N-M Chapter 2532: The Elegantly Dressed Female Immortal
Chapter 2532: The Elegantly Dressed Female Immortal
After a thousand breaths, the great battle above Fire Dragon Island grew ever more intense.Two Nine-Headed Fiend Birds had fallen, while the Formations formed by the Fire Dragon Island Disciples had also been broken in four places.
Once a Formation was broken, the four hundred Fire Dragon Island Disciples who constituted it were powerless to withstand the might of the flames spewed by the Nine-Headed Fiend Birds. They were swallowed and swept up, plummeting into the sea, dead or maimed, unbearably tragic.
Witnessing countless fellow Disciples fall, the other Fire Dragon Island Disciples were filled with unspeakable grief and fury.
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor, as Island Master, had his hair and beard bristling, his eyes nearly splitting.
Immortal Qi surged, the void trembled. As combatants on both sides continued to fall, the seawater around Fire Dragon Island had already been dyed a shocking red.
"All Disciples heed my command, withdraw to each island and hold the line, activate the Defensive Array!"
Seeing the Disciples under his command dying in ever greater numbers, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor made a snap decision and issued the order to retreat.
Hearing the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor’s transmitted voice, the Fire Dragon Island Disciples, already at a disadvantage, all breathed a sigh of relief. After repelling one wave of the Nine-Headed Fiend Birds’ assault, they rapidly withdrew, falling back toward the nine large and small islets.
Meanwhile, over a dozen Fire Dragon Island high-level members paired off in twos, each pair landing on one of the nine islands.
The presence of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts could steady the hearts of the Disciples on each island while maintaining the normal circulation of the Formations.
When the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor saw that all Disciples had retreated back onto the islands, his heart suddenly relaxed a little.
Although he did not know what the final outcome of this battle would be, nor what fate awaited the Disciples of Fire Dragon Island, at least for the moment, they would come to no harm.
He was a mid-stage Immortal Emperor Realm Expert, and battling four Nine-Headed Fiend Birds alone, he had yet to fall into disadvantage for even a short while.
He hated these Nine-Headed Fiend Birds for invading Fire Dragon Island and causing so many Fire Dragon Island Disciples to fall, so he was unwilling to return to the main island where the Island Master Hall stood. He continued brandishing the Immortal Wand in his hand, fiercely battling the four Nine-Headed Fiend Birds around him without pause, wanting to slay one or two to vent his rage.
"Master has gone mad... this can’t go on!"
The Dragon Maiden raised her head to look toward the void, muttering, a hint of anxiety showing in her expression.
Just then, a clear cry rang out from the distant horizon.
Upon hearing this clear cry, the Nine-Headed Fiend Birds all halted their assault. The vicious light in their eyes instantly vanished, and they appeared incomparably respectful and docile.
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor furrowed his brows and looked toward the source of the cry, only to see a gorgeously dressed,妖艳 Female Immortal appear, stepping upon a lotus of fire.
"This Female Immortal is also of the Nine-Headed Bird Clan... what a powerful aura..."
From the body of that gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor sensed the same aura as those Nine-Headed Fiend Birds, and thus knew that she was a Nine-Headed Fiend Bird who had taken human form.
And the strength of the aura she radiated far surpassed his own; she was most likely a high-stage Immortal Emperor Realm Expert.
"No wonder those Nine-Headed Fiend Birds were clamoring to exterminate Fire Dragon Island... If this Female Immortal makes a move, Fire Dragon Island will be in grave danger..."
Looking at the Female Immortal swiftly flying closer, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor’s heart gradually sank.
"So you are the Island Master of this Fire Dragon Island?"
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal stopped a hundred zhang away from the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor, her gaze falling upon his face as she lightly parted her vermilion lips and slowly asked.
"And what if I am?"
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor glared, countering coldly, "You fiend bird, what exactly do you intend?"
Being called a ’fiend bird’ did not anger the gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal. She instead let out a string of tinkling laughter and said, "Our Nine-Headed Bird Clan has taken a liking to this Fire Dragon Island and intends to make it our roost... However, it seems you Immortals are not willing to leave!"
