Chapter 87: Comprehending the Kunpeng Precious Technique (Part 1)

At the bottom of the Hua Mo Cave, the area was a verdant green, much like a realm of the dead; it was eerie and chilling, enough to make one's heart palpitate.

In an instant, phantom images of living beings glowing with green light appeared, one after another, emerging like ghosts from beyond the grave.

Some resembled dragons and phoenixes, others looked like Gluttonous Beasts or Qiongqi, while some were Yazi or Taowu, and there were even ancient fierce birds like the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow...

Clearly, these beings were all titans in their lifetimes, capable of slaughtering hundreds of millions of lives with a mere gesture, causing Heaven and Earth to tremble.

Yet they were all dead now, merely manifesting as residual phantom images.

These ancient fierce birds had all been slain by the Kunpeng in life, and now only their lingering obsessions remained, gathering and manifesting here like ghosts.

But that was all; aside from their massive, ferocious, and intimidating physical manifestations, there was nothing else. The terrifying power they possessed in life had long since vanished completely, so they posed no threat to Mengchen and the others.

The world at the bottom of the cave was deep and secluded, with a tunnel extending horizontally into the distance; Mengchen and his companions groped their way forward along the path.

Although the phantom images of these ancient beings posed no threat to them, the roaring of thousands of these ancient phantoms still made their scalps tingle uncontrollably.

So many ancient fierce birds had all been slain by the Kunpeng; from these vast and numerous phantom images, one could see just how powerful the Kunpeng had been back then.

Looking at these ancient fierce birds, any one of them, if alive, would be an existence capable of dominating these Xia Jie Bayu.

"Roar..."

A flood dragon opened its mouth to roar; it was unknown how many miles long it was, and its terrifying, blood-stained maw reeked with a foul stench as it exhaled toward them, the horrific aura making one tremble.

"Ah..."

With a long cry, a Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, carrying a sky-covering green radiance, knocked down star after star; following this, it shook its wings and body, its wings tearing through layers of gale as it dove down, also flying toward them.

"Awoo..."

A lightning dog, its entire body wreathed in electric light, brought down a single claw, causing an ancient mountain to instantly disintegrate; it was terrifyingly monstrous as it fixed its gaze here.

Mengchen and the others were incredibly shocked; these were only phantom images, yet they were so lifelike, showing just how powerful they must have been in life...

As they ventured deeper, the phantom images they passed shocked them even more, making them feel as if their souls were turning cold, their hearts filled with extreme tension.

What kind of glorious and terrifying era was that?

Thousands of ancient fierce birds and strange beasts, so many powerhouses, yet they all perished here, leaving behind only a phantom image.

That was a true era of ten thousand powerhouses contending for supremacy, an era that shook Heaven and Earth!

Looking at it now, this Hua Mo Cave could be called a graveyard, a graveyard prepared by the Kunpeng for all its enemies back then.

Walking inward, Mengchen and the others were almost becoming numb, deeply feeling the power of the Kunpeng; along the way, green light and ghost fires flickered, various divine birds and fierce beasts wailed, and the ground was covered in pure white powder.

This powder was the skeletal remains of these beings, all turned into this white dust after the Kunpeng had drained them of their Runes and Divine Power.

Perhaps only a supreme existence like the ancient Kunpeng could have ground these terrifying ancient fierce birds and strange beasts down to this state!

In short, the green-lit, eerie cave was like ten thousand demons roaring, filled with unwillingness.

As they went deeper, Runes began to light up along the way; that kind of pressure was enough to crush everything and could cause a Venerable to perish.

The Vajra Pestle on Mengchen's chest emitted a golden light, as if resonating with these Runes; it floated up in response, and the pressure dissipated, the Runes returning to calm.

Reaching the end, Mengchen and the others finally arrived at the end of the Hua Mo Cave.

There was not a single sound or roar here; the various ancient fierce bird and beast phantoms encountered earlier were not visible here, and it was very quiet.

A pair of stone doors stood in front, blocking their path.

Mengchen stepped forward, raised his hand, and gave a light push; it opened with ease, which left him feeling quite surprised.

He had experienced just how difficult the previous stone doors were to open. The moment he touched the stone door, although terrifying Runes were faintly flickering, they hid themselves again following the bursts of golden light emitted by the Vajra Pestle on his chest, showing no murderous intent.

