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Both flames were resilient as their users remained steadfast. Da Lan would not believe that his phoenix fire would be defeated. After all, he had sacrificed his daughter to reactivate the atavism of his bloodline.

Shen continued forward, undeterred by the flames of Lanye. This caused great emotional turmoil as in this state, he could only protect himself with flames. He had tried burning Shen again but the crimson flames would dissipate when in contact with the blue flame and even increase in size.

Moving was difficult as his bones already ached and he could tell he was about to die from the poison. Nevertheless, he continued and had finally reached Da Lan.

Da Lan sighed, and finally admitted defeat. He had been pushed this far and even the powers of the phoenix could not stop this great demon.

Shen grabbed Da Lan's heart and began to generate water. The fervent phoenix heart had been subdued by the water generated by Shen and at the last moment, the heart twitched as if being defibrillated.

”We should've gone on a picnic”, Da Lan said with a peaceful smile on his face.

[Rank Completed:

Phoenix Heart Acquired

10000 points added]

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After the death of General Lanye, the nation was stable again. Due to the lack of an Emperor and Crown Prince Xin's momentous arrival, the countries of Nan and Zin merged together. There was little resistance to this as the palace of Nan had disappeared.

As soon as the Great General Lanye and Shen died, a gigantic tidal wave apparated and swallowed the entirety of the palace. All the bodies of the dead seemingly disintegrated within the water and the treasures forever lost to the newly formed deep lake.

Surprisingly despite having the ability to disintegrate corpses, the lake was not poisonous or dangerous. It had healing properties and held a constant warmth which was reminiscent of a hot spring. After the stigma disappeared, Xin had established a hot spring there and it became one of the country's biggest tourist attractions. It was named the Soul Well and increased the longevity of a person.

While Xin was on the battlefield, Riri had become reacquainted with her true family. They heavily doted on her but she never forgot the lessons taught by Shen. The lessons allowed Riri to prevent many a.s.sa.s.sinations and help Xin lead the nation.

[Phoenix Heart Fully Integrated Into Network]

[Ability Discovered: Phoenix Aura]

[Combustion Branch Unlocked: Spirit Fire]

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[Previous Ident.i.ty:

Age: 17 Gender: Male Death: Magic Poisoning Intelligence: B+ Hobbies: Cooking, Swordplay

Accomplishments: Imperial Tutor, Regicide, General Slayer

Score: 15000]

[Function: Item Upgrade Unlocked]

Reward: *Randomizing*...Stealth B

(Decreased Presence, Invisibility, Softened Footsteps, Lightened Weight)

[Sp.a.w.n Equipment: 1000 Currency, Simple Apparel, Sharp Knife, s.p.a.cial Ring, Phoenix Heart]

[Permanent Traits: Intelligence B+, Cognition B, Language B+, Strength A, Poison Immunity , Vitality B, Speed C]

[Skills: Calculation C+, Cooking A, Combat B+, Agriculture C+, Carpentry B+, Herbalism C+, Sword A, Archery C]

[Abilities: [Aura of Purification: Automatic Body Hygiene, Automatic Dental Hygiene, Pa.s.sive Clean], Material Auxiliary Skill: Fertile Soil, Intimidation, Pure Water Generation, Heart Barrier, Combustion, Phoenix Aura, Spirit Fire]

[Past Fortune Calculated:

25,000 points added]

[New Score: 65670]

[Phoenix Heart Requirement: Blood of kin to None(-15000)]

[s.p.a.cial Ring Capacity: Warehouse to Acre(-10000)]