"Who we are is utterly unimportant; knowing your identities and Chen Feng's is enough for us!" the Third Divine Envoy said with a smile. "Oh, and I advise you to hand over the Lost Deities obediently, or else..."
"The Lost Deities?" Ling Feng was momentarily stunned.
"Playing dumb with me?" The Third Divine Envoy sneered. "The Lost Deities are in Chen Feng's hands. Do you dare say you don't know?"
Ling Feng truly wasn't feigning ignorance; she had arrived in this world and hadn't even met Chen Feng, so how could she know? Furthermore, even Chen Feng himself likely had no clue what the so-called Lost Deities referred to.
Swish!
As they spoke, a large contingent of heretical cultists at the Saint of the Underworld level surged from below the Tongtian Platform, surrounding the area three layers deep. Everyone realized the situation had drastically changed and a wave of panic swept through them. Xiaohu, Huait, and the others found themselves encircled by the Fourth Divine Envoy and his group.
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"You are despicable!" Although Woma Patriarch was currently engaged in a match on the platform, he recognized the gravity of the crisis, roaring at the First Divine Envoy.
"Despicable? You were never my match to begin with. I am merely accelerating the execution of the Divine Covenant!" the First Divine Envoy stated calmly.
"Fine. You forced my hand!" Woma Patriarch shouted, flipping his hand, and a drop of golden Divine Power immediately appeared in his grasp. He raised his hand, intending to swallow it.
The Divine Power Crystal Bean could release its power merely by being crushed, but this golden Divine Power required ingestion to take effect.
Just as the Woma Patriarch brought the golden Divine Power close to his mouth, a black lightning bolt struck from the sky, severing his arm instantly.
"I hadn't used my full strength until now. Did you truly think your cultivation level could withstand my power?" The First Divine Envoy's expression turned chillingly sinister. His hands crossed in an arcane gesture; the preceding lightning bolt had erupted from the nexus of that crossing.
The Woma Patriarch broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. He tried to reach for the golden droplet on the ground, only to see it whoosh away and fly directly into the opponent's hand!
"The God of Justice has ruled this world for over ten thousand years. If he didn't have one or two trump cards, no one would ever believe him. But... I thought it would be some sort of divine artifact, not this pure Divine Power! Heh heh. This level of Divine Power is too potent; unless it is absorbed by the deity's true form or avatar, no one can withstand such might!" the First Divine Envoy chuckled, gazing at the golden droplet in his hand.
"But the God of Justice fell ten thousand years ago. This thing is useless!" the First Divine Envoy mocked.
Ignoring the mockery, the Woma Patriarch retrieved two Divine Power Crystal Beans, crushed them casually, and surged with Light Power toward his severed arm, regenerating a new limb.
While sustained by Divine Power, one possessed near-immortality; even a severed arm was irrelevant. However, with the golden Divine Power seized by the enemy, defeating him now seemed an almost impossible task.
"Go!" The Woma Patriarch saw the situation clearly—retreat was necessary—and did not hesitate. He stomped the ground of the Tongtian Platform and turned to fly outwards.
"Trying to leave? Did you think you could just walk away once you arrived?" The First Divine Envoy snorted coldly. A strange luminous barrier instantly materialized around the platform, blocking the Woma Patriarch just a few steps into his flight.
"Break!" he roared, Divine Power surging as he slammed into the barrier.
Boom!
A deafening sound erupted. Not only did he fail to shatter the barrier, but he was blasted back dozens of paces by the pillar of light, landing once more on the Tongtian Platform.
"Heh heh. I told you, you can't leave. I imbued the entire Tongtian Platform with Divine Power. Escaping... is virtually impossible!" The First Divine Envoy sneered, then lunged forward, his body dissolving into an afterimage before the Woma Patriarch. His fists slammed together, unleashing a power so immense it instantly knocked the Woma Patriarch unconscious where he stood.
"To think you'd compete with me with such meager cultivation?" He huffed, snatching the spatial ornament from the Woma Patriarch’s wrist before turning to face the crowd below.
The moment he looked, his expression shifted drastically. "Fire Phoenix?"
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"Since you insist on playing dumb, I won't bother asking further. You aren't leaving today; you'll stay right here!" the Third Divine Envoy sneered.
"Do you truly believe you can defeat me?" Ling Feng asked him calmly.
"Heh heh. Yesterday, achieving a draw with you in one move was merely an act. Did you really think my true cultivation was that low?" The Third Divine Envoy shook his head. "Now, let me show you what the power of a Divine Envoy truly is!"
As the Third Divine Envoy finished speaking, the air around his body began to crackle explosively, and he moved with phantom speed, appearing instantly before Ling Feng.
