Dance Of The Phoenix
120. Mysterious Cave

Gu Yuena returned to the stealth group without suspicion. Coincidentally the day had passed, the demons hurriedly left without rest after the natural phenomenon as well as the mountain explosion occurred.

There was a message from the demons, stating that they should arrive as soon as possible before the phoenix blood owner came. Inevitably, they continued on the full journey while dispelling the attacking demonic monsters.

Along the way, Gu Yuena was immersed in her own thoughts because of the woman who acknowledged herself. The emotions that the woman triggered actually made Gu Yuena filled with thoughts of retaliation.

It didn't matter if it wanted to avenge the deeds of the Ye Clan and Linghun Palace. But what about her brother?

"Gu Yuan knows a lot of things, but doesn't tell you and conspires with the Queen. He tricked you! She can be honest with her lover, but not with you as her sister. Gu Yuena, there is nothing you can rely on in this world. It also included Bai Youzhe. Do you think Bai Youzhe would notice you if you weren't the owner of phoenix blood?"

The words are on his head. The woman managed to piss Gu Yuana off half to death. Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai had no idea what had happened to Gu Yuena. They only knew that Gu Yuena was so chaotic and frustrated since opening her eyes.

"What do I actually do?" gu Yuena's. He was completely muddled to the point of not realizing that his group had stopped its pace. Gu Yuena also hit the back of the demon that stopped suddenly in front of her.

The demon turned towards Gu Yuena, while Gu Yuena could only show a smile and briefly say an apology.

Up ahead, there was a dark cave the size of two adults. A small possibility was possessed by a high-level monster that was as big as a mountain. Gu Yuena did not know what it was, but her premonition became bad. He hates the narrow place.

"Don't anyone want to check what's in there?" The demon who was leading the way in front asked the demons. It's time to show the usefulness of the demons he carries.

No one answered. Judging from any side, the cave was clearly very suspicious. Besides having a small size, its location had blatantly invited many demonic monsters to enter. I don't know how deep it is and what's in it.

From the outside, Gu Yuena could feel the aura of some demonic monsters from within. There should be a bigger road. In addition, there were also unusual energy fluctuations.

"You, check it!" The demon pointed at one of the crow's demons.

The demon changed into a normal crow, then flew in. Within minutes, the crow did not return. The demons became anxious.

Gu Yuena herself frowned. He felt nothing and was sure that the crow was still there, just not knowing how deep the cave was.

"Is this useful for phoenix spirit quests?" ask Gu Yuena. According to him, too waste of time.

"If it can get a shortcut, it will get better," replied one of the demons.

"It looks like there's nothing interesting in there." Other demons argue. They themselves could not feel any spiritual traces inside. It was as if the cave was dead-end and empty.

They might not be able to sense it, but the two demons as well as Gu Yuena clearly sensed that there was something inside there. That is why, they are directed to stop and check.

"You fire bird, check faster!" The demon pointed at Gu Yuena who was in the back row.

Gu Yuena pointed to herself, feeling astonished. "Me?"

"Who else is the fire bird here?" The devil spoke with sarcasm. Let him teach the arrogant bird a lesson on the kick of time.

Gu Yuena looked at the surroundings, feeling doubtful. But his feet still stepped into that place before finally being pushed inside by the demon who told him to.

Pounding, Gu Yuena vowed to tear the demon into pieces. He hated the narrow place, while this cave was very long and had a width as big as two adult men who were huddled with each other.

Gu Yuena's eyes could see in the darkness, especially after breaking through to the 9th level recently. His gaze became wider and not dark in the darkness. He can see like at night.

No matter how far Gu Yuena walked, she found nothing interesting. Until finally the crow's voice broke the silence accompanied by a black figure that darted flying past him just like that—nyaris hit his face.

"The danger!" The crow flapped its wings, blurred while shouting in the darkness. Gu Yuena was alone in a confused state.

The danger?

