Streaks of golden-red light pierced through the void with unparalleled heat. Wherever they passed, the void was distorted by the terrifying heat, as if it had completely melted. Chen Zong could even clearly "see" the dust particles floating in the void. These primitive dust particles were all incinerated into nothingness by the terrifying golden-red light.
Chen Zong shifted his body and waved his sword continuously. As he dodged the golden-red light, he used his sword radiance to block it. Then, with a burst of speed, Chen Zong stepped into the air and ripples appeared under his feet. One could vaguely see strands of silk intersecting with each other. In the next moment, Chen Zong's body disappeared.
The Vermillion Bird Holy Leader's expression changed drastically. He immediately unleashed a terrifying aura and turned into a stream of flame and flew to one side. At the same time, a streak of sword radiance pierced through the air. Chen Zong's body appeared along with the sword radiance.
After the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader dodged this attack, Chen Zong's expression did not change. He immediately attacked again. Streaks of sword radiance followed one after another. They seemed to have condensed into a straight line and completely locked onto the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader.
The Vermillion Bird Holy Leader dodged again and again. His movement technique was extremely profound. However, under the lock of Chen Zong's sword radiance, he felt that it was difficult to dodge.
In an instant, the Vermillion Bird Heavenly Flame in his hand seemed to have melted into water and merged into the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader's body. A layer of golden-red flames burned all over his body. It was difficult to feel the temperature, but the surrounding space was completely distorted. The light refracted, causing the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader's body to look like a dream.
For a moment, Chen Zong actually made the wrong decision.
Then, the golden-red flames gathered in the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader's right hand and formed a long sword. A golden-red long sword. This was a powerful secret technique of the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader: the Vermillion Bird Divine Sword.
The Vermillion Bird Divine Sword of the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader was even more powerful than the Vermillion Bird Holy Son's Vermillion Bird Divine Sword. At the very least, its aura was many times stronger.
With the blade in his hand, the Holy Leader of the Vermilion Bird Sect's aura became more and more condensed. He slashed out and the blade light tore through the air. It carried with it a terrifying power and murderous intent as it slashed towards Chen Zong mercilessly.
The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's heart was filled with fury. He was furious that Chen Zong's arrival had disrupted the betrothal ceremony between the Vermilion Bird Holy Son and the Ancient Phoenix Divine Maiden. Moreover, he had directly slapped the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground's face. Regardless of the result today, the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground had already become a laughingstock. If news of this spread, their reputation would be greatly reduced.
Thinking of this, the Vermillion Bird Holy Leader became even more furious. His killing intent soared, and every slash seemed to be fueled by his anger, becoming even more powerful.
The Vermillion Bird Divine Lord had lived for a very long time, at least tens of thousands of years. He had also immersed himself in the Vermillion Bird Divine Saber for a very long time. He specialized in saber arts and was extremely exquisite. For a moment, he was evenly matched with Chen Zong.
But gradually, Chen Zong analyzed the mystery of his saber technique and targeted it. He began to be at a disadvantage.
"How is this possible?" The Vermilion Bird Holy Ground and Ancient Phoenix Mountain's Sage Level cultivators widened their eyes. Their faces were filled with disbelief and shock.
The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader had already used the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Flames, the inherited treasure of the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground, and displayed an extremely powerful saber technique. However, he still couldn't do anything to his opponent. In fact, he was slowly losing the upper hand. This was extremely shocking.
Chen Zong was also very shocked by the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's strength. If it was a month ago, he wouldn't be a match for him. However, after a month of seclusion, his strength had at least doubled. His sword techniques had become even more powerful. Even if he didn't use the Sea Suppressing Pearl, the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader wouldn't be a match for him.
"Take him down!" The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader shouted. At this time, he couldn't care less about his reputation. The most important thing right now was to suppress Chen Zong.
Hearing the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's words, the Great Sage Level cultivators of the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground instantly erupted.
The Great Elder and Second Elder immediately released their Great Way Domains to suppress Chen Zong.
They all cultivated the inheritance of the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground. Hence, their Great Way Domains were similar. Hence, to a certain extent, they could stack their Great Way Domains together to increase their strength. When combined with the Great Way Domain of the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader, their strength increased again.
Under the overpowering Great Way Domains, they formed a fiery red patch that pressed down on Chen Zong. Immediately, Chen Zong felt an immense pressure pressing down on him.
He could only barely resist the pressure by releasing his inner universe.
Chen Zong's release of his inner universe was combined with the mysteries of the Prodigious Stellar Ten Thousand Layers Sword Technique. Hence, it was much stronger than a simple Great Way Domain. Even so, he could only barely resist the Great Way Domains released by three Great Sage Level cultivators.
The Golden Phoenix Grand Sage wanted to attack but didn't have the chance. He could only stare fiercely at Chen Zong.
