This is also a key reason why the Black Mist Mountain Range still exists to this day, and why it hasn't been flattened by human cultivators.
Even the Demon Beast Kings from the other nine mountain ranges have similar rules. In Tianqing World, all demonic beasts are subtly united, managing to withstand the oppression of the human race.
The Phoenix King surveyed his surroundings.
Even if those seven old fellows are just watching the show and are too lazy to come over,
the human cultivators outside the mountain range should have noticed what's happening here, and under normal circumstances, they would have already sent someone to check it out.
The Phoenix King no longer paid attention to the black branches shooting toward him from all directions.
Instead, he spread his wings and soared into the sky, trying to leave the Black Mist Mountain Range.
However, as the Phoenix King shot tens of miles high into the air, he seemed to hit some barrier, and his form came to an abrupt halt.
The Phoenix King scrutinized the barrier in front of him.
Then, following the barrier, he looked in all directions.
Upon close inspection, the Phoenix King was shocked to find that he had fallen into a huge Spatial Prison; above, below, left, and right were all the same.
Just like a caged bird.
Shrink the space near the Phoenix King by a hundredfold, a thousandfold, or even ten thousandfold,
and you'll find a place as big as the palm of your hand, with the Phoenix King's giant form now the size of an 'ant,' frantically probing the surroundings like a headless fly.
"This is the Spatial Prison, made up of the first core spatial model, the thirteenth core spatial model, the twenty-first core spatial model, the thirtieth core spatial model, the thirty-third core spatial model..."
"...and combined into a space-killing move..."
Lin Yuan looked down at the Phoenix King, who was desperately trying to escape within the Spatial Prison.
Similar to the 'Instantaneous Movement' ability, the Spatial Prison is another application of different core spatial models, compressing space to confine the enemy and a section of the nearby space to the size of a palm.
Using the power of space to create a spatial barrier,
unless the enemy's understanding of space exceeds his own,
or the force they invoke is more than ten times times stronger than Lin Yuan's, it is very difficult for them to escape.
According to Lin Yuan's observation of this Phoenix King, although it resembles the divine bird, the Vermilion Bird, it fundamentally differs from the true Phoenix and has a low understanding of space.
Lin Yuan sighed lightly, no wonder the Main World Human Civilization Alliance requires a deep understanding of Space Rules to advance to an Eighth Layer Evolver.
Without the understanding of Space Rules, facing a master of such, one wouldn't even know how they died.
"Now, drain its energy first, wait until its physical strength, essence, and primordial qi are exhausted before making a move."
Lin Yuan looked at the Phoenix King, now the size of an ant within the palm-sized space, and patiently waited.
After all, with the Phoenix King now in his grasp, there was no need for a head-on collision.
The heat of the Phoenix flames is indeed terrifying and showed a tendency to subdue Lin Yuan.
The Phoenix King's expression was grave, and his aura had significantly weakened.
The Phoenix King was beginning to realize something; the space it saw was no longer normal but a prison!
"Such technique... could it be the Tianqing Alliance Leader? But why attack me, with the Foreign Evil God still unresolved..."
The Phoenix King felt uneasy.
The space in all directions began to shatter.
Seeing this, the Phoenix King's face lit up with joy, and instinctively, it stretched its wings, trying to fly away.
A pitch-black tree trunk pressed down, and numerous black branches swiftly entwined.
The Phoenix King's eyes widened as the tree trunks binding it were now immensely more powerful than the branches it had initially burned to nothingness with its Phoenix flames.
"Who exactly are you?"
The Phoenix King could only feel that the branches entwining it were voraciously consuming its blood, essence, and soul; in its last moments of consciousness, looking along the branches, it caught sight of a fifty-meter-tall ancient tree.
The ancient tree exuded a vast, ancient aura while subtly emanating madness and evil.
"You... You're not a creature of this world, you are the Foreign Evil God, you are the Ancestral Demon Tree!!!"
The Phoenix King's mind was engulfed by tumultuous waves. Although it had never seen the Foreign Evil God or the Ancestral Demon Tree, the aura emitted by Lin Yuan at this moment was distinctly different from the creatures of Tianqing World.
"Has the Foreign Evil God already infiltrated the Tianqing World?"
This thought surfaced in the Phoenix King's mind as its consciousness quickly succumbed to darkness.
All the vast blood, essence, and soul of the Phoenix King were devoured by Lin Yuan.
Although the Phoenix King's comprehension of Space Rules wasn't profound, its blood and essence were extremely abundant and of high quality, greatly nourishing and enhancing the Demon Tree.
In addition, the Phoenix King's soul was exquisite, surpassing the combined souls of countless demonic beasts and fierce beasts that Lin Yuan had previously devoured.
While savoring the taste, Lin Yuan could suddenly sense seven mighty presences rising from the depths of the Black Mist Mountain Range.
These were the remaining seven 'Kings' of the Black Mist Mountain Range.
For days, as the Phoenix King's presence vanished, initially, these seven 'Kings' thought the Phoenix King was cultivating some secret technique, hence they did not probe further.
After all, in the eyes of these seven 'Kings', there were only a few individuals in the entire Tianqing World capable of silently dealing with the Phoenix King.
And those few individuals were currently fending off the Foreign Evil God and would definitely not make a move.
these seven 'Kings' had been somewhat negligent.
and the Phoenix King's aura had still not reappeared.
Only then did the seven Kings sense something amiss.
By the time they joined forces and headed to the Phoenix King's Wind Nest,