Dance Of The Phoenix
122. Evolution of Phoenix

"seen? Already on the verge of death, no one cares about your life and death."

Gu Yuena covered her ears with both hands while closing her eyes. The figure who had the exact look like him continued to chirp. He's fed up.

"Don't act strong, you're not that strong. You can lose to a snake. If not for your own bravery, the phoenix blood in your body would have long since disappeared."

"What do I do and don't do, what does that have to do with you?" Gu Yuena looked at him sharply. The pale figure only tilted his head with a strange smile. Gu Yuena laughed briefly. "Don't act like you're gonna replace me. If that happens, I swear I'll tear you apart even if I have to destroy my soul."

"That's the real Gu Yuena." The woman laughed. The evil laughter that made Gu Yuena desperately wanted to strangle him.

"Shut up!" Gu Yuena raised her tone. His soul was still very sick, then had to listen to the woman's ravings, saying how pitiful she was. Gu Yuena hated someone who thought it pitiful.

"Now, no one is helping you on the brink of this destruction. Your soul is broken, your body is severely injured by falling from a height. The two cats were trapped in a locked spiritual space as the phoenix blood automatically blocked your spiritual power due to the backlash of soul force and internal injuries. You are no different from ordinary people. If he dies, who will look for him?"

Gu Yuena snorted. "I don't need that."

"Oh, huh? You are bad at lying to yourself. In fact, your life's desire is very strong. Unfortunately, no one helped you." The woman sighed. "It can only wait for death."

Gu Yuena did not reply. He opened his eyes, looking at the ceiling of the rocks which was not at all interesting. He could feel the heat on the surface where he was lying, as well as the scorching hot air as if he was baking it.

It's really grilled. The reason, Gu Yuena was on the ground covered by hot lava and exploded. It looks like he is already in the stomach of the mountain, precisely the crater of the mountain that will erupt.

Looking at the other side, there was faintly something shining embedded in the nearby wall. The figure of a small phoenix that was asleep, looked transparent and was engulfed by the red spiritual energy protecting it from the outside world.

Phoenix spirit .....

Gu Yuena could not move her body. He's dying. Once he moved his body, his mouth spewed out blood, flowing down his cheeks. His body was shaking and felt uncomfortable.

He used soul power to heal his soul slowly. Closing his eyes, he focused his strength on the soul and refined it slowly. It was very painful, yet Gu Yuena could not scream at all.

"Gu Yuena ...."

Gu Yuena clenched her hands. The voice ... is like a woman's voice. A voice that resonates and has a soft tone. But in Gu Yuena's ears, the voice calling out her name had its own attraction that made her uneasy.

"Gu Yuena ...."

Gu Yuena opened her eyes. His gaze was still blurry, then his gaze was directed at the phoenix spirit that exuded a powerful aura.

"Wait for what else? Take her ...." The voice of the woman in the spiritual realm rang out, whispering Gu Yuena as if she was right in her ear.

"I'm dying." Gu Yuena whispered, feeling very weak. Even his eyes are so cute.

"Gu Yuena ...." The strange voice rang out again, coming from the phoenix spirit. Gu Yuena was getting more agitated.

"Lady!"

Gu Yuena regained her senses from her own mess and realized someone was approaching. His head hurt so much that it was hard to take his eyes off. It felt very hot as if it was burning directly. The ground is too hot for him.

Not far from there, Bai Youzhe was in the midst of a huge search for Gu Yuena around the vast mountain crater. He had searched on each side, but could not find the person he was looking for. He could not feel the woman's presence, making him very agitated.

"Lady!" Bai Youzhe was still searching. His gaze was directed at the part of the crater that had more lava, he was surprised to see someone sprawled just above the ground surrounded by lava.

As soon as possible Bai Youzhe flew in that direction. Landed right by the woman's side, then grabbed her and hugged her extremely hot and flushed body. Her Nana body was extremely weak at the moment, unable to even move. While Gu Yuena herself could only be speechless seeing Bai Youzhe's sudden presence.

