Chapter 197: Divine Beast in Chains and the Cryo Sovereign’s Power

Because Ye Shiyuan was holding the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, Ma Hongjun did not notice at first.

But now, he instantly understood.

"You are saying... the Dawnmaker Divine Sword?"

"Mm."

"I heard that in order to fully wield a divine sword, one must be at Nascent Soul cultivation level. Could it be that my Brother Ye is already at Nascent Soul stage now?"

Even though Ma Hongjun knew Ye Shiyuan was strong, he had only assumed he was at most at the late Golden Core stage.

He had not thought too much about it.

He never expected...

This was truly unbelievable.

"Then as his master, are you even stronger? After all, you are an elder of the Lingguang Sect. It seems all Lingguang Sect elders are at Nascent Soul late stage."

Bai He immediately felt that Ma Hongjun might be insulting him.

Even though what he said was the truth, he still glared fiercely at him.

"What does that have to do with you? I am not telling you."

"Then after I leave here, can I go to the Lingguang Sect to find you? What name should I report then?"

"You want to come to the Lingguang Sect?"

"Mm, is that not allowed?"

Bai He looked Ma Hongjun up and down and then nodded.

"It is not that it is not allowed. When you come, just report my name. Bai He."

"Alright, got it, Elder Bai He."

As soon as the words fell, they suddenly heard the cry of a bird from a distance.

The sound carried both anger and pain.

Although Bai He knew that normally there should not be any problem, he still decided to run over and take a look.

Flaming Golden Holy Bird!

It was exactly the same as described in the book, a spirit beast with extremely powerful strength, but also unbelievably ferocious.

In fact, Ma Hongjun was slightly mistaken.

This was not the territory of the Flaming Golden Holy Bird.

Rather, it was trapped here.

It had been imprisoned, its wings bound, unable to live and unable to die.

It was extremely proud.

Ordinary people simply could not approach it.

Even if they did get close, they still could not subdue it.

Ye Shiyuan had only just completed the first step.

The chains binding the wings of the Flaming Golden Holy Bird were also not ordinary chains.

They were able to withstand pure fire, which showed how terrifying they were.

Ma Hongjun had only seen it briefly last time.

It was nothing like now, where he could see it so clearly.

He could not help but reveal a shocked expression.

"Flaming Golden Holy Bird, little boy, did you see it?"

"Stop shaking me, I see it."

"Look at me. Am I treating Brother Ye badly or not?"

Yes, yes, yes.

Thanks to Ma Hongjun, otherwise they would not have found the Flaming Golden Holy Bird so easily.

Ye Shiyuan was holding the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, but it could not do anything to those chains.

At this point, he could only try using the Dawnmaker Divine Sword.

"Shiyuan."

Bai He suddenly called out to Ye Shiyuan.

Only then did Ye Shiyuan temporarily put down his thoughts and fly down, landing in front of Bai He.

"Master, why did you come here?"

"I heard movement here, so I came to take a look."

Ye Shiyuan frowned.

"This is the Flaming Golden Holy Bird being trapped here. Its injuries are severe. We must rescue it immediately."

As for whether it should be subdued and made into one’s own spirit beast, that was a matter for later.

For some reason, when Ye Shiyuan looked at the Flamming Golden Holy Bird being trapped there, he seemed to recall his own past self, when he had been at the mercy of others, unable to resist.

Bai He nodded.

"The Flaming Golden Holy Bird is a divine beast. The chains binding it are resistant to pure fire. Otherwise, it would have already burned them apart and escaped."

Ye Shiyuan understood what Bai He meant.

"Master, can I try using the Dawnmaker Divine Sword?"

"Shiyuan, if you use the Dawnmaker Divine Sword, you will definitely hurt it."

Bai He was very certain of this, because many years had already passed.

The flesh and wings of the Flaming Golden Holy Bird had already grown together with those chains.

To separate it perfectly was not an easy task.

In the original story, Ye Shiyuan had indeed used that method, but it also mentioned a better way.

"I will go."

Ye Shiyuan held Bai He’s hand.

"Master, be careful. It is very fierce."

Bai He nodded.

He understood.

After being trapped here for many years, the spiritually aware Flaming Golden Holy Bird actually held a great deal of hostility toward humans, especially cultivators like Bai He.

But precisely because it possessed intelligence, Bai He believed it could sense his goodwill.

Bai He flew upward.

Around him, a force that Ma Hongjun could not understand began to condense, completely different from the aura of the Flaming Golden Holy Bird.

"What kind of power is your master using?"

"Master went to Frostfall Domain not long ago. Now he is the Cryo Sovereign."

Compared to the earlier shock of hearing that Ye Shiyuan was the master of the Dawnmaker Divine Sword, this small and unremarkable boy in front of him shocked Ma Hongjun even more.

"You are saying, that Cryo Sovereign? The same one I am thinking of?"

"How many Cryo Sovereign are there in this world? Is there not only one?"

Ma Hongjun thought about it and realized that made sense.

The aura Bai He was releasing completely neutralized the scorching heat of this place.

That bone piercing cold made the Flaming Golden Holy Bird, which had originally thought it was being targeted, suddenly become alert.

It became somewhat violent and restless, and the flames it spat out were directed toward Bai He.

Fortunately, Bai He had already been prepared.

He easily used the power of profound ice to block it.