Chapter 1109: One Against Three! Zhou Yuanwu Severely Wounded and Flees!

"Holy Emperor! I have already touched the bottleneck!"

Dayangzhou, a massive uninhabited island.

A gigantic avian ferocious beast, hundreds of meters long, landed here.

Its appearance resembled a phoenix, yet it possessed none of that sacred aura—only brutality and coldness.

Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix!

A terrifying race that towers above dragon clans among ferocious beasts!

Across the entire Blue Planet, the Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix clan numbers no more than one hundred individuals.

And it, the king of the Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix clan, a terrifying beast god at Starlight Rank Two.

Yet now, standing at the island's edge, it lowered its towering head, pressing close to the sea surface as if listening.

"The Holy Master has not yet awakened. I permit you to enjoy a feast in advance, to break through your bottleneck.

Ziyou and Emperor Scorpion will accompany you."

A voice, as if rising from the depths of the Nine Heavens' Underworld, echoed from beneath the sea.

"Yes!"

The Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix's crimson eyes glowed faintly; it flapped its wings and vanished into the horizon.

On January 25th, one month later, the southern border of Great Xia.

After Xu Jingming's previous purge of Great Xia's frontline battlefield, the beast tides near the border have greatly diminished.

Many battalions have chosen to withdraw from the frontline to explore domestic wastelands.

At this moment, inside a room of the border fortress.

Zhou Yuanwu, Supreme Councilor of Great Xia, clad in black combat armor, sat cross-legged on the ground, silently cultivating.

A month ago, he learned of the presence of a beast god near the border; upon arriving, he found nothing.

Yet for caution's sake, he remained at the border for a full month and still has not left.

Long after, he opened his eyes and reviewed the intelligence transmitted by his smartbrain.

As the strongest in Great Xia, he not only monitored domestic affairs but also tracked geopolitical shifts in other nations.

"The scale of beast tides abroad is also drastically shrinking; many nations have already withdrawn their armies from the frontline..."

Zhou Yuanwu's brow furrowed slightly upon receiving this news.

Great Xia's retreat was due to Xu Jingming's ruthless slaughter.

But abroad, it was a deliberate withdrawal.

Based on his understanding of ferocious beast nature, once war began, they would never retreat halfway.

"Drawing back the fist to strike harder. This mass retreat by the beasts must be preparation for their next offensive."

Zhou Yuanwu's knuckles tapped lightly on the table, producing a dull sound in the silent cultivation chamber.

As one of the supreme powerhouses who had walked through the early days of Qi resurgence and endured that dark era,

he knew too well the cunning of these beasts—every retreat concealed deadly intent.

The current war scale remains controllable, but if the day comes when these supreme powerhouses and beast gods descend personally,

Zhou Yuanwu's eyes flickered with gloom—this would mean total war, a sea of corpses and blood.

Just as he prepared to close his eyes and resume meditation, suddenly—"Boom!"

The entire cultivation chamber shuddered violently; the teacup on the table shattered into powder.

Zhou Yuanwu's muscles tensed instantly; veins rose like coiled dragons beneath his bronze skin.

He stared fixedly at the desert border beyond the window.

"They truly dare come to Great Xia's border!"

A thunderous roar shook the air, warping space; the explosion-proof glass of the chamber shattered instantly.

Zhou Yuanwu's eyes burned crimson as blood; suffocating killing intent erupted from his body, freezing the air.

"Die!"

Before the words left his lips, his seated form blurred.

His black combat suit tore a lingering shadow through the air, vanishing in an instant.

"That... what is that?"

"Stronger than the Beast Emperor's aura! Could it be... a beast god?"

"Impossible! A beast god should not appear on Great Xia's border!"

"..."

Within the southern border fortress, waves of terrified cries erupted.

There, thousands of meters away, stood a flying ferocious beast hundreds of meters long, its body wreathed in flames, resembling a phoenix.

Though kilometers from the border, its aura affected every psychic within the fortress!

It was a crushing pressure from the level of life itself, instinctively filling them with dread.

"Lei Ting! Why have you appeared on Great Xia's border!"

Zhou Yuanwu's towering figure appeared in midair.

His horns jutted sharply; his exposed skin was covered in crimson scales.

His enhancement-type divine-beast SS-class psychic ability—Crimson Blood Battle Qilin—had been pushed to its absolute limit!

Zhou Yuanwu's voice boomed like spring thunder, confronting the distant beast.

Lei Ting was the title of this beast god.

It belonged to the Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix clan of ferocious beasts.

And this Bloodflame Wrath Phoenix was a mutant within its clan, possessing imperial-tier potential.

In human terms, that would be a human with an SSS-tier ability.

