Chapter 277 – The Cry of a Phoenix (2/2)

Why was she the last one to fear death? It was because she was the phoenix. Her fate was already destined to constantly forge her own spirit between death and pain, until a certain moment where she was able to calmly accept death. Only like that could she accept a real, new life again.

Was this the meaning of life in death? Empress, was this what you wanted to tell me? In that moment, Xu Yourong felt the endless abyss in front of her eyes suddenly begin to glow.

At that moment, her body was heavily injured, her true essence was all consumed and extreme poison currently invaded her body and mind. However, the idea she understood allowed her to calm down to a point which she had never before reached.

Constantly falling, the blood from the corner of her lip was blown backwards like a line of fire by the wind.

Countless pearl-like balls of light also arose from her eyes.

Falling towards the depths of the abyss, she calmly waited for death to come.

Calmness was a dauntless attitude, but it was not unknowing. She felt the cold gloom of death, experienced the true meaning of death and then began to fear it once again.

This type of fear did not mean that she had left the mind state of being dauntless. It was still a form of awareness, a distinct yet clear awareness that was deeply embedded in her consciousness.

Only the great fear brought on by death could stimulate the unimaginable power hidden in the deepest part of her consciousness, the power hidden within her bloodline.

This endless power began to burn, causing her to enter a strange state of clear-headedness and absent-mindedness. As death slowly arrived, a spirit deep within her body awakened.

This was the spirit of the Heavenly Phoenix, which was also her spirit.

That was the her that she had never seen, nor even discovered before.

She opened her eyes and looked into the pitch-black abyss and the real, invisible yet cold night wind. It allowed her to truly understand fate.

Fate allowed her to leave the Holy Maiden Peak and come to the Garden of Zhou.

However, fate did not make her meet Nanke, and instead made her meet herself.

To meet the other self, the truest self.

The journey was not for nothing.

In the process of falling into death, an infinite amount of regret bloomed.

In the deathly abyss, in the silent mountain cliff, on the extremely tall Sunset Valley, in the vast world of the Garden of Zhou, a clear cry suddenly resounded.

The sound was not mature, and was slightly undeveloped. However, it was incomparably clear.

Compared to this clear cry, Nanke’s clear roar earlier immediately paled.

This clear cry was the cry of the young phoenix.

The aura of the king was carried in this phoenix cry without a question.

Nanke stood silently by the cliffside, perhaps in memorial for the death of her fated opponent, or in regret that her life would be lonely from now on.

After a while, she turned around and walked towards the flat rock surface between the cliffs.

The person had already passed away. Although there was the expected disappointment and hollowness, there was even more satisfaction in the end. From this night forwards, there would be no-one able to fly in the same sky as her. This was very worthy of being happy over.

Then, the cry of the phoenix pierced through the cliffs.

She stopped her steps, and turned around to gaze into the night sky beyond the cliff. She revealed an expression of inconceivability.

A pair of flaming wings appeared in the night, illuminating the cliffside. It took Xu Yourong flying towards the faraway distance.