Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 405 Devouring Demon Seed
In the spiritual space, the violent roar caused by the battle did not subside with the passage of time, but became more intense.

Half of the dilapidated town on the surface has been reduced to ruins in the fight between the two behemoths. Large clouds of smoke and dust are rising, and two giant figures can be vaguely seen rolling and entangled in the smoke and dust. The sounds of roars and angry shouts are endless.

It was not until a loud phoenix cry resounded through the sky that the situation on the battlefield surface suddenly changed. A pair of huge golden-red wings suddenly pierced out the smoke and dust. Amid the howling wind, the smoke and dust in the sky were torn straight apart from the middle by the pair of open wings, and turned into wisps of thin mist that spread out to both sides.

At the same time, the majestic giant who was originally suppressing the Fire Phoenix in the center of the battlefield was directly blown away by the sudden explosion of the target. Then the giant who lost his balance had no time to land on the ground, and the huge wings of the Fire Phoenix in the air attacked again. After a muffled sound, he immediately turned into a black shadow and was blown away.

The black shadow hit the ground, creating a large amount of rubble, but the powerful kinetic energy it carried showed no signs of ending, so it began to roll rapidly on the ground, causing buildings to collapse along the way, smoke and dust to billow, and it plowed a wide, straight and deep gully on the ground with its body.

The spreading gully cut through half of the dilapidated town until it was about to touch the edge of X Academy in the center. Then the forward steps suddenly stopped, and the roar caused by the rolling also ended. Soon the rising smoke and dust were directly dispersed by a broad palm.

At the end of the ravine, a giant version of the professor slowly stood up from the deep pit. Unlike the paralyzed lower limbs in the real world, he now had healthy limbs and a majestic body. The body in the spiritual space was ultimately just an external manifestation of mental power. With the professor's vast mental power strengthened by instruments, the body he condensed was also extremely majestic.

However, the brain wave amplifier only brings about a quantitative improvement. In terms of essence, the professor is still inferior to Jean who is blessed with the power of the Phoenix. Therefore, after a confrontation, although it seems that the giant is completely suppressing the Fire Phoenix, the professor himself suffers more.

Looking around, the professor in the deep pit was covered with scars, with deep claw marks all over his body. His right shoulder was pierced from front to back by a hideous hole pecked by a bird's beak. What flowed out from inside was not blood, but specks of white light.

On the other side, the Fiery Phoenix, which had broken free from the suppression, also stood up. Although there were still many serious injuries on its body caused by the beating, most of these injuries were healed immediately within a few breaths.

This is the difference between playing at home and away. In terms of recovery and endurance alone, Qin is far superior to the professor who is an invader.

Therefore, this kind of battle in the mental space of others must be fought quickly. Otherwise, if the time is prolonged, the mental space that has adapted to the invading foreign objects will completely suppress them. At that time, let alone sealing the Black Phoenix, it is unknown whether they can escape from this cage.

"Wow!"

The phoenix's cry was loud and violent. Above the ruins, a pair of bird eyes as black as ink drooped, staring at the majestic giant opposite, with cold murderous intent in their eyes.

A long time ago, a huge hand had brazenly reached into the depths of Qin's soul and pulled her out of her subjective consciousness, and then sealed her for more than twenty years. During these twenty years of loneliness and seclusion, the Black Phoenix gradually developed an independent consciousness, but the only things that accompanied her were the endless painful memories and the increasingly intense desire instinct.

This memory occupied the entire life of Black Phoenix, and at the same time, that huge hand was also engraved in her mind deep in the depths of her memory.

The desire for destruction that was surging in his heart became even more boiling, and a hint of deep black quietly spread out from the Fire Phoenix's eyes and began to spread rapidly from top to bottom.

Soon, the originally golden-red Fire Phoenix was suddenly covered in darkness, with only a ball of white light still lingering at the heart, but it also looked precarious.

The alternation of consciousness was completed, and the Black Phoenix's consciousness completely took the initiative, which caused the aura spreading around her to become more and more turbulent, and even the sea of ​​fog that covered the sky in the sky also boiled endlessly. Ashes and snowflakes poured down from the sea of ​​fog, and in an instant the entire space turned into a dark chaos.

Amid the howling wind and snow, the Black Phoenix flapped its wings and soared into the sky. However, just as her figure rose a little higher, there was a crisp sound of "bang". The dense chains wrapped around her body were instantly stretched straight by the huge force. The ends of the chains were firmly embedded in the ground. Although the chains were trembling slightly, they still bound the target to the spot and made it difficult to break free.

