Chapter 293: Golden Crow's Residual Soul, Questioning Reality
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--- Chapter 290 ---
One of Three Supreme Fire-Attributed Beasts, the Sun Bird.
Golden Crow.
Watching the reddish-golden eyes in the sky, Yu Long couldn't help but recall his experience with Phoenix (Yuyan) and Primordial Dragon God (Zilong).
Many years have passed, and it feels nostalgic.
Yu Long calmly gazed at the eyes and thought, Although the Golden Crow only had her residual soul left like Yuyan and Zilong, her living conditions were much better than theirs. I can feel her spirituality is much more complete, too.'
'At the very least... I don't feel any sense of weakness from this Golden Crow.'
Huan Caiyi was stunned by the Golden Crow's arrival. Even though she has ruled the Illusory Demon Realm for over a century, she has never entered the Golden Crow's Trials.
She only knew about its existence from the Demon Emperor's notes and ancestral records.
So, when the majestic and arrogant voice questioned Huan Caiyi, she instinctively stammered and answered, "Yes! Yes, I am!"
"My name is Huan Caiyi, the current Matriarch of the Huan Clan."
"Hmm... Your Huan Clan is still as pathetic as I remember." The reddish-golden eyes squinted. "After all these years, I thought some of you would reach the Divine Origin Realm with this queen's gift."
"But it seemed I was hoping too much."
"A thousand years have passed, and the matriarch isn't even at the peak of the Sovereign Profound Realm."
"Rubbish!"
Huan Caiyi clenched her hand hard upon hearing this ridicule. She wanted to lash back but had no answer because the Golden Crow was right.
It was irrefutable. Huan Caiyi's cultivation base is only at the 8th Stage of Sovereign Profound Realm. That's a high cultivation base for a person of her stature but not enough in the Golden Crow's eyes.
"Do you think that cultivation base is everything?" A calm voice questioned the Golden Crow back. "As the primordial existence, you should know every fine detail of oneself could change the outcome."
"Your bloodline is strong. Very strong, but what Caiyi had in her veins was only an impure version."
"So, in short... The cultivation base Huan Caiyi revealed and achieved from her hard-earned effort, with no attachment to your bloodline!"
"Nonsense! How dare you question this queen?" The Golden Crow sounds angered. "Who are you, but a mortal with a limited lifespan!"
Yu Long chuckled, "You shouldn't be the one saying that when you're just a mere Soul Residual. This place might have restored your soul, but you're not the real Golden Crow."
"Like how the Phoenix and Primordial Dragon God in another continent."
"How did you know about that damned bird and Azure Dragon?!" The Golden Crow questioned, causing the surrounding lava to tremble.
'The Primordial Chaos Dimension is big. It's so big that I'm afraid I'd get tired of it if I tried to explore it. However, there are also infinite universes with unique origins and laws outside.'
A few minutes later, the Golden Crow's voice echoed again.
"Lass, you're coming here to get Golden Crow's Legacy, right?"
Huan Caiyi nodded, "That's right."
"Then, you shall experience my trials. If you succeed, you may become True Inheritor, gaining ten drops of Golden Crow's True Blood and the Record of Burning World!" The Golden Crow continued.
"Do you dare to experience hell, lass?"
Huan Caiyi glanced at Yu Long and saw him smiling at her. She felt confident seeing that radiant smile and replied, "Yes!"
"Good." With that, the Golden Crow made Huan Caiyi enter the Trial Grounds and left Yu Long alone with her.
"Now that the distraction is gone..."
"Tell me who you are, Mortal! You couldn't possibly be an ordinary brat from nowhere!"
Yu Long laughed, "Haha, such a trickery. The Golden Crow is petty, after all."
"Hmph..." The Golden Crow snorted. "This queen didn't want her good inheritor to get caught in a fight. Also, she might not want to become my inheritor if I injure you by accident."
"Tell me who you are, or receive my full force of the sun!" A roaring sound appeared, revealing nine golden suns in the sky.
Before them, Yu Long felt intense heat that put the Phoenix's Flame to shame in the destructive department.
Yu Long's golden eyes glimmered with fascination. He got enamored with new wonders in this world fast, a quirk he developed after researching Profound Patterns, Aspects, and Manifestations for too long.
He didn't see the nine golden suns but the profundity behind them. In his vision, they had turned into countless kaleidoscope patterns.
"Well..." Yu Long smiled at the Golden Crow's eyes.
"Who am I?"
"I'm the King of Monsters!"
BOOM!
A dreadful aura exploded from Yu Long's body, changing the lava-filled world into a battlefield of carnage. The image of a thousand claws, jaws with razor-sharp teeth, colorful scales, hides, and many different wings appeared behind Yu Long.
At last, countless "Golden Eyes" with dark-red pupils of various sizes appeared, covering the ground, air, and starry skies.
"!!!" The Golden Crow sucked a cold breath. What kind of frightening creature is this?
Not even Devil Races is this scary?
Although the Golden Crow is many times bigger than Yu Long's stature, she feels small and weak, like an ant before a bright star.