Chapter 87: The Immortal Cloud Continent
Chapter 87: The Immortal Cloud Continent
At the Cloud Immortal Continent, the battle erupted immediately as the forces of the Phoenix Emperor Dynasty and the Fallen Heaven Blood Sect clashed fiercely. Both sides attacked with incredible speed and coordination, their moves fluid like water as they advanced and retreated in harmony.
The Eternal Phoenix Army formed a massive assault pattern, launching hundreds of thousands of colossal flame phoenixes at the Fallen Heaven Blood Sect's forces. However, a giant jade barrier suddenly appeared, blocking the phoenixes' attack. This was the work of Mu Mu Shuyuan, the Lord of the Jade Peak, and her mother Mu Ling, an elder of the Jade Peak. Together, they swiftly created a jade shield, easily absorbing the flame phoenix's power.
At the same time, Kong Lin, the Lord of the Void Peak, who had learned the power of the void from Jiang Yun, used the void energy to reflect the phoenixes' attack back toward the Eternal Phoenix Army. The Immortal Emperors of the Phoenix Emperor Dynasty quickly reacted, rushing to defend against the reflected attack. But to their surprise, the attack vanished into the void, only to warp back and strike them again with greater speed and force. A voice echoed:
"The Law of Time..."
Suddenly, the Ancestor of the Phoenix Emperor Dynasty appeared from the void, trying to stop the attack aimed at his forces. He summoned an immense amount of spiritual energy to create a shield, and it seemed that the shield successfully blocked the attack. But the unavoidable price was... his life.
The Phoenix Emperor Ancestor sacrificed himself heroically to protect the army. He succeeded in halting the attack, but Shi Guang, the Lord of the Time Peak, touched the ancestor, and his body gradually dissolved into the void, whispering his final words of loyalty and sacrifice for the dynasty.
This sacrifice caused the Eternal Phoenix Army to pause momentarily, but it quickly became a rallying cry. With renewed rage and sorrow, they launched a furious counterattack on the Fallen Heaven Blood Sect.
In the void, the intense battle between Jiang Yun and his twelve Samsara Clones against Yong Xuan, the number one on the Golden List and the first Heaven General of the Phoenix Emperor Dynasty, was underway. Two of Jiang Yun's Samsara Clones were sent to deal with Feng Yang, the former emperor of the Phoenix Emperor Dynasty. Both Feng Yang and Yong Xuan were under constant attack, barely given a moment to breathe. Worse still, they found themselves unable to use their spatial rings to summon their Immortal Emperor weapons or elixirs for healing. Some formation created by Jiang Yun had sealed their rings, and they both felt their powers weakening, with headaches and unstable spiritual energy every time they tried to attack, rendering their strikes less effective.
Although Yong Xuan had reached the Demi-God level, she was still new to this realm and unfamiliar with her newfound power. She tried for a while to escape the formation but soon realized it was impossible. She sensed that the formation's origin lay within the bodies of the thirteen clones surrounding her, and if she moved, they moved with her.
She glanced at Jiang Yun and saw a gap in his stance, which she suspected was intentional. She knew it was a trap, but with no other choice, she decided to risk burning her own blood to gain temporary power, hoping to kill Jiang Yun in one swift move. With her decision made, she charged at Jiang Yun with incredible speed.
Her speed was astonishing, and in an instant, her hand pierced through Jiang Yun's body. But to her shock, nothing happened—Jiang Yun stood unmoved. She spoke in disbelief, "Impossible! It should have struck him..."
At that moment, she felt danger approaching. She tried to pull her hand back from Jiang Yun's body, but it was stuck as though something was binding it to him. Something pierced her hand that was inside Jiang Yun. With no other choice, she quickly decided to sever her own arm to free herself.
As soon as she cut off her arm, she knew she had acted too late. She sensed an attack coming from twelve powerful laws, striking from all directions. With no other option, she burned more of her blood, causing her spiritual energy to explode outward in a desperate attempt to destroy the formations around her.
The massive explosion from Yong Xuan sent Jiang Yun and his twelve Samsara Clones flying in all directions. But instead of panic, they smiled slightly. Their demeanor showed no fear, as if they had anticipated this outcome, and they seemed to be manipulating something invisible.
