Fighting: Practice makes it real, start with a poisonous body.

Chapter 154 Why was it just a little short?
"Chieftain, what should we do now?!"

Feng Qing'er was completely flustered and at a loss.

Seeing her foolish appearance, Huang Tian was furious. He could guess why the Dragon-Phoenix Son had chosen Feng Qing'er.

It wasn't because Feng Qing'er was particularly talented, but because she simply had no other choice!

"Clan leader, this matter cannot be delayed. If she is captured, our clan's connection with the Dragon-Phoenix Child will be severed."

Phoenix looked solemn.

She was devoted to the sake of her people and was a rare and loyal subject. However, her loyalty did not refer to loyalty to a single individual such as Huang Tian or Huang Di.

Whoever can revitalize the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, the Phoenix will be loyal to them!

Huang Tian's mind raced. He glanced at the three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and Feng Qing'er, and soon he had an idea.

"Do as I say!"

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Meanwhile, in the void outside the Phoenix Nest, several spatial rifts, like lurking shadows, quietly floated.

The six Battle Saints sat cross-legged, their auras completely concealed, perfectly hiding themselves within the folds of space, like six silent statues.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, a low murmur broke the silence. Gu Nanhai abruptly opened his eyes.

His soul power surged, and with a flick of his wrist, a transparent token engraved with ancient patterns appeared in his palm. The token's surface was radiating a faint spiritual light, indicating that a message was being transmitted to it.

"It's a message from the Supreme Elder of the Ancient Path."

As Gu Nanhai lightly touched the token with his fingertips, the message entered his mind the instant his soul power probed into it.

"Enter the Phoenix Nest of the Wutong Tree and capture Feng Qing'er, a member of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan!"

Gu Nanhai understood, and then looked up at the other five Dou Sheng in the rift.

"Is there any movement on your end?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other five nodded in agreement. They each raised their hands, and in turn, different styles of Soul-Guiding Jade appeared in their palms, each jade shimmering with a communication light.

Clearly, they had all received similar instructions from the higher-ups in their clan, and their goals were remarkably aligned.

Seeing this, Gu Nanhai slowly stood up, and the suppressed holy aura around him began to rise quietly: "In that case, let's not delay any longer, let's go."

Although we don't know who Feng Qing'er is, the entire Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan is under the control of the six clans, so capturing one person is not difficult.

Gu Nanhai raised his hand, his fingertips surging with fighting spirit. The spatial rift that had been concealing his figure was forcibly torn open, revealing the path to the Phoenix Nest.

"Tear-!"

The group leaped out and instantly arrived at the edge of the spatial barrier that enveloped the Phoenix Nest. The surface of the barrier was covered with pale golden phoenix fire patterns, seemingly indestructible, but the six of them were not worried.

Gu Nanhai stepped forward, raised his powerful palm, and with a flurry of finger gestures, complex hand seals swept across the void like flowing water.

"Om-!"

As the final hand seal was applied, the patterns on the surface of the barrier suddenly dimmed, and a spatial passage, barely wide enough for a few people to pass through, quietly appeared.

The Heavenly Phoenix Clan had naturally already taught them the secret hand seals for entering and exiting the spatial passage; otherwise, there would be no need for this spatial barrier to exist.

Just as the six clans' Battle Saints stepped into the spatial passage one after another, about to touch the ground in the heart of the Phoenix Nest.

"Boom——!!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly rang out, unleashing a massive surge of energy within the Phoenix Nest!
"what happened?!"

The expressions of the six clans' Battle Saints changed drastically. They looked up at the sky and saw a phantom of a phoenix with a wingspan of tens of thousands of feet suddenly appear! The phantom was surrounded by golden phoenix fire that could incinerate everything, and as its feathers trembled, a terrifying pressure swept across the heavens and earth!

"Wow—!"

The next second, the phantom shrieked and, with a devastating force, slammed down on a figure below.

"what--!"

Huang Tian screamed in agony as his battle qi shield shattered like paper. He was sent flying by the phantom and crashed heavily into the jade pillar of the Phoenix Nest main hall.

With a sharp crack, the jade pillar that would take several people to encircle snapped, and Huang Tian fell to the ground, spitting out blood and instantly losing his strength.

Even more terrifying is that the aftershocks of the phoenix's power are still spreading outwards!

The Phoenix Nest in the Wutong Tree began to shake violently, and deep, bottomless ravines cracked open in the ground. The sky was also torn open by huge spatial rifts, and the black space churned and rolled wildly, as if it was about to devour the entire Phoenix Nest!
"What a powerful force!"

Gu Nanhai's face suddenly turned pale; this phoenix phantom was far beyond their ability to contend with.

Fortunately, the phoenix phantom seemed to have only one strike's power. After knocking Huang Tian away, the golden flames began to dissipate rapidly, disappearing completely into the air in a short while, leaving only a sky full of scorching heat.

The six clans' Battle Saints breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rushed to Huang Tian's side.

Huang Tian lay in a pool of blood, his chest caved in, and the Phoenix Clan's sacred runes on his body were dim and lifeless. He had clearly suffered extremely serious injuries and was having great difficulty maintaining his consciousness.

Gu Nanhai said in a deep voice, "Huang Tian! What exactly happened? Who hurt you?!"

Huang Tian struggled to move his eyes, his gaze filled with resentment: "It's...it's Feng Qing'er! That ingrate! She...she colluded with the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and betrayed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan!"

They even used my clan's resources to injure me... They've already fled outside the Phoenix Nest! Quick, go after them... You must catch them!"

Gu Nanhai frowned. The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's foundation lay in the remains of its previous patriarch, which could be used at a great cost to unleash the offensive power of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng.

Originally, the clan wanted to take it away, but Huang Tian and the others pleaded desperately, and only the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan could activate that body.

The clan leader was easily swayed, so the matter was dropped, which saved face for the Heavenly Phoenix Clan. Who would have thought that such a change would occur...

Gu Nanhai's heart sank, and his soul power spread in all directions like a surging wave breaking free from its restraints.

He didn't know who Feng Qing'er was, but he remembered the aura of the Three Heavenly Phoenixes.

However, Gu Nanhai's expression quickly turned ugly. The soul power that spread across the sky seemed to sink into the sea, and he found nothing.

Gu Nanhai suddenly turned around and looked at Huang Tian, ​​who was slumped on the ground, his tone tinged with anxiety: "Which direction did they run off in?! Tell me quickly!"

A sliver of clarity flickered in Huang Tian's eyes. He trembled as he raised his bloodstained hand, his fingertips pointing laboriously in a certain direction.

But just as the finger was about to point to a specific location, his pupils suddenly contracted, his arm fell limply to his side, his head tilted to one side, and he completely lost consciousness.

"This is bad!"

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The ruins of Fenglei Pavilion in the northern region of Zhongzhou.

Gu Dao held a transparent token in his palm, and the soul message light flowing from the token reflected on his face. As Gu Nanhai's voice came, his originally calm expression gradually turned ashen.

"We rushed there as fast as we could after receiving the message from the spirit, but... we were still too late!"

"Why! Why did it have to be just a little short!"

Gu Dao gripped the token tightly, and a low, angry shout exploded from his throat, unleashing his Dou Sheng aura without warning.

Mountains crumbled, oceans surged, and even the clouds in the sky were shaken apart, revealing a distorted void!

(End of this chapter)