Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin looked at this phoenix and understood.
A natural phoenix destiny, this thing only had some connection with the phoenix, and there was nothing else to fear.
"Heh... just a replica, you're so smug, how can you even show this?"
Zhou Lin sneered, then looked at the inner core on the electronic page.
"System, I want to exchange for the phoenix inner core, not the Vermilion Bird's. I want to show her what a real phoenix is..."
Zhou Lin had already decided to exchange all his points. Anyway, once this thing was dealt with, he would get points, and perhaps even more than this.
[Ding, exchange successful.]
Zhou Lin looked at the inner core in his backpack, then absorbed it. A radiant five-colored glow began to emanate from his body.
"Today, I will show you what a true phoenix is."
As soon as Zhou Lin's voice fell, the five-colored glow on his body began to intensify.
The Queen saw this light and felt uneasy, deciding to strike first.
She then began to fly towards Zhou Lin.
"No... Zhou Lin, be careful."
"Professor Zhou Lin, she's going over."
Old Tang and Professor Lin watched this scene, especially Zhou Lin remaining still, and blurted out instinctively.
Captain Lin and the mercenaries behind him instinctively clenched their fists upon seeing this situation.
At this moment—
Clang~
A phoenix cry began to emanate from Zhou Lin's body, and Zhou Lin's body began to transform into a colorful phoenix, which was now crying out.
The entire cave was filled with the phoenix's cry.
The sound was brighter than the Queen's phoenix before, and even its feathers were brighter than those before. Its aura easily crushed the Queen opposite it.
Then, the two phoenixes circled in the air and began to duel.
Professor Lin, Old Tang, and the mercenaries below.
Were all stunned. Were they hallucinating? It was clearly a Qinglong before, how did it turn into a phoenix?
Their Taoist magic was already so powerful, one ancient auspicious beast wasn't enough, and now there was another?
There were two of them, this was incredibly impressive.
Most importantly, they saw a phoenix...
This was a real phoenix.
Inside the live stream.
"Holy crap, how lucky am I to witness such a scene? First a real dragon, then a phoenix, and a double phoenix battle."
"Oh my, I'm seeing an auspicious sign. The boss is mighty, domineering, and awesome."
"I can't miss this exciting scene. I must watch it clearly. I must study this thing thoroughly, then make it into a photo and wear it."
"Exactly, exactly. I want to do the same. It's really rare to have a chance to see this."
"Oh, I can't take it anymore, the boss is just too handsome."
Inside the dean's conference room.
The entire conference room fell silent.
Everyone was staring at the large screens, their eyes glazed over, watching this scene. They were all stunned.
Their minds were filled with the phoenix's cry, still savoring it.
Zhou Lin was a Qinglong, and he turned into a phoenix in the end...
What was going on?
What kind of Taoist temple was this, to have both a Qinglong and a phoenix?
Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin then flapped his enormous wings, just enough to knock the Queen to the ground.
The phoenix form on his body began to falter, and he eventually reverted to human form, looking at Zhou Lin opposite him.
Zhou Lin circled in the air a few times, returned to human form, and stood beside the Queen.
But the Queen was on the ground, her eyes still holding a complex expression. Her scarlet eyes had turned black, and she was lying on the ground, panting heavily.
"Evil arts are a humiliation to the phoenix. You shouldn't have treated it like this."
Zhou Lin looked at the Queen calmly, then picked up the mirror in her hand and examined it.
"No... that's my mirror. My king gave it to me. I need this to bring back my king. Please, don't destroy it."
The Queen's skin had already returned to its snow-white complexion. She looked at him with pleading eyes, her appearance so pitiable that anyone would feel reluctant.
"You think you can achieve eternal life like this? How laughable. Wanting eternal life is a foolish idea."
Zhou Lin looked at the Queen, and saw shock appear in her eyes and on her face.
"You..."
The Queen wanted to ask why he knew, but before she could ask, she saw Zhou Lin pick up the Qinglong Sword in his hand and raise the mirror high into the air.
Then, with a gentle sweep of the Qinglong Sword, the Yin-Yang Mirror was split in two.
"No... no..."
The Queen immediately roared in panic, trying to reach out to stop him, but it was too late.
She could only let out a hoarse roar.
The skin on her raised hand, which was as white as snow, began to peel off.
Revealing the white bones beneath, and the skin on her face also began to fall off.
The Queen instinctively covered her face, looking utterly panicked, but the more she did, the more terrified she became.
Then, her muscles began to slough off, finally turning into a pair of white bones.
The skull eyes on the Yin-Yang Mirror also began to lose their luster.
Old Tang and Professor Lin looked at everything that was happening before them, speechless for a long time.
Old Tang's heart was greatly shaken.
My god, was this a dream? Had they just witnessed a miracle again?
Professor Lin and the others had the same thought, feeling it was somewhat unacceptable.
Their hearts were pounding hard now, as if they were being severely controlled by something, making them uncomfortable and breathless.
"Professor Lin... why do I feel like I can't breathe properly?"
The metaphysics professor clutched his chest, gasping for air, his mind in a daze.
If the previous Qinglong was just an appetizer, then this was definitely the main course, a definite main course.
Captain Lin and the other archaeologists also began to have difficulty breathing when they saw Zhou Lin. It was mainly due to shock, they were simply stunned.
Inside the live stream.
"Damn, the boss won, a crushing victory. Especially when he was soaring, it was so cool. That phoenix looked so comfortable, giving a sense of sublimation..."
"I think the boss is so cool like this. What should I do? I'm a grown man and I'm almost falling for him. Can I marry the boss? As long as the boss likes me, I'm willing to get plastic surgery."
"During the double phoenix battle, I knew the boss would win, but when I saw them actually fighting, the stark contrast between the two phoenixes pushed my visual nerves to the limit."
"Ah... I can't take it anymore. My heart and eyes are only on the boss. Besides him, I can't see anyone else."