All This Effort For A Drop Of Blood

Divine Ice Phoenix Sect

The Ice Phoenix then looks at Emilio with curiosity as she asks "what type of bargain do you seek from me, Young God? As from the state I am in, I cannot grant you much".

But, Emilio then responds, "It is not what you can do for me but what I can do for you, and all I ask for in return is a drop of your blood", with the Ice Phoenix reacting quite curiously.

Emilio then continues while sitting down on a plastic white chair.

"Simply put, I can heal the poison that ails you, and all I ask for in return is a drop of your blood, not any spiritual essence, just a piece of your inheritance. And besides, it's a win-win scenario. You get to return to your sect and lead them on while I gain another divine inheritance".

The Ice Phoenix considers this deal and then responds quite happily if one can respond happily with an icy tone in their voice.

"I accepted this deal, Young God. If you can heal me, I shall grant you a drop of my blood".

With the improved Sky Poison Pearl in hand, Emilio stands before the Ice Phoenix. The mere presence of the pearl causes the poison within her veins to dissipate. As a result, the once-weak deity regains her strength and transforms back into her true godly form.

After returning to her full strength, the Ice Phoenix rises from the lake and stands beside Emilio. And then proceeds to bow to him and say.

" Young God, I thank you for your service. Even though you accepted payment for it, I could feel your sincerity. I will honor our agreement to donate a drop of blood for your increased growth".

The woman then smiles. Then, using a bit of her profound energy, she forms an icy blade, where she cuts a part of her finger, and she then floats the blood over towards Emilio, to which he accepts it.

As every second passes, Emilio can feel the inheritances combining into one that grants him all the benefits without taking away his humanity.

As he now wields the flames of a phoenix born to fire, the chill of a phoenix born to freeze the world, the potential of a dragon, and the pride of a golden crow.

Soon enough, the inheritance coalesces and is absorbed into his chaotic body as Emilio can see the formless realm that lies beyond our dimension.

But, he cannot yet reach it as he requires but a small push to reach the rank of a World Master, but that shall be for another time, as Emilio then refocuses his attention on the Ice Phoenix staring at him in awe.

The Ice Phoenix, seemingly aware that it is staring, has a bit of pink blush. As it says to Emilio, "This should not be possible as the divine inheritances are not meant to combine into one. We are all conflicting existences. Yet, you have accepted them all and become one with them; who are you, Emilio Reese?".

Emilio then smirks and says while giving her a 2-fingered salute. "I'm just passing by Divine Cultivator, and don't forget that".

The Ice Phoenix then asks Emilio curiously. "I can sense that your coming here isn't the only thing you wish to do. What is the other?". Emilio then smiled back at her and said.

" To be frank, Lady Ice Phoenix, a powerful sect leader in the Snow Song Realm, has an unintentional soul connection with the devil Empress. This connection is being exploited by the Empress to expand her control over the primal chaos"

The ice Phoenix, then asks, shocked by this revelation "Young God, who is the one that has connected their soul to Mu Xuanyin?" Emilio then responds with a name, "Chi Wuyao, the leader of the northern Devine region".

The Phoenix then asks Emilio with complete seriousness in her voice. "May I ask that you remove the soul's influence from her? As she is my spiritual inheritor.".

Emilio then smiles and says, "Of course, I will, as that woman is the greatest threat to primal chaos as she seeks to conquer all of it and cover it in endless darkness. It will be fun to mess with her plans".

Emilio says with a smile that begins to look more devious than joyous and then proceeds to teleport both him and the ice phoenix to the home of Mu Xuanyin leader of the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect's Sect.

Upon arrival at her home, alarm bells then begin to ring in Emilio's mind as he dodges a strike aimed at his head with the woman they were looking for, proceeding to stare at Emilio with rage.

Emilio then looks to the Ice Phoenix and says simply, "We found her. Now, how about you do your Ice Phoenix thing and keep her from killing me?".

The Ice Phoenix just scoffs at him in amusement as she says, "Young God, You and I both know that she wouldn't even be able to scratch a hair on your head" This line seems to catch the angry woman off guard.

The woman then stops as if realizing that the Ice Phoenix is there, and she proceeds to then kowtow to the progenitor of all Ice Arts across the primal chaos, as she says in a begging tone.

" Lady Ice Phoenix, I apologize for my disrespect. I did not realize you were next to this man as I believed he was a threat to my sister, who is currently ill".

Said Ice Phoenix looked at the girl and then nodded at Emilio. Emilio returned the nod and spoke to the leader of the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect. "I can heal your sister, but you must do me a favor."

The woman, then seeming skeptical of his ability, asks him "How would you be able to heal her, as no one across the primal chaos has been able to, as I have spent months looking for a way to get rid of her illness".

Emilio then deadpans the woman and pulls out the Sky Poison Pearl. The woman then grows wide-eyed at the reveal of the heavenly artifact as she then looks at him and says that "It would make sense if that is truly the Sky Poison Pearl, I shall lead you to my sister".

The three then head deeper into the Divine Phoenix Sect and soon come upon a locked door with the woman placing her hand upon it as if her profound energy is acting as a key.

And as the door swings open, you can see a large bed with a beautiful woman sleeping soundly.

This woman's name is Mu Bingyun, and she is the younger sister of Mu Xuanyin who is currently suffering due to the presence of the poison of a horned dragon in her veins.

And in one fluid movement, Emilio pulls out the Sky Poison. Pearl, this clears the presence of the poison from the girl immediately, as the woman on the bed seems to grow healthier just in the presence of the heavenly artifact.

And as if noticing her change, the elder sister checks her sister's condition and begins to cry. But soon enough, the elder sister, then powers to Amelio, thanking him profusely for his help.

"Thank you Lord Emilio, for your benevolence, and as a part of our deal, you shall be granted one favor, speak it, and it shall be done".

Emelio then smirks and says "the favor has to do with you. As you see, I will have to reach my profound energy inside of you to get rid of that nasty little thing connected to you".

The woman smiled, sensing the presence of the Devil Empress within her soul, but was able to fight her off with the spiritual inheritance of the Ice Phoenix.

Emilio then reaches his hand towards the girl. After placing it upon her head, he scans her soul, finding the connection as if it was not hard to miss as it was a literal black dot between the sea of ice and her soul.

After using the connection to find where it is coming from, he senses the utter malice and hatred on the other side and simply smiles and says simply.

"I hope you prepare a good welcome gift for me, Devil Empress. But it won't matter as you will not have trapped me. I will be trapping you. See you soon".

Emilio then cuts the connection and uses the divine healing skills he gained from being taught by his master to rejuvenate the woman's soul so that she is not harmed by severing the connection.

Emilio then looks out onto the primal chaos and stares at his next target as after dealing with her, all that shall be left is to deal with a woman trapped within a certain sword.