Desolate Era: Hatching a Phoenix at the Beginning-Chapter 152 - The Strange Sound in the Golden Feather

Speaking of a new combination skill, Ye Chen first thought of Monkey and the Immortal Phoenix.

This was mainly because Ye Chen was certain that their attributes would definitely be useful when combined.

Although he hadn’t seen many combination skills, he could guess that mutated beasts that could create combination skills were definitely compatible in some aspects. For example, the first combination skill that his mutated beasts had, Moving Mountain and Sea, came from Monkey and the Godly Sea Steadying Needle. These were inherited skills from two races. Although Ye Chen didn’t know the reason why it appeared, he could see some clues.

Monkey and the Godly Sea Steadying Needle had two aspects that were compatible with each other.

First, Monkey’s abilities were mainly physical attacks, and what was lacking in the Godly Sea Steadying Needle’s abilities was physical attacks. The suppression ability of the Godly Sea Steadying Needle could also compensate for Monkey’s insufficient Spiritual Energy attacks. This allowed the strength of both sides to exceed their original level by several times. This was complementary in terms of ability.

Second, from the name of the combination skill, it could be seen that the power mobilized by Moving Mountain and Sea was the energy of earth and water, the attributes of the two Divine Beasts. The previous times when they used this skill, they were in a relatively closed space. They either couldn’t mobilize Earth Spiritual Energy or Water Spiritual Energy, so the power of this skill wasn’t completely released. If it was on the outside world, the water and earth attributes that depended on each other would definitely increase the strength of this combination skill tremendously. This was the compatibility in terms of attribute.

Monkey and the Immortal Phoenix were also compatible in some ways. Firstly, Monkey was a member of the Titan Apes known for their strength. This race was also one of the ancient Divine Beast races. Before they went into seclusion, they were known as the strongest mutated beast race on the continent. As for the Immortal Phoenixes that came from the Sun, they were the true ruler of the sky. They were two of the races that started the first mutated beast war. One from the sky and one from land, this was definitely a great combination.

Secondly, the attributes of Monkey and the Immortal Phoenix were absolutely compatible. The release of the fire and earth attributes had already been demonstrated by Zhurong, who had been on the Ancient Divine Beast Ranking. And now, Monkey was able to use the Energy Stones to mobilize various types of Spiritual Energy, which meant that it also had the ability to mobilize the original energy of the earth. If the Immortal Phoenix provided Fire Spiritual Energy to cooperate with it, they could definitely enjoy Zhurong’s glory and even surpass it!

Thinking about this, Ye Chen was a little excited. He looked at the two Divine Beasts that had already run to the fire array to exchange their insights into the use of Fire Spiritual Energy happily and took out the golden feather again.

“Monkey, you have already finished purifying your Spiritual Energy. You shouldn’t be affected by the impurities anymore. Do you want to try reading Zhurong’s golden feather again? Most of his skills are of the fire and earth attributes. You might be able to find a way to cooperate with the Immortal Phoenix.”

“Alright, if I can cooperate with Big Sister, we can definitely become super strong!” Finally, having obtained an improvement in its ability, Monkey became more and more proactive. It no longer rejected Zhurong’s golden feather.

However, after it placed the golden feather on its forehead for a while, it helplessly took it down again.

“The noise has faded but I still can’t read it,” it said strangely. “Master, I’ve heard this sound before but there were other noises covering it before, so I couldn’t hear it. I realize now that it seems to be the roar of a mutated beast that seems to be able to speak. How strange.”

“Really? I’ve never heard of it before,” the Immortal Phoenix said. “Master, you’ve read it many times. Have you heard any strange sounds?”

Ye Chen held his head and started thinking.

“I think so, but Zhurong’s heart is beating too loudly inside. I’m not sure,” he answered like this in the end.

As a human, his ability was far from enough to eliminate the noise in the golden feather, so no one could blame him for not hearing the problem.

“Don’t say you think so. That means yes!” Monkey handed the golden feather back to Ye Chen angrily. “Master, listen again. See if you can hear what kind of mutated beast is shouting and what it’s saying!”

“If you can’t hear it clearly, would I be able to?” Ye Chen was amused. He took the golden feather and placed it on his forehead.

The loud sound of Zhurong’s heartbeat filled his mind again. He quickly adjusted his inner breathing and synchronized the circulation of his Spiritual Energy with Zhurong’s rhythm. Only then did he feel a bit better.

However, after listening for a while, he felt that the sound he had vaguely heard before was gone.

More accurately, it was covered by the loud noise.

Originally, the sound was quite loud, so loud that he could distinguish it from the sound of heartbeats and Spiritual Energy flow. But now it seemed to have been completely covered.

“That’s strange. I can’t hear that sound anymore.” Ye Chen was dumbfounded. “Why did it suddenly become so soft? It’s completely covered by the noise!”

“How could that be?” Monkey blinked. “I just heard that, although it’s indeed very soft.”

“Could it be related to the location? We are now at the boundaries of the two arrays. Master, walk a little closer to the fire array and listen again.” The Immortal Phoenix was also very puzzled but it still suggested, “Weren’t you in front of the fire array’s secret chamber when you read the golden feather yesterday? Senior Zhurong mainly has the fire attribute. Perhaps you can hear it better there.”

“Does it have something to do with this?” Ye Chen thought for a moment and decided to take action first. He immediately circled around the Spirit Stones and walked more than ten meters into the fire array. Then, he closed his eyes again.

Unexpectedly, the sound in the golden feather really became more obvious.

Ye Chen was shocked. He didn’t say anything else and walked further into the array.

He realized that the closer he was to the fire array, the more obvious the sound was!

When he reached the entrance to the fire array, the sound had returned to the way it had been when he heard it the day before. Mixed in with the other noises, it did sound like a roar.

Ye Chen didn’t hesitate anymore and handed the golden feather to Monkey that had activated its fire-type defense.

“The sound is more obvious here. Monkey, listen again.”

Monkey had already eliminated the other noise interference. Logically speaking, it should be able to hear the original sound.

Monkey took the golden feather in doubt and read it.

However, after a few seconds, it took down the golden feather in fear. 𝘧𝑟𝘦𝒆w𝚎𝙗nov𝘦𝗹.𝐜o𝓶

“Master, what a deafening sound! Who’s asking for help inside?!”