Then both of them charged at the same time and using both physical and magical power to subdue each other.
Their movement was fast and full of vigor. Unable to distinguish which one was the real Wen JunShi anymore, using her third eyes, Xiao Fei still could not distinguish which one is the fake Wen JunShi.
"Master..., they are using the same martial arts!", exclaimed Ting with an awed expression. "I couldn't tell which one is the real Wen JunShi!".
Their movement was fast and furious, but like a mirror image, they fought with the same style and aimed at the same vital area.
"Ting..., something is not right! Do you have an idea what's wrong?! I can't pinpoint my finger on it but I felt something sinister about to happen!"
"Master..., in my observation, nobody is winning! Both of them get hurt at the same degree and maybe they would die together!"
A thought emerged on Xiao Fei mind. Could it be?
"You are right! This is the mirror image technique! Evildoer! Ting stay put!"
"Master..., it's too dangerous!", called Ting without avail at her master that already joined the fighting ground.
"Xiao Fei..., get out from here!", warned both of Wen JunShi simultaneously.
"Stop being me! Let's fight like a real man". Again both of them talked simultaneously.
"JunShi Ke! Sit down next to me!!"
Wen JunShi stared at Xiao Fei with a confuse look but he trusted Xiao Fei must had a plan to beat the conniving enemy.
As expected by Xiao Fei, both of them follow-through and sat next to each of her sides...
Xiao Fei was closing her eyes and placed both of her palms on their back with healing magical power. Both of their outer wounds were healing at a fast pace before Wen JunShi could wonder what was going on, his body was thrown in front of Xiao Fei next to the imposter. But before he could question 'her', his body and that of the imposter merged into one. Xiao Fei spat out blood after she completed the mission while Wen Junshi was so shocked he was unable to respond.
However looking at Xiao Fei's internal injury, he got his composure back.
"Xiao Fei!! Again, you used all your magical power to protect me! I owed you my life, Xiao Fei!"
Holding 'her' close to him, his tears flowed down uncontrollably, all his life, he fought for power with his own siblings, they tried to kill him at any chance they got, he trusted no one until Xiao Fei proved him differently. His heart stirred at the affection 'she' had shown him numerous times. He had never loved anyone like he loved 'her'. He didn't care about Xiao Fei's origins or gender. He wanted to be with 'her' eternally...
Unbeknownst to anyone, the Black smoke was escaping the area after Xiao Fei combined Wen JunShi's soul and body together.
The mirror image evil technique was feeding on the user soul when it failed, thus the black smoke beast was diminishing gradually.
- Inside Azure Dragon Lair -
"M-Master!!!"
"Black smoke beast! What happened?!!"
"T-The...m-mirror....i-image... technique... had been.. broken!
"What?!!!"
Before Azure Dragon could say anything else, the Black smoke beast disappeared into nothing...
"They killed my best of best legendary beast!!!! I would kill them!!!"
At that moment, Wen JunShi entering the cave entrance while holding the weak Xiao Fei on his body. Ting followed them in her fox form, it was her master idea for her survival.
Wen JunShi placed Xiao Fei to lay down on his outer coat by the cave warmest area. Ting laid down next to her master.
"Well Well Well..., a bunch of mouses dare to enter a lion lair? What of imprudence delivering their life for?!!"
Sitting on his throne, the Azure Dragon was eyeing the handsome immortal with animosity, while ignoring the injured Xiao Fei and the weak spiritual fox.
"Return the man you had kidnapped!!", answered Wen JunShi with indifferent and icy manner, while standing in front of the Azure Dragon unmoving from the cold air he had omitted for his powerful aura to scare his enemies off.
Luckily Xiao Fei had transferred back all of Wen JunShi magical power when she restored his body and soul into one. The powerful aura of the Azure Dragon was unable to hurt him or restrain his movement.
"Which man?!! I have kidnapped many men to test their power, but no one was succeeded. Everyone died!!!"
"No..., you lied..., Huang Ke still alive!!!", shouted Xiao Fei still laying down weak but her eyes glowed violently to stare up at the Azure Dragon, gradually her pupil turned into an amethyst purple bright color.
"The Royal Phoenix clan?!! But how could it be possible? You are a merman!!!" With great curiosity, the Azure Dragon stared back at Xiao Fei.
"Where's my Huang Ke?!", asked Xiao Fei with great despair.
"Ha Ha Ha" The Azure Dragon laughed.
"Why are you laughing?! Answer her question!!", retorted Wen JunShi with great anger.
But then everything around them went into a void...
The Azure Dragon had activated the illusion array. The most powerful illusions array of them all...
The thousand years of illusion array...
"Ha Ha Ha"
The Dragon Azure laughter had become the last thing Wen JunShi heard before he was falling from the sky and landed on the grass bedding next to Xiao Fei's warm body twas facing down.
