Chapter 372 — The Arrival of Shi Ying's Totem Companions

Within Shi Jin's team, Chongchong, Shenbaobao, and Chitong working together could easily create a place to preserve the Sunflame Flowers; they simply needed to transplant them straight into the ruins-space.

But the Codex held no detailed records on how to use or preserve the Undying Fruit...

"Lin, is there any trick to picking the Undying Fruit?" Shi Tang asked.

Inside the beast-taming space, Lin synchronized with Shi Ying's line of sight and sank into thought.

Give it a break, would you.

How would it know something the Codex didn't record?

"Master, let's transplant the Sunflame Flowers first—relocating legendary-tier resources is quite time-consuming too... I'll analyze the Undying Fruit's situation right away," Lin said.

"Why not just eat it outright?" Shi Qi stared at the Undying Fruit, lost in thought. According to the records, eating it directly shouldn't cause any problems.

"Come on, let's all confirm together—is there any danger in eating this? It mustn't be some scheme of the Undying Dark Phoenix."

[Undying Dark Phoenix: ?]

...

Tianhong Island, the Champion's Path challenge site.

The massive upheaval on Chishen Island soon reached Tianhong Island.

Sengoku Densetsu was the one receiving the Donghuang exchange delegation; his strength ranked among the top three beast tamers of the Seven Isles, placing him at the very pinnacle of power there.

At this moment, Sengoku Densetsu and Bahai Densetsu were watching Ning Tianming, that human-ghost hybrid, challenge the Champion's Path. Ning Tianming had already cleared the seventh stage and was about to attempt the eighth.

Just then, Sengoku Densetsu suddenly received a transmission. After a glance, his expression contorted wildly.

[Sengoku Densetsu, something terrible! After the Donghuang exchange team—led by Qixia Sect, Lu Bai, and the others—arrived at the Phoenix Shrine, the Phoenix Secret Realm descended. From within the realm emanates a powerful energy fluctuation, suspected to be one mythical resource and two legendary resources.]

[President Terashima, Shinohara Densetsu, Fengjue Shenzhu, and the others are all unable to approach the core of the secret realm, yet the Donghuang beast tamer Lu Bai can ignore the realm's barriers. He has already made contact with the resources...]

What??!

Sengoku Densetsu's eyes went wide.

You mean to say... the Phoenix Secret Realm... was cracked by the Donghuang beast tamers?

"You beasts!!!!" Aboard the skyship, Sengoku Densetsu flew into a towering rage, his eyes blazing. He shot to his feet with a boom.

Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit—what the hell is going on.

By any reasonable reckoning, Shi Yun, Lu Bai, and the rest should have arrived at the Phoenix Shrine only recently.

How could the Phoenix Secret Realm already be cracked? Impossible!

And one mythical resource, two legendary resources, about to fall into the hands of Donghuang's Lu Bai—was this for real???

"!!!" Rising alongside Sengoku Densetsu was Bahai Densetsu. His eyes also went wide as he suddenly received word from Qixia Sect's side.

He learned that Shi Jin had already cracked the secret realm and made contact with one mythical-tier and two legendary-tier resources.

Excellent!

In an instant, Bahai Densetsu felt utterly refreshed, and he turned to look at Sengoku Densetsu.

Sengoku Densetsu: ???

"The Champion's Path challenge will continue. Something has suddenly come up; I'll be stepping away for a moment," Sengoku Densetsu said, directly summoning one of his strange beasts.

It was a monster of enormous bulk, with a black crab-like body, a black goat's head, and fleshy wings on either side of its torso.

Sengoku Densetsu immediately climbed onto the beast's massive frame, nearly ten meters tall, drawing everyone's attention.

"Count me in." Bahai Densetsu chuckled and summoned his own invincible giant kun as well. Two titled legends capable of battling totems suddenly summoning their beasts left the beast tamers on this side utterly bewildered.

By now, Sengoku Densetsu could hardly be bothered with what Bahai Densetsu was up to, and flew straight off in the direction of Chishen Island.

"This..." Moments later, Xiao Shuang Densetsu, the legendary noble young master Jiang Tianyang, and the Seven Isles' own Tachibana Chiaki Densetsu, Suzuki Densetsu, and the rest—who had been jointly receiving the Donghuang exchange team—also learned of the anomaly on Chishen Island at once, their eyes going wide.

In an instant, Chishen Island became the storm center where the winds gathered and the clouds surged.

"No, wait... what happened?" Meanwhile, Zou Tianwang and the others—the third wave of beast tamers to receive Donghuang's internal intelligence—stood aboard the skyship. Zou Tianwang stared at his phone, at the news Bahai Densetsu had just received, and sank into thought.

The Phoenix Secret Realm has descended... Lu Bai... cracked it... one mythical and two legendary resources?...

"Holy shit! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!!" Zou Tianwang was utterly dumbstruck. Hold on, hold on—sure, Lu Bai had cleared the Champion's Path and fulfilled the bet agreement, but wasn't this cracking speed a little absurd?

Their battle wasn't even over yet!

And besides—this style of news, why did it feel so familiar to Zou Tianwang...

"A person, it's a person?" His eyes burned with envy.

"And on top of that, one mythic and two legendary resources—holy crap, can the exchange delegation even leave the Seven Isles in one piece now?" Amid his sourness, Zou Tianwang suddenly froze.

Even if they could leave safely, once they returned home and compared Lu Bai's record with his own, his own achievements would look even more pathetic. What was he supposed to do about that? It could be said that Zou Yun, Ji Feng, Tong Yan, and the others, who had also received the news by now, were just like the beast tamers of the Seven Isles—mouths hanging open in shock, their ability to think gradually slipping away.

...

Outside Phoenix Mountain.

In mere moments, a great number of beast tamers had already gathered on this side. Among them, the legendary shrine master of the Crimson Fire Shrine and the legendary beast tamer of the Shiranui clan—the top powerhouses of the legendary factions native to Crimson God Island—were also rushing over at top speed.

"President Terashima, Lord Fengjue, Legend Shinohara—what happened?!"

The legendary shrine master of the Crimson Fire Shrine was the first legendary powerhouse to arrive. Descending into the interior of Phoenix Mountain, he stared at the scene before him, utterly astonished.

At this moment, none of the three had the time to bother with him. The shrine maidens of the Phoenix Shrine—weak, pitiful, helpless, and now homeless—had no choice but to take on the role of commentators.

Off to the side, Zheng Hai was already dumbstruck. Tugging at Senior Ke, he whispered, "Isn't this... a bit too big a commotion?"

Senior Ke's expression did not change. "What's there to fear? We have a wagering agreement. The bigger the commotion, the better—the bigger it gets, the harder it will be for the Seven Isles to go back on their word. And besides..."

And besides, in their company this time were the Bahai Legend, who was worth half a top-tier totem—no ordinary totem was his match—and the Gem Cat, who was worth one ordinary totem. With these two super-powerhouses present, what was there to fear?

*[Give me a little time. It's a plant-type resource, and transplanting it will take time. Don't worry about the Seven Isles side—our reinforcements will arrive soon.]*

At the same moment, Senior Ke also heard Shi Ying's distant transmission. He drew a deep breath.

"This, this, this..." Meanwhile, the shrine master of the Crimson Fire Shrine who had rushed over was also gradually coming to understand what had happened.

His expression shifted again and again. One mythic-tier resource, two legendary-tier resources—just handed over to Donghuang like this?