Chapter 535 - 534

Is Li Jing acting as a diversion for the Blue Phoenix?

Of course not.

He is indeed diverting the "firepower".

But not for the Blue Phoenix, but for the Essence Source.

He has no choice.

If he does not suppress the evil aura, countless remnant souls that dare not approach him would instead head for Blue Phoenix and others who have ventured into the Burial Immortal Land.

His heavenly tribulation is "salvaging" the remnant souls in the Burial Immortal Land at an extraordinarily high efficiency.

No matter if it’s the Venerable Realm or above, one blow takes out one.

Who could stand this?

If he does not find a solution, where can he get more Essence Source?

Once the evil aura was suppressed, Li Jing no longer had any protection.

Under the siege of countless remnant souls, he was in a lot of distress.

The remnant souls who had lost all their intelligence had no fancy tricks.

They could only gnaw or scratch with their hands...

This may seem simple, but their attacks were directly aimed at the Primordial Spirit and then produced corresponding effects on his physical body in a strange way.

Feeling the furious onslaught from the remnant souls, Li Jing finally understood.

Why Jin Ritian, a divine beast of the Emperor Level with an incredibly strong physical body, would be torn an arm off alive by a group of remnant souls.

No matter how strong the physical body is, it is completely defenseless in front of these remnant souls.

Li Jing’s Primordial Spirit is strong.

But not to the level of Jin Ritian.

In terms of physical body, he is also inferior.

After all, humans are not only divine beasts but also Emperor level strong ones.

The reason why he can withstand the frenzied attack of the remnant souls at this moment is mainly because the heavenly tribulations constantly falling on him are eliminating the remnant souls trying to attack him like mowing grass.

This heavenly tribulation, to be honest, he both loves and hates it.

He loves it because the baptism of the heavenly tribulation continuously strengthens his physical body and Primordial Spirit, and also protects him from being torn apart by the remnant souls.

What he hates is that the efficiency of the heavenly tribulation’s "superiority" is too damn high.

A thunderbolt strikes, and a large area of remnant souls is killed...

This...

These are all Essence Sources!

Without time to lament, Li Jing quickly formed spell formulas with his hands, and in just a few seconds, he completed the Spell Formula for the Nine Heavens God Thunder.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise.

A golden thunderbolt that was thick enough to make one’s hair stand on end pierced through the gloomy skies and swallowed up Li Jing along with it.

At the same time.

Thanks to Li Jing discarding the protection of the evil aura and drawing the fire, the Blue Phoenix and others who were under less pressure successfully made their way to where the Fire Phoenix was.

The Fire Phoenix at this time was still in a state of confusion.

However, upon seeing the Blue Phoenix.

The Fire Phoenix did not attack her, nor did it attack Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan who were approaching with her.

There was an unexpected sound of thunder from behind.

Without thinking, the Blue Phoenix and others turned their heads.

A thick golden thunderbolt penetrated through the world and Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan both had a slight tremor in their eyes.

Li Jing was...

Ruthless!

He even smashed himself!

As Emperor-level experts, they could easily judge that Li Jing’s Thunder Skill was targeted at himself.

Although they knew that Li Jing could largely immune to thunder.

But this approach is...

While Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan were amazed, Li Jing was feeling exhilarated.

The Nine Heavens God Thunder may only be of Three Realm level in the Blue Star Magic Skill System, but in his hands, who was already in the Twelfth Realm, the power was not lacking in the slightest.

And it is not only a large-scale wide-area bombardment, but the casting speed is also extremely fast.

With the strengthening of the Thunder Skill rule.

He might not be able to kill remnants soul above the Venerable Level, but he reaped a large number of Venerable Realm remnants soul.

Without even bothering to look at the massive amount of Essence Source prompts popping up before him, Li Jing decisively continued to interweave the magic skill formula.

On the other side.

Seeing Li Jing calling down thunder on his own head, Blue Phoenix thought he has just released the magic due to the pressure, and she hurriedly looked at the Fire Phoenix.

"Fire Phoenix, I am Blue Phoenix, do you recognize me?"

Hearing the name "Blue Phoenix", there was some color in the Fire Phoenix’ eyes that were vacant.

Just at this moment.

