Dance Of The Phoenix
180. Sneaking out

Gu Yuena finally returned to the Hell Region. Crossing the Spirit River this time was not as difficult as before thanks to Bai Youzhe. The two separated after crossing the Spirit River in order not to attract excessive attention.

With their respective aura-concealing abilities, they went through separate paths to approach the Hell Palace.

The Hell Region had no cities or residential dwellings. It was just a forest filled with demonic monsters and a place where spirits roamed freely. There was no sun in this place, there was only night, which made the evil spirits that were not trapped in the Spirit River become stronger.

When gathering 1000 souls and blood, the Hell Region was a good place for abundant souls. However, very little blood could be drawn so the demon bones were not very useful for collecting blood, but rather collecting souls. That was why Gu Yuena did not pay much attention to the invasion in the Hell Region.

Far to the east was Yang Xinyuan's Hell Palace. Gu Yuena had already memorized her path and left as quickly as possible while camouflaging. His figure was invisible, even by the spirits.

However, this was a region filled with darkness. Gu Yuena's camouflage magic wasn't completely effective for some of the guardian monsters that were integrated with darkness and had great mental strength.

Realizing someone infiltrated using camouflage magic, they became more sensitive and hurriedly chased after. Gu Yuena had already anticipated this and beehenti in the middle of the road. He did not know what kind of beast was coming, but the element of darkness was very dense with the element of earth.

As soon as the figure of a ground rat as big as a calf poked the nearby land into a huge hole, Gu Yuena raised the black stick in her hand and then swung it to the side of—arah where a large mouse jumped.

The end of the fire-coated stick pressed down on the earth rat. The rat fell back into the hole and started digging around Gu Yuena. There was not one mouse, but three. Some parts of the ground became mounds as the rat jumped from one side to the other to attack and spurt mud.

The three of them circled Gu Yuena without giving her the slightest chance to pass. When the mounds of land had filled up and formed a circle, they together attacked Gu Yuena once again.

Gu Yuena lowered her head avoiding just in time. He knocked on the ground with his staff, causing the fire to wildly come out and envelop the circle like a wave, then burned each rat hole like a bonfire.

The rats grew increasingly chaotic and tried to extinguish their holes using piles of soil. They continued digging and causing shocks, then made a hole in Gu Yuena's foot while jumping.

The ground that Gu Yuena stepped on became soft. Gu Yuena leaped into the air, flapping her wings before seeing the jumping mouse bite her leg. The other rat jumped along with the rising mound of earth towards Gu Yuena, blocking his way through the air.

Gu Yuena burned the rat that bit her leg, made the bite come off and the mouse returned to the ground. Other than ice, Gu Yuena did not like the earth element that can extinguish the fire when in large quantities.

However, Gu Yuena's flames had evolved into holy flames. His demonic phoenix became even purer. When the three mice again attacked more ferociously and were ready to tear Gu Yuena apart, flames from various holes instantly gushed out and formed a prison of fire. The three mice pierced through the flames that were sticking out, then fell to the ground in a charred condition.

Gu Yuena snorted, "Only low-level guard monsters." They couldn't even survive in a single attack of Gu Yuena's fire.

Gu Yuena flew back in the air and camouflaged. His cutting was accelerated so that the monsters would not have time to chase him. Too many battles were extremely unkind and made Yang Xinyuan realize his arrival.

Arrived at the gloomy and dark palace gate, surrounded by larvae. Gu Yuena flew in the air across the bridge and mingled with the air. Ishana is different from the forest. There are some humans and death creatures in this place. This place was more crowded than it seemed, but it was also quiet without a sound.

In order to avoid the palace's reconnaissance tools, Gu Yuena landed in one of the places. He removed his camouflage, then put on a black magician robe and covered his face, leaving behind a pair of gray eyes.

The witches here used to cover their faces and leave a part of the eye. Gu Yuena's gray eyes would not be suspected, as it was only the characteristics of someone without vision. It was common for someone who trained in the path of witches.

Some witches kept magic circles in their eyes. It could be the strongest force, as well as a disadvantage. If they fail to control the magic circle, they will go blind. Gu Yuena would be considered such a witch.

Gu Yuena understood the ins and outs of the place so her behavior was not at all suspect. He was very calm when mingling while infiltrating inside.

However, his steps were suddenly blocked by two male magicians who had a pair of sharp and intimidating eyes.

