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The little phoenix's cries were low and dejected as it looked at the Nine Dragons Locking Phoenix before it, its eyes vacant.
Mu Jinyu also felt extremely tense, uncertain if this Dragon Resentment Evil Poison could truly deal with the Fallen Demon Phoenix.
At the same time, he felt a sense of unease; even if the Nine Dragons could finally strangle the Fallen Demon Phoenix, would he still be able to retrieve the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison afterward?
Or would the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison, after dealing with the Fallen Demon Phoenix, turn around and backstab him?
'Should I take this opportunity while they are fighting each other and leave here?'
This thought emerged in Mu Jinyu's mind.
He really wanted to leave here quickly with the little phoenix while it was still safe.
But he was also a bit worried.
The Fallen Demon Phoenix had always quietly floated in this magma, making the Cursed Soul Forest a dangerous place, but if the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison dealt with the Fallen Demon Phoenix, would it quietly remain in this valley?
Or would it escape the Cursed Soul Forest and recklessly grow stronger through slaughter outside?
If he just fled the scene like that, wouldn't it be too irresponsible?
As Mu Jinyu hesitated, undecided whether to leave or stay,
"Roar!"
Several dragon roars erupted simultaneously, with power enough to shatter mountains and rivers. The cliffs around them suddenly fractured, large chunks of stone walls falling from the mountain, accompanied by countless stone fragments, all plummeting into the magma below!
At this time, the Nine Dragons Soul Lock had already determined a winner!
The nine dark and sinister dragons formed from the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison were each nine zhang and nine chi long, extremely large, and wrapped in a layer of purple-black demon fire, making them appear even more sinister.
This demon fire was clearly not their innate divine skill but rather something they morphed into after devouring the Fallen Demon Phoenix's origin source!
The Fallen Demon Phoenix bound by them, with various resentment, evil, and death auras being swallowed from its body, also transformed from purple-black to golden-red, each feather glowing with brilliant golden light, appearing extraordinary and majestic.
As if a true Divine Phoenix had descended.
The only pity was…
The other side seemed to have lost its sentience entirely, becoming a mere corpse!
After the nine dark sinister dragons devoured the death and grievance auras of the Divine Phoenix, their roars shook the heavens, shattering large parts of the mountain wall as if they truly had physical forms.
Then, they turned their dragon heads, glaring with endless resentment at Mu Jinyu.
With eighteen pairs of resentful dragon eyes fixed on him, Mu Jinyu felt a tingling on his scalp.
Inwardly, he acknowledged the dire situation — the scenario he had always feared had indeed come to pass.
They truly intended to devour their master!
"Roar!"
Suddenly, another dragon roar rang out, earth-shaking and heaven-piercing, yet unlike those of the Nine Evil Dragons filled with endless malice and resentment. It was full of supreme authority, righteousness, and peace.
As if a true Divine Dragon was chanting!
Above Mu Jinyu's head, a massive golden divine dragon, a hundred zhang long, soared into view, born with five claws and reverse scales, extremely majestic and awe-inspiring!
It was the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Soul Mu Jinyu had forged by channeling the Dragon Vein Qi Luck from the Kunlun Ruins during the Hidden Dragon Conference!
However, since the end of the Hidden Dragon Conference, Mu Jinyu, no matter how hard he tried, couldn't find this Dragon Soul within his body, let alone make it appear outside.
Having departed from the Dayan Dynasty, while traveling through various countries to the Chu Kingdom, Mu Jinyu heard from locals' discussions that the Dragon Vein had shifted to the Heavenly Sword Faction.
Staring in a daze at the Divine Dragon Soul above him, Mu Jinyu felt both astonished and overjoyed.
He had thought, from the roadside discussions, that his Dragon Soul had transformed into a Dragon Vein, taking root in the Heavenly Sword Faction.
To his surprise, the Divine Dragon Soul he had forged in battle had always been within him!
Sensing he was in danger, it had also taken the initiative to strike!
"Roar!"
Nine dragon roars echoed in unison, and the Nine Evil Dragons immediately abandoned the temporarily parasitic Divine Phoenix corpse, roaring as they charged at the Divine Dragon!
"Roar!"
The Divine Dragon let out an endless majestic dragon chant, followed by ten thousand zhang of golden light, dragon qi surging.
Facing the provocation from the resentment evil aura birthed from the unfulfilled Dragon Veins, being the main Kunlun Dragon Vein itself, how could it let them act wild?
Just a single mighty dragon roar, and the Nine Evil Dragons were immediately rendered motionless.
Despite their raging resentment, they couldn't take a step, let alone lunge at the Divine Dragon Soul to taint its divine glow!
'So, they had been targeting this Dragon Soul within me all along?'
Seeing this scene, Mu Jinyu realized that even if he had fled, the Nine Evil Dragons would have still pursued him after dealing with the Fallen Demon Phoenix.
Because within him lay not only the Dragon Soul forged from the Dragon Vein Qi Luck but also Dragon Blood within his bloodline!
They could never let him go!
Then, fearing any further delay might cause complications, Mu Jinyu quickly retrieved a jade bottle covered with various forbidden runes from his Storage Bag, uncorked it, and pointed its mouth towards the Nine Evil Dragons!
"Collect!"
Despite the Nine Evil Dragons' desperate struggles and immense resentment, they were ultimately absorbed into the jade bottle like specks of dust being vacuumed away.
"Pop!"
After retrieving the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison, Mu Jinyu hurriedly sealed the bottle again, while etching more Restrictions onto it to prevent the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison from escaping.
"Roar!"
Dragon roars rang again, and the Divine Dragon's silhouette above Mu Jinyu, upon seeing the Nine Evil Dragons dealt with, burst with splendid golden light, coiling through the air before returning to Mu Jinyu's body.
Engrossed in etching the Restrictions onto the jade bottle, Mu Jinyu didn't notice this.
"Finally done."
For five full minutes, Mu Jinyu inscribed nine hundred ninety-nine Restrictions onto the jade bottle, no longer fearing the escape of the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison.
Then, Mu Jinyu's eyes shot divine light, penetrating the jade bottle's surface, observing the scene inside.
Inside the jade bottle, the Nine sinister dragons were gone, replaced by a mass of dark light liquid, exuding strands of evil energy, as though it were alive, slowly squirming within the jade bottle.
"What is this?"
At that moment, Mu Jinyu noticed the dark light liquid sometimes manifesting a hideous dragon head, other times transforming into a venomous, sinister phoenix head...
"How did it also take on the phoenix's shadow?"
Mu Jinyu stared blankly at the dark liquid, which, after forming a phoenix head, suddenly collapsed, reverting to a pool of light liquid!
"It seems to have strengthened significantly after absorbing the death and resentment aura of the Fallen Demon Phoenix..."
A hint of wariness flickered in Mu Jinyu's eyes.
"I'll have to be more careful in the future. If it absorbs too much demon beast origin source and no longer maintains only its dragon form, perhaps even the Dragon Soul won't be able to suppress it."
Mu Jinyu cautiously stored away the jade bottle.
Initially, seeing the Divine Dragon silhouette was enough to suppress the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison, preventing it from turning against its master, Mu Jinyu had intended to use it as a powerful weapon.
It seems this is still not feasible unless absolutely necessary; the Dragon Resentment Evil Poison remains unusable.
"However, it's no longer merely a poison of resentment born solely from the severing of a Dragon Vein. It shouldn't be called Dragon Resentment Evil Poison anymore, it should be..."
"Dragon-Phoenix Resentful Fiend!"