Chapter 5987 Unmatched Lei Linger
Bi Xingyao’s soul almost fled his body.
The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix was indeed terrifyingly powerful, but its intelligence clearly hadn’t caught up with its strength. If it were to truly believe Long Chen's words and dissolve their contract, both of them would be severely injured, while Long Chen would reap the benefits.
“Don’t listen to him! He’s trying to turn us against each other! Kill him first, and then we can talk!” Bi Xingyao shouted, his voice practically a plea.
Thinking that his words were reasonable, the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix paused for a moment and then turned its gaze back toward Long Chen.
It said, “No matter what, I’ll kill you first. Only then will I know if he was lying.”
Seeing his ploy fail, Long Chen didn’t bother trying again.
He shrugged and said coldly, “I figured I wouldn’t get that lucky. In the end, everything comes down to power.”
Violet qi surged around Long Chen as he prepared to unleash his full might and test the true limits of his violet blood. But just then, a gentle sound echoed within the primal chaos space.
“Big brother Long Chen, leave this fellow to me!”
Surprised, Long Chen turned. Lei Linger had appeared in front of him.
She didn’t seem that different from before—still like a thirteen-year-old girl clad in a black dress, her violet hair cascading like a waterfall. Her face was as delicate as sculpted jade, and lightning runes swirled within her beautiful eyes. They looked like stars moving in the night sky.
But something had changed. Her aura was no longer wild and domineering. Instead, an icy, majestic stillness radiated from her, giving her an intimidating presence.
Lei Linger seemed to have undergone some kind of metamorphosis after breaking free of the cocoon. Even Long Chen couldn’t see through her any longer.
Long Chen frowned slightly. The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix was the most powerful beast he had ever encountered. And Lei Linger had just emerged from seclusion...
“Trust me!” Lei Linger said with her back facing Long Chen.
As her gaze locked onto the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix, she was like an empress looking down on it. Even Long Chen was startled by the change—was this really the same Lei Linger?
Lei Linger’s sudden appearance startled the spectators. They could tell that she was a lightning spirit. However, not even Sovereign Lords could see through her cultivation base. It left them uneasy.
On the other hand, the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix’s eyes lit up with greed.
“Such pure lightning energy... Hahaha! Devouring you might let me evolve again! Die!”
It opened its mouth, and a massive sword of lightning condensed and shot toward Lei Linger and Long Chen.
BOOM!
The entire world seemed to explode with blinding light and violent thunder. Lightning runes surged through the air like a winter storm. But when the light faded, the space around Long Chen and Lei Linger was completely untouched.
“What...?!”
Gasps rang out. Amidst the hurricane of lightning runes, Lei Linger stood still, her hand clasped around the massive lightning sword.
Lei Linger looked as tiny as an ant compared to this sword, but she could block this heaven-destroying attack with a single hand.
Behind her, Long Chen stood with his hands clasped behind his back. Thunderforce blew back his robes and hair, but his expression didn’t change. While he appeared calm on the surface, he was actually overjoyed. Lei Linger had evolved!
The lightning sword couldn’t even budge, no matter how it rumbled or buzzed. At this moment, the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix, Bi Xingyao, and all the spectators were stunned.
“An insignificant trick. Aren’t you embarrassed using such a thing in public?” asked Lei Linger.
BOOM!
Lei Linger clenched her hand, and that enormous lightning sword exploded in front of everyone’s shocked gazes. With a wave of her hand, she dispersed all the lightning runes in the air—along with herself.
“Courting death!” roared the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix.
Crackling lightning surged around its head, and then the crowd cried out. Lei Linger had appeared on the phoenix’s head.
BOOM!
They didn’t even see her move. The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix suddenly crashed into the ground, a huge crater forming beneath it as dust and rubble shot skyward.
“Divine Lightning Explosion!”
Lei Linger’s icy voice rang out through the air. She vanished again, blending into heaven and earth itself.
BOOM!
Another explosive sound rang out. And this time, everyone saw it. She struck the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix’s back with her fist.
The Divine Blood Lighting Phoenix had lightning armor around its body, but Lei Linger’s punch crushed that armor in one blow.
Five-colored feathers flew through the air like snow, and the phoenix’s back caved in from the impact. Blood sprayed from its mouth. Even with its powerful physical body, it couldn’t withstand that blow.
Countless people were shocked to witness this. How could such a small frame wield such terrifying thunderforce?
“Lightning Phoenix Heaven Destroyer!”
The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix let out a berserk roar. It blazed with thunderforce, forming a sphere of divine lightning that pierced the heavens.
The heavens could not endure it and started to crack. This heavenly wall was actually the edge of the Life End Stage’s barrier.
The elders watching turned pale. The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix’s power surpassed anything they had ever seen. Even Sovereign Lords couldn’t accomplish such a feat.
But at the next moment, the storm of lightning vanished.
Floating high above, Lei Linger extended one hand. A massive whirlpool swirled in her palm, devouring the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix’s ultimate attack.
“What?!”
The spectators were dumbfounded. She’s absorbing it?!
That level of divine power should have obliterated everyone, yet Lei Linger was swallowing it like it was nothing.
The Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix finally panicked. Its feathers lit up, and a strange diagram appeared beneath it.
“Does it plan to flee?!”
Startled cries rang out.
An existence as powerful as the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix... was actually going to abandon Bi Xingyao and flee?
But the formation had barely formed when—
BOOM!
A lightning fist smashed into the phoenix’s skull.
Blood exploded, and the Divine Blood Lightning Phoenix’s headless body collapsed to the ground.