"Are you the newly sent witch from Linghun Hall?" ask one of them.

Gu Yuena nodded slowly, without saying anything.

Looking at the gray eyes of the woman in front of him, they could only snort. "Then bring some weapons from the warehouse to collect at the gate. His Majesty is planning to expand the realm of power in the Underworld while the Queen of Linghun Palace controls the Mitian Plains. This was the direct order of the Queen of Linghun Palace. In the face of dragons, you must be careful in the future and do not be negligent. Quickly bring all the guns!"

"The warehouse is under the palace ground. You'll go through the stairs on the west side of the palace, then you'll find the armory after walking 50 meters. Bring all that with storage."

Gu Yuena nodded slowly. He went inside and went west. The underground warehouse was something that Yang Xinyuan had not shown him. He was quite curious about the warehouse.

Down the circular staircase in question, Gu Yuena could feel the aura of darkness in the surroundings solidify with extreme cold. It was a pity that he could not see what was around him as long as it was all inanimate objects.

However, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei were able to see clearly. Their backs cooled when they saw some frozen figures on display like mannequins.

"What the fuck?" Xia Bai was too surprised. He jumped out and approached the human-shaped ice statue. The number is many.

"Can this be called a weapon?" Xiao Hei was confused. He and Gu Yuena walked for 50 meters. The ice sculptures were displayed as far as 50 meters as they walked.

"Is this the reason they let a miss who can't see carry out this task?" Xiao Bai could not help but creep. Their figures are terrible. Not only humans, but there were also human-shaped monsters with ghastly faces that froze. The ice blocked their smell.

Gu Yuena frowned. "What do you see?" He did not sense any other soul or anyone's breath, let alone the energy of an object. Everything in his eyes was empty.

"Miss, it looks like Linghun Palace is conducting a lot of experiments. As recorded in history, in addition to experiments on phoenix blood, they also conducted experiments on various creatures that made them ostracized."

"These creatures are frozen in the ice. They were obviously dead and piercing, but their eyes were wide open like they were looking at us. This is really ...."

Gu Yuena's rao became even more bitter. "It seemed like Yang Xinyuan would use them as weapons on two battlefields. In addition to the death creatures that could not die, there were also creatures of experimental results. Their strength was clearly not easy. They were frozen, meaning that they were unfit for both sides and could not be controlled completely."

"Then what should we do?"

Gu Yuena thought for a moment. Then, an evil smile was etched on his lips. "I have a great idea."

The weapons that Gu Yuena carried were metal weapons such as swords, arrows, as well as heavy weapons. He handed them all in a storage ring and left immediately.

Gu Yuena walked freely around the palace while recalling the path. When he arrived at the core region of the palace, he used camouflage magic back and entered faster.

The reason he had not used camouflage magic before was because of the magic reconnaissance tool. There was a rule that said that no one should use magic on the front of the palace to avoid targeting monsters. That was why Gu Yuena chose to go undercover.

After entering the core area of the palace where Yang Xinyuan was located, Gu Yuena again used camouflage magic freely. This place is a magic-free and reconnaissance territory. Gu Yuena lowered her aura to the limit so that it could not be detected, then walked in search of a path.

"I don't know what His Majesty thinks until I don't hand the demon bone to the Queen."

"Your Majesty must have a plan. The demon bones were terrifying and useful while on the battlefield. If His Majesty were to use that on the battlefield, the result would be unimaginable."

"However, the Princess of Linghun Palace, Gu Yuena, would definitely not let it go. Moreover, the Dragon Monarch of the Ruler Palace continued to hunt down the demon bones."

"That's why His Majesty keeps the demon bones in a sealed and safe place. If he continues to carry it, at any time during the attack it will be lost under someone's cunning plan."

Gu Yuena frowned deeply. Keeping the demon bones in a sealed place? It doesn't sound like Yang Xinyuan. If it was him, he would not be storing it anywhere other than the spiritual space.

What did Xinyuan know of his movements?

Gu Yuena left after not being able to eavesdrop on useful things. He pierced through the room where the two men came out, then saw Yang Xinyuan sitting inside while looking towards the black object that was the pearl of destiny.

Gu Yuena was silent.

Pearl destiny ....

Yang Xinyuan had once given him a fate pearl to use when in danger. The pearl of fate will lead it to a trusted figure and can protect it.

