Dance Of The Phoenix
25. Blood Butterfly

The huge feet of a monster were treading on the ground. His pointy claws scratched the ground he was treading on when walking. Due to his size, Gu Yuena's height could not even reach the monster's body.

Gu Yuena looked at the big foot in front of her in silence. He looked up, seeing how big a monster was now bowing its face to look at it up close. The big head and the hard breath were completely beyond belief.

Those razor-sharp red eyes collided with Gu Yuena's red netra. Gu Yuena retreated subconsciously, before finally the monster let out a roar that breathed out a violent wind.

The roarrrr!

Gu Yuena gave a safe distance as the monster started roaring. He was surprised to see such a strange and unidentified shaped monster. It looks like a dinosaur, but it's not a dinosaur. Is that a dragon?

The monster footing shook the ground and upset Gu Yuena's balance. Gu Yuena leaped onto the tree, then took out her weapon to give the monster an attack. This was his first time encountering a giant monster alone.

The monster had a dark red magic power like blood that shot towards Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena dodged while releasing fire magic from her hands. The weapon was completely useless, as the creature's skin was so hard that its flying blade broke. He could not waste too many flying knives before finding the weakest point of the monsters.

But Gu Yuena could not continue to dodge. The monster blindly chased after, ignoring the flames that were burning its body to such an extent.

It was precisely the fire on his body that did not seem to hurt him, but rather made him look even more terrifying.

The monster claws were imprinted both on the ground and the big tree. Gu Yuena should have dodged, then rolled on the sidelines of the trees to hinder the monsters. But his hideout was destroyed by the monster's grip.

For the umpteenth time, Gu Yuena crashed. But he's not out of sense. He concentrated the qi into his feet and floated in the air to make an attack on the monster. As long as he was in the air, the monster would be hard to pounce on him.

It's just, he's being chased by time.

Presetting with the supervision of the instructors and deans, he did not want his life lost for a second time. It was better to exert his ability to end this misfortune.

A black creature suddenly appeared giving off a terrifying roar. Although his body was not as big as that of a dinosaur-like monster or a dragon, it was still filled with a gripping aura like a high-level monster.

Gu Yuena herself was shocked when she looked back. The red iris of the black creature stared intently at the giant monster. He showed his sharp teeth and white size, contrasting the black feathers. It was like a black tiger hunting.

Instantly something flashed across Gu Yuena's head. "Xiao Hey?"

The black creature ran at high speed snatching the monster that continued to roar like a mad monster. The speed of the black creature was extremely fast like a centipede and slammed into the face of the huge monster repeatedly.

Then the black makhkuk jumped onto his back as the monster was about to hit him. The black creature instantly bit the monster's back and brutally tore it apart.

Gu Yuena was silent for a while looking at the two fighting monsters injuring each other. If it was Xiao Hei, he became worried that the monster would injure Xiao Hei, especially after seeing Xiao Hei's body being knocked away just like that using a huge monster's claw.

Quickly Gu Yuena used magic to have Xiao Hei stop in midair when it crashed. Magic magic magic witches could be used at will without spells, so that he could control the crashed Xiao Hei without the hassle of reciting spells. He took down Xiao Hei quickly before the monster attacked him again.

Gu Yuena flew back into the air to dodge the attack. He grew wings on his back. The fiery wings were like phoenix, flapping in the air with searing hot air. In this way, Gu Yuena could freely move against the monster.

Xiao Hei got up after seeing Gu Yuena's action. He dashed at the monster, stuck to its body and tore it all out. While Gu Yuena in the sky released magic to search for the weak point of the monster quickly.

The monster got angry. He grew a shield around his body so that the cool Xiao Hei bit inevitably had to feel a toothache. Xiao Hei immediately dodged away when the monster was about to wrestle him.

The monster managed to catch Xiao Hei and pressed its head down below as if it was going to crush him. When he was about to devour Xiao Hei's head round and round, the darting red magic shattered both of his eyes.

Flames blazed on the monster's face as both of its eyes pierced through magic. The monster roared in pain, thus subconsciously giving Xiao Hei a gap to break away and tear him apart.

Gu Yuena could only attack using ordinary magic, as she lacked magic skills. Since he could not find his weakness among that hard skin, he could only blind the monster's eyes before completely eliminating Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei's strength grew weaker and began to fatigue. Gu Yuena used her bigger fire to finish off the monsters, forming it with the same attack as when she fought Ye Suanwu. The fiery magic struck the monster repeatedly until the entire area was filled with scorched land.

