Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 800 - 18 The True Intention of the Nether Phoenix_2

800: Chapter 18: The True Intention of the Nether Phoenix_2

800 -18: The True Intention of the Nether Phoenix_2

The abyss, filled with the gloomy waters, finally began to collapse under the confrontation of the two monsters.

At this moment, Tang Xian had no time to check whether the Nether Phoenix was dead.

Before the vast mountain rocks buried Tang, he picked up Tang, exerted force on his legs again, and using the giant falling rocks in the air, he made his way up the rocky ascent!

When he was up in the air, he glanced down and saw that the Nether Phoenix was not dead.

At the most critical moment, Xi He pulled it into the Spiritual Purgatory.

Tang Xian did not blame Xi He.

The more loyal Xi He was to the Nether Phoenix, the more trustworthy it would be for Tang Xian to obtain the Nether Phoenix’s inheritance.

It was just that he was now convinced that even with human intelligence, beasts could not be as flexible as humans in certain relationships.

The abyss collapsed, shaking the land west of the extreme west because of this collapse.

The skeleton soldiers outside the valley suddenly turned into a pile of dry bones, and the pieced-together bones instantly scattered in disarray.

The bone dragons flying in the sky also suddenly began to fall, like gliders experiencing catastrophic collisions, disintegrating like a machine in the process of falling.

The death fog began to gather crazily, converging towards a certain place, along with the Netherworld aura scattered through the entire space.

Without this Netherworld aura, the so-called Spiritual Purgatory naturally began to disintegrate.

Obsessions cannot escape from the Spiritual Purgatory, and in an instant, the endless skeleton army completely collapsed.

But the Spiritual Purgatory did not truly dissipate.

Instead, its domain rapidly shrank, ultimately converging at the top of the collapsing abyss, within a hundred yards radius.

Tang Xian was within this range at the moment.

The shrinking of the Spiritual Purgatory was not due to the Nether Phoenix’s critical injuries but by its own volition.

Because Tang Xian could feel that his recovery rate had slowed down.

This meant that the Spiritual Purgatory was not shrinking, but refining.

Tang Xian calmly watched Xi He and the Nether Phoenix.

He remembered Xi He once said that if one opened their own Spiritual Purgatory within that of another, it would trigger all sorts of dire consequences.

But the Nether Phoenix did not do so, and it walked out from Xi He’s Spiritual Purgatory without any tragedy befalling Xi He.

This scene left Tang Xian puzzled; shouldn’t the Nether Phoenix be using every method possible for its resurrection?

[If I die now, won’t your purpose also fail?] The voice of the Nether Phoenix came.

“It’s a bit late to be seeking peace at this point.”

Even though Tang Xian kept telling himself that this was the obsession of the Nether Phoenix and not the Nether Phoenix itself, and that he should prioritize the bigger picture and find the Nether Phoenix’s inheritance, the thought of Tang nearly dying here overwhelmed Tang Xian with anger.

The second stage of the Burning Talent required extremely high aptitude and, subsequently, breaking free from the subconscious restrictions one places on oneself.

In all his previous battles, Tang Xian had an exceptionally rational habit – the more dangerous the situation became, the more he forced himself to remain calm.

This habit cultivated over many years had always kept Tang Xian’s emotions under strict control.

But the eruption of emotions might break some of the self-imposed limits of a person.

After all, the transformation of Xi He into a tyrant was achieved by making the tyrants experience the most extreme anger.

In today’s battle, Tang Xian personally felt the sensation of death closing in bit by bit, and as he saw Tang risking his life to protect him, fear and anger finally made him set aside all his rationality, letting those emotions take his consciousness to another place.

Of course, even if he had removed the subconscious self-limitations, this was only one of the conditions for opening the second door, and this condition varies from person to person.

But having reached this point, one can only glimpse that door.

The second condition is the most decisive – aptitude.

Only those whose talent mastery reaches the peak have the power to push open that door.

Anger in Tang Xian’s heart had not subsided.

In fact, the Nether Phoenix was also astonished.

It had seen this kind of power, akin to the demonic force drawn from the overdraft of one’s life.

