Chapter 985

That's right, if there are no other special circumstances, on this Dou Qi continent where Dou Emperors have disappeared, the peak of nine-star Dou Saint is indeed invincible, but unfortunately I am that special circumstance.

Speaking, the Tianhuang clan chief gave a proud smile: "Because, in my lifetime I already used source energy to baptize my flesh once, with the help of this source energy, I surpassed the Dou Saint realm, almost half a foot stepped into the Dou Emperor realm."

No wonder!

Upon hearing the explanation, Lin Feng suddenly understood, yet couldn't help feeling extremely shocked.

If the other party was alive, even the Soul Heaven Emperor seeing them would probably just turn and run.

Meanwhile, Phoenix'er beside him, upon hearing the other's words, her pretty face also surged with intense shock.

Since she learned that the other was the last chief of the Tianhuang clan, she had thought the other was an eight-star, or even nine-star Dou Saint level expert.

But upon hearing that the other had already half-stepped into the Dou Emperor realm in life, she was still shocked to the point of not knowing what to say.

And while Lin Feng and Phoenix'er were in shock, the Tianhuang clan chief's voice continued to echo in this sky.

"As for why you feel a familiar aura on my body, I think it's because of the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline."

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng froze a moment, then somewhat uncertainly said: "Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, senior, you mean you also devoured the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit?"

"That's not the case."

Regarding the other's question, the Tianhuang clan chief shook his head, denying his guess.

"However, since you have previously come into contact with the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, you should know that this thing not only enhances one's strength, but also possesses the strange effect of altering bloodlines."

"My father, he is the true Supreme Dragon-Phoenix that evolved by using the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit; as for me, I merely inherited some Dragon-Phoenix bloodline from my father after that. However, I cannot compare to the first generation."

"But because the effect of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit is far inferior to that of the Dou Emperor bloodline, therefore the Dragon-Phoenix bloodline in my body is also not very strong. Moreover, because my father, before I was born, already perished together with the other Supreme Dragon-Phoenix, Chu Li's elder brother, completely falling. Therefore, therefore this Dragon-Phoenix power is entirely my own comprehension."

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of realization.

No wonder he previously felt waves of familiar sensation from the other's body; it turns out this is the reason.

However, upon hearing that the other's father and Chu Kun's elder brother were Supreme Dragon-Phoenixes, Lin Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of intense shock.

Because if what the other said is true, then this Tianhuang clan chief would actually be a generation younger than Chu Kun.

But in terms of strength, however, this Tianhuang clan chief is even superior by a notch.

At the same time, that Tianhuang clan chief continued: "However, perhaps due to the enhancement of Dragon-Phoenix power, plus my own outstanding talent and the Tianhuang clan's resource bias, in just over a thousand years I rapidly grew to the peak of Dou Saint."

Speaking to this point, the other's tone also carried a hint of bitterness.

"And like other Dou Saint peak experts at that time, I also encountered the problem of being unable to break through to Dou Emperor due to depleted source energy."

Hiss!

Upon hearing the other's words filled with bitterness, Lin Feng and Phoenix'er simultaneously inhaled a cold breath.

In a thousand years, the other had all the way grown to the Dou Saint peak realm; such speed could be called ten thousand years, no, a once-in-a-hundred-thousand-years occurrence.

After all, a thousand years for a magic beast, if compared to humans, is roughly equivalent to over a hundred years.

And in such a short time, those able to cultivate to Dou Saint peak would likely overwhelm Soul Heaven Emperor and Xiao Xuan and their few companions!

But immediately after, Lin Feng curiously asked: "Senior, where does your source energy come from?"

What I snatched from the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's hand, back then I took advantage of the moment when he was breaking through to Dou Emperor, using my spatial talent, I flashed out from the void, and then using my speed talent, I snatched a few strands of the primal emperor qi entwined around him.

However, because he was about to step into Dou Emperor at that time, plus that flame formed from the fusion of twenty-two different fires, the Emperor Flame, which was extremely difficult to deal with, although I successfully snatched those primal emperor qi back then, I also suffered heavy injuries.

While speaking, the Phoenix clan chief's tone also carried a hint of lingering fear.

Obviously, the situation back then must have been extremely perilous.

But immediately after, her gaze turned to Lin Feng, her lips moving slightly: 'However, the strange fire on your body resembles the flames on that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's body to some extent. However, due to my missing memory, I can't quite recall it. I only know that it is very similar, really very similar.'

As she spoke, a look of confusion appeared on her face.

That appearance was just like a student struggling with a difficult math problem and unable to solve it.