Ling Feng flashed backward, her tall figure instantly soaring towards the sky, letting out a sharp "Jiu~" phoenix cry. Above her head, space warped, and a colossal phoenix made entirely of flame materialized in the air.
The Fire Phoenix spread its wings, unleashing a streak of lightning light imbued with immeasurable heavenly and earthly pressure, smashing directly toward the Third Divine Envoy!
Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens!
This was the first time Ling Feng unleashed this attack after activating her Fire Phoenix bloodline!
"Very good!" Seeing the Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens rushing toward him, a jet-black radiance flashed in the Third Divine Envoy's eyes. He suddenly roared, pulling his limbs inward toward his torso, his body instantaneously shrinking into a perfect sphere.
A shroud of obsidian Divine Power radiated from the sphere's surface, and the sphere suddenly sprang off the ground, spinning rapidly as it shot upward!
He was using his body to directly counter Ling Feng's Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens!
"Boom..."
Where the Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens collided with the sphere, a massive shockwave rippled outwards, emanating from the center like Saturn's rings, spreading out in over a dozen concentric waves. However, as these ripples reached the Tongtian Platform, they immediately dissipated, as if neutralized by some peculiar force inherent to the structure.
This time, it wasn't that the two fighters failed to control their power; rather, they employed their utmost strength, making restraint impossible. It was like a person capable of punching with one hundred jin of force—they could control it to exert twenty or thirty jin—but once they unleashed the limit of one hundred jin, how could they possibly rein it in? If they could still control it, it wouldn't have been their limit.
"His body is so strange!" Ling Feng's face paled slightly, a trickle of blood slowly tracing a path from the corner of her mouth. The Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens she had just unleashed exceeded her body's normal limits.
Crack, crack!
As the impact center of the shockwave passed through the sphere formed by the Third Divine Envoy, a crisp sound was heard, and the sphere deformed again.
"Heh heh. Your attack was strong, but I broke it nonetheless!" the Third Divine Envoy sneered.
Ling Feng gasped for breath a couple of times, never expecting her Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens to be nullified so easily.
"Are you wondering why I could break your attack?" The Third Divine Envoy sensed her thoughts. "I admit your attack carried immense power, but after rotation and the protection of the Divine Power shroud, I could still bear the remaining force!"
"You are clever," Ling Feng uttered faintly, appearing unconcerned by the recent failure. She swayed slightly in the air, her expression hardening as layers of flame surged outward from her body like ocean waves.
"Trump card?" the Third Divine Envoy murmured, a shade of seriousness entering his gaze. No longer daring to be careless, he produced four Divine Power Crystal Beans, crushed them with a roar, and his aura surged once more.
"Jiu..."
Ling Feng let out another phoenix cry while suspended in the air. This time, however, no spectral Fire Phoenix manifested behind her—instead, her own body transformed into the shape of a Fire Phoenix in an instant!
Transforming into the Phoenix, she unleashed her strongest attack!
Hiss...
Under the scorching heat of the flames, the space surrounding the Fire Phoenix fractured completely, forming a rift of inky black spatial tears.
"Be careful!" The First Divine Envoy's voice boomed from the high platform. With a wave of his hand, he dove down like lightning from the air, simultaneously summoning a colossal hand formed from black Divine Power before him, separating it from his body and slamming it toward Ling Feng!
Ling Feng immediately felt the crushing pressure descending from above, but at this point, evasion was impossible. With another long cry, her move unchanged, she continued her assault directly toward the Third Divine Envoy on the ground.
She intended to withstand one attack from the First Divine Envoy head-on to eliminate the Third Divine Envoy. Otherwise, being pressed from both sides would lead to her own destruction.
"Boom..."
A massive explosion shook the air. Despite crushing four Divine Power Crystal Beans, the Third Divine Envoy was instantly blown into fragments under such overwhelming offensive power! At the same instant, Ling Feng felt a searing pain in her back as the First Divine Envoy's gigantic hand slammed squarely into her spine!
"Pfft..." She spat a mouthful of blood, her internal organs feeling as if they had been pulverized. The intense agony caused her to tremble violently; her body lost all power to fly and plummeted heavily to the ground!
"You actually killed the Third Divine Envoy? I will kill you!" Seeing the Third Divine Envoy reduced to pulp, the First Divine Envoy roared and lunged toward the injured Ling Feng!
But halfway through his charge, an energy fluctuation resonated in the air, and a massive foot swung down from above, aimed squarely at his face. The foot seemed slow, yet for some inexplicable reason, he couldn't evade it no matter how hard he tried!
Thud...
"Aargh..."
The First Divine Envoy let out a miserable howl, a massive footprint blooming across his face. He tumbled several times before crashing heavily into the Tongtian Platform behind him!
"You dare touch my Ling Feng? I think you've lived long enough!" A chilling voice echoed from the sky.
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