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor spat, "We opened an island and founded a sect on Fire Dragon Island, and it has been nearly a million years. How could it be that you fiend birds can just seize it because you want to?"
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal smiled with narrowed eyes and said, "Do not forget, the Immortal Realm speaks with strength. Since our Nine-Headed Bird Clan has set our sights on this Immortal Island, henceforth it will be ours! If you refuse to leave, then there is only one path for you all—to be entirely annihilated!"
As she spoke, her gaze fell upon a blood pool a thousand zhang across behind the rear mountain of the Island Master Hall, excitement crossing her face. She licked her crimson lips and said, "The Dragon Blood Pool on this island is said to have been formed from the blood of the ancient Dragon Clan supreme expert, the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor. To soak within it for Cultivation brings tremendous benefits... Am I right?"
Hearing this, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor’s expression changed drastically, and he cried out, "How do you know that?"
The Dragon Blood Pool was a forbidden area of Fire Dragon Island and also a core secret. To avoid outside Immortals coveting it, successive Island Masters had warned the Disciples to keep their mouths shut and never let it leak. Yet unexpectedly, this Female Immortal of the Nine-Headed Bird Clan had come to know of it.
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor was deeply worried, thinking that even if Fire Dragon Island could escape this calamity today, once news of the Dragon Blood Pool spread, there would be no peace in the future.
He glanced at the Dragon Scale Armor before the Island Master Hall, clenched his fist, and thought, "With this town-securing treasure guarding us, even if other Immortals covet the Dragon Blood Pool, it won’t be so easy for them to seize it for themselves!"
"You ask how I know? Heh..."
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal let out a cold laugh. The smiling face she had worn just moments before was instantly suffused with Evil Qi. Her gaze bore sharply into the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor as she said hatefully, "Do you know that the first Island Master of your Fire Dragon Island, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor, and our Nine-Headed Bird ancestor were once sworn brothers?"
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor was stunned for a moment, then also let out a cold laugh and said, "You spout nonsense. How is it that I, this Immortal Emperor, have never heard anything of the sort!"
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal said with open disdain, "The disgraceful deeds committed by your ancestor would naturally not be told to you juniors!"
Hearing her insult his ancestor, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor was enraged, but knowing he was not her match, he could only respond with a cold sneer.
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal said, "The Dragon Blood Pool on this Fire Dragon Island was discovered jointly back then by our ancestor and the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor. The two originally agreed that the Blood Dragon Pool would be held in common, and each of their clans could select outstanding Disciples to soak within it for Cultivation. But later..."
She ground her teeth and said, "Later, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor broke his oath and conceived a vicious heart. He gravely wounded our ancestor and monopolized this Fire Dragon Island and the Dragon Blood Pool... Pitifully, our ancestor soon died with hatred in his heart. We descendants have always remembered this feud. Today we have come especially to repay it and to take back Fire Dragon Island and the Dragon Blood Pool."
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor roared, "When you wish to condemn someone, what crime can’t you fabricate? However prettily you dress it up, I will not believe you! Fire Dragon Island and the Dragon Blood Pool are ours. No Immortal or faction should even think about taking them!"
The gorgeously dressed妖艳 Female Immortal sneered, "Believe it or not as you please. In any case, today this Fire Dragon Island and the Blood Dragon Pool are both going to change hands."
As she spoke, she flipped her left palm and slapped through the air toward the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor, shouting coldly, "I’ll first send you to meet your ancestor, the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor!"
A massive hand condensed from Fire Immortal Qi descended from the sky and slammed toward the Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor, setting the void violently trembling.
The Fire Dragon Immortal Emperor knew he could not withstand a single strike from the妖艳 Female Immortal. He pressed down on his cloud and dropped before the Island Master Hall on the great island below.
The Dragon Maiden had been standing in front of the Island Master Hall watching the battle. Seeing her Master descend, she flashed to his side, summoned her Immortal Artifact, and stared up at the妖艳 Female Immortal in the sky, her delicate face as if covered in a layer of frost.