Gu Yuena landed beside Xiao Hei who was drifting away because the monsters were getting crazier. They're out of energy.

"It's difficult. He's stronger than all the monsters I've encountered." Gu Yuena clucked bitterly. Why does the creature's skin have to be so hard? It even easily changed the skin when it burned the entire body of the monster.

"Miss, level 5 monsters are stronger than the usual level 1 and 2 we are dealing with."

"You alone?"

Xiao Hei was silent for a while. "New level 3." He said with shame.

Gu Yuena sighed. He saw his veins that had red marks. The red marks were increasingly elongated, which meant that the fire poison was spreading more and more. He can't fight anymore.

"We have to go." Gu Yuena glanced at Xiao Hei. "You can still run?"

Xiao Hei nodded. In the end Gu Yuena rode Xiao Hei to run from the pursuit of monsters to the depths of the forest.

As much as possible run away from the exam area, or there will be many casualties that cannot be borne. Xiao Hei continued to run at high speed. His speed could even dodge the monsters that were getting closer and make impromptu attacks.

The trees were uprooted due to the monster attack, but Xiao Hei did not stop his escape. While Gu Yuena used the remaining flying blades to inhibit the monster's speed.

In the middle of the escape, suddenly a large swarm of butterflies came and hit the monster just like that. The butterflies spread like shattered glass fragments, then made a butterfly vortex to surround the monster. Butterflies are like bees attacking.

Xiao Hei stopped his steps and looked back, while Gu Yuena fell silent.

This deepest part of the forest ..all of its monsters are completely beyond reason!

Before there was a mix of dragons and dinosaurs, now there are butterflies that cosplay into bees!

The number of butterflies is growing more and more as time passes. The group of butterflies took advantage of the blind and wounded monster by taking its energy dry. The group of butterflies now enveloped the entire body of the monster, turning it into a butterfly cocoon without being able to counterattack.

When it was felt that the monster had weakened, then the butterfly again spread in the air, revealing the monster that had now become soft like a puppet. The monster that was once terrible, fell limp just like that in a state of blood loss.

"Blood butterfly!" Xiao Hei was very surprised.

Gu Yuena looked at the group of butterflies vigilantly. If that butterfly could kill a level 5 monster so easily, then it could kill them both more easily than killing an ant.

Merely, for some reason Gu Yuena did not feel any killing aura or pressure from that group of butterflies. Unlike previous monsters, they just stayed in the air before finally landing on the ground.

The moving butterfly formed another figure that was far beyond belief. They gathered in human form, before finally disappearing in the light replaced by the figure of a beautiful girl with a beautiful flute in her hand.

Xiao Hei did not look too surprised when he saw the phenomenon, but Gu Yuena was surprised.

A monster that turns into a human, or a human that turns into a monster ....

"Gu Yuena's? Is that you?" The girl looked with a surprised expression. He slightly ran over to Gu Yuena who was silent on Xiao Hei's back.

"You ...." Gu Yuena was confused. Do they know each other?

"Have you come as a new student of Yuansu Academy? Coincidentally, I have the acquaintance of an academy student who is your age. I'm here to drop him off." His soft voice sounded enthusiastic. The brown iris looked at Gu Yuena with a wide smile. "It's been a long time, you've been quiet." He feels diced.

"Yes ... How do you recognize me?" Gu Yuena spoke while descending from Xiao Hei's back.

He still thought hard about who this girl really was. He looks cheerful like a child and always carries a flute wherever he goes so it looks harmless.

But he was very surprised to face the fact that the blood-sucking butterfly was that innocent-looking girl. This world is weird. He could be mentally ill with it.

"I didn't recognize you at first because of your drastically changed appearance. But after a good look, your face did not change much. Your breath is familiar, so I know it." He said while twirling the flute in his hand.

"You ...." Gu Yuena was still thinking. He examined the girl's strength by opening his perception to see more clearly. The Qi flowing in the body of the girl in front of him was the traits of a level 6 cultivator. Absolutely level 6 ... as young as that ....

"You're curious about my cultivation?" The girl suddenly guessed correctly. He smiled broadly, then laughed. "Last we met 2 years ago, of course there have been many changes. I told you, I won't be the whiny girl I was when you scolded me. Now that I've saved you, we're even. But ... With your strength, you should be able to defeat that lame monster. You ran away with your little pet."

"Wait a minute .. How did you know me before? I'm not talking about you recognizing me now, but two years ago as you say." Gu Yuena was still thinking hard where they met.

The girl was silent for a while. His face was surprised. "You can't forget me, can you?"

