The black phoenix spread his wings and black flames swept through the entire sky. It was as if heaven and earth had been placed into a scorching oven.
Countless cracks began to appear on the surface of An Lin's intermediate rank spirit tool, Nine Star Frost Sword.
Bam...
The white longsword shattered like glass.
The blade of the sword transformed into countless white saber projections which glowed like stars under the crimson glow of the demonic moon.
An extremely mystical Dao aura began to radiate outward.
In the cycle of life and death, death would give birth to life.
The black phoenix seemed to have detected that something was amiss, and he charged toward An Lin at full speed in an attempt to end the battle as soon as possible.
"Die!"
Boundless black flames descended upon An Lin like an inescapable, all-encompassing net which contained the power to incinerate all living beings.
An Lin pointed to the black phoenix in the sky with a single finger. "Burial of the Nine Star Frost Sword. May your blade become stars of destruction that bring death to the black phoenix! "
The white sword projections in the air heeded his call and transformed into countless bright stars which rose up into the air!
Each of the white stars was imbued with extremely fearsome power, and their aura alone was enough to make the space around them shimmer and warp.
The boundless black flames which descended from the sky were frozen solid by the power of extreme frost from An Lin's Sword Burial technique. The white stars then converged into the shape of a longsword before flying toward the black phoenix.
Scorching flames burst forth from the black phoenix's body, and a river of black flames flowed from his mouth toward the starry longsword.
Clang!
The starry longsword slashed the black flames in half before descending upon the black phoenix with the mighty power of heaven and earth!
Fear and despair finally appeared in the eyes of the high and mighty black phoenix as he stared at the massive starry sword projection. His body was then completely sliced in half in the next instant!
The black flames dissipated, and the blood of the black phoenix gushed forth into the air as the two halves of his body crashed heavily into the ground.
The Origin Energy of the Netherworld began to vanish from around An Lin's body, and he looked up into the sky before faltering slightly.
He was greeted by the sight of a crimson object suspended where the body of the black phoenix once was.
An Lin immediately stowed the object into his storage ring without a second thought!
This was an item dropped by a big boss; he didn't know what it was, but it had to be something extremely useful, so he stowed it away without hesitation!
He turned his gaze toward the white phoenix in the distance to find that a fierce battle was still raging there.
The white phoenix was slightly inferior in strength to the black phoenix, but it was still extremely powerful nonetheless. Shangguan Yi and Mo Hai were both using their mystic treasures, which made them slightly more powerful than the average Soul Formation Final Stage cultivator, but they were still decidedly on the back foot.
An Lin wanted to assist them, but he found that he couldn't muster up any strength.
Their battle had reached a climax, and the result was about to be decided.
Mo Hai's Divine Phoenix Disc had already begun to crack open and activate all the remaining power within the disc as his saber crashed down in an earthshattering streak of crimson, leaving the shrill cry of a phoenix in its wake.
The crimson saber slashed out a giant crimson saber projection of over a kilometer in length which was imbued with all the remaining power within the Divine Phoenix Disc as well as in Mo Hai's body. This one attack was powerful enough to part an entire mountain.
The white phoenix retracted its wings to form a semi-transparent eggshell around itself.
Boom!
The crimson saber projection struck the eggshell and pulverized the ground around the white phoenix in a radius of several hundred meters.
The fearsome saber projection tore through the eggshell before striking the white phoenix, drawing blood from its pristine white body as it wailed in anguish.
Shangguan Yi struck then, and her sword transformed into a massive frost sword of over a thousand feet in length. A huge area of over a kilometer in radius was instantly transformed into a vast expanse of snow and ice as the power of extreme frost engulfed the earth.
"This is the end!"
The blue water droplet pendant hanging around Shangguan Yi's neck glowed with a brilliant light as a mighty blue projection suddenly appeared behind her.
This was the projection of a Frosty Great Empress who reigned over the heavens. She wore a divine crown with a blue veil emperor robe and boundless might burst forth from her eyes, which instantly restricted the movements of the white phoenix.
Snowflakes danced in the sky, and a layer of white frost appeared on the ground as she descended.
The Great Empress pointed a finger at the huge frosty sword, and the power imbued within the sword instantly began to multiply. The sword slowly turned from an insubstantial white to a light blue, and the very air was frozen solid by the plummeting temperatures around it.
"Heavenly Frost, Ice Slash!"
Shangguan Yi mirrored the actions of the projection behind her, and she too pointed a finger at the white phoenix.
