Ch.35 Ice Phoenix

The Honourable Brother was currently hiding in a secret location that he had found many years ago, since then, he had always been planning for this very moment. With mixed excitement and fear, he gathered the 3 materials he needed to complete the procedure and maximize his success. 2 Phoenix Eggs and a 20 year old Magic Icicle. The 20 year old Magic Icicle is a natural treasure, an Icicle that had managed to survive a year without melting, henceforth obtaining the foundation to cultivate by absorbing Magical Energy and the Ice Essence in the area. The longer a Magical Icicle has ‘lived’ for, the more essence it has managed to absorb, granting Ice Affinity cultivators and Water Affinity cultivators hoping to gain comprehension massive benefits if they were to obtain it. Of course, like with all things there were mutative cases here and there. In rare situations, the Magic Icicle absorbed more than just Magical Energy and Ice Essence causing a change in the Icicle, but that’s for another time. The Magic Icicle in the ‘Honourable’ Brother’s possession was a gift from Chad in his journey up North. The Phoenix had managed to find a few of such things and guessed they would be of benefit to his Wives and Brother when he identified the similarity in essences between the Icicle and Dodo the Guardian of the Forest, someone he had never forgotten. So he took them back to his brethren, extremely pleased with the subsequent results. He was glad that his few remaining clan members would be able to prosper with him. As a matter of fact, he focused most of his resources on his Honourable Brother because even though he could have chosen someone else with more talent, he wanted this Brother of his that had been with him for such a long time to be his powerful right-hand man. But this is the result of his faithful dedication. A traitorous bird that was currently… CRACK! Cracking open the eggs of his Children and swallowing the contents. When the ‘Honourable’ Brother had swallowed both Eggs, he quickly huddled closer to the Magic Icicle before initiating his breakthrough to Spirit Beast Realm and activating the [Evolutionary Blood Beast Technique] at the same time. WHUUM! A terrifying pressure was released from the Honourable Brother’s body that sent the rocks and random debris around him flying against the walls of the cave that he was currently hiding in. The Honourable Brother squawked in pain as the hot Phoenix bloodline ferociously infiltrated his veins, causing harrowing amounts of damage all over his body. This was a result of the titanic difference in bloodline levels, causing a situation where the Phoenix bloodline was domineeringly erasing the inferior bloodline. On top of that, even if Chad was still a Magic Beast and as a result had not imprinted his Fire and Life Laws into his DNA, he was still a Fire Elemental Beast when he evolved in the Magical Outburst. This went against the nature of the Honourable Brother who had the Ice Affinity. With all these things against the Honourable Brother’s favour, this normally would have resulted in his death. But 4 things were currently helping him. First was the Magical Energy being absorbed into him as a result of his breakthrough to the Spirit Beast stage, this along with the Magical Energy in his Beast Core was being used to nurture his body, preventing it from breaking down. But that alone was not nearly enough. Second was the fact that he was also evolving and becoming an Ice Elemental Beast, this along with the fact that he was desperately absorbing the Ice Essence from the 20 year old Magic Icicle, helped him to offset the excessive heat from the bloodline. Third, the Bloodline of the Phoenix contained the Life Element, inadvertently healing him as he absorbed it, creating a cycle of destruction and restoration. And fourth was that both Chad and the Honourable Brother were both originally Chicken, previously having the same bloodline and henceforth having some compatibility. This was actually the most important point, without this miniscule bloodline connection, the result would have been complete failure. As an extension of the 4th reason, the Phoenix bloodline he was absorbing was from a child between Chad and his 2 wives who were the exact same race as him, increasing the compatibility drastically. Now don’t get things twisted, the Phoenix bloodline was completely 100% Phoenix, this was a result of how powerful the bloodline was, causing it to use the other bloodline as fuel instead of mixing. But nevertheless, the Egg was nurtured in those Wives so there was still compatibility. All of these things contributed to saving his life and… securing his success. Without pause, the Honourable Brother began to change. His height didn’t grow but his Wings became larger and larger as his skeletomuscular system began to rearrange itself. His head and beak shape changed, becoming smaller but more angular, projecting a beautiful and noble visage. His feet also changed, becoming bigger with the individual claws becoming more spaced out, giving it more room for any kind of use. Each claw was also very curved and extremely sharp, making them an entire weapon on it’s own. Honourable Brother flapped his wings twice in excitement as the feathers on his body began to glow brightly as shockingly- light blue flames danced around them. This was a frightening phenomenon that showcased the Honourable Brother’s new capabilities. The evolution had actually forced the equilibrium between the Ice and Fire Essences to undergo a terrifying fusion, causing the 2 opposing elements to fuse and create something new; Frost Flames! The Honourable Brother didn’t know this but the scythe of death had just skimmed over his head. Without the fact that the Honourable Brother also obtained the Life Elemental Essence from the Bloodline (whilst also gaining Life Affinity) that nurtured the process, even though the [Evolutionary Blood Beast Technique] worked and he would have managed to live, he would have become an abomination. Unless he had a technique to fuse the 2 essences, it would cause the evolution to fail, and he would become an abomination. Though it would have belonged to the extremely powerful kind with the Fire and Ice Essence fighting against each other, refining themselves as the Life Essence restored the damage. Come to think of it, this would have been an EXTREMELY dangerous abomination, but fortunately (for the residents of the World), the ‘opportunity’ was missed. The previously mentioned compatibility had caused Ice and Fire Essences to be very slightly hesitant to harm each other, since they were tied to the 2 bloodlines at the time. This hesitation gave the Life Element enough time to ‘mediate’ the differences between the 2 and narrowly escape a terrifying result. Soon, the process was complete. All the Magical Energy in the Honourable Brother’s body had vanished but he had accomplished his goal. He had become a Phoenix, but not only that, he had become something different to his brother, an Ice Phoenix. If Eridel was watching, he would have been mentally clapping his hands with excitement whilst contemplating throwing a Divine Tribulation at the so-called ‘Honourable’ Brother. He really hated betrayal but it is what it is. On a side-note, the only reason this Honourable Brother was still 2 metres tall was because he had lost all of his cultivation, becoming a ‘regular’ animal that wasn’t even a Stage 1 Magic Beast, he should be glad he didn’t become smaller instead. And yet, in spite of all his gains, a greedy and cunning expression etched itself on the Phoenix’s face as the image of 2 dodo-looking-birds entered his mind. He wasn’t done quite yet. ‘Oh deer brother~ How are you doing now? Are you taking good care of yourself? Oh please be well when I see you again~’ A look of disdain flashed on the Phoenix’s face as he flapped his wings and flew out of the cave with shocking speed. As he rose into the air, he gave out an ear piercing Phoenix cry, not unlike that of his brother. ‘Haha, I always wanted to do that~’