Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

Chapter 16: Dual Cultivation - The Cycle of Earth First Layer [2]

Chapter 16: Dual Cultivation - The Cycle of Earth First Layer [2]

Inside Asura, the huge crimson and blue crystal, two hearts throbbed slowly with deep and powerful heartbeats. It began to condense slowly, no longer a huge size, forming a powerful rhythm beyond a normal heartbeat but two beating in tandem.

It echoed in his muscular chest, the sound resounding as his body finally reached the First Layer of the Earth Cycle.

The power starts to formulate his first stages of body and foundation establishment, improving his muscles, organs, flesh and bones for his future journey.

The door opened with a gentle snap as a beautiful woman with her face covered and black feathers drifting around her. She gazed affectionately at Asura with a gentle gaze.

Standing beside his bed was the beautiful woman with black hair who finally finished helping Mu Xue reach the same point, but it was far simpler due to her unique body.

"If you can hear my voice, and it brings you relief. I have allowed her to take the same path."

"Her heart is now a crystal of Nether Ice, and even the greatest flame could never melt it."

His veins became thicker, all impurities and plaque within them burned away by the strange blood now flowing through his veins.

The flame of a black dragon and the ice of a devil twirling around, forming his blood of pure life essence.

A single drop of his blood was enough to save a normal mortal from death or burn them into ashes, depending on the thoughts and desires of Asura.

"Did you know how dangerous this was?" A husky, baritone voice chimed from her soft red lips as she bit them while stroking his soft raven hair.

"If I didn't use my flame to help refine both of your bodies, I would have lost you again."

"idiot..."

She scrunched her face as her fingers poked his nostrils, making him look like a pig, bringing a smile to her face before looking at Mu Xue, who slept beside him peacefully. Now, her eyes were ice blue, and her beauty seemed to have increased.

"Please protect and love him as you always have."

The black phoenix stroked Mu Xue's cheek with a smile, and there was no jealousy or ill will before she stood up and snapped her gaze towards the window.

In the distance, a red-haired woman with a long scar down her cheek was staring into this room.

"Ah... If I don't leave, she will find me for sure."

"At least she doesn't know of his true colours. That damn red bird woman is hard-headed."

A group of ravens fluttered away from the window as the beautiful woman figure vanished like a phantom. On the desk was the large book with brown parchment she wrote for Asura and a small blue one for Mu Xue.

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"Ugh.... my head feels so heavy..."

Asura began to wake up his body felt strange.

He thought he would feel heavy, tired and sore because he only remembered collapsing and then hearing a beautiful woman's deep voice whispering in his ears, spurring him on and saying he could do it.

'Who was that voice... Did I mistake Brian's voice for a woman, haha?'

Slowly climbing from his bed, he found the familiar back of Mu Xue, who was cooking at the stove, but her naked back was on show.

Xue'er was cooking in only an apron!

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As Asura turned the pages, he found that the flame suddenly stopped writing; instead, it wrote a cute message.

"This is enough for now, beautiful! Too much might be negative to your growth!"

"Please check again when you reach the Third Layer."

"Focus on slowly growing the power of your monoliths and keeping them in balance."

"Now all are Stage One apart from that pesky unknown one and your Asura monolith."

'Really!?'

Asura hadn't thought to check the pillars because his physical changes and the feeling of Anima flowing through his veins made him feel extremely good, forced to read this book to make his morning glory finally sleep.

'I wonder why I woke up so horny. Is it because I no longer feel ashamed of myself?'

"Asura, are you awake?"

The sound of clanging pans and the hot oil used to fry bacon and eggs was followed by the delicious scent and Mu Xue's voice as she called him to the table.

"Come eat while it's hot!"

"You worked hard last night, so let me help you recover your strength."

He could feel she was in an extremely good mood from how happy her voice chirping was, the pitch slightly higher than usual as he stood from the bed and wore a loose red robe before walking into the kitchen holding the book.

The moment he left the bedroom, the book began to transform into a strange swirl of black fire that entered his back, forming a black wing tattoo covering his shoulder blades.

Asura only knew because the mirror was facing him, showing him the detailed wing in his reflection.

'Why did the book hide?'

'Probably due to secrets...'

[You should lift your left hand and desire to see the central monolith data. That book has some good uses.]

Brian's voice sounded weak and much hoarser than before, so Asura didn't argue but did as he said, and the next moment, his jaw dropped.

Not only did he see a flash of Mu Xue's naked body due to the draft of wind from the opened window as her flimsy blue apron fluttered to the side, but a small black window with white runes hovered above his left forearm.

"Such pretty blue hair..."

His words turned Mu Xue's face bright red as she quickly covered herself, feeling her heart almost bursting from her chest.

'This is the information on that stone!?'

'My information!'

"!!!"

"Sit down and eat!!"

Asura also hadn't noticed. His brain could process two things simultaneously as he reacted to Mu Xue's view and the screen in tandem.

A primitive parallel thinking ability.