Beast Taming Patrol Chapter 1502 - 423: Homeward Journey and Unexpected Events (2-in-1, Finale Countdown: 28) (Part 5)

"Kill!"

The murderous command escaped from between Lin Su’s gritted teeth. Guided by Lin Su’s absolute focus, the fire phoenix lunged toward the Illusion Phantom King, whose expression in the void was a mask of fury and disbelief!

Since their blood feud was beyond reconciliation, his only choice was total annihilation!

"Curse you!"

Observing the fire phoenix tearing through the void toward him, a frantic light ignited in the Illusion Phantom King’s eyes.

He was facing the combined assault of two peak sixth-realm entities utilizing a high-level rule like the Rule Power of Breaking. Even as an expert of the seventh realm, the Illusion Phantom King sensed a lethal threat looming over him.

He had never imagined that a task he viewed as trivial as stepping on an insect would escalate to this point.

Furthermore, Lin Su’s sudden burst of power only served to sharpen the Illusion Phantom King’s murderous intent.

If this youth wasn't eliminated today, he would surely return as a reaper in the future!

"Human, I shall be the end of you!"

He bellowed, and in that heartbeat, a blinding radiance erupted from his form.

Faintly, a domain woven from the Rules of Illusion and Reality manifested, blurring the lines between the tangible and the ethereal. With eyes full of desperation, the Illusion Phantom King expanded the domain rapidly before slamming it down upon the approaching phoenix!

"Boom!"

As raw power splattered across the void, a violent energy tempest surged outward, covering millions of meters in every direction.

At the epicenter of the blast, the phoenix let out a piercing cry, its beak snapping savagely at the spatial domain unleashed by the Illusion Phantom King as if it possessed its own soul.

With every impact, the phoenix’s flames were swallowed by the domain, its size shrinking as it was dissolved by the Illusion Phantom King’s potent Rule Power; simultaneously, sections of the spatial domain began to crumble.

Two clashing forces ground against one another within the void.

Even though the Shadow of the Phoenix held the momentum, the seventh-realm Cultivation of the Illusion Phantom King was not easily overcome.

Following that single strike, the Future Mirror lost its glow, and Lin Su’s surged momentum ebbed away, causing him to fall back to the strength of the fourth realm.

Watching the Illusion Phantom King struggle against the phoenix in the sky, a glint of resolve and cold killing intent flickered in Lin Su’s gaze.

He wouldn't be able to replicate such an explosion of power again anytime soon.

If he failed to capitalize on the shock his power had caused and didn't deliver a finishing blow to slay the immortal now, there would be no second chance!

With this thought, he glanced at the Rainbow Venerate. Though unable to move freely, the Venerate had successfully pinned down Yue Xie. Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Su reached up, tore off his hair crown, and crushed it into dust!

"Swoosh!"

A thunderous phoenix cry suddenly filled the heavens, harmonizing with the shrieking Phoenix Shadow already in the void.

A brilliant cyan light erupted from Lin Su’s shattered crown, shooting into the firmament and manifesting as an ice-blue feather with a cyan crest. It quickly expanded into the phantom of an ice phoenix spanning thousands of meters.

A titanic power flooded the sky as bone-chilling Extreme Cold and frost raced in all directions, seemingly freezing the very fabric of the void!

This was the Shadow of Feng Venerable!

The crown Lin Su had been wearing was the Jade Glazed Phoenix Crown.

It was a protective treasure gifted to him by Ji Qinghuan upon his entry into her tutelage.

It held a single, full-strength strike from the combined power of Ji Qinghuan and Feng Venerable!

Just how formidable was their cooperation?

They could stand toe-to-toe even against the Tree Venerable.

Thus, the power released from the Phoenix Crown was equivalent to a maximum-effort attack from the Tree Venerable himself!

And the Tree Venerable, wielder of the seventh-realm Life and Death Rules, was an existence of terrifying strength.

This final blow would shatter the current deadlock!

"It ends now!"

Lin Su roared, directing the essence of Feng Venerable toward the Illusion Phantom King, whose face was suddenly overtaken by pure terror!

The ice-blue phoenix cut through the heavens, spreading its wings wide as it dived into the fractured Illusion and Reality domain. In an instant, the overwhelming pressure caused the domain to disintegrate entirely!

"No!"

"NO!!!"

The Illusion Phantom King screamed in a frenzy, his eyes wide with madness.

He had only sought to avenge his sibling—what crime had he committed?

The twin phoenixes descended upon him, their forms completely consuming his body.

Teetering on the edge of the abyss, the Illusion Phantom King’s life flashed before him like a flickering lantern.

He remembered growing up with his brother, the two of them relying solely on each other.

He recalled his brother telling him that beasts had to seize their own destiny and refuse the chains of human slavery.

His brother had led other immortals in a grand campaign against the seven supreme Sects of the Northern Divine Realm.

Ultimately, his brother was defeated and hunted, vanishing into the depths of the Endless Sea, never to return.

And he, the loyal companion, had faced the humans' wrath, surviving in disgrace by using his concealment abilities, never daring to show his face.

Just as he had finally uncovered a lead on his brother’s whereabouts, he found himself facing his own end.

Humans!

Curse the humans!!

In his final breath, the Illusion Phantom King seemed oblivious to the agony racking his frame; only insanity remained in his eyes.

"You will pay! I curse you to pay for this! Hahaha!"

A howl like a dying curse erupted from the inferno.

A moment later, his aura vanished entirely, and his Rule Power began to dissolve into nothingness.

The world was now short of one seventh-realm immortal.

The Illusion Phantom King had fallen!

The twin phoenix phantoms faded away, and Lin Su flickered into view where the Illusion Phantom King had once stood.

His expression was shadowed and complex.

Was it pity?

Perhaps, just a shred.