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Chapter 872 Chaos
The Golden Beetle's arrival in the Ancient Demon Realm this time was also merely an external avatar.

Top-tier experts like them would never personally come to the Ancient Demon Realm and risk their lives.

However, the avatar he sent out this time had reached the early stage of the Integration Realm, which should be enough to retrieve the spirit pet.

Finding the spirit pet is equivalent to finding the other clone, since the two have now merged into one.

Even someone like Jin Guizi, one of the seven sons of the human race, could not stay in the Ancient Demon Realm for long after successfully arriving there.

With the 'Reverse Spirit Pearl' obtained from Yin Yangzi and his own methods, he can only stay for less than half a year at most.

Otherwise, even his clone wouldn't be able to withstand being corrupted by the demonic energy.

The enormous resources that the Golden Beetle has expended to descend upon this realm are enough to cultivate a Void Refinement stage cultivator.

However, since it concerned his own cultivation, he was willing to pay any price.

After arriving in the Ancient Demon Realm.

With just a slight sense, the Golden Beetle felt the exact location of his other avatar.

"It actually went over there, quite far from the spatial coordinates Yin Yangzi gave me."

"Fortunately, it is indeed as he said, in the ancient demon realm."

He pondered for a moment, then used his powerful escape technique to fly towards the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom.

……

at the same time.

The Xuan Turtle, brought by Qin Ming, also immediately sensed the abnormality while inside the spirit beast pouch.

The Devouring Rat was currently standing on its back, ready to respond to any unexpected events and help Qin Ming.

The moment the phantom of the evil phoenix appeared on the charred canopy of the paulownia tree.

Gu Chang'an's voice rang in Qin Ming's mind: "Fellow Daoist Li, my true self should have sent an avatar to find me, and it is already on its way here."

During this time, because his soul had been residing in the body of the Xuan Turtle, he had felt that his divine soul was gradually being assimilated by the demon soul.

Unable to maintain its previous state of clarity, it is estimated that it will not be long before it completely merges with the Xuan Turtle and can no longer recover.

"Oh? Does that mean we have a way to return to the Spirit Realm?" Qin Ming was still thinking about how to deal with the strange changes at the foot of Phoenix Flame Mountain.

At this moment, Gu Chang'an's words can be considered good news.

"If I may be so bold as to ask, what is Fellow Daoist Gu's true identity in the Spirit Realm?"

Although the two were quite familiar with each other, Gu Chang'an had never revealed his identity, and Qin Ming had not asked any further questions.

Now that I'm in such a dangerous situation, and seeing that the other party has finally come to this matter, I might as well ask him about it.

Gu Chang'an sighed and didn't hide anything from Qin Ming: "My true form is 'Golden Beetle,' one of the Seven Sons of the Human Race in the Spirit Realm. Fellow Daoist Li should have heard of him."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming immediately felt a deep sense of respect!

The Seven Sons of Humanity were top-tier figures, second only to those below the Mahayana stage. I never imagined I'd actually managed to abduct their avatars to the Ancient Demon Realm.
And this big shot seems to value this external avatar very much, having actually come all the way here.

"The Seven Sons of Humanity? I am truly ashamed of my lack of respect!"

Upon hearing that its tortoise mount was actually one of the most powerful figures among the human race, the Devouring Rat was immediately taken aback.

His legs immediately gave way, and he quickly climbed off its back.

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint Brother Li, but my true form can only take this spirit pet with me. I can't take you with me, since the resources required to return to the Spirit Realm are also enormous."

"And it's not through the usual channels, but through contact with the main body."

Qin Ming understood upon hearing this and silently responded.

"It's alright, I'll find another way."

The master and servants secretly communicated through telepathy.

In the sky, an ancient bloodline aura suddenly erupted once more. The enormous black phoenix phantom had none of the auspicious signs of a real phoenix.

Instead, it was filled with evil and bloodlust, looking like a great calamity.

However, one thing is certain: the evil phoenix that has been unexpectedly awakened is merely a soul.

Qin Ming gazed upwards, his eyes gleaming. This was exactly what the Demon Refining Bottle wanted.
However, he had already grasped the general situation and had a plan, but he didn't make it public, since the Night Owl Clan members were still present.

Not far from them.

The expressions of Emperor Chen, the gray-robed elder, and the one-eyed owl of the Night Owl Clan were uncertain.

Under the attack of the evil phoenix on the treetop, all the subordinates they brought in were turned into resources for its awakening.

In an instant, only the three of them remained.

Just then, the old monster Feng, who was in the Integration Stage, saw that Qin Ming's three people had easily withstood the Evil Phoenix Sonic Boom Divine Power attack and were completely unharmed.

His expression immediately changed slightly, as if he had guessed something.

Therefore, he unleashed a burst of combined-level spiritual pressure in the direction where Qin Ming and the other two were located.

