"How is this guy actually daring to target the Divine Phoenix?"
"Could this brat be unaware of how terrifying the Divine Phoenix is?"
The divine beast felt inwardly shocked and suspicious.
The divine bird was also startled, before instantly flying into a rage. Waving its wings, it whipped up a monstrous hurricane and charged at Qin Feiyang.
Qin Feiyang glanced at the divine wind with a dismissive smile, spun around, and unfurled his fiery wings, hurtling forward at top speed.
Although the speed of the divine wind was extremely fast, it was still not enough to catch up with Qin Feiyang.
"This brat actually isn't afraid of my wind-attribute divine ability?"
Seeing that Qin Feiyang had not suffered any injuries at all, the divine beast froze in place with a look of astonishment.
Paying the divine beast no mind, Qin Feiyang kept fleeing forward.
"Divine Dragon's Tail Whip!"
Suddenly!
With a soft cry, Qin Feiyang unleashed the Divine Dragon's Tail Whip.
A hundred-foot-long giant true dragon phantom materialized out of thin air, sweeping toward the front.
"Splat!"
The divine beast vomited blood on the spot, its massive body instantly blasted flying.
Yet this blow still failed to inflict heavy injuries upon it, merely indenting its body by three inches.
"The Divine Dragon's Tail Whip is indeed powerful, but such a move cannot be used without limit."
"I refuse to believe you can have such good luck every single time."
The divine beast snorted coldly and lunged forward to attack once more.
Qin Feiyang repeatedly executed the Divine Dragon's Tail Whip, but none of them could manage to so much as scratch the divine beast; instead, he was seized of the opportunity by the divine beast and battered with a claw strike.
Meanwhile, the divine bird remained within the scope of the Divine Dragon's Tail Whip, escaping any collateral impact entirely. Leaving only a trail of sparks in the void, it quickly retreated to the divine beast's back.
"How is this brat's speed so fast?"
The divine beast asked in alarm and doubt.
Qin Feiyang laughed and said, "What I have is called speed, whereas what you have is called stupidity."
"Stupidity?!"
"Little bastard, today I'm going to eat you!"
Flying into a violent rage, the divine beast surged with divine power and struck out with a claw.
Boom!
Qin Feiyang was instantly blasted flying, crashing deep into the mountain range.
His body was instantly swallowed up by the dense jungle.
"Little bastard, get out here!"
Roaring in anger, the divine beast flapped its wings and charged toward the area where Qin Feiyang had vanished, only to discover moments later that Qin Feiyang had completely disappeared without a trace!
What was going on here?
It immediately looked down over the mountains, rivers, lakes, and streams below, only to find Qin Feiyang hiding beneath a boulder.
"This brat actually knows earth-escape arts too!"
Surprised, the divine beast took a stride forward, flashed to Qin Feiyang's side, and thrust out its hands fiercely.
Boom!
A majestic wave of divine power, vast as an ocean, roared forth from the divine beast's claws, transforming into two black holes that devoured toward Qin Feiyang!
"Damn it!"
Qin Feiyang shouted angrily.
By this point, however, he had already been enveloped by the divine beast's divine power, making it utterly impossible for him to break free or escape.
"Little bastard, today I'm going to slaughter you for sure!"
The divine beast roared furiously.
"Little bastard, even if you chop me into mincemeat today, I'll grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes!"
Qin Feiyang raged back, looking ferocious with bloodshot eyes as he glared at the divine beast.
"Hehe..."
"You're still too green for that right now!"
The divine beast sneered.
Before its voice had even faded, those two black holes were already closing in on Qin Feiyang's chest.
A fierce light flashed in Qin Feiyang's eyes. He punched out, his divine power erupting to take the shape of a ferocious beast, crashing straight toward the black holes.
Yet the might of the black holes was simply too terrifying; the moment the ferocious beast collided with them, it was torn to shreds.
Furthermore, the ferocious beast's divine power was crushed into nothingness under the pressure of the black holes.
Even so, Qin Feiyang did not let down his guard.
After all, his opponent was a divine beast; both its divine abilities and its physical body were monstrously abnormal.
Therefore, what he needed to do right now was to raise his cultivation realm as quickly as possible!
He raised his head to look at the firmament.
With this look, his divine sense immediately sensed a black dot in the distance, speeding toward this direction.
"It's here."
Qin Feiyang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a gulp, sighing inwardly.
The divine beast and the divine bird were both not far behind him, and that mysterious man should also be in the vicinity. If they crossed paths, a fierce and tragic battle would undoubtedly ensue!
"Brat, don't even think about running away. The very first thing I'll do once I catch you is strip away your memories, and then torture you to death!"
"As for that little snake, I'll definitely skin it, pull its tendons, extract its divine soul, and refine it into pills!"
The divine beast said gloomily.
A sharp glint flashed through Qin Feiyang's eyes, and he sent a voice transmission: "You old dog, you really are sinister and cunning, actually setting an ambush for me here. I thought you were just going to charge straight over!"
