Chapter Fifteen: The Heavenly Waters Pour Down

  A gigantic bird, hovering in the air, its entire body a mass of black flames that danced and leapt, hot air currents rolling like waves, made Mu Yuan and his two companions feel an overwhelming pressure immediately.

  "Good fellow, it's actually a phoenix! Let's hurry up and leave, if it gets angry and decides to kill us, we won't be able to leave today!" Chu Yunfei shouted loudly, hastily urging the bear to move faster. His voice was filled with worry!

  Muyuan's heart sank, the Fengluan was a powerful bird, rumored to be a variant of the ancient Phoenix. The one in front of him was clearly an adult Fengluan, with iron feathers and steel wings, capable of overturning the clouds and subduing the mighty bear with just one flap. The black flames dancing on its body were even more terrifying, able to melt gold and iron with ease, turning them into liquid. Although Muyuan's true energy had already broken through three layers and he had begun to cultivate his law body, he knew that he was still far from being able to withstand the Fengluan's wrath.

  "My goodness, if I could tame this phoenix, from now on, it would be wonderful beyond words! Unfortunately, it's just a thought!" Mu Yuan stretched his body and Chu Yunfei had already driven the bear to escape. Mo Xue pulled Mu Yuan and flipped onto the dragon rhinoceros, quickly avoiding it!

  The bear's body was enormous, and it had a sloppy nature, but now it was being frantically photographed by Chu Yunfei. When it ran, it was extremely fast, even faster than a fine horse. Every step it took created a deep pit, with smoke and dust rising and spreading everywhere.

  "Hiss!" The Feng Luan on his head didn't plan to let go of its prey, it had come out to hunt for food today and unexpectedly discovered several rich spiritual energies here, overjoyed, it rushed over hastily.

  Feng Luan is a rare spiritual beast, born with the instinct to absorb and spew out primordial energy, controlling flames, with an enormous appetite, and preferring to prey on powerful beasts with abundant vital energy. Normally, apart from absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and sucking in the essence of the sun and moon, it relies on hunting for food to obtain primordial energy. This time, seeing its prey with joy, how could it let three people easily escape? Moreover, below there is also a bear with abundant primordial energy and a dragon rhinoceros with spiritual energy within!

  The phoenix flapped its wings, and the iron feathers exploded, bringing up a gust of wind. The flowing light suddenly poured down like rain, filling the air, and rushed towards the three people and two beasts with a loud whistle. The surrounding giant trees were hit by these flames, and the whole thing turned into a blazing pillar of fire, with black smoke rushing to the sky, fiery light scorching, and hot air pressing down!

  "I asked about your whole family", Chu Yunfei suddenly cursed, almost making Mu Yuan fall off the dragon's back. These past few days of interaction, although he knew that Chu Yunfei was a carefree and sloppy person, but this time it was really different from the cold and cool appearance he showed at first!

  Flames burst forth, and the three of them hastily activated their techniques. In an instant, purple-black tide-like true energy, crystal-white heavenly heart true energy, and ink-black mysterious yin true energy shot up into the air, colliding with each other in a chaotic mess!

  A burst of chaotic true energy surged in all directions, flames rolled back, and the three people's bodies shook simultaneously. They looked at each other with some surprise. Earlier, they had fled because they were at a disadvantage against the Phoenix Luan, which dominated the skies. The three could not fly up to attack, only passively enduring the beating, not because they feared the Phoenix Luan's strength itself! Just taking the beating without fighting back, doing useless work, no one would do such a thing! Moreover, if they were careless and let their guard down, they might be injured by the Phoenix Luan again, which would be a loss. That was why they had fled earlier. Now that they had clashed, they did not expect this bird to match their true energy head-on, still not falling behind, and even having an advantage!

  It's worth noting that whether it was Chu Yunfei or Mo Xue, they were all at the third layer of Qi Refining, while Mu Yuan himself had already reached the second layer of True Qi, and even had a three-layered state of mind with Longevity True Qi. His combat strength couldn't be said to be weak, yet he was still blasted by Feng Luan's Black Fire, causing his entire body to tremble violently. This left all three people shocked!

  The phoenix and the luan bird failed to strike, let out a sharp cry, and suddenly the mountains and valleys responded, with an extremely loud sound. Immediately following, they chased up, their wings shaking in unison, as wave after wave of black flames poured down like madmen, infuriating the three people!

  "Heaven forbid you have a nest, or I'll burn it to ashes!" Mu Yuan shouted loudly. The tide of true energy transformed into a water curtain, covering his head, and the dense water element from the green gourd poured into his body, then flowed outwards, continuously changing its formation on top of his head, extinguishing flames and sparks. Chu Yunfei and Mo Xue were gathering their true energy to launch an attack, but Feng Luan was flying high, its body extremely agile. Even if they could catch up to it, they would already be weakened, colliding with its iron-like feathers without making a sound, and being scattered away!

  "This can't go on, sooner or later we'll all run out of true energy, but this Feng Luan is using everything to its fullest potential, not wasting a single bit. What's going on?" Mo Xue's face turned cold, never having been chased and beaten by a large bird before, her heart was furious, she asked urgently.

  Chu Yunfei bitterly smiled and said, "What can be done? They are flying in the sky, while we can only run on the ground, it's fundamentally impossible to catch up!"

  Mu Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give it a try! I'll ride the wind up there. Even if I'm not as agile as it is, at least I won't be beaten down here!"

  Mo Xue and Chu Yunfei didn't have time to say anything, Mu Yuantian's aura surged, the Longevity Aura sensed the surrounding trees, the trees shook with wind, riding the wind upwards, directly floating into mid-air!

