Dance Of The Phoenix
119. Breakthrough Phenomenon

"Don't kill!"

Xiao Hei kept silent, then looked at Gu Yuena who was being guarded by Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai also looked at him confusedly.

"Dead is too easy for him." Gu Yuena smiled meaningfully. He wanted to devour that makhkuk as well.

It's good that one isn't so greedy, but Gu Yuena's case is a different one. Since he was already close to the phoenix spirit, then there was no need to wait for his strength to increase by itself.

After devouring the panther beetle, it will definitely get a cultivation level breakthrough.

Xiao Hei thought it was true, but Xiao Bai was agitated. "Miss has just absorbed some demonic monsters. The power is not stable. Moreover, the panther had a power stronger than ordinary demon monsters, he was the mount of a demon lord, a type of guardian monster like the black one."

"That's why I made the decision. If the demon lord did not find this wide-ranging mount, it would definitely be very angry when it came to climbing the mountain alone." Gu Yuena had a mischievous brain, having thought about this since knowing the background of the panther.

The panther that heard it clearly could not remain silent. He rebelled, but Xiao Hei knocked his head hard until it fell to the ground resignedly.

Xiao Bai sighed. "Miss, do you have nothing else to do but make others angry?"

"I want the phoenix spirit as soon as possible." Gu Yuena looked at Xiao Bai coldly. At first glance, his red iris turned black.

Xiao Bai was surprised, but did not say anything. While Xiao Hei was unaware of the oddity and threw the panther to Gu Yuena just like that before finally turning into a cute little cat.

"Miss, please." Xiao Hei said in a relaxed tone, unaware of Xiao Bai's anxiety.

Xiao Bai really could not convince his nona to not rely and greedy on demonic power. It's grim! What if the demon turns into a demon?

Gu Yuena must have considered it. However, he still accepted the panther and looked for a safe place to do soul-splitting.

Still inside the barrier he had made himself, Gu Yuena sat under a tree. Xiao Hei held back the panther that wanted to escape above the ground, while Xiao Bai stood guard in anticipation of a disturbance.

Gu Yuena started to pull the soul of the panther using soul force. The black fog of the panther came out from his body and was absorbed into Gu Yuena's body. The pain of the soul being pulled caused the panther to roar loudly and thrash.

Such a huge creature thrashed in the middle of the forest, it would definitely cause the ground to sway. So Xiao Hei kept him on the ground so as not to affect the environment, let alone tear down the tree due to the tantrum of the panther beetle.

The demonic beetle tiger had a much higher level of strength than ordinary demonic monsters. At least, the equivalent of a guardian demon monster was like a hell cat. Seeing how agitated the panther was and shouted out like fidelity, Xiao Hei could only grimace in agony.

Fortunately, he served his wife well from the beginning.

On the other hand, Gu Yuena did not look good. As Xiao Bai said, the demonic power within his body was not stable so it should not absorb any more demon monsters. The backlash from the soul of the panther hurt Gu Yuena's soul so much that the woman's face looked extremely pale.

"Miss ...." Xiao Bai was agitated.

Xiao Hei also started to get serious and took off the lifeless panther. He looked at Gu Yuena with great worry.

They had no idea what had happened to Gu Yuena's soul. In the soul realm, the panther's counterattack weakens Gu Yuena so much that the woman is cornered. Other demonic forces also began to counterattack, suppressing Gu Yuena with a terrifying aura.

"Dam." Gu Yuena looked at the figure of the panther in front of her that was filled with killing intent.

The creature attacked again like a crazed animal. Although he could not use magic, his physical strength was still immense. Gu Yuena's magic was also restrained so that it could only use soul force to absorb the power of the beetle tiger which was hard to control.

Gu Yuena leaped into another corner, then mobilized the soul force in the hand that had accumulated from the many absorbed demon souls. The panther was entangled among the soul force holding it back, then rebelled violently and let out a deafening roar.

The panther managed to escape after unleashing full force. The destruction of the snare of soul force caused the panther to easily slide and grab Gu Yuena just like that.

Gu Yuena crashed, spewing out a mouthful of blood and felt her entire soul had been smashed to pieces. So hurt.

Out there, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei were frantically half-dead looking at Gu Yuena who was vomiting blood.

The panther did not stop attacking. He continued to glide as fast as lightning, forming himself as a shadow to tear apart the humans who dared to trample him.

