Chapter 983: A Phoenix Corpse Sealed in A Glacier (1/2)

The Star Boat came to a stop in midair.

Seeing this, the Saint and Void domain experts also stopped.

Looking at the black phoenix beast spirit that hovered over Dong Li, Nie Tian asked with a confused expression, “You fused this black phoenix beast spirit into your soul before you left the Domain of the Falling Stars, right?”

Instead of answering his question, Dong Li asked, “Do you remember when we found the corpse of an eighth grade black phoenix the first time we came to this continent?”

Nie Tian nodded.

“My black phoenix beast spirit absorbed its residual power,” Dong Li explained. “And its residual power was branded with fragments of its memories. Some of those memories have already merged with my black phoenix beast spirit and become a part of it.”

Nie Tian instantly realized something. “You mean that dead eighth grade black phoenix we found used to live in this area?”

Dong Li smiled. “That’s right.”

WHOOSH!

All of a sudden, the huge black phoenix beast spirit flew out, gliding cheerfully in the frigid wind.

“Let’s follow it and see if we can find out what’s attracting it.” With these words, Nie Tian readjusted the Star Boat’s direction and flew off in the direction the black phoenix beast spirit was heading.

The others took orders from him, and thus could only follow along.

It wasn’t long before the black phoenix, which was in pure soul form, flew to a short mountain of ice.

It swooped directly into it.

Its illusory body fused into the mountain like water into a lake.

Cracks started to appear on the mountain of ice, with large pieces of sparkling ice rolling down to the ground.

The mountain of ice gradually grew semi-transparent.

A winged shape could be vaguely seen inside of it. Even though they couldn’t get a clear view of it, they could tell it was very large.

“That’s an ice phoenix!” Jing Feiyang exclaimed, his expression flickering with astonishment. “It must have died and been sealed in this mountain of ice. Ice phoenixes are Ancientbeasts. We met one in the Realm of Maelstrom not long ago.”

“This is strange…” Nie Tian muttered in a low voice. Normally speaking, his unique bloodline would allow him to detect anything that contained even the slightest flesh power, dead or alive.

However, this ice phoenix was right in front of him, yet he failed to capture its aura.

“Could it be the mountain of ice it’s sealed in? Or something special with this place?”

While he searched his mind for an answer, the black phoenix beast spirit flew out of the mountain of ice and let out a sad cry that only Dong Li could hear.

CRACK! CRACK!

As Quan Zixuan swung his hand, one spiritual sword after another flew out to carve into the mountain of ice like numerous carving knives. Giant blocks of ice fell off, giving rise to loud rumbles.

Moments later, the mountain of ice was completely gone, revealing the ice phoenix inside of it.

The ice phoenix’s wings that were dozens of meters long spread out in a graceful manner, as if it were going to soar into the heavens.

However, a long gash could be seen in its neck, which was so deep that it almost severed the ice phoenix’s head from its body.

Nie Tian sighed softly. “It was probably killed by outsiders. A deadly war broke out between the top and bottom continents countless years ago. Back then, enormous Ancientbeasts like ice phoenixes lived on the bottom continent, while Demons, Phantasms, and other powerful outsiders lived on the top continent.Even though the outsiders lost that war eventually, the Ancientbeasts suffered heavy casualties as well.

“This ice phoenix was only one of them.”

Now that the ice mountain was gone, revealing the dead ice phoenix inside of it, Nie Tian was able to sense its residual flesh power.

He instantly realized that it was the mountain of ice that had stopped him from sensing the dead ice phoenix’s aura earlier.

At the same time, Dong Li communicated with her black phoenix beast spirit in her unique way.

Eyes narrowed, she explained to everyone. “It says that this area was the phoenixes’ ancestral land. After the ultimate war, many dead phoenixes were brought back and buried here.”

Jing Feiyang’s expression flickered with astonishment. “So does that mean there are other dead phoenixes sealed away in these ice mountains?”

Dong Li nodded. “Yes, there are.”

Quan Zixuan’s eyes lit up. “If that’s the case, there must be outsiders searching for them in this area! Ancientbeast corpses are considered very precious materials, which can be used to forge all kinds of Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tools. Meanwhile, outsiders can channel flesh power from dead Ancientbeasts to speed up their bloodline upgrades.