Chapter 261: Cosmic Flame, Phoenix God’s Blazing Inferno

"Hmm?"

"Why is it that little Phoenix?"

Qin Mu looked at the battle list.

Jiang Ni.

Phoenix God Clan, Star River Peak, skilled in Fire Law and Wood Law.

"She comes from the ancient Yao Race and hasn’t appeared for hundreds of thousands of jie yuan. She even dared to declare she would defeat Lan Chu, so her combat power should be quite impressive."

Qin Mu was still thinking when Ao Mengmeng suddenly appeared to remind him.

"Howling Moon sent you a message; he’s right outside."

Damn.

He opened a private spectator room, and he just came right over...?

This guy uses his privileges without any attempt to hide it.

Qin Mu got up and opened the door: "General Xiao Yue, something wrong?"

Howling Moon didn’t finish speaking but instead transmitted the data in his hand.

"Jiang Ni!?"

Qin Mu clicked on the data, and it was Jiang Ni’s information.

"Twenty-four years old!?"

Hiss... "Is this real or fake?"

"A twenty-four-year-old Star River Peak, and able to possess combat power close to a God? Isn’t that a lie?"

Howling Moon immediately rolled his eyes: "Aren’t you eighteen?"

Damn!

Can you even compare with me?

Qin Mu was a bit speechless.

Seeing this, Howling Moon smiled: "Don’t worry, in terms of potential, she is indeed not as good as you, and age is only for the Soul, not an accurate measure."

"After all, she is of the Yao Race, different from Humans."

Qin Mu was a bit puzzled: "Races are different, but everyone’s time is always the same."

"No!"

Howling Moon said directly: "This is truly different."

"The Phoenix God Clan is not viviparous; they are oviparous. The purer the Bloodline of the Phoenix God Clan, the longer they stay in the egg."

"Thousands or tens of thousands of years are normal. It is rumored that some even take dozens of jie yuan to break out of their shell..."

Uh... Is this cheating?

Others are born and then start to Cultivate, but the Phoenix God Clan Cultivates directly in the egg, and they Cultivate for hundreds of millions of years.

Who can compete with that?

"I suspect she might not even be qualified to participate in this Pinnacle Battle; her age is over the limit," Qin Mu said with a slight click of his tongue.

Howling Moon nodded slightly.

"Strictly speaking, Jiang Ni’s participation in the Pinnacle Battle is indeed a bit controversial, but that’s not the point."

"The point is, the Phoenix God Clan hasn’t participated in the Pinnacle Battle for many years. Their sudden participation this time probably means they have some ideas..."

Qin Mu frowned: "Does that have anything to do with me?"

Howling Moon pondered slightly: "If you win, it has nothing to do with you, but if you lose..."

"A newly promoted Human Race Prodigy defeated by a Genius from an affiliated race, that problem would be huge..."

This... was simple and clear.

The Human Race is the main one, and the Phoenix God Clan is an affiliate. Ordinary Cultivators can lose, but a Human Race Prodigy cannot.

Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be able to save Face.

No.

It might not just be a matter of Face.

In the Universe, the strong are respected.

If a Genius from an affiliated race were to shine brightly in Human Race territory, crushing everything, the chain reaction this would cause behind it would likely be very serious.

Thinking of this, Qin Mu looked at the data in front of him again and raised an eyebrow:

"This data, it couldn’t have come from the Metaverse Company, could it?"

Hmph.

Howling Moon snorted coldly: "To deal with a Genius from an affiliated race, why would we need such trouble?"

"All the data here is derived from existing combat data by me, and does not involve any confidential data from the Metaverse. Moreover, the Metaverse never leaks such data, it’s impossible."

Holy crap.

Don’t flatter yourself.

Qin Mu didn’t believe a word Howling Moon said.

"Logically, the 50th floor wouldn’t arrange for me to fight Jiang Ni at all. This time it was definitely intentionally arranged."

"Let a Genius younger than Jiang Ni, with higher talent, but a lower Realm, defeat her. Doesn’t that make the Human Race look good~"

Uh... Howling Moon was somewhat speechless, rebutted by Qin Mu’s two sentences.

Jiang Ni’s participation was indeed unexpected.

In the original arrangement, it should have been saved for last, letting Lan Chu or Lan Zhui make a move to suppress the restless ambition of the Phoenix God Clan.

But now, Qin Mu’s appearance was a turning point.

If he could defeat her, that would naturally be best.

If he couldn’t defeat her, it actually wouldn’t matter much.