However, Lin Feng and Feng'er completely failed to notice her following sentence.

In their minds, several large characters kept echoing repeatedly.

'She snatched the primal emperor qi from the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor; she snatched something from an expert who had almost stepped into the Dou Emperor realm.'

'How dare she do that?'

At this moment, Lin Feng couldn't even be bothered with the Burning Scripture; his mind held only those few words, endlessly looping.

And after the Phoenix clan chief thought for a long time and found no answer in her mind, she chose to give up and continued to talk to herself.

'After I snatched those primal soul qi, my injuries were too severe, so left with no choice, I could only take the sole ninth-grade golden pill available in the clan at that time.'

'With the help of the immense medicinal power of that golden pill, I also successfully suppressed my injuries temporarily. Immediately after, I hastily entered seclusion to begin healing.'

Upon hearing that she had taken a ninth-grade golden pill, Lin Feng and Feng'er showed no further astonishment.

After all, they had become numb from repeated shocks.

But soon, the Phoenix clan chief's voice echoed once again across this sky.

'However, after I left seclusion, I learned from my subordinates that over a hundred years had passed since the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's breakthrough to Dou Emperor. And after his breakthrough, he refined an emperor-grade pill, causing a tremendous commotion that drew the attention of nearly the entire continent.'

'However, just as the pill was about to be successfully refined, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor abruptly halted the process, then vanished without a trace; even some peak Dou Saint experts who personally investigated came up empty-handed.'

Upon saying this, a hint of doubt appeared on her face.

After all, the disappearance of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor back then was truly too strange.

It seemed as if he no longer existed in this world.

Of course, she didn't understand what was going on, but Lin Feng beside her had it all figured out.

He knew that after the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor left behind the Place: Gu Di Dong Fu, he opened a passage and went to Da Qian Shijie.

However, he had no intention of saying those things.

Immediately afterward, he shifted her attention, asking: 'Senior, what about afterwards? Did the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor leave behind any treasures?'

'There is, but I didn't know that at the time, so I never thought about this aspect. Moreover, after a thousand years of smooth sailing, I believe that even if I obtained only one-third of the source qi normally needed to break through to Dou Emperor, I could still create a miracle, leap over the barrier in one go, and enter the Dou Emperor realm that no one has entered for a long time.'

'Therefore, I initially had Tianyin monitor the movements of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan to prevent them from causing trouble, and then I entered seclusion again, using that source qi to break through to Dou Emperor.'

Upon hearing the name Tianyin again, Lin Feng raised his eyebrows and secretly thought: 'When she goes into seclusion, she will likely entrust the clan's affairs to that person named Tianyin; presumably her status is also extremely high, her strength enough to make the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan wary—could she be an Elder or the Black Nirvana King of the ancient clan?'

However, seeing that the former was still speaking, he hastily suppressed the doubts in his heart and let the former continue speaking.

"As for the result of my breakthrough to Dou Emperor, you already know from before—it ultimately failed."

Upon saying this, the woman gave a bitter laugh and then continued to explain slowly.

"At that time, I had just used source qi to cleanse my body once, and I was shocked to discover that the source qi I had gathered had almost been completely depleted!"

Left with no alternative, even though I knew my body might not withstand the unique fighting qi of a Dou Emperor expert, I had no choice but to take a gamble, abandon further cleansing of my body, and use the remaining source qi to forcibly break through the realm.

But unfortunately, the remaining source qi ultimately failed to push me into the Dou Emperor realm. At the final point of the breakthrough, that source qi was completely exhausted, and my fighting qi, which had been elevated halfway, was also forced to stop, stuck there.

Upon saying this, the tone of the Tianhuang clan leader that day became extremely unwilling.

The expression on his/her face at this moment was both like crying and like laughing, making it impossible to fathom.

Damn it, at that time I was just lacking a bit of source qi; otherwise, I would definitely have succeeded!

Why, even though the clansmen's bloodlines had begun to mutate, it suddenly stopped!

Why, even though everyone's Dou Emperor bloodlines had begun to appear, they then stopped being activated!

Why, even though my clansmen had already begun to have Dou Emperor bloodlines, but because my breakthrough stopped, the result was only some half-abandoned Dou Emperor bloodlines; the weak ones gained a little improvement, but the strength of the clansmen in the Dou Zun realm could not be improved at all—why..

At this moment, the Tianhuang clan leader that day seemed to be trapped in some kind of obsession, constantly murmuring the three words 'why'.

The expression on her face seemed to be blaming herself, wondering why she hadn't been able to break through successfully in one go.