Everyone on the ground watched as Mu Yunjin soared into the air, her body surrounded by a layer of red light, with a fierce red gleam flashing between her eyebrows.
At this moment, the fireball in Mu Yunjin’s palm flew toward the deep red spirit crocodile, her eyes filled with sharp, intense killing intent.
As the fireball approached the spirit crocodile’s head, it exploded in mid-air, transforming into sheets of bright flames that swept toward the crocodile’s entire body.
In an instant, the ten-meter-long spirit crocodile’s entire body was engulfed in red flames.
Fire blazed everywhere. The spirit crocodile’s body, originally deep red, was now completely enveloped in fire, transforming the dark, cold stone chamber into a brilliant crimson.
Everyone watched this scene in astonishment as a burnt smell permeated the air.
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On the other side, Chu Li was equally merciless. Facing the deep green spirit crocodile, his eyes showed no warmth, only murderous intent surging forth.
A silver sword had appeared in his palm, though it was formed from phantom energy rather than a real object.
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The sword in Chu Li’s palm emanated a cold, illusory light.
Then, Chu Li raised the phantom sword in his hand and sent it howling toward the deep green spirit crocodile with domineering ruthlessness!
The sword light was icy cold, its aura sharp. The brilliance that shot skyward made everyone smell the intense, bloodthirsty killing intent.
When the deep green spirit crocodile was struck by the sword light, it froze in place, motionless.
Chu Li appeared like a demon walking out of hell, his expression cold as ice, grim and indifferent.
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Silence reigned for a long time.
“Did they succeed?” In the quiet environment, someone suddenly spoke.
When everyone regained their senses, the deep green spirit crocodile before Chu Li remained motionless, while the deep red spirit crocodile before Mu Yunjin continued to burn.
“They succeeded!” Qiqi exclaimed excitedly.
The others, hearing Qiqi’s words, immediately relaxed their tense hearts.
They finally succeeded!
On the other side, Chu Li and Mu Yunjin’s expressions hadn’t relaxed. They both knew how much power they had just used…
And they knew that those two spirit crocodiles wouldn’t be so easy to defeat!
“Gurgle…”
“Gurgle… gurgle…”
After the brief celebratory cheers, the calls of the spirit crocodiles rang out again in the stone chamber.
The smiles on everyone else’s faces instantly froze.
“Crack—”
Several breaking sounds accompanied the crocodiles’ calls.
The next moment, several objects were seen falling from mid-air, with red flames still clinging to them.
Then, more and more things fell, almost all similarly aflame.
Chu Li’s deep green spirit crocodile also emitted a series of cracking sounds, and large chunks of material fell to the ground.
“Heavens, their outer shells are breaking apart!” Huang Yan stepped closer and discovered that the crocodiles’ outer shells were cracking piece by piece.
As more and more shell pieces fell away, everyone could see that the two deep green and deep red spirit crocodiles, after shedding their outer shells, were now completely gray, with smooth bodies gleaming with a cold luster.
“Gurgle…”
After completely shedding their shells, the two spirit crocodiles regained their vitality, though without their previous coverings, they no longer resembled crocodiles as much.
“They’re still alive?!” The onlookers were astonished again, having never expected that these two spirit crocodiles would break their shells and be reborn.
At this moment, the black water in the deep lake surged up again, and the light shining into the stone chamber from above became several times brighter than before.
“Are they absorbing the essence of the sun and moon again?” Someone said solemnly, recalling Feng Xuandao’s earlier hint.
“These two spirit crocodiles are truly formidable! Let’s attack together and fight them to the end!” Qu Xinyao frowned. She had thought that the two crocodiles would certainly perish in that instant, but never expected they would still be alive.
Nearby, the ink qilin, which had not yet received instructions from its master, sat watching, fierce light flashing in its blue-green pupils.
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“What kind of monsters are these? Can they even shed their skin?” Mu Yunjin regained some of her senses. She had thought that her attack would surely burn the spirit crocodile to death, but it survived…
As she spoke, the originally deep red spirit crocodile suddenly rushed toward Mu Yunjin. She immediately retreated several steps and instinctively swung her whip in response, but suddenly discovered that the two spirit crocodiles had changed from solid beings into phantom shadows…
With one lash of her whip, all she touched was air…
Yet the image of the spirit crocodile before her still existed.
In that moment of hesitation and surprise, the spirit crocodile before her had already gathered dark power again and passed straight through her body…
Everyone watched in shock, holding their breath as they witnessed this astonishing scene…
Chu Li’s eyes were fixed on Mu Yunjin. Everything had happened too quickly; by the time he realized something was wrong and wanted to rush over, it was already too late.
After the spirit crocodile transformed into a phantom shadow, and after absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, its power had increased severalfold…
“Gurgle…”
Now, the deep green spirit crocodile before Chu Li also rushed toward him. After shedding its outer shell, this spirit crocodile had also become an illusory phantom.
