The flames from Zahog's mouth swept across the small island. By now, Zahog has been fighting Huoyan for a long time. Due to previous injuries, her strength has been weakened by half, but now she began to suspect that although Huoyan had just woken up from a thousand-year slumber and had not yet recovered all his strength, even if she tried her hardest, she might not be able to win this battle against him. As soon as she landed, twenty large arrows were spinning in the air, pointing directly at her.
Zahog flapped her wings to shield herself, screaming in agony as some arrows struck her right wing. The force of the other arrows pushed Zahog back to the edge of the island.
Huoyan flew forward with the dragon spear, and the dragon spear swung down from above Zahog's injured wings, separating Zahog's right wing from her body. Zahog shot another line of fire at Huoyan, who quickly did a backflip to avoid being hit by Zahog's flames.
Standing a few meters away from Zahog, with the sea breeze blowing, he saw that Zahog was on the verge of defeat, and Huoyan smiled proudly. Huoyan rushed forward with his dragon spare aimed directly at Zahog's heart.
When Huoyan's spear was in reach of Zahog, a crystal wall of ice quickly rose from the ground, blocking Huoyan's spear. In a rage, Huoyan shattered the crystal ice wall with a power thrust of his spear. When the broken wall crashed to the ground, standing in front of Huoyan were the nine dragon clan chiefs.
Huoyan looked at the familiar face in front of him and smiled. "Last time I saw you, you were in your prime. Just look at you now," Huoyan said with a smile.
Chief Ye said, "Although you may be immortal, ageless, and unkillable, we will definitely going to continue imprison you until the last dragon."
Huoyan smiled and said, "Alright, let's see how long you can lock me up." He held the spear tightly in his right hand and arched his right arm back.
Bailong looked at the other chiefs and said, "He has just woken up and is still very weak. If we have a chance to defeat him, now is the time."
Chief Xi said, "We must do everything we can to send him back to prison."
The chiefs looked at each other and said nothing. They already knew what needed to be done.
The eight chiefs quickly gathered behind Bailong, forming a magic shield to block Huoyan's dragon spear. The power unleashed by Huoyan pushed the nine chiefs back, but the power Huoyan was not enough to break through the shield formed by the nine chiefs.
Chief Fa and He quickly broke away from the main force, transformed into two giant white dragons, surrounded the flames, and sprayed crystal ice towards Huoyan.
Huoyan's eyes were red, and the crystal ice released by chief Fa and He had melted the moment they encountered Huoyan. Seeing that the combined efforts of the two chiefs were not enough to stop Huoyan, Chief Si and Wei, also broke away from the main force, transformed into dragon, hoovering over Huoyan and spontaneously blasting crystal ice at Huoyan.
When the five Tanzanies, Bong, Lixin, Jiāo, Fufu and Zoya, arrived at the shore of Kinigan Island, the eight Bai brothers had also arrived and headed towards the seriously injured Zahog. They saw the nine dragon chiefs fighting Huoyan in a distance close to the black cave.
"Who should we help first?" Michio asked.
Yul said, "Let's separate."
Hajime said, "Zoya and I are going to help the eight brothers. The rest of you are going to help the nine chiefs."
Jiāo looked at the five Tanzanies, their three friends, and Zoya, she said, "I won't go with you. I have to go back and take care of the Ninth Prince."
Yul said, "Please keep an eye on U-ri and my son."
Jiāo nodded and said, "I will."
Yul turned to Hajime, grabbed Hajime's hand, and said, "You be careful."
Hajime smiled and squeezed Yul's hand. "You too," he smiled and let go of Yul's hand. He turned to Zoya and walked towards the eight brothers with Zoya.
Abrafo grabbed Bong's hand and said, "You go with Hajime."
Bong asked angrily, "Why do you want to put me in a less dangerous place?"
Abrafo said, "Less dangerous? Are you kidding me? Zahog has burned half the city to ashes. Do you still think that is Zahog less dangerous?"
Bong said, "Then why do you put me in the most dangerous place?"
Abrafo smiled and joked, "It's because I believe you are way hotter than that Zahog bird." Bong annoyingly rolled his eyes at Abrafo and followed Hajime and Zoya. Abrafo shouted after Bong with a smile. "Be careful."
Bong waved at Abrafo, and then continued running towards Hajime and the others.
When Hajime, Bong and Zoya had arrived, the eight Bai brothers had already surrounded Zahog. Zahog refused to surrender and remained motionless. Surrounded by crystal ice, Zahog became exhausted due to the damage caused by Huoyan.
"She refused to give in," Hajime said. "If she refuses to stay still, I won't be able to safely approach her. I need to get her attention."