"Hmph! Who are you, you cowardly rat?"

"They actually managed to infiltrate our clan and hide their true colors."

Just as the gray-robed elder's immense suppressive power was about to reach Qin Ming and his companions.

Dragon Fish no longer concealed his true feelings; a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and an unparalleled domineering aura erupted from his body.

An exaggerated suppressive force spread outwards, colliding with the spiritual pressure aura of the gray-robed elder.

boom! Click!
The clash between the two combined-level auras distorted space, generating extremely terrifying gales.

As a renowned demon general of the Wanze Demon Kingdom, Long Yuzi naturally possessed powerful supernatural abilities, no less than the gray-robed elder.

Qin Ming and the other two's disguises were immediately seen through, revealing their true forms.

The expression on the face of the Holy Son Di Chen opposite him also changed:

"It turns out that the three great demon generals of the Wanze Demon Kingdom have personally come."

"Hmph! The three demon generals have come together, yet they act so timidly. They must have learned about the situation here before us." One-Eyed Owl stared at the three of them and said in a calm tone.

His strength is formidable, and he is not afraid even when he is a combined demon general.

Huo Linzi, who was standing next to Qin Ming, also stepped forward and teased, "You three better pray for yourselves. That awakened black phoenix up there is no ordinary creature!"

"It seems to feed exclusively on your feathered spirits; the Night Owl Clan is a great source of nourishment for it."

"No wonder there was no movement for so many years. After absorbing the life souls of the Night Owl Clan, it directly revealed its true form." Dragon Fish also sneered.

The words fell.

The three Night Owl Clan members opposite them looked extremely grim, because what the two demon generals had said was indeed the case.

next moment.

The black phoenix phantom on the charred canopy of the paulownia tree transformed once more, its massive body condensing in mid-air into a noble woman wearing a phoenix crown, resembling a deity looking down upon the crowd below.

"He really is a powerful member of the True Phoenix Clan, but why do I sense a familiar aura emanating from him?"

At this moment, the Old Demon Qingyang also noticed the changes outside. He immediately looked at the woman with the phoenix crown who was transformed from the evil phoenix and said thoughtfully.

"Oh? Could it be that you, Old Ghost, recognize the person in front of you?" Qin Ming asked secretly via telepathy.

"Hehe! With your current cultivation level, young friend Qin, can't you sense it? The True Phoenix Soul before us has become like this, lingering here for tens of thousands of years without dissipating, because it has been eroded, polluted, and assimilated by the True Demon Qi."

Upon hearing Qingyang the Old Demon's words, Qin Ming immediately sensed it as well, having refined True Demon Qi before and being extremely familiar with this kind of aura. "But why is this ancient True Phoenix corrupted by True Demon Qi?"

Qingyang the Old Demon also shook his head and said, "I don't know much about that, but I do have a vague impression of the aura of this true demonic energy, though I can't quite recall it."

"Young friend Qin, you must be careful. Although you possess the Demon Refining Bottle, a powerful weapon against the demon race, judging from the strength of this evil phoenix demon soul before me, it is at least at the mid-stage of the Integration Realm."

"Right now, even if all of you are together, you probably can't beat him. Let's take advantage of the chaos and seize the real phoenix feather to escape."

Now that Qin Ming has unlocked the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, all that's missing is the final natal feather of a feathered spirit.

Now that such a tremendous opportunity is before us, we must give it a try.

Qin Ming silently agreed and immediately focused his attention back on the scene.

The woman in the phoenix crown had an extremely empty look in her eyes, like a god devoid of any emotion.

However, they seemed to show great bloodlust towards the three members of the Night Owl Clan.

Upon seeing this, the gray-robed elder's face immediately turned ashen, clearly sensing the other party's intense killing intent.

He immediately sent out a distress signal, only to find that the entire space was imprisoned by the Phoenix Clan's great supernatural power, making it impossible to send out any messages from this place.

They were in dire straits.

More importantly, three demon generals from the Wanze Demon Kingdom were also watching them intently.

The corrupted evil phoenix of the True Phoenix Clan revealed its powerful aura, raising a delicate hand as it intended to attack the three members of the Night Owl Clan.

Emperor Chen and his two disciples were also on high alert, each taking out their most treasured demonic weapons, preparing to engage in a great battle.

But at this moment.

The situation on the scene suddenly changed again. The woman in the phoenix crown seemed to sense something, and her empty gaze shifted from the three members of the Night Owl Clan to Qin Ming and his group.

This situation not only surprised the gloating Dragonfish and Firescale, but also the three members of the Night Owl Clan.

Unexpectedly, the terrifying evil phoenix before them suddenly changed its target.

Her killing intent was also very clear, and it was clearly directed at Qin Ming.

"Brother Ape, what's going on?"

