Global Demon King: Starting as the Abyssal Dragon
chapter-274

The flames released by the Black Phoenix, like raindrops, fell from the sky, instantly turning the ground into a sea of fire. This sea of fire seemed to be alive, moving along with the Black Phoenix. This was actually the domain of the Black Phoenix.

Zhang San and Li Si activated their domain abilities simultaneously, and the moving sea of fire domain was immediately suppressed until it disappeared. While Li Si's domain almost completely neutralized the Black Phoenix's domain, Zhang San's unleashed domain instantly gained control of the battlefield. The gravity, amplified hundreds to thousands of times, pressed down on the Black Phoenix.

In almost an instant, the Black Phoenix was pressed from mid-air to the ground. Zhang San raised his spear, and under the condensation of Rampaging Dragon Qi, the spear blade expanded a hundredfold, transforming into a giant blade capable of splitting rivers and mountains, and instantly chopped down on the body of the Black Phoenix, further suppressing this powerful divine beast.

At the same time, Li Si swooped down from the sky. All nine heads launched attacks simultaneously. Nine different elemental energies intertwined into a spiral energy wave, fiercely striking the immobilized Black Phoenix on the ground, instantly creating a crater with a radius of several hundred meters, comparable to a meteorite impact.

"How powerful!" Nancilia was stunned by Zhang San and Li Si's skills.

After being promoted by the Demon King, the increase in their strength was astonishingly exaggerated. United, Nancilia felt she couldn't contend against them. With such heavy blows dealt to the Black Phoenix, it would be difficult for it to escape unscathed.

Unfortunately, this phoenix had completely turned insane. The Black Phoenix couldn't be reverted back. This meant that the phoenix had abandoned its wisdom, completely dominated by its beastly nature, becoming a terrifying monster full of anger and destructive desire.

Zhang San and Li Si's attack lasted for a few seconds. They could clearly feel the strong and imposing aura of the divine beast suddenly becoming weak, almost disappearing without a trace. It seemed like a success! They paused their attack and were about to check on the Black Phoenix's condition when, unexpectedly, the nearly vanished aura suddenly surged back to strength. A huge mass of flames burst from the pit, gathering into a majestic phoenix in an instant. Had it resurrected with full health? Zhang San and Li Si were somewhat taken aback.

Nancilia exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the phoenix's ability to be reborn from its ashes?"

Zhang Nu nodded and said, "Correct. The principle of Rebirth from within the Flames involves accumulating the undying sacred fire with its life force on a regular basis. When in battle or at critical moments, it bursts forth all at once, using the sacred fire to achieve instant self-healing and recovery."

"For ordinary people to master Rebirth from within the Flames, being able to use it once every few days is already impressive, because the human body can only hold a limited amount of sacred fire, and the process of storing life force also consumes a lot of time."

"But this phoenix is different!"

Zhang Nu could clearly see that the scale of the undying sacred fire within the Black Phoenix was immense. This was the result of the divine beast's continuous refinement over tens of thousands of years. The essence of the undying sacred fire is consumable, but this reserve was excessively powerful. Unless it's possible to annihilate the Black Phoenix in an instant, faster than the undying sacred fire can be activated, it would inevitably resurrect.

Zhang San and Li Si launched another joint attack. Although they were powerful enough to suppress the Black Phoenix, they found they couldn't kill it. Whenever the Black Phoenix faced a dangerous situation or received a fatal injury, it would immediately resurrect and heal itself through the Rebirth from within the Flames ability, which, for the Black Phoenix, had no cooldown period at all.

How could they fight this? The Black Phoenix couldn't be killed! As long as the undying sacred fire wasn't completely extinguished, it was almost unkillable, and its power was nearly infinite. The difficulty of dealing with this Black Phoenix was definitely above that of a mythic unit of the same level; its power alone could obliterate a nation.

"Zhang San, Li Si, step back..." Although Zhang San and Li Si could suppress the Black Phoenix together, over time they would inevitably suffer from excessive depletion of mana, leading to a decline in combat effectiveness. In other words, through a war of attrition, the Black Phoenix could deal with Zhang San and Li Si.

At this point, Nancilia volunteered, "Your Majesty, let me try. It's not effective to fight such a being head-on, but my sealing technique should work."

However, this time Zhang Nu did not agree to the young Elven King's offer: "The power of the Black Phoenix is too domineering, and the sacred fire within it is too vast. It won't be easy to seal it. I plan to take action myself."

Nancilia had no choice but to step back.