"Haha..."
"I'm not stupid; I won't act rashly."
"However, as for right now..."
The divine beast sneered repeatedly.
Frowning, Qin Feiyang asked, "What do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?"
With a playful smile, the divine beast said, "Naturally, it's to kill you and snatch the Nine-Orificed Exquisite Heart!"
"In your dreams!"
Qin Feiyang sneered.
"Is that so? Then just wait and see!"
The divine beast barked lowly, divine power rolling forth in torrents as it spread its wings and swept toward Qin Feiyang.
Boom!
The moment the two collided, an immediate explosion erupted, shaking an entire valley.
Rumble!
Boom, boom...
Rumble!
Accompanied by deafening, earth-shaking booms, the mountains cracked and the earth split, causing entire peaks to shake violently.
Qin Feiyang's complexion turned unsightly to the extreme.
Not only was this fellow's divine power astonishing, but it was also a peak Pseudo-God existence.
How could he possibly contend against such an entity with his own solo strength?
"Brat, go die!"
The divine beast roared furiously as a sharp claw tore through the void, lunging to grab Qin Feiyang's chest.
Anticipating this exact scenario, however, Qin Feiyang had already put away the Nine-Orificed Exquisite Heart the moment the divine beast lunged to attack, escaping downward into the jungle below.
Boom!
Under the divine beast's single grab, that patch of jungle instantly collapsed.
"Where did he go?"
The divine beast flew into a rage.
"This brat is truly cunning!"
A murderous glint also surfaced in the divine bird's eyes.
Qin Feiyang fled at lightning speed, vanishing beyond the horizon in the blink of an eye.
The divine beast bellowed angrily, "This brat actually dared to trick me! This time, no matter what, I'm going to kill you and seize your Nine-Orificed Exquisite Heart."
The divine bird asked, "Boss, what should we do now?"
"Search!"
The divine beast said, its eyes flashing with a cold, frigid light like a night owl's.
Swish!
The divine bird fluttered its wings and swept toward the mountain range where Qin Feiyang had vanished. After just a few breaths, however, it came to a halt, turned back to look at the divine beast, and said, "Boss, he's hiding inside this mountain, but I can't sense his presence at all. It's as if he has completely vanished."
"Impossible."
"Just now I clearly saw him hide inside this mountain range."
The divine beast said.
"Then there must be some sort of barrier hidden around this mountain."
"Boss, what should we do now?"
"I've already scouted the surroundings, but besides the desert and the woods, there's nothing else."
The divine bird said.
After pondering for a brief moment, the divine beast declared, "In that case, we'll set up an array right here."
"An array?"
"Are you trying to trap him?"
The divine bird asked in surprise.
The divine beast nodded. "Right. If we can trap him, nothing could be better."
"Great, let's get to work immediately."
The divine bird was brimming with excitement.
Delighted as well, the divine beast sat down cross-legged and began circulating the divine power within its body to set up the array.
Swish!
Yet Qin Feiyang's figure suddenly appeared atop a towering ancient tree, looking down condescendingly at the divine beast from on high.
The divine beast was slightly stunned. Lifting its head to stare at Qin Feiyang above, it said, "You brat, you actually managed to lurk in the tree without a sound. Impressive!"
"Hehe..."
Qin Feiyang chuckled, looking down at the divine beast as he said, "Now, it's time for us to settle our accounts."
"How do you want to settle them?"
The divine beast asked calmly.
"Do you even need to ask?"
Qin Feiyang said.
"Are you referring to the godhood, or the Nine-Orificed Exquisite Heart?"
The divine beast sneered.
Qin Feiyang snorted coldly, "I want both."
"You're quite greedy, aren't you!"
Mocking him with a single retort, the divine beast swept its large hand outward, causing numerous vines to snake out and coil toward Qin Feiyang.
The divine beast said, "Don't think that with that little snake helping you, you'll be able to dodge these vines. You're wrong! As long as I activate my divine seal, the vines will transform into a sharp sword and pierce right through your body!"
"Is that so?"
"Let's see how arrogant you can remain!"
Qin Feiyang leapt down, landing right in front of the divine beast.
The divine beast glanced at the vines, then looked back at Qin Feiyang, its eyes filled with playful, chilling mockery.
"What are you looking at?"
"Didn't you say your divine seal is a ring?"
"Now I'll tell you what a real ring is."
"Your ring is nothing more than an empty shell; it holds no divine seal at all!"
"Your divine seal is something you condensed yourself."
"In other words, your divine seal is actually your own godhood."
Qin Feiyang shouted.
"You certainly know quite a bit."
The divine beast sneered derisively, then stared intently at Qin Feiyang with a sharp glint in its eyes. "However, so what if you know about the existence of godhood?"
"Then let's test it out!"
Qin Feiyang sneered.
"Good!"
"I want to see how a weak body like yours intends to fight this lord!"