Gu Yuena did not feel the energy fluctuation differently, only feeling the aura getting closer. Don't know what the raven demon saw when it said it out there. Not at all audible. Though he could hear the sound of crow screeches echoing.

It is better to go back before the accident happens, Gu Yuena thought.

He turned around. However, his steps stopped as soon as he felt the ground begin to tremble. The walls and roofs of the caves were breaking down sand with small rocks, as if this place was about to collapse.

Just be true ....

Gu Yuena quickened her pace. Using his full speed, he shot out like a shadow to the end of the cave in order to get out before it completely collapsed. Not knowing what the crow triggered inside, Gu Yuena felt like she had to go out at this very moment.

The light was already visible, while the shaking got worse as he set foot near the mouth of the cave. Just one more step, he can already get out of here.

But fate is not on his side. The ground he was treading collapsed, dropping Gu Yuena into a steep abyss while his hand held the remaining ground in order to survive. Unfortunately, he could not take out wings because of the small place.

Fucking cramped place!

The shock is getting worse. Gu Yuena tried hard to get to the top, then would soar quickly using her spiritual power in order to break through the ruins.

Because the mouth of the cave began to close due to falling rocks. The originally small stones became larger, closing the exit Gu Yuena had to go through.

When Gu Yuena was about to arrive, the rocks did not give her a chance and condensed the moving space right then and there. Gu Yuena hit the rocks hard, wanting to forcefully break through. Unfortunately, it had been coated by a strange magic that made Gu Yuena could only feel pain in her bones from trying to break through the pile of stones.

"Damn it!"

Gu Yuena groaned in annoyance, hitting the stone rubble until the skin of her hand let out a warm, red liquid. He's too frustrated.

Not knowing what kind of magic was holding him here, Gu Yuena felt like she had to find another way. He can't just give up.

Since this cave had a certain magic as well as some monsters within it, it should be able to find another way out. Although this place was narrow and made it uncomfortable, it was no big deal. He was used to being in a desperate position like this.

Walking into the depths of the cave that no longer experienced the earthquake, Gu Yuena could only continue what was before her eyes. Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai came out, walking side by side with Gu Yuena to keep Miss from danger.

A cat's vision in the dark is much better than a human's. So if something comes close, they can give an early warning.

And sure enough, there was never a good thing in a mysterious place let alone a cave. Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai were startled together when a huge snake shot towards them at high speed.

"Miss, lookout!"

Gu Yuena was also aware of that. He could see a huge snake opening its mouth wide right in front of him while gliding. Gu Yuena spontaneously lowered her head backwards. From that position, he could see the snake easily turn and would attack him again.

In a narrow place, it was very difficult to handle a large and long snake. Gu Yuena even had to jump as soon as possible so as not to get hit by the twists. However, his efforts were not entirely successful due to the limitations of space moving until finally his body was wrapped up just like that.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei could not enlarge the body, only dodging and jumping in various directions while giving claws as well as magic attacks.

The magic combination of the two managed to make the snake take off Gu Yuena's winding. Gu Yuena fell to the ground, then looked for a safe position to carry out the attack. The blade flew out from his hand, slashing to shred the snake several times before finally cutting off its body part so fiercely.

When the snake went berserk and was about to devour Gu Yuena, the flying blade returned to Gu Yuena's hand and pierced through the snake's large mouth right in her throat. Magic flowed, destroying the snake's body in order not to grow any more flesh. The snake died instantly.

That short battle did not make Gu Yuena's vigilance loosen. When he turned to the direction where the snake had come, his hair goosebumps instantly.

There are a lot of snakes there.

This place is very long and narrow. It's a snake's nest.

"Miss, they're monster blis guards." Xiao Hei said with a trembling tone of voice. It doesn't matter if it's one or two monsters, but it's more than that!

The strength of the guard demon monster was not the same as the strength of ordinary high-level demon monsters. They had already exceeded high-level demon monsters. Their strength could not be measured only by age or strength level, but the kind they had as well as how much they ate.

