-Winged Great Peng's expression was cold.
Hum!
As he spoke, he had already raised a massive claw.
Bang!
Lei Chong raised a palm and, with almost no flourish, struck straight at the massive claw, sending it flying.
"He's strong. Let's attack together and bring him before the clan master." The Golden-Winged Great Peng urged the others to join the fight.
After considering it for a moment, the others ultimately chose to attack together.
Boom!
Lei Chong unleashed the full extent of his strength, bringing out all manner of divine abilities and precious techniques. After just a few dozen exchanges, their ranks had already fallen apart.
They each used their own methods to escape from Lei Chong.
Had Lei Chong not wanted to waste time, they would surely have found it difficult to escape.
Whoosh!
After scaring them away, Lei Chong flew elsewhere. Before long, he reached another area, the habitat of another immortal bird.
There was a peculiar low mountain here, with a peculiar ancient cave at its summit.
Flames gushed from the ancient cave, scorching an ancient black tree.
A black bird's nest sat in the ancient tree, and a gu bone likewise lay inside it.
It was a black bone covered in many runes. A true feather was attached to the rune bone, pitch-black all over, as though forged from divine iron.
The flames in the ancient cave were terrifying. Even from a great distance, their dreadful heat could be felt, and no one dared approach.
The ancient black tree, however, had no fear of the flames, no matter how they burned. There was not even the slightest sign of anything amiss; the flames had not harmed it.
More than ten figures had already gathered around the ancient black tree.
They did not belong to the same clan, but that did not stop them from joining forces. The divine flames were simply too terrifying, and they could not get close at all.
Hum!
One of them raised a hand and reached for the bird's nest from a distance.
Lei Chong shook his head, knowing it would not work. Unless one could comprehend the rune bone fully, there was no way to budge it.
Moreover, flames surged through this place, and no one dared linger for long.
Lei Chong had learned the Vermilion Bird Art and could remain for a long time, but if he dared rush in, he would surely be attacked by all of them.
With no other choice, he could only leave for the time being and investigate elsewhere.
However, there were beings investigating the other areas as well.
In one place, a battle was even underway. The one fighting was none other than the Divine Flame Man, who had been disturbed while comprehending the Dao.
His First Generation runes were related to fire, so he had a natural advantage when learning the precious techniques here.
Who would have thought that, just as he reached a critical moment, these people would suddenly barge in? Not only had they killed several of his spiritual bodies, they had also attacked him directly.
If not for the Reincarnation Disk, he might already have been killed.
Observing through his Heavenly Eye, Lei Chong discovered that it was a Bi Fang's rune bone.
This kind of divine bird was formidable. Its ability to control fire was extremely powerful, not much weaker than the Vermilion Bird's, and it was definitely worth studying in earnest.
Lei Chong did not approach the center of the battlefield. Instead, he used his Heavenly Eye to study from a distance.
Now that his Heavenly Eye had matured, comprehending the rune bone up close was much the same as using it from afar. There was no need at all to enter the battlefield.
Moreover, he had learned the Vermilion Bird Art, so learning the Bi Fang's fire-control technique was many times easier for him than for others.
They were both fire-control precious techniques. Though there were differences between them, they still had certain things in common, naturally making them easier to learn.
Compared to before, he comprehended it faster this time. In just half a shichen, the phantom of a Bi Fang appeared behind him.
It was formed from a mass of divine flames and was flapping its wings in the void.
Hum!
The Bi Fang opened its beak and spat out a stream of fire. The golden flames turned into a sharp sword that pierced cracks across the entire sky.
It really is powerful. Lei Chong was very satisfied.
Although he had only just mastered it, it still possessed terrifying might.
Whoosh!
Lei Chong controlled the flaming Bi Fang, carrying him toward the Bi Fang's nest.
Around the nest, the Divine Flame Man was fighting others.
When the people fighting saw a terrifying Bi Fang charge toward them, they were all dumbfounded.
Their hearts trembled. Could they have offended the Bi Fang's heroic spirit, causing it to come out to kill them and keep them here?
But they soon realized that it was not a Bi Fang charging at them. Someone was using the Bi Fang Precious Technique.
None of them dared meet it head-on, and they all dodged aside. Even the Divine Flame Man was no exception, hurriedly moving out of the way.
Whoosh!
Lei Chong rushed up to the Bi Fang's nest and seized its rune bone. The surrounding void rumbled, and a terrifying pressure spread outward.