"Nana, hang on." Bai Youzhe channeled her cold aura at Gu Yuena so that this hot temperature could be resolved. Gu Yuena must have felt like she was burning until all her energy was drained. Although he was a fire phoenix, there was a limit to him who had been injured.

When plunging from the place of the guard snakes, they arrived at a different place. Gu Yuena was directly directed towards the phoenix spirit, whereas Bai Youzhe had to deal with the demon that was about to break through while searching for Gu Yuena. The man had not thought that Gu Yuena would arrive near the phoenix spirit so scared of him.

Cold air entered Gu Yuena's body. Bai Youzhe's embrace was warm to her, despite having a cold air that was soothing to her physique. At least the heat effect of the lava no longer burns it.

The woman was wrong. He still has people who care about his death. Just thinking about this made Gu Yuena calm down.

"Well." Gu Yuena felt her throat dry. He said weakly, as well as the faint eyes that looked hard to widen. He still felt his energy completely drained.

Bai Youzhe immediately took the available drinking supplies in the spiritual room and gave them to Gu Yuena. He still did not let go of the crack, afraid that something might happen to Gu Yuena.

After wetting her dry throat, Gu Yuena felt better. He hugged Bai Youzhe's arm comfortably, trying to start repairing her damaged soul. He must endure.

"How do you know I'm here?" gu Yuena asked, while repairing her soul while closing her eyes.

"I can't possibly let you walk alone in this place."

"You following me? So ... You already knew that Li Nana was me before." Gu Yuena guessed exactly. Gu Yuena could only be grateful that her hypnotism was broken. If not, maybe he's completely alone.

Bai Youzhe smiled, then hugged Gu Yuena even tighter. "We're out of here."

Gu Yuena was silent for a moment. "Spirit phoenix ...."

"Do later. Your safety is more important. The energy here is unstable, it can't help speed up regeneration."

Gu Yuena felt objection. He completed the soul repair faster, then moved to look at the blue iris of the night seriously. "can't. Youzhe, I'm taking a dangerous trip all the time for today. I can't back down when my goal is in sight."

"Absorbing a phoenix spirit can't be done when it's injured." Bai Youzhe did not want anything to happen to Gu Yuena before her eyes while absorbing the phoenix spirit. "We're going to the camp to treat your wounds, and then I'm going to drive you back here."

Gu Yuena did not say anything. His mind was elsewhere, not listening to Bai Youzhe sayings.

Out there, a black figure shot through the air towards the top of the mountain which was now beginning to show its liveliness. The presence of the figure could be well sensed by Gu Yuena, making the woman even more agitated.

Yang Xinyuan is here ....

Bai Youzhe probably did not feel it because the man was hiding his aura so well. However, Gu Yuena had a certain connection with Yang Xinyuan during the mission to communicate with each other. Gu Yuena knew of his arrival.

Can't be like this. If Bai Youzhe and Yang Xinyuan were to meet in person, it was unknown what calamity would be. Gu Yuena should also not let down Li Hua's trust because of her relationship with Bai Youzhe. Yang Xinyuan would probably keep her mouth shut, but the others would not.

To overcome this, he had to absorb the phoenix spirit and dispel the attention of the two in different places. After that, he would immediately put an end to all this chaos. No matter what his soul is still muddled or not.

Fortunately, the woman inside the spiritual space had made her act implusively before.

"Youzhe, it's too late." Gu Yuena said in a low tone. He looked at the blue iris with a smile. "The process is done."

Bai Youzhe frowned, feeling that something was up. In the next instant, he was aware of such a huge fluctuation of energy coming from the phoenix spirit, giving off a red light that exploded just like that. The explosion that triggered the lava surged upwards with intense pressure and shook the mountain.

As quickly as possible Bai Youzhe brought Gu Yuena into her arms, blocking the explosion using her body to avoid hitting Gu Yuena. However, Gu Yuena still spewed blood from her mouth.

So fast the explosion happened without waiting. Bai Youzhe had made a shield, but the impromptu shield that had appeared did not sufficiently withstand the effects of the explosion that it shattered after the explosion was over.

