Chapter 1039: Chapter 1038: Commander Against Commander, Soldier Against Soldier
"Demon Ancestor?"
The Double-Star Snake Couple were utterly shocked.
In their eyes, Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor, as an Upper Realm Celestial Demon descending to the Lower Realm, should be a figure standing at the pinnacle of this world. How could he, upon encountering an opponent, not say a single word and just turn around and run?
Eh? Wait, that’s not right, the newcomer seemed to have said something just now?
Old Fiend?
"Hiss—"
The two of them sucked in a cold breath at the same time. That person had actually come specifically for the Demon Ancestor? And had the audacity to start swinging as soon as she showed up?
Who the hell is that!?
Up in midair, Si Lingxi’s gaze was razor sharp. Her phoenix eyes blazed with light, and with a single glance she locked onto Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor, who was in the midst of fleeing.
"Old Fiend, you’re at least an Upper Realm Celestial Demon True Spirit come down to the mortal world. To turn and flee the instant you see this palace, aren’t you losing the dignity of a Celestial Demon Ancestor?"
A Fire Phoenix wreathed in red with a tinge of gold appeared out of thin air in front of Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor, let out a clear phoenix cry, and dove forward to merge with him.
"Puff!"
With a soft pop, the Fire Phoenix radiating dazzling golden light was scattered by a wisp of Demonic Qi.
However, after the Fire Phoenix was blasted apart, it transformed into strands of blazing gold-red rays that instantly pierced into the black smoke behind.
With a muffled grunt, the black smoke surged. Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor’s figure appeared, and a surge of Demonic Qi rushed out from his body, expelling every trace of Phoenix Divine Fire from within.
"Hmph, if my true body were here, I could wipe you out with a flip of my hand. How would I allow you to boast so wildly!"
Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor glanced back and saw that heaven and earth, the Four Directions and the Baji, had all been completely shrouded by Phoenix Divine Fire. The entire Ten Thousand Stars Creek was dyed in a layer of gold-red.
Phoenix Divine Fire, burning the heavens and boiling the seas, incinerating everything tangible and intangible under the sky, was one of the rare Divine Techniques that could pose a mortal threat to him.
At this moment, the Divine Fire had already filled heaven and earth. Even if he could escape alive, he would likely suffer severe injuries.
"What the hell, it’s rare for my True Spirit to descend to the Lower Realm, and I run into this kind of bad luck. Even if those fellows from the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss are paying attention to this place, these inheritors are a bit too strong... Those guys’ True Spirit Lower Realm incarnations haven’t even appeared yet, this is just a single Phoenix Bloodline from the Lower Realm!"
Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor secretly complained. Seeing that it would be hard to escape unscathed, he stopped in place, and streams of Demonic Qi began to gush out from his body.
He was a Demon Ancestor in his own right. In terms of status, strength, and experience, he was an existence that could be mentioned in the same breath as an Upper Realm Phoenix. Once he truly made up his mind, his aura was even stronger than Si Lingxi’s.
"Boom!"
In an instant, it was as if a Demonic Qi bomb exploded within the sea of fire. Black, pure, dense Demonic Qi spread out, and then wave after wave of faint Spirit fluctuations surged forth.
Lust, greed, power, enjoyment, hunger... all sorts of desires came tumbling in.
Spirit and Qi surged together, crashing into the Phoenix sea of fire, transforming into a sharp sword that shot straight at Si Lingxi.
"Good! This is what an Upper Realm Celestial Demon should be!"
Si Lingxi gave a word of praise, then extended her jade-like hand and grasped forward into the void. A scarlet Jade Token was pulled out from nothingness into her palm.
The Jade Token was only palm-sized. A gold-edged Fire Phoenix flickered upon it, appearing and disappearing, yet the dense fiery power it released made the surrounding air seem on the verge of melting.
"Chirp!"
With a phoenix cry, the flames flooding heaven and earth grew even more intense and blazing, and then within the gold-red fire there appeared fine strands of golden threads.
Each of these golden threads carried Phoenix Divine Power, burning spirit and scorching bone. For ordinary people, a mere touch meant body reduced to dust and Divine Soul utterly annihilated.
Phoenix Divine Fire, terrifying to such an extent!
