A wooden sword instantly appeared in his hand, the divine and demonic power on Gu Yu's body dissipated in an instant, and the God-Slaying Array Plate appeared in his hand, instantly boosting Gu Yu's combat power to the mid-stage of the Emperor Realm.
Although the triple increase, along with the Blade Nurturing Technique and the Heaven Opening Technique saving contribution points, is still quite different from the increase provided by the God-Slaying Array Plate.
Although the explosive power of using the sword-nurturing technique is similar, their endurance is different.
Gu Yu's combat power, amplified threefold, was only around the mid-stage of the King Realm, but the combat power amplified by the God-Slaying Array Plate could reach the mid-stage of the Emperor Realm, which was completely different.
Especially when facing a Royal Realm expert, if the opponent blocks his ultimate sword-nurturing technique and launches a counterattack, a mid-stage Royal Realm expert might be able to withstand it, but a mid-stage King Realm expert would be absolutely unable to resist.
Upon sensing Gu Yu's sudden surge in combat power, Kong Qianchi's expression immediately changed.
"Sword Nourishing Technique, Heaven Opening!" Instantly, countless Origin Qi surged around Gu Yu, turbulent and powerful like a rushing river. These Origin Qi transformed into countless spiritual snakes, frantically converging towards the wooden sword. In an instant, an extremely majestic aura swept out, and a massive sword aura shot straight into the sky, as if even heaven and earth were trembling at its power.
Kong Qianchi, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but tremble. He had lived a long life and seen much of the world, but this sight left him speechless. Gu Yu was originally a quasi-Emperor, but at this moment, he suddenly displayed the combat power of a mid-Emperor. This wasn't surprising, as some powerful secret techniques could achieve this, but the sudden burst of terrifying power made him feel extremely uneasy; this was beyond the capabilities of any secret technique.
Could it be that because I haven't been out and about for so many years, something drastic has changed outside? That shouldn't be the case!
"Peacock Primordial Spirit, Peacock Screen Protection!" Kong Qianchi had no time to think. Gu Yu's powerful blade energy was already slashing down at him. His expression changed, and he dared not be careless. He took a deep breath, and a lifelike peacock immediately appeared behind him. The peacock spread its wings, instantly displaying its tail feathers. A dazzling light poured down from its feathers, forming a light screen that seemed capable of blocking all attacks.
boom……………
A deafening roar resounded as a massive blade of energy crashed down like a mountain, making Kong Qianchi's peacock tail shield appear somewhat vulnerable. Under the impact of the blade's energy, the peacock tail shattered instantly, and Kong Qianchi was cleaved to the ground by the force.
The surrounding space was instantly torn open with several cracks, and terrifying energy ripples spread out in an instant. The Kong family members had no time to dodge and were swallowed up by the aftershocks of the energy. Most of the Kong family seemed to have been destroyed by a catastrophe at this moment, turning into ruins. Gu Yu did not linger. With a flash, he disappeared into the vast night, leaving only a deathly silence.
Kong Qianchi crawled out of the ruins, coughing up blood and looking utterly disheveled.
Gu Yu's strike was incredibly powerful. He could have avoided such a sorry state, but unfortunately, if he had dodged, the Kong family would have been wiped out. However, he chose not to dodge and instead faced the attack head-on, and even then, more than half of the Kong family was still lost.
Gu Yu's ultimate move can kill someone in the mid-stage of the Emperor Realm. Even someone in the late-stage Emperor Realm would be severely injured if confronted head-on without special methods. In other words, as long as Gu Yu doesn't encounter someone at the peak of the Emperor Realm, he can...
"Cough cough..." Watching countless members of the Kong family die under the blade's power, Kong Qianchi felt a sweet taste in his throat and immediately began to cough violently.
At this moment, Xu Ling'er was frantically fleeing, her speed reaching its limit. However, the Fire Phoenix God King was even faster, and in an instant, he caught up with Xu Ling'er. With a wave of his hand, countless black flames instantly enveloped Xu Ling'er, trapping her.
"Give me your body now! Do you want to suffer a fate worse than death?" the Ice Phoenix Emperor roared anxiously, she absolutely did not want to fall into the hands of the Demon Dragon Emperor.
Xu Ling'er looked at the black flames around her; with her current cultivation level, she simply couldn't break through them.