"What are you doing?"

"Before you came, it should have exploded." Gu Yuena clarified. "Well, I'm stubborn."

When the voice mentioned his name just now, accompanied by the woman's insistence, he directly channeled his remaining spiritual power into the phoenix spirit. If not for Bai Youzhe's arrival, the phoenix spirit had already exploded from the very beginning. However, it was not that Gu Yuena withdrew her spiritual power, she simply relaxed it in order to become longer.

Bai Youzhe had no time to think of anything other than what would happen to Gu Yuena later on. When the phoenix spirit energy entered Gu Yuena's body, the woman was in pain as long as that energy forcibly entered her body.

Bai Youzhe did not let go of the embrace. If it had been like this, he could not help Gu Yuena or ease her pain despite wanting to. Receiving the power that came from the phoenix blood could not be supported by outside forces, or there would be energy clashes and endangering lives.

Gu Yuena should not absorb in a wounded state, which made her pain double what it should be.

Gu Yuena continued to scream in pain. His body was engulfed in a red glow, the phoenix symbol between his eyebrows was heating up and getting more and more concentrated. Even the air around the hotter will be the fire burning around.

The mountain shake happened again. The lava rising upwards made Bai Youzhe wary. If this lava really rose and drowned them, then there would be no survivors.

Bai Youzhe immediately made a protector around the ground that she was treading with Gu Yuena. The rising lava could not be stopped, but he could control his speed so that the calamity that occurred did not cause fatal damage to the Underworld.

Out there, black clouds gathered on top of the mountain filled with lava liquid as well as smoke gathered. The next explosion occurred, the particles from inside the mountain evaporated upwards accompanied by dark clouds floating in the air.

Chu Xin, Bao Jun, and Hei Changge on the mountain were stunned to see the rare sight that appeared before their eyes. Even the demons who were in the demon mountains were stunned as well.

The mountain again had an explosion. The explosion this time traveled all over and ejected volcanic particles that shot out in all directions like a meteor shower. The explosion can be felt by everyone, even the ground was shaking and experiencing cracks accompanied by a rain of destructive fireballs.

"Place formation!" Hei Changge came to his senses first and led the troops scattered around each corner of the mountain to set up a protection formation. Do not let the explosion plunder out the demon mountains.

Everyone instantly came to their senses and hurriedly took a position and created a formation. Before the rain of fire hit their group, the formation was immediately set up and blocked any collisions due to the mountain explosion.

Yang Xinyuan on the other hand was still flying in the air towards the mountain filled with black clouds. When the explosion occurred, he used his spiritual power to create a shield and managed to survive in the air. The rain of fire did not affect his speed so much. He flew while avoiding the rain of fire from the mountain.

However, before actually reaching the mountain, he was faced with several demons that were guarding around the mountain while surviving in the formation.

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Gu Yuena's condition isn't okay. Bai Youzhe was still maintaining the shield while waiting for the fainted Gu Yuena. They can't get out of here before the disaster is over so have to wait longer.

Bai Youzhe had arranged the energy within the shield so that it would not torture Gu Yuena too much. This way, Gu Yuena will be fine during evolution.

But of course they cannot escape danger. After the second explosion of the erupting mountain, the other side of the mountain was hollowed out due to the hail of fire coming from the particles as the mountain exploded. It opened a gap for the enemy who had been waiting for a long time to enter the place.

Bai Youzhe was aware of the arrival of the demons who were intending to disrupt the evolution process in order for the phoenix not to appear. Gu Yuena was in a weakened state at the moment, the demons took the opportunity to enter to attack.

Bai Youzhe whispered in Gu Yuena's fainted ear. "Wait for me."

Putting Gu Yuena from her lap onto the magic-covered ground to keep Gu Yuena's body temperature in check, Bai Youzhe stood up and pierced through the shield she made.

The condition of the mountain stomach was very severe as endless lava continued to bulge and flood the place. Bai Youzhe flew through the air unaffected by the volcanic activity, attracting the attention of the demons who had come to get away from Gu Yuena.

