Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Within the mountains, the sound of wind breaking could be heard. In the distance, there was a flash of light and a large number of figures were rushing by. Their shouts were constantly echoing out.
In front of this large number of figures, Mu Chen's eyes were slightly gloomy. These guys had been chasing him for nearly an entire day and there were still no signs of them stopping.
Moreover, as the chase continued, the number of people behind him increased. The allure of a Heaven Rank Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence was too great. Most importantly, Mu Chen's strength seemed to be at the Spirit Stage Initial Phase. It was impossible for him to intimidate those who were at the same level or even stronger.
Everyone wanted to capture him and obtain the Heaven Rank Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence.
"I need to think of a way to get rid of them." Mu Chen frowned and his eyes flickered.
Boom!
Just when Mu Chen was pondering, a deep explosion suddenly came from within his body. Immediately, a tremor spread out from within his body.
Puchi.
The sudden tremors in his body caught Mu Chen off guard. His body trembled as a smear of paleness flashed across his face. Thereafter, he spurted a mouthful of blood as his figure staggered a little as he flew out.
"Quick, he can't hold on any longer. Capture him!"
"Don't let him escape!"
“”
In the distance, the large group of people who were chasing Mu Chen were overjoyed when they saw this scene. Mu Chen's speed and tenacity had exceeded their expectations. After chasing him for nearly an entire day, they were still unable to completely encircle him. From the looks of it, it seemed that he couldn't hold on any longer.
"What's going on?!"
A hint of shock flashed through Mu Chen's eyes. With a thought, he quickly entered his aura sea. When he entered his aura sea, he immediately felt an astonishing Spiritual Energy fluctuation spreading out like a wave.
And the source of this Spiritual Energy was the Jiu You Sparrow within the Mandala Flower!
At this moment, the Jiu You Sparrow's body had doubled in size. The black flames that lingered around its body became even denser. They burned fiercely and were extremely shocking.
However, Mu Chen could also sense that the energy being transmitted from within the Jiu You Sparrow's body was extremely chaotic. Meanwhile, pain and struggle had clearly surfaced in its eyes.
"What are you doing?!"
Mu Chen angrily shouted. 'This damned feathered bird had secretly absorbed the Soul Essences of two Heaven Rank Spiritual Beasts, and now it's stirring up trouble. It wants to kill me!'
Jiu You Sparrow crouched on the Mandala Flower. Its black flames seemed to be mixed with ice-blue and fiery red flames.
Mu Chen immediately understood that the Jiu You Sparrow's appetite was too big. It wanted to refine the Soul Essences of two Heaven Rank Spiritual Beasts, but it ended up suffering a backlash. After all, it was currently in an extremely weak state. Honestly speaking, it was even more injured than the Mysterious Spirithail Dragon and the others. If it had refined them one by one, perhaps there wouldn't be too much of a problem. However, it was too greedy.
The Mysterious Spirithail Dragon and the Geocentric Yan Long Lizard could each control wind, snow, and magma respectively. Both of them had a repulsive nature. When the Jiu You Sparrow brought them together, it caused the repulsive nature to swell and ultimately resulted in a backlash.
"Serves you right!"
Mu Chen clenched his teeth and cursed. 'This damned feathered bird is simply asking for it.'
However, although he was cursing, he was still a little anxious. The Nine Netherbird was in his aura sea. If it were to suffer a backlash, the explosion would probably instantly turn him into ashes. Therefore, he couldn't just sit by and do nothing.
"What should I do?"
Mu Chen helplessly asked. 'Blessings don't come in pairs, but misfortunes don't come alone.' He was currently being chased, and now there was an unforeseen event in his body.
"Refine them!" The Jiu You Sparrow's painful thought was transmitted intermittently.
"I need to temporarily get rid of the people who are chasing me. Therefore, no matter how much pain you are in, you must immediately help me. Otherwise, you will die!" Mu Chen clenched his teeth and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, his consciousness immediately withdrew from his aura sea. When he turned his head around, he saw that the people chasing him had already closed the distance between them. Then, he let out a deep breath and felt the powerful energy that suddenly surged out from his aura sea.
