Chapter 985: The Headless Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor
Lachlan merely activated his Earth Immortal Technique and engaged in a fierce battle with four Shattered Void Realm puppets.
Among these four Fragmented Void beings, three were at the Mid-stage Fragmented Void level, and one was at the Late-stage Fragmented Void level.
In terms of absolute power, they naturally surpassed Lachlan.
However, their attacks were clumsy, as if they were relying entirely on instinct.
They couldn’t fully utilize the true power of the Fragmented Void. Even though all four attacked Lachlan together, the battle remained deadlocked, unable to truly threaten him.
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After an unknown period, Lachlan’s eyes turned cold. His figure became a blur as he bypassed the other three Fragmented Voids and delivered a powerful punch to the head of the initial black-robed Fragmented Void.
The protective aura around the opponent’s body was shattered by Lachlan’s punch.
A cracking sound came from the skull!
Boom!
With another punch from Lachlan, the opponent’s head exploded.
The body turned into a headless corpse, flying backward.
After twitching a few times on the ground, it lay still.
Lachlan glanced over and clearly saw a twisted shadow emerge from the corpse and burrow into the large mound of earth.
It seemed to be a remnant soul filled with resentment!
The battle continued for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Lachlan then delivered a punch to the head of the last Late-stage Fragmented Void puppet.
The opponent’s head shattered, also turning into a headless corpse!
With their heads destroyed, the remnant souls that had controlled them had nowhere to reside.
All four had turned into corpses!
Although they possessed Shattered Void Realm Qi Refinement strength, they couldn’t use any techniques or divine abilities.
Lachlan, despite sustaining some injuries, found it not too difficult to eliminate them.
Boom!
Rumble!
At this moment, accompanied by a tremor in the ground, the large mound in front of him suddenly split open, collapsed, and shattered.
In the next second, a massive figure burst out from within.
Lachlan’s face changed instantly upon seeing this.
He looked at the massive figure with intense fear in his eyes.
It was a large bird with a fiery red body, reaching a hundred meters in length, exuding an incredibly terrifying aura and pressure.
Even a Powerful Fragmented Void couldn’t possibly possess such an aura.
“Great Vehicle?”
Two words emerged in Lachlan’s mind.
What made him feel even more eerie and horrifying was that this large red bird had no head.
Its neck had an irregular break, as if it had been forcibly torn apart by some force.
Its entire body was covered with feathers similar to the one Lachlan had obtained earlier.
Now, these feathers seemed incredibly strange.
Each feather bore a black-and-white circular pattern, resembling eyes.
At this moment, these “eyes” seemed to be staring at Lachlan, making his skin crawl.
“Nine-Headed Phoenix!”
“Nine-Headed Phoenix!”
“Damn Nine-Headed Phoenix! You took my head, I will tear you apart!”
At this moment, an angry roar filled with deep resentment and hostility echoed in Lachlan’s soul.
The source of this thought seemed to be a remnant will within the fiery red bird’s body.
This fiery red bird was none other than the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor, revered by the Wynter family for generations as their divine ancestor!
One of the Four Divine Beasts!
In life, it was a mighty being at the late stage of tribulation transcendence.
The Nine-Headed Phoenix was a terrifying evil god whose power had reached the peak of the late stage of tribulation transcendence. Originally possessing ten heads and not inherently evil, it lost one head when it was relatively weaker after being bitten off by Heaven Dog.
From then on, wherever the Nine-Headed Phoenix went, it left devastation in its wake!
It even devoured the souls of those it killed.
The Nine-Headed Phoenix believed that by consuming numerous souls, it could regrow its tenth head.
It became bloodthirsty and soul-devouring, trying every possible way to regrow its tenth head.
Eventually, it targeted one of the Four Divine Beasts, the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor!
The Nine-Headed Phoenix believed that as fellow avian divine beasts, obtaining the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor’s head might allow it to attach it to its own neck stump as its tenth head.
Thus, the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor perished at the hands of the evil god Nine-Headed Phoenix. Its head was forcibly torn off by its opponent, falling with endless hatred and resentment in this lost land.
At this moment, sensing the Nine Phoenix Blood Essence on Lachlan, the remnant resentment and will of the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor stirred.
This explained why Lachlan felt something in this lost land probing for the Nine Phoenix Blood Essence.
It had nothing to do with his mother after all.
Of course, Lachlan didn’t know all this at present. Even if he did, it wouldn’t matter much.
He now faced an existence that had been dead for over ten thousand years but remained terrifyingly powerful.
Even controlled by a remnant will and resentment, the Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor’s corpse possessed strength comparable to a mid-stage Great Vehicle cultivator.
Whoosh!
In the next second, the headless Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor flapped its wings and lunged at Lachlan.
Its speed was extreme!
Swish!
Lachlan didn’t hesitate, he didn’t even think about confronting it directly. He immediately turned into a blur and dodged away.
Fortunately, with his mastery of Thunder and Lightning Power of the Way, his speed was extraordinary.
The headless Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor was only controlled by resentment and lacked high intelligence. Its attacks were simple and brutal.
This gave Lachlan a glimmer of hope for survival.
Otherwise, facing an opponent comparable to a Great Vehicle cultivator in strength would have meant instant death for him.
Just like before when Orderwarden Grey Robe borrowed a body to resurrect as a Late-stage Fragmented Void peak demon Kendrick and was easily killed by this entity.
Lachlan’s current strength was certainly not on par with that demon’s.
Facing the headless Vermilion Bird Divine Ancestor, he had no choice but to retreat.