Dance Of The Phoenix
127. Final Steps

The spiritual realm underwent significant changes. The red magic flying like the wind had now become extremely calm. The red dots appeared like crystal grains of red magic, gathering around the sleeping little phoenix.

It shone, surrounding the small phoenix and condensing its spirit into its original form. Slowly, the light carried him to the dark floor and grew bigger.

When the light spread out—back into a red magic flying—the female figure was seen closing her eyes. His skin was as pale as a corpse. Her beautiful eyelids move slightly, opening gaps and showing a slight dim red iris. But that only lasted a little while. He closed his eyes again when he saw red magic flying like the wind around him.

It seemed that the woman was finishing what she could not finish.

In addition, the woman he was referring to was currently sitting quietly in the study room. Looking at the palm-sized scales that seemed to sparkle in his hands, his mind sank.

"The front will be very complicated. Heart-protective scales will protect you when life is threatened in the last moments when I'm not by your side."

Gu Yuena placed the heart protection scales onto the table, feeling something make her heart waver. Bai Youzhe gave him the heart protection scales, where it was the heart part dragon scales that belonged to Bai Youzhe herself. It must have hurt a lot when it was removed.

"What exactly are you planning?" His forehead was puffing deeply.

As he was thinking from Bai Youzhe's crazy point of view, the fluctuations of energy from within the spiritual realm made him react. Quickly he closed his eyes, entering the spiritual realm.

The figure of the red-blasted woman still closed her eyes in a weakened state. The pale woman approached, then crouched down nearby to make sure that her original consciousness was completely recovered or not.

It has not recovered.

"I see you're so pathetic" he said in a low tone. He touched the red hair gently, then smiled wryly. "I'm the devil in your heart, you obviously know what's going on out there through my eyes. The change of your heart, greatly affected my existence."

Gu Yuena still did not say anything despite hearing it. He was just silent, feeling powerless even though he just wanted to say with the dehumanization.

The woman continued, "You love her so much. I told you, love is a weakness. Suppose that Bai Youzhe who was drunk with love gave her life to you just like that. Really disrespecting yourself. Don't be such a fool."

He looked at Gu Yuena once more, then sighed. "The collection of 1000 blood is sufficient. Looks like this will be the last trip before returning to the palace." Suddenly he thought of something. "No, I still have to kill my enemies, making them a complement to sacrifice. Ye clan, Linghun Hall, Devil ...."

The devil had injured him quite badly, he had calculated it. Although the demons that wounded him were dead, some were still alive and taking refuge at the feet of the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord was also definitely responsible for what happened in the Demon Mountains.

"I hope you don't wake up before it's over. I still want to enjoy the atmosphere of murder." The woman smiled coldly, then departed from the spiritual realm.

Gu Yuena who had previously only closed her eyes now showed her blood red irises. He was expecting something like that, but it felt like something was wrong.

Bai Youzhe gave him the heart protection scales, did the man already know that he was going to go kill the Demon Lord as the last step in the Underworld?

There are too many coincidences.

"Your Majesty." Huang Jiu came to give the news. His face looked nervous at the moment, different from his usual self.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a message from the scouts in the demon territory."

"What's that?" tanyakanya.

"It's about the Devil Lord. They said that there were some demons who scattered and traveled to the Phoenix Region. It seems like the Demon Lord cannot stay still any longer."

Gu Yuena pulled her eyebrows. Again a coincidence. He had indeed deliberately provoked the Demon Lord by committing a massive murder against his people, who would have thought that it would come today as expected.

Is this really all just a coincidence?

"Gather the palace army inside the illusion barrier. Make the demons unaware that we know their movements. Don't tell this news except the generals." Gu Yuena has a plan.

"But ... what if the illusion barrier was tampered with when they broke through forcefully? What about evacuation?"

"Not necessary to do. I have a surprise for them." Gu Yuena showed a mysterious smile that made Huang Jiu even more confused. However, there was a strong sense of confidence when Gu Yuena said so. The woman nodded too.

Huang Jiu immediately told the army generals to control the troops and make defenses around the palace. He did not know what Gu Yuena's plan was, but he would do his best to protect the phoenix territory.

