The pillar of light reached from the heavens to the earth, its holy and majestic golden radiance dispelling the haze formed by dark Soul Power in the sky, as if even the air itself was being purified.
Leng Yulai's pupils shrank abruptly. That oncoming golden torrent was not a simple Soul Power attack; it contained a pure concept that made her feel a stinging pain and rejection deep within her Soul.
Her rapidly charging figure came to a sudden halt in mid-air. The dark phoenix plume she had thrust forward instinctively withdrew into a defensive stance. Purple-black dark energy surged from her body, condensing into a thick dark shield engraved with a ferocious Phoenix pattern in front of her.
"Insignificant tricks! You think you can stop me?" Leng Yulai's delicate shout carried a hint of offended rage, but more so, it was heavy with gravity.
Arthur had been struck by the demon god sword's curse, yet he could still erupt with such staggering power. This completely exceeded her estimates.
The golden flow of the holy sword's light and the purple-black Phoenix shield collided with a boom!
A strange "chi-chi" sound, as if space itself was wailing, spread out.
The golden light was like the hottest lava, frantically annihilating and eroding the extremely yin and dark purple-black energy.
Dazzling light and deep darkness formed a clear energy boundary at the point of collision, constantly twisting and tugging, further tearing the already fragile surrounding space to reveal massive spatial rifts.
The residents of Skysea City looked up in surprise at the phenomenon of light and darkness colliding.
It was as if they had returned to a few years ago.
That time, it was the collision of the sun and the moon.
"No way, again?"
The Governor of Skysea City was dumbfounded. It had only been a few years; the battle between Agravaine and Cai Yueer last time had almost scared the piss out of him.
This time was even more brutal; the energy fluctuations of the collision were more than just a bit stronger.
"What did my little Skysea City do to deserve this!"
The collision between the golden holy sword torrent and the purple-black giant Phoenix shield fell into a stalemate, as space gradually expanded into a terrifying gap thousands of meters long, its edges constantly flickering with golden and purple lightning.
Violent spatial turbulence overflowed from it, sucking in, shredding, and annihilating all the surrounding rubble and energy embers.
The sky of Skysea City was forcibly split by this confrontation of gold and black.
One half was a brilliant and holy golden sanctuary that seemed capable of cleansing all filth.
The other half was a deep and treacherous purple-black abyss that seemed capable of swallowing all light.
The two colors of light rolled and strangled each other in the air, tearing the clouds into fragments.
Unlike Shrek City, Mingdu, Heaven Dou City, and others where battles had occurred before.
There, countless experts would neutralize the aftershocks of the battle.
But Skysea City was too small; even a Spirit Emperor was a big shot here.
The defense mechanisms were also too fragile.
The residents of the city were no longer just surprised; they had fallen into a state of immense panic.
Piercing air-raid sirens had long since sounded. soul guidance shields rose with difficulty throughout the city, but under the aftershocks of such a high-level energy impact, they appeared fragile and thin.
People hid in their homes or shelters, shivering as they looked out the window at the apocalyptic scene.
"This is troublesome..." Arthur looked at the crowds in the city, then at Leng Yaozhu, who was still dazed and reminiscing about her sister, and said with some irritation, "Hey lady, give me a hand here!"
"You were clearly the one anxious to find your sister, and now that you've actually found her, you're unhappy."
"Can you wait until after the fight to be all emo?!"
Left with no choice, Arthur had to give up on pure offense.
The light of the Excalibur in his hand surged, but the nature of that dazzling golden torrent suddenly shifted.
From extreme penetration and destruction, it transformed into a majestic and irresistible force of propulsion.
It firmly supported the purple-black giant Phoenix shield and Leng Yulai behind it, giving a forceful push toward the sky above!
After giving up the attack, the stalemate between the two forces was broken, and Arthur instantly seized the initiative.
The golden tide carried the purple-black energy mass, beginning to move upward slowly but steadily, its speed increasing.
"Hmph." Leng Yulai knew she couldn't escape this thrust for the time being, so she simply stopped resisting entirely.
Instead, she used the momentum to accelerate. Her delicate body turned into a purple-black reverse meteor, actively rushing toward the higher heavens. At the same time, the purple-black light on the dark phoenix plume in her hand condensed, ready for action.
Arthur showed no weakness, turning into a flickering shadow of light as he followed closely. The two figures rapidly distanced themselves from the earth, one after the other, leaving the city's clamor and fragility far beneath their feet.
Here, the sunlight was blinding, and below was a rolling carpet of clouds. Leng Yulai suddenly turned around and slashed the dark phoenix plume in her hand through the air toward the pursuing Arthur!
"Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!"
Countless purple-black plume phantoms, as fine as cow hair and incomparably sharp, shot out like a storm of pear blossom needles, covering all the space around Arthur. Each one carried an icy chill and a Slow effect.
Arthur's gaze remained unchanged, his forward momentum undiminished as the holy sword in his hand swept up a patch of golden light.
Sword Domain expanded.
Countless strands of sword energy erupted from the golden light. The sky-filling golden radiance wove an airtight sword net that collided with the purple-black plumes, and piercing explosions echoed through the clouds.
Then Arthur entered his Dragon Transformation state. Amidst the roar of the Red Dragon, he fought with the Dark Phoenix.
Two streams of light, one gold and one black, constantly entangled at high altitude.
Clang clang clang clang clang—!!!
While the two were entangled, the area around them was also accompanied by explosions as dense as a billion hailstones hitting a jade plate, constantly detonating in the ten-thousand-foot-high sky.
The Sword Domain Arthur deployed was like a dazzling star-vortex composed of countless tiny golden sword energy, constantly spinning and expanding.
Every strand of sword energy accurately met a purple-black plume. The moment they touched, the golden light and black radiance shattered simultaneously, turning into a sky full of drifting light dust and black mist.
Looking from afar, above the pure white carpet of clouds.
Every time the two streams of light collided, a blossoming flower of destruction, interwoven with gold and black, would expand.
"Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix? Nothing more than this!"
"Weak and powerless, not even as good as a hair on Ya Li's head."
"And with this, you still want to chase after Yun Ming? Are you even worthy?!"
While fighting Leng Yulai in close quarters, Arthur did not forget to mock her.
Secretly, he also used his spiritual Spirit Ability, Return to the Void, to frantically stir up the other's emotions.
Finally, a stutter appeared in Leng Yulai's combat rhythm.
"An opening!"
The Sword Domain suddenly contracted. All the scattered golden light dust seemed to be summoned, instantly swirling back and re-condensing onto the sword's edge.
He threw out a golden ray that was more concentrated than before, only as thick as an arm but so bright it was impossible to look at directly!
This was Arthur's adaptation of Heavenly Strike; in addition to gathering light, it could also gather sword energy.
"Break!"
Shoo—!
The golden ray ignored spatial distance and shot straight toward the center of Leng Yulai's brow at a near-ultimate speed!
The fatal golden light rapidly enlarged in Leng Yulai's purple eyes, and a sudden chill arose.
She hadn't expected that Arthur's Sword Domain could not only perfectly defend against her Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix but also instantaneously transform its form to launch such a sharp counterattack.
In her haste, she only had time to hold the dark phoenix plume across her forehead while tilting her head.
Chi-la!
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