Leon looked up toward Jing Yuan's side; the branches had no effect on him.
"Mere vines, a single sword can sever them."
"Hmph, showing off."
In the simple dialogue between Jing Yuan and Phantylia, there lay a sharp, confrontational killing intent.
His gaze fell back to the ground.
Welt once again extinguished all the Abundance Mystic Lotuses within the battlefield.
But not long after, the lotuses grew back again.
Stelle used fire to burn them, March 7th used Six-Phased Ice to freeze them, but the effects were far from ideal.
"…"
March 7th: "Damn it, these lotuses all over the ground are endless, no matter how we get rid of them, they just won't be cleaned up!"
Leon: "These flowers are automatically refined relying on Phantylia's physical body, blooming rootlessly on their own, and can only be suppressed and eradicated by eliminating the source."
Dan Heng: "The source… that is, Phantylia. I'll go help General Jing Yuan."
"Wait!"
Leon stopped him in time.
"The power of Permanence possesses the miraculous effect of blocking Abundance. You should not join the battlefield now and clash heavily with Phantylia."
"Leave it to Jing Yuan for now. He should have instructed you the same: keep a close eye on Phantylia's killing moves that utilize Abundance power."
Dan Heng clenched his fists tightly, his gaze fixed deadly on the great battle high above.
Two enormous bodies exchanged blows back and forth, with no fancy flourishes, only plain and unadorned direct clashes.
It was a contest of who would break the other's defense first.
But the more he watched, the tighter Dan Heng's brows locked.
Although the Divine Lord did not fear attacks, Phantylia had the Ambrosial Arbor at her back, continuously drawing Abundance power to repair herself, evening out the advantages on both sides.
The wounds the Divine Lord left on Phantylia's surface, regardless of size, would almost always heal and disappear in the next second.
A sharp pain struck his brain, and Dan Heng instinctively clutched his forehead.
Certain past memory scenes flashed intermittently through his mind.
That was the previous general Teng Xiao, joining forces with the Five Heroes on the Clouds and numerous Ten-Lords Commission judges, in a brutal battle against the Abundance Emanator Shuhu.
Now, Phantylia was just like Shuhu back then.
Possessing the authority of Abundance, she fundamentally had no fear of injury.
To destroy her physical body, one could only use high-level Path authority to suppress her and find an opportunity for a one-hit kill.
But Phantylia had access to Abundance authority, and she herself still possessed Destruction authority.
Relying on the Hunt authority mastered by Jing Yuan, suppressing her was no longer a matter of mere difficulty, but utterly impossible.
The power of slaughter wielded by the Vidyadhara High Elder originated from Permanence, yet no one could touch its Permanence authority.
In this regard, he could not help Jing Yuan.
Then—
What about Leon?
He could engage a Destruction Emanator in combat and retreat unscathed; did he possess some alternative means?
Seeing Dan Heng look toward him, Leon met his gaze for two seconds and gave him a reassuring look.
However, it was precisely this look that caused Dan Heng's heart to sink fiercely.
After all, Leon still had injuries on his body…
And his own Cloud Chant technique only retained the slaughter aspect, lacking the healing aspect's power.
If injuries piled on injuries without timely treatment, the consequences…
Welt attempted several attacks on Phantylia, but none had any effect, and his expression did not look good.
He increasingly understood why the Xianzhou Alliance had to endlessly exterminate Abundance monstrosities.
Allowing these immortal monsters to rampage unchecked across the cosmos would sooner or later form a catastrophe no less destructive than the Propagation's offspring.
From the player's perspective, when Dan Heng looked toward Jing Yuan and Phantylia, it signified the end of Phantylia's first phase.
Phantylia tossed aside the fan in her hand, raising her palm toward the sky in a summon.
The color of her body rapidly transformed, turning into a bewitching purple-black.
Terrifying imaginary energy converged, forming stars speckled with fierce flames.
The stars fell, exploding with a thunderous boom.
Many players with lower cultivation levels suffered casualties on the spot under Phantylia's move, Suspended Star Shattered Moon.