Gu Yuena did not completely lose energy. He darted, dodged the attack of a panther of that size and jumped onto his back. It makes the panther even crazier!

"Fall down" muttered Gu Yuena, before finally creating a black mist like a tendril sticking out of the dark ground. The black tendril moves upward around the panther, then traps it until it causes the panther to be unable to move.

Gu Yuena on top of the panther smiled slightly, but that smile turned to surprise when she felt something stuck.

He vomited blood again, then landed on the ground in an unstable body state. The panther that could not do anything was absorbed just like that, fusing with Gu Yuena's weakened soul. It created immense pain and caused some damage to Gu Yuena's soul.

Around Gu Yuena's soul body had a purple crack due to the demonic power that wanted to break out. The woman sat on the ground in a weakened state, enduring the pain that made her body tremble violently.

His soul was torn apart, while his spiritual power began to slowly change. The feeling he experienced was truly a nightmare, making him think that dying was better than living.

The phoenix symbol between Gu Yuena's brows lit up with a deep red color. The next second, blood flowed from there as if the symbol was painted using the blood that was now flowing and dripping onto the ground.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei grew even more frantic and started to fuss. The weather in the sky became restless, dark, and filled with lightning that was hard to predict. Even the lightning that struck down shattered the barrier that Gu Yuena had previously made, causing the female aura to completely leak out.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei used their magic to resist the leaking aura. If Gu Yuena's position is known, they're done.

The thing is, the nonanya will break through now!

At the peak of the Demon Mountains, something exploded from there, creating endless sparks as well as lava. Bai Youzhe who was near the origin of the explosion instantly realized, that the time has really come.

He became agitated when he saw the sky filled with dark clouds, wishing Gu Yuena was fine. The process of evolution and breaking through level 9 can not be helped by outsiders at all, or his life will be threatened.

In addition, Yang Xinyuan in the other region opened her eyes realizing that the natural situation was not doing well. The dark sky showed signs of disaster. He knew what it meant, and instantly rushed to the origin of the dark clouds like flying mist.

Luckily Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei had briefly suppressed the aura of phoenix blood that would be exposed so that this incident only gave rise to natural phenomena in the sky and mountains. They're a little relieved for that.

But it's possible, this natural phenomenon will attract a lot of attention and look for what causes black clouds to appear. They have to prepare.

"Miss, hang on!" Xiao Hei was very agitated. He maintained an aura barrier that was about to crack with Xiao Bai, at least until Gu Yuena came to a realization. This process will take a very long time.

The lightning did not end, while Gu Yuena's body seemed to be engulfed by blood-red fire magic. His body was already trembling withstanding the immense pain his soul was experiencing, whereas his spiritual power continued to surge like a roller coaster.

There is only one step to becoming a phoenix, a phoenix spirit. This late stage evolution would end after uniting with the phoenix spirit. The demonic power that forged his body would also be purified. For now, Gu Yuena had to endure under the pain of various kinds of demonic monster power counterattacks and level breakthroughs.

Until finally the red light in Gu Yuena's body grew, spread and created a fire around the forest. Only then did Gu Yuena open her eyes in a state of contact. His breath hunted, sweat soaked his body, while his lips were sweet with blood coming out.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei on the other hand barely collapsed going under pressure and causing the barrier to break apart right then and there. Gu Yuena realized what was happening, instantly drew her own aura from being exposed, then removed all the mess with a hand sweep.

The dark clouds and lightning disappeared right then and there, replaced by bright daylight.

It was the effect of merging demonic power with phoenix blood. When two opposing forces converge, it is the opposition to nature that dark clouds and lightning appear. Whereas the situation that should have occurred was only the fluctuations of energy in the other higher as well as the awakened phoenix spirit.

Regarding the awakened phoenix spirit, Gu Yuena became curious as to what it was.

"Miss, how are you feeling?" Xiao Bai immediately asked him with a feeling of worry. Xiao Hei also asked.

Gu Yuena slightly smiled. His face was still very pale, but he thought it was no problem. "Not to worry. It was a natural reaction when I trained in demonic-power."

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. It almost got fucked.

"We're back in the stealth group." Gu Yuena prepared to leave and cleaned her face from the blood. He touched his forehead where the phoenix symbol was located, feeling hot. It would be difficult to disguise it due to the active force.