There was a loud noise from the sky and a heavenly tribulation dropped straight down onto the Fire Phoenix’s head.

The Blue Phoenix saw this and her face changed abruptly, she bravely spread her wings and flew up to meet it.

!!!

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan.

Although the Fire Phoenix is dead, it is one of the few remnant souls in the Burial Immortal Land that has stepped into a realm above Venerable.

The heavenly tribulation is targeted at her.

That is the response to the level above Venerable.

If the Blue Phoenix recklessly flew up to meet it, wouldn’t that be suicide?

She is not only seeking her own death but also pulling him and Shi Zixuan along with her!

Even if both of them wanted to retreat, where could they find time?

In the nick of time.

Li Jing’s voice came out.

"Blue Phoenix, don’t rush."

The Blue Phoenix, who was flying straight up to face the heavenly tribulation, stiffened at his words, twisted her body in mid-air, and just brushed past the thunderbolt that came crashing down.

"Boom!"

The heavenly tribulation swallowed up the Fire Phoenix’s remnant soul.

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan, who were almost caught in the heavenly tribulation, broke out in a cold sweat at this sight, and hurriedly craned their necks.

The remnant soul of the Fire Phoenix...

Shouldn’t it have been destroyed in an instant?

Isn’t it a Phoenix, after all?

The very next second.

A clear phoenix cry resonated across the sky, followed by the Fire Phoenix that had once been swallowed and struck down by Heavenly Tribulation soared to the sky again, causing the two men to breathe a sigh of relief.

The God Soul of the Phoenix Tribe is extremely special.

It can almost be said to be immortal.

Because of this.

Falling for the Phoenix Tribe is essentially a process towards rebirth.

Of course.

If there’s someone with real ability, even the Phoenix Tribe will face their end.

After all, their God Soul is not truly immortal; it just has characteristics making it difficult to destroy.

At this moment, hearing the cry of the phoenix, the two of them felt relieved.

The two of them didn’t know.

Having been struck by the Five-Color Divine Thunder, the Fire Phoenix’s remnant soul was not completely unharmed.

About 100 points were deducted from its high 19564 health bar.

Not only Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan.

Even Blue Phoenix couldn’t see this, after all, none of them had the ability to see the health bar.

The three of them couldn’t understand, but the Fire Phoenix’s remnant soul had its own feelings. She sensed a lethal threat.

At this moment, given just a glimmer of consciousness aroused by Blue Phoenix, her eyes radiated a fierce glow. She cast a vicious glance at Li Jing, the root cause of everything, and charged at him with a skyward phoenix cry.

Li Jing, who already had the second Nine Heavens God Thunder at his disposal, was taken aback by her sudden move.

Holy crap!

Why did she come over?

There’s really no need to cause such chaos!

With no other choice, Li Jing had to disperse the Nine Heavens God Thunder in his hand.

He, who could see the health bar, had a clear view of the slight damage the Fire Phoenix had suffered under the Heavenly Tribulation.

The damage was minor, but it could be fatal.

The key was that his Heavenly Tribulation wouldn’t end anytime soon.

Whether Blue Phoenix could awaken Fire Phoenix’s consciousness was still uncertain.

Keeping Fire Phoenix’s health bar "healthy" was vitally important.

Lest Fire Phoenix’s consciousness hasn’t been awakened yet, but is dispersed by him and the Heavenly Tribulation.

Easier said than done.

In a blink, Fire Phoenix was close by, and her sharp beak savagely impaled Li Jing’s Primordial Spirit’s thigh.

With his Primordial Spirit damaged.

A horrifying bloody hole was torn in his physical thigh.

This peck was much more severe than the attacks of other remnant souls.

After all, the Fire Phoenix’s remnant soul was above the Venerable Realm.

Moreover, she is the descendant of the original Divine Bird Phoenix, whose strength is unparalleled.

Li Jing immediately grimaced in pain.

Looking again at the Fire Phoenix who skilfully evaded the Heavenly Tribulation that blasted her body at almost the same time and swooped over like a red, fiery arrow after a turn, Li Jing’s expression turned gloomy.

She’s coming again!?

Luckily at this time, Blue Phoenix arrived.

She didn’t do anything else, but directly blocked Fire Phoenix’s way with her physical body.