The ones they had just defeated were only the weakest. Even Xiao Hei could kill him easily using a single strike.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Outside the cave, the demons fell silent when they saw one of their comrades trapped inside. While on the demon side, they did not want to know and chose to continue the journey.

"That is the risk of making this long and dangerous journey. In the future, there will be more danger. Those of you who are afraid to die, don't have a second chance to run." The demon spoke arrogantly, making even the demons who wanted to protest speechless.

The fire bird had nothing to do with them. Although the firebird clan was extremely ferocious, they were figures of individualism, not going to calculations just because one of them died in the expedition. After all, this was the order of the devil.

"The firebird was so arrogant, he deserved it." The demon who had been hit by a certain stealth death kick snorted.

"Let's continue the journey!" The other demons immediately gave the command. Walk in front, lead the demons.

They did not know, a pair of night blue irises within the darkness watched with a murderous aura.

No matter who or why someone pushed Gu Yuena within the brink of death, he would not let go easily.

That cold aura felt on their backs were all the demons as well as demons leading the way. Stopping the steps and inspecting the surroundings, there was no finding of anything that made that cold feeling appear to freeze them. For some reason, they were scared.

The bully demon that was walking behind was shocked when it saw someone appear just like that blocking the journey. He patted his partner who was busy with the demons, telling him that there were other creatures blocking the way.

When he saw the black-robed figure, his gaze was filled with shock.

The dense dragon aura on the figure's body revealed the identity of his dragon, making the demons cold. A dragon dares to block their path? Really have great courage.

"It turns out there are still dragons who dare to voluntarily usher in death here. I really don't love my own life. Have you come to give up your body and soul to eat?" The bully demon snorted and ridiculed blatantly while laughing.

His partner felt something was wrong. The dragon aura was clearly unusual. While the demons laughed along, despite the cold feeling in their hearts. There was fear, but one of the laughing demons melted the cold mood in their hearts.

The figure just looked on expressionlessly. That demon once bothered her Nana like a pervert and demeaned her Nana. He will not let go of that one. Others pushed her Nana into danger.

The figure that was none other than Bai Youzhe could not only watch from afar. He raised one of his hands which let out a thin black mist. With just a slight movement of hands, some black fog shot out like tiny blades flying about slashing at them one by one.

The previously laughing demon instantly fell silent as soon as the black fog shot towards him. He immediately put up a shield, but it was not enough to withstand the attack until the black fog pushed him very far and slashed his neck right then and there. This also applies to other demons and demons who laugh.

The screams immediately echoed. The demons were scared to death and instantly put up a defense, but their strength was not enough to withstand a single black fog that could even kill a demon with a single strike.

Some of the demons that were not the target of the killing instantly kneeled in fear and kowtowed. They have a low position, it will not matter if they prostrate on a creature with a high position such as a dragon or demon. They can even bow down to both.

Bai Youzhe actually did not want to spare anyone of them, but she remembered that stealth had quite an important role in the Underworld. It will not be any further calculation and let them run away in a mess with no direction.

His feet stepped towards the cave which was now tightly closed. There was a certain magic that made him unable to open the cave path. It must also be what made Gu Yuena unable to get out. In it, other than the guardian monsters, there must be something.

He had to find another way around the mountain and lock the aura of the guardian monster as its central point.

The Assassin Guild was still on its way, whereas the phoenix spirit had already appeared in the belly of the mountain. He had been holding back the mountain activity that began to actively use the barrier, just waiting for Gu Yuena to come. Unfortunately, the woman was trapped somewhere else.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

"When did they fall asleep?" Gu Yuena sat down in the cave passage with her pet cat, waiting for the snakes to fall asleep. His face looks bored. I don't know how much time he spent.

The snakes will change their skin and fall asleep when the full moon arrives. It was their weakest moments, so Gu Yuena could take a chance. Incidentally, tonight is the night of the full moon.

The cramped place made Gu Yuena uncomfortable. It was very stuffy here, until Gu Yuena had trouble getting some fresh air. His skin was already flushed due to the hot air without circulation.

