"Human, leave!"
Just as Mu Jinyu looked at the Demon Phoenix in front of him with a wary gaze, he suddenly heard a slightly strange and cold voice.
"Hmm?"
Mu Jinyu's eyes widened, staring blankly at the Demon Phoenix before him.
If he wasn't mistaken, the reprimanding voice he just heard should have come from this very Demon Phoenix.
'It can talk? Has it really become sentient?'
Mu Jinyu muttered to himself quietly in his heart.
Although he had known for a long time that after a ferocious beast became a demon beast, aside from their body still retaining the ferocious beast's appearance, their Spiritual Wisdom was actually no different from that of a human, thus they were called demon beasts.
And powerful demon beasts could even speak human language and communicate with people!
The Demon Phoenix before him was obviously such a powerful demon beast.
This made Mu Jinyu even more wary of it.
"If you don't leave, don't blame me for killing you without mercy!"
While Mu Jinyu was in a daze, that slightly strange voice sounded again.
Mu Jinyu immediately snapped back to reality, meeting the ruby-like beautiful eyes of the Demon Phoenix, and saw the flames of anger and murderous intent dancing in its pupils!
Mu Jinyu knew that this Demon Phoenix was currently temporarily unable to move; otherwise, it wouldn't have kept warning him like this and would have already attacked and killed him silently.
After confirming that the Demon Phoenix had already broken through to the Unity Realm Stage, Mu Jinyu was unwilling to fight it, but thinking about the Beast Tide, he gathered his courage and asked, "When you recover, will you leave the Demon Beast Mountain Range?"
He wanted to know whether this Demon Phoenix, after recovering from its injuries from the Tribulation Transcendence, would unleash a massacre on the Demon Slaying City due to the Beast Tide, or would it just leave.
If it were the latter, he could leave with peace of mind, but if it were the former, he would have to risk battling it, seizing the chance to kill it on the spot while it was still weak and completely settling the cause and effect!
"Hmph!"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's inquiry, a trace of murderous intent and disdain flickered across the ruby-like eyes of the Demon Phoenix.
Although it looked down on its subordinates, the unprecedentedly huge Beast Tide was, in fact, deliberately incited by it to break through to the Demon Emperor's Realm, and to prevent any human interference by besieging Demon Slaying City, rendering those pesky humans powerless to interfere.
The heavy murderous aura and blood aura on Mu Jinyu's body had long indicated to it that the Beast Tide had been resolved by Mu Jinyu, and its Five Great Demon Kings also perished at his hands.
Even though it didn't care much for those five subordinates, they ultimately died because of its Tribulation Transcendence, so when it recovered from its injuries, it would definitely give an account to them.
And that account would be to slaughter Demon Slaying City, avenging the years of demon beasts being hunted and shaming within the Demon Beast Mountain Range!
Mu Jinyu's question didn't even deserve its response!
With a cold snort, a flaming red fireball like a blooming flower directly aimed at Mu Jinyu!
Although it was in immense pain and extremely weak, the most dangerous Heavenly Tribulation had already been endured, so even with severe injuries, killing a mere young human at the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm was a trivial matter.
However, forcibly utilizing the Demon Phoenix True Flame would aggravate its injuries, requiring an extended recovery period afterward.
This was why it had initially only warned Mu Jinyu to leave without directly making a move.
But knowing now that Mu Jinyu wouldn't leave, to end things once and for all, it decided to act bravely, enduring the exacerbation of its injuries!
"Ha!"
Seeing the Demon Phoenix making a move, with the small red flower drifting directly towards him, Mu Jinyu felt his scalp tingle, his heart pounding in fear.
Although it was just a casual strike from the Demon Phoenix, it had reached the Unity Realm Stage, a level far beyond the Peak Ninth Layer of the Fanxu Realm.
Therefore, Mu Jinyu dared not confront the small red flower head-on.
With a light shout, Mu Jinyu raised his hand to form Hand Seals, his movements resembling embracing a mountain, and instantly a terrifying Demon Mountain appeared in his palms, which he then hurled ferociously, aiming to smash the little red flower!
"Sizzle!"
The mountain, summoned by the Killing Character Secret Technique, seemingly weighed a thousand pounds, which would cause a real mountain to collapse upon collision, but against this seemingly fragile little red flower, the Demon Mountain not only failed to crush it to pieces but instead disintegrated with a roar!
It was as if the Demon Mountain was made of paper, merely snow, easily vanquished by the burning sun-like flower!
"This..."
Mu Jinyu thought the Demon Mountain might at least stall the little flower a bit. Never had he imagined that his full-strength strike, formidable enough to make that Chasing Cloud Thunder Kirin suffer, could not withstand a casual strike from the Demon Phoenix.
Cold sweat seeped from his forehead as he watched the small flower drift faster, about to imprint on his brow.
Having no other options, Mu Jinyu decided to bring out the Bi Fang Cauldron.
"Clang!"
The moment the Bi Fang Cauldron appeared, before Mu Jinyu could channel True Yuan to trigger the Bi Fang Flame.
The cauldron lid automatically lifted, and then a dazzling red light burst forth.
"Screech!"
Accompanied by a shrill screech, a Bi Fang Bird woven from flames sprang up fiercely from the Bi Fang Cauldron, then lunged towards the terrifying small red flower, swallowing it in one gulp like a bird catching a worm!
"This is..."
Seeing this scene, Mu Jinyu was flabbergasted that the situation was resolved so easily.
In fact, one could say he hadn't even made a move; the Bi Fang Cauldron acted on its own.
And this flame-formed Bi Fang Bird before him, could it possibly be...
The Artifact Spirit of the Bi Fang Cauldron?
Wasn't it said that only a Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure could give birth to an Artifact Spirit?
Oh, right, the Bi Fang Cauldron is a Top-Quality Spiritual Treasure, being only a slight step away from a Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure. Moreover, it's said that the forging incorporated the bones and feathers of the Divine Beast Bifang Bird, making it normal for it to autonomously evolve into the Bi Fang's Soul under the threat of the Demon Phoenix True Flame.
But this is not an Artifact Spirit!
Coming to this conclusion, Mu Jinyu felt both relieved and disappointed.
"Courting death!"
The Bi Fang Flame swallowing the Demon Phoenix True Flame infuriated the Demon Phoenix, who let out a furious roar, followed by its immense body shakily getting up on the charred land!
"Screech!"
An enraged bird's cry echoed.
The Demon Phoenix's wings, over ten meters long, began to unfurl, instantly stirring up fierce winds, snapping the few remaining giant trees, while streaks of Demon Phoenix True Flame swirled up from its wings, forming a True Flame Phoenix ahead!
"Boom!"
The appearance of the True Flame Phoenix caused the Demon Phoenix True Flame to surge again, reaching nearly ten zhang in size, warping the space around it!
The ground that had not been scorched by the Demon Phoenix's flames withered and shattered instantly, turning charred along with the land.
"Kill!"
With a weak but furious shout, the Demon Phoenix commanded the gigantic True Flame Phoenix, measuring ten zhang, to flap its wings and charge at the Bi Fang Bird!
"Screech!"
Compared to the True Flame Phoenix, the Bi Fang Firebird seemed pitifully small. With an unwilling screech, it turned and retreated back into the Bi Fang Cauldron!
"Ah?!"
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu was dumbfounded.