Guo Xingyue put the ice rhinoceros statue into his storage bracelet, thinking that he would have time to study the mystery of the array slowly in the future. After learning the lesson from the ice rhinoceros battle, Guo Xingyue sat on the ground and regulated his breath. After his true energy was completely restored, he continued to move forward. The mist behind him quickly rushed over and filled the place where he had just stood, and the surroundings became foggy again.
Guo Xingyue walked another ten zhang forward. At this time, the original array's obstruction had disappeared. As soon as he stepped out of the place where the array had been blocking him, suddenly the light in front of him brightened, and all the mist disappeared. In front of him was a cave that was ten zhang high and nearly forty zhang in circumference. There was no light source in the cave, but it was extremely bright. Guo Xingyue looked back to see the way he had come, but found that the way had also disappeared, and only a wall was standing there. He stretched out his hand and touched the wall. He found that the touch was very real. He was greatly surprised in his heart: This array's illusion was too powerful. It was indeed worthy of being one of the three killer arrays. While sighing, the assassin's instinct told him that there was danger behind him! He quickly stretched out his left hand and hit the wall hard. He flew to the right. This was his unique skill - the Qiankun Hand.
Guo Xingyue had just flown away when a hot fire dragon struck the place where he had just stood. With a bang, the fire dragon exploded on the stone wall, burning the wall black. From time to time, the melted rocks turned into magma and flowed down the wall. Guo Xingyue stabilized his body, released his flying sword, and watched the center of the cave vigilantly. At some point, a big bird had appeared there. It was five feet long and nearly one zhang high. Its whole body was red, and even its eyes were red. Its huge wings were folded at its sides, and it had a pair of long legs with five sharp claws on each foot. There were several red long feathers on its head, and its slender beak was majestic. Guo Xingyue knew that this was the Vermilion Bird, and there was information about this kind of spiritual beast in the jade token given to him by Ye Mingcheng. It was the king of fire.
The Vermilion Bird looked at Guo Xingyue. With its slender beak open, it sprayed another hot fire dragon at Guo Xingyue. Guo Xingyue quickly rode his flying sword and dodged. While flying in the air, he quickly took out another green crystal diamond from his storage bracelet and held it in his hand so that he could supplement his energy at any time. The Vermilion Bird chased after Guo Xingyue's figure and kept spraying fire dragons. Guo Xingyue had to jump up and down to dodge. The cave was not big, and the temperature rose very quickly. Guo Xingyue's hair on his head was set on fire. He quickly used his hand as a knife and shaved off his hair. With a bald head, he circled around the cave wall. The rocks on the cave wall could not withstand the Vermilion Bird's flames and turned into magma and flowed all over the ground. Guo Xingyue was already at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and although he was not afraid of the heat of the magma, if he were trapped in the thick magma, his movements would definitely be hindered, and he would definitely not be able to escape the Vermilion Bird's flames. Since he couldn't land, Guo Xingyue had to keep flying in the air. Although he had green crystal diamonds as energy supplements, the consumption of flying at high speed was too great. The supplement of green crystal diamonds could not keep up with the consumption of flying. And the Vermilion Bird's flames kept spraying, as if its energy was infinite.
Guo Xingyue also wanted to use the same trick as he used against the ice rhinoceros - leading the Vermilion Bird to circle. But he didn't expect that this trick didn't work! The Vermilion Bird didn't need to follow the circle at all. With its slender neck, it only needed to twist gently left and right to spray flames at Guo Xingyue. Guo Xingyue's magic robe was gradually unable to withstand the heat wave and began to melt. Finally, after spraying flames for more than half an hour, the Vermilion Bird seemed to have exhausted its energy and stopped. Guo Xingyue stood on his flying sword and gasped for breath. He thought to himself: Finally, I can take a breath. But he didn't expect that the Vermilion Bird stopped spraying flames, but spread its wings and flew up. Its two sharp claws and long beak were like sharp steel knives and rushed towards Guo Xingyue in the air.