The massive frost sword transformed into a streak of blue light which cleaved through the ground and flew toward the white phoenix with unstoppable force, freezing everything in its wake.
The white phoenix's divine flame domain was once again broken by the streak of blue light, and an expression of despair appeared for the first time in the eyes of the proud white phoenix. The blue streak of light flashed past and the white phoenix was felled.
White blood mingled with flames splattered all over the ground.
The proud phoenix was thus sliced in half and plummeted to the ground below.
"Did we win?" A relieved smile appeared on Mo Hai's face as he looked at the two halves of the white phoenix on the ground.
Shangguan Yi made her way over to him with a warm smile on her face. "The phoenix's presence has been erased, there's no way it can revive itself."
An Lin's body swayed and he collapsed to the ground, but there was a triumphant smile on his face. "Hahaha... That was some battle; we finally won..."
"White phoenix, help me...
"White phoenix, come quickly..."
A chill ran down An Lin's spine when he heard the voice calling for help.
An Lin turned his gaze to the severed halves of the black phoenix's body to find that black flames were burning brightly.
At the same time, the two halves of the white phoenix's body transformed into a plume of white flames which then suddenly flew toward the black flames!
The two flames combined to create a sea of black and white flames, from which a new life was being born.
The black and white flames merged to create a yin-yang image, thereby heralding the rebirth of the phoenix!
The body of the black phoenix took shape, but his wings were white. The powers of purification and destruction merged to create a paradoxical being that was nonetheless extremely powerful.
He had one eye with a black iris and another with a white iris, giving the onlooker an unsettling feeling.
"Are you in despair now, ants?"
The black phoenix walked from the flames expressionlessly and turned his gaze on Shangguan Yi and Mo Hai before looking at An Lin; all three of whom were completely depleted of energy.
An Lin gritted his teeth and stood up with great difficulty. The Evil-Slaying Sword rang incessantly, as if it was full of battle intent.
However, the after-effect of using the Origin Energy of the Netherworld was so severe that An Lin was unable to even muster up a sliver of vital energy.
A cold sneer appeared on the black phoenix's face. "Hehe, you have no more vital energy left, and you can't even hold your weapon properly, what do you plan to fight me with?"
He splayed his palms and a white flame appeared on the left hand while a black flame appeared on his right. He then stepped toward An Lin as if he were a fiendcelestial who ruled over both life and death.
A smile suddenly appeared on An Lin's face. "Who told you I can't fight just because I have no vital energy left?"
The black phoenix's footsteps faltered slightly as his expression darkened. "You're already on the brink of death but you still try to bluff me?"
An Lin's smile grew even wider. "Third strike!"
Those words were like a sledgehammer to the heart for the black phoenix as he trembled in shock.
An Lin suddenly opened his mouth and devastating power converged in his mouth before bursting forth!
Boom!
A golden pillar of energy tore through the air like a sharp sword before puncturing the black phoenix's chest!
An earsplitting boom erupted!
The golden pillar of energy extended for over ten thousand feet, pulverizing the ground in a radius of several kilometers with its powerful shockwave.
The air warped and twisted in the wake of the golden pillar of energy, and a series of fine spatial rifts could be seen, from which destructive and chaotic auras emanated.
The black phoenix stared down blankly at the massive hole in his chest as blood trickled out from his mouth.
"How could this be... What technique is this?"
He fell to one knee before An Lin and looked up at him with shock and confusion.
An Lin glared at the black phoenix coldly. "This is the mighty fat attack. You won't understand.
"Go on then, revive again, let's see how many more times you can revive!"
"You couldn't even kill me once with your three strikes but I could kill you once with each of my strikes! If you revive again, I'll just have to kill you again. I still have a fourth, a fifth and a sixth strike; let's see if I have more strikes or if you have more lives!"
An Lin's voice reverberated by the black phoenix's ears, plunging him into despair.
"Monster..." the black phoenix spat through gritted teeth.
"Not bad, so I've finally upgraded from an ant to become a monster in your eyes now," An Lin said with a smile.
He made his way toward the black phoenix before looking down on him with a proud expression.
"Even if you're a phoenix, you're only worthy of trembling under my sword."
An Lin's arm flashed through the air, and a black sword projection instantly decapitated the black phoenix...
A streak of white light suddenly burst forth from the black phoenix's head before striking An Lin in the chest.
It was simply far too quick for An Lin to dodge!
Whoosh!
The streak of white light merged into An Lin's body where it set off a series of violent explosions in his sea of vital energy!

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