"Hahaha..." At this moment, the Fire Phoenix God King was laughing maniacally. The Ice Phoenix Emperor used to suppress him and command him at every turn. Now, he had chased him to the ends of the earth, leaving him nowhere to run. He was fleeing in panic. This feeling was really too good.
"Ice Phoenix, you've finally met your match! Kneel down and beg me, and perhaps I'll give up capturing you and hand you over to the Demon Dragon Emperor," said the Fire Phoenix God King.
"You're dreaming." Upon hearing the words of the Fire Phoenix God King, the Ice Phoenix Empress said coldly. She would rather die than endure such humiliation.
"It seems you can't understand your current situation. You only have yourself to blame for being too arrogant back then." The Fire Phoenix God King was even more excited when he heard the Ice Phoenix Emperor's angry rebuke.
"Xu Ling'er, give me your body now, give it to me now!" the Ice Phoenix Emperor roared.
"Hehe..." Hearing the flustered voice of the Ice Phoenix Emperor, the Fire Phoenix God King laughed monstrously, "Even if you possess her, so what? You need time to recover. Even if you are powerful, how much strength do you have? Are you at the late stage of the Emperor Realm or at the peak? No matter which one, you are a lamb in front of me."
"Hmm! Look at your flustered appearance, it's really tempting. If it weren't for the Demon Dragon Emperor wanting you, I would also want to be with you..." The Fire Phoenix God King looked at Xu Ling'er greedily. In the past, who didn't want to kiss the Ice Phoenix Emperor's beauty? He was no exception.
"Fire Phoenix, how dare you!" Upon hearing the Fire Phoenix God King's frivolous words, the Ice Phoenix Emperor immediately rebuked him. To be honest, she had never been as flustered as she was today.
"Tsk tsk..." Upon hearing the Ice Phoenix Emperor's words, the Fire Phoenix God King smacked his lips. "Your appearance is truly arousing. But do you still think you're the Ice Phoenix Emperor?"
"Fire Phoenix, aren't you afraid that I'll regain my cultivation and kill you?" the Ice Phoenix Emperor threatened.
"Oh dear! I'm so scared!" the Fire Phoenix God King said cheekily, then his gaze sharpened. "Ice Phoenix, you should worry about yourself first! Becoming the Demon Emperor's plaything, hahaha..."
"I... I'll kill you." The Ice Phoenix Emperor's voice trembled with rage.
Just then, the Fire Phoenix God King suddenly approached the Ice Phoenix Emperor, and countless demonic flames instantly imprisoned Xu Ling'er's body.
Suddenly, the Fire Phoenix God King's hand reached for Xu Ling'er's chin.
"Tsk tsk... Beautiful, aloof." The Fire Phoenix God King looked at Xu Ling'er's face and praised her, especially since Xu Ling'er's face was now full of anger and resentment, making her even more beautiful. "To be honest, I don't even want to offer you to the Demon Dragon Emperor anymore. Otherwise, I would take you and fly away."
"Xu Ling'er, do you want to be defiled?" The Ice Phoenix Emperor ignored the Fire Phoenix God King and continued speaking to Xu Ling'er, "Do you want to become a plaything? Wake up! Dragons are inherently lewd, and the Demon Dragon Emperor is even more ruthless, having committed rape and abduction in the past. Moreover, he is extremely perverted..."
At this moment, Xu Ling'er was hesitating and struggling. She did not want to be possessed by the Ice Phoenix Emperor. Once possessed, she would no longer be herself. However, she also did not want to become a plaything of the Demon Dragon Emperor. She would rather die!
"Gu Yu, I'm sorry," Xu Ling'er murmured.
"Tsk tsk tsk..." Seeing Xu Ling'er suddenly burst into tears, the Fire Phoenix God King was completely captivated. Although Xu Ling'er was not the Ice Phoenix Emperor, her appearance was exactly the same as the Ice Phoenix Emperor's appearance when she transformed into human form. He had never seen the Ice Phoenix Emperor with tears in her eyes before.
This caused him some inner struggle. "I'll take her first, and then I can just tell the Demon Dragon Emperor that Gu Yu did it, hmm!" Thinking of this, the Fire Phoenix God King suddenly reached out and touched Xu Ling'er's shoulder.
"I'll give you my body, everything I have, but you have to promise me you won't hurt Gu Yu. If he's in danger, protect him for me," Xu Ling'er said.
"I agree." The Ice Phoenix Emperor answered without hesitation.