Guo Xingyue had experience in fighting the ice rhinoceros and knew that attacking the Vermilion Bird without finding its weakness was ineffective, while the Vermilion Bird's attack on him was effective. Looking at the cold and sharp claws of the Vermilion Bird, he knew that as long as he was hit by one of them, he would immediately lose. Looking at the speed at which the Vermilion Bird was flying, he couldn't avoid it. But for close combat, he didn't mind at all. After all, his early assassin career made him an expert in close combat. Moreover, if he wanted to know the weakness of the Vermilion Bird, he had to get close to the Vermilion Bird. Instead of dodging, Guo Xingyue released another flying sword, held it in his hand, and changed the flying sword into the long sword he used in the martial arts of Pangu Star. He met the Vermilion Bird head-on.
The Vermilion Bird's close combat ability was indeed very strong, and its cultivation level was also very high. If an ordinary cultivator fought the Vermilion Bird in close combat, even if the cultivator had a cultivation level above the combination stage, he might not be able to withstand the Vermilion Bird's attack. And the original intention of the array designer was to reduce the space and use the Vermilion Bird's flames to consume the visitor's true energy, and then use the Vermilion Bird's close combat ability to eliminate the visitor. However, close combat was exactly Guo Xingyue's best skill. If he fought the Vermilion Bird at a distance with his flying sword, with Guo Xingyue's strength, he couldn't do anything to the Vermilion Bird. The final result would be that Guo Xingyue's true energy would be exhausted and he would be burned to ashes alive.
Guo Xingyue knew that the Vermilion Bird's cultivation level was higher than his, and it would be a big loss to fight it head-on. When the Vermilion Bird's sharp claws came, he used the Iron Bridge posture to avoid the claws, and with his long sword held obliquely upward, he used the move of "Entering the Gap without a Trace" to pass through between the Vermilion Bird's two claws and stabbed the Vermilion Bird's lower abdomen. With a ding sound, the sword didn't even pierce the Vermilion Bird's feathers. When passing by the Vermilion Bird, Guo Xingyue successively launched three more moves, stabbing the Vermilion Bird's back, wings, and neck respectively, making a sound of gold and iron intersecting, but he didn't hurt the Vermilion Bird at all. When Guo Xingyue used his spiritual sense to observe when he was in close combat, he found that the Vermilion Bird was exactly the same as he saw with his eyes in the spiritual sense. He couldn't help being shocked in his heart: How was this different from the illusory image of the ice rhinoceros? Could it be that the Vermilion Bird was real? Impossible! This was definitely an illusion, but this illusion was as real as the real thing. The person who set up this array was too clever!
The Vermilion Bird seemed to be real. It had thoughts and emotions. Not only did the previous battle not hurt Guo Xingyue, but he was also stabbed by Guo Xingyue four times in a row. Although it didn't get hurt, the Vermilion Bird was also angered. With a long cry, the sound wave reverberated in the cave. A huge flame was sprayed towards Guo Xingyue. While Guo Xingyue was dodging, the Vermilion Bird rushed forward and used its claws, beak, and wings all at once, attacking Guo Xingyue frantically.
Guo Xingyue knew through the previous close combat that the Vermilion Bird had extremely great strength and couldn't fight it head-on. As for the Vermilion Bird's attack moves, he didn't pay much attention to them. In his opinion, the Vermilion Bird's close combat ability was average. Guo Xingyue deftly avoided the Vermilion Bird's attacks and never fought back hard. Instead, he took the opportunity to use the sword in his hand to constantly test the weakness of the Vermilion Bird. After a fierce battle with the Vermilion Bird for half an hour, Guo Xingyue finally found that the Vermilion Bird's protection in front of its chest was relatively strong, and the color of a small bunch of feathers on its chest seemed to be darker than those of other places. He thought to himself: That must be the weak point.