novelapdf Chapter 37 Affection and Righteousness
Chapter 37 Affection and Righteousness
Emperor Yue hovered in the air, surrounded by crimson aura of bloodlust. Holding a sword in one hand, he pointed it at Mu Chunfeng and laughed loudly, "Is this all the power you seven sects cultivators have?"
Mu Chunfeng looked at Emperor Yue with a somewhat solemn expression. If it weren't for the presence of so many people, he could have easily used the Evil-Slaying Divine Light of his Double Pupils to eliminate Emperor Yue directly. Moreover, although his side had more people, they hadn't been able to take advantage of the group fight at all.
Mu Chunfeng looked back at Liu Jing and the others, and saw that they had also consumed a lot of their magic power, but it had not been of any use. If this continued, even more people might die today.
Now we can only pin our hopes on Han Li. Once Han Li has set up the formation and trapped Emperor Yue, he can simply charge into the formation alone and quickly eliminate Emperor Yue.
Just as Mu Chunfeng finished thinking everything and was about to fly up again to fight the Yue Emperor, Liu Jing's voice suddenly appeared in his ears.
"Junior Brother Mu, I'll trouble you to stall for a little longer. I'm about to use my true treasure to kill this scoundrel in one fell swoop."
After listening, Mu Chunfeng turned around and glanced at Liu Jing, then nodded slightly.
At this moment, Liu Jing looked serious, but when he saw Mu Chunfeng turn around, he smiled at him, as if using a real treasure was just a trivial matter for him.
Mu Chunfeng composed himself, sheathed the Luan Hong Sword, took out the Three Yang Sword Talisman and activated it. At the same time, he shouted loudly at Emperor Yue: "You think you're so great just because you can barely hold off a few of our Foundation Establishment disciples? You don't even take the Seven Sects seriously. If any one of our Core Formation elders were here, you would be nothing but a clown."
"A clown jumping around?"
The Yue Emperor chuckled softly, but his laughter contained only bone-chilling coldness and mad rage.
The next second, all the expressions on his face vanished, replaced by an almost distorted, ferocious look.
"What do I have to fear from a mere Core Formation cultivator! I have been secretly plotting for many years. If you hadn't stolen my Fiend Core and ruined my grand plan, I too could have condensed my Fiend Core and embarked on the Golden Core path. At that time, the Yue Kingdom would have been mine for the taking!"
At this moment, the veins on the Yue Emperor's forehead throbbed, his cheek muscles twitched uncontrollably, and even the murderous aura around him surged again.
But after a short while, the Yue Emperor fell silent again, his eyes fixed on Mu Chunfeng.
"But it doesn't matter. After I've dealt with you and retrieved the Fiend Pill, I can condense another Fiend Pill. I will let the entire Yue Kingdom know that I, the former mortal Emperor Yue, will finally crush your arrogant and superior cultivators! I will make the Seven Sects bow down in submission!"
After speaking, the murderous aura around the Yue Emperor suddenly subsided, and he approached Mu Chunfeng at an extremely fast speed.
At this moment, Mu Chunfeng controlled the Three Yang Sword. As he poured his magic power into it, the Three Yang Sword shone brightly with golden light and emitted a powerful true yang energy. When the Three Yang Sword flew out and entangled with the figure of Emperor Yue, even the bloodthirsty aura surrounding Emperor Yue dimmed a bit.
As time passed, the power of the Three Yang Sword Talisman gradually weakened, but Emperor Yue was not much better off. Every time he swung his sword to block the Three Yang Sword's attack, the bloodthirsty aura on his body would also weaken by half.
When he tries to escape the attack of the Three Yang Swords and grab other cultivators to replenish his spiritual power, Mu Chunfeng will personally wield the Luan Hong Sword to engage him in close combat.
Simultaneously controlling the Three Yang Sword and the Luan Hong Sword was not a problem for Mu Chunfeng's spiritual sense, which was comparable to the mid-stage of Core Formation. The only problem was that the rate at which his mana was being consumed was too fast. If it weren't for the fact that his mana was exceptionally abundant, an ordinary cultivator would have already exhausted his spiritual power by now.
The two were locked in combat for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn when a powerful aura suddenly attracted their attention not far away.
Mu Chunfeng turned her head and saw Liu Jing floating in mid-air.
His once jet-black hair had mostly turned snow-white, and was being blown about in a mess by the night wind.
His face was as pale as paper, his lips were bloodless, but his eyes shone with an astonishing light, burning with a resolute flame that would consume everything.
A golden fire phoenix with a wingspan of several meters slowly spread its wings behind him, its entire body flowing with scorching flames.
With a gentle flap of its wings, a wave of heat swept outwards like a tide, followed by a loud phoenix cry that resounded through the night sky, making the air buzz.
