Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 590: Demonic Flames Surge!
“Discovered!”
The spiritual perception issued a strong warning, making Liu Yu clearly understand that he and his companions had already been detected.
This was not surprising; after all, the "azure soul veil" was just an ordinary magical artifact, while the Fire Phoenix possessed a top-tier Spirit Demon Bloodline, possibly granting it unique talent spells and divine abilities.
Even without special talents, a careful sweep of spiritual consciousness would easily reveal the existence of the "azure soul veil."
However, true members of the Fire Phoenix tribe rarely left the Starfire Mountain Range; usually, it was their subordinate races that handled matters, just like commanding the Fire Sparrow Clan.
At least in mid-March, Liu Yu had seldom seen the Fire Phoenix venture out, which was why he had reluctantly brought the three companions to have a look and persuade them to accept his proposal.
His innate strong and keen spiritual perception had never let him down.
Indeed, the next moment, before the three could react, a cry of a phoenix echoed in the distant night sky, reverberating in their ears!
“Caw~!”
This cry caused the three to pale in shock.
In the next moment, they saw the Fire Phoenix slightly part its beak, releasing a stream of deep red fireballs, each trailing a long tail of flames, accurately shooting towards the spot where the four stood.
The fireballs were not large, only the size of a human head, but the intense heat radiating from them was astonishingly several times stronger than the golden core true fire.
Each deep red fireball contained power between third-tier high quality and middle-grade spells, and there were actually dozens of them.
“Quick, dodge!”
Upon realizing the danger, Liu Yu transmitted a warning to his teammates using divine sense sound transmission.
In a flash, he used the "Flash Spirit Secret Technique," consuming a portion of the blood essence from his Zhongzhong Acupoint, and his figure shifted sideways for thirty to forty zhang, escaping the bombing range of the deep red fireballs.
“Boom, boom, boom!”
The dense sounds of explosions erupted, and the original location of the four was engulfed in smoke and destruction.
Thanks to Liu Yu's timely warning, the three managed to dodge in time.
Even if they didn’t completely evade, they only bore a small portion of the blast, easily deflected by their magical artifacts.
Otherwise, caught off guard and directly facing the bombardment of dozens of deep red fireballs, they would have most likely suffered serious injuries and lost significant strength.
“What powerful strength!”
“Just a casual strike, and it has such might. Truly deserving of being the top-tier Spirit Demon Bloodline, standing at the pinnacle of the third stage.”
From beginning to end, witnessing the Fire Phoenix's attack, Liu Yu's face was grave.
“With such strength, if I were to confront it directly, I fear I would not be its opponent.”
“Moreover, now that our movements are exposed, the only plan is to escape!”
In this critical moment, rather than panicking or losing his composure, he calmly considered strategies for retreat as thoughts flickered through his mind.
Looking at the places where they had just stood, the deep red fireballs had left deep craters, and the expressions of the group were extremely grim.
This fire was quite peculiar; after landing, it didn’t extinguish immediately but continued to burn slowly within the depressions.
It seemed as if even the rocks and soil could ignite!
However, before they could think further, a proud female voice rang in their ears.
Looking up, they saw the third-tier pinnacle Fire Phoenix flap its wings, already several miles away.
Moreover, it spoke human language with remarkable fluency!
“Human cultivators?”
“You are the ones wanted by the Royal Court, aren’t you?!”
“To have breached so many lines of defense and arrived at my Starfire Mountain Range, you indeed possess some strength.”
“How interesting.”