Once the illusion barrier was breached, they would instantly attack.

No one knew what crisis was going to take place so the phoenix region seemed to be very peaceful. Even they themselves felt strange, as there was not the slightest movement from the troops that normally went in and out of the illusionary barrier carrying the smell of blood.

Feels very strange. Huang Jiu himself was getting more and more agitated.

On the other hand, Gu Yuena arrived at the dungeon she had made while here. This dungeon was connected to the illusionary border, or rather the shortcut from the Devil Mountain Range to the illusionary border. The illusory border is a wilderness separating the phoenix region and the outside world.

When the illusion barrier was breached, then they would be greeted by a wilderness full of death aura. The palace army will also appear. At that moment, he will act.

The risk that occurs if he fails is to break through the forest and enter the Phoenix Area. Although Gu Yuena had a backup plan to prevent fatal damage, she still had to be wary of the Demon Lord's strength.

Not knowing the person will come or not for revenge after he devours his favorite mount.

Inside the underground room, Xiao Hei appeared in the form of a black creature as large as a normal panther. Gu Yuena looked at him with a smile.

"You've come" he said.

"Miss, what am I supposed to do with this?" ask Xiao Hei.

"We'll have fun after all this time. Until I recuperate from the soul force counterattack, you will help along with 'them'."

Xiao Hei nodded in understanding. His sharp gaze was directed at the darkness in the passageway there attentively.

Those were some of the things that Gu Yuena had been concerned about over the past few months. Now it's time to let them go.

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Throughout the day, Bai Youzhe stood still in one place without moving or saying anything. Ever since from the Phoenix Region, he had become even more quiet than before. He did not return to the palace, instead settling in the mountains near the border forest of the Phoenix Region while paying attention to the atmosphere of the forest from afar.

Bao Jun who stood for a long time waiting for his master could not help but feel tired, but he should not leave his master just like that. Su Churan had just returned to the Mitian Plains, while Chu Xin was taking care of the guild. Hei Changge received an order from Bai Youzhe to ensure the condition of the wilderness in the shadows.

Bao Jun was alone without friends.

"Your Majesty, have you been waiting all day?" Bao Jun wondered what Bai Youzhe wanted to see. But he couldn't guess.

"Sure safety."

Bao Jun nodded in understanding. Unexplained, he already knew that this master who was a slave of love wanted to ensure Gu Yuena's safety.

But why go so far away like this? Can't the man see the lady directly?

"That's ...." Bao Jun wanted to say something more to break the silence, but the few black shadows that shot around the forest shocked him.

Bai Youzhe's gaze sharpened instantly. "They're coming."

Wh who? Who's coming? Bao Jun was completely confused and looked at the forest that had now become desolate as ever. The shadow was moving very fast.

In the next instant, an explosion occurred in the middle of the forest creating a red magic that lit up in the air. At the same time, several red figures shot into the air with beautiful wings and emitted such a huge fire around the forest.

The illusion barrier has been destroyed.

Many black shadows flew and shot out from various directions around the forest. This forest felt very quiet as if there was no life. If they did not see some phoenix who had escaped into the air and made a defense like a surprised bird, they would have thought that there was a trap within the forest.

The illusion barrier was already shattered, there were some phoenixes who ran away from them towards the palace quickly. The shadows were chasing endlessly and hurtling like falling meteors.

Until finally it seemed a large and magnificent castle from a distance. The tall tower is visible from the sky. The Phoenix was indeed the richest race to the point of being able to create a castle that was so large and fused with its territory.

The castle is surrounded by an artificial lake, only accessible by flying. Since the castle had now been surrounded by a barrier, the black shadow army landed on the ground and formed many demons in armor.

"The Phoenix Queen was meticulous, even making a barrier around the palace after the illusionary barrier was destroyed." One of the demons snorted in annoyance.

"Only the foolish birds that depend on the woman, can survive longer as long as their leader is weak. Don't waste time! As long as the Phoenix Queen is injured, don't give them a chance to breathe from the battle!"

They exert their power to destroy the barrier made. Just as the darkness magic was about to touch the barrier, a fire magic struck the darkness magic fiercely from the air.

