Chapter 949: True Feather Power

No one knew that tonight, Shan Shan's consciousness had remained clear.

Walking with her eyes closed, she could feel the pain from bumps and collisions under her feet.

But she couldn't control her own body.

That 'eye' kept staring at her, controlling her.

She could feel her mother following behind her, and she wasn't afraid.

Not at all afraid.

This was the path she chose herself, and also the only way out.

When the spiritual power from Cangwu Mountain kept flowing into her body, only to be swiftly sucked away by that 'eye', Shan Shan struggled to wake up, but she couldn't.

Midway, Feng Wu tried to communicate with her spiritual consciousness, but was blocked.

Until the Yang Fire Power of the Nirvana Fire Realm erupted, the pulling sensation on her body caused intense pain, and only then did Shan Shan feel that the 'eye's control over her seemed to loosen a bit.

This process was long and agonizing.

Fortunately, in the end, Shan Shan flew up.

Greed overreaches—like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—that 'eye' ultimately couldn't swallow the Nirvana Fire Realm; instead, it was inversely sucked in by the realm.

At the moment she entered the Nirvana Fire Realm, Shan Shan heard a muffled grunt.

That voice sounded familiar…… it was actually the Male Phoenix's voice.

The Male Phoenix had long become that 'eye's puppet; right now, the pain he suffered in his body was surely no less than hers.

Shan Shan's body kept falling downward.

Below was the Nirvana Fire Realm, temperature rising higher and higher, countless tongues of flame licking toward Shan Shan, making her clench her teeth in pain.

Shan Shan wasn't afraid of Nirvana Fire.

At the same time, she clearly remembered that the 'eye' wasn't afraid either.

It not only wasn't afraid, but could even control Nirvana Fire.

Yet the intense pain now coming from Shan Shan's body was enough to show that the other side couldn't control such a vast expanse of the Nirvana Fire Realm.

Perhaps control and devouring are essentially different.

The other side could control Nirvana Fire, perhaps even devour part of the Yang Fire Qi emanating from it, but wanting to gulp down the entire Nirvana Fire Realm into an illusory space to digest slowly—it still couldn't do that.

If it had retreated knowing the difficulty from the start, the Nirvana Fire Realm wouldn't have harmed it.

The problem was, it overestimated itself, insisting on trying just to be satisfied.

Shan Shan let out a cold laugh.

With the power of the Nirvana Fire Realm, her body gradually became able to move.

As soon as her hands could move, Shan Shan summoned Feng Wu.

Feng Wu had been imprisoned in the Nirvana Fire Realm for many years; back then, she had the Fire Witch God's divine protection, so she wasn't afraid of the Nirvana Fire Realm.

Now, although she no longer had the Fire Witch God's divine protection, her years of diligent cultivation allowed her to stay in the Nirvana Fire Realm for a while.

Being summoned by Shan Shan, Feng Wu thought there was a task to be given to her.

But she didn't receive a task; instead, she got Shan Shan's order to leave.

Feng Wu was puzzled—if she wasn't given a task, just staying peacefully inside Shan Shan's body wouldn't interfere with anything, would it?

At a critical moment, it could still protect her life.

Just as Feng Wu was about to ask Shan Shan a question, Shan Shan slapped her, sending her flying far away.

Before Feng Wu could stabilize her stance, she felt that the surrounding Nirvana Fire Realm had changed.

It was like a gust of wind arose, sweeping the surrounding Nirvana Fire in a direction, surging.

When Feng Wu finally saw clearly what had happened, she wanted to stop it, but it was already too late.

It was Shan Shan!

She actually activated the True Feather Power.

After transforming into her Phoenix True Form, the three Phoenix True Feathers atop her head swayed in the firelight, and she actually tried to use True Feather Power to devour a large expanse of Nirvana Fire in the Nirvana Fire Realm!

Feng Wu had never seen anyone do this before.

Even the original Fire Witch God never had such resolve.

But Feng Wu knew, this was a one-way road.

No matter how strong the True Feather Power, it's hard to devour the entire expanse of Nirvana Fire.

Shan Shan was gambling her life against the opponent.

She wanted to burst the opponent.

But doing this carried enormous risk; there was a high chance she would explode herself before managing to burst the opponent.

Feng Wu desperately tried to rush over to stop Shan Shan, to communicate with her, but was completely rejected by Shan Shan.

It turned out Shan Shan had pushed her out beforehand, planning exactly this.

She didn't want to implicate herself.

But her duty was to protect her!

At this moment, Feng Wu felt she had failed somewhat as a spiritual artifact.

And at this moment, Shan Shan's state was a bit deranged.

She had had enough of the feeling of her body and even consciousness being controlled by outsiders; rather than be controlled, she'd rather perish together.

Moreover, who will win the deer is still uncertain!

Back then, she trained in this Nirvana Fire Realm, endured all the hardships she should, overcame every breakthrough obstacle, passing five gates and slaying six generals, and made it through.

She clearly remembered that, at the final critical moment, what helped her break through was her unique, powerful True Feather Power as the Phoenix Lord.

Shan Shan thought, why not treat this tribulation as another round of training?

The mindset steadied, and Shan Shan became even more stable!

She firmly activated the True Feather Power, orderly absorbing the Supreme Yang Qi within the Nirvana Fire Domain.

She remembered that A Cheng's uncle had said, that the Chan Chen Pearl grows by absorbing Yin and Yang Qi as well as Spiritual Qi, so when the True Feather Power drew the Supreme Yang Qi into Shan Shan's body, it was then quickly absorbed by that Eye caught in a dilemma.

This process lasted only a dozen or so seconds, and Shan Shan then heard another muffled groan from Xiong Feng.

Shan Shan's heart jolted.

She felt compassion for Xiong Feng, but now was not the time to pity anyone.

Shan Shan thought, if one person's death could save the whole clan, Xiong Feng would surely be willing as well.

Next, Shan Shan heard several more muffled groans from Xiong Feng, followed by the sound of him spitting blood.

At that moment, Shan Shan felt something being drawn out of her body; she hurriedly activated her spiritual sense, but in her Sea of Consciousness she saw Xiong Feng sitting cross-legged on the ground, spitting blood mouthful by mouthful.

Xiong Feng also seemed to sense the disturbance in the Sea of Consciousness, covering his chest with one hand and lifting his head to look at Shan Shan.

Their gazes met across the illusory Spiritual Mirror, and then Shan Shan saw Xiong Feng smile at her.

That smile was like encouragement for Shan Shan.

In the next instant, the smile froze at the corner of his mouth, and Xiong Feng collapsed sideways to the ground.

The Sea of Consciousness began to blur, Xiong Feng's figure swiftly withdrew from Shan Shan's sight, her spiritual sense gathered, and her whole body stiffened.

Xiong Feng's condition just now was very strange.

At a time like this, how could he possibly collapse?

He is nothing but a puppet of that Eye!

If that Eye hasn't collapsed, Xiong Feng shouldn't have collapsed.

There is only one possibility for this situation: that Eye has temporarily detached from Xiong Feng's body!

Where is it now?!

That Eye has again broken free of Shan Shan's control!

Xiong Feng collapsed, lost consciousness, severed his link with Shan Shan, and forcibly cut off the influx of Supreme Yang Qi from the Nirvana Fire Domain.

That Eye is temporarily safe.

What will it do with this time?