CHAPTER 539: CHAPTER 105: NIRVANA FIRE SWEEPS THE LAND, DIVINE BIRD TOTEM

"On the back of the Forest Elephant Pig?" Yue Jinghua looked over.

There was nothing there; she didn’t notice anything unusual, only that the strong spiritual power she had felt earlier had also disappeared.

However, thanks to a reminder from the Gold Eater Worm, Yue Jinghua noticed that the Forest Elephant Pig wasn’t moving forward anymore. It only lingered near the bush where she and the Imperial Soldiers were hiding, turning around in circles, as if something in this area was attracting or controlling it, preventing it from leaving.

"Awoo, there’s something strange on its back, I feel a strange aura," the Gold Eater Worm said, its chrysanthemum that hadn’t glowed for a long time lit up again.

The Forest Elephant Pig did not escape, and the group of noble family youths that followed soon caught up.

Clearly, this Forest Elephant Pig had already gone through a difficult escape before Yue Jinghua and the others stumbled upon it, its body was covered in wounds and one of its feet was somewhat lame.

Even so, just standing there, this over seven hundred catty heavy Forest Elephant Pig created an extremely strong visual impact.

The group of hunting youths, although not very old—about the same age as Yue Jinghua—had cultivation that was much stronger than the peers Yue Jinghua had seen in Shang Kingdom.

Mist of them had the cultivation of Dark Earth Small Achievement, and one of them, the youth riding on the Red-crowned Crane, had even reached the Dark Earth Peak while their Dark Beasts were mostly Fourth and Fifth Rank.

Any one of them, in Shang Kingdom, would be considered powerful.

The Dragon War Empire prizes martial prowess, and Imperial City is full of strong individuals, this was Yue Jinghua’s first insight into the situation in Wohua Imperial City today.

The young men and women were agile, and experienced in controlling Dark Beasts. After surrounding the Forest Elephant Pig, they gradually closed the encirclement to trap it completely.

Seeing the Forest Elephant Pig showing a look of urgency and being stuck in a dilemma, the youths burst into triumphant laughter.

The youth riding on the Red-crowned Crane, seemingly the leader of the group, seeing that the Forest Elephant Pig, which could no longer escape and was surrounded by everyone, said, "Beast, you made my young masters chase you without rest for a day and night. You guys surround it; we must take its long tusks to make a pair of ivory chopsticks for Miss Long Rui, our young master’s cherished desire."

It turned out that this group had traveled miles from Wohua Imperial City to Black Bear Ridge because, a month ago, Ji Jie, the white-clothed scholar’s master, heard that Miss Long Rui, the favorite granddaughter of the National Guardian General Long Ao, wanted to buy a set of ivory chopsticks.

After several twists and turns, he finally found out that a notorious Forest Elephant Pig had appeared in Black Bear Ridge, whose teeth were the best material for making chopsticks.

To please his own master, the white-clothed scholar brought his minions to Black Bear Ridge.

Little did they know, the Forest Elephant Pig was extremely cunning and incredibly strong; they had injured several people and only today managed to surround it.

"I always feel something is wrong," Yue Jinghua stared at the Forest Elephant Pig and the noble family minions not far, about a hundred steps away, deep in thought with an instinctive sense of crisis seemingly drawing closer.

The Forest Elephant Pig, as if knowing there was no chance to escape from so many people, stopped and with its bloodshot pig eyes stared at the young men and women ahead, foam appearing beside its ivory tusks.

"Awoo, Ugly, is there a Holy Rune on the back of that Forest Elephant Pig?" the Gold Eater Worm, sharp-eyed, noticed a fleeting sparkle on the gray-brown skin of the Forest Elephant Pig.

When Yue Jinghua and others decided to leave, it was already late evening with thin clouds moving west, close to nightfall.

Being halted by the Forest Elephant Pig, it was now a crescent moon hanging high in the treetops.

On the back of the Forest Elephant Pig, there indeed flashed an inconspicuous sparkle.

Yue Jinghua fixed her gaze, not seeing clearly, a Holy Rune?!

"If the eyes cannot see clearly, perhaps try seeing with the heart," Qing Pu’s cold voice, like a splash of cold water, suddenly made Yue Jinghua’s mind crystal clear.

She hesitated for a moment, then immediately closed her eyes.

In her mind, she quickly recalled the series of actions she took from the moment the Forest Elephant Pig appeared until it stopped moving.

Linking all her movements with the trajectory of the Forest Elephant Pig, something in Yue Jinghua’s mind fluctuated like a vibrating guitar string, creating a "crack" sound.

"Everyone down, Dark Energy Armor," disregarding the exposure of her hiding spot, Yue Jinghua shouted loudly. Almost simultaneously, a surge of Dark Energy enveloped her body.

The Imperial Soldiers also reacted reflexively, enshrouding themselves in Dark Energy, quickly forming Dark Energy Armor.

Yue Jinghua’s sudden outburst startled the minions of the noble families nearby.

It was then that the ground on the hill emitted a dazzling starlight.

On the other side of Black Bear Ridge, Jin Nuo and others who had just captured five Earth Tyrant Bears and two Roaring Tigers only felt the ground shake.

"Captain, what’s happening on that side of the hill?" The Imperial Soldiers sharply sensed the unusual disturbance from the other end of the hill.

The Black Beauty flying in mid-air looked alert and let out a deep purring sound, flapping its dragon wings and flying directly towards that end of the hill.

"Hey, Black Beauty, come back," Jin Nuo realized what was happened when the Black Dragon had already turned into a dot in the sky, both deflated and delighted: "Toughening up your wings, even abandoning your master now, huh?"

Despite his complaints, Jin Nuo had to temporarily leave his prey behind and rushed towards the other side of the hill with two soldiers.

The situation on Yue Jinghua’s side, however, was much worse.

Her intuition was accurate; there was something peculiar about the Forest Elephant Pig.

More precisely, it was the Holy Rune on the back of the Forest Elephant Pig that was peculiar.

This Holy Rune was alive; it was a Spiritual Pattern similar to the Dragon Patterns used by Imperial Dragon Knights.

Just as Yue Jinghua discovered this Spiritual Pattern, a crimson bird emerged from the back of the Forest Elephant Pig.

Imbued with tremendous spiritual power, the bird issued a sonically ethereal and clear chirping.

During its chirping, its red feathers fell like fireballs, and in an instant, the hill previously trampled by the Forest Elephant Pig turned into a sea of fiery starlight steam, Star Fire.

Those young men and women closest to the Forest Elephant Pig, who couldn’t activate their Dark Energy Armor in time, didn’t even have the chance to scream before they were instantly devoured by the Star Fire.

Everything happened so suddenly, and that red bird in the sky was so beautiful.

In that moment, Yue Jinghua experienced a surreal illusion.

At that moment, only one phrase came to Yue Jinghua’s mind: Star Sparrow Nirvana, it, reborn from the Nirvana Fire.

Who said that the Fiery Fire Storks of Canglong Continent were extinct?

Then, what is that beautiful bird soaring in the sky, spewing the fiery star fire?