My Pretty Campus Queen

Chapter 1314: Chapter 1313: Battle with the Swift Phoenix

So, after Chen Tianlong took a deep breath, he started slowly walking toward the Swift Phoenix.

"Chen Tianlong..."

Tan Xianglan said, a little worried. At this moment, Chen Tianlong turned his head back, gave a slight smile, then immediately turned his head away and continued forward.

Obviously, when the Swift Phoenix saw Chen Tianlong slowly approaching it, its body also entered a battle-ready state. The reason Chen Tianlong did this was because he wanted to know whether this Swift Phoenix was hostile toward them, or if it just wanted to protect its own territory.

Halfway there, Chen Tianlong suddenly stopped in his tracks and observed the Swift Phoenix’s movements. Sure enough, just as he expected, once he stopped moving, the Swift Phoenix’s vigilance began to relax.

Only, the moment Chen Tianlong took another step, it became cautious again. With things like this, Chen Tianlong was depressed; with a Celestial Dao seven-star level giant beast blocking the way here, getting inside was probably not going to be that easy.

However, it hadn’t been easy for them to find the Ice Flame Cave, so there was no way they were just going to give up. Those two kneeling guys didn’t have to keep going, but the two of them had to stay.

Because even if Chen Tianlong and the others managed to get here, it didn’t mean they could make it out of this forest.

After all, they’d only walked through this forest once. A lot of the terrain looked the same; even if you asked them to retrace their steps, they might not recognize the way. But with Xu Ke and Zhang Li, that was a different story.

"Xu Ke, Zhang Li, in a bit you two just wait at the cave entrance. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to come inside, got it?" Chen Tianlong emphasized once more.

The two of them were ordinary people; they probably couldn’t even withstand a casual blow from the Swift Phoenix. If they died, that would be troublesome. But he and Tan Xianglan were both cultivators; they shouldn’t go down that easily.

"Got it, Chen Tianlong. Then you two be careful." Zhang Li said, and then pulled Xu Ke beside her and headed back, since they didn’t want to die either.

Once the two of them reached outside the cave, Tan Xianglan also walked up to Chen Tianlong, then stood alongside him, planning to fight shoulder to shoulder. Chen Tianlong turned to look at Tan Xianglan; seeing her sweet smile, he instantly felt full of fighting spirit.

As the saying goes, men and women working together don’t get tired.

"I don’t know if this Swift Phoenix can understand me, but whatever, I’ll just say it once. Looks like we’ll have to split up. The cave entrance is over there. In a moment, you and I will charge in separately and see how it handles that."

This was the plan Chen Tianlong came up with. No matter how strong the Swift Phoenix was, in the end it was still just one bird and couldn’t split itself. As long as they drew it away, the other person could go straight into the cave and then look for the Pure Energy Stone.

"Mm, got it." Tan Xianglan clearly approved of this plan a lot, so the two of them each stood to one side. Tan Xianglan followed Chen Tianlong’s hand signals; once he gave the order, the two of them would start running.

To avoid making the Swift Phoenix more alert, the two of them deliberately retreated a few meters, then turned their backs to it and stood still. Suddenly, Chen Tianlong waved his hand, and the two of them quickly spun around, split into two directions, and sprinted at full speed.

Tan Xianglan was a Celestial Dao six-star expert, so when she ran, she was pretty fast. As for Chen Tianlong, there was no need to mention him—his Ghost Shadow Flash had already been upgraded to the standard version; his speed was fast and stable, like a gust of wind.

Only, what Chen Tianlong never expected was that the Swift Phoenix was even more like the wind.

With a flicker, it appeared right in front of him, then flapped its steel-like wings, whipping them fiercely at Chen Tianlong, the force carrying the power of Celestial Dao level one.

With a loud "bang," Chen Tianlong was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the ground and coughing up a mouthful of blood.

But it wasn’t over yet. The Swift Phoenix flashed again and appeared on Tan Xianglan’s side, and with one flap, she was also sent flying back. Chen Tianlong hurriedly lunged forward and caught Tan Xianglan so she wouldn’t slam directly into the ground.

"Hoo..."

The two of them sat on the ground, completely helpless as they stared at the overwhelmingly powerful Swift Phoenix. Just now, they’d been running with everything they had, yet still couldn’t break through its blockade. If they tried the same thing again, it would just be wasted effort.

"Chen Tianlong, what do we do? This Spirit Beast Phoenix is too strong." Tan Xianglan had also experienced its might and was a little scared.

"Uh, let me think of something. I didn’t expect it to be this fast. If it were just strong, that’d be fine—we’d at least have someone who could slip inside. But I didn’t think..." Chen Tianlong trailed off, feeling very frustrated.

Suddenly, Chen Tianlong remembered something—how they’d subdued that Spiritual Rabbit last time, thanks to that old guy Yue Xiaoyao. So he thought for a bit, closed his eyes, quickly circulated his Cultivation Technique, and chose to enter the Primordial Dragon Realm.

It was still a virtual space here, with no day or night, only endless Void.

"Old man Yue Xiaoyao, you there? I want to ask you something." Chen Tianlong shouted toward the Void.

"Waaah..." At this moment, a lazy voice drifted over. Clearly Yue Xiaoyao had just woken up. A blurry shadow appeared in front of Chen Tianlong, like a flash of lightning; it should have been Chen Tianlong’s words transmitting brainwaves to that old man Yue Xiaoyao.

"Ha, so you really are always around. Old man, I want to ask you something. Can you help me intimidate this Swift Phoenix a bit? I’m in trouble right now." Chen Tianlong requested.

"No can do. This Swift Phoenix isn’t my type. Someone else will tame it."

Yue Xiaoyao gave it a glance, then covered his mouth with a sleepy yawn and turned around, continuing, "Alright, anything else? If not, I’m going back to get some more sleep."

"Damn... Yue Xiaoyao, I still have questions! You said someone can tame it—who is it? Hey, I’m in the middle of a deep forest right now, it’s urgent!" As Chen Tianlong shouted, the old man slowly faded away.

In the end, he helplessly left behind one sentence: "Far away in the sky, right before your eyes."

"Yue Xiaoyao, say it clearly. What do you mean, ’far away in the sky, right before your eyes’? Hey, don’t run, get back here!"

But in the blink of an eye, no one knew where Yue Xiaoyao had gone. Chen Tianlong could only shake his head, stop the circulation of his Cultivation Technique, and let his consciousness return to reality.

Far away in the sky, right before your eyes!!!

Chen Tianlong muttered to himself as he looked around, and his gaze finally landed on Tan Xianglan. However, in the end he could only give a bitter smile and sigh.

"Chen Tianlong, what’s wrong? Is something off about me?" Tan Xianglan saw Chen Tianlong staring at her, and his gaze had lingered on her chest for a few seconds. Her cheeks grew a bit hot, and she deliberately asked.

"Oh, nothing, I was just spacing out."

Chen Tianlong looked at the Swift Phoenix guarding the entrance of the Ice Flame Cave, completely out of ideas.

"Alright then, are we going back, or are we going to keep forcing our way through?" Tan Xianglan hadn’t given up. For some reason, she had this urge to conquer the Swift Phoenix, as if her little pet inside was acting up.

"Force our way through? Didn’t we just try that?"

"Uh, that was only once. Isn’t there a saying about chances? When you fall, you get back up and keep charging. I think if we charge a few more times, maybe this Swift Phoenix will get tired out."

Tan Xianglan blinked as she spoke, and at that moment, Chen Tianlong inadvertently caught a glimpse of a sharp, determined light in her eyes.

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