HCB Chapter 403 Huh! What's going on?
Chapter 403 Huh! What's going on?
Two beams of light streaked across the chaos like shooting stars, reaching the source of the sound, where a chilling scene unfolded before their eyes.
A small, silvery-white dragon was surrounded by countless evil spirits and demons. These evil spirits of various shapes were frantically tearing at her flesh and devouring the dragon energy on her body.
The dragon on the ground was already on its last legs.
The phoenix flew like an arrow through layers of evil spirits and landed above the dragon. A pale golden barrier instantly unfolded around the dragon, transforming into an indestructible light screen that protected the little dragon below.
"Bang bang bang!"
Thick clumps of black fog crashed against the barrier, producing a series of muffled thuds, but they could not break through the protective layer.
"Huh! What's going on?"
The demons were puzzled.
"You little brats, prepare to die!"
With a clear shout, Feng Yu transformed into a blazing sword, its light like a rainbow, its shadow swirling and slashing within the black mist, dissipating the black mist wherever it passed, and causing evil spirits to wail.
"Ahhh! Run...run!"
The evil spirits and demons were no match for the sword energy, and were all killed wherever it reached. Some clever evil spirits and demons, seeing that the situation was not good, took the opportunity to scatter and flee in all directions.
After the evil spirits and demons left, the scene returned to silence, with only the blood still dripping from Long Chuqing's body.
Fei Feng and Feng Yu flashed and instantly transformed into human form, moving lightly to Long Chuqing's side.
"Luckily we arrived in time." Fei Feng asked softly, "Are you... are you alright?"
Long Chuqing weakly opened her eyes a crack. Through her blurry vision, she saw a girl with silver hair cascading down her back, looking down at her. The girl's bright, crystal-like eyes held a mixture of curiosity and concern.
Did they save me?
Long Chuqing wanted to say something, but found herself unable to speak.
This brief moment of lucidity was fleeting; Long Chuqing's pupils dilated again, and she eventually fainted due to excessive blood loss.
Feng Yu also leaned closer, kneeling down to observe: "Hey! You'd better hold on."
Fei Feng patted Feng Yu on the shoulder: "Her injuries are too severe; she has already fainted."
Feng Yu slowly straightened up, put her hands on her hips, and looked at the dying little dragon on the ground with a complicated expression.
Her initial expression of curiosity and joy began to slowly change. Her brows furrowed slightly, a cloud of doubt clouded her eyes, and the corners of her mouth slowly drooped. An expression of disbelief gradually emerged, finally turning into an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears.
Feng Yu looked at Fei Feng with a resentful expression, her slender finger pointing to the dying Long Chuqing on the ground.
"Feifeng, do you think the Holy Phoenix made us wait for... is this little dragon?"
“She…she looks so frail, and she’s just a young dragon, no more than a hundred years old! Can she really lead us out of this Heavenly Void Abyss?” Her tone was tinged with disappointment, and the doubt in her eyes was almost palpable. “Besides, she looks like she’s about to die and needs our help. It seems a bit unreliable. I seriously suspect that the Holy Phoenix was just fooling us back then!”
At this point, Feng Yu crossed her arms, her cheeks puffed out slightly, and her face was full of disdain and disappointment.
They thought that after a long wait of a hundred years, they would finally meet a powerful dragon who would lead them away from the chaotic and desolate Tianxu Abyss. But instead, they were met with a dying young dragon.
Upon hearing this, Fei Feng stroked her chin, looking thoughtfully at Long Chu Qing, her mind drifting back to the instructions Sheng Huang had given before her departure.
Three hundred years ago, the Phoenix God Luo Yin came to Tianxu Abyss.
Luo Yin's lifespan was nearing its end, and she had come here to search for the method of prolonging life recorded in ancient books. However, she searched the entire Tianxu Abyss but could not find such an opportunity.
Now that his lifespan is coming to an end, he has not found any opportunities and is unable to leave this Heavenly Void Abyss.
As his time drew near, this once soaring phoenix deity had no choice but to accept the arrangements of fate.
On her deathbed, Luo Yin regained her true phoenix form. She flapped her wings and flew to the highest point of Tianxu Abyss, looking down at the sky that was forever shrouded in chaotic mist.
A soft, sigh-like murmur escaped her throat: "Though I am not destined for immortality, the hundreds of thousands of years I have lived can be considered a fulfilling life."
She raised her eyelashes and gazed into the distance: "The only regret is not being able to return to Phoenix Valley, but oh well..."
Before ascending to immortality, she removed the two most precious nine-feathered phoenix tail feathers.
Among the phoenix's tail feathers, the nine feathers are considered the most noble part of the phoenix, especially the central feather, which symbolizes the supreme and noble status of the phoenix clan.
However, for a nine-feathered tail like this, there are two feathers that fall.
She poured her life's cultivation into them, giving one phoenix feather containing healing power to the flying phoenix, and another containing powerful energy to the phoenix feathers, helping them to take human form.
Two young, innocent girls knelt before Luo Yin: "Thank you for the Holy Phoenix's grace."
"You two should live well in this world in my place!" Luo Yin handed a phoenix feather to Fei Feng: "If you have the chance in the future, go back to Phoenix Valley in my place and send this phoenix feather back to the Divine Tomb."
"Yes, we will certainly live up to the Holy Phoenix's trust." Fei Feng and Feng Yu replied in unison.
Luo Yin gazed at the two of them, pointed slightly, and with a flick of her finger, solemnly instructed them: "With your combined strength, you are not yet able to leave this place on your own. You need to stay here and cultivate quietly while waiting. Three hundred years later, a dragon maiden will come to this place. She will be the opportunity for you two to leave. When you emerge from this abyss in the future, if you have nowhere to go, then go with her."
"Yes! We will follow the instructions of the Holy Phoenix." Fei Feng and Feng Yu bowed respectfully in thanks.
"But..." Feng Yu had some doubts in her heart and couldn't help but look up and ask, "Holy Phoenix, why do we have to wait for three hundred years?"
There's nothing else to it, except that this place is just too... well, a bit desolate.
Luo Yin smiled slightly: "Because this dragon maiden has not yet been born!"
The two looked at each other, then suddenly realized what was going on.
After explaining everything, Luo Yin's body radiated a soft golden light, and the phoenix's true form slowly became transparent, with each feather turning into fine golden dust, eventually dissipating into the world.
Fei Feng and Feng Yu stared blankly at the fading golden light, their eyes filled with tears of reluctance.
They knelt reverently on the ground, their hands clasped in front of their chests, their voices choked with emotion yet resolute: "Respectfully bidding farewell to the Holy Phoenix in her final moments."
Recalling this, Fei Feng gently raised the corners of her mouth: "That's right, the Holy Phoenix was referring to the Dragon Girl. It's been exactly three hundred years since the Holy Phoenix passed away, so the Dragon Girl is probably referring to her."
"Wait!" Feng Yu stepped towards Long Chuqing, her eyes scanning the silver-white dragon's body from head to toe.
"How can we determine if she is female? This dragon's body... how can we tell if it's male or female?"
The reason was that the dragon in front of them was not only covered in wounds, but also covered in dust and filthy. They didn't know much about dragons, and they couldn't tell its gender from its appearance alone.