Chapter 1010: Lucky Escape

And just then, she said somewhat helplessly: "Ah, I don't even know whether to say you're lucky or unlucky to have encountered a pill of this grade. If my true body were here, I could definitely deal with this guy. But I really can't."

While speaking, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought also shook his head helplessly.

However, she immediately turned her head, looking at Yun Yun, who was curiously looking at her, and said: "You have quite the fortune—there's a Feng Qinger ahead, and now there's a human little girl. Hips wider than shoulders, this figure. Tsk tsk, one look and you're clearly a good‑breeding girl."

Seeing Yun Yun's graceful and drifting demeanor, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief immediately joked.

Swish!

Hearing that, Yun Yun instinctively glanced at her shapely rear, and then her stunningly beautiful face turned bright red with a swish.

"Senior, stop joking. I have no choice either—who knows what's hidden in this ruin, actually a nine‑rank golden pill!"

Faced with the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's teasing thought, Lin Feng immediately let out a bitter laugh and scratched his head in frustration.

If he had known this situation earlier, no matter what he said, he would never have rashly entered this ruin.

"Heh heh, have you finished your last words? If you have, then obediently do as I say."

Gazing at the wry‑smiling Lin Feng, the gold‑clothed man gave a vicious grin.

While speaking, he clenched his hand, and a large amount of golden lightning immediately appeared on his body.

"Just wait, I'll forcibly tear open a passage for you two to escape. Since this guy has been trapped here for so long, he must be inept at spatial power, unable to open an exit, which is why he's been lingering here with you, forcing you to find a way out. Otherwise, you two couldn't have survived this long."

Seeing the opponent really coming, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought also lost the mood to joke, immediately turned and solemnly instructed.

"Senior, can you get out?"

Hearing that, Lin Feng frowned slightly, then turned his gaze toward the speaker.

"An Eight‑Star Dou Saint? Not easy to deal with—I can only stay behind and try to hold him off. As for you two, it's up to fate."

As soon as his words fell, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought suddenly spread its wings and shot upward violently.

Screech!

Accompanied by an ear‑splitting cry, the former's wings trembled, and a large number of black‑flame‑stained feathers shot out instantly, straight toward the gold‑clothed man.

"Trivial tricks."

Gazing at the incoming black‑flame feathers, the gold‑clothed man waved his hand, and golden lightning surged forth, covering the sky and forming a golden lightning net before him.

At the same time, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought seized the moment, shook its wings, and powerful spatial power shot out, forming before Lin Feng and Yun Yun a dark rift just large enough for one person to enter.

"Run fast, don't stop—I can't hold on much longer. Also, that little girl's body contains the fragrance of this golden pill. This stuff can affect her mood; once out, you must immediately get rid of it."

Seeing the spatial rift form, the former quickly shouted to Lin Feng and Yun Yun.

Whoosh!

Hearing the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's urging, Lin Feng gritted his teeth and grabbed Yun Yun.

The blue‑red phoenix wings behind him gave a violent shake, and he fully sped into the rift.

At this moment, although he was shocked by the gold‑clothed man, he relied on the pill fragrance to control his own wife.

But now, at this life‑or‑death juncture, escaping is the priority.

As for other matters, they can be discussed later.

After all, we can't let the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought sacrifice itself in vain.

"Hmph, wanting to run? Not that easy!"

Seeing the escape route open, the gold‑clothed man immediately became extremely delighted.

Isn't the reason he didn't kill these two humans earlier that he sensed another Dou Saint's aura in the male human's mind?

His goal was to coerce these two humans, then compel the male human to summon the Dou Saint battle power lurking in his mind, to help him open a passage to the outside.

Otherwise, with his Eight‑Star Dou Saint combat power, he wouldn't even need a minute—or a thousandth of a second—to kill those two humans.

Thinking of this, he immediately waved his hand again, and a towering sea of golden Dou Qi instantly formed on the horizon.

Then, under the gold‑clothed man's control, he lunged fiercely at the distant Black Flame Heavenly Phoenix.

"Hmph, back when I roamed the Dou Qi Continent, the ingredients for refining your kind weren't even grown yet. If my true body weren't absent, I wouldn't tolerate your arrogance here!"

Facing that arrogant tone, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought let out a cold snort.

Immediately, she shook her wings, and countless black flames gathered, surging likewise against the golden sea of Dou Qi.

Boom!

Black flame and golden Dou Qi collided; in an instant, an energy shockwave capable of killing a half‑sage cultivator burst outward.

Seeing this, the gold‑clothed man's brows furrowed slightly.

He hadn't expected that this thought before him would be far more formidable than an ordinary Six‑Star Dou Saint.

It even surpasses some Seven‑Star Dou Saints, showing no weakness!

"A true hero doesn't brag about past courage—you're merely a thought now. Since you insist on seeking death, I'll grant your wish!"

Seeing the opponent hard to deal with, and with Lin Feng and Yun Yun already having run into the spatial rift, the gold‑clothed man also began to feel anxious.