"Thump!
Thump! "When the energy surged out, Mu Chen could feel the spiritual energy in his aura sea becoming chaotic. It was clear that the Jiu You Sparrow had drawn out its energy at this time. This was adding hail to snow.
However, he couldn't care less at this time.
Boom!
Black flames swept out from Mu Chen's body and formed into a pair of black flame wings that were roughly ten feet long. With a flap of the wings, the air exploded. His figure turned into a black ray of light and disappeared into the horizon at an indescribable speed.
When the people chasing him saw this, their faces instantly turned ashen.
"Chase! Follow the Spiritual Energy ripples that he left behind!"
"He should be fighting with his life on the line. As long as we catch up to him, he won't be able to escape!"
“”
Roars rang out as they circulated their Spiritual Energy once again and increased their speed as they chased after him.
Relying on the energy that the Jiu You Sparrow had drawn out, Mu Chen managed to get rid of the people chasing him in a short few minutes. Then, he charged into a huge mountain and flew towards the edge of a waterfall.
When Mu Chen landed, he immediately sat down. He had to make the best use of his time. Although he had temporarily gotten rid of the people chasing him, he didn't have the time to erase the Spiritual Energy traces that he had left behind. Therefore, they would catch up to him sooner or later.
Mu Chen's consciousness entered his aura sea once again and saw that the black flames on the Jiu You Sparrow's body were vaguely distorting. Its body was constantly expanding and shrinking.
This was a sign that the Spiritual Energy within its body was extremely unstable.
Mu Chen's consciousness entered the body of the Spirit light figure that was sitting cross-legged on the Spiritual Energy light wheel. Then, the small figure flew out and arrived in front of the Mandala Flower. Mu Chen's small hand moved and Spiritual Energy shot out. However, he was shocked to discover that the moment his Spiritual Energy landed on the Jiu You Sparrow's body, it was shattered by the chaotic and violent Spiritual Energy.
Mu Chen was stunned. He immediately smiled bitterly and realized that his strength at the Spirit Stage Initial Phase was not enough. Right now, the Jiu You Sparrow's body not only contained his Spiritual Energy, but it also contained the Soul Essences of the Mysterious Spirithail Dragon and the Geocentric Yan Long Lizard.
"Use this Mandala Flower!
Do you really think that your strength at the Spirit Stage Initial Phase can be of any use? "The Jiu You Sparrow's consciousness transmitted over.
"I can activate this thing. Do you think that you have the right to be arrogant in front of me?"
Mu Chen said angrily. If he could activate this Mandala Flower, he would have refined it when he first discovered it.
However, although he was angry, Mu Chen gradually calmed down. His Spirit slowly descended and arrived in front of the Mandala Flower. After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his blurry hand and gently touched it.
At the moment of contact, Mu Chen was astonished to discover that his consciousness had actually fused with the mysterious mandala flower without any obstruction. Shortly after, there seemed to be some extremely cryptic fluctuations being transmitted into his heart.
This gave Mu Chen a strange feeling. He felt that the Mandala Flower that emerged from the mysterious black paper seemed to have some spirituality.
"Can you help me?"
Mu Chen knew that it was impossible for him to control this unpredictable mandala flower right now. Therefore, he quietly transmitted a thought over in an attempt to see if it would have any effect or not.
Buzz.
Just as Mu Chen's thought was transmitted over, the Mandala Flower, which had been silent all this time, suddenly erupted with rays of purple light. Its beautiful and enchanting petals also slowly bloomed.
Mysterious purplish-gold patterns seemed to appear on the petals. Immediately after, these patterns shot out and formed a purplish-gold net that enveloped the Jiu You Bird.
Chi Chi!
When the purplish-gold net enveloped the Jiu You Bird, smoke erupted from its body. Its body violently struggled as a furious thought was transmitted over, "What are you doing!"
