Chapter 232: Small Dignity Suffered a Severe Blow

"It really is this fellow." West of Mount Buzhou, Tian Yuan gazed at the Undying Volcano, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Because of the matter regarding Dijiang, he had come to the Western Abyss once again to investigate.

The moment the Undying Volcano erupted, Tian Yuan felt it clearly. He then used the will of Mount Buzhou to hold back the violent flames, giving the group of the Demon Race time to escape.

Only, upon seeing Di Jun head over, Tian Yuan had no intention of revealing himself.

Presumably, Di Jun at this moment was even more curious than he was about the situation inside the Undying Volcano.

Long ago, when a dragon roared beneath Kunlun Mountain and Zulong appeared in the Consciousness Space, he had guessed that the flames of the Southern Land were nine times out of ten related to Yuanfeng.

He had not expected that this other protagonist of the Dragon-Han Calamity had indeed not completely perished.

Looking at the current state, the source of the Southern Land's flames was undoubtedly Yuanfeng.

Perhaps as long as Yuanfeng was dealt with, the Southern flames could be completely eliminated.

The Northern Earth Veins would be completely cleared in a few days, and the Western Region was already under control; the next priority was the Southern Land.

Tian Yuan had never forgotten the matter of the Southern Earth Veins, but he had been busy with the Heavenly Dome Stars recently.

Now that Di Jun had stepped forward, it was for the best; after all, the Great Sun Golden Flame was the ancestor of all fires.

Having the opportunity to reduce the hidden danger of the Undying Volcano while also slowly pulling Di Jun onto his own warship could be called killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether Di Jun could handle Yuanfeng well, Tian Yuan was not particularly concerned.

If the Southern flames could be completely eliminated, that would be best; even if not, he would just take time to go there later.

Sensing that there were no more flames spewing from the Undying Volcano, Tian Yuan did not observe further and plunged into the Abyss.

The South had broken Earth Veins; even if an accident occurred, Mount Buzhou could sense it immediately.

This was the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, and the power of Mount Buzhou was far stronger than he himself.

Tian Yuan paid no heed, but Di Jun, who had landed on the mountaintop, stared at the Undying Volcano before him with shock and suspicion in his eyes.

Rolling black flames rose, with silver lightning occasionally slithering through; the entire Undying Volcano radiated an aura of chaos and violence.

"What exactly happened inside?" Di Jun's face was somber, his eyes full of confusion.

This was clearly the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space; it was one thing that Yuanfeng had not perished, but how could she appear here?

Moreover, at this moment, a dense Chaos Qi emanated from the Undying Volcano.

Wangshu frowned and said softly, "These Southern flames look strange. I went to the Undying Volcano, but not long after I entered, I startled that Yuanfeng, and immediately this scene appeared before me."

As she spoke, Wangshu briefly recounted what had just happened.

As for why Di Jun appeared here, she tactfully did not ask.

From Baize, Di Jun already knew that Tian Yuan's purpose in capturing the ten Little Golden Crows was to clear these Southern flames.

Wangshu coming here was certainly not just out of curiosity as she claimed.

Looking at the current situation, the source of the flames beneath this land was the Undying Volcano.

If this trouble could be resolved on this trip, Changxi and the others could leave this space, which could be considered fulfilling the duties of the former Demon Emperor.

Perhaps Di Jun just wanted to display some of the Demon Emperor's strength before the people of the Demon Court.

As for himself, if Tian Yuan could not fully master the Heavenly Dao Will, he was afraid it would be tough.

Thinking this, Di Jun did not hesitate in the slightest and stepped directly toward the Undying Volcano.

In the past, Pangu performed the Opening of Heaven, setting the Four Primordial Elements of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, stabilizing the Primordial space, and the Four Primordial Elements gradually evolved into the postnatal Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

And in the process of evolution, the Four Primordial Elements merged and infected each other, giving birth to the three Chaos Divine Beasts: Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shiqilin.

The fire mastered by Yuanfeng was truly remarkable, not at all inferior to his Great Sun Golden Flame, which also made Di Jun very curious.

Seeing Di Jun head over, Wangshu in the air immediately followed.

Whether to help Changxi, Xihe, and the others, or to assist Tian Yuan, Wangshu had absolute reasons to go.

Worthy of being a Three-Legged Golden Crow born in the Sun Star, Di Jun, striding out, opened his mouth and inhaled fiercely.

The flames burning on the surface of the mountain were all drawn into his mouth, and even those streaks of lightning were swallowed into his belly.

The Undying Volcano, which had been rolling with black flames, suddenly revealed scarred rocks.

However, before Di Jun could rejoice, he heard a shrill cry from the mountain, and the Undying Volcano before him let out a booming sound.

From those pitted caves, surging black flames erupted, and even more pitch-black Fire Snakes darted out, pouncing and biting toward Di Jun.