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan, who were riding on her back, almost lost their grip when they saw this.

That woman!

Is she trying to get them killed too?

They were clearly there to help cover her...

As they were speechless.

The charging Fire Phoenix paused in mid-air when she encountered Blue Phoenix, circled skillfully around her, and darted straight for Li Jing again.

Seeing this, Blue Phoenix gave chase immediately.

Faced with the situation, Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan who were being dragged into danger silently chose to "lie flat" and no longer pay attention to Fire Phoenix. The two of them began to help Blue Phoenix resist the distracting remnant souls.

You know what.

Even though she was a realm lower, Blue Phoenix, who had already proclaimed herself as Emperor, wasn’t any slower than Fire Phoenix. She managed to intercept her several times.

However, this cat and mouse chase couldn’t solve the problem.

At this moment, she didn’t even have a chance to talk to Fire Phoenix, as she was too busy running around.

Li Jing saw the situation and a brilliant idea hit him.

He slapped away a female remnant soul that was trying to gnaw at his crotch with a Yang Thunder, then he sent a message over.

"Hold off the Fire Phoenix, buy me some time."

Upon receiving this sudden message, Blue Phoenix, who was keeping an eye on the Fire Phoenix, turned her head and silently nodded without saying a word.

Seeing this, Li Jing closed his eyes.

Then.

An inexplicable heat permeated the already oppressive atmosphere due to the Heavenly Tribulation, and the heat was rapidly rising.

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan felt something and both looked sideways.

The two didn’t know what Li Jing was trying to do, but they could feel a terrifying aura that made their hearts palpitate.

This...

Is a measure that could threaten the two of them.

On the other side.

Jin Ritian, who was the first to choose to attract "firepower", was now almost beaten by the remnant souls to the point of being unable to take care of himself. He had no energy left to fight back and could only flee.

They say that the tallest nail gets hammered first.

There’s truth in that.

Jin Ritian was the first one to take the initiative apart from Li Jing, and he received a lot of "favor" from the remnant souls.

Even an individual who had restrained their murderous aura wasn’t as "favored" as he was. He was pursued and intercepted by a large group of howling remnant souls.

If it wasn’t for Li Jing’s random Heavenly Tribulation that had killed some of them, he might be in a worse situation now.

He too felt the odd heat in the atmosphere and momentarily paused, turning his head in a spooky manner.

The bloodline divine ability of the Phoenix Tribe.

Others might not know, but being a "fire" divine bird with similar bloodline divine ability, he knew very well.

Why would a person cultivating like Li Jing know the bloodline divine ability of the Phoenix Tribe?

Don’t tell me he’s a phoenix disguised as a human?

Then again.

This sudden heat in the atmosphere actually made him feel danger.

This...

It can’t be true!

Never mind that Li Jing isn’t a phoenix.

Even if he is.

Jin Ritian, as a Divinity Taoist member of the Great Sun Golden Crow, a divine bird that also played with fire, should have incredible resistance to all kinds of flames.

Facing the Phoenix Heavenly Fire, he had no reason to feel such a formidable threat.

Astonished, Jin Ritian grunted as a pursuing remnant soul swept through his body, his stomach was torn apart.

Damn!

Cursing inwardly, Jin Ritian could not afford to be distracted and fled in disgrace.

Despite being the most durable among everyone present.

But he was constantly getting injured due to the struggle with numerous remnant souls.

His power was gradually weakening, and if he carried on like this, he would be in trouble.

Jin Ritian was frantically escaping, the Blue Phoenix was focused on dealing with the Fire Phoenix under the assistance of Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan, leaving no one to take care of Li Jing.

As time passed, his injuries were getting worse and worse.

There was no remedy.

The Forbidden Skill of Sky Burning takes a very slow time to form.

He couldn’t distract himself while communicating with the heavens and the earth.

Every scratch from the remnant souls was sure to cause him damage, and by now, he was completely covered in blood.

The only consolation was.

The continuous heavenly punishment relieved some of his pressure.

Time passed.

It was becoming unbearably slow and torturous for Li Jing.

Since he started his cultivation, he was hardly ever injured.

But at this moment, his injuries were severely critical.

