Chapter 950: Indiscriminate Attack

Actually the answer is obvious; that 'eye' has abandoned the Nirvana Fire Region side, so it must be heading for the Spirit Shrine.

The Nirvana Fire Region and the Spirit Shrine — it must capture at least one of them.

Thinking this, Shan Shan quickly halted her momentum, preparing to leave the Nirvana Fire Region to support the Spirit Shrine side.

But as soon as she moved, Shan Shan's figure staggered in midair.

Just moments ago, she felt a surge of pure yang energy violently rebound, the three true feathers on her head swelling with pain as if about to explode.

And after she quickly stabilized her stance, this rebound sensation actually continued, wave after wave striking her, the flames around Shan Shan's body waxing and waning with the impact.

Feng Wu also noticed Shan Shan's condition was off, and she immediately flew over to her.

Before she could get close, Shan Shan suddenly erupted a sheet of long flames from her body, nearly licking and slamming into Feng Wu.

Fortunately, Feng Wu reacted swiftly; a backflip put some distance between her and Shan Shan.

After stabilizing her stance, Feng Wu hurriedly looked toward Shan Shan.

Shan Shan's condition was somewhat abnormal.

Clearly she had just resisted that 'eye', so why did she suddenly feel like she was regressing?

Feng Wu shouted Shan Shan's name at her.

At first, each time Feng Wu called out, Shan Shan would respond.

But soon, Shan Shan's speech became slurred.

After five or six calls, Shan Shan clutched her head with both wings, shaking it nonstop, unable to respond to Feng Wu anymore.

Moreover, during this process, Feng Wu also noticed that the entire Nirvana Fire Region was undergoing changes.

Feng Wu sensed another invisible force permeating out, but she could not tell where it came from or which direction it existed in the Nirvana Fire Region… she felt it was everywhere.

Shan Shan was indeed suffering to the extreme at this moment.

At first only the three true feathers ached, then the pain spread to her forehead, then to her brows and eyes, moving downward.

The opponent's power was immensely strong, Shan Shan was struck and her footing became somewhat disordered.

But soon Shan Shan realized that the force striking her was actually very familiar; she could confirm it was still that 'eye'.

Previously it had controlled Shan Shan through the male phoenix, via the Sea of Consciousness.

But now it seems also subject to some restriction, unable to repeat its old tricks, somewhat at the end of its rope, forced to unleash a desperate move in a mad bid for a sliver of survival.

The most immediate sensation is that this attack is infiltrating from the outside inward.

After Shan Shan desperately endured that swelling pain, her rationality gradually returned, and she realized that the opponent had severed its link with the male phoenix, now attempting to re-enter her Sea of Consciousness to reconnect with the male phoenix… thus, in a sense, it has now broken free from the Spirit Mirror Space's state?

Just thinking of this possibility, Shan Shan instantly became excited.

If that's the case, then it means their opportunity has arrived!

"Shan Shan, be careful!"

As Shan Shan was immersed in her thoughts, Feng Wu's warning cry suddenly rang out.

Shan Shan instinctively lifted her gaze upward.

For just as her awareness coalesced, she felt a tremendous threat from above.

While issuing the warning, Feng Wu had already transformed into a longbow; the bowstring twanged repeatedly, launching clumps of Nirvana fire at the thing descending from above.

Unfortunately, although the Nirvana fire struck the object, it caused no damage; instead, it was… absorbed by it!

Shan Shan did not dodge.

She raised her eyes upward; at first she thought it was a fireball or some kind of ball lightning.

But as it drew nearer, Shan Shan discovered it was actually a 'pearl'!

A pearl the size of an adult man's fist, its whole body glowing with a translucent red.

This pearl fears no Nirvana fire; upon falling into the Nirvana Fire Region, it seemed to be tempered, its color growing brighter, the red halo it emitted rivaling the sky-filling Nirvana flames.

Shan Shan's gaze swept past the pearl and continued upward, where she sensed another familiar oppressive force.

That was the power of the Earth Vein Dragon God controlling Earth Vein Spiritual Energy to seal off the entire space!

Shan Shan instantly understood.

The pearl before her eyes must be the legendary Dust‑Pearl — that is, that 'eye'.

It had controlled the male phoenix and her own Sea of Consciousness, attempting to devour the Nirvana Fire Region, but to no avail.

After realizing it could not swallow the Nirvana Fire Region, it decisively severed its tie with the male phoenix and turned toward the Spirit Shrine.

Unfortunately, it could not achieve that.

Shan Shan suspected it might have been detected the moment it flew out of Cangwu Mountain.

Immediately afterward, her father commanded the Earth Vein, forcibly dragging it back!

What's more, outside there were Mother and Ao Jing standing guard.

Since the outer route was blocked, the only way left was through Shan Shan.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

When the Dust‑Pearl was within reach, Shan Shan formed a seal and struck it with a reverse palm.

This palm gathered a great deal of her internal energy, intending to send it back, but she never expected the Dust‑Pearl to explode outright!

Both Shan Shan and Feng Wu were stunned.

Surely the Dust‑Pearl isn't that fragile?

Indeed, the next moment they discovered the temperature of the Nirvana Fire Region had surged dramatically.

Shan Shan could endure it, but Feng Wu could not.

Shan Shan could only first retract Feng Wu into her body, then prepare to fly upward.

Since the Dust‑Pearl could not swallow the Nirvana Fire Region nor break through her father's blockade, Shan Shan's heart settled.

Yet she never imagined that, when she flapped her wings, the surrounding Nirvana Fire Region would seem to solidify, no matter how she moved her wings, unable to stir any airflow.

And that feeling of 'solidification' became increasingly clear, as if an airtight net wrapped Shan Shan within.

Shan Shan struggled a few times, and then she saw that indeed a force was condensing around her body; that translucent red made her instantly think of the Dust Pearl!

The Dust Pearl that had just burst appeared in another form beside Shan Shan, sealing her.

This 'airtight net' not only wraps Shan Shan, but can also continuously compress.

Shan Shan has reason to believe that, when this net is compressed to the extreme, it can ultimately be reforged into the form of the Dust Pearl.

But by that time, they will have been completely drained as nourishment.

Before Shan Shan could figure out how to break free, that familiar earth vein power had already seeped in from all directions, continually striking the Nirvana Fire Realm.

Indiscriminate attacks are sometimes the best means to seize an enemy that can instantly become intangible.

At the same time, Shan Shan saw another familiar figure descending from above.

Directly entered the Nirvana Fire Realm.

It was her mother, Xiao Jiu, who made a move…