Yong Xuan, believing she was finally safe, tried to heal her severely damaged body. However, she soon noticed something wrong within her. She realized her spiritual energy was no longer flowing to her legs, and her vision began to blur. Her perspective shifted as she suddenly collapsed.
As she fell, she saw her body had been severed, leaving only her lower half intact. Blood poured onto the ground beneath her, and the sound of her upper body hitting the ground echoed in her ears.
She looked up to see thin spiritual threads, like strings, weaving a network throughout her body. These threads came from both Jiang Yun and the surrounding Samsara Clones, and they were the ones that had severed her body in two.
Yong Xuan looked at Jiang Yun with eyes full of confusion and disbelief. She spoke softly,
"...There are so many formations, weakening, limiting my power, disturbing my spiritual energy, sealing my spatial ring, and more. And worst of all, I can't even escape because the formation moves along with me. How can you cheat like this... couldn't you at least have some limits? I can't even imagine how I'm supposed to beat you."
Jiang Yun smiled but said nothing as he walked toward her with a chilling grin, causing fear to creep into Yong Xuan's heart.
His mocking laughter echoed through the void as Yong Xuan felt her life force gradually fading away. Her body began to dissolve, overtaken by the slow, crushing weight of despair.
Suddenly, a strange mist began to emanate from Yong Xuan's body, quickly enveloping the entire area. Within the mist, her body reassembled itself. She wasted no time, gathering all the power she had left and burning her blood to boost her strength once again.
She charged directly at the Elder Protector, aiming to kill him in one final attack. Her strike pierced through the Elder Protector's body, but to her shock, his face was full of smiles, as if he had foreseen her plan.
The Elder Protector activated a hidden seal, and Yong Xuan's body began to freeze slowly. She tried to move, but her body wouldn't respond. The Elder Protector's blood, which had flowed from his wound and touched her other hand, caused her to cough up blood immediately. Her spiritual energy became chaotic, and panic filled her mind. She muttered softly,
"The Law of Time... and his blood is poisoned? What kind of monsters am I fighting? Both the leader and his subordinates are completely deranged."
At that moment, Jiang Yun and his eleven Samsara Clones simultaneously launched an attack on her. Each strike hit different points across her body, while Jiang Yun aimed the final blow at her head using the Law of Destruction. She thought to herself,
"I... have lost..."
But just before Jiang Yun could deliver the finishing blow, a massive surge of flames erupted, burning through the void and dismantling part of Jiang Yun's formation. A giant phoenix of blazing fire surged toward Jiang Yun, forcing him and his clones to retreat quickly. He glanced at the two Samsara Clones who had been fighting Feng Yang and saw that their bodies had been partially incinerated by the flames. He muttered softly,
"Feng Yang has become a demi-god..."
The colossal fire phoenix hurtled toward them, forcing Jiang Yun and his forces to fall back. As the phoenix landed, it transformed into Feng Yang, who immediately rushed to heal Yong Xuan with his flames. Speaking with a firm voice, he said,
"We need to retreat from here. These people are too dangerous. Their formations can suppress our power, block our spiritual energy, and cause confusion and other severe effects."
Jiang Yun watched the two of them with cold eyes before speaking in a chilling tone, "Endless Samsara Domain."
Upon Jiang Yun's command, all fourteen Elder Protectors stabbed their hearts simultaneously and collapsed, dead, before Yong Xuan and Feng Yang. The two were stunned by the sight, but before they could react, a powerful spiritual force surged forth. The overwhelming energy caused their hair to stand on end, filling them with fear and a sense of despair. Both of them turned to look at Jiang Yun.
At that moment, Jiang Yun's power was rapidly evolving and ascending. His gaze changed, filled with a cruel and mad glint. His energy level was rising quickly, and the force he unleashed made the ground tremble as if the world itself was about to fracture. The entire space grew dark, and an eerie silence fell over the battlefield.
Feng Yang immediately struck with his Phoenix Flame Fist, targeting Jiang Yun, before grabbing Yong Xuan and flying away as fast as he could. From behind them, a voice echoed,
"Ten Thousand Stars Encircle the World."