Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

Ye Wuxi thought to himself, "The Five Elements True Essence is all up to you this time, so don't you dare let me down."

According to her understanding, true essence is something only those at the Earth Martial Realm possess. So, while these two single doses of true essence might not be enough to deal with a true Earth Martial Realm cultivator, they should be enough to kill someone at the ninth level of the Profound Realm...

Having reached a consensus, neither of them hesitated any longer, and their auras suddenly changed.

A familiar, overwhelming pressure emanated from Duan Hong, and some kind of grayish-white flame seemed to be burning around him. After a moment, he rose into the air like a noble king.

Meanwhile, Ye Wuxi also fully activated his five dantian, with illusory five-colored true energy swirling around his body. Then, using two breaths of five-element true essence, he too, like Duan Hong, stood in mid-air...

"The Seal of the Azure Heaven!"

With Duan Hong's soft shout, a pale white hand suddenly appeared in the air, slapping towards the Vermilion Bird with terrifying power.

Similarly, Ye Wuxi condensed two mouthfuls of Five Elements True Essence, which combined five attributes, into a materialized five-colored palm print in the air, and hurled it towards the Vermilion Bird.

The Vermilion Bird's eyes blazed with fire, its wings spread wide, and it charged towards the two, unleashing countless streams of true fire that seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

Two enormous hands collided with the true fire in the void, creating a deafening explosion. The true fire was blasted away, falling to the ground and scorching the earth, plants, and trees black.

The Vermilion Bird cried out, its eyes filled with disbelief. How could two ants possibly break through her divine fire?

The power of the two palm strikes did not dissipate; the aftershocks blasted towards the not-so-large body of the Vermilion Bird, and unusually, wounds appeared on the powerful Vermilion Bird's body...

The wounded Vermilion Bird let out a piercing scream, and thin streams of blood flowed continuously from its wings.

Seeing this, Ye Wuxi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted, "Brother Duan, cut off the wings!"

All the true energy from the five dantians was poured into the Cold Moon Sword in his hand.

"The phoenix cries hidden in the clouds!"

Then Ye Wuxi seemed to vanish completely, leaving only a majestic sword aura that swiftly slashed towards the Vermilion Bird's wings like the wind.

Upon hearing Ye Wuxi's reminder, Duan Hong, standing nearby, did not hesitate and drew his longsword.

"The Wrath of the Fire God!"

With Duan Hong's soft shout, a crimson sword aura, mixed with an overbearing aura of the heavens, slashed towards the direction Ye Wuxi had attacked.

Fear filled Suzaku's eyes. Already weakened from unleashing her innate divine power, and further injured, she was now facing such a powerful sword strike from these two ants, making it nearly impossible for her to withstand.

Letting out several angry roars, the Vermilion Bird spread its wings, trying to dodge, but the two sword lights were simply too fast.

Unable to dodge successfully, two terrifying sword energies struck the same spot on the Vermilion Bird's right wing with a resounding boom.

At this moment, Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong both landed on the ground, their faces pale, their steps unsteady, and they even had difficulty standing.

Ye Wuxi slumped to the ground, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. She had exhausted all five elements of true energy, and five dantian's worth of true qi, to unleash such a sword strike. If Zhuque could still fight, she would only be waiting to die.

Duan Hong was in a similar state; his aura was weak, and the overwhelming pressure emanating from him had dissipated. That colossal hand of heaven was not something he could wield at will, and his last bit of strength had been channeled into that single sword strike.

"boom!"

The Vermilion Bird in the sky let out a shrill scream and crashed down in front of Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong. Its right wing was slightly broken, bleeding profusely, and the flames on its body were no longer as intense as before.

Seeing the Vermilion Bird, now listless and unable to fly, Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong exchanged a glance and smiled faintly.

Ye Wuxi tossed the Rejuvenation Pill from her storage ring into her mouth, simultaneously activating the Chaos Five Elements Technique. A deluge of spiritual energy poured into her, and the depleted true energy in her dantian rapidly began to recover.

Duan Hong, watching from the side, clicked his tongue in amazement. The speed at which this spiritual energy was being absorbed was terrifying, and the sheer volume of spiritual energy was far beyond what a second-level Xuanwu cultivator would need.

"His true energy is special; perhaps that's why Wu Xi's combat strength is so high," Duan Hong thought to himself, recalling the five-colored true energy that had just emanated from Wu Xi.

However, in such a short time, Ye Wuxi obviously couldn't have fully recovered; he only recovered about two-thirds, enough to move freely.

After taking several pills, Duan Hong recovered somewhat.

The two stood up and walked towards the Suzaku who was prostrate on the ground.

Duan Hong said helplessly, "Unfortunately, our cultivation level is too low to extract the essence blood of the Vermilion Bird..."

"It's a boon for the sect," Ye Wuxi sighed inwardly. As a sacred beast, the Vermilion Bird's essence blood was extremely precious. If one could fuse the Vermilion Bird's essence blood into their own body, their physique would improve considerably.

Ye Wuxi said, "We're lucky to have encountered a newly hatched, weak Vermilion Bird. Since we can't extract its essence blood, let's collect some of its feathers as interest!"

Legend has it that powerful alchemists on the continent can subdue some exotic flames, and the Vermilion Bird Feather has the ability to nurture these flames. Even if Ye Wuxi and his companions cannot use them themselves, they can still fetch a good price from those alchemists.

Duan Hong nodded, and the two of them began frantically plucking feathers from the Vermilion Bird. The poor little Vermilion Bird had only just absorbed enough energy to hatch from its egg that day, and its feathers weren't even fully grown yet. Now, it had been completely plucked.

With its skin ripped off, the Vermilion Bird let out a miserable scream, unleashing a burst of energy that blasted the two apart. The flames on its body slowly grew stronger again, and its broken wings began to heal gradually!

Duan Hong exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no! The Vermilion Bird can regenerate its broken wings; it won't be long before it recovers!"

Ye Wuxi also noticed this change. With their combined abilities, they were simply unable to kill the Vermilion Bird now, and they couldn't unleash their previous attack for the time being. If the Vermilion Bird recovered, they would be in serious trouble.

"Brother Duan, let's hurry to its lair and see if there's any treasure!"

Ignoring the Vermilion Bird on the ground, the two quickly entered the mountain. As they went, they found many fire-attribute herbs, which Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong collected completely.

Upon entering deeper, a dense aura of fire-attribute spiritual energy assaulted the senses. In the very center stood a massive pool of molten lava, above which floated a fiery red, rhomboid crystal.

"Could this be a fire-attribute crystal?" Duan Hong's eyes lit up with joy.

Ye Wuxi frowned and looked around. The basic introduction to the Azure Sky Continent mentioned that in addition to the spirit stones produced by spiritual veins that could be used for martial artists' cultivation, there were also various types of exotic crystals in some parts of the world.

This type of exotic crystal possesses a violent energy, and can only be refined by those with a certain level of cultivation and high affinity for the corresponding attribute. Even the lowest grade of exotic crystal can help martial artists quickly break through their cultivation levels.

"It should be correct!" Ye Wuxi said slowly.

After his initial joy, Duan Hong said helplessly, "But with our current cultivation level, we can't refine it, and there's only one left."

Ye Wuxi smiled and said, "It's alright, Brother Duan, put them away first, we can discuss how to distribute them later!"

Duan Hong nodded and put the strange crystal into his storage ring.