The moment Gu Yuena thought of a way to disguise the phoenix symbol between her eyebrows, her gaze suddenly darkened just like that. His head felt hit by a hard object, making him fall unconscious right then and there.

Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai saw Gu Yuena lying just above the ground screaming in panic. "Miss!"

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Gu Yuena arrived at an all-black place, similar to the soul realm. But the difference was, Gu Yuena could still use her power in this place.

He let out a fire in his hand, intending to light it around, but this darkness was impenetrable so that the fire in his hand only served to make him see his own limbs.

I don't know what made him here. Are there any other side effects to its intrusion?

Gu Yuena walked in all empty directions. In the next instant, he heard a woman's soft-sounding laughter. Gu Yuena gasped, preparing with her magic to fight the enemy.

Sensing the presence of another figure in the surroundings, Gu Yuena exerted her magic to charge towards the figure. The red magic in his hand lit up, sliding into the darkness. However, the magic was as if it disappeared just like that—drowned in the darkness.

Gu Yuena frowned. Furthermore, the sound of laughter returning was heard making Gu Yuena spontaneously turn around and cast magic.

"Gu Yuena oh Gu Yuena, are you so stupid?"

Gu Yuena was surprised because the voice sounded similar to hers. He looked for a figure who spoke in the dark, but was not found.

"Who?" ask Gu Yuena.

The darkness in Gu Yuena's gaze just ended. He returned to his own spiritual realm in the form of a dark space full of burning red magic. It turned out that he was in his own spiritual realm. Why did it feel weird? Who was with him?

"Have you forgotten your own purpose?"

The voice came back, right in Gu Yuena's right ear. Gu Yuena spontaneously turned her head in alarm. His eyes widened to see a figure that resembled him, but had jet-black eyes and hair with a pale face like a corpse.

"Why are we similar?" ask Gu Yuena.

The woman laughed, then approached Gu Yuena and replied, "I am you and your greatest desire."

Gu Yuena frowned in disbelief. But the woman didn't seem to care what Gu Yuena would believe or not.

The woman said again, "Gu Yuena, you've changed so much, aren't you aware? You're even thinking too much about whether to continue collecting 1000 blood or not. What are you afraid of?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't dodge and pretend not to understand. In this world, I am the only one who understands you the most. All your desires, as well as your unrequited grudges." The woman smiled mysteriously. "After getting the phoenix spirit, you must determine how it will go. Who would you choose, and who would you kill."

Gu Yuena seemed to have realized something about who the woman who looked like her was. But he hesitated a little.

"I am the depiction of your past. Do not doubt my existence, for we are the same person." The woman clucked. "Let's take a reckoning. In the past, people bullied you without thinking about how you felt, how did you who was a princess receive such treatment? Gu Shan knew your identity, but let you be bullied just like that and exalted Gu Yuan like a god. Didn't he underestimate you?"

"He's dead."

"Yes, but his descendants live well. This time, the Ye Clan insulted you, even wanting to kill you. Gu Yueli even dared to threaten, that the Ye Clan will not let your son live. In the end, Yang Xinyuan killed your son."

"He doesn't know."

"Even if he knew, he had no regrets and would do the same. You saw his expression when you knew the truth? He can even kill teachers and those closest to you. Li Hua, your mother, actually did not give that order, but she was behind it. She does not regard you as a princess, but rather a pest that is being used. Gu Yuena, no one can be trusted. No one understands you, understands your feelings, everything can only put pressure on you. Do you still not want to kill them?"

Gu Yuena clenched her fists. That's all true. After all, who would trust such a person? He had long wanted to kill them all.

"In the end, you are destined to be alone. Compared to yourself but being trampled on, it's better to kill everyone who bothers you like you ever did." The woman touched Gu Yuena's shoulder, "Kill them all, make an offering of 1000 blood to raise your father. You love your father so much, but Li Hua snatched him away on your birthday. Now you only have Gu Yuan, but he also snatched it away. Forget the quiet life, you'll be happier if you keep killing people who can't be used."

Gu Yuena silently digested what she said. Yes, he would indeed kill them all one day with his own hands. After that, no one else could underestimate him.

The woman smiled broadly seeing Gu Yuena who was silently obediently listening without denying. There was a feeling of satisfaction in her gaze, accompanied by a wide, beautiful-looking smile on her pale lips.

"Good."