Chapter 542: Ji Guanlin

Tang San naturally knew that he was the center of attention at this moment, but his focus was already on his opponent across the field.

Seeing this opponent, Tang San's pupils contracted slightly. Enemies really walked the same narrow path, and they were bound to meet whether they wanted to or not.

Where did his Wind Dragon bloodline come from? It was obtained when he severely injured the Wind Dragon contestant with his yin-yang energy. But that Wind Dragon was not alone; he had a teammate, a female from the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan.

When the match ended, the Immortal Flame Phoenix had bitterly threatened him and Mei Gongzi, saying they would meet again in the individual competition. Unexpectedly, in the first match of the top sixteen, he was actually facing her.

During the draw earlier, Tang San had been wholly focused on how to deal with the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor and hadn't paid much attention to the other contestants. Only now did he realize whom he was up against.

"We meet again."

Although they were separated by hundreds of meters, he could hear her voice with perfect clarity. He smiled calmly. "Yes, we meet again, and it’ll end up in the same way."

The Immortal Flame Phoenix replied coldly, "I hope your strength is on par with your blabber."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pressed it against her forehead.

In the next moment, three golden lines emerged from her glabella, extending upward into her hairline. Her red hair was instantly dyed with a layer of gold, and it surged and flew like dancing golden-red flames.

At the same time, her eyes also turned golden-red, and a scorching aura burst out instantly.

Seeing those golden lines, Tang San's expression became serious. He understood that this was similar to Mei Gongzi's Peacock Crown.

In the Peacock Demon clan, what did the Peacock Golden Crown represent? It represented the qualification to inherit the Peacock King title in the future! It was a manifestation of a powerful bloodline, and so its appearance on a member of the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan naturally implied a similar situation. Moreover, the changes in her case were more evident than what happened with Mei Gongzi, which meant that her bloodline power was likely among the greatest in the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan.

Tang San was even somewhat relieved that when facing their wind-fire combination earlier, he had chosen to severely injure the Wind Dragon with a sacrificial strike. Otherwise, if this opponent had fully displayed her strength, it would have been a real pain for them.

What Tang San didn't know was that his opponent was not only a leader among the young generation of the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan, but

the

leader. Her name was Ji Guanlin, and she had been designated to become a successor of the Undying Demon Emperor!

To be designated as a successor naturally meant inheriting the title of the Undying Demon Emperor and becoming an Emperor herself. This showed just how extraordinary her talent was.

She had always been nurtured with the best resources in the clan and given the best support. However, Ji Guanlin had shown not only exceptional talent since childhood but also a strong rebellious streak.

As it often happens with talented people, her personality was proportional to her talent.

In theory, her future spouse had to be from the same clan, in order to ensure the purity of her bloodline and the strength of her offspring. As a direct bloodline inheritor of the Undying Demon Emperor with an extremely strong bloodline, this was not just a recommendation but her duty.

But that was not the case. During one of her journeys, she met that Wind Dragon contestant, and the dragon and the phoenix quickly fell in love.

It was said that the union of Dragon and Phoenix was a good omen. Both were extremely powerful races with strong genes, and their future offspring would unquestionably inherit remarkable talents from either side.

But the problem was that Ji Guanlin was no ordinary Immortal Flame Phoenix! She was designated as the next successor of the Undying Demon Emperor. There could be no mistakes; how could her spouse be from another clan? Moreover, the Wind Dragon clan was not particularly strong among the dragon clans. Had it been a member of the Fire Dragon clan, the Immortal Flame Phoenix lineage might have found it more acceptable.

This caused a huge uproar in the Ancestral Court, almost leading to a clash between the dragon and phoenix races.

But Ji Guanlin's personality was extremely strong. Naturally, she wouldn't have been selected as a future Undying Demon Emperor if she wasn't strong-willed. She was determined to be with the Wind Dragon youngster; she was willing to give up her succession rights for him, and she even threatened to take her own life.

Thus, she was severely punished by the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan, not only stripped of her inheritance rights but also expelled from the Immortal Flame Phoenix lineage. Another descendant with the Phoenix Golden Mark was chosen as the successor.

Naturally, Ji Guanlin was greatly dissatisfied with this. In her view, the one who replaced her was inferior in talent and strength, and her future potential was equally lacking. Why could they replace her? But she had made her bed and had no choice but to lie in it.

After leaving the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan, she quickly realized that this bed was full of thorns. Without the clan's support, all her cultivation resources were cut off, and due to him being a direct cause for the conflict between the dragon and phoenix clans, her Wind Dragon partner also lost his support.

This Dragon-Phoenix Pair had suddenly become a Dying Penniless Pair.

This was especially tough for Ji Guanlin, who had grown up with only the best of the best resources from the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan. The sudden drop in supply severely affected her cultivation speed. Based on her original progress, she should have had a chance to reach the tenth order two or three years ago. But until now, she still hadn't tried to take that step. No matter how rebellious she was, she knew that tribulation crossing was not easy. The stronger the bloodline, the more dangerous the lightning tribulation, and a single mistake could be fatal.

Therefore, she and her boyfriend, the Wind Dragon, came to participate in this competition for two main reasons. First, because the doubles competition gave the Dragon-Phoenix Pair a significant advantage. Second, because the rival who replaced her was also participating. She wanted to use her strength to prove to the Immortal Flame Phoenix clan that she was the best choice for the successor and reclaim her inheritance rights. She believed that if she won the championship, then no matter how displeased the clan was with her previous actions, they would never let her be recruited by other Demon Emperors.

At the same time, if they could achieve good results in the doubles competition, it would also convince the clan that the Wind Dragon contestant's potential was enough to give him the right to be their son-in-law, and in all fairness, the wind-fire combination was in fact incredibly powerful.

However, things didn't go as planned. Just when they were at the peak of their ambition, and the Wind Dragon had even given up the individual competition to focus on performing well in the doubles, they encountered.

They weren’t even able to make good use of the Wind-Fire Tornado.

Ji Guanlin had been considering finishing them off with this one combination attack and hiding her strength for the finals. But Asura's sacrificial strike and the Peacock Princess’s powerful spatial abilities forcefully broke through the Wind-Fire Tornado and severely injured her partner.

To save his life, Ji Guanlin had to compromise with Asura and the Peacock Princess, losing the match in an incredibly humiliating manner. And with that, they failed to advance to the finals of the doubles competition.

It was only natural that Ji Guanlin hated Asura and the Peacock Princess to the core. She threatened them, reminding them that they would eventually meet in the individual competition.

During the draw, she saw them and silently prayed to face one of them. And her prayers were answered: she drew Asura. The opportunity for revenge had come.

In terms of strength, Ji Guanlin was one of the strongest below the tenth order in the entire phoenix race. Her strength was indeed much greater than that of the Wind Dragon contestant. She had chosen him for his appearance and because his wind aided her fire. Did she regret it now?

Deep down, she did.