C1800 They Were Indeed Unable to Defeat Him
Upon realizing his new attack method was effective, Yu Yuan's spirits soared. He unleashed a barrage of brilliant golden beams.
The Star River, torn asunder by the supreme Dark Phoenix, with its myriad space rifts, now served to bolster his power.
The arcane of the Dragon Slaying Stage enabled him to navigate through various dimensions and moments in time. Whenever he emerged beside the Dark Phoenix's wings, where she least expected, he seized the opportunity to strike with the radiant metal of the golden dragon god, targeting the violet gold feathers.
However...
After the first feather of the Dark Phoenix was penetrated, the violet gold Celestial Plumes that burst in the sky transformed into droplets of blood rain, which began to merge midair.
In mere seconds, hundreds of amethyst shards, no larger than fingernails, fused back into pristine purple feathers!
The golden hue receded, and the purple feathers, no longer metallic, reverted to the Dark Phoenix's natural color and shape.
They appeared incredibly resplendent, ethereal, and nimble, a stark contrast to the cold hardness of iron.
True to her nature, her feathers were meant to be magnificent, razor-sharp, and light.
Within the purple feathers, delicate veins pulsed like streams of blood, carrying the ancient powers and rules of archdemons.
Whoosh!
All the golden light vanished in an instant. The Dark Phoenix, seated majestically on her Divine Throne and fluttering her wings, ceased her furious tirade. Her demonic gaze turned icy and serene.
With a soft sound, seven golden beams effortlessly pierced her purple Celestial Plumes, the light shining through the punctures.
Yet, the feathers with the new holes healed in the blink of an eye.
Her enigmatic phoenix form, her purple feathers, feared no puncture, for she could mend them as swiftly as they were pierced.
Her mastery over vital energy, comparable to the power of the Solar Meridian, and her unmatched regenerative abilities meant she had little concern for additional perforations in her wings.
Her adoption of the "Ultimate Golden Body" was merely a test, a curiosity about Yu Yuan's power.
She had no need for such defenses; in her true form, she was undaunted by the "Heaven-Opening Sword Array" or the elite radiance of the golden dragon god.
"Is that all?"
She mocked, observing Yu Yuan as he flickered in and out of existence within the space rifts.
With a hand concealed within the Divine Throne pressed against where her heart would be, she declared, "Aside from this nexus of vital energy, where the blood energy flows, what does it matter if you pierce a thousand holes in my body or wings? What does it prove to simply pass through?"
She ceased to spread her demon energy in a frenzy. The space rift that had burst open earlier now swiftly sealed itself shut, a testament to her newfound calm. Rising languidly from the immense Divine Throne, one of her wings transformed into an expansive curtain that blanketed the heavens and earth, reminiscent of blood magic that shrouded the Everlands, and struck fear into the Dead Star with its Domain Channel. It was as though she was swatting at the Primal Blood Continent with an enormous demonic shadow.
Boom!
The unprotected Dead Star shattered under the force of her wing, and the mighty dragon's breath, laboriously sent by the little spinosaurus from the Ashlands, was dispersed in the process. Yu Yuan could even faintly hear the anguished roar of the little spinosaurus.
Puff! Puff!
The Dead Star quaked and broke apart, its remnants becoming cosmic dust and debris. In her wrath, the last surviving Dead Star was reduced to ash, and the passage to the Ashlands ceased to exist.
"You're already here, and so is the young Sword Sect disciple who wields ice magic. This channel is no longer necessary," the Dark Phoenix declared, standing tall. She nodded in approval upon realizing that, within millions of miles of the Star River, there was no sign of life or death other than Yu Yuan.
"The Abyssal Greater Basilisk, the timid Abyssal Leviathan, the Chronowyrm, and Loong Jie will have to find other ways to reach the Dark Star," she said nonchalantly, effectively cutting off Yu Yuan's retreat and leaving him without external aid.
She waited in silence for a moment, voluntarily drawing back her demon energy to hasten the closure of the space rift. Soon after, Yu Yuan discovered that not a single rift remained for his use.
The Dark Phoenix's expansive wings reverted from their violet gold metallic state to their original form, healing all the punctures. With one hand pressed against what seemed to be her heart, she beckoned to him with the other, as if daring him to keep on stabbing.
Clang!
A colossal sound that vibrated through the Star River erupted from the direction of the Primal Blood Continent. Yu Yuan glanced over and, through the vision granted by the Dragon Slaying Stage, he saw another, even more formidable phoenix phantom. It brandished thousands of lightning bolts shaped into totem poles, embodying the ancient bloodline rules of evilkind, as it furiously collided with the celestial wall.
The periphery of the Primal Blood Continent, akin to a sphere of blood, was meticulously interwoven by the Solar Meridian with numerous glyphs of life and blood. It was then empowered by the intense cold of the crystalline wall, causing it to fracture like a series of icy realms shattering in succession.
As it broke apart, Ji Ningshuang emerged, sword in hand, her Divine Transcendence making her appear as the ultimate deity of frigid coldness in the cosmos.
With each stroke of her blade, streaks of icy light transformed into countless sharp icicles, colliding with the ancient totem-pole-like, broad veins of lightning.
She harnessed the profound chill from beneath the earth, tapping into the power of the Primal Blood Continent's wall to engage in battle with another Dark Phoenix. The clash was even more monumental.
