Chapter 372: [292] Subdue the Sky Overlord! Secrets of the Seven Gods! (Vote for monthly ticket and recommend)_1
There was no other reason.
The Sword Intent held in his left hand was Pei Jinye’s greatest confidence.
The giant eagle spread its wings, disdainful to pay attention, but after Pei Jinye tossed down countless Beast Control Halos, he eventually annoyed the creature, causing a scene of utter chaos.
…
On this day, as dusk fell.
In mid-air, a giant shadow raced past, crossing through clusters of clouds.
Pei Jinye held tight to the giant eagle’s enormous head, feeling the rush of air gliding past with high speed, without fear, only thrill.
“Eagle, push it, you’re the best,” he said.
“Eagle, a bit faster, let me see your limit…ugh! Alright, Eagle, find a place to rest…”
The giant eagle flapped its wings, and the air even carried a terrifying howling sound.
Finally, it landed steadily.
On the top of the mountain.
Pei Jinye embraced the giant eagle’s head, his entire form before the huge bird was even smaller than the size of a palm.
He staggered for a moment, barely remaining upright.
Pei Jinye truly hadn’t expected that the great creature’s speed would be beyond imagination.
Even with his sheer physical strength, he could barely withstand the sense of destruction brought by such extreme speed.
Luckily, he had enough Extraordinary Abilities.
“Eagle, I’m going to introduce you to a friend,” he said.
Pei Jinye stroked the giant feather on the chest of the giant eagle, which still bore a stubborn and untamed appearance, but after three hours of previous communication, it now seemed to acknowledge him.
Pei Jinye took out his phone and dialed a number.
Once connected, an angry roar quickly came from the other side.
[Deceitful human beings!]
Pei Jinye projected the image of Big Head from Southern Continent.
He had found inspiration from the special communication items of the Ouyang and Huang Families.
With the help of the natural magnetic field here, the network seed he had left earlier could be activated.
However, the moment the other side contacted him, the intense emotion that was generated truly startled the giant eagle, which responded with a fierce roar.
Big Head fell silent at once.
Based on Pei Jinye’s understanding of it, the creature must have already sunk below the water surface, looking for the location of the giant eagle to strike it down in one fell swoop.
Too bad they were tens of thousands of miles apart, and Big Head was powerless even with the willingness.
“My dear little brother, long time no see,” Pei Jinye said with a “kind” and benevolent expression.
[Liar!] Big Head slowly emerged from the water’s surface.
Pei Jinye gestured to the giant eagle by his side, ready to fight at any moment, “This is Eagle, can you see it clearly? Don’t worry, there’s a long distance between you two. It’s only by using my Heaven and Earth Infinite Universe Moving Technique that you’ve met each other like this, so you don’t need to be frightened.”
Big Head: “…”
“Who is it?” asked the giant eagle, a rare speaker with a cold and terse demeanor, as it seemed that this sovereign of the skies sensed an innate crisis.
“Your future brother… Big Head,” replied Pei Jinye, who didn’t know what specific species Big Head belonged to and just addressed him as such for the time being.
[Liar.] Again, Big Head repeated in the screen.
Pei Jinye looked towards the giant eagle.
Never had there been a moment when he suddenly felt grateful that the languages of these two creatures were not mutually intelligible.
He looked at Big Head with a smile, “What liar?”
[The beings you showed me, I can’t contact any of them.] Big Head spoke viciously.
“What have you done?” inquired Pei Jinye.
Big Head hesitated, but replied that he had conversations with wallpaper… attacked wallpaper… Such scenes occasionally occurred on days with thunderstorms and rain.
“Then, of course, you can’t contact them,” Pei Jinye directly took the logical high ground, denying Big Head from all aspects.
Then he lifted his camera and looked around.
“Can you see? Why don’t you count how many big guys I’ve got here?”
Pei Jinye indicated, “Communication requires proper methods. I have a secret manual of communication, would you like it? I’ll give it to you at a friendly price.”
Big Head instinctively wanted to refuse, yet his gaze was continuously drawn to the giant bird on the screen, until it suddenly spotted a red-scaled Fire Dragon…
With a “plop”, it dove underwater.
“Fuck,” someone exclaimed from the other end of the phone as the signal was cut off.
Man and eagle both dodged swiftly.
…
After a while,
the dreadful storm finally subsided.
Pei Jinye peeked out from behind the mountain wall to see that the once jagged and exotically beautiful mountain peak… had now been reduced to nearly a hundred fiery blasts tearing through the ground, forming a sea of fire.
“The dragon isn’t dead yet?” Pei Jinye sighed.
Honestly, if he could take down that Fire Dragon, Pei Jinye couldn’t guarantee that he could strut around the Federation, but he surely would be able to strut about the Western Continent.
Unfortunately…
He was too weak at the moment.
He would be nothing but a morsel stuck in the dragon’s teeth if he approached.
