A stretch of ancient mountains, with forests crisscrossing and steep peaks, looked extremely treacherous.
At this moment.
A group of people were resting on a large open space on the ridge, led by a demon creature from the Fifth Heaven Domain. This demon creature was named Ghost Phoenix. Because in ancient times, the True Dragon and Phoenix clans were wiped out in a great disaster, leaving almost no bloodline behind, races like the Ghost Phoenix, with a significant amount of Phoenix blood, considered themselves phoenixes. However, they were not recognized by the nobles of the higher heaven domains and could only thrive in their own territory.
But regardless, because they possessed the ancestral blood of the Divine Phoenix, they held an extraordinary status in the demon race, barely considered one of the major demon powers. In the higher heaven domains, there were even nobles with Ghost Phoenix blood, but due to some early conflicts, this noble did not favor the Ghost Phoenix clan. However, due to blood relations, they were unwilling to let other forces bully the Ghost Phoenix clan. This led to the awkward situation of the Ghost Phoenix clan in the Fifth Heaven Domain: no force dared to provoke it, yet no force looked up to it, completely treating it as a mascot.
The Ghost Phoenix clan was naturally unwilling to accept this. They had been committed to expanding their power and seizing the right to speak in the Fifth Heaven Domain, but unfortunately, the results were minimal. However, the Ghost Phoenix clan did not give up. For example, this descent to the lower realm was an opportunity the Ghost Phoenix clan had worked hard to obtain. They contacted another noble who was also willing to take the Ghost Phoenix clan under their wing, but on the condition that the Ghost Phoenix clan could handle this task well and stand out among all the forces.
It is worth mentioning that the noble the Ghost Phoenix clan contacted was an enemy of the noble behind King Qingyuan. This is why the Ghost Phoenix clan's creatures joined forces with several other groups to deal with King Qingyuan. After all, doing the job well was not as pleasing to the noble as making their enemy suffer.
In her opinion, their combined forces should have been able to encircle and suppress King Qingyuan. However, she never expected that the noble behind King Qingyuan would be so generous, even giving that kind of treasure to King Qingyuan, so that they not only failed to encircle and suppress King Qingyuan, but were easily defeated one by one by King Qingyuan. She was also hit by that treasure, leaving her battered and bruised, with even some of her tail feathers missing, greatly reducing her combat power. She could only flee in panic, which was quite a sorry state.
"Princess, what should we do next?"
A burly demon creature with a square head and a red crown-like feature on top of its head, looking somewhat pointed, sat to the left of the Ghost Princess, speaking in a muffled voice.
"King Qingyuan must die!"
A tall woman with slender legs and an eerie pattern between her eyebrows said indifferently. She was from the Ghost Phoenix clan, the current First Princess of the Ghost Phoenix clan, named Huang Wujiu.
Only with the death of King Qingyuan could their Ghost Phoenix clan formally join the new noble's faction, thereby not being restrained by anything and able to expand indefinitely.
"Princess, King Qingyuan has such a treasure, it will be difficult for us to encircle and kill him."
Next to her, another demon creature looked particularly troubled.
In fact, he had another sentence he didn't say, which was that all of them, including the princess, had suffered serious injuries. On the other hand, King Qingyuan, because he was hiding so well, did not reveal that he had such a treasure at the beginning, resulting in information asymmetry, which made them underestimate the enemy and suffer a great loss. King Qingyuan, however, had no injuries at all. With this ebb and flow, it was impossible for them to encircle and kill the other party again. In fact, they should stay far away from him before their injuries healed, to avoid being liquidated.
"I say there is a chance, there is a chance. How can a waste like King Qingyuan be able to use such a treasure at will? I dare to assert that he must have paid some price for using that treasure. Maybe he is now hiding in a place secretly healing his wounds."
Huang Wujiu's eyes flickered, and she spoke with certainty.
What she had to do now was to recover from her injuries before King Qingyuan, and then go find trouble with him. She thought she would definitely be able to catch him off guard, and maybe even seize the treasure in his hand.
If she could dedicate that treasure to the new noble found by the clan leader, it would definitely make that noble happy and bring their Ghost Phoenix clan into their fold, treating them as confidants.
Thinking of this, Huang Wujiu's brows, which were furrowed due to her injuries, eased slightly, and she even couldn't help but want to hum. If she could really do this, then she would be a great hero of the Ghost Phoenix clan and would be loved by the clan members.
However, at this moment.
Two figures, one old and one young, suddenly appeared above their heads. Their arrival was very abrupt and silent, and no one noticed their approach.
"Who are you? Why have you come!"
Ghost Phoenix Princess Huang Wujiu felt a great danger in her heart, and her feathers were bristling all over, as if she had been electrocuted. She suddenly raised her head, looked at the two figures, and sensed something bad in the old figure. As for the young man next to him, she did not sense his strength, but the more so, the more it showed how terrible he was, because the old man respected the young man.
"Who is this person? Why have I never seen him before? What is he doing here?"
The string in Huang Wujiu's heart was very tight. She had many questions about Xu Yang's sudden appearance, but she had no way to answer them.
"Princess, he is Chen Xu, the so-called son of the Celestial Immortal!"
Not far away, a woman with a sweet voice hurriedly said to Huang Wujiu, her voice sounding a little frightened.
Her true form was a Green Luan. When Chen Xu strangled Xu Yang, she was also there and witnessed the whole process. She knew very well that the other party's strength was not inferior to that of a creature from the Fifth Heaven Domain.
But today, when she saw him again, she found that Chen Xu's strength was even more unfathomable, like an ocean, boundless and vast, and even covered with mist, making it impossible for them to see clearly.
'So, during the time Chen Xu disappeared, he didn't escape back to the upper realm because he had caused a catastrophe, but hid somewhere and secretly improved his cultivation!'
The more Qingluan thought about it, the more incredible it became, because Chen Xu's strength had improved too much. Only a few days had passed. Even if Chen Xu's opportunity was against the sky and he had obtained magical pills and eaten the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, it was impossible to achieve such a big leap in a short period of time!
As her thoughts raced, she suddenly felt a terrifying pressure descending on her, causing her legs to bend, and with a thud, she knelt on the ground, kneeling very simply.
Not only Qingluan, but also all the creatures who followed her, except for Ghost Phoenix Princess Huang Wujiu who was still persisting, were forced to kneel down by the supreme pressure.
"Chen Xu, I remember that I have never provoked you, and I have not even sent anyone to hunt you down. Why are you so aggressive as soon as we meet today!"
Ghost Phoenix Princess Huang Wujiu became very nervous. Her breathing unconsciously became heavier. She looked up at the figure, feeling very uncomfortable in her heart, because since she was born, no creature had been able to look down on her like this, and even the elders in the clan had not done so. But even if she was uncomfortable, she did not dare to show it, because the aura exuded by Xu Yang was too strong, and she was also seriously injured, so it was really not good to conflict with him.