Gu Yuena was silent for a while, still thinking. "Maybe .. I'll remember after you explain a little."

The girl relaxed both shoulders and exhaled a long breath. "Gu Yuena, you're so mean." He grumbles. "Then let's get reacquainted. I am Su Churan, we met in the Su Clan two years ago. You saved me when my family .. about like that." The girl's voice became weak as she said the last sentence.

Gu Yuena digested it slowly. Faintly he got a picture of destruction and a cry that echoed in his ears. He remembered a child crying in front of the clan gate that was devoured by fire. He cried, accompanied by her while hiding in the bushes.

"I'm sorry." Gu Yuena understood why the girl in front of him looked sad.

"Nothing." Su Churan shook her shoulders.

That memory was very clearly drawn on Gu Yuena's head. Su Churan was slightly younger than him, the artinga of the girl was still 14 years old, while Gu Yuena was 15 years old. It was a time when they should have spent their teenage years with friends.

He recalled, Su Churan did not know her true identity as the Fourth Miss of the Duke's Residence. Su Churan only knew that she was a girl who ran away from home to see the world.

It's like it's the truth.

"The world is so narrow. While at the academy, you should get acquainted with my acquaintances. But considering your nature .. I'm sure you guys are hard to get along with." Su Churan let out a long sigh.

"Then don't recommend." Gu Yuena said with a cry.

"Ah, it turns out he's a cat." Su Churan looked stunned, wanting to wipe Xiao Hei but hesitated. He was an animal lover, let alone a cute and beautiful animal like Xiao Hei.

"The butterfly ...." Gu Yuena wanted to ask.

"Ah, that. They are my pets. Very sweet and pretty, right?"

"I think it's a little ...."

"Gruesome? Well, sometimes it's like that. But I like it even though I have to feed it using blood. As a good summoner, I will not abandon my beautiful children." He said with a smile without burden.

"Yes .. is cool." Gu Yuena had no other comment.

Summoners and other people think differently. Basically, the summoner contains strange people or animal-loving psychopaths. They love and kill animals at the same time. Or can you say monster(?)

"Oh, don't forget to take the elemental energy there, I've left it for you."

"You didn't sign up?"

"Someone can teach me?" Su Churan chuckled. "Handler."

"Not funny." Gu Yuena remained flat-looking.

But Su Churan ignored him and remained on her own world while continuing, "Actually, I have to hide my identity temporarily. You know, my identity is sensitive. I had to hide for a while in a safe place until the time came. After all, I have my own teacher, and a great friend who helps."

"Your luck is pretty good."

"I thought you'd say I was pathetic." Su Churan looked unfamiliar with Gu Yuena giving in.

"I have to leave immediately." Gu Yuena was about to leave, but Su Churan held back her arm.

Su Churan glanced at the mountain-sized monster corpse. "Take the elemental energy. Even if you don't need the reward, you can take another part of the monster to make something. The monster life essence is very useful when used as a cultivation tool. Elemental energy is also useful for making magic essence."

"Magic essence? Can it?" Gu Yuena just found out.

"That is the secret of magic essence creation. The elemental energy would be extracted and become magic essence. When they arrive at the academy, they will ask for elemental energy from you and give you a choice between a reward or maintaining elemental energy. Indeed, it would be useless to not be able to use it, hence most of them chose the gift."

"So you think I know how to use it?"

Su Churan smiled widely. "At least you should know because you've been at Yuansu Academy. The value of magic essence is very high like a pill, you can sell it or use it for personal."

Gu Yuena thought for a moment. Su Churan's words were indeed true, he couldn't resist either. Goddamnit! If he knew that, he would not let go of all the elemental energy wasted after a fight.

This time, he miscalculated. It was fortunate that Su Churan told before he wasted the magic essence of a valuable level 5 monster. The remaining dozens of elemental energies he had missed, he threw all his money into wasted hands. This really .. made him depressed.

"Hows it? Isn't it very nice? That friend of mine also took elemental energy for magic essence." Su Churan said proudly. His knowledge is incredible!

"It seems your friend is very much."

Su Churan laughed out loud while covering her mouth. "No. I think I only have one friend and you're the second."

"Then you keep calling friends with different traits many times. First it won't suit me because of nature, then a great friend and always help you, as well as a friend who can make magic essence."

"He is one person."

Gu Yuena nodded in understanding. "So that's it."

He went to approach the monster to take the elemental energy into the token. Don't forget to also take the meat for the hungry Xiao Hei to eat.