“It’s not so easy to kill an enlightened alien beast…”
A voice came from behind him all of a sudden.
Pei Jinye vanished on the spot.
But the more he wanted to leave, the more he found he couldn’t.
After floundering for a while, he realized he was only using Flash Escape in the same spot.
“Extraordinary Abilities stopped working?”
Pei Jinye turned his head and looked over. On the rock wall opposite him, the white-haired woman sat beside the Giant Eagle, stroking its massive head, looking at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
“Senior, you’re still doing well, I see,” Pei Jinye coughed lightly, feigning composure.
“Got anything to eat?” the white-haired woman asked quite unabashedly.
Pei Jinye hesitated for a moment and took out a piece of Flame Essence, tentatively asking, “Will this do?”
The white-haired woman seemed surprised: “Do you usually eat rocks?”
“???”
Pei Jinye realized he had misunderstood and took out a pack of jerky from his Storage Space, “Will this do…?”
Before he even finished speaking,
the bag of jerky had already vanished.
Pei Jinye looked up to see the white-haired woman had already torn open the bag and was carefully tasting it, and after confirming it was a flavor she liked, she began eating with relish.
Pei Jinye was very worried.
He could not see through this woman.
She had the same face as a teacher at his school, yet her strength was terrifyingly formidable.
He instinctively did not want to provoke this woman.
Because she didn’t feel as pure as the Female Sword Immortal, the person before him was like shrouded in a layer of fog… utterly inscrutable, swirling with eddies, likely to take his life at any turn.
“Senior, have you finished your business?” Pei Jinye asked softly.
“Not yet.” The white-haired woman did not seem to hide anything, as if it wouldn’t change anything whether Pei Jinye knew or not, “Aren’t you going to eat?”
“I’m not hungry.” Pei Jinye noticed the Giant Eagle’s stiff body, cursing silently for its lack of dignity… Where was the proud posture it had before me?
“Ever heard of the Flame God?” the white-haired woman suddenly asked.
Pei Jinye looked confused: “May I ask, Senior, what is the Flame God?”
He had only heard the white-haired woman communicate with Fire Dragon about the Flame God’s Coffin before, but to be honest, he was quite clueless about the specifics of those secrets.
“There was a legend that there were Seven Gods in this world, ruling over human beings… One of them was the Flame God, who represented the will of fire, the Sovereign of Fire in this world…”
The white-haired woman’s voice rose and fell, not affecting her dining.
Pei Jinye listened in astonishment.
Seven Gods?
Could this world really be so?
But searching through his mind’s memories… even those relating to the Lord Lotus Island, he found nothing of the sort.
So, if there truly were Seven Gods, how far back would that go?
The white-haired woman chewed on the jerky: “Whether gods exist in this world, I don’t know… but what I can confirm is that if Dragon Valley were willing to open the Flame God’s Coffin, it would prove some things. Yet someone doesn’t want it opened, which also proves some things.”
Pei Jinye listened, completely bewildered, observing the white-haired woman without showing his confusion.
“There are too many theories about gods…” The white-haired woman lowered her gaze, her eating slowing down as if talking to herself: “If the Flame God’s Coffin is opened, and that one’s remains are not inside, it would mean the legend was true… the existence known as the Flame God did not die.
But if It indeed died, then why is the Federation so afraid to open the coffin?”
Pei Jinye suddenly froze: “Senior, are you saying that Fire Dragon is part of the Federation’s camp?”
The white-haired woman looked at him doubtfully, matter-of-factly: “Didn’t you know?”
“…”
Pei Jinye suddenly felt a chilling sensation.
Could it be that everything about Dragon Valley was arranged by the Federation?
To station such a terrifying Giant Dragon to guard Dragon Valley… What profound secrets were involved?
Many doubts surfaced in Pei Jinye’s mind.
But the moment he heard it related to the Federation, he immediately acted very subdued.
At least until he had the ability to stand against Star Ring, he didn’t want his overt identity to be doubted.
“I can’t even deal with Xing Tian, let alone Star Ring…”
Pei Jinye sighed and then the white-haired woman suddenly said, “You ate the Earth’s Heart Fire Lotus, which is essentially the key. Do you know that once the Big Fire Dragon leaves Dragon Valley, the people of the Federation will know you took the key?”
“???”
Pei Jinye was stunned, his mouth agape.
A key?
What key?
He looked at the white-haired woman.
The white-haired woman was still engrossed in the joy of the jerky.
Pei Jinye felt his luck today was as unpredictable as the weather.
The more he did not want the Federation to notice his difference, the closer he inadvertently got.
Heaving a light sigh,
as if he had made up his mind.
Pei Jinye looked up, “I treated Senior to jerky, how about you treat me to Dragon Meat in return?”
“Seems…quite fair?”
The white-haired woman tilted her head and said.