Only Chu Hongluan herself knew that this was all thanks to the Sun Crystal.
In addition, she was born in the wilderness and raised by the bloodthirsty aura, so she has a natural resistance to demonic energy.
Right now, the two most common and ordinary pills she has taken are enough to bring her body back to life.
"Has your eye been opened yet?"
Chu Hongluan teased him with a forced smile, "You old codger, you've been flattered by those filthy rats until you're practically floating on air, thinking that with a flick of your finger you can control the world, that with a little strategy you can rise above the rules of heaven and earth..."
"So what kind of toad are you, daring to think so highly of yourself?"
"you!!!"
The patriarch of the Beast Taming Sect was so angry that he almost fainted. This was the first time in his long life that he regretted not having spent his youth wandering the streets and learning more swear words.
"If you've got the guts, give me back the Demon Vine! Let's have a fair fight!"
Chu Hongluan was amused by him.
"Give it back to you? I caught the demonic vine with my own skills, why should I give it back to you?"
As she spoke, Chu Hongluan lifted the entire demonic vine and held it up in front of her.
The more greedy the demonic vine had been when it was sucking Chu Hongluan's blood, the weaker it was now. On the verge of death, it had shrunk to less than a tenth of its original length, with only a few sparse vines hanging down and its leaves withered and yellow.
"Since it's going to die in your hands anyway, I might as well do a good deed today and end it early. It's better to die in defeat than to die following the wrong person, right?"
As she spoke, Chu Hongluan raised her knife—
"I advise you to let it go."
The voice of the Beast Taming Sect's patriarch came, and Chu Hongluan looked up and saw that he had been standing beside the phoenix egg at some point, with his right hand held out to the side, and a complex array pattern condensed in his palm above the egg.
"Once the Demon Vine dies, I can directly form a contract with the Phoenix Egg. At that time, my life will be connected with the Phoenix Egg, and if I die, it will die too."
Chu Hongluan glanced at him with an ambiguous look, her hands moving without pausing for a moment. She tossed the demonic vine into the air, and with a graceful, flowing motion, she slashed it into eight hundred and eighty-eight pieces.
The magic core was mixed in with the scattered branches, leaves, and roots, and lay scattered on the ground.
Chu Hongluan didn't even glance down before decisively stepping down and crushing the demon core of this Tribulation-Transcending stage demonic beast—a crucial part of the Beast Taming Sect's ancestral plan that enabled the Demon Phoenix to reach its peak upon birth—into dust.
The Beast Taming Sect's patriarch's eyes were bloodshot with rage, his entire body trembling with extreme fury, repeatedly muttering:
"How dare you... how dare you..."
"Of course I dare." Chu Hongluan smiled. "Didn't you want to contract the phoenix egg? Go ahead and contract it. I'll make my move after you're done."
The Beast Taming Sect's patriarch was taken aback, but instantly understood the meaning behind her words.
I see... I see...
The contract array on his palm dissipated, he withdrew his hand, and looked directly into Chu Hongluan's eyes: "I didn't expect you to have this in mind."
"You know that too, don't you? Your move can only threaten the Phoenix Clan. What I want is to destroy your plan. Rather than killing you alone, destroying the Phoenix Egg seems to solve the problem at its root."
Chu Hongluan gently stroked the blade with her fingertips, her smile gentle, her red lips opening and closing, but the words she spoke were extremely cold: "Therefore, I don't care whether it is demonized or not. On the contrary, it would be better if it were demonized. In this way, I would have a legitimate reason to act on behalf of Heaven, and the world's morality would not condemn me."
With that, she casually tossed the knife aside and said, "Old man, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. I'll give you three moves with my bare hands. If you can beat me, I'll let you go."
The Beast Taming Sect's patriarch's eyes narrowed, and without saying a word, he immediately attacked!
He had no choice!
Without the magic vine protecting him, he would be unable to guard the phoenix egg, and directly forming a contract would be tantamount to throwing his life away.
Once the contract takes effect, it cannot be dissolved unless the contracted beast dies.
How long does it take for a phoenix egg to hatch?
After hatching, without the magic core of the magic vine, how long will it take for the cub to grow?
Throughout this long period, his position as a contracted beast was occupied by a mere figurehead with zero combat power. How could he establish himself? How could he protect himself? If he were to accidentally let slip any information along the way, before the Demon Phoenix could even display its might, his Beast Taming Sect might be wiped out by the combined forces of the other eight major sects!
Therefore, the only way out for him now is to kill Chu Hongluan!
This woman knows far too much. Unless we kill her today, once she sends the news back to the other eight major sects, both the Beast Taming Sect and he will become the target of everyone's ire.
Those so-called righteous cultivators, for the sake of all living beings, would definitely make the same choice as Chu Hongluan—destroy the phoenix egg.
At this point, whoever contracts the phoenix egg becomes a sitting duck.
A certain death trap.
The only way to break this deadlock is to kill the woman in front of me, then carefully conceal my true intentions and proceed slowly.
Otherwise, the Beast Taming Sect's millennia-long plan would be destroyed, and the sect would face annihilation.
Thinking of this, the Beast Taming Sect patriarch became even more ruthless, each move aimed directly at her vital points. Chu Hongluan remained calm, meeting the attack head-on, palm to palm, fist to fist, her fighting spirit fierce, creating waves of energy that sent pebbles and sand flying.
In just three breaths, the two had exchanged several blows, but the Beast Taming Sect Patriarch was so engulfed by the overwhelming killing intent in his head that he didn't notice that Chu Hongluan's every move was getting closer to the phoenix egg.
Three moves later, Chu Hongluan was already beside the phoenix egg. She raised her left hand and unleashed a surge of powerful spiritual energy, blasting the Beast Taming Sect's patriarch away!
At the same time, he reached out with his right hand and threw the phoenix egg in the center of the spirit-gathering array into his spatial bracelet.
Thankfully, the phoenix egg hasn't been completely corrupted yet, and the degree of erosion isn't too severe. We'll take it back and nurture it with sun crystals for a while to try and salvage it.
"!!!"
The Beast Taming Sect's patriarch was thrown several meters away by the shockwave. He was stunned by her actions, and when he came to his senses, he immediately flew into a rage: "You lied to me!"
Chu Hongluan raised an eyebrow and teased, "Not everyone is like you, resorting to any means to achieve their goals. Little Phoenix is innocent; of course we should save her if we can."
The Beast Taming Sect's patriarch retorted incredulously, "But you said you wanted to solve the problem at its root!"
Chu Hongluan scoffed: "The root cause? I think you might not understand the situation."
Chu Hongluan reached out and grasped at the air, and the Eri flew back into her hand with a whoosh, trembling impatiently and emitting a clanging sound, as if it had been thirsting for blood for a long time.
"Is the phoenix egg the root cause? The root cause is you, and the entire Beast Taming Sect."
As she spoke, her blood-red eyes grew even more profound and enigmatic: "Killing you, and then slaughtering the entire Beast Taming Sect, is the only way to truly solve the problem at its root."
Having said that, he drew his sword and swept it across!
The moment the sword intent erupted, the person had already become a blur!
Running alongside the flashing blades!
"Old Deng! Come here and prepare to die!"
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