The movement in the air was suddenly restricted. The Black Phoenix in mid-air was stunned for a moment, and then its anger grew even greater. As its neck lowered, a spark appeared, and a chain on its body was pecked off by its beak, and the rest of the chains slowly disintegrated under the burning black flames on its body.

The next second, when the Black Phoenix had pecked through several chains one after another, a gust of evil wind suddenly blew in front of it, followed by a huge fist that continued to enlarge in the center of its field of vision.

"boom!"

With the roar resounding again, the Black Phoenix, which was restrained in the air, was once again pressed heavily to the ground by the professor who pounced on it fiercely.

.........

"The battle in the spiritual space is essentially a clash of mental powers between the two sides, so it is particularly intuitive. If we want to awaken Qin's main consciousness, the first step is to try our best to weaken the Black Phoenix consciousness that is currently in a dominant position."

"What Charles is doing now is to use his mental power to forcibly destroy it. This method is the most intuitive and effective, but it also causes the greatest loss to himself, and..."

"The chains that bound the Black Phoenix are not simple. They are obviously not ordinary spiritual creations. They are extremely binding and tough. No wonder he dared to directly invade Qin's spiritual space to solve the problem. He was indeed prepared in advance..."

High in the sky, the White Queen stared at the fierce battle on the battlefield below while quietly explaining the current situation to Xu Yue who was not far away. After communicating with the professor before, she was quite curious about this professor's student who suddenly appeared.

As for personally participating in the battle, there is no need to be too anxious now. The main reason why the professor chose to guide them in after the battle began was to create opportunities for them to attack at critical moments and thus inflict heavy damage to the weak points of the Dark Phoenix's consciousness.

"How is it? Have you observed the weakness of the Dark Phoenix?"

After explaining the general situation, the White Queen's attention naturally shifted to Xu Yue beside her. Since Charles allowed him to participate in this operation with her, it meant that he must not be too weak in the spiritual field.

Hearing this, Xu Yue, who was thinking about something, quickly came back to his senses, feeling the many negative emotions that emerged in his heart after the ash snowflakes seeped into his body. His eyes flashed, and then the flame wings behind him glowed brightly, and the spreading heat waves instantly melted all the approaching snowflakes.

After doing all this, he lowered his eyes to look at the fierce battlefield below, which was roaring and full of mess, and said in a deep voice:
"The weakness is obvious. We are only dealing with the Black Phoenix, but the ownership of this spiritual space does not belong to just her consciousness. This is the biggest weakness."

"The ruined town that erodes the central castle and the fog that covers the endless sea of ​​stars are the two things that she can completely control in her spiritual space. They are also the key to supporting the continuous growth of her spiritual energy. That's why the professor took the initiative to confine the battlefield to the ruined town. In this way, she can use the aftermath of the battle to continuously increase the damage to it and weaken its strength."

"Since the professor has tied up the main energy of the Black Phoenix and started to destroy the town area outside it, we just need to take the opportunity to weaken the fog above our heads. Under the interaction of the two, Qin's main consciousness will soon become stronger."

"Oh?"

After listening to Xu Yue's analysis, Queen Bai raised her eyebrows slightly. It was not surprising that the other party could see the key to the spiritual space.

But the problem is that facing the fog above their heads, Xu Yue seemed very confident. This majestic collection of negative mental power was not so easy to solve, at least she could not do anything about it. If she used her own mental energy to forcibly dissipate it, the consumption would be incalculable.

"Do you have a solution? Using a flame like yours?"

As she spoke, the White Queen, who had transformed her entire body into a diamond, looked with interest at the pair of flaming wings behind Xu Yue. The ash blizzard flying between heaven and earth was also a manifestation of fog. This substance could immediately consume mental strength upon contact, and guide the mind to quickly slide towards negative emotions.

Her brick-and-stone ability can effectively shield its influence, while the opponent's flame seems to be able to burn it directly. Although this is only a simulated mental creation, it also represents the extraordinary nature of the flame itself.

"Flames? No!"

"I have a better way..."

Before he finished his words, another piercing cry was heard. The two men lowered their eyes and saw that the Black Phoenix below had once again broken free from the suppression and was now launching a fierce counterattack against the professor with its broken chains all over its body.

As time goes by, the disadvantages of both sides in the essence of mental power will only become more and more obvious. Even if the professor has the mind chains as an aid, he is still powerless against the power of the Phoenix.

Looking at the giant who was once suppressed on the battlefield, Queen White frowned slightly and suddenly turned to Xu Yue and said:

"We can't delay any longer. Since you have a solution, I will help Charles contain the Dark Phoenix, and you will deal with the negative energy waves in the sky as soon as possible, and then we will work together to get rid of her!"

