The Sky Poison Pearl
Phoenix Arrow

“Trial second stage: Phoenix Arrow.”

The phoenix examination was indeed frightening. This first trial, had Yun Che not been immune to fire, would have caused him to die of purgatory somehow. For this second trial, one could figure out without thinking that it would definitely be much scarier than the first.

The barren plains without a blade of grass, along with the scorching wind, brought with it the solitude and loneliness that made people frown. At this moment, an extremely loud and clear phoenix cry came from the sky. After this, the originally dark sky turned red.

Yun Che looked up, and was surprised to see the red-colored sky covered with innumerable red dots. After this, the phoenix cry resounded again and the red dot stain pointed towards its location and suddenly started falling rapidly like a meteor. In front of his eyes, these dots grew closer and became even bigger. Finally, the silhouette of the phoenix clearly appeared in Yun Che's gaze.

It was a body shrouded in red flames, a small phoenix about six feet long. Its descending speed was extremely fast, as if it was a fast and sharp arrow in flight.

Booms!!

The blazing Phoenix violently smashed into Yun Che's body. It instantly exploded, creating a huge fireball and covering the sky with a rain of flames. If it was anyone else, they would have already failed the second experiment, because this terrifying phoenix flame was enough to immediately scorch someone from the Spirit Realm into a state of severe injury. This flame had no destructive power towards Yun Che; however, the force of the collision and the powerful force of the explosion instantly smashed Yun Che to the ground causing the blood all over his body to churn.

The cry of the phoenix resounded again and another phoenix silhouette shot out like a fire arrow. This time, Yun Che did not dare to accept it forcefully and quickly dodged. The phoenix shadow smashed into the earth and flames exploded, causing the ground to crack into a long crack. Yun Che had yet to regain his balance when the shrill phoenix sounded again from above. But this time there were phoenix shouts in succession. The three phoenix silhouettes in succession quickly fell from three different directions, aiming directly at Yun Che.

Yun Che's body flipped over, dodging the first phoenix shadow, then using all of his strength to jump back and dodge the second one.

"Divine Shadow!"

In the air, Yun Che tilted his body in an instant and also dodged the shadow of the third phoenix.

Boom, boom, boom!!

Three phoenix silhouettes exploded consecutively, twisting the flames ten meters high. However, a clearer phoenix cry followed. Yun Che raised his head and saw that this time, there were actually seven phoenix silhouettes falling towards him at the same time.

Goddamnit! This is not how it should be played! Yun Che's brows twirled as he cursed in his heart.

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After Yun Che entered the entrance of the examination, the seal formation originally reappeared but Lan Xueruo had not left yet and instead stood on the spot. He had heard from Feng Baichuan about the terrible ordeal. According to Feng Baichuan, with the strength of Yun Che, even with the fire attribute, it was still impossible to remain inside for more than ten breaths of time.

But ten breaths passed, twenty breaths passed, thirty breaths passed.

It was impossible for Lan Xueruo to remain calm. His facial expression became increasingly anxious. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, he could no longer remain calm. Towards Feng Baichuan, he urgently asked: “Leader of the Feng clan, why hasn't he come out yet? Didn't you say at most ten breaths before he came out?

Lan Xueruo did not reply. He suppressed the anxious feeling in his heart and continued to wait.

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Many phoenix cries overlapped chaotically; sharp cries seemed to almost tear through the sky. From the initial cry, to the group of three, to the group of seven, to the group of fifteen ..... Right now, the entire sky was filled with phoenix shouts and phoenix silhouettes, like a terrifying meteor shower outside.

Yun Che used the Shadow of Gods to move swiftly through the meteor shower, and maneuver. His current Divine Shadow was only at the first stage but even though the Movement Skill came from Jasmine was at the lowest level, it still contained an extremely shocking power and allowed it to move like an illusion among phoenix arrow formations while leaving countless shadows that did not even have enough time to disappear.

However, this phoenix silhouette ended up becoming too concentrated; it was impossible for him to avoid it all. After a dozen waves, he had already been hit seven or eight times. The impact strength of the phoenix silhouette was incomparable to the fire it carried. However, to Yun Che, who was only in the Nascent Realm, it was a huge threat. Every time he was hit by a phoenix silhouette, his protective aura would weaken slightly. Coupled with the frequent use of the Shadow of Gods, his energy consumption was enormous.

Booms! Booms! Booms! Booms! Bomm…..

Wave after wave of phoenix shadows exploded beside him. The originally flat ground became filled with holes. It was impossible to find a single area that was still intact in view.

Boom up!!!

On the last wave, several hundred phoenix silhouettes descended from the sky. Their bodies emitted a flash of flame, illuminating the sky with a red color. As soon as they fell, the vast earth erupted with flames, and the turbulent ground burned into pitch-black charred ground. At the same time, Yun Che was struck with seven phoenix silhouettes. The protective aura of his entire body had been shattered in an instant. Fortunately, the impact ended there. Other than the waves of pain in his chest, he did not receive many wounds.

"Fwelcome ...... Is it finally over?" Standing amongst the still burning flames, Yun Che raised his head and looked towards the sky with a sigh of relief. The phoenix cries had stopped, and there was finally no sign of the phoenix silhouette in the sky above. At this moment, he began to admire the ancestor Feng Baichuan mentioned. With an ordinary human body and the cultivation of the Spirit Realm, he had been able to pass through the extremely frightening phoenix formation he had just experienced before; he was an extremely talented super-genius.

The fire nearby gradually extinguished and the second experiment also finally ended. Rather than saying that Yun Che passed, it would be better to say that he used his special physique to forcibly endure it. At this moment, the scene before his eyes began to distort became increasingly unclear. Yun Che was just about to start observing the scene of the third experiment when he realized that everything in front of his eyes had already turned pitch-black.

After this, a pair of golden eyes opened within the pitch-black world. The voice of the phoenix spirit resounded within his mind.

“That surprised me; you have a special body that is not afraid of fire. If I'm not mistaken, the aura of the primordial Heretical God resides within your body.

"That's right." Yun Che nodded. With regards to the phoenix spirit that was able to discern the aura of a Heretical God, in the depths of his heart, he was not surprised. After all, phoenixes and Heretical Gods were both part of the ancient god race.

“The Perverted God is not allied with any element, because he is actually the enemy of all elements. But nothing could compare to a Perverted God in terms of familiarity and ability in using elements. If you somehow manage to fully inherit the power of the Heretical God, then not only fire, even water, wind, thunder, earth, region, dimension, spirit will all be conquered by you, and it can never hurt you.

“You went through the previous two stages not because you have enough strength, but because of your special physique. Although this is cheating, passing is passing; I have no right to deny it. However, this third experiment, was a heart experiment that was not related to fire. The excess of your body is thus undone, and this third trial is also the most difficult one to pass. In these countless years, the number of challengers who had passed the first two trials numbered three hundred and twenty-nine. But who passed the third trial only amounted to seven people.”.

"Seven?" Yun Che was immediately stunned.