Chapter 984: The increasingly mysterious Tianhuang clan leader

However, she quickly realized that the reason the energy in those Tai Xu ancient dragons and the Tianhuang corpses had been completely drained was that it had been fully exhausted.

It was probably this Tianhuang clan leader who forcibly stripped them of their energy to nourish these three Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits!

"How is the development of the Tianhuang clan nowadays?"

When Lin Feng and Feng'er arrived above the Shi Tai, the Tianhuang clan leader's figure instantly appeared not far in front of them, and a voice tinged with curiosity rang out across the sky.

"This"

Seeing the leader's curious expression, Lin Feng and Feng'er exchanged a glance and were momentarily at a loss for words.

After all, the Tianhuang clan no longer exists at all now.

The sole remaining Tianhuang is the Feng'er standing before him.

"What, could something have happened to our Tianhuang clan?"

Seeing Lin Feng and the other, the woman's complexion darkened instantly, and her expression grew solemn.

Since her fall, she has constantly feared that their Tianhuang clan would be annihilated by Zhukun.

And just now, after hearing Lin Feng say that Zhukun, as she had predicted, was trapped in the Gu Di Dong Fu, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

But from the expressions of the two before her, it seemed that something had indeed happened to their Tianhuang.

"Um, as far as the junior knows, after you and Zhukun disappeared, the Tai Xu ancient dragons assumed that your Tianhuang had done something to their Dragon Emperor, so they gathered all their forces to confront you. As it happened, the members of your Tianhuang clan were about to go out looking for you, so they couldn't assemble, were defeated one by one, and then vanished."

Since Lin Feng knew that lying before such a mighty being was nearly impossible, he simply told the whole truth.

"What?!"

Upon hearing that the Tianhuang clan had been annihilated, the woman's expression turned fierce for the first time.

And as the former moved, in an instant the energy throughout the entire micro‑world became wildly turbulent.

Immediately, Lin Feng and Feng'er both felt a mountain‑heavy oppressive pressure bearing down on them, choking their breath.

"Damn, the gap between levels in cultivation is huge. The other side has been dead for thousands of years, and now only a lingering soul remains, yet it can still press the two of us to the point we can't breathe!"

Struggling to resist the heavy pressure on his shoulders, Lin Feng felt a surge of shock.

Although he had never seen a living Dou Saint, he had encountered many Half‑Saints.

Even now, with only a lingering soul left, Lin Feng thought that even if a hundred cultivators like Zhao Yuan came here to fight that soul, it would still be just a few slaps for that Tianhuang clan leader.

However, as the pressure on his shoulders grew stronger and he was about to be overwhelmed, Lin Feng hurriedly shouted, "Senior, calm down first; we can't withstand your oppression!"

As he spoke, a hint of bitterness rose in Lin Feng's heart.

If he had known in advance that the person inside was the Tianhuang clan leader who had vanished for millennia, he would never have come in now, no matter what.

After all, the gap in strength is too great; they simply can't match them.

However, when he thought of the Tianyao Phoenix clan, which also opposed his earlier marriage to Feng'er, he couldn't help but sigh—what a predicament.

And the woman, upon hearing Lin Feng's shout, instantly regained a hint of reason from her increasingly frantic emotions.

Then she pointed at Feng'er beside Lin Feng, her gaze cold, and asked sharply, "You said the Tianhuang clan was annihilated—what about her? Isn't she one of our Tianhuang?"

At this point, her eyes shifted downward to the three Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits she had painstakingly cultivated for millennia.

"You two, you can't be thinking that after seeing my Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits you fabricated the story of the Tianhuang clan's annihilation just to get me to give you these three fruits, can you?"

As the fierce voice faded, the Tianhuang clan leader's cold gaze fixed directly on Lin Feng and his companion.

If they failed to give her a satisfactory answer, she would immediately strike and kill the two of them.

After all, she had endured millennia of solitude here, devising every means, exhausting everything to cultivate these three Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits.

She even sacrificed her own flesh and demonic core, draining her soul's primordial power to increase the fruits' chances of growth.

All she wanted was that someday the Tianhuang clan's descendants would find this place.

Then have them bring two of the Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits back to the clan for its prodigies, so that the Tianhuang clan could grow stronger in the future.

To that end, she even cultivated a third, much lower‑quality small Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruit, intending to give it as a reward to any descendant who discovers this place.

Thus, when Lin Feng entered here with Feng'er, she became so excited, even patiently answering all their questions.

But now, being told that all her previous efforts were in vain…

Her flesh and demonic core were used in vain, her soul's primordial power wasted, and millennia of bitter waiting held no meaning.

No one could accept such a result!

Seeing the unwilling‑to‑believe Tianhuang clan leader, Lin Feng could only offer a wry smile.

Whether he had lied or not, the opponent could easily suppress his soul power with just that lingering soul.

In fact, his own soul fluctuations had already made it crystal clear.

Given all that, her soul power had probably already entered the Emperor Realm.

And even at that level, even as a lingering soul, it was still far stronger than his.

Even the slightest expression on his face would be caught by her; there's no way to deceive her.

She simply refused to accept the facts.

After all, if he had waited here for millennia only to learn his family not only failed to prosper but was entirely wiped out, with no survivor…

Such a result would drive him mad.

Nevertheless, after some thought, Lin Feng could only bow and say, "Senior, Feng'er was once a Tianyao Phoenix, but I was lucky to have previously discovered a Tianhuang body and a Tai Xu ancient dragon, as well as the Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruit that grew beside the corpse."

