The three of them fled, and the ferocious beast did not pursue. It turned back to the top of the fire lotus, its body re-entering the lava, revealing half its body and head, vigilantly watching its surroundings.
They stopped fighting, and Wan Lei’s idea of benefiting from others’ struggles also fell through.
“Let’s go. Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself. We’ll go and destroy that little unicorn ourselves.”
Wan Lei led the group and charged forward.
“This ferocious beast has a tough physical body. This is a good chance to let you few see how powerful the physical bodies of us gods are.”
Da Da laughed heartily, and his body reverted from normal human size to the size of a god.
The giant, a hundred zhang tall, stomped heavily on the surface of the lava sea, his figure exploding forward, charging towards the giant beast.
Because Da Da wanted to show off, Wan Lei and the others did not attack, but watched from the side, taking the opportunity to understand the combat power of the gods.
A wolf-tooth mace, as tall as himself, appeared in Da Da’s hand. The spikes on the mace were not metal, but rather like the fangs of ferocious beasts. Wan Lei guessed that this mace was forged by Da Da or other gods who hunted ferocious beasts and removed their teeth.
However, with such brutal hunting of demonic beasts, did the Heavenly Court of the Northern Sea Demonic Beasts not intervene?
Da Da held the wolf-tooth mace in his left hand and swung his right fist at the ferocious beast.
Seeing that the opponent was targeting it, the ferocious beast let out an angry roar and charged towards Da Da.
Da Da shouted, “Good!” He did not dodge but collided head-on with the ferocious beast.
Da Da’s fist, the size of a mountain peak, struck the ferocious beast’s single horn. After a crisp sound, the rock-like horn snapped off. Da Da’s fist continued its momentum, smashing into the ferocious beast’s head and sending it flying.
“Well done, Da Da, you’re amazing.”
Wan Lei did not spare his praise.
Da Da grinned, proudly stating,
“Among the peers of our god tribe, I am considered a strong one. The physical strength of our god tribe can only be compared to the Hao Tian Battle Body and powerful body cultivators of your human race. You all don’t move, let me show you how I’ll beat this little ferocious beast.”
Hearing this, Wan Lei sneered. What use was a strong physical body if they looked down on the human race? Did you not lose in the three wars between immortals and gods?
However, Wan Lei did not say it. There was no need to expose his friend’s shortcomings, especially such a scar of racial prejudice.
Da Da became enthusiastic and swung his wolf-tooth mace, charging forward.
Next, he demonstrated to Wan Lei and his companions what was meant by the beauty of brute force, where every punch landed with impact.
Outside the Molten Death Domain, the Phoenix King, dressed in red, stood quietly in the sky. Behind her were hundreds of guards to handle any unforeseen events.
Suddenly, from the distant starry sky, a graceful woman in white close-fitting attire flew towards them.
The guards did not stop her at all, clearly recognizing the graceful woman.
The Phoenix King turned her head. Upon seeing the woman, a gentle smile appeared on her usually cold face.
“Susan, why are you here?”
“I went to the Min’an Star Domain to audit the accounts there. The sect leader said there might be corruption, bribery, tax evasion, and fraud, and asked me to investigate.”
The woman named Susan flew to the Phoenix King’s side.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, how many heads will roll this time?”
The Phoenix King chuckled,
“Isn’t it more convenient for you to just spatial jump there? Why are you flying?”
“I thought sister you were on a mission here, so I came to see you on the way.”
“Hmph, what’s there to see about this old bones of mine? The Void Sword Saint will be back next month, right? Aren’t you going to wash yourself clean and lie in bed waiting?”
A sly smile played on the Phoenix King’s lips.
The graceful woman’s cheeks immediately turned red. She lightly poked the Phoenix King with her slender, jade-like fingers.
“Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? I don’t care if he’s back or not. I get more excited seeing demons than seeing me every day.
It will take a month to investigate this case, and I estimate I’ll be back around the time he returns next month.”
Seeing that the Phoenix King was about to tease her further, Susan quickly changed the subject, pointing below and saying,
“Sister, have you found any suitable juniors this time? If any are suitable, bring them back to the Five Elements Hall.”
“There is one. Look over there, there’s a Lava Fire Phoenix in the Transcendent Realm. Although it’s not flesh and blood, it’s still one of our phoenix clan. Its talent is decent, and I plan to train it well.”
“Oh, it really is. The Lava Fire Phoenix clan naturally has very few members. How did one that you don’t recognize suddenly appear?
Bring it back to the Five Elements Hall after this mission is over.”
“No rush, let’s see. If she can break through to the Immortal Realm and pass the qualification assessment, then there will be no problem.”
“Hmm? That young man in blue… isn’t that Wan Lei? When did he come to the Immortal Realm? Why isn’t he at the Five Elements Hall?”
“Oh, it really is Wan Lei.”
The Phoenix King feigned surprise, but her eyes showed no trace of astonishment, instead carrying a hint of teasing.
“Sister, you’re tricking me again, aren’t you? I remember now. This mission in the Molten Death Domain was issued by the Sacred Hall, and it happened to be in the Andromeda Star Domain. Everyone in the Sacred Hall knows Wan Lei.
No wonder you’re not in a hurry to take that fire phoenix back. It turns out you’re confident, humph!”
At this moment, the battle below was nearing its end. Although the Unicorn Ferocious Beast at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm was extremely powerful, it quickly fell before the even more powerful Da Da. In the end, its head was smashed by Da Da’s mace.
Wan Lei and the others praised the smug Da Da, while the Phoenix King absorbed the life force and molten attribute fire energy of the deceased giant beast to improve her cultivation.
The energy contained in this giant beast was more than all the mineral crystals they had found combined.
However, the energy of the giant beast was rapidly dissipating, and the Phoenix King could only absorb a limited amount of energy. It was impossible for her to absorb all the energy of a peak Void Refinement Realm ferocious beast.
Just as everyone thought they were completely safe, four figures suddenly appeared in the sky.
Before people could get a clear look at their appearance, a fire lotus flew out from under the lava and landed in the hand of one of the four figures.
Everyone was shocked and immediately prepared for battle.
At this time, they finally got a clear look at the appearance of these four people.
But to Wan Lei’s surprise, the mantis stalking the cicada and being preyed upon by the oriole, the ones who stole their hard-earned results…
…were four children?!
These four individuals, two boys and two girls, appeared to be around fourteen or fifteen years old, radiating the cultivation of the Void Refinement Realm.
The one holding the fire lotus was a girl. She was exceptionally beautiful, and even though she hadn’t fully grown, it was evident at a glance that she would grow into a stunner.
Holding the fire lotus, the girl smiled with satisfaction, then winked playfully, and tilted her small nose as she looked at everyone.
“We are the Evil Four Little Bad Guys Organization, and this fire lotus of yours belongs to me!”