Li Qingshan smiled. "Isn't that it? Hurry up, they're coming out!"
Gongyuan gritted her teeth. The pitch-black power of Ruin's End spread through her azure eyes, gradually dyeing them black. It was a deep darkness that prevented even a sliver of light from passing through.
The entire time, her process of practising the All Water to Ruin's End had been like walking on a tightrope over a bottomless abyss. She was constantly afraid of taking a single wrong step and falling into the abyss, doomed forever. Yet now, she was about to leap into the abyss, believing that this man she looked down on could catch her.
She rapidly sank into the endless darkness, heading towards the bottomless Ruin's End. Suddenly, a strong arm wrapped around her waist. The man appeared in her mind and smiled. "I've caught you."
She was unable to describe what she was feeling. In short, she really hated this man!
The three Fire Devouring Kings stepped out of the Gate of Divine Fire and gazed at the ocean below. Zhu Zai frowned. "It's still that Heart of the Abyss. I didn't think it would actually possess such power when powered at full strength.
A large part of the reason why their ambush failed last time was because of the tremendous power of Ruin's End the Heart of the Abyss had unleashed.
"There's no need to say anything more. Kill her and avenge our clansmen!" Zhu Fen raised the Fire Tablet of Heaven high into the air and pointed it at the sun in the sky. "True Flames of the Sun, descend!"
Zhu Yan and Zhu Zai both assumed a posture of worship, gathering their surging power on him. Right now, the sun really did shine brightly. With Zhu Fen's action, the sun in the sky suddenly lit up. With the Fire Tablet of Heaven as the centre, a totem revolved and expanded, enveloping a radius of a hundred kilometers.
The totem was constructed from golden flames, split into two halves. There was a pattern in the shape of a flame in the centre, constantly revolving. It was like the most primitive depiction and worship of the sun by living beings in the wilderness.
On the ocean, the whirlpool revolved and expanded, revealing a pitch-black colour. It stood against the sun totem in the sky from afar.
The air between the ocean and the sky was scorching and twisted. Everything became a blur.
Zhu Fen did not seem to be in a hurry to act. He only continued to activate the sun totem, and the Fire Medallion of Heaven in his hand grew brighter and brighter, as if it was forged from gold. It released a brilliant light, like a ray of sunlight cut off from the sun.
The flames of heaven were divided into yin and yang. Among them, there were two flames of yang. One was the Soaring Fire of Star Essence, which was the meteor that Zhu Fen had used to destroy the Cloud Sail sect during the battle of Giant Ship island. It could only unleash its greatest power at night when the stars twinkled. Just Now, Zhu Fen was attacking the Crystal Palace. While the flying meteors he released seemed ferocious, they were actually just for show. He was pretending to be attacking with his full strength precisely for this moment, so that he could unleash his second type of heavenly flame, the hottest true flame of the sun.
Li Qingshan and Gongyuan entered a deeper state of dual cultivation. The power of Ruin's End turned into a pitch-black spirit turtle, gradually stabilizing. He looked up.
In that moment, he felt unprecedentedly calm and clear in his mind, as if he had actually become a tiny spirit turtle, roaming through the endless Ruin's End and seeing through the flow of the river of fate. He immediately felt an intense sense of danger, and as the sun totem constantly revolved, the sense of danger grew heavier and heavier.
The three Fire Devouring Kings were working together, yet they still needed so much time to build up and prepare. They were clearly planning on launching a vicious attack!
Through Li Qingshan's mind, Gongyuan sensed this at the same time. In that moment, the two of them made a decision at the same time. They would not attack, but defend. As long as they made it through this attack, the reinforcements from the Crystal palace would arrive.
"Coffin of Frigid Ice!" "Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell!"
The two of them unleashed their most powerful defensive techniques at the same time. The seawater condensed into ice, sealing them in a deep-blue coffin. Pieces of the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell lit up on the back of the pitch-black spirit turtle.
In the blink of an eye, the three Merfolk Kings appeared at the end of the ocean. "Granny" was at the front, while the other two were at the back, vaguely falling into a formation. It was not as profound as the Divine Fire tablets, but it still seemed extremely stable. Because they were afraid of being taken out individually by the fire devourers, they dared not use Great Shifting talismans, so they obviously moved much slower.
Zhu Fen did not even glance at them. He continued to stare at the ocean below, at the very depths of the swirl. The Fire Tablet of Heaven in his hand shone brightly, and he suddenly pointed it down. "Divine Ray of the Sun!"
An extremely blinding streak of light shot down from the Fire Tablet of Heaven. The sun totem immediately dispersed, and even the sun in the sky seemed to dim.
The sense of danger in Li Qingshan's heart immediately reached the limit.
The invisible light did not even give off a sliver of heat. It immediately pierced the deep ocean, pierced the Coffin of Frigid Ice, and landed on the pitch-black spirit turtle's back.
Li Qingshan and Gongyuan powered the Heart of the Abyss as hard as they could, but they were still unable to stop the pieces of the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell from melting. Everything before them was bright. The brightest light shone into the darkest abyss. Unlike the large-scale destruction of the Fiery Meteors, the Divine Ray of the Sun was a single-target killing technique, condensing all of its power into a single streak of light.
Gongyuan shivered inside. She felt like she was even closer to death than when she was on Giant Ship island. The power of the Fire Tablet of Heaven had exceeded her expectations after all. Could it be that she could not escape this disaster after all?
Suddenly, a great force pushed her away. She widened her eyes, recovering their azure blue colour as she stared at the man she hated in shock. She gripped the hilt of her blade firmly with both hands and swung it at the scorching streak of light that could destroy everything!
Blood-red light rushed into the air. All of Li Qingshan's strength, will, and even his life were on this strike!
