CURSED AND LOVE

THE ANCIENT SACRED BEST

Feeling every bit of the oppressiveness in the air, Jocefie raised her head to look into the sky. That was when she saw that the entire sky was covered with a mass of cumulus clouds brilliantly lit up in a fierce, fiery blaze. And the blazing, fiery-colored clouds gathered and slowly took shape to turn into a mesmerizing Fire Phoenix with its wings fully spread. It was a glorious sight to behold and so beautiful that it caused endless pairs of eyes to stare at it transfixed.

At that moment, the strange phenomenon in the sky stirred up many instances of ruckus in many parts of the land. Almost all the countries surrounding the whole Surigao country had spotted the phenomenon in the skies above, and powerful exponents from everywhere were suddenly highly excited by the sight.

"Manifestation in the heavens! That is the sign a sacred beast is born!"

As if Jocefie's saying those words, but only Felisa Adonis knew it.

"Clouds of blazing fire, an image of a phoenix! My heavens! It's the Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! Hurry!"

Felisa advise Jocefie.

The exponents from the surrounding had recovering from shock, gotten highly excited and joyously set off towards the Surigao City and the forbidden forest. Some rode on flying swords, while others rode their flying beasts, and there were even some who used magical items that allowed them to travel a thousand miles in a day.

They all had only one goal, and that was to seize the ancient sacred beast who had descended onto the mortal realm!

Some still not as powerful cultivators who were not capable of vying with the highly skilled exponents could only watch on as the exponents moved out towards the City and the forbidden forest, to say with a sigh, "To think that a place so lowly like the ninth grade Sun Glory Country would have an ancient sacred beast appear in it, no one could have expected that!"

"I really wonder what kind of person that Sacred Beast would fall for." Jocefie asked herself.

"The most powerful exponents had all rushed there. All cultivators from the city of Surigao would not be able to keep defending themselves against all the others and keep the Sacred Beast for themselves. I think the Sacred Beast will fall into the hands of someone from each other instead."

"Heh heh, that might not be the case. Who doesn't know that destiny plays a bigger part when it comes to an ancient sacred beast such as this? I think the fact that the ancient sacred beast's fiery clouds manifested above the Surigao City means that someone with a highly fortunate destiny is there."

"That's also true. After all, when the Ancient Black Dragon descended, hadn't it been the same thing when exponents from all over had rushed there immediately as well? In the end, not a single one among them managed to even see the Sacred Beast."

"Now that you mention it, it is really rather strange. The Ancient Black Dragon descended more than a decade ago, but over the years, besides the sighting of the phenomenon when it descended, no one had ever gotten a glimpse of the Ancient Black Dragon ever since! No one knows just who the owner of the Ancient Black Dragon actually is still alive today!"

"The appearance of a sacred beast would rock people from the entire land. We will surely hear something about it in the near future."

The few of them looked in the direction of the whole Surigao Country, and in their hearts, they thought, "Another ancient sacred beast has appeared. It looks like tumultuous days are near.

While back in the forbidden forest the mass of people heading into the deeper reaches were highly elated.

"Look! It's the blazing fire cloud and the image of a phoenix! The Sacred Beast descending is the Ancient Fire Phoenix!"

"I heard that a Sacred Beast will be appearing, but I had not expected for it to be an Ancient Sacred Beast. It's just fantastic! We must hurry and get there before everyone else and seal a contract with the Ancient Sacred Beast!"

And in the deepest reaches of the Forbidden woods, Leonardo Boras deep eyes had a strange glint in them when he saw the phenomenon in the sky and said to himself, "Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix?"

Although he was thinking it strange that he would see the image of an ancient sacred beast manifest in such a tiny ninth grade country like the Surigao City, he still remembered that his purpose of being here was not for the ancient sacred beast. He had something more important on his hands that he needed to do.

Hence, he turned his eyes away and continued to walk towards his destination.

In another part of the woods, the fake Felisa Adonis, who had also spotted the strange phenomenon in the sky, was not able to contain her excitement as she tugged at Prince Mario Marasigan beside her: "Prince Mario! Look! It's the Ancient Sacred Beast! The Fire Phoenix!"

She was feeling highly excited in her heart while telling herself determinedly in her mind, "This ancient sacred beast, the Fire Phoenix, will be mine!

Prince Mario Marasigan had been shocked when he saw the image of the Fire Phoenix in the sky and exclaimed, "It's actually an ancient sacred beast; that is the king of sacred beasts."

The moment he finished his words, from behind the blazing clouds of fire came the cry of a phoenix, sounding like it had come from ancient times. Immediately after that, a blinding shaft of golden light shot down suddenly like a shooting star from the heavens.