The Black Phoenix let out a furious and piercing cry. This scream, like billions of birds singing at once, produced sharp sonic waves like knives, piercing into the brain and capable of causing significant psychic harm. However, at this moment, a fierce and ferocious Dragon Fear erupted. The dragon's roar was ten to a hundred times stronger than the Black Phoenix's piercing cry, causing even the mighty Black Phoenix to momentarily falter and be briefly affected. The next second, the Demon King transformed into his dragon form.

It had been a long time since Zhang Nu had fought in his dragon form. In his dragon state, he stretched three to four hundred meters long, his size comparable to a mountain. In contrast, the Black Phoenix seemed like an old hen strutting before a grown man. The mere presence was not on the same level.

Feeling a significant threat, the Black Phoenix unleashed a massive column of black fire. In response, Zhang Nu spat out a dense stream of thunder flame. The two forces collided mid-air, causing intense pressure that fractured the nearby ground. However, given the disparity in strength, the thunder flame pierced through the column of fire in the next second, hitting the Black Phoenix and penetrating its body before continuing to strike a mountain behind it, creating a massive hole in the mountain. The Black Phoenix's body shattered into a sky of flames, then reassembled the next second, seemingly unharmed and still fiercely attacking.

"Know your place, beast!" Zhang Nu commented as he activated the Eye of Domination, instantly taking control of the Black Phoenix's body and then pinning it to the ground with a stomp. Opening his mouth, he unleashed another attack.

This time, what he released was not thunder flame but ordinary dragon flame. However, upon closer inspection, one could notice a vast presence of Evil God aura intertwined within the dragon flame. Realizing that ordinary attacks were insufficient to swiftly and efficiently kill the Black Phoenix, Zhang Nu activated his talent of the Source of Corruption, using his immense life force to create a large amount of corrupted blood. This attack was not so much about using dragon flame against the Black Phoenix as it was about using the corrupted blood.

The dragon flame blasted onto the Black Phoenix, hardly causing any damage to it. As a top-tier fire elemental divine beast, the Black Phoenix undoubtedly possessed fire immunity not inferior to Zhang Nu's, and even an extremely strong fire absorption effect. Using pure fire attacks against the Black Phoenix not only failed to injure it but could potentially make it even stronger. However, once the corrupted blood infiltrated the Black Phoenix's body through the flame, it rapidly froze the undying divine fire within its body!

The fragment of the Evil God within Zhang Nu, the Source of Corruption, was an exceptionally unique existence. In terms of killing power, it definitely couldn't compare to the Eye of Death. In terms of control ability, it certainly couldn't match the Eye of Domination. But in terms of the ability to disgust and corrupt, the Source of Corruption was absolutely one of the top talents among all the corrupt divine gifts. Anything contaminated by it, whether it's spiritual energy, divine artifacts, or other special items, will lose their function.

In other words, the Black Phoenix, caught completely unprepared and doused in corrupted blood, found its entire body, inside and out, contaminated by the powerful Evil God aura, rendering all its abilities ineffective.

The Black Phoenix realized something was wrong as the flames enveloping its body rapidly dissipated, eventually revealing its true feathers and body. But it was too late; it could no longer escape. Zhang Nu gathered another blast of thunder flame, and the Black Phoenix's body was directly blasted into pieces. Within the body of the Black Phoenix, there was still a large amount of undying divine fire, but this divine fire had been contaminated by the corrupted blood and thus couldn't function properly. Eventually, it didn't resurrect again.

A few minutes later, Zhang Nu received a notification:

[You've slain the Black Phoenix. Gold +20 million!]

This notification confirmed that the troublesome divine beast had indeed been eliminated by him. Zhang Nu nodded in satisfaction.

He extended a hand, and a myriad of blood mist was drawn out from the fragments of the Black Phoenix. This blood, filled with the aura of the corrupt god, was reabsorbed into Zhang Nu's body, replenishing the life force he had expended. As the corrupted blood was withdrawn, the suppressed undying divine fire began to function again. Countless flames were released from the fragments in all directions, converging in the middle and rapidly taking shape.

Nancilia exclaimed, "No, Your Majesty, it's reviving again!"

Zhang Nu remained calm and did not intervene, stating, "No, this time it's different."

The divine fire gathered to form a giant egg, a magnificent golden-red, translucent egg with surging flames inside.

Nancilia's eyes widened, "Is this... a newly born phoenix egg?"

Zhang Nu nodded, "The Black Phoenix's consciousness has been erased, but its soul fragments, possessing a trace of divinity, will not completely perish. After being refined by the sacred divine fire, a new phoenix can be born."

With that, Zhang Nu glanced at the giant egg, and the information about it appeared:

[Undying Phoenix Egg] orange-grade high-quality...

Description: This is an egg that can be carefully hatched, possessing strong life force and the potential to birth a powerful phoenix.

A mythic-class pet egg! This item was definitely worth a fortune.