This time, the two Beast Kings exerted all their strength to rush to Tianchi as quickly as possible.
Even the slowest Old Tortoise led its clansmen to arrive at Tianchi before noon.
"Xiao Weng, what on earth are you doing? You're usually the most easygoing, so why have you suddenly become so radical?"
The Old Tortoise started scolding as soon as it arrived, completely losing its composure, leaving the hot-tempered Sea Lion King unable to interject.
King Lanyan smiled calmly and replied, "You're overthinking things. I've been considering this matter for many days, and it's not a hasty decision."
This matter isn't that complicated.
I'll just ask you one question: are you confident in surviving your future tribulations?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell silent.
Although the Old Tortoise and the Little Sea Lion didn't answer, their solemn expressions revealed their inner thoughts.
As fire-attribute sea soul beasts, their biological structure is specifically evolved for the ocean, which means they can only survive in the vast sea.
However, the ocean is extremely lacking in fire elements, causing them to only be able to live in volcanic archipelagos.
Faced with the heavenly tribulation that even the Sea Serpent Flame Dragon King couldn't overcome, unless they were lucky enough to find fire-attribute treasures and undergo a transformation, the possibility of breaking through was less than one in ten thousand.
However, finding fire-attribute treasures in the sea is no easier than becoming a god.
"We do have lifespans far exceeding human soul masters, but the lifespan of a god is infinite.
This is a gamble.
It depends on whether you're willing to use the rest of your lifespan to gamble for an infinite lifespan."
Through King Lanyan's tone, the two kings understood that its mind was made up, and all they could do was offer their blessings.
Although the Old Tortoise didn't understand, it admired King Lanyan's courage and decisiveness.
It said, "Alright, since that's the case, there's nothing more we can advise.
Let this duel determine your fate."
Time came to the afternoon.
This time was the hottest time of the day, and it was also the time for the duel between Huo Wu and King Lanyan.
Above the calm Tianchi, King Lanyan glided freely with the wind, while on the edge of the volcano opposite it, Quan Yi and Huo Wu stood among a group of giant beasts, talking softly.
"Wife, King Lanyan has some understanding of us, but we know very little about its trump cards.
So, use your full strength from the beginning and don't hold back at all."
"Don't worry, I won't underestimate it."
Huo Wu's eyes sharpened, and she had already entered battle mode.
She slowly stepped forward, and golden-red light surged from her back. In the next moment, a pair of gorgeous and noble phoenix bone wings suddenly unfolded.
Although they were bone wings, they were woven from golden-red flame phoenix feathers into wide wings.
The strong phoenix aura emanating from them caused the Lanyan Albatrosses watching the battle to feel a sense of submission.
The phoenix has an extremely strong bloodline suppression over almost all birds.
Driven by the bone wings, Huo Wu's figure rose towards the center of Tianchi.
Facing the giant bird with a wingspan of over twenty meters, Huo Wu seemed relatively small, but the dazzling phoenix wings gave people an undeniable sense of deterrence.
Because, just by looking at it, one could feel one's mental power burning.
Golden-red phoenix shadows appeared in Huo Wu's eyes, and she looked like a noble phoenix goddess.
She stared at King Lanyan Albatross with a cold expression and said coldly, "I hope you don't disappoint me too much."
King Lanyan smiled instead of getting angry, "I'll return those words to you."
The auras of the two rapidly increased and collided fiercely.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Quan Yi stood on the edge and announced loudly, "The duel begins now!"
As soon as the words fell, a fiery-orange figure suddenly appeared behind Huo Wu, which was the moment when the Fire Shadow martial soul was summoned.
A huge, blazing white ball of light suddenly surged from the chest of the Fire Shadow, whose size was more than twice that of normal.
The moment the light ball rushed out of the figure, it turned into a pillar of light and shot rapidly towards King Lanyan in front of it.
This was Huo Wu's million-year sixth soul ring's second skill, Phoenix Cry Towards the Sun.
This was a super-powerful attack skill that required ten seconds to accumulate, and in theory, even with the fusion ring technique, the casting time could only be compressed to five seconds.
It was impossible to cast it at the very beginning of the match.
However, if Huo Wu had started to hide herself through the Flame of Peach Illusion before the match began, and accumulated the blazing white sun in the shadow space, then all of this would seem logical.
When the blazing white sun appeared, the dazzling white light instantly made all the spectators see white, even if they wanted to use their mental power to explore the situation.
The flames condensed from the Burning Spirit Phoenix Flame severely burned their mental power instead.
Although Huo Wu's methods were a bit unethical, as long as it wasn't discovered, it could only be blamed on its own lack of ability.
To be honest, Quan Yi, who hadn't activated the Scarlet Dragon Eyes in advance before the match, hadn't noticed that Huo Wu had quietly activated the simulation state.
In order to maintain the surprise, Huo Wu hadn't even revealed it to Quan Yi.
Although the blazing sun was large, its speed was not slow at all. In an instant, it caught up with King Lanyan.
King Lanyan's expression changed drastically. It seemed that it had not expected Huo Wu to be able to instantly release such a powerful soul skill.
In the next moment, the Phoenix Cry Towards the Sun crashed fiercely into King Lanyan, causing an extremely terrifying explosion.
The compressed phoenix flames exploded into a mushroom cloud, and the shock waves continued to spread outward.
If it weren't for the accumulated water in Tianchi, the flames might have directly spread to the audience seats on the edge of the volcano.
However, when the crowd saw the powerful blow that far exceeded ordinary Titled Douluos, the expressions of the Old Tortoise and the Little Sea Lion became extremely solemn.
Directly receiving such an attack head-on would undoubtedly be a fatal ending for the Lanyan Albatross, which had weak defense.
The scene fell into a deathly silence for a time.
When the explosion subsided, the Tianchi, covered by white mist, was revealed to everyone.
Just when the other spectators were unable to observe the situation on the field, Quan Yi's Scarlet Dragon Eyes looked at the sky with some astonishment.
Because, the scene that had been presented before was all an illusion.
Huo Wu's Phoenix Cry Towards the Sun did seem to hit King Lanyan, but apart from King Lanyan and Quan Yi, even Huo Wu might not have seen it clearly.
Because, the target of Huo Wu's attack was not King Lanyan's main body.
That's right, King Lanyan and Huo Wu held the same idea. It seemed that it had quietly activated its concealment ability before the duel began.
And what remained in place was a highly hallucinatory clone.
Its main body was currently suspended directly above the explosion, and the huge waves and water vapor caused by the explosion were now spinning around its body, forming a circular hurricane.
