But before it could heave a sigh of relief, Meng Lei appeared beside it once more. He said, “Black Phoenix grandmaster, cease your struggling. There’s no way you can escape.”
“You bastard!”
Almost driven nuts by Meng Lei, the Black Phoenix grandmaster promptly burned its magic power, causing its speed to spike again.
It was just a shame that it was all in vain, however.
“You sure are risking it all!”
Meng Lei appeared again.
“You bastard! Knock it off!”
With that, the Black Phoenix grandmaster went completely berserk. It turned around and attacked right away, its sharp claws and beak furiously going after Meng Lei.
Meng Lei had only one move in response—Space Confinement!
Buzz!
Spatial laws of nature energy waves manifested, instantly confining the Black Phoenix grandmaster to the spot. Its attacks were but just mere inches away from Meng Lei at this moment.
“Damn it! I can’t move!”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster turned pale from shock. It struggled fiercely, but it couldn’t even budge an inch while confined by spatial laws of nature.
“These are... Spatial laws of nature?” The Black Phoenix grandmaster stared at Meng Lei in disbelief. “You’ve comprehended spatial laws of nature? You’re an intermediate Chief God?”
“No, I’m a higher Chief God.” An aloof smile appeared on Meng Lei’s face as he said, “Therefore, you’re no different from a weak, lowly grasshopper that’s hopping here and there in front of me. You believe that you’re spirited and full of vigor while you hop about, but little do you know that I can easily squash you dead like a bug with just a fingertip.”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster’s face turned completely sullen at Meng Lei’s words.
“What exactly do you want?”
“Be my mount. Otherwise... Die!”
Meng Lei stated coldly.
“Ever since the birth of the vast universe itself, not a single Demon Grandmaster has ever served as someone else’s mount!” The Black Phoenix grandmaster’s voice was deep and grim as it said, “If you persist, the demon clan’s experts will never ever let you off, and neither will they let me off. The consequences aren’t something that we can bear!”
“That’s for me to deal with. You don’t need to concern yourself with that.”
Meng Lei gave an impatient wave and said, “I’ll give you one last chance. Either you become my mount, or... You die!”
The Black Phoenix fell silent, caught in an intense internal struggle. If it had the liberty of choosing, it didn’t want to become Meng Lei’s mount at all.
The consequences of becoming Meng Lei’s mount alone were already enough to deter it, let alone its pride and self-esteem as a Demon Grandmaster.
A great, lofty Demon Grandmaster becoming a Chief God’s mount?
If news of this got out, would the experts in the demons’ faction let it off? Would the great Supreme God of The Underworld allow this? The Black Phoenix grandmaster didn’t even dare to think about it!
Yet if it didn’t agree to it, it would die right away!
“I’ll do it!”
Under the threat of death, the Black Phoenix grandmaster finally pledged its allegiance.
“You made a wise choice.”
Chapter 401: The Flaming Star Beast, The Abyss of Darkness
The Black Phoenix grandmaster handed over its divine spirit origin energy and became Meng Lei’s mount in the end.
Yep, that’s right, a Chief God-class mount.
Meng Lei said dispassionately, “You can now tell me what that thing is, right?”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster looked absolutely miserable as it replied, “That Nidhogg guy teamed up with a few other Chief Gods to seal me back then, and I was brought here after that. Originally, Nidhogg could’ve killed me, but that thing saved me at the critical juncture.”
“Go on,” urged Meng Lei.
Its voice muffled, the Black Phoenix said, “Barring any unexpected events, a lucky fellow like Nidhogg would never be able to comprehend supreme laws of nature and ascend to become an intermediate Chief God even in his entire life. In other words, he had already reached the end of his cultivation journey.”
Meng Lei nodded lightly to that.
“But Nidhogg naturally wasn’t content to stay a lesser Chief God for life. Thus, when I told him about that thing, he easily took the bait.”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster said mockingly, “True enough, he didn’t kill me. Instead, he tried various ways and means to find out about that thing’s whereabouts from me.”
“What exactly is that thing?”
It had also piqued Meng Lei’s interest by now. For Nidhogg, a great Chief God, to actually put so much effort into it, what exactly could it be?
“A Void Beast young!”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster dropped a verbal bomb.
“A Void Beast young?”
A mild jolt went through Meng Lei.
“To be more specific, it’s a Flaming Star Beast’s young!”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster had also become rather excited. It said, “I bumped into that little fellow when I went to that place to collect objects of extreme cold before the previous war between gods and demons had broken out. It seemed like it had been sealed, but it’s also possible that it was trapped in that place. In any case, it couldn’t get out.”
“You didn’t capture it?”
Meng Lei was rather bewildered.
“I wanted to! I wanted very much to!”
The Black Phoenix grandmaster didn’t bother concealing its desire and greed. It said, “The Boundless King’s emergence had shown us gods and demons a whole new way of cultivation. It didn’t require Chief God divine cores or Chief Demon demonic cores, nor did it require one to comprehend supreme laws of nature. All you need is just a Void Beast young!
“But unfortunately, I entered the battlefield in a hurry after that, and that was the end of it.”
Its voice full of indignation and regret as the Black Phoenix grandmaster said, “If
