Chapter 652: Boiling Rage
A suffocating pressure came from above. Dongfang Xiu instinctively looked up and immediately caught sight of the falling flame... It was only a small mass of flame, but it carried a pressure so immense that his entire body instantly convulsed—because it was Phoenix Flame, and moreover, it was the Phoenix Flame of an Overlord Emperor!
Dongfang Xiu's whole body went rigid, his face turning ashen. He flashed in front of Cang Yue, mobilizing all his profound energy without reservation, and bellowed: "Dodge... everybody dodge!!"
"Boom!!"
Dongfang Xiu's voice was drowned out by the din of battle. The Phoenix Flame fell mercilessly, bringing with it a roar that shook heaven and earth. In front of the Cangfeng Imperial City, a violent burst of fire soared into the sky like a sleeping volcano suddenly erupting.
Although it was merely the fringe of the aftershock, Dongfang Xiu, pushing himself to his limits, barely managed to block it completely without injuring himself or Cang Yue behind him. He glared furiously at the sky above. The phoenix robe and the golden emblem embroidered on it made his pupils contract sharply—because that was clearly the insignia of a Fenghuang God Sect elder!!
And to be qualified as an elder of the Fenghuang God Sect, one's profound strength had to be at least Level 5 of the Overlord Xuan Realm!
That meant the red-robed middle-aged man in the sky... was at the very least a mid-stage Overlord Emperor! An existence of such terror that the Cangfeng Imperial City could never hope to match him! His Phoenix Flame was enough to incinerate the entire Cangfeng Imperial City with ease in a short time!
Dongfang Xiu's forehead veins bulged, and he roared in indignation: "You, a figure of Fenghuang God Sect elder rank, actually strike at these ordinary soldiers... Have you no shame as an Overlord Emperor profound practitioner?!"
"Lord Dongfang, there's no need to be angry." Cang Yue said coldly, "The Fenghuang God Sect has long since completely lost its conscience. What shame would they possibly care about?"
"Heh heh heh." Feng Feiying showed no anger at all. He looked down at them—his gaze was like that of a judge, with a hint of faint pity: "This elder is not interfering in a war between mortals. I am granting you your final chance. Open the city gates and surrender, submit to capture, and you may still..."
"Old villain of Shenhuang, stop your wishful thinking!" Cang Yue's delicate brows were like cold moons, every word dripping with hatred: "I regret that I am a ruler of a fallen kingdom... but even if I die ten thousand times, I will never be a slave to a fallen kingdom!!"
A mere True Xuan Realm aura... a girl barely over twenty... yet her gaze was so sharp and icy that he found it hard to look directly at her. Feng Feiying gave a cold laugh, and flames burst forth from his entire body: "Then you can all turn to scorched earth along with this humble city!!"
Whoosh!!!
The crimson flames on Feng Feiying's body instantly shot up dozens of zhang high. The temperature within a thousand zhang of space around rapidly rose. The entire Cangfeng Imperial City was enveloped in a scorching pressure. The crimson glow, in the blink of an eye, had already blotted out the entire sky.
"Stop... stop!!" The sight was completely filled with the crimson glow of flames. Dongfang Xiu, Qin Wushang, and everyone else turned pale with horror... If such terrifying Phoenix Flame crashed down, it would be enough to incinerate the northern part of Cangfeng Imperial City. Not only the walls, the gates, and countless soldiers, but also the many citizens who had refused to flee would be caught up and buried within.
Feng Feiying, having long lost his patience, had no intention of stopping. He looked down contemptuously at the crowd and the city walls below, a sadistic glee flashing in his eyes: "You lower-class subjects who dare to resist my Shenhuang—all of you, go die!!"
Amid his wild laughter, the sky-covering Phoenix Flame crashed down without mercy. It was like a blazing sun overturning in the sky. The deathly red light shrouded the northern part of Cangfeng Imperial City...
"Protect His Majesty!!" Feng Yunlie extended his blood-stained arm and let out a blood-weeping roar.
And Dongfang Xiu, Qin Wushang, and all the experts of the Cangfeng Mystic Palace had already positioned themselves entirely in front of Cang Yue. Their profound energy surged madly, but their faces twisted in agony... because each and every one of them understood clearly that this was Phoenix Flame from a mid-stage Overlord Emperor. Even if they exhausted all their strength, even if they possessed ten times more power, it would be absolutely impossible to block it.
Cang Yue lifted her head slightly, looking at the deathly flames drawing closer and closer. There was no panic, no fear. Her beautiful eyes gradually became hazy...
So... this is finally the end...
Father... Yueling really can't hold on anymore... These three years... I've been so bitter... so scared... so tired...
"Your Majesty!!"
"Protect His Majesty... protect His Majesty!"
"Ah!!!"
The sounds around her gradually faded away. Slowly, she closed her eyes. Two trails of tears slid silently down her cheeks. But at the corner of her lips, a very faint, very beautiful smile crept up... My husband... I can finally... come to join you...
The sky-covering crimson flames drew closer and closer, illuminating faces filled with endless hatred and despair. One by one, people painfully closed their eyes, waiting for death and destruction to descend...
Boom!!!!
Just then, a dull rumble exploded in the sky. Another mass of flames, coming from nowhere, suddenly burst into conflagration in midair. This mass of flames was also crimson red, but it was a deeper red, burning more fiercely. In an instant, it had spread a thousand zhang and crashed down—but not toward Cangfeng Imperial City. Instead, it enveloped the Phoenix Flame about to fall upon the city... In a single moment, it completely swallowed the Phoenix Flame released by Feng Feiying.