Strand after strand of golden threads wove together into a prison cage, sealing Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor within.
"Old Fiend, you used the Six Desires Celestial Demon Realm to trap and kill me. Today, why don’t you sample my Phoenix Golden Cage." Si Lingxi said calmly.
"Phoenix Golden Cage my ass! You treating this Ancestor like a pet canary?"
Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor flew into a rage. His figure spun rapidly, his tangible body turning intangible, and his presence vanished from between heaven and earth.
Si Lingxi’s eyes narrowed. True Qi surged madly in her hand, and the golden-thread phoenix on the Jade Token burst into dazzling golden light. Under that light, faint ripples appeared throughout heaven and earth.
"Boom!"
The next instant, the Phoenix Divine Fire permeating heaven and earth surged forward in unison.
"Shua shua shua!"
Those ripples were burned away by the Phoenix Divine Fire, and at the same time, strands of Phoenix Divine Fire were also completely consumed by the ripples.
It was Heartless True Desire Demonic Qi and Phoenix Divine Fire clashing head-on.
Just like the battle against Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo, this was how true big shots fought.
Lu Zheng couldn’t help baring his teeth. "We’re not going to be fighting for another ten days, are we?"
Si Lingxi’s eyes narrowed slightly. "This Old Fiend’s hard power falls short. He can’t last ten days."
"Courting death!"
Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor flew into a towering rage at those words, and his finger twitched ever so slightly.
"Hiss hiss—"
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
In the next moment, the Double-Star Snake Couple, who had just been watching the show, moved in an instant.
The man, dressed in black, had the appearance of a middle-aged man. His eyes were gloomy, his body thin. With a flicker of his figure, he appeared in midair. His right hand snatched out, and a longsword appeared in his grasp, thrusting straight at... Lu Zheng!
The woman, dressed in blue, was alluring and seductive, her figure graceful and curvaceous. She too carved out an afterimage in midair, suddenly appearing on the other side of Lu Zheng. Her five fingers spread, and a dozen silver stars enveloped Lu Zheng from head to toe.
Strike at Wei to save Zhao, attack what he must protect!
Lu Zheng’s eyes narrowed. Before Si Lingxi could make a move, he formed a seal with his fingers, and his figure was instantly enveloped by a mass of five-colored radiance.
The next instant, the light dispersed, and Lu Zheng’s body was fully armored.
True Dragon Treasure, Five-Colored Dragon Scale Armor!
Completely ignoring the dozen silver stars shot by the Snake Woman, Lu Zheng swung the True Dragon Concealed Head Saber in his hand, knocking aside the Sword Qi stabbing straight at him. Then with a backhand slash, a crescent-shaped Sword Qi swept upward, chopping toward the Snake Man who was already quite close.
"You keep your eye on the Old Fiend, these two pieces of trash are mine!" Lu Zheng said.
Although he didn’t know how Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor was controlling these two, their intent to strike at Wei to save Zhao couldn’t be more obvious.
As long as they made Si Lingxi even slightly distracted, they might be able to pry open a tiny gap in that Phoenix Golden Cage and let Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor escape.
"Alright!" Si Lingxi nodded. "Be careful yourself."
"Relax!" Lu Zheng grinned.
These two Double Star Snakes were both very strong; each one was no weaker than Snow Robe Princess.
But Lu Zheng was now far from weak himself, his Dao Practice even more refined. Fighting one against two—maybe he couldn’t guarantee a decisive victory, but just stalling them? That was hardly difficult.
"Dong dong dong!"
After a string of crisp impacts, the Five-Colored Dragon Scale Armor exuded five-colored misty radiance that blocked those dozen silver stars three feet away. The silver stars exploded and turned into a cloud of smoke, attempting to invade Lu Zheng’s body, but were still stopped by the five-colored haze.
"A True Dragon Magical Treasure?" The Snake Woman couldn’t help exclaiming, her serpent pupils shrinking.
The next instant, her snake pupils turned pitch black, and a wisp of Demonic Qi emerged like a sinister serpent of Demonic Qi.
Lu Zheng’s eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to call forth power.
"Qingwei Yu Chen, Cardinal Divine Thunder, strike!"