Ever since he first broke through to the Supreme level, Zhou Yuanwu had clashed with Feihuang, killing each other in battle.

Decades ago, after the peace agreement between humans and ferocious beasts was signed, they had not been seen again.

He never expected this opponent would now appear at the border of Daya.

And now, its aura was clearly on the same level as his—Starlight Stage Two!

"Zhou Yuanwu, we meet again."

Feihuang stared at Zhou Yuanwu, its shrill voice causing the surrounding space to tremble.

"Answer my question."

Zhou Yuanwu looked at Feihuang. "According to the peace agreement, you beast gods should not appear within any nation's border territory."

"Since you've decided to act, stop wasting time with him."

Suddenly, a roar echoed—a beast over a hundred meters tall.

A massive monkey covered in purple fur stepped through empty air, leaping from the distant horizon.

"You're right. Don't waste time."

At that moment, another voice sounded—the desert churned.

A giant scorpion, hundreds of meters long, erupted from the ground, its eyes glowing blood-red with bloodlust.

"Ziyou, Diexie..." Zhou Yuanwu's expression darkened.

These two beast gods, like him, had walked through the early days of Yuan energy revival.

Their strength was extremely formidable; ferocity and brutality were their very names.

Yet now, the aura these two ferocious beasts displayed was still only Starlight Stage One.

But one Starlight Stage Two paired with two Starlight Stage One beasts had already exceeded his capacity to handle!

Yet he could not retreat, for behind him lay the territory of Daya!

"One Starlight Stage Two, two Starlight Stage One!

Good, good, good—I'll see just how you plan to deal with me!

Kill!!"

With a thunderous roar,

Zhou Yuanwu, gripping his battle blade, surged with boiling blood qi, charging fearlessly toward the three beast gods!

"Pathetic human. Overestimating yourself."

A piercing phoenix cry rang out—Feihuang opened its massive beak and spat a terrifying flame reaching tens of millions of degrees Celsius.

On the ground, Ziyou and Diexie struck simultaneously!

Boom—Boom—Boom—!!

Zhou Yuanwu clashed with the three beast gods—flames and blood qi intertwined, the earth trembled, the sky moaned.

The battle between Supremes moved faster than lightning; in less than a minute, Zhou Yuanwu had clashed thousands upon thousands of times with these three beast gods!

Whoosh—

Suddenly, a brilliant blade of light pierced heaven and earth.

Amidst agonized screams, Ziyou's mountain-sized head crashed down.

Blood gushed forth—a torrent of blood rain rained from the sky!

This Starlight Stage One beast god had just had its head severed by a single slash from Zhou Yuanwu!

Yet Zhou Yuanwu's condition was far from good.

He was drenched in blood, his aura noticeably weakened from before.

To kill Ziyou, he had just taken multiple direct hits from Feihuang and Diexie.

"How dare you kill Ziyou? You seek death!"

Feihuang's phoenix eyes burned with endless rage—the flames swirling around it surged in temperature by more than one level!

"I am already severely wounded; my indestructible substance has been depleted by more than half. If I keep fighting, I will surely die!

Moreover, their target does not seem to be Daya—it is me..."

Zhou Yuanwu's gaze turned icy, countless thoughts swirling in his mind.

Based on his understanding of ferocious beasts, he reached a conclusion in an instant.

Feihuang was about to break through from Starlight Stage Two to Starlight Stage Three—but had hit a bottleneck.

It intended to break through by consuming his flesh and blood.

After all, for ferocious beasts, humans were undoubtedly the finest medicine.

"If that's the case, then I must escape even more urgently.

And I cannot flee toward Daya's territory.

Otherwise, if the beast gods attack a city, the damage will still be catastrophic..."

Thinking this, he no longer hesitated.

His entire blood qi erupted violently, shooting into the sky like a crimson lightning bolt!

Blood Shadow Escape Technique!

Not a combat technique—but a secret art!

When activated, it burns all blood qi in a short time, multiplying flight speed manyfold!

Though afterward it leaves him in a dangerously weak state, it remains a last-resort survival tactic.

But Feihuang is an avian ferocious beast—its flight speed far exceeds that of human Supremes at the same stage!

Even using Blood Shadow Escape Technique, escape is not guaranteed.

But he had no other choice; even if the odds were nine deaths and one life, he could only fight with all his might!

"Trying to escape? You won't get away!"

The Flying Phoenix's eyes turned crimson; it flared its wings and shot forward like a phantom.

The Emperor Scorpion also plunged into the ground and raced swiftly in that direction.

Meanwhile, within the border fortress, the psychics had already notified the National Council the moment the two sides clashed.