Chapter 617 Blood and Fire

Above Handan, Jizhou, a nine-headed snake is tumbling in the clouds.

Nine snake heads spewed poisonous rain, turning this thousand-year-old capital into an acid swamp.

Anti-aircraft fire had no effect on it, but instead aroused its ferocity.

"Human, crawl!"

The head in the middle spoke in human language, "This is the era of the New God!"

"god?"

A cold female voice suddenly sounded above its head.

The Hydra looked up in astonishment and saw a blue-feathered true phoenix with a wingspan of a thousand feet looking down at it, its eyes full of disdain.

"You deserve it?"

The True Phoenix roared loudly, and the Phoenix divine fire poured down like a river from the sky.

The Hydra screamed, and its two heads carbonized instantly.

It twisted its body wildly, and the other seven heads spewed venom at the same time, but it was evaporated by the high temperature when it approached the True Phoenix.

"And me."

Ao Jiu's voice came from below.

The Hydra lowered its head and saw an eight-clawed golden dragon breaking through the clouds, its claws slashing down like a heavenly sword.

Another snake head flew up, and the poisonous blood spurting out from the broken neck was purified by the dragon's breath.

"Eight-clawed golden dragon? Impossible!"

The remaining six heads of the Hydra screamed in fear, "The dragon race has clearly left this world..."

"A lot of talk."

Ao Jiu took out a snake gall with one claw and crushed it.

Huo Qinghuang transformed into a human form and stood beside the golden dragon, with the Divine Phoenix Sword pointing at the ruined Handan City below: "Look carefully, this is the sin you have committed."

The Hydra laughed wildly: "The strong prey on the weak, what's wrong with that?"

"That's right."

Huo Qinghuang said coldly, "So go die."

The sword light was like a rainbow, piercing through the remaining six heads.

The huge body of the Hydra stiffened for a moment, then fell to the ground with a loud bang, flattening half of Handan city.

…

Huo Qinghuang stood on the clouds, his spiritual sense sweeping across the devastated land.

Although the monster was frightened, it was far from being destroyed.

All over the world, more ancient beings are awakening.

However, in the eyes of a being like her, what she sees is not only death and destruction, but also countless faint fluctuations of spiritual energy.

Among those survivors, a very small number are establishing connections with the new spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"I see."

She suddenly spoke in an ethereal voice, "This is not cleaning, it's screening."

Ao Jiu transformed into a human form and stood beside her, frowning at her: "What do you mean?"

Huo Qinghuang pointed to a burning city below:

"Look at those who survived. The elderly, children, pregnant women, most of the weak ones died first. Those who survived were either physically strong or mentally resilient, and there were very few."

Her fingertips stopped on a young mutant who was fighting a monster.

“A benign mutation has occurred.”

"Survival of the fittest?" Ao Jiu sneered, "When did the way of heaven become so scientific?"

“It’s not science, it’s law.”

Huo Qinghuang closed his eyes and sensed the Heavenly Dao: "In the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been depleted for too long. The Heavenly Dao needs to restart the cultivation civilization, but the resources are limited, so we can only choose the seeds with the most potential."

Behind all this is the will of heaven.

The transformation of the Heavenly Dao was not accidental, but was intended to cleanse the human civilization of the old era and restart the world of cultivation.

Spiritual energy revives, the rules of heaven and earth change, and only the strong can survive.

This is the beginning of a new era and the end of the old world.

Huo Qinghuang lowered his head and looked down at the earth, and gradually he understood.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and golden light shone brightly in her pupils: "The Ten Thousand Demons are part of the screening mechanism."

Ao Jiu was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "What a heavenly way! Use the hands of all the monsters to get rid of those who are unqualified, and then let the rest break the limit between life and death?"

Huo Qinghuang had a blank expression on her face: "The strong prey on the weak, this is the truth of heaven and earth."

"So what are you going to do now?"

Ao Jiu narrowed his eyes.