The demons were flabbergasted, then looked up to see there were many flying phoenix troops ready for battle. They had anticipated it.

Without saying anything more, they fought in two places. The air is full of flying magic, while the ground is enlivened by a truce from both sides.

Not only were there phoenix troops coming out of the castle. When a big cat was seen from the direction of the forest, more than dozens of huge monsters the size of a mountain appeared attacking the demons.

The demons were clearly shocked. Since when did the phoenix have so many conquered monsters?

Xiao Hei fought vigorously. Gu Yuena was still recuperating so as not to fight first, he had to finish these assailants so that his nona would not have to waste too much energy in anticipation of the arrival of the Demon Lord.

And sure enough, a black fog figure appeared on the battlefield suppressing many phoenixes with dark magic. The magic formed such a huge vortex, striking many phoenixes and demon monsters together until it hit the barrier of the castle.

Just then, a black-robed figure appeared in the air. His silver hair fluttered in the wind, his eyes were blood red and looked extremely sharp.

It was the Demon Lord!

In the palace, the rampaging soul force in Gu Yuena's body slowly shrank. Although it had shrunk, the remnants of that soul force were still not careless so that at any time it could hurt Gu Yuena's internal organs. The soul force was corrosive, thus suppressing Gu Yuena's magic power and trying to take over.

When fighting later, there was no way Gu Yuena would not use soul force. The foundation of his phoenix strength was not good enough because it was still the beginning of evolution, it took quite a long time to forge it better. Moreover, his original consciousness was still suppressed due to the strength of the soul.

Gu Yuena usually looked very calm, so calm that no servant was worried about her. The pain he suffered only up to the spiritual realm, was not shown directly so the room became very quiet.

However, that silence did not really persist as the atmosphere of the cultivation room turned filled with pink mist. While Gu Yuena still closed her eyes in a meditative state without being affected.

The shadow darted inside, laughing lightly in the shadows as it approached towards Gu Yuena. It had a pair of red eyes that were full of evil aura, having absolutely no good intentions. His long, black yoke approached towards Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena opened her eyes, caught the hand that would strangle her and threw her lightly into another corner of the room. However, the figure did not completely collapse. He again glided in an even more ferocious motion and slashed at Gu Yuena with his claws.

He was not a human, nor was he a monster, but a female nine-tailed fox demon who had become a demon. His attack was unable to injure Gu Yuena. However, it caused quite a lot of damage to the nine tails that appeared.

When Gu Yuena dodged her claws, one of the fox tails was about to hit her and cast a corrosive pink magic. Gu Yuena waved her hand, putting away the attack using magic before finally disappearing from the spot.

The fox was on alert because the enemy had disappeared. He was aware of Gu Yuena's movements, but was unable to see her figure. Suddenly, a red magic appeared pressing down on his body until it crashed and shattered the walls of the room.

"I once devoured your kind to gain the power of the fox. Now, I wonder how the real fox demon tastes." Gu Yuena appeared among the red magic that spread. Her smile was engraved extremely beautiful with a terrifying cold feeling.

The fox stood up with great difficulty, then put on a watchful attitude looking at Gu Yuena. "I'm also curious about the feeling of a human being becoming a phoenix."

The fox came back to attack. His pink magic flew around, forming a tendril attack that was ready to stab anyone. Gu Yuena caught the magic with her bare hands, leaving the fox shocked to death.

How can magic be touched?

"This only?" Gu Yuena pulled the magic and returned it to the fox. The fox was in a fog and as much as possible avoided the attack he made himself.

Gu Yuena did not need to expend too much strength to finish off a annoying fox that was bothering her recuperating.

Self-recovery was not completed. Gu Yuena could sense an extremely powerful existence on the outside. Perhaps that was also what caused the barrier to weaken and let this fox in at will.

Although not all demons could enter, at least a demon like this fox woman he was handling could manipulate energy and break through the thinning barrier. You can attack him at critical moments.

As long as his original consciousness did not recover, the soul force would continue to experience backlash. If he wants to recover fully, he is afraid that things will not go according to plan. So forced he simply suppressed the soul force to the limit and woke up in time.

