Just as the giant maw was about to swallow the small figure on the ground, a larger, crimson-yellow fire phoenix slammed into the fox's head first, forcefully changing its direction.

Fire Fox then turned to fight Fire Phoenix, while Xi Heng also pretended to face Yi Fei's attack.

Before the swords even clashed, the talismans on the attacker's body flashed with spiritual light.

The inspiration transformed into an arrow and arrived first.

The girl used her sword spirit to shatter the sharp arrows, and then charged back at her formidable enemy without flinching.

Swords clashed, sparks flew.

The lingering flames clinging to the blade barely managed to block some of the opponent's attacks.

Xi Heng paid no attention to the remaining flames burning on his black robe. Just before his opponent changed his sword move, he pulled out a drumstick from his waist and pointed it straight forward.

boom--

The drumsticks, like magic wands, burst forth with dazzling, intense lightning from their tips.

There's no way to avoid lightning, let alone at such close range.

With a sharp crack, the already shattered shield on Yi Fei's body completely broke.

A few streaks of lightning fell into it, striking the flesh with paralysis and burning.

The opponent paused, and Xi Heng seized the opportunity to unleash another fatal sword strike.

Another drop of blood essence seeped into the sword, carrying sword energy and rippled out a nearly tangible wave of blood that swept across the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Struck by this heavy blow, Yi Fei's body, which had been lunging forward, was thrown high into the air like a tattered sack before crashing to the ground.

Seeing that things were not going well, the fire phoenix behind abandoned its entanglement with the fire fox, flew to its master's side, grabbed it with its sharp claws, and moved away.

"Chase!" Xi Heng said, and the fire fox took flight, rushing towards the fire phoenix at an even faster speed.

The crimson flames of resentment were of a higher level than the spiritual flames that formed the phoenix. The fox that it transformed into simply pounced and pressed the phoenix from its height to the ground.

The two fire beasts crashed down, creating a huge crater like meteorites hitting the ground.

After the fire fox stood firm, it opened its huge mouth and swallowed the crimson and yellow flames that formed the fire phoenix.

First, eat a wing, then bite off the neck...

As the fox devoured its meal, Xi Heng, who had approached, removed his hood, revealing white hair and red eyes beneath. He frowned and carefully examined the pit.

The phoenix seemed to be getting smaller and smaller—not only because of the fox's devouring, but also because its own energy was gathering inward, and its form was gradually shrinking towards the Yifei cultivator who was wrapped in its center.

Yi Fei closed her eyes and lay quietly inside the Fire Phoenix.

Xi Heng didn't think his sword strike could knock out this Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator, and felt that something was amiss.

She stepped forward with her sword, attempting to finish off the phoenix, but the fire phoenix contracted even faster. In just two or three seconds, intense reddish-yellow flames enveloped Yifei in an egg shape.

The fox tried to bite again, but couldn't get any more bites off.

She tried to unleash a sword aura at the fiery egg, but it vanished instantly without a trace.

"Really hard..."

As I marveled, I saw that inside the still relatively transparent flame egg, a large amount of reddish-yellow flames were seeping into the human body.

A sense of crisis arose, causing Xi Hengchao to take a few steps back.

Her suspicions were correct; the egg containing the enemy suddenly exploded, scattering flames with a bang.

The woman who was originally enveloped in crimson flames slowly stood up.

Unlike before, her clothes were now covered with layers of moving fire patterns, and behind her appeared a pair of wings made entirely of flames.

Yi Fei opened her eyes, her reddish-yellow pupils, as if burning with flames, and looked down at Xi Heng once more.

The solid, flaming sword was raised, pointing straight at him once again.

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Volume 1: Chapter 224, Sword-like Courage and Melancholy

The raging fire, bursting forth like blooming flowers, had ignited large swathes of withered grass on the hillside, along with the few tender leaves and buds that had just sprouted in early spring, all of which were scorched and destroyed.

The flames enveloped the female cultivator with fiery wings, and the blade in her hand became longer and more solid, no longer wavering or unstable, but completely crystallized.

The surface texture of the crystallized blade resembles slowly flowing magma, representing the ultimate form that emerges when flames solidify to a certain stage.

The fiery wings gently flapped, lifting the female cultivator's figure and floating her high above.

With wings spanning ten meters as support, her aura became even more imposing, and her figure seemed to grow even taller and larger.

The gray-white robe that covered him was finally completely burned away, and the fire patterns on his tight-fitting clothes flowed slowly like the light on a sword.

The other party said, "To be able to force me to this state with just the early stage of Foundation Establishment, I would be proud even if I went to hell—accept your death."

"Tsk, why does everyone want me to go to hell?" Xi Heng felt the imposing aura, but remained calm.

He simply recalled some curses he had heard when he killed someone in the Great Zhao Dynasty.

If there really are places like hell or purgatory in this world, perhaps there are quite a few people waiting for her there.

However, I will not fall to that level.

Even if it means death, I will not.

"Those guys who wanted me to go to hell are all dead."

Facing the other's pointed sword, the girl raised her own sword and pointed it directly at him: "You're next."

The tall, fiery fox beast beside him also bared its teeth and growled, making a threatening gesture.

"It's shameless to talk big."

After the enemy finished speaking in a cold voice, he flapped his wings and glided across the sky at a speed far exceeding that of before, slashing horizontally.

Xi Heng focused intently, holding the longsword shrouded in deep red resentment in both hands, blocking the arc of the opponent's blade.

Clang——

The two swords clashed, sparks flew, and a deafening crackling sound rang out.

She managed to block the attack, but the immense force nearly broke her wrist.

Unable to stand steadily, he paddled backward several meters on the mountain.

The turf was pushed aside, revealing the black mud.

