Long Chen carefully made his way towards Sky Isle as he traversed through the mist.
Bird-type beasts weren’t new to him, though most of the ones he had seen had been tamed by people to be used as transportation. Now, however, he was in a ce where there were many flying demonic beasts he had never seen before. The demonic beasts flew freely in the sky and let off massive gusts of winds.
There were Clouds Sparrows and Four-Winged Fire Birds everywhere. There were many fire-type demonic beasts here, most likely due to the influence of the Heavenly Phoenix. This was good news for Xiang because the demonic core of the Heavenly Phoenix would increase his strength further!
Long Chen also noticed that a lot of the demonic beasts were fighting each other in the dense mist and clouds. It was not as peaceful as he had thought.
He carefully avoided their fights. Thanks to Sight, he could see their souls through the clouds and mist. Long Chen avoided them long before they got close to him.
He had to reach Sky Isle to be able to fight properly.
The mist and clouds wererger than he had expected. Long Chen had flown for half a day before he finally saw Sky Isle.
It was the territory of the Heavenly Phoenix. The closer he got, the higher the temperatures were. It was no exaggeration to say that the Heavenly Phoenix was the strongest demonic beast in the Divine Martial Empire if even its mes could make this ce so hot here.
Sky Isle was surrounded by thick mist and clouds, so Long Chen only saw its faint outline. He had to get quite close to see the grey earth and the outline of a ruined city.<em>A city? In the middle of Sky Isle? Was this ce attached to something and was then taken over by the Heavenly Phoenix?</em>
He carefully got close to the ind and saw that it wasn’t big. It was only roughly half the size of Martial Overlord City.
The ind looked scary and mysterious from within the mist. In fact, it looked deste. Even so, it was densely popted with bird-type demonic beasts. Each of them had their own territory. The closer they got to the center, therger the ruined buildings were and the stronger the demonic beasts were.
The demonic beasts at the outermostyer were at the Heaven-tier. Those below that tier couldn’t survive in Sky Isle.
Long Chen no longer had any hesitation when he saw Sky Isle. He increased his speed and touched the ground. Just as he had expected, the ground was solid here even though the entire isle was floating in the air.
But the ce was very chaotic and there were marks of bird-type demonic beasts everywhere. It was evident that it had been a long time since a human set foot here. The ruined buildings were covered in marks from being abandoned for a long time.
Due to their habitat, the bird-type beasts here had long developed keen eyesight. Therefore, many of them noticed Long Chen the moment hended.
A human’s presence was different from that of a demonic beast! Long Chen was like a demonic beast that had entered a human habitat. Shrill cries filled the air as the demonic beasts called out to warn the others of an intruder.
The entire isle started to stir with activity.
Thousands of demonic beasts flew into the air and covered the ce in a dark shadow. Their cries could pierce a person’s eardrums.
<em>Bam!</em>
Numerous attacks from fire and wind-type beasts flew towards Long Chen. The intense mes and strong gales almost swallowed him whole.
But he was not afraid.
While the attacks were intense and there were many demonic beasts, all of them were only at the Heaven-tier. Long Chen didn’t need to dodge their attacks since he would be impervious to them. But for safety’s sake, Long Chen let Xiang out. Xiang was a Category Three King-tier demonic beast that could threaten the other demonic beasts easily.
A ck me surged out from Long Chen and grewrger, taking the form of a jet-ck demonic beast. Xiang howled.
As he howled, ck mes radiated outwards and burned the nearby beasts to crisps. Many of them flew away in a panic, but most of them were dead. A Category Three King-tier beast was not to be trifled with. The demonic beasts panicked and escaped to a safe distance after Xiang’s appearance.
Since all of them were bird-type beasts, they flew freely in the air as they waited for the stronger beasts toe and defeat the Sun Devouring Wolf. They weren’t as stupid as Long Chen had expected.
Demonic beasts were much more wary of each other than humans, especially beasts asrge as Xiang. None of the beasts below the King-tier dared to challenge him.
Xiang easily repelled the weaker beasts.
Even after his transformation, he could stillmunicate with Long Chen through thenguage of beasts. “Big Brother! I’ve sensed the presence of the Heavenly Phoenix! Follow me.”
Xiang trudged forward towards the center of Sky Isle. The closer they got, the higher the temperature was.
The demonic beasts all flew into the air as Xiang approached them. They knew they were outmatched.
“Who are you?!” Just then, a young man with a burning body appeared in front of Xiang. The man had red crystals for eyes and long, red hair. He was looking at Long Chen and Mo Xiang.
It was clearly a King-tier demonic beast with some form of intelligence. If not, it would’ve never been able to transform into a human-form tomunicate with Long Chen.
“This is the territory of the king! Outsider, human, begone!” the man snarled as he looked at Long Chen and Xiang.
“Xiang, kill him!” Long Chen couldn’t be bothered with the demonic beast.
The man had the strength to fight against Xiang, so Long Chen deduced that his true body was also a Category Three King-tier demonic beast!
As he had expected, the man became angry and mes exploded from his body. He then transformed into a fiery bird and expanded his wings.
Long Chen had seen that form before. It was simr to the Four-Winged Fire Bird from before, but this one had six wings. Each of its feathers was burning brightly.
It was a Six-Winged Fire Bird!
The Four-Winged Fire Bird was supposed to be the normal kind, so the Six-Winged Fire Bird was clearly a mutation. Most demonic beasts only underwent minute changes when they had a mutation, but the Six-Winged Fire Bird was four stages stronger than a regr Four-Winged Fire Bird! It had reached the Category Three King-tier!
The Six-Winged Fire Bird extended its wings and flew into the air at a fast speed. Its wingspan made it seem farrger than Xiang, though its body was simr in size.
A sharp voice was apanied with burning mes as it flew towards Long Chen and Xiang.
But it was an insult to use fire-based attacks in front of a Sun Devouring Wolf. Xiang growled and pounced towards the Six-Winged Fire Bird.
The Six-Winged Fire Bird extended its ws to attack Xiang!
The collision of their massive bodies made a loud thud that reverberated across Sky Isle. The Six-Winged Fire Bird was clearly weaker than Xiang. The Sun Devouring Wolf bit into the Six-Winged Fire Bird’s w and threw it to the ground!
<em>Crack!</em>
Arge section of the ruins was ttened by the Six-Winged Fire Bird’s body. Under its intense mes, the ground surrounding it was charred ck!
But its injuries were minimal, and being thrown down by Xiang made it even more infuriated. It pped its wings furiously and shot up into the air. Xiang was left all alone on the ground.
As a Category Three King-tier beast, it had a lot of pride. It was feeling humiliated after being thrown onto the ground by Xiang in the first bout. It pped its wings, and fiery balls rained down from the heavens. The fire balls were so numerous that they almost nketed Xiang!
“You want to fight Xiang with fire?” Long Chen chuckled.
Xiang opened his maw, and a ck whirlpool appeared near his snout. The mes were sucked into the ck whirlpool and funneled into his stomach.
The Six-Winged Fire Bird was shocked. It had never seen a beast like that before! It became angrier and pped its wings even faster. It believed its mes could kill Xiang! Even more fireballs rained down, faster and stronger than before. Each fireball was three meters in diameter this time!