The Divine Phoenix Sword emitted a clear sound, and Huo Qinghuang stroked the blade:

"Why should I, Huo Qinghuang, tell the heavens what to do? I just save those who need to be saved and kill the monsters who need to be killed. That's all."

Ao Jiu grinned, revealing his sharp dragon teeth: "That's exactly what I want."

Huo Qinghuang said no more. He moved his body and turned into a stream of light, heading straight for the place where the monster was wreaking havoc.

She could have displayed her Hunyuan-level soul, commanded all the monsters, and achieved the goal of stopping the war.

But after understanding the intention of heaven, she gave up the idea.

If any civilization wants to replace another, it will inevitably go through the trials of blood and fire.

Otherwise, you will definitely not last long.

What's more, only her soul has recovered to the level of her previous life, but her physical body is still far from it, not even to the level of a Quasi-Saint.

Even if one absorbs the gift from Heaven, one can only surpass the Golden Immortal Stage and reach the level of Daluo Golden Immortal.

There is still a long way to go before I can prove my truth again.

It is somewhat difficult to kill all the monsters.

Unless it consumes countless spiritual power.

But if she did that, her soul, which had just recovered, would be damaged again.

This is not the situation she wants to see.

…

The troubled times continued, and various parts of Dragon Country were groping to rebuild order amidst the turmoil.

On this day, after Huo Qinghuang killed a Gu Eagle with a sword, he lowered his head and looked into the distance.

There was a team of mutants fighting against the monsters.

Their cooperation was awkward but courageous, among which the young man with wings on his back was particularly conspicuous.

"Fang Lei?"

She was slightly surprised.

The young man was none other than Fang Lei, whom she had once saved.

Also one of her fans.

Unexpectedly, the other party became one of the awakened ones.

But when she thought about Fang Lei's fate after reading it before, she felt that it should be so.

"Did you see that?"

Huo Qinghuang raised the corners of her lips slightly, "Human resilience."

Ao Jiu followed her gaze and shook his head: "He is trying to stop a chariot with his arms."

"No, it's hope."

Huo Qinghuang corrected him, “The Heavenly Dao wants to select, so we show it something different.”

She suddenly flew down on her sword and landed in front of Fang Lei.

The latter stepped back vigilantly, protecting the little girl behind him.

Only after seeing clearly that it was Huo Qinghuang did he relax.

But the experiences during this period made him subconsciously keep a distance from others.

"Master Huo..."

"Want to become stronger?"

Huo Qinghuang asked directly, "Really control the power in your body, instead of being controlled by it."

Fang Lei was stunned for a moment, his scales slightly erected: "Can you teach me?"

"I can keep you alive."

Huo Qinghuang looked at the little girl behind him and said, "Protect the people you want to protect."

Ao Jiu urged impatiently not far away: "What are you dawdling for? Another big guy has appeared in the north."

Huo Qinghuang took one last look at Fang Lei and said, "Think it through and come find me."

After saying this, he turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the sky.

Fang Lei stared blankly in the direction she left, his heart beating violently under his scales.

The little girl tugged at his clothes: "Brother, is that a fairy?"

Fang Lei clenched his fists, feeling the surging power in his body: "No, it's an opportunity."

In the sky, the figures of the dragon and the phoenix moved farther and farther away, and the monsters retreated wherever they passed.

Darkness still shrouds the earth, but the first rays of light have already broken through the clouds.

A new era is being born in blood and fire.

…

There are dark clouds on the top of Qingcheng Mountain.

A ferocious beast named Qiongqi, which looks like a tiger but has wings on its back, is tearing apart the remains of the Taoist temple, with half of the body of a Taoist priest crushed under its sharp claws.

This Taoist sect, which had been passed down for thousands of years, finally couldn't hold on and was completely destroyed after being repeatedly ravaged by the formless demon ape and the Qiongqi.

Qiongqi was about to bite the remaining half of the corpse when he suddenly noticed something. He raised his head abruptly and looked towards the sky with his scarlet eyes.