It was also more awe-inspiring and fierce!
The Untamed, the Moonfang Tiger, and tens of thousands of elite archdemons and alien beasts densely populated the central Star River, all watching the battle with bated breath.
It seemed as though this fight was the true determinant of victory.
For Yu Yuan, the outcome of his conflict with the Dark Phoenix didn't seem all that critical to the grand scheme of the Dark Star Region.
With a stern expression, Yu Yuan abruptly inquired, "What fraction of your power is present here?"
The surge of demon energy emanating from the immense purple phoenix was far more tumultuous than the human form before him. He was eager to know just how much of the Dark Phoenix's strength was embodied in this avatar.
"Do you really want to know?" the Dark Phoenix asked, her eyebrows arching.
Yu Yuan gave a slight nod.
"Thirty percent."
The Dark Phoenix smirked, looking down at Yu Yuan, who was gripping the Dragon Slaying Stage with contempt, "Truth be told, you should feel honored. Without even having forged your ultimate primordial spirit, you've compelled me to exert thirty percent of my strength to counter you. Although I haven't launched a serious attack yet, I've merely been observing the extent of your power."
"That alone should be a source of pride for you."
With a sneer, she added mockingly, "When I drove Yuwen Hao from the Everlands, I only utilized half my power. Lin Daoke and Tan Xiaotian, either of them would at most draw out seventy percent of my strength. Among the myriad beings of the Everlands, how many truly merit my personal attention?"
"One Astral Tiger alone could annihilate them completely, leaving none alive, and shatter their Way of Heaven."
As she spoke, the hand propped against the massive purple Divine Throne relaxed.
It was then, as she shifted from sitting to standing and let her hand fall away from her chest, that Yu Yuan noticed her face was somewhat off-putting, yet her figure was truly exceptional.
She stood tall, with a full bosom, a slender waist, and long, straight legs.
Her face might not have been natural, but her figure certainly was.
Without considering her face, anyone would naturally assume she was a woman of unparalleled beauty, drawn in by her enchanting physique and filled with anticipation for her visage.
Yu Yuan couldn't help but imagine the disappointment and dejection of those who were first captivated by her figure, only to then gaze upon her bizarre, patchwork face.
"Your gaze... Damn you!"
She, perceiving the complex changes in Yu Yuan's eyes as if she had read his mind, erupted in anger once more.
With a swish, she finally spread her wings and raised her blade, no longer passively awaiting Yu Yuan's display of power but responding with her own.
A slender, brilliant streak of purple lightning cut across the Dark Nebula, as if cleaving the heavens and earth in two.
In Yu Yuan's location, space and time came to a standstill, and the energy of the Star River ceased to flow. All he saw was a bolt of lightning that seemed poised to split the world of chaos asunder.
She, too, had mastered the intricate bloodline mysteries of the Chronowyrm, applying them deftly to her attacks.
"Space rift!"
Yu Yuan bellowed, the Dragon Slaying Stage in his grasp radiating a spectrum of dazzling light, shattering the sealed cosmos above and then raising the Dragon Slaying Stage aloft to intercept the purple lightning.
Crack!
The purple lightning collided with the Dragon Slaying Stage, its unreasonably ferocious power fracturing the miniature world within the Silvery Land and causing Yu Yuan's arm bone to burst.
He and the Dragon Slaying Stage were cleaved by the Dark Phoenix's wing, plummeting as if cast down into the depths of the Abyss.
As he rapidly descended, starting from his arm bone to his neck, then his chest and abdomen, and finally his legs, the horrifying demon energy of the Dark Phoenix surged through him.
His body was a tally of countless broken bones and ruptured tendons, his organs saturated with tainted blood.
With just one strike, he had been severely wounded.
The Dark Phoenix's silhouette and the massive purple Divine Throne upon which it perched shrank rapidly in his view, dwindling until they were no longer visible.
"You're actually still alive, not burst into a mist of blood."
The Dark Phoenix's voice, tinged with surprise, seemed to drift down from the celestial Star River, reaching Yu Yuan as he plummeted towards the abyss, "Do you think I'm unaware of your thoughts? Even if you haven't voiced them, even if it's just a thought in your mind! But thinking it won't save you, you're going to die all the same!"
Above, the phoenix's shadow furiously beat its wings, and brilliant purple lightning filled Yu Yuan's vision, growing ever larger until it consumed his gaze.
He knew the Dark Phoenix had lost her composure once more.
This time, already grievously injured, he stood no chance against her relentless assault, unable to muster the strength to defend himself.
Whoosh!
The Dragon Slaying Stage, enveloped in a spectrum of divine light, shifted instantaneously from the remote reaches of the Star River to the Primal Blood Continent.
Blood-soaked, he materialized before High Priest Reid, the mighty Demon God Grec, and a host of Star-Spawned Terrors.
Yu Yuan, feeling rather embarrassed, wiped the blood from his face and offered a sheepish grin, "I definitely can't defeat her at the moment."
"Respect!"
"Such bravery is praiseworthy!"
"That's the Dark Phoenix, the current champion of the Star River!"
The Star-Spawned Terrors, both familiar and unfamiliar, refrained from ridicule. Instead, they expressed genuine admiration, looking upon him with expressions bordering on reverence.