Gu Yuena asked Su Churan again. "Your friend knows how to make magic essence, right? Do you think he'll tell me?"

"I guess not. The temperament is hard to approach, I'm sometimes tired. That's why I said you guys would have a hard time communicating. Positively, he is very good and can be anything. Although it sometimes becomes mysterious, but still, the charm cannot be ignored. I wonder how his parents face to have a child like him."

"He's a man, isn't he?" Gu Yuena had already guessed.

"What's the difference between a man and a woman? If she's a woman, I'd rather call her brother."

"It looks like the person you're referring to is very sensitive. I'll just ask someone else." Gu Yuena no longer intended to know about Su Churan's friend who was somehow a freak from nowhere else. He just wants to go to school quietly.

"But my friend is not bad either. I'll make sure you fall in love as soon as you see it!"

"So you're in love now?"

"Why did I fall in love?" Su Churan asked back. "You think I'm in love with her? Haha, if I fall in love with her, then that means I've gone crazy."

"That's what I'm trying to say."

"But you haven't seen the guy. I see you fit, so it could be close to my friend who's like that barbed wire."

"You're complimenting or insulting?" Gu Yuena was astonished by this one girl. It became her mind what Su Churan would say about her to others.

"I just. .. expressed my thoughts. I like it, but I don't like it either. I'm just confiding in you."

Gu Yuena hissed while finishing her activities. He stood up and asked Xiao Hei to go back to being big after eating and resting.

"Well, you're leaving." Su Churan pouted. It was abandoned twice in a row.

Gu Yuena climbed onto Xiao Hei's back, then turned her head towards Su Churan who was playing her flute. "I think it's better to say it straight when you like."

"But he will reject me. Anyway, I'm not that happy. I'm going crazy." Su Churan sighed, looking depressed.

"If you get rejected, find someone else. Men don't have just one." Gu Yuena was silent for a moment unthinkable by something. "What matters is that you've tried. Don't make the relationship worse."

"I understand." Su Churan smiled.

Gu Yuena turned back to face the front and immediately asked Xiao Hei to go straight to the academy quickly before nightfall. They were already quite close to the academy.

Seeing Gu Yuena's departure, Su Churan sighed for the umpteenth time. He thought of Gu Yuena's words. "Unfortunately, he seems to like other people." He breathed again.

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Right at the time the drizzle arrived, Gu Yuena had arrived at the academy with Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei returned to the form of a small cat and rested on Gu Yuena's arm.

The atmosphere in front of the academy's huge gate seemed to have its own aura under the overcast weather. Yuansu Academy was at the very end, whereas he was still at the outer courtyard of the academy.

The new disciples lined up to do some self-realization and gather the elemental energy. The attendant inspected the elemental energy storage tokens one by one while the new disciple completed the record before finally entering the gate.

Since the announcement of the most gathering would be announced when all the disciples had already gathered, they were all still waiting around the gate until it was full.

Gu Yuena entered the ranks, then waited until her turn arrived. Moments later, he advanced to record and put the token on the table as a condition.

The officer who is the senior student checks the contents of the token using a tool. When the contents of the token are detected, the device that is a crystal shows a reaction in the form of a display of numbers.

Numbers 5-1 are on the crystal.

The senior disciple was shocked. "You really killed a level 5 monster? Aren't you cheating?"

Gu Yuena finished writing the data and handed it over. "Lack or not, it has nothing to do with you. I will take my token and elemental energy and not participate in the gift." He took his token just like that and left.

"Hey! Have you never been taught manners!" The senior disciple clucked. There could be juniors who are being rude like that.

Gu Yuena completely ignored him and continued to enter the academy. He saw a black-robed person pass through it from a different direction to gather elemental energy.

Gu Yuena did not care at first, but suddenly her steps came to a halt. Just like Xiao Hei's premonition in the forest on the way to the academy, he felt a familiar existence.

"Is it just my feeling?"

"Finally you feel it. I told you I wasn't lying." Xiao Hei meowed while priding himself.

Gu Yuena shook her shoulders. "At least not important. Whoever it is, just avoid it from getting caught."

He entered the outer courtyard building. Because the weather was not supportive, the new students were immediately directed to go to the dormitory.

But before going to the dormitory, Gu Yuena still wanted to take a look at the surroundings of the academy. He was curious how Yuansu Palace arranged its academy. Will it be the same as the university in his world or not?

Just when thinking about it while stepping foot, Gu Yuena's footsteps stopped abruptly just as she was about to bump into someone. Gu Yuena looked up, then fell silent when she saw him.

"You ...."