It felt that although the two Spirit essences in its body were also screaming miserably, it was also being suppressed by the purplish-gold net. The Mandala Flower seemed to want to completely erase them.
"How would I know!"
Mu Chen was also startled by the scene before him as he said in annoyance. He had no way to control the Mandala Flower.
"Don't hurt it!" Mu Chen clenched his teeth as he hastily transmitted his thought into the Mandala Flower.
However, he quickly discovered that his thought was ineffective. Although the Mandala Flower possessed spirituality, it did not possess any intelligence. When Mu Chen asked it to help, it only felt that it had to erase everything that was harmful to it. The two Spirit essences had already been devoured by the Jiu You Bird. Therefore, if it wanted to erase them, it could only erase the Jiu You Bird as well.
"Spit out those two Soul Essences. Otherwise, you'll also be erased!" Mu Chen quickly thought of this point and hastily said.
"Their Spiritual Energy has already been assimilated into our bodies. How can I spit them out?!" The Jiu You Bird said in annoyance.
"You!" At this moment, even with Mu Chen's temperament, he was so angry that he had the urge to curse. Damn bird, must you be so impatient?
"I will die because of you sooner or later!"
Mu Chen tightly clenched his teeth as his figure suddenly moved. His Spirit had actually pierced into the Mandala Flower, before appearing on the back of the Jiu You Bird. His hands reached towards the purplish-gold net. After all, he was the owner of this body. If that was the case, the Mandala Flower shouldn't harm him, right?
The Jiu You Bird was also startled by Mu Chen's actions. Soon after, a complicated expression flashed across its eyes that were blazing with black flames. This fool was actually so stupid. He actually dared to charge forward like a mantis trying to stop a chariot before he could ascertain whether the purplish-gold net would harm him.
The purplish-gold net faintly paused when it came in contact with Mu Chen's body. Thereafter, it directly passed through his Spirit and continued to press down on the Jiu You Bird.
"It's simply ignoring me." Mu Chen touched his unharmed body as he helplessly said.
"It's planning on eradicating anything that poses a threat to you."
The Jiu You Bird's voice had unexpectedly gradually calmed down at this moment. It didn't even struggle as it allowed the purplish-gold net to press down on it.
"You deserve it!" cursed Mu Chen. This fellow was simply asking for it.
"How dare you curse me!"
The Jiu You Bird was instantly enraged. It flapped its wings that were blazing with black flames and sent Mu Chen flying. However, it clearly didn't use any power. It merely allowed Mu Chen to gently land in front of it.
Mu Chen landed in front of the Jiu You Bird and helplessly said, "What should I do?"
The Jiu You Bird glanced at him and fell silent for a moment before it said, "It's not like there's nothing we can do. It attacked me because it believes that I'm a threat to you. If I'm no longer a threat to you, it will probably stop."
"No threat?" Mu Chen was stunned. Soon after, it resentfully said, "Unless I refine you."
"In your dreams. The Jiu You Bird Tribe possesses the bloodline of the Immortal Bird. Even if it's just a Spirit Essence, we will never allow humans to refine it and trample on it!" The Jiu You Bird raged.
Mu Chen dryly laughed and said, "I was just joking."
The Jiu You Bird glared fiercely at Mu Chen and fell silent again. After a while, it finally said with some difficulty, "There's another way other than refining it."
"What is it?" asked Mu Chen anxiously.
The Jiu You Bird's eyes flickered with struggle. Soon after, it seemed to have made an important decision and slowly closed its eyes.
"Bloodline Connection."
(Sorry, I only woke up at midnight. I was a little hurt from writing yesterday, so I haven't recovered yet.
There are less than two days left in this month. I've actually tried my best, but no matter what, even if the monthly votes explode, I'll still be updating at five tomorrow.
Forgive me for not saying more, because this is a little too much for me.
I'll ask for the next monthly vote. Thank you, everyone!