The fire in the mountain did not diminish; instead, it showed a trend of becoming even more intense.

To Di Jun, this was undoubtedly a provocation.

Di Jun did not make any further moves; he took a step and headed straight for the center of the Undying Volcano.

The temperature all around grew higher and higher; Di Jun's expression began to turn grave, and the incoming Chaos Qi became increasingly thick.

Hissing sounds were constant all around; those Fire Snakes that pounced and collided with the Great Sun Golden Flame were all vaporized on the spot, turning into black smoke.

As for Wangshu behind him, she had long been shrouded in dense Lunar Power.

She dared not be like Di Jun, who only draped a layer of Great Sun Golden Flame over his body.

As he walked, Di Jun raised his gaze slightly, a flash of doubt in his eyes.

The temperature of the flames grew stronger, the Chaos Qi became denser, and the surrounding energy became increasingly irritable, faintly revealing a sense of madness.

This violent aura transmitted seemed even more exaggerated than that of the Ancestral Witch of the past.

The Ancestral Witch had a weak Primordial Spirit and absorbed Opening Heaven Turbid Qi, which was why they became mad and violent, but Yuanfeng was different.

The other party was a Chaos Divine Beast, born even before the various Innate Sacred.

Earlier, Di Jun thought the other party appeared mad and irritable because they were suppressed, but now in close contact, it was clearly not that simple.

This kind of violence had no specificity; it was a chaotic agitation.

It had no purpose, but was like Chaos itself, an instinctual fluctuation that did not target anyone.

With a somber face, Di Jun looked toward Wangshu beside him.

Wangshu shook her head and replied softly, "I don't know either; I only vaguely saw a gigantic divine bird before being forced out of the mountain by that terrifying power."

Lunar and solar are mutually complementary, yet one could also say they are naturally opposed.

Within a mountain body shrouded in raging flames, she was truly like a drop of cold water in fire; she was simply too conspicuous.

As they moved forward, Wangshu did not know if Yuanfeng was venting the energy within her body or if she had been attracted by the majority of the firepower from Di Jun, but it was indeed much easier than before.

Hearing this, Di Jun did not speak further; one would know the specifics once they entered the depths of the Undying Volcano.

As they continued to advance, the scorched black rocks transformed into dark magma, flowing through the air all around, looking incomparably strange.

Looking up, the top could no longer be seen, only an endless expanse of black magma ahead.

That the mountain contained its own space was within Di Jun's expectations, but this scene truly exceeded his expectations by a wide margin.

Before the flames had erupted, he had looked upon the Southern Land more than once; it was red like a pillar, dyeing even the firmament a deep, crimson red.

Yet why, after the Undying Volcano erupted with flames once, had it become this state? With the Undying Volcano as the center, it had turned almost entirely black from the outside in.

Inside this mountain body, it was even more exaggerated; what flowed was all pitch-black magma, looking like a black sea at a single glance.

During the Dragon Han First Tribulation, he had already manifested his form and had once seen Yuanfeng fight from afar.

The flames that the other party wielded were not like this current situation.

With a grim face, Di Jun did not speak, and Wangshu behind him also remained silent; the two of them moved one after the other, darting toward the direction from which the powerful fluctuations originated.

Finally, Di Jun heard a crisp cry.

In the depths of that seemingly endless black sea, a massive divine bird opened its beak and cried out.

Its wings, which blotted out the sky and sun, flapped repeatedly, and every time they shook, terrifying energy rippled out.

It was precisely the divine bird Di Jun had just seen, the former leader of the Phoenix Clan—Yuanfeng.

Yet, facing the appearance of Di Jun and Wangshu, Yuanfeng had no reaction, still just flapping her wings on her own, releasing terrifying energy.

"Demon Emperor! This Yuanfeng?" Wangshu looked at the figure in the distance, her eyes filled with astonishment.

Earlier, she had thought that entering would inevitably lead to a great battle, but who would have known the other party would ignore them entirely.

"Wait here, I will go closer to take a look!" Di Jun instructed softly, then leaped and flew straight toward Yuanfeng.

Both were Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals, so they naturally saw Yuanfeng's abnormality at a glance.

Although Di Jun very much wanted to exchange blows with Yuanfeng, his trip was for the purpose of eliminating the southern flames, so official business had to come first.

The Lunar Power on Wangshu was too thick; to avoid provoking the other party, it was more convenient for him to go alone.

Wangshu nodded and did not object; standing still in place, her eyes curiously watched that figure in the distance.

As he continued to approach, Di Jun felt Yuanfeng's strangeness all the more.

Without consciousness shrouding the area, the other party seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep; the crying and wing-flapping were merely instinctive actions.

"Could it just be a phantom?" Di Jun muttered, but he felt that was impossible.

The aura currently emanating from Yuanfeng was not at all below his own; she was definitely a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

With such strength from just a phantom, it would be impossible for her to be trapped and guarded within the Undying Volcano.

