Serpent Ancestor
Chapter 554: Dragon of Calamity

Jiang Nine Phoenix's flames grew increasingly intense, distorting the space around her. A rune of the flame law appeared at her brow, drawing the fire-element True Essence from the heavens and earth toward her in a frenzy.

Facing Tu Sen's oppression, she did not hesitate to use her trump card. The surrounding area transformed into a sea of fire, and all fire-element energies were at her command. At this moment, she was the goddess of fire!

However, Tu Sen remained unmoved, his eyes narrowing.

What made him uneasy was not this law power, but something else entirely!

With a sudden force in his palm, a series of cracking sounds echoed, and countless complex runes wriggled like worms, embedding themselves into Jiang Nine Phoenix's body.

"Now that you're in my hands, behave yourself and be sealed!"

Tu Sen sneered coldly as runes spread across Jiang Nine Phoenix's body, her True Essence rapidly depleting, and even the law rune at her brow dimming.

Her power was vanishing, the sea of fire was extinguishing, quickly retracting into her body, and even the fiery wings on her back were rapidly shrinking.

Jiang Nine Phoenix's expression changed dramatically. She knew that if she didn't give it her all, she would truly be sealed.

"Thump thump! Thump thump!"

A series of strange heartbeats echoed within her, rhythmic and melodious like music. But to Tu Sen, it sounded like thunder, making his pulse resonate in frequency.

"Wutong Heart?"

Tu Sen did not release his grip, his gaze fixed on Jiang Nine Phoenix. A jade-green heart appeared at her chest, with countless tree rings intertwined, resembling a piece of wood, yet its vitality was beyond imagination.

"Truly worthy of the Jiang clan, possessing such a divine artifact as the Wutong Heart. Oh? This artifact even has intelligence?"

Tu Sen squinted, staring at the Wutong Heart, which then revealed a man's face, eyes filled with anger, glaring at Tu Sen.

Upon sensing Jiang Nine Phoenix's state, his face twisted, eyes turning blood red.

"How dare you harm her! How dare you harm her! Let go of her!"

The man on the Wutong Heart roared furiously, like a wolf with its tail stepped on.

"Thump thump thump..."

The Wutong Heart throbbed violently, causing Tu Sen to tremble uncontrollably, surges of blood energy erupting, his face pale, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth.

Even his soul was shaking.

Finally, Tu Sen's dragon claw could not hold on, releasing a gap, allowing Jiang Nine Phoenix to be swiftly taken away, landing a thousand feet away.

"Phoenix, are you okay?"

The Wutong Heart floated up, the face gazing at Jiang Nine Phoenix with worry and affection, as if looking at a lover.

"I'm fine, Phoenix Brother."

Jiang Nine Phoenix struggled to speak, her body largely unharmed, but completely sealed, her True Essence, Divine Sense, and laws, even her physical body, immobilized.

Saying this took all her strength.

"Don't worry, Phoenix, I'll break the seal for you."

The Wutong Heart dove into Jiang Nine Phoenix's chest, sending waves of jade-green ripples into the strange runes on her body, which began to wriggle, seemingly trying to separate.

Tu Sen took deep breaths, calming his body's turmoil, looking ahead with a sneer.

"Heh, my seal is not something you can break. Judging by your actions, are you perhaps lovers?"

Tu Sen's lips curled, eyes flashing with a peculiar light.

The Wutong Heart ignored him, focusing on vibrating intensely to expel the strange runes, but these runes were not of this world, nor of the Spirit Realm, but from another system, making them difficult to remove quickly.

"Don't worry, Phoenix, even if I have to burn myself, I will save you!"

The Wutong Heart declared resolutely, vibrating more violently.

Waves of jade-green ripples surged forth, merging into the strange runes, which began to dissolve under the intense impact.

Simultaneously, the Wutong Heart's size rapidly diminished.

"Phoenix Brother, don't!"

Jiang Nine Phoenix's face turned ashen. She wanted to stop him, but with her entire body sealed, she couldn't move, and even speaking required all her strength. How could she possibly stop him?

"Phoenix Brother, don't be rash. I can still stand, I can still walk away! Don't do this!"

Jiang Nine Phoenix gritted her teeth, summoning strength from somewhere, actually managing to stand shakily, taking difficult steps toward the distance.

Her eyes flashed with a strange red light, steam rising from her body with a hissing sound, clearly burning something as well.

"Oh, what a touching scene!"

Tu Sen clapped his hands, deeply moved.

The Wutong Heart was willing to burn itself to break Jiang Nine Phoenix's seal, and Jiang Nine Phoenix, in turn, was burning her own blood energy to stop him.

Tu Sen laughed heartily.

"You call her Phoenix, and she calls you Phoenix Brother? Oh? Could it be..."

Tu Sen seemed to have guessed something, staring at Jiang Nine Phoenix in surprise, "Could it be, you are the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and that Wutong Heart is the Heavenly Demon Phoenix?"

The Demon Phoenix and Demon Phoenix were divine beast races from ancient times, born as a pair, inseparable and eternally loyal.

As for why the Demon Phoenix became the Wutong Heart, he did not know for now, but their terms of address gave some clues.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a wonderful pair of companions. If I were to separate you, wouldn't I be utterly wicked? Hahaha, I just love this!"

Tu Sen seemed excited, eyes gleaming with anticipation, charging toward Jiang Nine Phoenix.

His eyes flashed with a sinister light, his hands moving in rapid succession, sending strange runes into the ground, slithering like spirit snakes, soaring like flood dragons, encircling Jiang Nine Phoenix.

In an instant, a bizarre formation took shape.

This formation was filled with malevolence, emitting all sorts of filthy sounds that could drive one mad, a truly evil formation in the world.

Jiang Nine Phoenix, who had been fleeing, was accelerating, but upon hearing these strange sounds, she stopped, her eyes losing their luster.

"Heavenly Demon Phoenix, if I were to toy with your female companion in front of you, what would you do? Hahaha! That would be so interesting!" Tu Sen laughed skyward.

In the Dragon Tomb, many dragons were buried, both good and evil. Among them, Tu Sen, the Dragon of Calamity, was the most wicked dragon!

What kind of dragon was summoned had a great deal to do with Xu Hei's state.

Upon hearing this, the Wutong Heart compressed into a small ball, then shot forward in the next instant.

"Hahaha, within my Calamity Formation, you can't escape even with wings!" Tu Sen laughed, reaching out to grab the Wutong Heart.

Unexpectedly, the space where the Wutong Heart was located twisted violently, and waves of teleportation descended.

In the blink of an eye, a towering tree fell from the sky, landing within the formation, none other than the Wutong Tree from the far north.