Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 13: Cinder Bird

Although Lu Jingming also felt that the shout just now was extremely intimidating, he did not feel the slightest fear in his heart.

After all, with Jingliu by his side, he didn't think he would be too scared even if the legendary Beast God Di Tian came in person... Well, actually he was still a little bit scared, mainly because he was worried that he would be affected by the aftermath of the battle and lose his life.

As the cry got closer, the air around it seemed to be ignited and the temperature rose sharply.

The originally lush and vibrant leaves quickly dried up and turned yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if life had been instantly taken away from them.

Soon, a huge bird soul beast appeared in Lu Jingming's sight.

This bird is completely different from ordinary birds. Its wingspan is several meters long, and its bones are clearly exposed, covered with a dark red shell that flows like lava.

Its wings are made up of burning black flames and red-gold feathers interwoven with each other, and each feather seems to contain endless power.

The beak, which looked like it was carefully forged from obsidian, was flashing with purple-red destructive power at the tip, as if it could tear apart space with just a light peck.

Its molten golden vertical pupils were like two burning flames, emitting a heart-pounding light. What was even more peculiar was that it had seven long tails behind it. The long tails swayed like comets across the sky, and the ends kept turning into ashes and floating in the air. Wherever it passed, the air seemed to be distorted, leaving behind traces of burns.

Lu Jingming had never seen such a strange and rare bird soul beast with his own eyes, and there was no related description of it even in the original book.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the types of soul beasts mentioned in the original work were too limited. Not long after he set foot in the Star Dou Great Forest, he encountered two soul beasts that he had never heard of.

Moreover, judging from the appearance of this bird-like soul beast and the powerful aura it exudes, it is probably some kind of soul beast with top-level bloodline.

If not, how could it scare the Black Flame Demon Tiger, which is also a thousand-year-old soul beast, into such a miserable state?
That's right, after careful perception, this bird soul beast that suddenly appeared is also a thousand-year-old soul beast. Although it has an amazing appearance and extraordinary aura, judging from the intensity of the soul power fluctuations emanating from it, it is not much stronger than the black flame magic tiger just now.

This means that although the two soul beasts have roughly the same number of years of cultivation, their actual combat capabilities may be vastly different.

The difference in strength between soul beasts cannot be judged solely by age, but rather by the type of soul beast and the strength of its bloodline. For example, most snake soul beasts of the same age cannot be compared with dragon soul beasts.

In this Douluo Continent, in addition to observing the various external characteristics of soul beasts, the age of soul beasts can also be judged by sensing the soul power fluctuations emitted by the soul beasts themselves.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some extremely special soul beasts have the ability to hide their own soul power fluctuations.

However, most soul beasts under 100,000 years old do not deliberately hide their soul power fluctuations.

Moreover, the age determined by the fluctuation of soul power is usually only a rough range and it is difficult to be accurate.

Take the bird-shaped soul beast in front of us for example. Judging from the fluctuations of its soul power alone, it can be determined that its cultivation level is roughly between one thousand and three thousand years.

If you want to further clarify the specific age, you need to consider a combination of factors such as its physical characteristics.

"One thousand five hundred years old, the Cinder Bird, possessing the blood of the Phoenix, possesses the attributes of destruction and fire." Jing Liu's voice remained calm and indifferent. Simultaneously, a chill emanated from her hands, rapidly freezing the moisture in the surrounding air. A longsword emitting a chilling aura appeared out of thin air in her hand. "Cry!" The Cinder Bird, as if sensing the threat from Jing Liu, let out a sharp cry.

It suddenly spread out its wings wrapped in black flames, and countless feathers instantly turned into a rain of fire, pouring down towards Jingliu.

The scene was like a meteor shower, and the scorching flames seemed to burn everything to ashes.

Jing Liu looked calm and composed. He gently waved the sword in his hand. An ice-blue sword energy swept out like lightning. Wherever it passed, the air was instantly frozen into a crystal ice curtain.

The flying fire feathers in the sky solidified in the air the moment they came into contact with the icy force. Then, like hail, they turned into ice cubes and fell to the ground, making crisp impact sounds.

When the Cinder Bird saw that its attack failed, to Lu Jingming's surprise, it not only did not show any intention of escaping, but instead rushed towards Jingliu with extraordinary bravery, or even some stubbornness.

I saw a strong destructive force quickly gathered in its beak, turning into a surging ball of destructive black flames.

It flapped its wings vigorously, and its whole body rushed towards Jingliu like an arrow. Its beak with destructive power passed through the void, leaving a long, terrifying black mark, as if it was going to tear the space apart.

Jing Liu, however, seemed to be strolling in the garden, moving his feet lightly and dodging the fierce attack gracefully by turning sideways.

At the same time, she raised the freezing ice sword in her hand and tapped the Cinder Bird lightly with the sword.

It seems like just a casual sword strike, but the power contained in it is beyond imagination.

The Cinder Bird felt like it had been hit by a heavy hammer. The whole bird flew like a high-speed cannonball, crashing straight into a huge tree with a whistling sound of breaking through the wind.

With a dull thud, its entire body sank deeply into the tree trunk, and the surrounding trees shook violently due to the huge impact force.

"Go ahead, its destructive properties suit you." Jing Liu calmly put away the ice sword in his hand, as if the battle that just happened was as easy and normal as gently slapping the air.

Lu Jingming nodded, and a hint of longing involuntarily flashed in his eyes.

He thought to himself, wondering when he would ever be able to be as graceful as Jingliu, with every move showing grace, and strength so great that he could easily defeat those who he thought were almost invincible with just a single movement.

That's right, this Cinder Bird is a variant of the Phoenix bloodline. Although it has only been cultivated for 1,500 years, it possesses unparalleled destructive power.

With this power, its actual combat capability is in no way inferior to some soul beasts with a cultivation base of more than 5,000 years, making it a leader among soul beasts.

Soul beasts that have cultivated for more than 5,000 years have combat power at the Soul Sect level compared to human soul masters, while soul beasts that have cultivated for more than 1,000 years have combat power at the Soul Lord level at most.

(End of this chapter)