Chapter 4789: Doing It the Hard Way Hearing this, everyone’s hearts stirred slightly. Did Immortal Elder Lingmu mean that the Nine-Section Red Flame Phoenix Scale Whip would ultimately have to be retrieved by the Azure Emperor’s three disciples? Thinking of their impressive performance inside the realm, everyone felt that this outcome was not impossible. With this in mind, all gazes turned back to the mirror, fixed once more on the spirit realm. Inside the spirit realm, Yue’er watched her two brothers work together to battle the phoenix. The magnificent creature flapped its wings, releasing powerful flames from its body as it attacked the duo. Hao’er and Muchen quickly dodged and counterattacked. Their goal was to make it submit, not to kill it, which meant their battle felt somewhat restrained. Yue’er observed that her brothers seemed to be primarily focused on dodging, not having inflicted much harm on the phoenix. On the contrary, both of her brothers had sustained scratches on their shoulders from the phoenix’s sharp claws. Seeing the blood seeping from their wounds, she couldn’t stand by any longer. Clutching the dagger in her hand, she stood up and declared, “Senior Brothers, I’ll help you!” This entire endeavor was originally meant to help her retrieve the whip. Seeing them injured, how could she just stand idly by and watch? They might be reluctant to harm it, but she certainly wasn’t. Anyone who dared to hurt her brothers would be taught a lesson by her! The two brothers heard her voice, turned, and saw her rising into the air. With an agile flip, she landed directly on the phoenix’s back. “Be careful not to hurt her!” Hao’er cried out, worried that she would be harmed by the flames. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞 “How dare you hurt my Senior Brother? I’ll kill you!” Yue’er shouted in a soft voice that didn’t sound particularly threatening. However, as soon as she spoke, the dagger in her hand stabbed fiercely into the phoenix’s body. For some unknown reason, the flames on the phoenix’s body were extinguished as she landed. “Junior Sister! You’ll kill it!” Hao’er and Muchen were startled by her fierce stance. They hadn’t expected her to take advantage of their distraction of the phoenix to ride on its back when it wasn’t prepared, and then actually stab it with the dagger in her hand. At that very moment, they sensed an ancient pressure emanating from her, forcibly suppressing the phoenix’s aura. The flames on the phoenix’s body also vanished instantly due to the appearance of that ancient pressure. “Sssss!” The knife truly pierced the phoenix’s body. It let out a cry, though it was unclear whether it was out of fear of the pressure that burst forth from Yue’er’s body or if it was genuinely injured. It folded its wings and dove down from mid-air. With a flash of red light, it transformed into a whip that slammed into the ground, the whip now stained with blood. “Huh?” Yue’er was also stunned. Although she had stabbed fiercely, she didn’t expect that after a single stab, the phoenix would turn into a whip like that. Seeing this, Hao’er and Muchen exchanged glances. They both knew that this sudden transformation probably had something to do with the ancient pressure their sister had released just moments ago. However, that pressure had come and gone so quickly that no one else should have noticed it. “Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, look! If soft doesn’t work, you have to use force. Now look, it’s obediently turned into a whip,” Yue’er said with a smile as she walked forward to pick up the whip. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. “It’s really beautiful.”