Not to mention his Primordial Spirit was full of wounds.

A person who was more than 150 pounds was now reduced to less than 60 pounds.

All his flesh and blood had been torn away by the remnant souls’ assault on his Primordial Spirit.

If it wasn’t for the Symbiotic Contract he had signed with Ling Ling, his physical body would have already given up by now.

The guzheng tradition of the Immortal Music Palace was also performing great services at this moment.

The full-level guzheng tradition brought about divine cultivation, which allowed Li Jing to achieve the Divinity Taoist Cultivator’s desirable realm of Spirit Body Unity to a certain extent, causing his Primordial Spirit and physical body to share a relationship where they would flourish or decline together.

This connection enabled the boundless vitality brought by the Symbiotic Contract to act on the Primordial Spirit through the physical body.

If not for this.

Though Li Jing’s physical body could withstand it, his Primordial Spirit would have collapsed first.

Remaining tough under increasingly wild assaults from remnant souls for more than 60 agonizing seconds, Li Jing suddenly opened his eyes.

Next to it.

Everything that could be burned in the Tomb of Immortals was silently ignited.

The next second.

With a "boom", the incredibly dense and endless Phoenix Heavenly Fire exploded from him as the epicenter.

!!!

Xiang Dong.

!!!

Shi Zixuan.

!!!

Jin Ritian, who was being chased and attacked by groups of remnant souls.

Not to mention the three of them.

The Blue Phoenix, still chasing the Fire Phoenix, was also taken aback.

The Forbidden Skill of Sky Burning, which Li Jing had been holding back for more than 60 seconds, had not yet reached its peak.

But this level of power was enough to severely damage Xiang Dong and the others.

After all, it was a full-level forbidden skill.

Even if the cultivation level was not enough, it could be made up with proficiency.

Even if the Fire Phoenix was reborn, it was unlikely to have as high control and understanding of the bloodline divine ability to Burn the Sky as Li Jing did.

What’s even more terrifying is.

The Bloodline Divine Ability to Burn the Sky, a forbidden skill that’s similar to self-destruction, could ignore the power of an independent world to a certain extent.

Burn the Sky, Burn the Sky.

The name was not chosen for its pleasant sound but for its meaningful implication.

Even the Heavenly Path could be burned...

The ancestors of the Phoenix Tribe were the original.

How could the abilities inherited from the original be simple?

Seeing the surging Phoenix Heavenly Fire breaking out, the Blue Phoenix had no choice but to stop chasing the Fire Phoenix. Its elegant beast body stretched its wings in the air and shook Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan off its back, then protected them inside its wings.

It was easier said than done.

In an instant, the endless Phoenix Heavenly Fire filled the entire Tomb of Immortals.

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan were fortunate to have the Blue Phoenix, which inherently controlled the rules of Heavenly Fire, to protect them.

But Jin Ritian was in deep trouble.

There was only time for him to curse "Damn" before he was swallowed up by the endless Phoenix Heavenly Fire.

The Forbidden Skill of Sky Burning exploded.

It came quickly and left just as fast.

Everything happened in an instant.

In that brief moment.

Every flammable and non-flammable thing was burnt into ashes that filled the sky.

Among them.

Included all the remaining remnant souls in the Tomb of Immortals.

A breeze blew.

Stirring up the ash that filled the sky.

Li Jing took a deep breath and looked up, slightly stunned.

The Tomb of Immortals...

Completely gone.

The countless remnant souls were all gone, leaving only the Fire Phoenix that had a strong resistance to Phoenix Heavenly Fire.

Despite his intention to seize a large bounty, he did not expect Sky Burning, which hasn’t yet reached its pinnacle after holding it back for a minute, could reach this level.

The power of Sky Burning went beyond his imagination.

Originally.

He was just trying to snatch the "monster" from the Heavenly Punishment, without harming the Fire Phoenix.

This time...

How much Heavenly and Earthly Essence should he be able to reap?

"Essence Source +1524068909."

A prompt popped up in front of Li Jing, rendering him stunned.

How much?

Fifteen...

Billion!?

"Level increase, 342. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +684, Skill Points +2."

"Level increase, 343. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +686, Skill Points +2."

"Level increase, 344. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +688, Skill Points +2."