After crossing into the stone doors, the atmosphere here became completely different; the previous gloom and eerie aura vanished.

It became bright and brilliant, a sacred aura rushing to meet them, like a divine treasure land, forming a polar contrast with the outside of the stone doors.

As soon as Mengchen and the others entered, they immediately felt a monstrous pressure that made their bodies feel as if they were about to split, every bone in their bodies crackling.

But as they drove their Divine Power to resist and adapt, they were able to slowly move deeper.

This was a grand stone chamber, and in the center was a Blood Pool; the Blood Pool was bright red and dazzling, and what was inside—whether it was blood or something else—was as scorching as boiling magma, with sacred heat steaming toward them.

Occasionally, golden rays shot out from the Blood Pool, and black light diffused; those were Kunpeng Runes, so powerful that even this Heaven and Earth trembled, boundless and terrifying.

"Kunpeng Rune!"

Mengchen and Shi Hao exclaimed; as soon as they saw it, they knew this must be the legendary peerless precious technique Rune.

Because they had both held that Kunpeng Treasure Bone; although the Runes on the treasure bone were not as numerous as those appearing here, that familiar feeling was particularly strong.

Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, and Maoqiu, who had jumped off Shi Hao's shoulder, were deeply astonished; they looked at the Runes shooting out from the Blood Pool, their expressions shocked—was this the Kunpeng Precious Technique?

Time passed slowly, and finally, they adapted to the pressure here, no longer needing Divine Power to resist.

With a splash, a mass of Runes mixed with golden light and black light surged up from the Blood Pool.

At a certain moment, the two types of Runes instantly reorganized and separated, as if Yin and Yang complementing each other; half of the golden Runes surged up as if to tear the void apart, while half of the black Runes aligned together as if forming a terrifying black abyss.

Afterward, the profound Runes of two colors began to evolve; the golden Runes quickly combined to form a Kunpeng, and the black Runes combined to evolve into a large black fish.

The two Supreme ancient birds composed of symbols were as if they had life, looking down upon all gods, suppressing the ancient times, majestic to the extreme.

"Kunpeng... the inheritance is actually like this!"

Mengchen and Shi Hao were shocked; all the Runes of the precious technique had been refined and hidden in this steaming Blood Pool, capable of reappearing and reorganizing at a critical moment.

"Splash..."

The sound had texture; all the symbols sank into the Blood Pool to reorganize, turning into a large black fish, then subsequently turning into a dazzling Kunpeng, each rising and falling there, the spectacle astonishing.

For a moment, Mengchen and Shi Hao were stunned.

This was a truly flawless divine ability; standing there, they comprehended the various changes just now, constantly evolving and imitating, and in an instant, it felt as if a thousand or a hundred years had passed.

Just like that, they stood before the Blood Pool, deeply obsessed for a time, as if petrified; they had fallen into a deep state of Dao-comprehension, sensing the various changes.

Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, and Maoqiu, the three of them watched the Runes, but they had the feeling of reading a heavenly book; they could never grasp the essence, and once they reached a certain level of comprehension, they could go no further.

Not until a long time later, following a soft "hum" sound from the Blood Pool, did the mass of Runes mixed with golden light and black light fly out again, and only then did Mengchen and Shi Hao wake up.

The two-colored Runes evolved and danced there, turning into light rain, turning into a Kunpeng covered in golden feathers, howling in the void, spreading its wings, rising and falling, the laws fully revealed.

At this moment, it was as if the Heaven Domain and Earth Domain were rumbling, with the sound of the Dao never ceasing.

Just like the creation of the world, wisps of chaotic Qi appeared.

The Rune contained the secrets of the heavens; as it flowed, curtains of stars descended, and one massive planet after another appeared, revolving around the Kunpeng evolved from the Rune, moving with a rumble and emitting a booming sound.

The scene was too shocking, as if a Supreme divine bird stood tall in the universe, and the four poles of this Heaven Domain and Earth Domain, along with every great star, all revolved around it and were born because of it.

In the eyes of the Kunpeng, endless years were slipping away; with a single glance, seas turned into mulberry fields, a hundred generations rose and fell, and eternity passed away.

(End of this chapter)