In the end, the pearl of fate instead went to Yang Xinyuan in the Linghun Hall, but rather Bai Youzhe in the Tianshuang Palace.

Now, the man had a second fate pearl and was watching him with a blank look. Gu Yuena was confident she would not be exposed, so stayed in place to pay attention.

Yang Xinyuan watched the fate pearl for a while, then clenched her hands and made the fate pearl shatter into pieces. There was not a single emotion on his face when destroying that rare item.

Yang Xinyuan .. someone who lost a lot of things and became someone's pet dog. In Gu Yuena's eyes, he was just someone pathetic.

Although Gu Yuena hated him so much and wanted to kill him, but they had once lived together and understood each other. Although not for long, but Gu Yuena always felt that Yang Xinyuan was very similar to her which made her understand the way she thought.

Merely, Gu Yuena had considered him a friend and senior, or even an elder brother who would protect him like Gu Yuan, until finally the man killed all his most important people.

His day in the Hidden Land and Wyvernia, was the best thing among them.

Right now, he just had to focus on the demon bones.

Gu Yuena could not act any further inside this room because Yang Xinyuan would find her. The demon bones were stored elsewhere, so it was better to go look for them.

Gu Yuena left by breaking through the door. As soon as he left, Yang Xinyuan's eyes moved towards the door. He got out of the chair, and went out like he was looking for something. His forehead was puffing deeply.

Is he wrong?

By the time Yang Xinyuan looked for him, Gu Yuena had already gone to look for information regarding the existence of the demon bones. The place where the demon bones were placed should not be too far from the main palace. As soon as he took off his perception throughout the palace carefully, he discovered a familiar faint energy.

Right, it is the devil bone energy. However, it feels very weak.

Gu Yuena immediately withdrew her perception before being discovered and followed the direction of the origin of the demonic bone energy. He penetrated every room at all times to reach a shortcut. Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai quietly became hysterical inside there.

Their miss who could not see so happy to break through the wall.

Until finally arriving in front of the large door that had a hidden presence between the gaps of the two walls, Gu Yuena directly penetrated inside. He was somewhat surprised to realize the seal on the door did not hurt him despite being slightly affected by the passing foreign energy.

The seal underwent a slight change due to Gu Yuena's actions. After all Gu Yuena could not destroy it without attracting attention. Although in the end, the seal would definitely signal the incoming foreign body to Yang Xinyuan. Gu Yuena must hurry!

As said, the demon bones were placed in a double seal. At the end of the room, demon bones floated in the air with pitch-black seals encircling them like bubbles.

Gu Yuena's smile flashed as she sensed her energy clearly.

But there is something strange.

His energy is really weak. It was not exactly the same as the last time he held it.

The darkness and bloodthirsty energy he used to feel was thinning. Yang Xinyuan should have already collected more blood so that the demon bone energy would be much stronger.

"Miss, don't we just go first to investigate?" ask Xiao Hei.

Gu Yuena shook her head. "Something's up. It seemed like Yang Xinyuan had already guessed that someone would come to steal the demon bones."

"Then you better run! Don't get caught by it, it's very risky!" Xiao Bai became anxious.

Gu Yuena took a few steps back, her steps were extremely wary. When he was about to come out and break through the wall once more, his magic suddenly disappeared and made his figure visible.

Gu Yuena pulled her eyebrows. He didn't look panicked, but was very calm.

Yang Xinyuan appeared from behind the sealed door, finding Gu Yuena in front of her who had managed to enter unnoticed. Were it not for the seal that gave him the warning, he would not have known.

"Unexpectedly, you will come directly, alone." Yang Xinyuan stepped closer. He showed a smile that was enough to make the two cats in the spiritual room creep.

Yang Xinyuan extended her hand. The titan fog from his hand went towards the demon bone, then smashed it. The demon bone shattered into pieces easily and left behind a hint of black light that was absorbed into Yang Xinyuan's body.

"As you might expect, it's a fake demon bone. The real one is here." Yang Xinyuan showed a shimmering black stone in her hand. It gave off a dense and terrifying darkness energy, even until it spread in the air and caused a sensation of tightness around it.

However, Gu Yuena did not panic at all. He just kept quiet. His empty gray eyes were completely unpredictable as to what he was thinking at the moment the two cats began to fall silent.