After saying that, without waiting for Xu Yue's reply, she turned into a silver meteor and fell straight towards the ground. Now that they had entered this spiritual space, they were all tied together. If they wanted to survive, they could only work together. The phoenix below was obviously not a guy who would accept the surrender of an invader.

...............

In the ruined battlefield, smoke and dust were spreading, and within the smoke and dust, black claws were piercing into the flesh and blood, imprisoning the professor to the surface.

Looking down at the familiar face below her, a trace of struggle flashed in the Black Phoenix's eyes, but it was immediately covered by ferocious, boiling malice.

She hadn't expected that the other party would dare to invade her mental space. Instead of killing the professor directly, she now had a better idea.

"Hahahahaha..."

A hoarse laugh came from the sharp bird beak, and the claws embedded in the flesh suddenly tightened, and large spots of light immediately poured out of the torn wound. Then her nostrils opened slightly, and the suction swept over, swallowing up all the light spots around.

"Charles, you have sealed me for twenty years. Next... I will imprison you in the dark abyss forever, until..."

Before he could finish his harsh words, a beam of silver light from the sky tore through the smoke and dust, and then hit the side of the Black Phoenix heavily.

As a muffled sound of shattering smoke and dust spread out, she had no time to react before she was knocked dozens of meters away by the stream of light. It can only be said that no matter whether it is the professor or the Black Phoenix, their skills in the close combat field can only be said to be a mess.

In an instant, the bird's feathers fluttered, and the falling meteor stopped its dive after the impact, revealing the diamond body of the White Queen inside, which had grown several times larger.

As she stepped onto the ground, the White Queen lowered her eyes and looked at her diamond arm, which had a layer of skin and flesh melted away. Her face looked a little ugly. She had not noticed it when she was watching the battle from a distance, but it was not until she came into contact with it in person that she realized how difficult this black phoenix was to deal with. After only a brief contact, her diamond defense was instantly broken. This powerful annihilation property was far beyond her expectations. If coupled with the continuous recovery brought by the main space, even if she and Charles consumed all their mental strength, the result of a hard fight would most likely be an egg hitting a stone.

And this is only in the spiritual space. If the battlefield were placed in the real world, her diamond body would probably not last more than a few seconds in the face of the raging power of the Phoenix.

"Charles, how did you seal this thing back then?"

"Oh, the piano at that time only just reached my waist."

While they were chatting and laughing, the professor beside him had leisurely climbed up from the ruins. Even though he had just experienced a life-and-death crisis a few seconds ago, there was no fear in his eyes. He even had the mood to raise a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.

"Don't worry, Emma. We are not without a chance of winning. I can see that Jean's consciousness is still there, but it is too weak. We just need to continue to weaken the consciousness of the Dark Phoenix and wait for the opportunity."

The wide shadow cast by her side completely covered the White Queen. She raised her eyes and glanced at the huge giant that was at least twice as big as herself. She rolled her eyes calmly and said dissatisfiedly:
"You still hope that your student named Xinhuo can really have a way to deal with it."

"Also, the risk this time is far beyond our expectations, so in addition to the agreed compensation, I have to add another one."

As she spoke, the White Queen began to stare intently at the Black Phoenix that had just climbed out of the pit in the distance. At this moment, there were still a lot of broken chains remaining on the target's surface. You know, her diamond defense would collapse as soon as it touched it, but now those chains can bind the Phoenix's body and remain safe and sound. This exaggerated toughness immediately made her jealous.

"Afterwards, I will also ask you for the specific construction method of this chain-like creation."

"Of course, I never refuse any form of study, but..."

"Get out of the way!"

"Wow!!"

...............

In the upper level of the spiritual space, just as the two men and one phoenix on the battlefield below were fighting fiercely again, Xu Yue, who was floating in the sky, was not idle either.

At this moment, he closed his eyes tightly, clasped his ten fingers together, and wisps of black aura continued to seep out from between his eyebrows. The pain in his brain continued to intensify, and soon a dark demon seed gradually took shape in front of him.

At the same time, strange laughs with different emotions and voices also echoed in the void one after another, becoming sharper and more piercing.

An unknown amount of time had passed. In a trance, Xu Yue seemed to hear his own voice shouting the word "Devil!" in his ear. The sound was continuous, becoming increasingly powerful, until it shook his brain.

"There are sentient beings in this world, and the evil thoughts are endless!"

"magic!"

"magic!!"

"magic!!!"

...............

[Hint: The hunter demon species has been condensed, the companion weapon has been specified (magic mirror), and the innate talent is condensing (not yet formed)...]

[Tip: The hunter's intelligence attribute is permanently reduced by 5 points, and the current intelligence attribute is 45. ]

...............

