With a gentle flap of its wings, the phoenix instantly unleashed a ball of platinum flames that completely enveloped the corpses of Li Yu and Han Qing.
The flames quickly closed, forming a closed fireball about three meters in diameter, which burned fiercely in the rain.
The flames not only completely blocked out all outside vision, but the intense energy fluctuations also interfered with and shielded all external perception!
The extreme heat forced Xiao Zhan, who was also standing next to Han Qing's corpse, back several steps, his face showing astonishment.
Although he didn't understand why, Xiao Zhan believed that Li Yu's firebird wouldn't attack him, and that there must be a hidden meaning behind it.
Xiao Zhan did not delve further into the matter. Instead, he tacitly and proactively distanced himself, drawing an admiring glance from the phoenix.
Inside the fire barrier.
Without further hesitation, Li Yu immediately activated the cyclone with all her might.
The cyclone spun wildly at an unprecedented speed, and a powerful suction force erupted from Li Yu's body, precisely capturing all the energy emitted by Han Qing and forcibly drawing it into the cyclone!
Just as Han Qing's energy entered the cyclone, a hint of undisguised surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes.
What incredible energy!
Han Qing, who was not particularly strong in Li Yu's eyes, actually possessed an exceptionally solid and profound energy, far stronger than the strength he displayed on the surface!
Its energy purity and total quantity far exceeded Li Yu's previous estimates.
Clearly, Han Qing's ability to climb to eleventh place on the popularity list is truly due to his own strength—a solid foundation honed through countless life-or-death battles! It's not a matter of luck.
There's no exaggeration in this ranking; otherwise, Han Qing wouldn't have stayed in that crucial position for so long, and would have been replaced by other challengers long ago.
Han Qing once roamed freely with his troublesome spatial abilities, and was still able to successfully leave in front of many powerful figures.
Having learned from countless past mistakes, he became overconfident and chose to continue watching from the sidelines while Gangzhu and Li Yu were fighting, ultimately missing the chance to escape.
If the phoenix hadn't suddenly descended and burned the space with flames, thus somewhat suppressing the use of spatial abilities, Han Qing, with his superb spatial control, would still have been able to leave smoothly in front of Li Yu and Xiao Zhan.
Even with Bai Ya using the Star Array to lead Li Yu in pursuit and interception, there is absolutely no chance of successfully stopping Han Qing.
But no matter how much Han Qing planned, he never expected that Li Yu would possess such a terrifying firebird, and that it would arrive at this very moment.
Just as Li Yu said, Han Qing lost because of a bit of bad luck.
"This is actually a bargain for me," Li Yu thought to himself, and accelerated his absorption even further.
With the cyclone's near-violent rotation speed, the remaining energy in Han Qing's body was completely absorbed in just a few breaths.
The energy, mixed with spatial properties, was continuously compressed and refined by the vortex, and then merged with a white-gold flame. Finally, it intertwined with Li Yu's crimson-gold energy, and the three seemed to trigger some kind of mysterious reaction.
With the fusion complete, a brand new energy emerges, more domineering and more intense.
Like a volcano suppressed for millennia, it erupted uncontrollably, as if breaking through an invisible spatial barrier.
Suddenly, an immense and overwhelming pressure erupted from Li Yu without warning!
Centered on Li Yu, it slammed heavily into every inch of the surrounding space!
"Sizzle—"
The fire wall, which had been extinguished, suddenly flared up again as if it had been injected with fuel from a giant pump.
The wall of fire, infused with golden flames and empowered by the new energy within the cyclone, instantly soared into the sky, igniting the clouds and rain in the heavens!
With the explosion and qualitative change of the new energy within Li Yu's body, the Phoenix Flame Domain has been fiercely re-emerged in an unprecedented manner!
This time, the scope of the domain has expanded more than three times compared to when Li Yu took the initiative to control it before!
Like a rapidly expanding world of flames, it instantly and forcibly enveloped the entire Black Rain Valley and the surrounding mountains!
It also encompassed everyone in the valley, and even those steel-cast remains, without distinction, into this burning kingdom!
At this moment, the Phoenix Flame Domain, viewed from the air, resembles an ancient earth vein opening its infinitely majestic eyes, gazing directly at the heavens with an overbearing and domineering flame!
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Within the fiery realm, the hearts of the refugees pounded wildly.
This is not a subjective expression of respect or fear for Li Yu, but rather an instinctive reaction ingrained in the genes of an organism when faced with a higher-dimensional and more powerful being.
It does not target physical destruction, but rather strikes at the deepest, most primal fears of the soul!
It's an absolute suppression on a life level!
Although the refugees knew Li Yu wouldn't harm them, everyone had a clear feeling at that moment, as if it were branded into their souls—
Within this burning domain, Li Yu's will is the law; he can decide their life and death with a single thought and control everything about them!
Absolute submission and a humble awareness of their own insignificance caused all the refugees to unconsciously prostrate themselves before that burning figure, trembling with fear. They didn't even dare to look directly at that godlike figure.
Bai Ya wasn't too far from Li Yu. The moment that overwhelming aura swept over him, he let out a muffled groan, his face turning deathly pale.
He was horrified to discover that all the star array connections he had preset and controlled had been forcibly severed and blocked by this incredibly tyrannical force.
The surrounding space seemed to be crystal forged by flames, and no matter how he manipulated the star array, he could not tear open a single spatial rift from the cage of flames.
"How is this possible!...This is Li Yu's power???"
White Raven's pupils dilated sharply as he stared intently at the burning field, which was even more magnificent and terrifying than before.
How could Li Yu suddenly become so powerful? It's like he's become a completely different person!
Not only does it possess such immense power, but it also has a domain that completely restricts spatial movement, rendering his spatial abilities utterly ineffective, as if he had become an ordinary person with no power to resist!
Bai Ya even felt an absurd and terrifying feeling; the aura emanating from the center of the sea of fire was not the kind of oppressive force that a "human" could possess.
It was as if a trace of aura had been unintentionally leaked by a deity from the earth!
If, not long ago, when Han Qing had just arrived, Li Yu had displayed even half of his current strength and power...
It's likely that there was no need to shoot any arrows or probe at all.
The sheer pressure of this domain alone was enough to completely crush Han Qing's barrier and spatial abilities, making it impossible for him to even escape using spatial means.
Bai Ya stared at Li Yu in utter shock, a hint of disbelief and fear in his eyes.
Doesn't that mean...?
From this moment forward, no space-type awakener will be able to escape from Li Yu, no matter how hard they try.
Including himself.
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