"Goodbye, Gu Yu." Xu Ling'er suddenly closed her eyes, a tear sliding down her cheek. The next second, she abruptly opened her eyes, and a cold aura immediately emanated from her body.
White flames, radiating a chilling aura, instantly spread out. At this moment, Xu Ling'er's eyes also emitted white flames. The extreme coldness caused the Fire Phoenix God King, who had just reached out to touch Xu Ling'er's shoulder, to immediately retreat.
"How is this possible?" The Fire Phoenix God King's expression changed. At this moment, although the Ice Phoenix Emperor's aura was at the late stage of the Emperor Realm, her phoenix ice flames were terrifyingly powerful.
"Fire Phoenix, you have humiliated me time and time again. Today I will turn you to ashes." A cold voice came from Xu Ling'er's mouth.
The seven emotions that had been suppressing Binghuang—fear and longing—vanished in an instant.
However, what puzzled the Ice Phoenix Emperor was that although Si had disappeared, she found that Gu Yu's image was still in her mind, but she didn't have time to think about it.
The Fire Phoenix God King's form instantly transformed into a gigantic demonic phoenix. Its massive body seemed to blot out the sky, and raging demonic flames swept out like a storm, dyeing the entire void a scorching black. The power of these demonic flames was so great that it seemed capable of incinerating everything, making it impossible to look directly at them.
Seeing this, the Ice Phoenix Emperor was not to be outdone. With a slight movement, she transformed into a gigantic ice phoenix. Her feathers were as white as snow, shimmering with a cold luster, and the white flames emanating from her body were extremely cold, as if capable of freezing all life.
The Ice Phoenix and the Demon Phoenix stood facing each other, each of the two enormous phoenixes radiating a powerful aura. On one side was blazing demonic flames, and on the other, icy white fire; their auras intertwined, seemingly about to tear the entire void apart.
The surrounding void became strangely distorted under the influence of these two auras. One side was as hot as fire, as if one were in lava; the other was as cold as ice, as if one were in a world of ice and snow. This extreme temperature difference caused the surrounding space to become distorted and turbulent.
The Ice Phoenix and the Fire Phoenix's gazes met, as if sparks were flashing between them.
As time went by, the auras of the Ice Phoenix and the Demon Phoenix grew stronger and stronger, and their battle instantly began.
The two colossal creatures collided violently, the power of the Ice Phoenix and the Fire Phoenix clashing and generating powerful energy ripples. These ripples were both scorching and icy, seemingly combining the characteristics of both ice and fire, creating a feeling that was both awe-inspiring and eerie.
boom…………
A deafening roar resounded, as if the heavens and earth were being torn apart by this force. The scorching demonic flames and the icy white fire intertwined and collided in the air, producing a strange reaction that caused the surrounding space to distort and deform.
Immediately afterwards, countless pitch-black cracks appeared in space, as if it had been torn into countless fragments. The light shining through these cracks was exceptionally blinding, like the entrance to another world.
The battle between the Ice Phoenix and the Demon Phoenix intensified, their figures darting through the air, sometimes colliding, sometimes separating. Each collision was accompanied by a deafening roar, as if the entire void itself was trembling.
"Phoenix Blaze!" With a low roar from the demonic phoenix, his figure instantly transformed into a black shadow, spewing forth endless pitch-black demonic flames. These flames, like the darkest stars in the night sky, carried an aura of destruction, instantly condensing into countless pitch-black fire phoenixes. They screeched and swept towards the Ice Phoenix Emperor.
The Ice Phoenix Emperor showed no fear in the face of such an attack. She flapped her wings, each movement carrying with it the chilling aura of heaven and earth. A ripple of energy emanated from her eyes, like the purest light in an icy world.
"Phoenix Spreads Across the Plains," she used the same move, but unlike the Demon Phoenix, her fiery phoenix was made of cold white flames. They were like the purest snowflakes in winter, carrying a cold yet sacred aura, sweeping towards the Demon Phoenix.
When the black and white fire phoenixes met in mid-air, it was as if two extreme substances collided. The heavens and earth trembled violently, as if the space itself were being torn apart by the force. The two forces canceled each other out, then merged, creating a new energy fluctuation that enveloped everything around them in chaos.
The void shattered more and more severely, and countless spatial rifts merged together to form an even larger spatial rift. Spatial storms swept out from within from time to time, and even the powerful demonic flames and ice flames were instantly annihilated when they encountered the spatial storms.