Zoya looked at Hajime and the eight Bai brothers. She said, "I can tie her up with vines. How long will you need?"
Hajime turned to Zoya and said, "As long as you can give me."
Zoya slid her thumbnail over the tip of her middle finger, closed her eyes and began to chant, while her bleeding fingers slowly rotated clockwise on her left palm. After reciting, she opened her eyes, clasped her hands together, slowly knelt down on one knee, and placed her bloody palms on the ground. Zoya's eyes turned red, and ten thick vines rushed out of the ground and entangled Zahog. Zahog struggled to blast fire at the crystal ice wall.
Hajime threw a talisman at Zahog, and the talisman soon turned into a magic rope, tightly wrapping Zahog's mouth. He handed the magic rope to Bong and a vine erupted from the ground, pushing Hajime over the crystal ice wall towards Zahog.
Zahog shook her head from side to side and dragged Bong towards the crystal ice wall. Seeing that Bong was about to hit the crystal wall, Baiwen, who was closest to Bong, abandon his post, grabbed the magic rope and rushed forward. With the combined efforts of Bong and Baiwen, they were able to prevent Zahog's head from moving violently.
Unable to move her head, Zahog swung her left wing towards the crystal ice wall, destroying one side of the crystal ice wall. Then more vines rushed out from the ground and wrapped around Zahog's left side, and pining her wing to the ground. The angry Zahog continued to use her last bit of strength to resist angrily, and the vines pressing Zahog started to catch fire.
"Hurry!" Shouted Zoya, her left hand engulfed in flames. "I can't hold her for too long!"
Hajime cautiously approached Zahog and slowly put his right hand into the cross bag. Hajime took out the flattened phoenix egg and held it in his hand. He began to recite the spell Kaizen taught him, and the flat phoenix egg slowly grew larger and harder. Just when he arrived at Zahog, the originally flat phoenix egg had hardened and inside the egg was a small featherless phoenix.
"I've found what you were looking for!" Hajime shouted.
Zahog stopped and turned around and found Hajime walking towards her with a phoenix egg in his hand. Zahog stopped struggling and stared at her last child in Hajime's hands.
Hajime said, "I will return your child to you!" He placed the phoenix egg on the ground and slowly retreated towards the crystal wall. "Bong! Let go of the rope!"
Bong and Baiwen quickly loosened the tight magic rope on Zahog's mouth, and Zahog stretched her head towards the phoenix egg on the ground.
Hajime turned to look at Zoya and found that Zoya's hand was on fire. "Zoya, let go..."
Zoya removed her hand from the ground, and Baiwen quickly rushed to Zoya's side, held Zoya's hand, and used ice magic to cool down her burned hand.
When the vines returned to the ground, Zahog slowly moved her seriously injured body forward towards the Phoenix Egg. She stretched out her left wing and pushed the phoenix egg towards her body. She raised her head high and let out a soft cry. Tears fell from her eyes, and she lowered her head to rest, holding the phoenix egg on her left wing.
Now that she has the phoenix egg, Zahog is no longer aggressive. Baiwen quickly released a chain from his left sleeve, which bound Zahog's feet. Despite this, Zahog did not resist, but continued to hold the phoenix egg, believing that the talisman inside the phoenix egg was indeed her last descendant.
The seven Bai brothers transformed into seven dragons and hovered over Zahog, blasting crystal ice towards Zahog.
Baiwen looked at Hajime, Bong and Zoya, he said, "We should be able to handle her from now. We will take her to a cave in the underwater prison." He transformed into a dragon and joined his brothers.
Bong looked at Hajime and asked, "How do you know it will work?"
"I don't know it will work, but Kaizen believes it will," Hajime said.
Bong asked shockingly, "How did you get that phoenix egg?"
Hajime said, "Kaizen gave it to me." He looked at Bong and Zoya. "It's not real.The phoenix egg was Meiji's womb, Kaizen just miniaturized it with a talisman to fool Zahog."
Bong chuckled and said, "No wonder Abrafo doesn't like him. He is indeed a person with unique skills."
Hajime said, "Kaizen he..." Hearing the sound of glass breaking, Hajime stopped talking.
The three of them looked back but saw nothing.
Bong asked, "What's going on?"
Zoya said, "Could it be that the protective barrier on Kinigan Island has been breached?"
Hajime asked, "What will happen if the protective barrier is destroyed?"
Zoya turned to Hajime and Bong and said, "I don't know. Only the gatekeeper can answer your question."
"When the barrier collapses, Huoyan will be a living god," Baishui's voice sounded from behind.