The fiery bird, after a moment of stunned silence, looked at the blazing sun released by Uchiha's clone with Sharingan, its large, round eyes filled with disbelief.
In the next second, it revealed its colossal, ten-thousand-meter-tall main body, bathed in flames, resembling a burning mountain.
Compared to its massive form, the great sun condensed by Uchiha's clone was like a grain of rice next to a hen, easily swallowed by the giant bird with its sharp beak.
"What kind of monster is this!" Uchiha's clone exclaimed in shock, looking at the sun-devouring giant bird. He had initially felt a flicker of joy when the three-legged bird swallowed the great sun, planning to detonate it within its belly to inflict heavy damage.
However, to his surprise, after being swallowed, the great sun vanished into the bird like mud into the sea, digested in a single gulp by the three-legged avian.
"Could this be the ancient divine bird, the Golden Crow?" Uchiha's clone mused, looking at the three-legged bird with a thoughtful expression. "I need to report this information back to the main body quickly!"
With this thought, he prepared to voluntarily dissolve his clone, lest he be killed by the three-legged bird and his main body suffer unnecessary pain.
Just as he was about to form the hand seals, a childish female voice echoed in his ears once more: "Your light orb is so delicious, do you have any more? Please give me a few more!"
The voice carried a hint of pleading and longing.
Uchiha's clone looked up at the three-legged giant bird, noticing it had tilted its head slightly, looking down at him with its right eye.
Upon sensing it again, the three-legged bird's aura was vast, and the pressure it exerted was no less than that of Wang Shouyi.
"Half-step S-class?" Uchiha's clone whispered to himself, not replying, and directly dissolved himself.
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In the underground basement.
Uchiha, who had been sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes after his clone dissipated, revealing a pair of crimson irises.
"Golden Crow?"
Both of his clones had perished due to the three-legged bird. A look of solemnity appeared on Uchiha's face. The strength of that three-legged bird was too terrifying. Even though he had ascended to the 65th divine rank, he was still no match for it.
"I can only return to Earth for now!"
As Uchiha thought this and prepared to use the Flying Thunder God Technique, a strong sense of crisis erupted from the depths of his mind, as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, chilling him to the bone.
In an instant, Uchiha abandoned the idea of returning to Earth via the Flying Thunder God Technique. His mind raced, searching for the cause.
When his consciousness settled on his sequence core and he noticed the elemental attributes of lightning, earth, and steel, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he finally deduced the source of the crisis.
"Could it be because of the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Great Formation?"
Uchiha took a deep breath, a look of realization dawning in his eyes.
Wang Shouyi had told him that the five planets observed by humanity through scientific means were actually part of the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Great Formation, set up by unknown terrifying existences. This formation protected the planet inhabited by humans, preventing the invasion of powerful beings from other worlds.
This protection was like an electric grid; beings below the law could enter, but if a being above the law invaded, they would likely be excluded and electrocuted into dust by the grid.
"So, it's because I absorbed chaotic energy, altering my elemental attributes and losing the aura of Earth's laws, that I'm experiencing such a profound sense of crisis..."
After analyzing the cause and effect, Uchiha was dumbfounded: Did this mean he could no longer return to Earth?
But he quickly found a solution: "My current laws have evolved into chaotic laws by fusing the essence of laws with chaotic energy. If I can remove the chaotic energy and revert to the essence of laws, will I be able to return to Earth?"
As soon as this thought arose, Uchiha sensed that his idea was correct. At his level of cultivation, his brain had been developed to nearly one hundred percent, bringing him, in a way, close to the realm of terrestrial immortals. His premonitions were never without reason.
"I'll try to remove the chaotic energy from the lightning chaotic law first and see if I can revert to the essence of the law!"
With that thought, he moved his intention and sank his consciousness into the sequence core.
On the sequence core, the fan-shaped energy representing the lightning chaotic law flowed with light, appearing to be of a higher grade than Earth's laws. Under his mental drive, the chaotic energy attached to the essence of the lightning law began to be slowly separated.
Ten minutes later, a ball of shimmering, translucent energy was separated, hovering above the sequence core, then transforming into a small, transparent sphere that floated beside the ethereal figure sitting cross-legged atop the sequence core.
Next, Uchiha willed it, and a brilliant light erupted from the ethereal figure. The translucent energy ball transformed into a stream of liquid and flowed into the figure's brow, eventually becoming a silver lightning scar.
After completing this, Uchiha sensed that the small, translucent energy ball formed from chaotic energy was sealed within the lightning scar, allowing it to fuse with the essence of lightning at any time to evolve into the power of lightning chaotic law.
"Haha, so that's how it works! I didn't expect the essence of lightning to be usable like this!"
A look of joy spread across Uchiha's face. Just as he was about to replicate the process for the earth chaotic law, he suddenly felt his right shoulder grow heavy, followed by a warmth on his right cheek.
His body suddenly stiffened. He slowly turned his head, meeting a pair of pure, dark, bird-like eyes.
"Was that clone you released?" The palm-sized bird, exquisitely cute, tilted its head and looked at him.
Uchiha's mouth twitched. He instinctively wanted to retreat into his Pure Land space, but Wang Shouyi had told him that the existence of the Pure Land space would be exposed to the outside world once he entered it. Given this little bird's level, it could undoubtedly see it.
"I'm asking you, was that you who released it?" The fiery bird's voice was clear and melodious, like pearls falling onto a jade plate, but it carried a hint of impatience.
As the words were spoken, Uchiha felt the entire space being sealed by the law energy emanating from the fiery bird, rendering even the Flying Thunder God Technique unusable.
Wang Shouyi seemed to possess a similar ability, otherwise, Uchiha wouldn't have to obtain his permission every time he wanted to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Wang Shouyi's side.
A sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart. This was the second time he had felt this way, the first being when he encountered the Ghost Emperor descending overseas.
"It was me. Do you want to eat the sun?" Uchiha replied with his divine sense after a moment of contemplation.
From the memories brought back by the dissipation of his clone, he could tell that this creature, suspected to be a Golden Crow, seemed to have a fondness for anything that emitted light.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been attracted to his clone, who was bathed in lightning, nor would it have asked the clone if it could have its eyes, which was likely for the same reason. The great sun released by its right eye was even more coveted.
Indeed, upon hearing Uchiha's words, the fiery bird's voice became instantly cheerful: "Yes, yes, release it quickly, I want to eat a hundred of them!"
Hearing this, Uchiha fell silent. However, the situation dictated his actions, and he decided to temporarily yield. "Alright!"
After agreeing, he added, "This place is too small to display it properly. How about we go to the ground and I'll release it there?"
"No need for so much trouble!" the fiery red bird replied cheerfully, then flapped its wings.
"Boom!" In an instant, an endless sea of fire descended. Except for Uchiha, who remained unharmed, the land within a ten-thousand-meter radius turned to ash, and the field of vision instantly became vast and open.
"Of course, I won't eat your things for free. I'll give you this little water bead!"
The fiery bird muttered with some reluctance, lowered its head, and touched a certain red feather with its beak. The next second, a treasure bead emitting pure and surging water law energy floated beneath its beak.
"What the hell!"
The moment Uchiha saw the water law treasure bead, his displeasure, stemming from being coerced, vanished instantly.
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Thank you to Heavy Cannon Thunder Dragon for the inspiration capsule, to Sister Bamboo who loves to eat yellow flower ginseng tea for the encouragement, and to Shui Zi Ge for his usual small gifts, as well as the inspiration capsule from last time, and other friends' gifts. Thank you. It's been too long to thank everyone individually. I love you all.