Before he could regain his footing after being knocked back, his opponent charged forward with his sword again.

With a flap of its wings, the flame was propelled by an unknown force, making it move as swiftly as an arrow shot from a hard bow.

The girl looked up and saw the sword light already blooming in front of her.

He pressed his sword down to block, and an even more piercing shockwave instantly seeped into his bones.

His wrist trembled and went numb from forcefully blocking the blow.

“The power has at least doubled…” Her eyes gleamed.

After escaping from the egg of fire, this person not only gained a pair of phoenix wings, but also experienced a significant increase in speed and strength.

We must not rely on our previous experience to fight the enemy.

When his opponent turned and attacked again, Xi Heng immediately leaped back to dodge, and threw away his dark blue longsword, using the technique of flying swords to stab and circle around.

The Fiery Fox rushed forward, but Yi Fei easily dodged it with a simple movement, and its ferocious maw could not truly hit her.

But at least it bought them a little time.

After briefly creating some distance, Xi Heng silently checked his inventory, grabbed a Dragon Transformation Heart Pill, and swallowed it without chewing.

A sensation of heat traveled from his throat to his chest, quickly transforming into a powerful dragon aura.

"It's been a long time since I've had this..." She activated this familiar power, spreading it throughout her body.

In the blink of an eye, his crimson pupils changed to vertical pupils tinged with gold, a color similar to his enemy's.

Beneath his red, fitted outfit, dragon scales grew in some areas, and his hands showed fine cracks, making them appear slightly rougher.

The young dragon's horns were faintly visible on its head, and the red scales on its neck shimmered brightly like crystals.

The ferocious dragon power was injected into his meridians, bones, and flesh, causing his strength to increase rapidly.

The next moment, the opponent broke free from the entanglement with the fire fox and the flying sword, and arrived in an instant.

Its fiery wings swooped down, striking fiercely with a downward cleaving motion.

Xi Heng didn't have time to summon his flying sword back. He could only clench his hands and use the remaining resentment fire in his body to form two sharp swords, which he crossed in front of him.

click -

The longsword of resentment shattered instantly upon contact with the enemy's spirit sword, like glass hitting stone.

Although the two swords shattered, they slowed down the enemy's attack by a bit.

The girl then channeled dragon energy into her hands, transforming them into sharp claws, which she then slammed upwards as the longsword of resentment shattered.

With a loud thud, he caught the enemy's long blade with his bare hands.

Although the intense heat scorched my palms, the dragon scales and body had a high resistance to the flames, allowing me to withstand it for a long time.

Xi Heng mustered all his strength and pressed his hands down and twisted them tightly.

But the opponent's longsword was harder than she had imagined, showing no sign of breaking.

Instead, the burning sensation intensified rapidly, almost scorching the scales on her claws.

Xi Heng did not let go, and at the same time urged his flying sword to circle around and launch a sneak attack on the enemy's back.

The opponent finally freed one hand to stop the attack, easily caught the flying dark blue longsword, and flung it away.

With a flick of its wings, it unleashed another burst of flame, sealing the flying sword to the ground.

He glanced back and met Xi Heng's dragon eyes for a moment, then drew his sword and leaped back in a horizontal slash, knocking her back.

During this brief respite, the white-haired girl transformed the scattered flames of resentment in her hand back into the shape of a sword.

They tried to advance and attack, but saw that the other side had already flapped its wings and flown into the air at a height of more than ten meters.

The blade pointed directly at her, but did not attack again with its main body.

From the giant wings on Yi Fei's back, humanoid figures made of flames quickly materialized, landing on the ground and rushing towards her.

These clones are only slightly slower than the main body; if one clone blocks an attack, another clone's attack will follow in the next instant.

There are five clones in total, and their sword moves are continuous. Each movement indirectly creates flames, making it difficult to block them all.

In just two seconds, a burn mark caused by the raging fire appeared on the surface of Xi Heng's clothes.

Firefox could help her hold off two clones, but facing three, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.

The girl glanced at the giant fire fox, then, amidst the ongoing sword fight, she took a moment to focus her attention and, mimicking her opponent's technique of creating clones, split the giant fire fox into several smaller humanoid individuals to intercept the enemy's clones' attacks.

She had already mastered the art of multitasking, easily replicating the moves and quickly mastering the manipulation of the vengeful fire dolls, using five vengeful fire dolls to fight against the opponent's phoenix fire dolls.

As the two clones clashed, Xi Heng took out the Thunder Drum from his storage bag and struck it again.

Thunder roared in the sky, and dark clouds piled up, growing ever denser.

Boom——

Xi Heng sent a drop of liquid spiritual energy into the drumstick and struck it again, and another bolt of lightning struck down and landed on the drumstick.

The drumsticks, like magic wands, aimed at the sword cultivator flapping his wings in the air, bursting forth with intense light.

A flash of lightning and a deafening roar erupted, followed by a deafening bang.

The lightning struck, but it hit the suddenly closing wings of the flames.

She struck the drum again, gathering lightning on the magic wand-like drumsticks, and then temporarily retracted them to her waist.

Immediately afterward, like a moth drawn to a flame, he pulled out the dark blue-green longsword that was embedded in the ground and charged towards the flaming humanoid figure in the air without hesitation.

The sword's momentum accumulated continuously, then exploded with a bang the instant it struck.

The opponent flapped its wings and retreated, and Xi Heng immediately gave chase.

As swords clashed, the fighter, stepping on a beam of light, unleashed a variety of swift sword techniques, engaging in a relentless battle with his opponent.

Although she was slightly weaker in terms of strength and magic due to her cultivation level, she was in no way inferior to the strongest swordsman in the Fire Prison in terms of swordsmanship and sword intent.

Therefore, by fighting with swords, one can always gain the upper hand.

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