"Xiao Fei! Are you alright?!!"
Wen JunShi was pulling 'her' to face toward him and he gasped in shock...
Xiao Fei face was turning into a beautiful goddess face...
"X-Xiao F-Fei..., am I dreaming?!!"
Wen JunShi touched her face with admiration and affection while he scanned her luscious body with a gulping sound.
"You are not dreaming, JunShi Ke! I am a woman and I am truthfully yours!!"
Xiao Fei smiled alluringly and her hand reached out to his trembling lips.
His dream was coming true...
In his deepest mind, he was hoping that Xiao Fei was a woman, but now...
The most beautiful woman in the three realms was seducing him mercilessly with her gentle touch...
Kisses...
Hugs...
Nakedness...
If only they were true...
Wen JunShi knew he was in an illusion array when Xiao Fei eyes didn't turn into purple in the heist of desire like his eyes.
But he wanted to live in this illusion...
To be one with Xiao Fei as a lover...
However, he couldn't allow that to happen because he would lose his life as an outcome of his greediness of the taste of pure love.
Breaking the passionate kiss, he chanted a powerful mantra in a lotus cultivation position...
Instantly he broke through the illusion even though it was against his will...
The Azure Dragon was exhaling a great amount of oxygen and said in disbelief, " W-What? You break the thousand years of illusion array?!!!"
The Azure Dragon looked at Wen JunShi with astonishment at his third eye that was revealed at the moment but when he glanced at Xiao Fei to see if 'she' also break the thousand years of illusion array, he gasped in shock.
The Queen Phoenix third eye...
(The symbol of flaming Phoenix on the forehead)
Xiao Fei had created a powerful barrier shield to protect 'her' and the spiritual fox from his potent illusion, The thousand years illusion array. He pointed at Xiao Fei and exclaimed while trembling with great agitation, " You have the legendary Queen of Phoenix third eye!!! The legendary Royal Phoenix mental power!!! No illusion could trap you!!!"
The same was happening with Wen JunShi, due to his third eye, he was able to escape the thousand years of illusion array due to his strong mental power.
"Hmmm..., It looks like that I have no option but to kill all of you!!", the Azure Dragon sneered at Wen JunShi with arrogance and leered at Xiao Fei with annoyance. Killing 'her' would be as easy as squeezing an ant, thus he would attack the good looking man first.
But before the Azure Dragon could attack, Wen JunShi pulled out a jade dragon relic from his spatial ring.
"The Mystic Dragon relic!! H-How do you get it?!!"
The Azure Dragon cringed in fear at the ominous aura emitted from the jade relic and with a realization that he was unable to even pull one hair from Wen Junshi's head.
"My family is the Royals dragon clan!"
Masking his fear with annoyance, the Azure Dragon mocked, " The Imperial Wen clan!!! Ha Ha Ha! You are too late!! I already got a master!!!"
"W-What? Where is he?!!", asked Wen JunShi with disappointment and anger. He thought that finally, he would claim the spiritual dragon beast to fight for the throne but he had failed...
Before the Azure Dragon could answer his question, a black void hole was emerging from the wall next to the throne.
The black mist clouding the mysterious man appearance...
"Master..., welcome back!!!"
The mysterious man snapped his finger and the black mist enveloped him disappeared in an instant. Even though with black silver mask on half of his face. His beautiful countenance could be seen on his smiling face.
"Who are you?!!!", Wen JunShi asked with great curiosity and caution while putting back his dragon relic inside his spatial ring, the mysterious man's powerful aura was higher than all of the individuals in the lair combined together.
The Azure Dragon was crossing his arm leisurely, he couldn't kill the Royal Dragon descendant but he could watch him to get kill. A sly smile appeared as fast as light on his face and putting a barrier around his body. He was watching the show...
Xiao Fei was scanning the mysterious man with deep thought and interest.
Could he be Huang Ke?
However, she couldn't find anything familiar about him and gave up on the thought. The mysterious man aura was black while Huang Ke aura was silver. The mysterious man countenance and airs were totally different than Huang Ke like heaven and earth. How could a person change in the duration of a year?!! They definitely a different person, her Huang Ke was hidden somewhere in the void space, probably the mysterious man was responsible for Huang Ke disappearance.
"You don't deserve to ask!", answered the Dark Emperor after a long paused. He had scanned around the premise and knew that not one of them was a threat to his life. Such weaklings...
With great annoyance, the Dark Emperor pulled his strongest opponent, Wen JunShi toward him with his magical dark power without any fight. His hand was raised up on the air to surround the floating Wen JunShi with his dark aura.
Wen JunShi was unable to move and talk...
"No..., don't hurt JunShi Ke!!!", shouted Xiao Fei using 'her' mental power.
Xiao Fei was struggling to get up for all her magical power had drained and at the moment 'she' felt like a timid rabbit.