"Golden Core Breaking Saint Spear!"

Then he loosely gripped with his right hand, stepped forward with his left foot, and meanwhile, golden lightning continually gathered on his right hand.

The terrifying destructive power kept spreading; its earth‑shaking might was enough to make cultivators below Seven‑Star Dou Saint tremble with fear, and he promptly turned and fled.

Moreover, he hated himself for lacking two legs from his parents.

"Heavenly Phoenix Bell!"

Seeing that, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thought also did not dare be careless; it spread its wings, quickly clasped before it, and a large bell stained with black flame appeared out of nowhere, enveloping the former.

Whoosh!

However, just as the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's energy bell formed, the gold‑clothed man's golden lightning spear in his hand also finished condensing.

Then he hurled it forward, and the golden spear flashed across the sky at great speed, piercing the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's Heavenly Phoenix Bell.

Clang!

Immediately after, a resonant bell tone that shook heaven and earth spread rapidly across this realm.

Wherever that sound reached, everything along the way was shattered into nothingness!

Even the spatial passageway that Lin Feng and his companion had fled through was no exception.

Such fearsome energy ripples—if a Five-Star Dou Saint were struck, they'd at least be blasted backward, vomiting blood!

At the same time, after exchanging blows with the former, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts instantly faded by more than half.

Obviously, this clash took an extremely heavy toll on her.

"Damn it, my exit passageway!"

Seeing that the passageway to the outside had actually been destroyed by the aftershocks of their Dou Qi, the gold-clad man couldn't be bothered with the former's condition and instantly flew into a rage.

"Crack~"

At the same time, after blocking the gold-clad man's lightning spear for a few seconds, the Heavenly Phoenix Bell manifested by the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts suddenly developed numerous cracks.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterward, the Heavenly Phoenix Bell wrapped in black flames suddenly shattered into countless fragments.

However, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief, now greatly illusory, paid no heed to these at all.

After all, upon seeing this ninth-grade Golden Core of Eight-Star Dou Saint level, she realized she probably couldn't leave this small world.

Therefore, after the fragments of that great energy bell, she suddenly opened her mouth and released a sound wave.

Finally, the sound wave condensed into a purple-gold ripple that swiftly sliced across the sky and precisely struck the gold-clad man.

However, after unleashing that attack, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts instantly became extremely illusory.

To the point that if you didn't look closely, you couldn't even tell it existed.

Clearly, that attack just now took a huge toll on her.

"Ah!"

Suddenly struck by the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's sound wave attack, the gold-clad man whose attention was wholly on the exit passageway let out a painful howl on the spot.

"Damn bastard, I didn't expect your soul power to truly exceed my expectations. But since you seek death, I'll grant it!"

As soon as his words fell, the former endured the pain from deep within his mind, waved his hand, and a vast amount of golden lightning shot forth, striking straight onto the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts.

"Cry!"

Struck by the Nine Mysteries Golden Lightning, the latter immediately let out a painful wail.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterward, in a soft cracking sound, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts completely vanished from this world.

At the same time, as Lin Feng flew away from here, he also felt something deep within his mind completely disappear.

"Looks like the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts ultimately couldn't escape."

Sensing that feedback from deep within his mind, Lin Feng couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh, speaking disappointedly.

Although he had long known that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's thoughts had little chance of escaping, now that he personally sensed their dissipation, Lin Feng still couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.

"Husband, the spatial passageway behind us is starting to collapse. It seems that senior expert, before falling, destroyed the passageway; we must leave quickly. Otherwise, even if you could wander the void, we'd have to spend a long time before possibly finding an exit."

Seeing Lin Feng lost in thought, Yun Yun at his side immediately reminded him.

"Good."

Hearing Yun Yun's reminder, Lin Feng immediately stopped thinking about those things, focused his mind, and rushed forward at full speed!

"Damn it! My grand plan to escape this place has been completely ruined by a single bird!"

"You wretched bastard, you lowly scum—don't let me meet you again, or I'll tear the men apart into ten thousand pieces, violate and kill the women, then violate and kill them again, repeating this ten thousand times to vent my hatred!"

Seeing no hope of escaping this small world, the gold-clad man still trapped in the ruins unable to leave suddenly burst into earth-shaking roars.

After all, just moments ago, the passageway to the outside still existed.

But unfortunately, he fell just short, and ultimately failed to enter that passageway.

And now, that passageway has been utterly destroyed, while the exit had long ago been sealed shut by that old coot's crafted old thing.

At this very moment, even a pill inept at manipulating spatial power—even if it were a ninth-grade Golden Core—couldn't possibly open that passageway!

Therefore, no matter how angry he is now, he can only continue gritting his teeth and enduring the loneliness.

In these ruins where Dou Qi is exhausted, he continues waiting for the next chance to escape.

What's worse, he carelessly injured his soul due to that bird-type magical beast.

Who knows how long it will take before he can recover on his own!

And during this period, his strength will further decline greatly; this feeling makes him utterly miserable.