"Evolution?"
Mu Chen listened, stunned, disbelievingly looking at the giant shadow in the black flames that filled the horizon, and blurted out, "Didn't it fail before?"
"That's why it's trying for a second time!"
Mu Feng also looked surprised, saying, "It seems the Nine Nether Bird is extremely arrogant. A failed evolution only made it exert all its strength and exhaust all its efforts to be reborn from the fire. Unexpectedly, as soon as it appeared, it immediately planned to try evolving again."
Mu Chen was also shocked by the Nine Nether Bird's determination. For humans, a single failure can easily leave a psychological shadow, like seeing a bogeyman in the shadows, and they will instinctively become afraid and avoid similar situations when they encounter them again. But the Nine Nether Bird was completely different; it was determined to rise from where it fell. That determination, that arrogance, made humans feel ashamed when they witnessed it.
"So, can it succeed?"
Mu Chen whispered to his father, raising his head to look at the black thunderclouds in the sky. The black lightning flashed like a giant dragon, radiating an indescribable majesty of heaven and earth.
"I don't know... The Nine Nether Bird is originally an extremely powerful creature. Its ranking as eleventh on the Ten Thousand Beast Record's Earth Chart is not without reason. If it can successfully evolve, it will certainly be qualified to enter the Heaven Chart. At that time... it will truly become a divine beast."
Mu Feng replied.
"Divine beast..."
Mu Chen couldn't help but move his lips. Just two simple words made him feel an unusual pressure. In the Great Thousand World, every spirit beast ranked as a divine beast was a super powerful creature, considered a hegemon of heaven and earth. Even Supreme Realm experts always held a sense of awe towards them.
"However... the Black Divine Thunder Tribulation is not easy to overcome."
Mu Feng stared intently at the giant shadow in the sky-filling black flames. There were many powerful spirit beasts in heaven and earth, but how many of them had the ability to evolve into a super species?
Spirit beast and divine beast, only one crucial word was different, yet it represented a gap that even tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation might not be able to bridge.
"It failed once before. Normally, when a promotion fails, the one attempting the promotion will be shattered by the thunder tribulation. But unexpectedly, the Nine Nether Bird managed to survive. Now, if it fails again, I'm afraid that luck will be difficult to repeat."
Mu Feng, who had originally been leading everyone to retreat, had now stopped, because the Nine Nether Bird was currently undergoing its promotion, so everyone was temporarily safe. At this moment, in the eyes of the Nine Nether Bird, they were nothing more than ants, fundamentally posing no threat to it.
Mu Chen heard Mu Feng's analysis and also felt a little regretful. If the Nine Nether Bird were to be shattered into dust by the thunder tribulation, then no one would be able to obtain its spirit essence. In that case, he would also have to return empty-handed.
However, even if he did obtain the Nine Nether Bird's spirit essence, who would have the ability to refine it? That year, Mu Feng was able to refine the Flame Dragon Eagle, which was an immeasurable stroke of luck, let alone how much more terrifying and powerful the Nine Nether Bird was compared to the Flame Dragon Eagle?
As Mu Chen felt regret mixed with fear while looking at the sky, a clear cry echoed through heaven and earth from within the black flames that filled the horizon. That cry carried an indomitable fighting will.
It was challenging the Black Divine Thunder Tribulation high above!
"Rumble rumble rumble!"
The Black Divine Thunder Cloud also seemed to possess sentience, recognizing the Nine Netherworld Phoenix's provocation. Lightning flashed continuously, and rumbling thunder echoed throughout the heavens and earth. As the thunder boomed, Mu Chen clearly felt the spiritual energy of the world tremble and fluctuate, as if showing fear before the might of the heavens.
"Kwoork!"
The cry rang out again. Amidst the boundless black flames, the Nine Netherworld Phoenix spread its enormous wings. The black flames, covering the sky and earth, began to move, transforming into colossal black fire pillars that shot straight towards the black thunder cloud, attacking it.
The Nine Netherworld Phoenix, facing the Black Divine Thunder Tribulation, unexpectedly dared to actively provoke it.
"Boom!"
The Black Divine Thunder Cloud moved silently. The pitch-black lightning, like a coiling black dragon, coldly watched the black fire pillars roaring up from the earth into the sky. Suddenly, the lightning, carrying destructive power, abruptly struck down.
