Chapter 403: Soaring Black Phoenix (1/2)

Chapter 403: Soaring Black Phoenix

BOOM!

As Nie Tian once again landed heavily on the ground, he looked up at the floating Dong Li, his eyes narrowed, and his expression grim.

Thanks to his Heaven Eyes’ keen perception, he could feel that the aura Dong Li released into her surroundings was clearly mixed with a mysterious force from the black phoenix.

It was obvious that there was an outside force inside of her.

It was none other than that mysterious force that had greatly boosted her battle prowess and fighting aura.

“What a fierce woman!” Nie Tian felt increasingly amazed.

At that moment, as he once again slammed his Flame Star into Dong Li’s bone shield, she lifted her muscular but slender left leg and kicked Nie Tian in his lower abdomen at lightning speed.

BOOM!

Nie Tian, who had just exploded into the air, seemed as if he were hit by a metal war chariot, and fell to the ground.

A wisp of blood flowed out of the corner of Nie Tian’s mouth.

PUFF!

A mouthful of blood suddenly escaped his mouth. Nie Tian’s expression grew unprecedentedly grim as his Flame Star-bearing arm was covered in bulging veins.

Only as of this moment did he wake up to the truth that, having drawn on the black phoenix’s strength, Dong Li’s battle prowess had gone far beyond her cultivation base.

Even if she hadn’t used tricks to lure that Qi warrior from the Realm of Black Marsh to approach her, she would have had no problem beating him fair and square.

All she had needed to do was draw on her beast spirit’s strength.

But clearly, Dong Li hadn’t considered that man as a worthy opponent at all. Therefore, she hadn’t used any of the black phoenix’s strength, but rather finished him quickly with a trick.

“The clock is ticking, Nie Tian.” Dong Li was wreathed in a sphere of dark spiritual power, giving her the look of a blossoming devilish flower.

The enormous, black phoenix was still fluttering its wings behind her, and still hadn’t attacked Nie Tian directly.

Floating in midair, Dong Li looked down at Nie Tian, a taunting smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, a devilish light glittering in her pitch-black pupils.

She didn’t forget to take the time to crush Nie Tian’s spirit during their fierce battle. “I haven’t gone all-out yet. If this is all you’ve got, then you’d better be prepared to watch your grandfather and aunt die.”

It seems that she intended to crush Nie Tian in every possible way, so that whenever Nie Tian thought of her in the future, he would relive the utter defeat and sense of helplessness.

She needed to destroy Nie Tian!

As Dong Li stopped to taunt him, Nie Tian took the opportunity to scan the vicinity with his Heaven Eyes.

Frowning, he discovered that Han Mu and a few powerful experts from the Dong Clan were leading the people from the Cloudsoaring Sect closer and closer to Black Water Lake.

He even discovered that Luo Xin, who had stayed on Black Water Lake’s shore, was now being watched by a handful of Dong Clan members.

He estimated the time he had inwardly...

Soon, he reached the conclusion that it would take Han Mu and the others no more than a quarter hour to arrive by Black Water Lake.

“I only have a quarter hour left,” He muttered to himself.

Then, he summoned all of his seven Heaven Eyes to where he was, and he no longer kept watch on what was happening in the vicinity, not even what was happening to his grandfather and the others from the Cloudsoaring Sect.

He assumed a tight grip on the Flame Star with his right hand, while his empty left hand started to shine with dazzling starlight.

In the next moment, he splayed his left hand, and starsparks that were as bright as the stars in the heavens appeared in his palm one after another.

By the time there were five starsparks floating above his palm, he didn’t stop, but rather continued to condense star power.

Back when he had been in the Realm of Split Void, limited by his cultivation base, he had only been able to form five starsparks.

However, now that he had advanced to the late Heaven stage, the stardew in his vortex of star power was much purer and richer than when he had been in the Realm of Split Void.

FIZZ!

As Nie Tian continued to condense his star power, a sixth starspark gradually came to shape in his palm.

As soon as it appeared, the six starsparks started rotating at a high speed before a brand-new formation was eventually formed.

Illuminated by the six starsparks, Nie Tian’s left arm seemed to be painted with a layer of bright starlight. A moment later, his entire left arm turned silvery-white and was given a metallic luster.

“This must be a secret magic he picked up from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace!” Gazing curiously at his left arm and the six shining starsparks, Dong Li wasn’t in a hurry to launch her attacks, as if she were intentionally waiting for him to gather his star power.

At this moment, the three groups of explorers had already been cleared from the area by members of the Dong Clan.

Luo Xin, who was a significant distance from Nie Tian, didn’t have her own Heaven Eyes, and thus didn’t have a clue regarding what was happening between Nie Tian and Dong Li.

However, another group of people had arrived quietly.