At this moment, the Ice Phoenix Emperor was already somewhat exhausted. Her cultivation was far inferior to that of the Demon Phoenix. The only reason she was able to fight the Demon Phoenix was because of her Phoenix Ice Flame.
"Ice Phoenix, I advise you to surrender. If you are injured by my demonic flames, you will suffer a fate worse than death," the Demon Phoenix said to the Ice Phoenix.
"Dream on." The Ice Phoenix Emperor gathered her power once more, and phoenix ice flames poured out from her body. The next second, she charged towards the Demon Phoenix again.
The Demon Phoenix looked at the charging Ice Phoenix with a hint of disdain in its eyes, "Let me show you the new power I've learned after my demonic transformation!"
After the demonic phoenix finished speaking, the demonic flames around it surged out like a savage wild beast.
"Heavenly Demon Phoenix Flame." The next second, all the feathers and flesh on his body disappeared, turning into a phoenix skeleton burning with demonic flames. He charged towards the oncoming Ice Phoenix Emperor.
boom…………
The two forces collided, producing a deafening sound. The already shattered space instantly magnified more than tenfold, and the energy ripples from the collision were directly annihilated by the spatial storm.
The Ice Phoenix Emperor was sent flying backward. At that moment, her snow-white feathers were scorched by the demonic flames. She spat out a mouthful of blood, and her massive body swayed precariously. Phoenix ice flames emanated from her body, but they could not extinguish the demonic flames on her body.
The demonic flames clinging to her body were like worms that gnawed at her bones, causing her to tremble in pain.
"Ice Phoenix, you cannot extinguish my Heavenly Demon Phoenix Flame. I advise you to surrender, or you will suffer greatly." The Fire Phoenix God King said to the Ice Phoenix Emperor, who was already exhausted.
“Cough cough…” The Ice Phoenix Emperor coughed a few times, her gaze sharpened, and the next second a terrifying aura emanated from her.
"The Phoenix Burns the Heavens Record." A cold voice came from the Ice Phoenix Emperor's mouth, and an extremely terrifying aura emanated from her body.
This caused the Demon Phoenix's expression to change drastically, even though she had thought victory was assured.
"Ice Phoenix, have you gone mad?" The Fire Phoenix God King stared wide-eyed at Ice Phoenix and asked. The Phoenix Burning Heaven Record was the Phoenix Clan's strongest ultimate move, but it could only be used once because it was a move that would result in mutual destruction. This move was enough to kill him, so he panicked.
Under normal circumstances, the Phoenix Clan can undergo Nirvana, just like her and Ice Phoenix. However, a Phoenix can only be reborn once. They have already used it all, and if they die again, they will truly be dead.
"Sword Nurturing Technique, Heaven Opening." Just then, a figure suddenly appeared, and a huge blade aura slashed down towards the Demon Phoenix.
It was too sudden; the Demon Phoenix was caught completely off guard and was sent flying by Gu Yu's blade.
"Ling'er," Gu Yu called out, looking at the enormous ice phoenix before him.
Upon seeing the demonic phoenix being knocked away, the Ice Phoenix Emperor's power instantly dissipated. The next second, her body went limp, transforming into human form and falling to the ground. Gu Yu moved swiftly and caught Xu Ling'er in his arms. However, the demonic flames still clung to Xu Ling'er, causing Gu Yu intense pain. Nevertheless, he did not let go. His aura shifted, and divine and demonic power surged forth to resist the demonic flames.
He held Xu Ling'er in his arms without hesitation. Suddenly, the God-Slaying Array Disc in his hand moved, shifting in all directions, and the two of them disappeared instantly.
Gu Yu is quite powerful now, but he is self-aware. Let alone a demigod, even a peak Emperor Realm expert would be a tough opponent for him.
The Demon Phoenix appeared instantly, but he missed his target, which made him extremely angry. However, upon reflection, he felt somewhat grateful to Gu Yu. If it weren't for Gu Yu's appearance, he would probably have died under the Phoenix Burning Heaven Record of the Ice Phoenix Emperor.
His expression shifted as he observed the direction in which Gu Yu and the Ice Phoenix Emperor had fled, but he found nothing.
With the Ten Directions Shift, Gu Yu teleported himself tens of thousands of miles away, and even he himself didn't know where he was going. It was all to escape the Demon Phoenix.
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