"It should be no longer." Xiao Hei as a demon monster could sense heaven and earth energy. The sky is now dark, the full moon will appear.

"It's so long." Gu Yuena complained while hugging her knees.

Xiao Bai ran from the darkness. He had examined the guard snakes for the safety of his nona, now they were asleep. The cat nods its head as a signal that it can move.

Gu Yuena immediately moved. Bringing Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai into his arms, he used transparent magic so that his figure would not be seen by the guardian snake. Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei also disappeared along with Gu Yuena. Their presence can no longer be felt.

Slowly, Gu Yuena stepped out her legs without a sound. The longer, the cave region gets bigger and has several sand dunes around it. Gu Yuena could see that there were many small snakes among the mounds sleeping. The big one ....

Gu Yuena almost stepped on one of them if not immediately stopped her steps. So large that the tail stuck out scattered on the ground with the skin of the snake that peeled off.

If it were, there were many snakes of such size that Gu Yuena had just killed. They slept recklessly, rolling up their bodies or letting them unravel until Gu Yuena had trouble jumping over them.

The air was getting hotter and stuffy, as if there was a burning fire inside. There was a strange aura inside, which made his phoenix power react.

There's no way it's a phoenix spirit, right?

Gu Yuena continued her stealthy journey. I don't know when he got through this big snake nest. It felt like he was in an endless cave.

His steps came to a halt as soon as he realized something was moving behind him. Xiao Bai looked towards the back, then glared wide.

"Miss, continue the path." Xiao Bai spoke carefully.

Gu Yuena did not know whether to laugh or cry. Was he caught? He obviously did nothing wrong, why were they so sensitive?

Gu Yuena turned her head back, saw some snakes moving and started to open her eyes. They just sped past Gu Yuena.

"I told you to keep going." Xiao Bai shrank in fear.

"Fortunately they can't see." Gu Yuena sighed. Not relieved, but depressed. His transparent body was completely invisible to those creatures.

Why did they have to get up so quickly!

Gu Yuena continued her steps. He could see that there were a lot of snakes starting to move. Even until there is a small fight because each other was hit by the tail of each other. The deeper Gu Yuena walked, the more she saw the many small snakes that were flattening both on the ground and on the walls and hanging the ceiling of the cave. Their eggs are also very plentiful.

There was no other path other than the one Gu Yuena walked through. If only Gu Yuena had gone the other way, she would rather take another path than face thousands of snakes and see how their daily lives are.

Until it finally arrived at a place, where the snake par avoided a region filled with magic. The dark magic that was so vivid, formed a circular area and was guarded by a terrifying large creature. He was bigger than Gu Yuena had seen all this time.

The huge snake was on the edge of a steep ravine. Part of his body was facing the magic, guarding it. While some of them hang down the ravine which is filled with a hot aura and a red glow of fire.

"That's the Fire Eater's Phyton." Xiao Hei was surprised to see it.

"Can you handle it?" Gu Yuena did not care what kind of creature it was, but she felt it was more terrifying than she had ever seen. Even stronger than a panther.

"Of course." Xiao Hei was a bit doubtful. They are the same kind of monster—monster guards.

Xiao Hei was strong, but he had been injured for a long time and did not have enough time to increase his strength any more. However, the snake had greater luck. The fire energy around was extremely pure, the snake was absorbing it at all times while sleeping for a very long time, it might have been thousands of years in the Underworld. Xiao Hei was clearly outmatched.

About the fire energy, it should have come from the ravine that the snake occupied. The existence of such a large and pure fire in a cave inside the mountain, there was no doubt that the ravine was a volcanic crater that only existed in the bowels of the mountain.

Actually Gu Yuena had walked that far.

Gu Yuena who realized it had no time to be surprised. It seemed like the huge snake was so sensitive that it opened its red-colored eyes from its long slumber, looking at Gu Yuena with high killing intent.

"Last ...." Gu Yuena sighed.