The swallowed Phoenix Flame stopped its descent and began to struggle violently. But this Phoenix Fire, which came from a powerful Overlord Emperor and possessed terrifying incineration power, was like an earthworm that had fallen into the mouth of a giant python before the crimson flame that had swallowed it. Its pathetic struggle lasted only a brief, pitiful moment before it was utterly annihilated. Apart from a few thin wisps of light smoke, not a trace remained... Not even a single speck of dust on the ground of Cangfeng Imperial City!
"Wh... what!?"
Feng Feiying's eyes bulged violently, as if he were seeing the most unbelievable scene in the world. And at that moment, the flame that had completely annihilated his Phoenix Fire came hurtling toward him. Even from a thousand zhang away, the scorching aura made him feel like he had fallen into a hellfire sea.
"Feiying... fall back quickly!!"
Feng Feiheng clearly understood how devastatingly destructive the Phoenix Flame that Feng Feiying had just released was. To have it completely annihilated in the blink of an eye... the terror of that crimson flame was even more unimaginable! Seeing that crimson flame hurtling toward Feng Feiying, he shouted frantically.
Caught in shock but reacting swiftly, Feng Feiying activated all his profound energy to retreat... But even after fleeing several li, the edge of that crimson flame still slightly grazed him...
"Waaaaaahhhh!!!"
An ear-piercingly agonized scream rang out above the blood-stained battlefield. The moment he was touched by the crimson flame, Feng Feiying instantly turned into a fireball completely engulfed in fire. He plummeted heavily from the sky, landing not far in front of Feng Feiheng. Then he rolled on the ground in pain, howling... The crimson flame on his body only grew fiercer, accompanied by the pungent smell of burning flesh and skin.
"Feiying!!"
Feng Feiheng rushed forward quickly, but before he could get within five paces, an unbearable sense of burning heat hit him head-on. His face changed drastically, and he scrambled back in panic. When he barely recovered from his shock, Feng Feiying's screams had already stopped. The flame had also extinguished on his body... All that lay there was a scorched, dried-up corpse. The only recognizable part of the entire body was one hand raised high, its five fingers twisted into black charcoal.
Qi Zhencang and Duan Qinghang, the supreme commanders of the Shenhuang Army, had already turned to stone. Their pupils, fixed on the charred corpse, were filled with endless shock and terror.
The air was boiling hot. Within his body, an even hotter Phoenix bloodline surged. Yet Feng Feiheng clearly felt an icy chill slithering from the base of his spine all the way through his whole body...
Feng Feiying, ranked forty-third among the elders of the Fenghuang God Sect, was a Level 5 Overlord Emperor who could look down upon the Tian Xuan Continent! His profound strength was only two minor realms below Feng Feiheng himself... yet merely being slightly touched by that crimson flame... in just a few breaths, he had been burned to charcoal! He didn't even have the chance to struggle or resist.
That crimson flame—Feng Feiheng was certain it wasn't Phoenix Flame, as it carried no aura of Phoenix Flame at all. But its power, its aura, sent a bone-deep chill of fear even through him, who possessed the strongest flame in the world—Phoenix Flame Force! He looked up at the sky and roared in a trembling voice: "Who... who is it!!"
The flame in the sky vanished. The red glow and scorching heat that had covered the sky also dissipated. But the light was noticeably dimmer than before, as if a dark cloud had replaced the flame and covered the sky. At the same time, a heavy, dark, and extremely ominous pressure descended silently. Under this pressure, the battlefield, which had been shaking with the cries of slaughter, fell into a deathly silence. Not a single person could make a sound. Not a single person could breathe. Even the streams of blood flowing on the ground stopped moving, as if they had completely frozen.
And this pressure was not just heavy—it contained endless fury... The violence of this anger felt as if it could erupt out of control at any moment.
Everyone instinctively looked up toward the distant sky... There, a human figure was bathed in flames. The flames were too thick to see the figure within; they could only make out a blurry silhouette. The overwhelming and terrifying aura of fury in the air made it impossible to tell whether the flames burning around him were mystical flames or flames of rage.
Not far behind him were three other figures. But all eyes were fixed on that fiery silhouette. No one paid attention to them.
"Th... that... who is that..." Looking at the fiery silhouette directly above him, Dongfang Xiu's pupils dilated, and his voice was filled with uncontrollable terror... Although this person had used a power so mighty and incomprehensible to annihilate the Phoenix Flame aimed at Cangfeng Imperial City and had easily killed an immensely powerful Phoenix elder, seeming not to be an enemy... Yet this person's aura of strength, and his raging killing intent, were simply too frightening. Dongfang Xiu, as Lord of the Cangfeng Mystic Palace, had never in his entire life felt such a terrifying aura—no, not even one-tenth of such an aura.
He had no doubt that with such terrifying power, destroying an entire Cangfeng Imperial City would be the work of a snap of the fingers.
Who is this person... When did such a figure appear in the Tian Xuan Continent... Why is he helping Cangfeng...
"Wow... so... so scary..." Tianxia Diqi covered half of her eyes, constantly burrowing into Xiao Yun's arms.
"Indeed, indescribably tragic." Tianxia Diyi looked down at the battlefield, where rivers of blood flowed and corpses lay everywhere. Even he felt a violent palpitation in his heart, let alone Tianxia Diqi. They had come with Yun Che from New Moon City aboard the Primordial Mystic Ark, tearing through space and arriving here in an instant... He had anticipated seeing scenes of war, but he never imagined such a gruesome battlefield.
"No, it's not that..." Tianxia Diqi's body was trembling: "I mean... I mean Brother Yun! He looks so scary right now..."
"Big Brother..." Xiao Yun moved forward slightly but was immediately stopped by Tianxia Diyi's outstretched arm: "Don't get close to him!"
Under the Golden Crow Flame, Yun Che's body was faintly trembling... The boiling rage stirred up such a deep fear in Tianxia Diyi himself.