"Junior Brother Mu, you've worked hard. Now, leave the rest to me."
His voice was hoarse, yet carried an undeniable composure, as he nodded slightly to Mu Chunfeng.
After Liu Jing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the Yue Emperor and roared like thunder: "You heretics! Die!"
Seeing this, Mu Chunfeng quickly withdrew and retreated, while Yue Huang naturally wouldn't stand there dumbfounded; he also turned around and tried to escape.
But the fire phoenix was faster than anyone could imagine. With a single flap of its wings, it transformed into a golden streak of light, instantly catching up with the Yue Emperor's back and locking onto him firmly.
Knowing that he was locked onto by the Fire Phoenix and could not break free, Emperor Yue did not hesitate. He raised his hand and formed a hand seal, and his body was filled with murderous aura, which condensed into an extremely solid blood-colored light shield - Blood Refining Divine Light.
The fire phoenix, engulfed in raging golden flames, crashed into the blood-red light barrier. The golden flames clung to the barrier like a malignant tumor, burning it relentlessly. The originally crimson light barrier became dull and transparent at a visible speed, and countless cracks appeared on its surface.
Seeing that things were not going well, the Yue Emperor made another hand seal, and a few drops of essence blood flew out from between his eyebrows and merged into the light barrier.
The crimson light shield, empowered by the essence blood, suddenly shone brightly, and the cracks instantly healed. It actually withstood the scorching fire phoenix, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate for a time.
At this moment, Zhong Weiniang, who was standing on the ground, looked up at Liu Jing's figure, her eyes filled with undisguised heartache and worry.
Her gaze shifted to the still-resisting Yue Emperor, her teeth clenched, her previously gentle eyes instantly becoming incredibly resolute.
With a light tap of her toes, she leaped into the air and flew to Liu Jing's side, her voice clear and resolute: "Brother Jing, I'm here to help you!"
Zhong Weiniang flew to Liu Jing's side, raised her hand and took out a talisman. The talisman was ice blue all over, and a cool spiritual light flowed in her palm.
Liu Jing turned to look at her, and the two smiled at each other, understanding each other's feelings with just a glance.
Zhong Weiniang poured all her spiritual power into the talisman in her palm without regard for her own life. The ice-blue talisman suddenly flew out of her hand, and in an instant, blue light shot into the sky. The talisman transformed into an ice phoenix with a wingspan of several feet.
Almost at the same instant the Ice Phoenix took shape, the golden fire phoenix that was circling and charging at Emperor Yue suddenly stopped, and at the same time the Ice Phoenix let out an extremely clear and melodious cry.
The two phoenix cries intertwined and seemed to be echoing each other.
The ice phoenix flapped its wings, tearing through the night sky, trailing a long, icy tail, and charged fiercely toward the Yue Emperor.
Ice and fire are two incompatible forces in the world, yet strangely, they did not clash at all at this moment.
Just as the two figures collided with the blood-red light shield surrounding Emperor Yue, the golden flames and ice suddenly intertwined and slowly merged into one, transforming into a golden-blue fire phoenix with a wingspan of nearly ten zhang. Its body was a translucent ice-blue, and each feather was covered with blazing golden flames. The two extreme powers of ice and fire were perfectly fused together on its body, emitting a terrifying aura that was capable of freezing the soul and burning everything.
The Yue Emperor's face turned deathly pale. Faced with this far-from-expected fusion attack, he was instantly thrown into an unprecedented state of disarray.
The crimson light shield he had strained to activate couldn't even hold for a single breath under the impact of the golden-blue fire phoenix.
With a crisp "crack," it shattered like glass.
The biting cold penetrated his limbs and bones first, freezing his meridians and flesh stiff. The next second, the raging golden flames surged in through the ice cracks, scorching every inch of his skin.
Under the combined attack of ice and fire, the Yue Emperor let out a heart-wrenching roar, wildly wielding his black blood blade, unleashing streaks of crimson light, yet he couldn't even touch the phoenix's feathers.
All resistance was in vain. The golden flames burned ever brighter along the ice shards, burning half of his dragon robe and flesh to ashes. His roars gradually became hoarse and broken, until only the hoarse sound of air leaking from his throat remained.
"boom--!"
A deafening explosion rang out, and the Yue Emperor's body could no longer withstand the tearing force of ice and fire, exploding into a cloud of blood mist.
The blood mist didn't even have time to dissipate before it was completely burned away by the golden flames surrounding the phoenix, leaving not a trace.
After killing Empress Yue, the golden-blue fire phoenix slowly flapped its wings and flew towards the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
The cool moonlight shone on it, and its figure gradually became transparent, transforming back into two phoenixes, one of ice and one of fire.
They circled each other, hovered three times in the night sky, let out a final, lingering cry, and then transformed into specks of golden-blue light, dissipating into the moonlit water.