"Later, I refined the marrow, essence blood, and soul from that skeleton for Feng'er to absorb; she then successfully broke through the bloodline shackles and evolved into a Tianhuang. If you don't believe it, you can sense it carefully; with your strength, you should be able to figure it out easily."

At that point, Lin Feng's tone shifted as he continued, "However, now Feng'er has successfully evolved into a Tianhuang; she is also your descendant, so in that sense, your Tianhuang clan has not perished yet and still exists."

After speaking, Lin Feng glanced anxiously at the nearby Tianhuang clan leader, fearing she might mentally collapse and go completely mad.

Fortunately, after hearing his words, she calmed down somewhat.

But then she roared furiously to the heavens, "Tianyin, you pig—if it weren't for your selfish motives, when our Tianhuang clan held the advantage, we would never have ended up like this!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, the Tianhuang clan leader's hand instinctively reached out, aiming to strike the Shi Tai below.

However, recalling that those people's bones had already been crushed and fed to the Dragon‑Phoenix primal fruits, she could only withdraw her hand with a resentful sigh.

After all, if she were to smash the three fruits below, then all the achievements I've accumulated over these thousands of years would be destroyed in an instant.

By then, the only one who will regret it will be myself.

Lin Feng and Feng Qinger, seeing the former's action, felt their hearts jump to their throats, fearing that the former would strike down.

Fortunately, the other party finally managed to control their emotions and did not destroy the three Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruits below.

After all, to say that he has no thoughts about these few Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruits is impossible.

"However, who is this Tian Yin? Moreover, from what the former said, it seems that the person named Tian Yin is the one who caused the Heavenly Phoenix Clan to become like this."

Thinking of that woman's earlier words, Lin Feng involuntarily kept this name in mind.

"Then how is the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan now?"

After a long silence, the voice of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief finally drifted out, echoing in the ears of Lin Feng and Feng Qinger.

"Ugh, because too many Dou Saint-level powers in our clan went missing back then, plus various other reasons, we are currently no match for your Heavenly Phoenix Clan's later-generation Heavenly Demon Phoenixes; we can only hide in Dragon Island, licking our wounds."

Hearing the former's inquiry, Lin Feng apologized in his heart to the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, then replied.

After all, he currently does not want to provoke the former's nerves any further.

Or rather, it would be good to subtly disparage the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan to make the former happy.

Besides, what he said was indeed not false.

The current Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan is indeed being suppressed by the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

As for the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, are there any other strongers existing? Heh, as long as they don't come out, whether these strongers exist or not makes no difference.

After all, those people have been searching in the void for thousands of years since the Old Dragon Emperor disappeared; who knows how far they've run off.

Even after Zi Yan initially summoned them, those people still hadn't returned to Dragon Island by the time he left Zhongzhou.

Otherwise, the previous time, East Dragon Island could not have been restrained by the other major Dragon Islands.

"Oh, looking at it this way, back then I risked serious injury and killed those Dou Saints of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, and it wasn't in vain."

Upon hearing that the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan's situation is poor, even reduced to being suppressed by a minor branch that he initially didn't pay much attention to, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's complexion improved slightly.

But immediately after, she sighed, her tone becoming somewhat regretful.

"It's just that not being able to kill Zhu Kun back then, letting him escape, is somewhat regrettable."

Lin Feng, hearing this, couldn't help but click his tongue inwardly: this woman, what kind of strength did she possess in life, daring to claim she killed the peak Nine-Star Dou Saint Old Dragon Emperor.

And from her tone, it seems she truly possesses such strength.

"You're very curious about my strength?"

Seeing Lin Feng's expression, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan Chief's fine eyebrows twitched slightly, then she revealed a faint smile.

However, her smile is something anyone can see as being deeply forced.

"Uh, indeed I am curious."

Seeing the former suddenly look over, Lin Feng nodded and then said: "After all, as far as I know, Zhu Kun the Old Dragon Emperor is a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint–level expert; aside from some special circumstances, unless it's a Dou Emperor, probably no one could defeat him."

"Moreover, senior you previously said you consider yourself an Emperor-level expert. But logically, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan also possesses the Heavenly Phoenix bloodline. If you were to break through to Dou Emperor, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix would certainly be able to activate the Dou Emperor bloodline, yet I sense no such Dou Emperor bloodline from my wife."

"Furthermore, the current Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's strongest member is merely a clan chief at the peak of Five-Star Dou Saint; besides that, there are only three Dou Saint–level Supreme Elders, and even the strongest among them is only a Two-Star Dou Saint. No matter how you look at it, they don't seem to be the possessors of the Dou Emperor bloodline of previous generations."

Having said that, Lin Feng took a deep breath and continued: "Furthermore, I am curious as to why I sense on your person an energy that shares the same origin as mine. Previously I thought I possessed Dragon-Phoenix Power, which includes the abilities of the Heavenly Phoenix, hence this feeling. But from the aura you just released, I feel that what I sensed earlier was not the Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, but Dragon-Phoenix Power!"

"And I recall that tens of thousands of years ago, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan also produced a supreme Dragon-Phoenix. Could it be... you, senior?"

Seeing the former's inquiry, Lin Feng simply blurted out all his doubts in one go.

After all, asking bit by bit would take too much time; it would be better to just say everything at once.

As for whether the other party is willing to answer, that is not something he can control.

After all, even combined with Feng'er, he still isn't enough to withstand a single slap from the other party.