Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

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The smoke and dust cleared, and the shape of the Fire-Winged Bird appeared in the air, now utterly devoid of its previous arrogance and ferocity, looking extremely miserable.

Almost all of its feathers had been knocked off, leaving only a few sporadic feathers still clinging to its body. The flames that had been swirling around its body had all been extinguished, and a wisp of blue smoke drifted from its mouth—this was the result of being burned by its own fire.

A scent of roasted meat began to waft through the air, just as Sun Wukong had imagined earlier—it wasn't only the Fire-Winged Bird's life he wanted, he intended to use its own flames to roast it!

The Fire-Winged Bird had just tried to conjure all its flames to resist the bombardment of the shadowy staff, but under the oppressive power of the Heaven-Breaking Domain, its defense was incredibly fragile. Its body flames were not only directly dispersed, but some were even caught by the staff force and propelled into its body. It was capable of emitting flame attacks, that was true, but it had never burned flames inside its body before.

At that moment, the backlash of the flames had burned away seven parts of its internal organs, and the flesh of its whole body was roasted to eight parts done.

"Heh~heh~"

Intermittent gasps came from the Fire-Winged Bird, its eyes filled with despair and also deep regret, regretting why it had provoked Sun Wukong, the harbinger of doom, and ended up as a roasted and miserable figure.

"Swoosh, swoosh!"

Two beams of light flew out from the imitation Qiankun Bag at Sun Wukong's waist while he sat within the Golden Hoops, ascending into mid-air and revealing the figures of the Dragon Cat and the Dragon Scorpion. Following the Dragon Cat's instruction, the Dragon Scorpion had now mastered many basic Taoist techniques, including the Cloud Riding and Fog Driving Technique.

As they flew next to Sun Wukong's clone, they gazed at the pitiful state of the Fire-Winged Bird, frozen in the sky on the opposite side. The Dragon Scorpion couldn't help but take a cold breath in shock. Compared with what Sun Wukong did to him, it was clear he had been extremely merciful to the Fire-Winged Bird!

"Soul Search!"

Sun Wukong's clone extended his right hand and sucked the Fire-Winged Bird towards him. In one swift motion, he grabbed the bird's head, activated the Soul Searching Secret Technique, and all of the Fire-Winged Bird's memories were extracted. A raspy screech came from its mouth, and soon its eyes rolled back as it lay motionless.

The Fire-Winged Bird was already at its last breath, how could it withstand the Soul Searching Technique? It seemed as if its soul had been scattered to the winds. But Sun Wukong had already found the information he wanted from its memory.

Compared to the Dragon Scorpion, this Fire-Winged Bird knew far more about the Chaos Vortex as it was naturally born with wings and could fly between the Floating Islands.

Within the entire Chaos Vortex, there were countless Floating Islands like the one below, which the Fire-Winged Bird had not fully explored. However, from its memory, the deeper into the Chaos Vortex one went, the larger the Floating Islands were, and the more powerful the beings that lived on them. Some were so formidable that even the Fire-Winged Bird dared not approach their territories!

However, all beings living on these Floating Islands shared one characteristic—they completely lacked knowledge of cultivation!

Their cultivation strength all came from spontaneously absorbing Chaos Qi to improve from the moment they were born. They only knew basic breathing techniques, similar to the low-level demonic spirits of the Three Realms, except they were more fortunate to be born in an environment like the Chaos Vortex. Without exceptional talent or revolutionary Cultivation Techniques, they could still cultivate to incredibly profound realms.

This was also the most fundamental reason why the Dragon Scorpion felt that without wings, one could not fly; it's because all beings within the Chaos Vortex believed it to be so, no one had ever thought to use the Primordial Force within their bodies to fly.

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Certainly, there were no beings of the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm within the Chaos Vortex, for to reach the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm, one must have sufficient understanding of the Heavenly Dao Laws and enough merit and destiny as a foundation, something utterly unachievable by the creatures within the Chaos Vortex.

Therefore, what they could do was to store as much energy as possible and enhance the strength of their physical bodies as much as they could. In the memories of the Fire-Winged Bird, some of the formidable beings that lived deep in the Chaos Vortex had physical strength that far surpassed that of a Heavenly Dao Saint.

As for the powerful flames emitted by the Fire-Winged Bird's wings, they were actually a transformation of Chaos Fire.

The Fire-Winged Bird was born with the ability to control fire, and the flames born within the Chaos Vortex were naturally Chaos Fire. This fire, after being nurtured within its body and released through its wings, underwent a change. The force that engendered life had waned, replaced by a mighty destructive power, which was why its might was so tremendous.

"Chaos Fire stripped of its life-generating force?" Wukong's clone murmured, as a chaotic-colored flame suddenly rose on the palm of his hand. The flame's color was initially chaotic, but as Wukong's clone controlled it, the color of the flame began to change, eventually turning into a dark red flame, identical to that emitted by the Fire-Winged Bird.

"This, this is the Fire-Winged Bird's flame?"

The Dragon Scorpion's eyes widened with shock as it watched the flame in Wukong's clone's hand, saliva almost dripping from the corner of its mouth. The Fire-Winged Bird had always been its strongest opponent. Not only had Wukong's clone taken it down, but he had also mastered its signature dark red fire. This new boss was a bit too freakish, wasn't he?

"What's so surprising? The boss has many more skills, and you'll slowly come to see them!"

The Dragon Cat, on the other hand, looked utterly unsurprised, even carrying a hint of pride, as if it were the one who had achieved all this.

But truth be told, the Dragon Cat had seen Wukong's freakishness time and again. If it were shocked every time, it wouldn't be able to keep up with the shock it had become accustomed to.

"Go!"

Wukong's clone uttered a single word, and the dark red flame in the palm of his hand flew towards the Fire-Winged Bird, instantly enveloping and setting it ablaze.

"Squawk! Squawk!"

The previously motionless Fire-Winged Bird suddenly struggled violently. A flash of golden light appeared in Wukong's clone's eyes, and a touch of ruthless coldness surfaced on his face, "To play dead in front of Old Sun, you're not qualified!"

Before, Wukong had been tricked by the Dragon Scorpion's feigned death. He would not make the same mistake again. Although it seemed that the Soul Searching Technique had caused the Fire-Winged Bird to perish of soul and spirit, to be safe, Wukong's clone used the Void-Breaking Starry Eyes to check on the Fire-Winged Bird's condition, only to discover that the creature was also pretending to be dead!

Though it was at death's door, the Fire-Winged Bird had indeed not died yet.

"Old Sun said I would roast you, and I keep my word!"