"Hehe… It's better if we keep a distance." Ye Qingxuan laughed unkindly. It was obvious that this scene was directed at Ye Qiu. If he went up now, wouldn't he be courting death? He was not that stupid.
"Hehe, Ye Qiu, it's time to settle our scores." Seeing Ye Qingxuan retreat tactfully, Fuze finally bared his fangs. The evil smile on his face gradually became impudent.
"What scores? What scores haven't I settled with you? Why didn't I know?"
"You're still pretending to be confused. Weren't you quite stubborn a few days ago? You even tricked me. I can't take this lying down. If you know what's good for you, hand it over. Don't always make me do it myself. It'll damage the harmony." Fuze said meaningfully. If nothing unexpected happened, the thing he was talking about would be that Ultimate Fire Lotus.
Ye Qiu smiled and said, "Oh, you're talking about that thing? Sorry, I've already eaten it."
"What did you say!" As soon as these words were spoken, Fuze's expression instantly changed into incomparably gloomy and cold. "Eat it? Impossible. If you ate it, why hasn't your cultivation changed? You must still have it."
Fuze immediately saw that Ye Qiu was lying. Seeing that his lie had been seen through, Ye Qiu smiled unkindly.
"Haha, you can even tell. Sigh, looks like you're not stupid." After chatting for a lifetime, Ye Qiu directly took out his divine saber and the Heavenly Evil Sword in his left hand. He said, "The thing is in my hands. I'm just afraid you don't have the ability to take it."
This was a provocation!
As soon as these words were spoken, Fuze's expression instantly darkened. To be honest, even if he had already ignited his first divine flame, he still didn't have absolute confidence in taking down Ye Qiu without injuries.
Not to mention taking him down without any injuries, even the possibility of defeating Ye Qiu was only 50%. The price was also very high.
Under Ye Qiu's provocative gaze, he glanced at the Immortal Bird behind him.
Fuze instantly understood and cursed in his heart. "How shameless!"
This guy clearly wanted to remind him that his greatest threat was the Immortal Bird in the sky. Once he chose to fight Ye Qiu to the death, then… he would only benefit the Immortal Bird in the end.
That was why he dared to be so fearless. Moreover, there was a hint of playfulness in his provocation.
The meaning behind his words was very obvious.
If you have the guts, come and hit me. After you hit me, the True Phoenix Bone will have nothing to do with you. You have to think carefully.
"Ah… I'm so angry." The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Fuze was furious and felt like he was being controlled by Ye Qiu again.
After roaming the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands for so many years, this was the first time he had encountered an opponent who made him feel so uncomfortable twice in a row. Even though he was furious at this moment, in order to stabilize the situation, Fuze still chose to settle the matter peacefully and forced a smile.
"Good kid, you win. We'll settle our scores in the future. In any case, I'm targeting you. You can't run." After threatening him fiercely, Fuze decided to regulate his breathing on the spot. Before the lair opened, he would try his best to maintain his peak state.
"Sigh, boring! I'm not bragging, but I can fight two people like you alone." Seeing that Fuze had given up, Ye Qiu said a few words. Fuze was so angry that he almost went berserk on the spot. Fortunately, he was rational enough to endure it.
He knew very well that Ye Qiu was deliberately angering him so that he would consume enough energy before the final battle. Just like back then in the Endless Fire Domain, he relied on his last actions to successfully have the last laugh.
After having experience once, Fuze had already learned his lesson. It was impossible for him to fall for it again.
"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Fuze ignored him. This made Ye Qiu a little depressed. He punched him with all his might, but it was as if he had hit a ball of cotton. There was no response. It seemed like this plan had failed. He had to think of another one.
The current situation was clearly very disadvantageous to him. If Little Senior Sister was here, Ye Qiu could still have the upper hand. After all, if the two of them wanted to play together, no one present should be able to stop them.
However, Ming Yue had already run off somewhere and was nowhere to be seen. There was no news of her at all.
As for Ye Qingxuan, this guy was unreliable. If he didn't stab him in the back at the critical moment, Ye Qiu would be thanking the heavens, let alone expect him to help him.
"Hmm… Looks like today is another day of fighting alone." Ye Qiu muttered to himself and began to regulate his breathing. Since he didn't have any helpers, he should be prepared to fight the most difficult battle.
Be it Fuze or the Immortal Bird, they were all very difficult opponents. Moreover, there was the threat of Ling Tian, Ye Qingxuan, and the other supreme geniuses.
It wasn't easy for Ye Qiu to obtain the True Phoenix Bone.
Time passed bit by bit. Soon, three days passed.
As the mysterious forbidden area in the treasure vault was slowly unlocked, the ruins of the True Phoenix Lair were completely exposed to everyone. More and more people arrived, and the situation became more and more serious.
Rumble…
A loud bang suddenly came from the sky. Deafening thunder surged over and broke the silence of this pure land.
"Roar!"
A shocking roar sounded. In the distant sky, a giant ape suddenly pulled out a huge mountain and smashed it over. The scene was in chaos. The giant ape was incomparably irritable and attacked everyone as soon as it appeared.
Everyone was instantly enraged. The Immortal Bird shouted and the anger that shattered the Nine Heavens instantly erupted. In just an instant, it shattered the huge mountain.
The scene changed. The giant ape rose from the ground and jumped onto the mine.
"Zhuyan!"
When everyone saw the other party's appearance, their faces darkened and they felt a wave of fear.
Ye Qiu was also stunned as he looked at the Zhuyan.
"It's actually a pure-blooded descendant, the Immortal Ancient Godfiend, Zhuyan!"
If Ye Qiu remembered correctly, a Zhuyan descendant had appeared during the chaos in the Great Desolate World. It could be said that the chaos at that time almost razed the entire Great Desolate World to the ground. The magnificence of it was still fresh in Ye Qiu's mind.
However, Ye Qiu didn't expect to see this powerful bloodline appear in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands after so many years.
The Zhuyan was extremely strong and was good at transformation techniques. Its personality was ferocious, violent, and its combat strength was extremely astonishing. He had the support of extreme anger. The angrier he was, the more terrifying his eruption of strength was.
"Extreme Heavenly Venerate realm! Another monster who ignited his divine fire." When Ye Qiu saw the other party's cultivation, he secretly sucked in a breath of cold air. "Why are there so many powerful creatures suddenly appearing?"
Before entering the Primordial Mine, Ye Qiu had never heard of such a powerful creature. But now that he saw it, he was already shocked.
Ming Yue was indeed right. There were many powerful living beings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Their innate talent made them innately stand at that impossible height. Compared to them, the human race was too small. They could only reach the level of being on par with them after endless hard work and millions of life and death tempering.