After all, Qin Mu was young and his Realm was low, so it wouldn’t be that embarrassing.

And with Qin Mu’s combat power, it was likely to force out Jiang Ni’s full strength, so that the Pinnacle Battle would also have some preparations.

Yes, that must be what they were thinking.

Howling Moon coughed twice and said:

"You are also of the Human Race, and it is only right for you to bring glory to the Human Race."

"I can’t find Jiang Ni’s specific Bloodline here either."

"But the Phoenix God Clan’s emergence this time is by no means simple. If they didn’t have the confidence to overpower all Realms, they wouldn’t participate."

"From this point of view, Jiang Ni’s Bloodline level is very likely to trace back to the ancient era, an extremely rare core Bloodline of the Phoenix God Clan."

Yao Race.

The purity of their Bloodline is directly proportional to their talent.

The purer and older the Bloodline, the stronger the talent.

"If it truly is an ancient Bloodline, then she might possess more than one type of Fusion Law."

"Moreover, she is very likely to possess Cosmic Strange Fire, Phoenix God Blazing Flame."

"During the battle, be extremely careful. If you encounter this kind of flame, do not have any contact. Otherwise, the Phoenix will not die, and the Blazing Flame will not extinguish. Even a tiny bit of contact means certain death!"

Holy crap!?

Cosmic Strange Fire?

Howling Moon nodded slightly: "So-called Strange Fire refers to the naturally occurring divine and unusual flames in the Universe, which operate outside of basic Laws and have their own unique operating principles."

"Although it bears the name of fire, apart from its external characteristics, the core rules of Strange Fire are basically unrelated to fire."

Rules.

Flames that break the rules?

Qin Mu secretly clicked his tongue: "For example, fire needs oxygen and fuel to burn, which is a rule. And Phoenix God Blazing Flame can achieve ’Phoenix does not die, Blazing Flame does not extinguish,’ which breaks the Universe’s rules of fire?"

Howling Moon cast a look of appreciation: "Exactly!"

"This is a flame that can be called a Cosmic Wonder, with extraordinary power. Even the Human Race doesn’t dare to claim to fully grasp its specific data. Its destruction of fire rules might not just be inextinguishable..."

"For example, temperature. The temperature of Phoenix God Blazing Flame seems to have no upper limit. Over a hundred million degrees is very normal, and data breaking through tens of billions or hundreds of billions of degrees are also widely recorded."

Speechless.

Qin Mu was truly speechless.

The highest temperature in the Universe is 140 million degrees.

But you’re not playing by the Universe’s rules at all, what’s going on?

Or rather.

The strongest weapons are often those that break the rules?

Howling Moon paused slightly: "However, you don’t need to worry too much. Jiang Ni is still young after all. Even if she has an ancient Bloodline and innate Blazing Flame, it’s impossible for her to master it to such a profound degree."

Trying to trick me?

Qin Mu didn’t fall for that and directly extended his left hand: "Hand it over."

"What!?" Howling Moon was suddenly stunned.

"Money! What else could it be?!"

Damn it!

Qin Mu cursed inwardly, then continued: "The Pinnacle Battle is using me as a pawn, they never even expected me to win, did they?"

"Jiang Ni controls this cheating-like flame. Not to mention a Genius, even a God, she could definitely burn to death. You want me to win? Aren’t you just trying to make me work for free?"

Infuriating!

Howling Moon immediately got angry: "You are a Human Race Prodigy, how can you have no sense of responsibility!?"

"Responsibility?"

"Are your family’s rules always to send young people to the battlefield while you cheer from behind?"

"If you don’t have any real skill, you just rely on tricking young people, right?"

Heh heh.

Qin Mu chuckled indifferently: "It’s fine if you don’t give it. I’ll just withdraw from the competition. Anyway, the Pinnacle Battle is quite boring. The rewards aren’t much, but there’s a lot of work."

Pfft!

Howling Moon almost spat out a mouthful of old blood and died on the spot.

"Boring?"

"The Pinnacle Battle, watched by all Humans in the Universe, and you say it’s boring?"

"You... you..."

Hoo~

Hoo~

As a God, Howling Moon felt his internal energy was somewhat out of control. If he didn’t suppress it, he was truly afraid he would explode from anger right there... Alas~

On the one thousand and ninth floor of the Arena, God King Ten Thousand Moons sighed helplessly.

"This little fellow is indeed not easy to deal with."

"Never mind, never mind. Anyway, those things will be his sooner or later..."