The number of demons that came was quite a lot. Their strength was no worse than the guardian monsters so Bai Youzhe had to be careful. Landing on one of the stones, he looked towards the pursuing demons.

Realizing that what he was chasing was not the real target but the Underworld Master, the demons were shocked to the point of taking a few steps back.

Although they did not know how the king's face was, they were unable to ignore the suppressing aura that made them freeze instantly. This place was extremely hot, but their bodies were shivering. They immediately took care and set up a formation.

Without saying anything more, Bai Youzhe handled the formation that actively attacked her so fiercely.

At the same time, in the darkness filled with red magic, Gu Yuena floated in the air in a closed eye state with a red light circling her body. It felt very quiet, until Gu Yuena's mind was completely blank.

Merely, a pale and pitch-black sliced figure approached Gu Yuena and touched her shoulder from behind. He whispered something.

"Wake up, don't be boring."

Gu Yuena opened her eyes. His red iris looked in a daze for a moment before staring at the pair of black eyes that were looking at him with a smile.

"You should feel the change in your body. Isn't it fun?" The woman said meaningfully.

Gu Yuena's face was still flat when she saw it. His gaze shifted on the two hands that were covered in red magic. The phoenix symbol on his forehead was still burning, while the phoenix spirit power slowly changed his soul.

A small phoenix figure appeared nearby. It was fire-red and had two pairs of beautiful wings. Even though she was asleep in the air, she still looked beautiful.

"It can be said, you are no longer human. When the phoenix spirit merges with your soul, you are no longer human. You are a phoenix. The phoenix demon."

Gu Yuena looked at the phoenix which was a picture of her own soul. He laughed a little because of the woman's words. "I wasn't human at the beginning."

"No humanity should be in you, for you are not human. Therefore, you are free to do anything for yourself."

Gu Yuena glanced at him cynically. "When did you go?"

"When do you think I'm leaving?" The woman smiled widely. As long as there was still anger and resentment in Gu Yuena's heart, he wouldn't leave. Gu Yuena was the one who called out to him through the demonic aura. He was the demon in Gu Yuena's heart.

Excessive soul power could affect Gu Yuena's mind to become something evil. However, since Gu Yuena could control those evil thoughts and suppress them into pent-up desires, as well as demonic aura training, another form emerged from the darkness as the darkest side of a person, the heart demon.

Gu Yuena turned her eyes away with an unsightly look. "Keep away before I forcibly expel you."

"There's too much doubt in your heart, I can't leave unless you die ...."

Gu Yuena snorted. He moved quickly and smothered the pale woman's neck hard. The woman, instead of feeling pain, smiled with a deep look.

Gu Yuena felt something wrapped around her neck. The more he stiffened the chuckle, the more it suffocated as if to strangle himself. Very hard to breathe. In the end, Gu Yuena let go of her strangulation reluctantly, only then did the strangulation on her neck come off and be able to breathe a sigh of relief. He also coughed.

Gu Yuena's actions were like a joke in the pale woman's eyes. "I told you, we're the same people. We are one."

The woman looked towards the phoenix-shaped spirit that was still floating in the air. He touched the spirit with his finger, before it disappeared into the wind.

"The phoenix spirit has fused. Gu Yuena, congratulations to you." The woman chuckled, approaching Gu Yuena back. "It's time for you to take over the world. Eliminate all enemies and people who hinder your development. Make them part of the sacrifice of 1000 blood as a tribute to you."

Gu Yuena just silently looked at him with a restless mind. There was indeed an evil thought that came to mind, but he remembered all the suffering of the world that was not only experienced by him. In this world, he is not the only victim of the cruelty of the world.

The pale woman narrowed her eyes. "If it's hard, I can help you make it happen."

"You dare ...." Gu Yuena was unable to continue his words when the soul force started attacking him back. He fell more and more helpless, feeling the pain in his unhealed soul.

Looking at the injured Gu Yuena, the woman smirked, "You'll thank me."