"..."

"Level increase, 418. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +836, Skill Points +2."

"Level increase, 419. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +838, Skill Points +2."

"Level increase, 420. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +840, Skill Points +2."

"Level increase, 421. Strength Of Thunder Punishment +842, Skill Points +2."

Continuous level-up prompts popped up, astoundingly leaving Li Jing dumbstruck.

In one breath, he’d increased by 79 levels.

Before this, he had already risen to level 342 by harvesting remnant souls.

That is to say.

In total, he’d gained 96 levels through this experience.

A leap of nearly a hundred levels!

This...!

It was simply a huge boost!

Subconsciously, Li Jing called up his panel.

Controller: Li Jing

Rule Control: Strength of Thunder Punishment, Space, Shadow, Heavenly Fire

Heavenly and Earthly Essence: 247904/32731884

Level: 421 (Venerable)/Next stage level 455

Skill Points: 272

Strength of Thunder Punishment: 177662

One glance at his panel, and the corners of Li Jing’s mouth curled up crazily.

He had taken note before.

The threshold for stepping further into the Sainthood stage was level 390.

At level 421, he was definitely in the realm of Venerable.

Upon checking, he had indeed reached the Venerable realm.

Even before his trial to reach the Sainthood stage was over, he’d ascended to the Venerable realm...

And he was in the middle realm of Venerable...

Elsewhere.

Sensing the dissipation of the power of "Burn the Sky", the Blue Phoenix glanced up, her eyes flashing with confusion.

For just a moment.

She felt as if she was hallucinating.

How had the entire Burial Immortal Ground disappeared?

If the Fire Phoenix Divine Beast’s spirit wasn’t still standing in front of her, she would hardly believe that this place was the Burial Immortal Ground.

Does the Phoenix Tribe’s bloodline power have such a strong influence?

A huge question emerged in Blue Phoenix’s mind.

The strength of "Burn the Sky" was undeniable.

But without the original, how much power could it truly manifest was an issue.

Looking back.

The Burial Immortal Ground wouldn’t be destroyed so easily either...

Blue Phoenix was sure.

Even if the Fire Phoenix resurrected, and used all her power at her current Venerable stage to "Burn the Sky", it wouldn’t necessarily burn the Burial Immortal Grounds to the ground.

It was not only Blue Phoenix.

Xiang Dong and Shi Zixuan, who had been spared any injuries under her protection, were also dumbfounded at this moment.

The Burial Immortal Ground had been destroyed by Li Jing.

What kind of skill was this?

The two couldn’t even begin to imagine it.

What they found even more unimaginable.

Was how Li Jing, who had barely reached the entry of the Sainthood stage, could destroy the Burial Immortal Ground with a single mysterious skill.

Such a thing.

Even if they combined their powers, no matter the cost, even if they had to burn their life forces, they could not accomplish...

Could it be...

DId the Charming Spirit act?

The intensely hot skill didn’t seem to be the work of The Original Demon, but rather like a move from the Phoenix Tribe?

While the three people were lost in thought, they suddenly collectively turned their attention to the Fire Phoenix remnant soul, which was floating not far away, its eyes clear, as it slowly beat its wings.

Noticing this oddity, Blue Phoenix, instantly changed her expression, casting aside all other deliberations, her eyes filled with hot tears as she asked incredulously.

"Fire Phoenix! Have you awakened!?"

?

Li Jing, who was engrossed in his panel, looked up.

Just then, the Fire Phoenix met the words of Blue Phoenix and silently nodded.

Then she turned into a charming woman with fiery red hair, smiled at Blue Phoenix, transformed back into stream of light, and shot straight for Li Jing, hitting him squarely on the forehead.

The change came so suddenly.

Not just Blue Phoenix and the others, even Li Jing himself was taken aback.

The impact from Fire Phoenix.

The force was surprisingly strong.

Li Jing was almost overthrown on the spot.

???

He managed to steady his body just in time and looked up – his face wearing an expression of ’Who am I? Where am I?’

Being hit out of the blue wasn’t a big deal.

The key was that the Fire Phoenix’s remnant soul astonishingly collided right into his sea of consciousness.

Not only that.

She had turned into an egg...