However, it did not rule out the possibility that he would experience another counterattack in the middle of a battle.

When the fox was in the fog and kept dodging, Gu Yuena used magic to catch him. The fox quickly responded, blocking Gu Yuena's attack with a shield and darting out of the room through the shattered wall until it created a huge hole.

The fox destroyed his own attack which now turned against him. Standing in midair, he prepared even greater magic to take down Gu Yuena.

"Bother." Gu Yuena clucked.

The fox's attack formed a huge black hole. The black hole could absorb anything around it until it created a strong gust like a storm had occurred. The phoenixes wanted to stop him, but Gu Yuena held them back.

Just a little fox, can it scare her so much?

Gu Yuena went into the air approaching the black hole. The pressure created was so great that it could absorb everything, which made the fox look very happy.

"Death!" The fox threw the black hole towards Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena did not slow down her speed, instead getting faster towards the sliding black hole.

When a certain fox woman thought that her enemy had been trapped inside a black hole filled with emptiness energy and was unable to do anything, she laughed very loudly while moving her nine tails.

However, as soon as the black hole explosion occurred, his face paled instantly.

Gu Yuena instead of being absorbed inside, was precisely grasping the shrinking black hole in her hand.

It has the energy manipulation power of a nine-tailed fox, it is no big deal to shrink a black hole that is already like a vacuum cleaner in its eyes. It looked like a black round ball floating above his palm.

"How is that possible?" The fox was very surprised.

Gu Yuena snorted. "You forgot the identity of your own opponent." He kept the black sphere, then darted towards the fox and strangled his neck tightly.

The fox did not escape. When he regained consciousness, he had already fallen into Gu Yuena's hands and felt that his life had already been taken by someone else. He had difficulty breathing, plus his body continued to slide into a wall crushing device by Gu Yuena until it broke through the front of the palace to the castle fortress.

The fox had spewed blood in its mouth. He was extremely limp when Gu Yuena clutched his neck tightly at the end of the castle. He could see, beneath his feet was a very high altitude above the fortress. If it falls, it will not survive.

Gu Yuena's arrival instantly became the center of attention. The phoenixes were shocked when they saw the demon in Gu Yuena's hands. That means, there are demons who dare to infiltrate inside to make trouble and interfere with their queen's recovery.

Red Iris Gu Yuena looked towards the battlefield. It turned out that the condition of his side was not as good as he thought because of the presence of someone.

Men with white and terrible red irises. Although he looked handsome, it was not enough to leave Gu Yuena stunned. In his eyes was only a mist of hatred.

"Welcome, Lord Devil. Sorry I couldn't welcome you." Gu Yuena displayed the best smile. He looked towards the fox who was trying to fight in his hand. "There are a few things I need to take care of before welcoming you. Does the Demon Lord not mind?" He then broke the fox's neck in his hand just like that, then took it off until it fell freely down.

The Demon Lord who saw him did not show any expression. "As rumored, you are fit to be considered a demonic phoenix. However, aren't you still too gentle in handling things as a demon?"

"Unfortunately, I can't be a good demon in the eyes of the Demon Lord." Gu Yuena sighed. "Some time ago, the Demon Lord's panther helped me make a breakthrough. Arguably, my success in absorbing the phoenix spirit earlier was also thanks to you. I haven't been able to thank you and want to go to the demon territory. Who would have thought, there were too many coincidences in this world."

"Then, how do you thank me?"

"Of course, give 'peace' to the whole demon and get honor inside the demon bone. If I could give that honor to the Demon Lord, Yuena would have no regrets." Gu Yuena smiled coldly.

"Interesting." Suddenly the Demon Lord pulled the corner of his lips. "I also wonder what phoenix blood feels like." He was aiming for the phoenix spirit to obtain the phoenix blood and make it the strongest demon. He's been waiting for today.

"In that case, I'll give you that chance."

Gu Yuena's smile faded right then and there was a sword that appeared in her hand.

He was not sure he could kill that person so quickly. However, he had the confidence to kill him if he exerted all his strength. That demon would be the best material within the demon bones.

"Gu Yuena, you'll thank me."