Destiny is ashes

Chapter 966 Golden-Winged Roc (23)

A golden storm surged into the sky.

Within the golden light, a pair of azure eyes locked onto An Jing, or rather, onto the 'Tai Bai Immortal Foundation' that An Jing had just 'conjured out of thin air' in his hand!
This is a ferocious and divine giant bird, much like the Golden-Winged Roc, but with an even more violent aura and soaring blood energy. Its entire body is covered with wings as bright as the golden sun, each feather burning intensely yet solidified on its body surface.

It was clearly a predator in this area, with wingspans reaching nearly a hundred feet, and within the rising golden light, profound Dao patterns born of heaven and earth flowed.

Before the cry had faded, it vanished abruptly—the giant roc's swooping speed was almost like light. Mysterious runes flowed on its wings, forming a special ethereal membrane that seemed to resonate with the surrounding spacetime. This was not achieved by flapping its wings with physical strength, but by exchanging momentum with the structure of the world itself!

Involving the Great Void, this is equivalent to a divine strike from a Divine Treasure True Person. However, for this strange giant roc, it was just an ordinary predation, and its speed was incredibly fast. If an ordinary Divine Treasure True Person were to encounter it, they would surely be stained with blood, or even perish!
However, this swift and powerful attack, capable of instantly killing an ordinary human, gradually ceased during its assault on Anjing.

The roc's eyes, as blue as glass, which had originally been brimming with ferocity, now revealed a look of terror.

—It can no longer fly!
Before the roc spread its wings, An Jing seemed to have sensed it. He turned his head and looked at the roc.

Under his gaze, the swift golden light, starting to approach An Jing within three thousand feet, began to rapidly decrease in speed, like a fish sinking into asphalt in water, from near the speed of light to a complete stop.

Finally, when the giant roc was still a hundred feet away from Anjing, it came to a complete stop, hovering in mid-air, unable to move!

[The Ruler of Heaven and the Four Seasons]

The tranquil Dharma domain allows him to control the relative time and space around him, through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as time flows and a single thought can change everything.

For An Jing, who had mastered the Cave Heaven Technique, maintaining his domain was simply a matter of projecting the power of his Cave Heaven, as easy as breathing. However, the roc's light-speed swooping attack was essentially a supernatural power that manipulated space and time. When it approached An Jing's domain, it would naturally be disturbed by An Jing's 'breathing'... and then destroyed!

“I knew it. The Zhaolin Realm couldn’t be this peaceful unless the area I’m in is the territory of the ‘Beast King’.”

An Jing deliberately floated in mid-air, not only to observe and comprehend the laws of the Zhaolin Realm from a higher perspective, but also to wait for the arrival of the 'Beast King' that was attacking him.

In any case, those who are most familiar with this world are still its original natives. No matter what changes occur in the Zhaolin Realm, the creatures there understand the local situation better than these outsiders.

An Jing believed that capturing a beast king as a mount would greatly benefit his journey to the Zhaolin Realm.

"Impressive speed, Golden-Winged Roc, truly worthy of the name 'Divine Speed'... Can you understand what I'm saying?"

In mid-air, An Jing stepped forward towards the roc, his tone calm: "If you understand, then be my mount; if you don't understand..."

"Huh?!"

The giant roc suddenly let out a terrified, piercing cry. The instant An Jing spoke, it sensed a profound, bone-deep, and utterly pure killing intent.

That was a trace of instinct revealed in An Jing's words. Although it was just an illusion and had not yet become reality, it had already made it feel an unprecedented life-or-death crisis!
Buzz!
With a deep hum, the giant roc's feathers stood on end, suddenly burst open, and shot out!

The myriad feathers of light transformed into pure and dazzling streams of light. These beams were not physical entities, but rather condensed spiritual energy—true beams of light—and thus unbound by the flow of time, maintaining the speed of light even within the stagnant spacetime shrouded by the Tranquil Domain. The streams of light were as dense as rain, each containing a terrifying power capable of piercing through the void.

But as if he had anticipated that the giant roc would resist, An Jing had made preparations before the light appeared.

He raised his hand.

hum-

A phantom of the Taibai battle armor appeared on An Jing's arm, overlapping and merging with each other before opening up and gently grabbing at the incoming rain of light.

It's not about 'catching the light,' but about pinching, grasping, and distorting 'space' itself!
Centered on An Jing's palm, the space-time in front of him began to twist and shrink violently, like a bed sheet that had been twisted and a towel that had been wrung out. The streams of light that shot in from any angle flowed along the curved space and eventually all converged into a single point in his palm.

All the streams of light and spiritual energy were forcibly forced into it. In an instant, the rain of light vanished.

In An Jing's palm appeared a small ball, about the size of a fist, constantly emitting golden light.

At this moment, the light seemed to be sealed inside solidified amber.

"I haven't mastered perfection yet."

An Jing raised the frequently flashing ball of light in his hand and examined it before his eyes. He frowned slightly, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied: "If I had a more precise grasp of my domain, I should be able to ensure that all the light circulates within the curled spacetime, instead of dissipating."

“In that case, it wouldn’t be golden amber, but a ‘black stone’.”

"Screech... Chirp..."

Upon witnessing this scene, the giant roc was utterly devastated. Even its cries, which had initially been fierce and savage, had become almost inaudible. It had completely given up any idea of ​​attacking An Jing.

Although the other party did indeed possess something that it was curious about, and even found 'delicious', and its aura seemed to be quite similar to its own, it was definitely not something it could provoke!
escape! Must escape!
It no longer tried to attack, but instead mustered the last of its strength, and its body suddenly burst forth with an unprecedented light.

This time, the Golden-Winged Roc went all out, even pushing its divine powers beyond its limits, using 'gold' to condense and 'yang' to escape, aiming to completely transform its form into a beam of light and escape!
【Extreme Yang Golden Light】

Extremely small and minute, it is both an escape and an ultimate divine light attack, as well as the fundamental supernatural power of the Golden-Winged Roc!
However, even the Golden-Winged Roc's fundamental supernatural power was ineffective against An Jing.

Because at some point, the domain of power surrounding An Jing was replaced by a more powerful, profound, and expansive force. The former was merely An Jing's supernatural ability, while the latter was An Jing's very existence.

The power of the Heavenly Punishment Cave descended, causing the Golden-Winged Roc's supernatural abilities to malfunction and fail before it could transform into light!

"They're really wild. Their kind would probably have given up long ago."

An Jing nodded with interest, but his hand showed no mercy as he slapped down directly at the Golden-Winged Roc that was trying to escape!
(End of this chapter)