He had used up his chance of rebirth on Giant Ship island recently, so he had not recovered so quickly. Although he had broken through, he had not managed to balance water and fire in time. The third ability of the phoenix had not appeared either. In other words, if he died, he would only be able to turn into an egg. Against these three vicious people, his egg would probably explode in the blink of an eye.
However, there was no fear in his heart. There was only delight!
The blood-red blade light collided with the Divine Ray of the Sun. In that instant, the dazzling light drowned out everything.
Gongyuan's vision turned white as she felt her skin burn. It could be imagined just how much damage Li Qingshan, who had faced this attack head-on, had suffered. She could not help but exclaim, "Li Qingshan!"
The three Merfolk Kings who had rushed over to help saw a dazzling streak of light pierce through the ocean. Immediately afterwards, it expanded and thickened. When the light dissipated, a circular hole of three thousand meters in diameter had appeared in the ocean. The seawater within had not been evaporated, but directly turned into nothingness.
Hot air rushed over, and all three paled in fright. They believed that if they were hit by this attack, they would definitely die. Wouldn't that mean that Gongyuan was dead for sure? However, they immediately sensed that Gongyuan's aura still existed. They could not help but be overjoyed and hurried over.
The expressions of the three Fire Kings changed as well. They had not thought that they would still not be able to kill Gongyuan.
Zhu Yan said in resentment, "It's that Li Qingshan again!"
Zhu Zai said, "He actually tried to play the hero and save the damsel in distress. He's finally dead now. What an idiotic way to die!"
"Gongyuan is right down there. We …" Zhu Yan suddenly paused halfway through his sentence. He was filled with disbelief.
A huge, deep hole had been blasted open at the bottom of the sea. Gongyuan rushed over to the hole and looked down. She cried out, "Li Qingshan!" She was also taken aback.
The hole was formed from crystallized earth and rock, while a vicious skeleton stood alone at the bottom of the hole. He gripped a long blade in his hand, which also shone with a metallic lustre.
The blood-red light on the blade had completely dispersed, just like how his flesh and blood had been stripped away, but he still stood.
The vicious skeleton lowered his head and glanced at Tiger's Fang in his hand. His lower jaw moved, and another gust of wind blew past, turning into a great compliment. "Nice blade!"
"He's actually still alive!"
This was both the Fire Devouring King and Gongyuan's amazement. However, the former was stunned, while the latter was overjoyed.
When the Divine Light of the Sun erupted from the tip of Tiger's Fang, Li Qingshan knew he had won the gamble. Perhaps it could not be regarded as a gamble. The spirit turtle had calculated everything.
The Divine Light of the Sun was terrifying, but after piercing the Coffin of Frigid Ice and the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell, it had weakened by quite a lot. The purpose of his strike was not to block the power — that was impossible. Perhaps only after breaking through to the third heavenly tribulation — but to release the power that the Divine Light of the Sun had condensed to the limit.
The scorching flames of the heavens had devoured all of his flesh and blood, but after breaking through to the fifth layer of the tiger demon, his tiger bones had become even tougher. Under the tempering of the flames of the heavens, not only were they not destroyed, but they even seemed more consolidated.
The tiger demon was belligerent by nature. The more powerful the opponent, the more power it could unleash.
The extremely dangerous strike had completely consolidated Li Qingshan's cultivation of the fifth layer of the tiger demon. He had gained a deeper understanding of the blade as well.
The seawater gushed towards the hole as if the sky was collapsing. Before he was swallowed up by the seawater, Li Qingshan brandished Tiger's Fang and leapt up, charging towards the three Fire Devouring Kings!
"Kill him!" Zhu Yan roared furiously. The Fire Tablet of Man directly smashed towards Li Qingshan's head.
With a clang, the blade collided with the Fire Tablet of Man. Zhu Yan felt an unstoppable force surge over, as well as a wondrous power of tremors. He almost lost control of the Fire Tablet of Man. The Fire Tablet of Heaven and the Fire Tablet of Earth crushed down at the same time.
Sparks flew. Li Qingshan and his blade took on the three Fire Devouring Kings alone!
"Icebound Domain!" Gongyuan spread her arms, and walls of ice rushed out from the seawater, sealing off the region.
"Mist Sealing Maze!" The three Merfolk Kings struck out at the same time. A hazy mist immediately rose up between the ice walls, adding another layer of seal. They had to make the three Fire Devouring Kings stay behind.
The three Fire Devouring Kings stared at Li Qingshan before them. Their eyes seemed to spew fire. They were tempted to smash his skull in with the Divine Fire tablets in their hands. Forcefully holding back this urge, the three of them communicated with their soul sense and reached a consensus. "Retreat!"
The Divine Ray of the Sun had depleted quite a lot of their strength. If they remained here, they might even be in danger of dying. This time, the King of Southern Yue would not come to save them!
"Urgent, Rush of Lightning and Fire!" Zhu Zai turned around and swung the Fire Tablet of Earth. Zhu Fen and Zhu Yan grabbed her shoulder at the same time. Before the mist could envelop them, there was a rumble of thunder, and they turned into a streak of lightning and fire, forcefully smashing through an ice wall and whistling away.
Compared to the battle on Giant Ship island, they still had a lot of strength left over. The Icebound Domain that Gongyuan unleashed with her own strength was nowhere close to what it was on that day!
"There's no need to give chase!" Gongyuan called out to the three Merfolk Kings who wanted to give chase.
"These three guys are far too difficult to deal with!" Li Qingshan cursed, but he also understood that existences that had undergone the third heavenly tribulation were extremely difficult to kill, let alone the Fire Devouring Kings who were united as one and wielded Divine Fire tablets. Right now, he was extremely worried. Even if he destroyed Fire Melt mountain, would he be able to kill them?
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