Ah Xian had spending power; even without joining the money transport team, buying full stamina daily made the overall cultivation high, with health lines very safe.
[woc, Earth Explosion Celestial Star?]
[I shall reverse all phenomena! Gotta say, Phantylia's move is too cool!]
[In the game, it didn't even break Jack's shield; in a real battlefield, the destructive power is unimaginable.]
[This is the power of an Emanator, casually exploding stars.]
Phantylia unleashed a new technique, and Jing Yuan detected it immediately, deploying corresponding defensive measures to meet her offensive.
Even so, the shockwaves left the Nameless girls behind the Divine Lord gasping for breath.
In a real battlefield, ordinary Pathstriders were simply no match for an Emanator in a single exchange.
Not to mention, Phantylia now simultaneously wielded the authorities of Abundance and Destruction.
Currently, she was only using Abundance power to fight Jing Yuan; the killing moves of Destruction authority had yet to be revealed.
When he saw Phantylia's entire body turn purple-black, Jing Yuan's gaze sank slightly.
"Everything in the universe shall end in destruction, and Abundance and Hunt are no exception."
"General of the Xianzhou, can your insignificant power withstand this catastrophe?"
As Phantylia's words fell, countless Destruction Mystic Lotuses, utterly different from the Abundance Mystic Lotuses, bloomed rootlessly all at once throughout the entire cavern heaven.
The fragrance was gone, replaced by ripples of imaginary energy originating from Destruction, invisible to the naked eye.
The energy ripples emanated from the mystic lotuses, charging straight toward Jing Yuan.
Within this energy, Abundance's life-devouring plunder was also fused.
Abundance monstrosities and even Abundance Emanators plundered life and Abundance power through such abilities.
Now, it had unexpectedly been mastered by Phantylia as well.
The ripples were too fast, too fast; even though Jing Yuan was prepared, he still could not evade them.
However, he had long anticipated this and promptly formed a specific hand gesture—
"Dan Heng, it's up to you next!"
"Cloud Chant Fury Roar!"
Tides summoned life, condensing into an azure dragon.
Dan Heng had long been poised and ready; as the azure dragon rose into the air, the heavy abyss pearl in his hand shone with brilliant golden light.
"Thought you had victory in your grasp, Phantylia?"
[Cool!]
[I was wondering why Dan Heng had no screen time for so long; turns out he's the assist skill slot for Phantylia's BOSS fight!]
Press R to release; Dan Heng pointed downward from midair, the heavy abyss pearl leaving his hand, guiding the giant dragon to slam heavily onto Phantylia's body.
[Awesome, this should be Dragon Dan's ultimate, right?]
[Referencing Leon's field support in the Doomsday Beast weekly boss, it's probably that.]
Phantylia was not unaware of Dan Heng's actions, but she disdained to dodge.
A Hunt Emanator like Jing Yuan, she now paid no heed to, let alone a mere Pathstrider?
No matter the means, she would tank it head-on.
However, when she truly took Dan Heng's attack, she discovered the fused powers within her body were eroded, and her control over Abundance power was actually severed.
Though a single thought could reclaim control, it was enough to surprise her.
Carefully sensing the composition of that power, Phantylia suddenly realized.
"Oh? A dragon descendant of Permanence?"
"You've finally come to fulfill your duty of guarding the Ambrosial Arbor? When I broke the seal and entered, I didn't see a single Permanence dragon descendant."
Dan Heng said nothing, sensing that Jing Yuan had escaped the negative influence, and continued brewing his attack.
"Heh heh heh… General of Luofu, finally willing to join hands with someone?"
Phantylia's face revealed mockery.
"It's just a pity that joining hands with a little worm can't change the outcome. Where is your Xianzhou's Marshal?"
"Hahahaha!"
Jing Yuan could not hold back and laughed loudly in scorn.
"Phantylia, you say such words without fear of ridicule. If the Marshal were here, how would vermin like you dare to show yourselves and act presumptuously?"
"Let alone you, even if Zephyro and Celenova came, they would have to carefully weigh their options several times."