With a wave of the divine beast's hand, a terrifying wave of air whipped up, rippling in all directions; the resulting gale blew the ground so unevenly that it was warped and pitted.
The divine beast above the divine temple also sneered, "I'd love to see whether a lowly mortal like you can survive my attacks!"
Before the divine beast's words had even faded, a monstrous divine might suddenly surged from Qin Feiyang's body, and a surge of blood- Qi, even more massive than that of a divine dragon, shot straight into the heaven-reaching sky.
This momentum caused even the divine beast above the divine temple to tremble uncontrollably, freezing in a daze.
This...
How could this be?
His momentum had actually reached the Half-Step Dominion realm?!
"Impossible!"
"Your cultivation is merely at the sixth-star Battle Emperor level."
"And even the lowest-tier sixth-star Battle Emperor at that!"
"With that kind of cultivation, how could you possibly possess momentum comparable to a Half-Step Dominion?"
The divine beast asked in alarm and disbelief, finding it utterly hard to accept.
"Does it feel unbelievable?"
"Let me tell you, my cultivation is at the true Half-Step Dominion realm!"
"Whereas your cultivation is merely at the fifth-star Battle Saint level."
"This destines our gap to be forever unbridgeable!"
Qin Feiyang said proudly.
"Impossible!"
"You must have some hidden means, otherwise, it would be impossible for you to climb all the way up from a piece of trash in a mere ten years and grow to your current status."
"Do you think you can bluff me with these words?"
The divine beast looked at Qin Feiyang with disdain, refusing to believe it whatsoever.
Qin Feiyang shrugged and smiled, "Whether you believe it or not is your business. Still, I advise you to obediently submit and surrender, lest you waste your efforts in vain."
"Hahaha..."
"My good disciple, your joke isn't funny at all."
The divine beast burst into laughter.
Qin Feiyang raised an eyebrow and asked, "My good master, are you laughing like this just because my words weren't funny?"
"Nonsense!"
"Could it be because you said something to amuse me?"
"Impossible. Unless someone has gone crazy, no one would ever believe that someone could advance to the Half-Step Dominion realm in a mere ten years."
"And not just by a tiny fraction, but by leaps and bounds."
"Do you take me for a senile old fool?"
The divine beast sneered.
"You're not a senile old fool; you're just unwilling to admit that all of this is real."
Qin Feiyang shook his head with a chuckle.
The divine beast froze.
"What, do you still plan to keep lying to me for the rest of your life?"
Qin Feiyang asked.
"What would I be lying to you about?"
"There's nothing to hide about such matters."
"No matter what, we have to fight it out and determine a victor to decide who the Divine Clan belongs to."
The divine beast sneered repeatedly.
"Fight it out?"
Looking at it playfully, Qin Feiyang asked, "How do you want to divide the victor?"
"Very simple."
"I'll give you three choices. First, kneel at my feet, kowtow for mercy, and surrender your treasury."
"Second, I slaughter you and take the treasures on your body."
The divine beast said coldly.
"My life is not only worth that price, it's worth both of those lives combined."
Qin Feiyang sneered.
Hearing this, the divine beast flew into an instant rage.
"Little bastard, you're courting death!"
The divine beast roared.
"Who are you calling a little bastard?"
With a playful smile, Qin Feiyang took a single step forward and instantly vanished from the spot.
The next moment.
Qin Feiyang's fist appeared directly above the divine beast's forehead.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a loud explosion, the divine beast's head was smashed apart on the spot, blood flowing everywhere!
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feiyang flashed away at lightning speed, planting yet another divine prohibition on the divine beast right before leaving.
"As expected of a Dominion-grade ferocious beast, this defense is truly formidable."
"If this were replaced by an ordinary Divine Emperor, they probably would have already perished."
Qin Feiyang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a gulp.
Although the divine beast was protected by a divine prohibition on its body, he still felt a lingering sense of palpitation.
If it were a divine artifact, even if he brought out the Nine Suns Battle Art, it would be of no use.
But things were different now.
The Nine Suns Battle Art was not only capable of blocking divine prohibitions, it could even shatter them.
This divine beast's divine beast form was truly extraordinary.
However, Qin Feiyang did not rush off immediately.
For he knew that this divine beast definitely had a trump card remaining.
Therefore, he intended to wait and see what this trump card was before making his decision.
A moment later!
The divine beast finally snapped out of its shock and roared, "Little bastard, if I don't kill you today, I swear I am no human!"
"I'll be waiting for you."
"Let's just hope you can manage to stay alive until that day."
Qin Feiyang sneered.
"You're courting death!"
The divine beast flew into a violent rage, raising its hand to grab. A golden bead appeared within its palm, emanating a powerful divine might.
"Oh?"
Qin Feiyang's gaze flashed.
This divine pellet of the divine beast not only contained majestic divine power, but even the power of space—it could easily crush divine prohibitions!
With a violent flick of its large hand, the divine beast sent the divine pellet hurtling straight into its own body.