Yet, facing his appearance, the other party remained indifferent, which left Di Jun quite puzzled.

With the cultivation of a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, how terrifying would her Divine Sense be? The land shrouded in flames south of Mount Buzhou should all be her domain; there was no reason she could not perceive them.

Watching Yuanfeng, who was close at hand and motionless, only slowly vibrating her wings, Di Jun was instead at a loss for how to respond for a moment.

When he entered, he had thought of countless possibilities, but never this situation before him.

He was no longer the Demon Emperor of the past, and furthermore, the person before him was the leader of one of the former Primordial Three Clans. Di Jun cupped his hands and said respectfully, "Di Jun pays his respects to Senior Yuanfeng!"

In the dark void, there was only the sound of wings cutting through the flowing magma; Yuanfeng did not respond at all.

After a long while, the frowning Di Jun hesitated for a moment and approached Yuanfeng once more.

The other party could not communicate, so he could only study her at close range; perhaps he could learn of her situation.

But just as he came within ten thousand meters of Yuanfeng, two red eyes suddenly shot out from the pitch-black magma, piercing through the entire world.

Whoosh! A heaven-shaking sound came, and suddenly the massive divine bird's wings flashed violently.

Waves, surging waves swept over, accompanied by terrifying Chaos power.

Within the pitch-black magma, Earth Wind Water Fire and Chaos thunder surged over, wanting to ravage the entire space.

"Not good!" Di Jun cried out in alarm at the first moment.

Although the surging energy was terrifying, it naturally could not harm him, but it would definitely affect the Southern Land of Mount Buzhou.

Di Jun did not know what had happened to Yuanfeng, but he did not hesitate in the slightest; dazzling Great Sun Golden Flame surged forth, rolling toward the rippling energy.

It would have been fine if Di Jun had not acted, but once he did, Yuanfeng, who was floating in the magma, cried out even more loudly, and her pair of wings began to flap frantically.

Waves rose one higher than the next, and infinite, terrifying energy emerged.

They were not targeting Di Jun; they were still, just as before, frantically venting toward the surroundings.

"Quick! Block it! Block it!" Di Jun shouted toward his rear.

The scene before him completely exceeded his imagination; he had originally thought to completely eliminate the flames of the Southern Land, but looking at the situation now, it seemed he might have added fuel to the south.

The energy Yuanfeng unleashed rippled out radially, and he simply could not block it all.

Moreover, this was the other party's home turf; how could Di Jun withstand it?

Watching from afar, Wangshu's body instantly surged with brilliant silver moonlight, which rolled toward Yuanfeng at the center, covering the sky and earth.

If one wanted to fundamentally block the power Yuanfeng was releasing, the most direct method was naturally to trap and suppress the other party.

Wangshu understood this, and Di Jun was equally clear about it.

The golden Great Sun Golden Flame, like two waves of fire, wrapped around Yuanfeng from left and right.

Seeming to perceive the situation outside, Yuanfeng flapped her wings faster and faster, completely disregarding the consumption of energy.

"What exactly is this fellow trying to do?" Looking at the scene before him, Di Jun became even more confused.

His and Wangshu's intentions were already very obvious, but Yuanfeng still did not target them, continuing to release energy by instinct.

Boom-rumble sounds echoed; in such an environment, how difficult it would be to trap Yuanfeng in a short time.

The Great Sun Golden Flame unleashed by Di Jun, along with the Lunar Power surging from Wangshu, were pitted and scarred in the blink of an eye.

Terrifying energy surged along those pits and holes in all directions, disappearing from the sight of the two.

Meanwhile, Yuanfeng, spreading wings and dancing in the air, still did not stop.

In the blink of an eye, the magical power unleashed by the two was scattered and broken, with little remaining.

Di Jun's expression was somewhat unsightly; he had struck with all his might, yet he could not even withstand Yuanfeng's unconscious attack.

Although he was deep within the Undying Volcano, Di Jun could still guess the situation in the Southern Land at this moment.

After being baptized by these many energies, the burning flames were likely even more intense.

It was possible that the energy leaking from Yuanfeng would even burn all the way to Mount Buzhou.

Having suffered a great loss at the hands of Tian Yuan, Di Jun was already feeling vexed, hoping to regain some face in the Southern Land, but he had not expected it to turn into this situation.

This made the highly prideful Di Jun feel somewhat ashamed and angry deep down.

This was the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space; it was impossible for Tian Yuan not to know about the abnormal movements of the Undying Volcano.

The fact that the other party had not appeared might have been intended to let him show off, but Di Jun was very dissatisfied with this result.

But before Di Jun could strike, Yuanfeng cried out again before him, and accompanied by a surging, tumultuous force of Chaos, it completely extinguished the attacks of the two.

Di Jun's expression became somewhat unsightly! (End of this chapter)