  They are not yet able to ride the clouds and control the air, they can only rely on the wind to lift them up, but this way, their agility is greatly reduced. Moreover, the phoenix is a favorite of the heavens, coming and going like the wind, as agile as a snake. As for the cultivators who are flying in the air, they have to divide their attention between many things, and it's not certain that they can harm the phoenix. It would be better to defend themselves on solid ground! Mu Yuan was also forced out of his true fire by this phoenix, and he hastily flew up into the air, his first move being the Tsang Lung Water Sword!

  Although the True Qi of Longevity was thick and heavy, it was restrained by the black fire of Feng Luan among the Five Elements. The wood element gave birth to fire, adding to the opponent's momentum. Moreover, Mu Yuan Tong Xiao's Longevity Palace divine ability was not many, so he decisively abandoned the Qingmu Divine Spear and switched to the Canglang Water Sword!

  Canglang Water Sword is also a five-element sword technique, which uses the iron sword to evolve into Canglang Water Sword. With water opposing fire, it's a case of the right medicine for the disease, as water and fire are incompatible.

  In the boundless coastal area, it was damp and gloomy, which was exactly where the Wood Spirit Power and Water Spirit Power could fully display their prowess. The sky was filled with water vapor, and on the tip of the iron sword, a sword aura condensed, flashing and flickering, shining with a dark purple light, which compared to the Cyan Wood Divine Aura, presented another scene.

  The subtlety of the Aoki Shinmei sword lies in its life, while the Canglang Water Sword is good at changing and specializing, with a flashing sword tip that constantly changes shape, suddenly surging and then gathering, fighting against the black fire of Fengluan.

  Although the true energy is not as rich and powerful as Feng Luan's, the swordsmanship of Cang Lang is unpredictable and ever-changing, with a sharp and piercing aura bursting out in all directions, expertly finding the opponent's weaknesses. With the gourd treasure as a backup, it seems to be endless and doesn't fall behind!

  Feng Luan was entangled by Mu Yuan, and had no time to pay attention to Mo Xue and Chu Yunfei. In mid-air, he fought with Mu Yuan. Mo Xue slightly furrowed her brow, "We can't just sit back and do nothing, why not fly up together and capture this annoying Feng Luan!"

  Chu Yunfei smiled bitterly and said, "This is Feng Luan being tied up by Mu brother's water sword, for the time being he hasn't discovered his own weakness of being inconvenient in shape. If he finds out that someone is knocking on the door, all he needs to do is avoid the water sword and attack him directly. In just a blink of an eye, Mu brother will be heroically martyred!"

  "Then it's even more unbearable to watch from below!" Mo Xue said, abandoning the dragon horn and rising into the air on the wind. She activated the Tian Xin True Energy, transforming the starlight bracelet on her hand into a sword of light that slashed angrily through the wind!

  She had a fine treasure in her hand, unlike Mu Yuan who relied solely on his ordinary iron sword to unleash his sword aura. Although she was only at the third layer of Qi refinement, when she wielded it, the sword light flashed and she executed the Tian Xin Sword Technique with all her might, instantly relieving some of the pressure on Mu Yuan!

  Chu Yunfei let out a bitter laugh and flew up into the sky. He didn't have any handy magical artifacts, but he urged on the long banner in his hand. Suddenly, dark winds howled and fierce ghosts shrieked as a surge of intent attacked Feng Luan's sea of consciousness!

  Chu Yunfei held the long banner in his hand, called the Soul-Gathering Banner, a rare treasure of the Demon Sect. It was forged from the cold iron of the North Sea and had a banner surface made of ice silkworm silk, with countless demon sect talismans carved on it. Its specialty was bypassing true energy to directly capture souls. If the opponent's divine sense was solid, then so be it. But if they were slightly careless, they would immediately become dizzy and fall into a miserable situation.

  Feng Luan happened to be the type with abundant yuanqi but not particularly strong spiritual awareness. Most flying creatures and beasts only cultivated their physical bodies, swallowing and spitting out yuanqi, but didn't know how to condense their yuanshen. Chu Yunfei accidentally triggered the power of capturing souls on the Soul-Gathering Banner, and it took effect immediately!

  The phoenix let out a long, mournful cry, its spirit seeming to be torn apart by countless malevolent spirits. The black flames on its body suddenly scattered in disarray. Mu Yuan watched clearly and instantly grasped the key to this technique. He laughed loudly and his figure spun around as he unleashed the Ice Cold Path, the Thousand Mile Ice Seal Technique. The misty air in the sky instantly turned into ice crystals and snowflakes, freezing the clusters of black flames into a solid mass.

  In the Tidal Flow passed down by the Daoist to Mu Yuan, there was a divine ability called "Heavenly Water Pouring Down". It was derived from the rain of the nine heavens pouring down on the mortal world, penetrating every nook and cranny. This divine ability was not about driving one's own true energy, but rather manipulating one's consciousness to launch an attack. Mu Yuan had only glanced at it briefly in the past and hadn't delved deeper into it. Now, however, he was desperately recalling the incantation in his mind, repeatedly testing it out in the sea of his consciousness!

  Chu Yunfei and Mo Xue saw Feng Luan's painful cry, both were overjoyed, Tian Xin sword energy and Ju Hun banner power desperately urged, Feng Luan was overwhelmed, his own mind was stirred up by the Ju Hun banner, dizzy and disoriented, then was stabbed and pierced by the Tian Xin sword energy, suffering unbearable, the black flame retracted to the surface of his body, transformed into a circle, tightly guarding without fighting, both wings shook, just about to fly away!

  If Feng Luan had escaped, the three of them would not have been able to catch up no matter what. Just then, Mu Yuan's eyes burst forth with a brilliant purple light, shining brightly like a divine being. Two beams of purple energy shot out from his eyes and directly locked onto Feng Luan's piercing green gaze!