"Why is that old monster targeting you?"

Huo Linzi immediately pulled out a pair of giant hammers with both hands and asked with a solemn expression.

Qin Ming also sensed the overwhelming killing intent emanating from the woman in the phoenix crown, and he was completely confused about what was going on.

Suddenly.

In the small spiritual realm, Fairy Lanbing said to Qin Ming, "Fellow Daoist Qin, that True Phoenix demon soul must have sensed and detected my presence."

Qin Ming immediately realized, "No wonder."

The evil phoenix before them was, after all, one of the ten ancient true spirit kings. Even after its ascension, the remaining demon soul's cultivation and strength were less than one ten-thousandth of what it once was. It was once an existence at the Mahayana stage or above.

Furthermore, the True Phoenix Clan has reached a level of consummate skill in utilizing the laws of space.

It's not surprising that they can perceive things within the Lesser Spirit Realm.

The Blue Ice Fairy possesses the bloodlines of two ancient feathered creatures: the Ancient Ice Phoenix and the Nine Netherworld Sparrow. Naturally, she is more interested in them than the Night Owl Clan.

Therefore, the blame was directly directed at Qin Ming.

Seeing this, Qin Ming summoned all his spirit pets, ready to fight to the death.

The powerful zoo lineup is revealed, including the Sky-Eating Rat, the Mystic Water Crocodile, the Blue Ice Fairy, the Little Silver Fox, and the Silver Wing Frost Bee!

This also greatly shocked the two demon generals beside him, as well as the three Night Owl Clan members opposite them.

"So Brother Ape brought his entire crew with him, then everything is naturally different now." Dragon Fish looked at the demons and said with great surprise.

He had also realized something; he guessed that the evil phoenix had its eye on one of the white ape demon general's special bloodline subordinates.

Suddenly.

A war is about to break out.

The woman in the phoenix crown was enveloped in black flames, exuding immense power with every move she made. With a tremor of the black phoenix feathers on her back, countless black flames fell towards Qin Ming's direction.

Rumble!
The two demon generals, Huo Linzi and Long Yuzi, also unleashed their supernatural powers to defend themselves from above.

All of a sudden.

A terrifying battle of magical power swept across this space as two powerful beings from the ancient demon realm clashed with the Evil Phoenix.

the other side.

The three Holy Sons of Emperor Chen, who were not far away, also had wicked thoughts when they saw the two demon generals being attacked.

The gray-robed elder from the Night Owl Clan turned to Emperor Chen and said, "Holy Son, I'm going to give those two old bastards from the Myriad Ze Demon Kingdom a little push."

"You and One-Eyed Owl, go and seize the opportunity in the treetop."

Emperor Dust Saint Son and One-Eyed Owl understood immediately, their figures blurring and disappearing, taking advantage of the chaos to fly upwards.

Qin Ming's eyes sharpened, and he immediately noticed the situation.

He came here at great risk, but these Night Owls are trying to take advantage of the chaos to seize an opportunity.

Ever since.

Qin Ming called over the Devouring Sky Rat and the Mysterious Water Crocodile, and they all went up to surround and attack the Earth Dust Saint and his companion.

"Fellow Daoists, I'll leave this place to you for a moment. I'll go deal with the Night Owl Clan first."

"I'll have the Xuan Shui Crocodile Demon General support the two of you."

Having said that, without waiting for their agreement or not, he flew straight toward Emperor Chen and the others.

Huo Linzi and Long Yuzi cursed Qin Ming a thousand times in their hearts. The evil phoenix was clearly targeting him, but they were the ones who took the hits for him.

But he himself ran off to the side.

At this moment, the two demon generals could only barely withstand the terrifying black flame divine power of the woman with the phoenix crown.

Suddenly.

The space around them rippled, revealing the figure of the gray-robed old man. Several hidden and powerful void wind blades launched a sneak attack on Huo Linzi and his companion!

Swish!
Just then, the towering Xuan Shui Crocodile appeared, its black wolf-tooth club slamming into the gray-robed elder's attack.

High above, a thick thunder dragon roared out and collided with it.

The terrifying aftershocks of the supernatural power swept outwards with overwhelming force, drawing everyone's attention.

The Xuan Shui Crocodile's body was sent flying, and blood seeped from its dark gold and green scales.

However, it did block the gray-robed old man's sneak attack.

"Ok?"

The gray-robed elder looked surprised. He hadn't expected that his bloodline supernatural power would be blocked by a sixth-order Xuan Shui Crocodile Demon General.

The Devouring Sky Rat, the Blue Ice Fairy, and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee surrounded Emperor Chen, the Holy Son.

In a blur, Qin Ming appeared above the one-eyed owl, his eyes filled with killing intent. He clenched his fist, gathered his strength, and unleashed a powerful punch at his opponent!

(End of this chapter)