But such power should not last so long.

Tang Xian did not know how long his burning state would last, but at least he was certain of one thing – he was stronger than he had ever been before!

[What if I agree to give you my inheritance now?

I can tell you it’s a power that you need the most.]

Tang Xian looked at the Nether Phoenix and said:

“Your only choices now are death or death after surrendering your inheritance.”

The Nether Phoenix didn’t seem to care and said, [So you want me dead no matter what?]

“A creature longing to be resurrected and return to the human world, especially after such a start – I’m certain you will be my enemy in the future.

I’m very concerned about what your power is, but one beast god is troublesome enough, I don’t want to deal with another one!” Tang Xian’s attitude was very clear.

If today’s events were replayed, he would not be sure he could survive.

After weighing his options, Tang Xian was convinced he had made the best decision.

I might not have obtained the legacy, but I didn’t come away empty-handed today.

[What if I’m willing to work with you?]

“Go die quietly!”

The furious fist swung once more.

[In that case, let’s fight to the death!]

Even Tang Xian could be confused as a participant, so much so that at this moment, as he focused solely on killing the Nether Phoenix, he failed to notice the significant shift in its demeanor.

Even that declaration of ‘fight to the death’ carried with it a tinge of relief.

A battle surpassing the calamity level unfolded once again in the vastness of heaven and earth, now unrestrained by the confines of the abyssal terrain.

What Tang and the mystic bird now witnessed was a true battle of deities.

Although the level of combat was far from apocalyptic standards, to the mystic bird and Tang, the intertwined silhouettes of Tang Xian and the Nether Phoenix and the earth-shattering resonance they created were unprecedented.

Their eyes could no longer keep up with the combatants’ speed.

They could only vaguely discern the direction of the aerial duel by the drum-like collision sounds.

The surrounding mountains crumbled continuously.

As they shattered, the mystic bird’s eyes filled with tears, for both it and Tang were unable to see the progress of the battle clearly.

But the mystic bird could see the fragments of crystal blue, representing their master’s consistent disadvantage in the fiercely intense melee.

In fact, not long after entering the Spiritual Purgatory, when it began to assist Tang Xian, the mystic bird had already heard a voice.

The mystic bird did nothing, and Tang did the same; both could guess the outcome of the battle and were merely waiting patiently for the showdown between the two true monsters to end.

Where the limit of the second stage of talent burning lay, Tang Xian no longer remembered.

He only recalled his and the Nether Phoenix’s obsessive battle dragging on and on.

He had destroyed the crystal-like wings again and again, and the Nether Phoenix had been resurrected time and time again.

He had lost track of how many times this fierce duel had repeated.

The entire valley had turned into wreckage, and the earth was riddled with shocking holes, all due to Tang Xian’s terrifying fist.

Tang Xian’s last memory was of the Nether Phoenix’s obsessional form suddenly shattering.

But by then, he, too, had reached his limit.

The time for the second stage of talent burning had finally come to an end.

White steam-like gas emanated from Tang Xian’s body, as if he had just walked through the hottest hell.

He then collapsed to the ground, completely devoid of strength.

As for the Nether Phoenix—apart from the shattered crystal-like fragments on the ground, there was no longer any trace of its presence.

Tang hurried to the center of the crater, ready to take Tang Xian back to Baichuan City.

The mystic bird flew towards the remains of the Nether Phoenix.

Logically speaking, they were now enemies, but both tacitly refrained from starting a battle at this time.

When Tang picked up Tang Xian, he could only feel an almost scorching body temperature.

It was definitely not a temperature humans could withstand.

For Tang Xian to defeat a being beyond calamity, the price he paid was anything but light.

Tang Xian was oblivious to all this.

He couldn’t even feel pain, and if the dreaming him had any other sensation, it would probably be hunger.

He was very hungry now.

But the red crystal-like things in the dream were obviously not edible.

[My greatest regret in life is that I didn’t possess the majestic vitality to resist the Exhaustive Ray.]

[What I hate most in my life are the villains who betray their faith for profit.]

[You have passed my test, human!]