"Rumble, crash, bang!"
Black lightning and black fire collided in mid-air. The heavens and earth darkened as if plunged into an explosion that shattered the sky and earth. The enormous rumbling sounds, like dragon roars, caused the ground to tremble and move, creating cracks that spread throughout the valley.
Mu Chen also trembled, watching the terrifying celestial phenomenon in the sky. There, black fire and black lightning were fiercely competing against each other.
The black lightning was undoubtedly a terrifying force of the heavens, descending from above with a posture of destroying all things, shattering countless black fire pillars that rose from the ground.
After shattering the fire pillars, the black lightning, with an even more terrifying momentum, fiercely struck directly into the vast sea of flames, accurately hitting the colossal monster hidden within the black flames.
"Kwoork!"
A sharp cry, filled with pain and agony, rang out, but immediately after, it was replaced by extreme rage. The Nine Netherworld Phoenix flapped its wings in unison, and the black sea of fire roared wildly, rising up to form a terrifyingly huge Black Flame Storm that connected the ground and the sky.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The wind howled fiercely. The ground at the center of the swirling Black Flame Storm began to crack, but fortunately, the Nine Netherworld Phoenix's target was the Black Divine Thunder Tribulation. Once formed, the Black Flame Storm furiously swept towards the black clouds.
Facing the Nine Netherworld Phoenix's wild assault, the Black Divine Thunder Cloud flickered and moved. Suddenly, a vortex filled with condensed black lightning also appeared in the very center of the thunder cloud.
"Rumble!"
Within that vortex, countless black lightning bolts condensed into one spot, becoming a heaven-shattering thunder pillar that roared out, directly striking the Black Flame Storm.
The Black Thunder Pillar, like a thunder god of retribution, powerfully tore apart the Black Flame Storm. At this moment, the entire world seemed to become hazy and dark.
The Nine Netherworld Phoenix, having fully concentrated its Black Flame Storm, was repelled for the second time. It let out cries of extreme rage and unwillingness. Had that damned thunder tribulation stopped it once, and now it wanted to stop it again?
Proud as it was, it would absolutely not accept a second defeat!
The black flames covering the sky suddenly contracted strangely. The scene was as if all the black flames had burrowed into the Nine Netherworld Phoenix's colossal body.
With the black flames no longer obscuring it, everyone could for the first time clearly behold the Nine Netherworld Phoenix's enormous form.
A monster tens of thousands of feet tall, its wings spread out to cover the heavens and earth. Its body was covered in deep, mysterious, pitch-black feathers. Its tail consisted of very long, elegant, and beautiful tail feathers, upon which black flames slowly crackled.
Although the Nine Netherworld Sparrow's body was incredibly massive, it was not cumbersome. On the contrary, it still appeared elegant and refined, mysterious and beautiful, delighting the heart.
However, at this moment, the Nine Netherworld Sparrow's eyes were burning red like fire, filled with indignant fury. It stared intently at the thunderclouds occupying a corner of the sky, its two wings beating fiercely, stirring up a violent gale, and black flames engulfed its colossal wings. Its body seemed to transform into a dense black light, and it flapped its wings, soaring upwards, gathering all the strength in its body to charge towards the thunderclouds.
In the end, in despair, it wanted to fight to the death against the Black God Thunderclouds!
Mu Chen watched the Nine Netherworld Sparrow majestically flap its wings, a posture like a moth flying into a flame, bravely and fearlessly charging towards the terrifying black thunderclouds. A powerful tremor involuntarily arose in his heart.
The Nine Netherworld Sparrow's unyielding and resolute character made those who witnessed it sigh in awe and fear.
At the same time, he also felt regret, because Mu Chen clearly saw the Black God Thunderclouds violently contracting once again, as if the surging thunder was converging.
That strike would surely shake heaven and earth.
"Boom!"
A clap of thunder tore through space, causing all other sounds in the world to completely die out. A bolt of black lightning, almost as large as the Nine Netherworld Sparrow, like a ferocious giant dragon, pierced through heaven and earth, powerfully striking to meet the charging Nine Netherworld Sparrow head-on.