The mysterious powerful man was looking at 'her' with great curiosity and interest but he never let go of his magical hold on Wen JunShi and at the moment he was chocking Wen JunShi with his powerful dark aura that had manifested into a big evil claw on Wen JunShi neck. Wen JunShi was unconscious from the powerful impact...
"No!!!", Xiao Fei threw three of her poison needles at the mysterious powerful man, twas evaded easily by him. However, his eyes was darkened with recognition of the poisonous needle weapon.
The Merman had tried to kill him...
His present life swore brother...
The lover boy...
Indeed, his present life had been dirtied by a forbidden love between men. A merman to top it, not even a powerful celestial being. But how dare he tried to kill him, 'his' beloved for another man? But is he jealous? Why he was also drawn to the merman?
"Ridiculous!!!", he shouted with anger while his other hand raised toward Xiao Fei direction and just like Wen JunShi, Xiao Fei was strangled by the black evil aura claw.
"Master!!!"
Ting was trembling with fear but unwilling to become a coward forever, she rammed toward the mysterious powerful man and bit his hand that was holding her master. A drop of blood was leaking out from the Dark Emperor hand.
He stared furiously at the spiritual fox that lached on his hand with her ferocious fang.
"Such a nuisance!!! Critter!!!"
He sent Ting flying with his powerful dark force. While his action freed his magical hold on Xiao Fei.
Ting fox body hit the wall really hard and she lost consciousness after she spat a mouthful of blood.
At the same moment, Xiao Fei's body was falling hard on the ground and the impact drew tears on her eyes that suddenly flashed in purple radiance.
Purple eyes...
Just like his beloved woman...
No wonder, his present life was drawing to 'him'...
He let go of his hold on the unconscious man and threw him to the wall in the opposite direction of Xiao Feng.
He approached the merman...
His hand was on 'his' chin, while he inspected the purple glow...
"Your eyes turned purple in tears, anger, and desire..., just like that person. From now on..., stay by my side!"
"Based on what?!!", she asked with anger and anguish when she saw JunShi Ke unconscious body who laid at her opposite direction and Ting motionless body who laid about 10 feet away next to her.
Knowing her worrisome notion, he smiled flamboyantly and said hoarsely," Base on your friends' survival!!!"
"Don't you dare!!! Did you also responsible for Huang Ke disappearance?!!", asked Xiao Fei feigning bravely while inwardly she was scared witless of the powerful and formidable enemy.
"Indeed!!" The Dark Emperor answered with obscure meaning followed by his flamboyant smile.
"Is Huang Ke alive?!!"
"If you want to see him ever again, follow me!!"
Unwilling to succumb but without any escape from the dire situation, she complied and requested softly," May I take my friends with me!!"
"The spiritual fox.., yes, but the man stays behind!! Don't worry much, he would be okay.., I would guarantee his safety!!!"
"You promise?!!"
"I am the Dark Emperor! My words are all you need!!!"
"D-Dark E-Emperor?!"
No wonder...
Such a great powerful aura...
She couldn't win against the Dark Emperor's prominent power and JunShi Ke would be safer if she left him. After all, saving Huang Ke is her duty alone, but no option with Ting, since she was bounded by the blood contract of master and spiritual beast, she had to tag along.
"When can I see Huang Ke?!!"
"Count yourself lucky that he won't be harmed for he will still be alive when I'm alive. But if I died, he died! So....stay with me if you wanted him to be alive!!"
"How do I know you are not lying?!!"
"I am the Dark Emperor!!! My Words are enough!"
"Alright! I will stay by your side but I won't pledge my allegiance to you!!"
The Dark Emperor's eyes were bewildered with astounding warmth of 'her' words. For that was exactly what his beloved woman had said to him word by word when he proposed to be her lover, not her husband. He regretted that for as long as he lived in his past life, even now he still felt pain for losing the opportunity to claim her as his rightful wife.
"As your wish!", he said softly after relieving his thought of his beautiful goddess, Feng Mei Shen. Without further ado, he transferred his magical energy to her in the shape of the black bubble coming forth from his palms. Instantly, she recovered her magical prowess. She ran toward Ting and pick her up to carry her like a baby and walked toward JunShi with a sad expression, she decided not to wake him up and leaving him with a magical message folded by magic paper in a shape of a crane.
With a heavy heart, she left the unconscious Wen JunShi, while The Dark Emperor commanded the Azure Dragon to protect Wen JunShi and take him home safely.
The Azure Dragon was mumbled in the gibberish noise for his unlucky fate to protect the weakling heir of the Royal Dragon family.
In a swoosh of light with one hand, The Dark Emperor opened a void portal to send Wen JunShi and the Azure Dragon away, while with the other hand he pushed Xiao Fei that was still embracing Ting to another portal followed by him closely.