The scene was extremely brutal.
Ji Mo grabbed the phoenix by the neck, pinned it to the ground, and while plucking its feathers, relentlessly beat its body.
The sound of cracking bones echoed continuously.
The phoenix was indeed tough, its broken bones emitting crisp, pleasant sounds.
Struggling, howling, its eyes widened in fury.
As a divine beast, to uphold its dignity and reputation, the phoenix was incredibly resilient and refused to beg for mercy.
Soon, Ji Mo beat it into a near-death state. It gasped its last breath, and its innate divine ability was automatically triggered.
Rebirth from Flames!
The phoenix's body erupted in seven-colored flames, countless runes intertwining, its life essence surging wildly. It revived, quickly becoming spirited and vigorous again.
"Haha, foolish human, you think you can kill me?"
The phoenix taunted.
However, it was met with an even fiercer onslaught of feather-plucking and beating from Ji Mo, its body gradually growing cold.
It was reborn once more in the flames, its spirit significantly weakened. Before it could utter a word, it continued to suffer inhumane treatment, dying even more miserably than the last time.
The phoenix revived for the third time, its eyes filled with terror. It immediately began to beg for mercy, "Please, stop tormenting me. I surrender, I am willing to surrender."
"Hmm, very good. You know what's good for you. But, I don't accept."
Ji Mo seemed addicted, his face alight with excitement. With a sinister grin, he threw a punch, reducing the phoenix to a corpse.
The phoenix's body glowed with flames, special runes steaming as it began to revive.
Ji Mo stared intently, his pupils flashing with sharp light. He analyzed the changes in the laws once more, and a satisfied smile finally appeared on his lips.
With a thought, similar flames appeared on his body, even more blazing than the phoenix's.
"Art of Rebirth from Flames!"
Anubis's eyes widened in disbelief, blinking rapidly.
After only witnessing the phoenix's rebirth from flames four times, he had successfully grasped this supreme divine ability. Ji Mo's cultivation talent was truly unimaginable.
Even more incredible was that Ji Mo seemed to be unrestricted by race or bloodline.
Did this also mean that as long as Ji Mo wished, he could learn all sorts of techniques, skills, and divine abilities?
The phoenix, having revived yet again, stared at the flames burning on Ji Mo's body, its eyes about to pop out in shock.
How was this possible? How could this be possible?
The Art of Rebirth from Flames, which only the phoenix race could perform, why could a human also perform it?
This was beyond its comprehension.
"You... you stole my clan's divine art?"
The phoenix trembled with anger, realizing that this guy had been beating it to death continuously just to steal the Art of Rebirth from Flames.
Damn it, it had been tricked.
Ji Mo dispelled the flames on his body and shrugged, "Stole? Don't talk nonsense. I learned it openly and honestly."
The phoenix's mouth twitched, rendering it speechless for a moment.
It asked with confusion, "How did you learn it?"
"What's the big deal? It's not that difficult. You'll understand it after watching it a few times."
Ji Mo appeared nonchalant, not out of arrogance, but because he genuinely didn't find it very complicated.
He sized up the phoenix and said with a smile, "To express my gratitude, steamed, stir-fried, or roasted, choose your method of death."
The phoenix was filled with grief and indignation. What kind of talk was this?
Treating it as food?
It revealed a look of disdain, "Ignorant. I have the Art of Rebirth from Flames. Can you kill me?"
Ji Mo grinned, "I've learned the Art of Rebirth from Flames. Guess if I can break it?"
As he spoke, he took out a weapon from the Moon God Ring.
Instantly, a sound like wailing ghosts echoed, and a terrifying aura of coldness and bloodlust filled the heavens and earth.
This was one of the many spoils Ji Mo had obtained in the Immortal Spirit Realm, the Crimson Blood Evil Saber. It was particularly suitable for killing chickens and slaughtering sheep.
"Heh, a broken saber. Are you going to give me a massage? I doubt it can even cut off a single hair of mine..."
The phoenix looked down on the Crimson Blood Evil Saber, for it was merely an immortal artifact.
But before it could finish speaking, its words abruptly stopped. Its pupils dilated, and its face was filled with terror.
While the rank of a weapon was crucial, the most important factor was the user.
Ji Mo got serious. Knowing that mere physical strength was insufficient to kill a phoenix capable of rebirth from flames, he had to activate his three-second man ability.
Instantly.
He seemed to transform into a different person.
As his eyes opened and closed, the sun and moon seemed to rise and fall, and myriad stars twinkled.
His entire body was suffused with Dao rhymes, countless laws swirling around him, emitting an oppressive force that could suffocate even gods.
"This is the master's true strength!"
Anubis exclaimed, but then he suddenly felt a little uncertain.
Given Ji Mo's cunning nature, who knew if he was still holding back?
"Spare me, don't kill me..."
The phoenix begged for its life, clearly sensing the crisis of death. If it were truly killed, it might not be able to revive.
But the answer it received was a saber gleam as radiant as the sun.
Following that.
Anubis personally witnessed an incredibly bloody and brutal scene.
Vibrant feathers flew, blood splattered everywhere. The pathetic phoenix was stripped of its feathers, its insides gutted, and it was cleaned out thoroughly.
Ji Mo's skilled movements made Anubis's eyelids twitch, his forehead break out in a cold sweat, and a chill run down his spine.
Three seconds. It only took three seconds.
The lively phoenix was processed and dismembered into two hundred and fifty pieces.
Furthermore, Ji Mo summoned a ball of Taiyin Fire from the moon in the sky.
The scene of rebirth from flames did not occur. The phoenix was utterly finished.
Anubis felt a surge of lingering fear. Fortunately, this great fool of a phoenix had appeared in time. Otherwise, he might have suffered the same fate.
Brutal, it was too brutal.
"You weakling, why are you spacing out? I'm hungry."
Ji Mo put away the Crimson Blood Evil Saber, glanced indifferently at Anubis, and reminded him, "I never keep useless eaters."
Even a rooster, in his hands, had to be able to hatch eggs. If it was of no use, there was no need to keep it.
"Master, you can rest assured. I can serve tea, wash and fold clothes, cook, and warm your bed. I can do it all."
Anubis's face was fawning. He quickly began to prepare a barbecue for Ji Mo.
Using Taiyin Fire to cook the yang-attribute phoenix, the master was very particular about his food. It had to showcase its best culinary skills, otherwise, its own flesh might be the ingredient for the next meal.
Ji Mo nodded in satisfaction, casting a look of approval.
Upon receiving affirmation, Anubis became even more delighted and worked with greater vigor.
Earlier, when the phoenix fell, it had smashed a large pit into the ground.
Now, the pit had transformed into a small pond.
What filled it was not water, but blood, divine blood!
When Ji Mo butchered the phoenix, he had deliberately injected all its blood into this spot.
A shriveled lotus seed appeared in Ji Mo's hand. He whispered, "Qing Lian, I will water you with the blood of gods, and you will be resurrected."
He planted the lotus seed in the center of the blood pool, using the immense divine factors contained within the divine blood to nourish it. He believed that with diligent watering, the lotus seed would surely regain its vitality, take root, sprout, and bloom into even more vibrant flowers.
At this moment.
On the moon, Artemis, the sleeping Moon Goddess, suddenly awoke, feeling as if her body had been hollowed out, and let out a terrified scream.
In the Sun Temple, Apollo's extremely angry roar echoed, "Where is my bird..."