After Shirley cast the Blazing Phoenix, Brandon immediately cast his Thousand Miles of Ice to counteract her spell.
However, Shirley's spell was not as simple as raising the temperature. When the temperature reached a certain level, a blazing phoenix flew out from behind Shirley.
The small blazing phoenix hovered above her head. In this world, there did not seem to be such a creature as a blazing phoenix. Seeing the phoenix above her head, Brandon widened his eyes in disbelief.
The Thousand Miles of Ice that he released melted immediately after the phoenix appeared.
Brandon had always targeted its magic at the magic staff, so it was not right to say that his magic melted. Rather, his magic was neutralized by the high temperature.
Pan Liang, who was beside Shirley, had already begun to control his sword energy to defend himself. Otherwise, his clothes would be burnt to ashes.
Shirley lifted her head and looked at Brandon. "Hmph, do you still want to snatch my magic staff now? Ahem..."
Shirley coughed for a while, but her magic was not interrupted. At this moment, she felt that her entire chest was filled with flames as if she was going to vent the flames out.
Moreover, she felt a burning sensation inside her windpipe, especially her lips.
These sensations made her want to release all the magic power in her body as soon as possible. Seemingly, she would feel better after releasing it.
Just as Brandon was about to answer her question, she released the phoenix that was hovering above her head.
The phoenix grew larger immediately after it left Shirley's head, and its wings spread out to a length of two meters.
Pan Liang felt that it might have grown even bigger if this place were not this narrow.
After the phoenix was released, it did not immediately attack Brandon. Instead, it turned around and glanced at Pan Liang.
Pan Liang could sense hatred in the phoenix's eyes. At this moment, the system sent a notification.
[The blazing phoenix's Grievance Points were detected. Grievance Points +150.]
Upon receiving the notification, he was pleased and did not care whether the phoenix hated him or not. If he intentionally angered the phoenix a few times, it would not be long before he could join the lucky draw again.
He looked at the phoenix and laughed. The fact that the phoenix could generate Grievance Points meant that it was a living creature rather than something formed with magic energy.
Moreover, there was no creature like the blazing phoenix in this world. This meant that the phoenix had been summoned from another world.
It generated Grievance Points toward Pan Liang even though it had never met him before. This indicated that the phoenix might have known him.
Therefore, Pan Liang deduced that the phoenix was most likely summoned to this world because of him. Otherwise, it would not have nursed a grievance against him.
"Since you're already angry at me, don't blame me for provoking you further. In that case, I might gain a lot of Grievance Points from you. Hehehe..."
Pan Liang was pleased, but Brandon felt the opposite. Brandon's giant bear had long started to run away as its fur had caught fire.
The bear ran to him, asking for help. It wanted Brandon to use ice magic to extinguish the fire. Nevertheless, as soon as he used his magic, the magic vanished. There was not even a drop of water.
Brandon had no choice but to summon the bear back.
Seeing that the phoenix was getting closer, Roy immediately knelt down to Pan Liang.
"Save me. I don't want to die yet. Don't let this blazing phoenix burn me to death."
Pan Liang threw a glance at Shirley and remained quiet.
He thought to himself, 'You're such a bad guy. I've only let you go for a few days, yet you got someone to deal with Shirley. Is 100,000 gold coins more important than your own life? The thing is you know my secret. If Shirley finds out about the secret, it'll be hard for me to slack off in the future. So you'd better go to hell.'
Pan Liang decided to kill Roy just like that. Anyway, it served him right.
Brandon was still struggling at this time. Shirley had not ordered the blazing phoenix to attack him. Apparently, she did not know how to do it.
She thought that the phoenix could already attack by flying out because the high temperature at this time was already unbearable.
Given this situation, Brandon grabbed the chance to escape. When he saw how powerful the phoenix was, he immediately ran away without hesitation.
He did not even look at Roy, who was still on the ground.
At this moment, Shirley seemed to have finally understood. She pointed at Roy, who was still kneeling on the ground, before saying, "Attack!"
The phoenix swooped down and clawed at Roy's head. Roy obviously would not sit still and wait for death. He rolled on the ground to dodge the attack.
His dodge made the phoenix fly into a rage. It spread its wings and cried out to the sky before continuing to charge at Roy.
This time, it did not attempt to grab him. Instead, it used its wings to slash at him.
Before its wings touched Roy, it had already set off a flame as though a mark was left in the air.
Roy did the same thing again. He rolled around on the ground, but he did not manage to dodge the flame this time.
With its hot wings, the phoenix flew directly over his head. Although it did not touch Roy's body, the water in his body quickly evaporated. In the blink of an eye, Roy was dried up.
Shirley could not bear to look at Roy in such a miserable state. She turned to look at Pan Liang.
When Pan Liang saw her current state, he burst into laughter in spite of himself.
"Pfft, hahahaha...
"I'm sorry, haha. I'm sorry, hahaha...
"I really can't help it. You look so funny."
After saying that, Pan Liang took out a small mirror from his pocket. "Look at yourself now."
Shirley had a sinking feeling, but she still had no idea what had happened to her.
The moment she looked into the mirror, she broke down.
"Ahhhh, you terrible guy. I'm going to kill you!"
The phoenix was still around. When it heard Shirley's words, it rushed toward Pan Liang without hesitation.
It shocked Shirley to see the phoenix rush over. She quickly shouted, "Stop. He's my familiar!"
However, it was too late for the phoenix to stop. It scratched Pan Liang's head with its sharp claws.
Pan Liang did not dodge its claws. Shirley closed her eyes as she could not bring herself to watch the scene.
In her eyes, Pan Liang was a bad guy who often slacked off and had limited strength. The phoenix's attack could very well kill Pan Liang.
However, the scene that she imagined did not take place. She heard the scream of the phoenix, and then she opened her eyes.
Pan Liang was still lying on the ground. On the other hand, the phoenix was stuck on the opposite mountain wall while slowly disappearing.