“Roar…” Just as the deep green spirit crocodile was about to reach Chu Li, the ink qilin that had been guarding nearby pounced forward, spewing a beam of silver mystic light from its mouth.
The ink qilin was magnificent and imposing. After the mystic light shot from its mouth, it forced the spirit crocodile back several steps. As the spirit crocodile retreated, the ink qilin charged toward it again, its sharp claws cutting through the air with a powerful gleam, slashing at the spirit crocodile.
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When the spirit crocodile passed through Mu Yunjin’s body, her body, floating in mid-air, began dripping bright red blood onto the ground.
Her face turned paper-white in that instant. She couldn’t tell exactly where she was injured; her only remaining awareness was that her body felt as if it had been bloodily torn in half…
Heart-wrenching blood had already stained the ground red. When Mu Yunjin could no longer maintain consciousness, her body slowly began to fall…
Chu Li flew to catch her falling body. As he held her and landed on the ground, a glamorous red light appeared once more…
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Mu Yunjin’s body was surrounded by a rippling red light. Under this red light, the black clothes she wore gradually transformed into magnificent and dazzling red brocade garments.
The red clothes were bewitching, and on Mu Yunjin’s forehead, a fire-red peach blossom mark suddenly appeared, making her features appear even more coldly elegant.
Chu Li glanced at her, witnessing her sudden physical transformation. He felt her wrist, sensing the fire element’s true energy surging within her, and his expression momentarily wavered.
The Phoenix Lady had manifested.
“Gurgle…” The deep red spirit crocodile hovering in mid-air above made another sound. The bright red blood staining the ground made it increasingly excited, and it flew toward Mu Yunjin.
The next second, Mu Yunjin, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes with an uncanny “whoosh.” When her enchanting yet cold phoenix eyes met the ancient spirit crocodile, the corner of her mouth curved into a bewitching smile.
Then, she rose into the air. The fiery red brocade garments made her appear both bright and dignified, her entire being radiant and eye-catching, impossible to look away from.
At this moment, an even more astonishing scene unfolded before everyone…
After Mu Yunjin’s body had transformed, a phoenix cry came from behind her back—
Then, a blazing phoenix gradually emerged from her back.
The red phoenix was enormous. After slowly emerging from Mu Yunjin’s back, it flapped its giant wings once. Its seven-colored tail feathers, illuminated by the red light, shone like flowing light, dazzlingly colorful.
After the red phoenix appeared, the ink qilin from the other side suddenly pounced toward the red phoenix, accompanied by a low roar…
The red phoenix also flapped its wings and flew toward the ink qilin at the same time, similarly emitting a phoenix cry.
Upon touching the ink qilin, it spread its wings wide, encircling the ink qilin’s body, with mist forming in its red eyeballs.
Phoenix cry, qilin roar.
This scene astonished everyone.
The red phoenix and the ink qilin, like old friends who hadn’t seen each other for years, entangled together for a long time, until the calls of the ancient spirit crocodiles sounded from around them.
“Gurgle…”
Hearing these calls, the red phoenix and the ink qilin immediately separated, positioning themselves on opposite sides, each facing one spirit crocodile.
At this time, Mu Yunjin also flew to the red phoenix’s side, gently stroking its head and pouting like a spoiled child, “Luanr, your dear little master has been bullied…”
Hearing this, the red phoenix flew closer to Mu Yunjin, gently rubbing its head against her face to comfort her.
Then, with a long cry, it looked coldly and arrogantly at the deep red spirit crocodile, spewing a burst of red fire from its mouth. As the spirit crocodile tried to dodge, the phoenix’s massive body covered it.
The red phoenix and the deep red spirit crocodile were of the same sex, and now they clashed, neither yielding to the other!
Just as the deep red spirit crocodile was about to summon dark energy, the red phoenix had already gathered its spiritual power, trapping the spirit crocodile within a circle of fire it had created.
Although the spirit crocodile was a phantom shadow, the fire followed it incessantly, firmly restraining it with nowhere to escape.
After the spirit crocodile had been surrounded by fire for a while, Mu Yunjin, who had been watching for a long time, raised her eyebrows. A powerful true energy surged from within her body and struck the spirit crocodile’s phantom form!
When the true energy touched the red phoenix’s fire circle, it instantly increased its power severalfold, together trapping the spirit crocodile in an invisible space.
“Gurgle… gurgle…” The spirit crocodile’s calls suddenly became shrill and mournful, its body jumping up and down, quickly thrashing its tail…
Shortly after, with an explosive sound, the spirit crocodile that had transformed into a phantom suddenly broke through the fire circle, its body changing from a phantom back to a solid form…
This was exactly the moment Mu Yunjin had been waiting for!
The instant the spirit crocodile returned to solid form, the red spiritual energy in her hand poured out, targeting the spirit crocodile’s head with a fierce strike!
“Chi—”