"Whoo~"

The paradise reminder sound in his ears faded away. After Xu Yue let out a long sigh, he slowly opened his tightly closed eyes. The first thing that caught his eye was a thumb-sized, oval-shaped dark demon species that was rising and falling in the void.

The stabbing pain in his brain was still continuing, but the corners of his mouth had already slightly lifted. Although his intelligence attribute had plummeted by five points again, as long as the demon seed could mature, all the losses today would be repaid double.

Moreover, with the Fire-Feasting talent, five attributes are not a big loss for him. As long as he kills enough enemies, these attributes can be replenished quickly.

After all, up to now, the intelligence attribute he has improved by absorbing the Feasting Fire in the X-Men world has reached two points, otherwise the remaining intelligence attribute would not be 45 points.

He raised his hand and picked up the dark demon seed in front of him. A strange feeling of blood connection suddenly surged into his heart. Ignoring the beating of his forehead, Xu Yue pinched the demon seed between his fingers and looked up. A strong greed flashed in his eyes.

"A mental wave formed by a huge amount of negative emotions? Ha! It's actually excellent food."

After he finished speaking, Xu Yue snapped his fingers, and the demon seed between his fingers turned into a beam of dim light and penetrated directly into the sea of ​​fog above his head.

At first, the entire sea of ​​fog showed no reaction except for a circle of ripples. However, as time went on, a gurgling sound like the surge of waves began to be heard inside the sea of ​​fog, and it became more and more intense.

A few minutes later, a vortex that collapsed inward gradually formed on the surface of the sea of ​​fog. The moment it was completely formed, the vortex expanded rapidly at a terrifying speed, ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters... in an instant, until it affected the entire sea of ​​fog.

At the same time, a devastating suction force exploded from the center of the vortex. In an instant, wind and thunder howled, the sea of ​​fog collapsed, and even the heavy snow in the sky was sucked back.

…………

On the surface battlefield, the drastic changes in the sky naturally attracted the attention of the two people and one phoenix in the field at the first time.

The fierce fighting paused for a moment, and the wounded professor and the White Queen looked up. After seeing the scene above clearly, a look of shock filled their eyes at the same time.

I saw snow and wind rolling back in the sky, covering the sky and the sun. In the meantime, a giant vortex that swept across the entire sky was clearly visible. As the vortex turned, it was like a dragon sucking water. The terrifying suction force exploded along with the deafening sound of a waterfall. Even the two people on the surface felt a strong suction force lifting their clothes and hair.

In a short while, the dense snow and wind that were raging between heaven and earth were completely absorbed, and even the smoke, dust, gravel and other debris on the surface were sucked up automatically.

The vortex of fog in the sky was also shrinking as it swirled and swallowed, and even the endless blue sea of ​​stars could be faintly seen at the edge.

"He was actually able to solve it. What kind of method did he use..."

A low moan came out of Queen Bai's mouth. She had previously thought that the solution Xu Yue mentioned was just a temporary suppression or partial dispersal, but she had not expected it to be so shocking and completely engulfing.

If the sea of ​​fog could be successfully cleared, not only would the Black Phoenix's consciousness be severely damaged, but the endless sea of ​​stars that would be revealed would also allow them to escape from this spiritual space at any time without any worries.

"Wow!!!"

At the other end of the battlefield, the cry of an enraged phoenix roared loudly. If the Professor and the White Queen were shocked and surprised, then the Black Phoenix was completely furious, with a hint of imperceptible panic in her expression.

What the demon species devoured was not just the fog in the sky, but also the real and vast spiritual energy of the Black Phoenix, the surging mental force that supported its existence.

She could ignore the destruction of the ruined town caused by the aftermath of the battle. After all, no matter how thorough the destruction was, the spiritual power that constituted these materials never overflowed, and the slight damage caused could be completely restored with a thought.

But the devouring of the demon species is different. It is the most thorough and violent transformation. This can be clearly seen from the gradually dimming deep black color on the Black Phoenix. She is inevitably weakening.

The rapid loss of its essence caused the Black Phoenix's already extreme mind to completely lose control. All the emotions in its eyes were replaced by pure madness. After a long cry, it flapped its wings violently, and rode the strong wind to soar into the sky.

But just as her body rose a little, dense milky white chains suddenly emerged from all around and tightly bound her upward body.

Even though the chains were broken straight by the enormous force, the Black Phoenix's plan to fly high was also cut short.

Below the Phoenix, the ends of a large number of chains were deeply embedded in the ground, while the rest were divided into two bundles of different sizes and were being pulled hard on the left and right by the two giants, the White Queen and the Professor.

"Don't even think about going anywhere, come back here!"

(End of this chapter)