Under the attack of three Great Sage Level cultivators' Great Way Domains, Chen Zong was under immense pressure. He still had to face the combined attacks of three Great Sage Level cultivators.
The Vermilion Bird Divine Blade!
This was an extremely high-level inherited secret technique of the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground. All three Great Sage Level cultivators had mastered it. Their blade techniques were exquisite and unparalleled. They attacked Chen Zong from three different directions, increasing the pressure on Chen Zong. However, with the Single Hearted Sword Technique, Chen Zong was still able to resist the attacks of the three Great Sage Level cultivators. He looked for an opportunity to counterattack.
Among them, the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader brought about the greatest pressure. On the other hand, the Second Elder of the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground brought about the least pressure. He seemed to have just broken through to the Great Sage Level not too long ago. It was estimated to be only a few hundred years ago.
A few hundred years sounded very long. However, to a Great Sage Level cultivator, it wasn't long at all. Sometimes, a closed-door training session could last for a hundred years without much improvement.
It could be said that the higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it was to improve. The time required would also be longer.
A cold glint flashed in Chen Zong's eyes as they spun like a nebula. In an instant, the nebula vortex in the Innerverse also began to stir. It spun at an extreme speed, then shrank and expanded in an instant, erupting with an extremely overbearing power.
Double!
Divine Firmament!
The explosive secret technique that he had comprehended when he was in the Inner Universe Tier was unleashed in an instant. His sword pierced through the air directly toward the Second Elder, who was the weakest among them.
The Second Elder's expression changed drastically. He couldn't dodge this terrifying sword attack at all. It was too fast. He didn't even have time to raise his saber to block the attack. His body was directly pierced through. The Sword Qi wreaked havoc in his body, instantly injuring him.
However, the Second Elder didn't die. A Great Sage Level cultivator was even harder to kill than a Small Saint Level cultivator. Even if Chen Zong's strength surpassed the Second Elder's, it wouldn't be so easy to kill him. Moreover, Chen Zong didn't plan to kill the Second Elder. After all, the purpose of this trip was to take away the Ancient Phoenix Divine Maiden, not to kill him.
However, this sword attack still injured the Second Elder and forced him to retreat. For a moment, he could only retreat and expel the Sword Qi wreaking havoc in his body. He didn't have the strength to continue fighting.
Chen Zong unleashed another explosive attack. It was twice as powerful as the Divine Firmament. Even the Great Elder couldn't block this attack and was injured directly. Only the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader was left alive.
The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's expression was extremely serious. In just an instant, it was so fast that even he couldn't react. First, it was the Second Elder, followed by the Great Elder, who was injured one after another. He couldn't continue fighting for a moment.
Cold sweat unconsciously seeped out of the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's forehead, but it was evaporated by the high temperature.
Facing Chen Zong, the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader felt an immense pressure. On the other hand, the Vermilion Bird Holy Son was clenching his teeth so hard that they almost broke.
"Vermilion Bird Divine Saber … Burning Star!" The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader completely unleashed his power. The ultimate move of the Vermilion Bird Divine Saber was also unleashed in an instant. As the saber slashed out, the blazing golden-red light seemed to be able to burn the stars into ashes.
This move was the most powerful move of the Vermilion Bird Divine Saber. A Pristine Saint couldn't unleash it. Only a Great Saint could unleash it. However, every time it was unleashed, it would exhaust the Vermilion Bird Divine Saber's power. Therefore, it couldn't be unleashed easily.
Chen Zong's expression changed drastically. The terrifying saber light slashed towards him as if it was going to destroy him. The void was also completely shattered by the saber. The palace below directly collapsed under the pressure of the saber. The shockingly high temperature burned the palace wantonly, turning it pitch-black.
Three times Taihao!
Chen Zong slashed out with his sword. The power that erupted from it was even more powerful. The True Sun instantly pressed down and collided with the Star Burning Saber. After a slight pause, the Star Burning Saber was shattered and it continued to charge towards the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader.
Unable to block it, the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader was instantly hit and was sent flying. The Vermilion Bird Heavenly Flame on his body protected him, so he wasn't injured. However, he was still extremely shocked that he was sent flying.
"Vermilion Bird Holy Leader, I don't want to become enemies with the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground. I'm only here to take away my cultivation partner." Chen Zong didn't chase after him. Instead, he said in a deep voice.
"How can the Ancient Phoenix Divine Lady be your cultivation partner?" The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader said angrily. However, he didn't attack again because he knew that he wasn't the Peerless Sword Saint's opponent at all.
The Peerless Sword Saint's strength was probably at the peak of the Great Saint Realm.
It wasn't wise to become enemies with such an expert. Although he was extremely angry, the Vermilion Bird Holy Leader still had to think about the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground. This was something that the Holy Leader had to do. He had to think about the development of the Holy Ground at all times. Otherwise, he wouldn't be qualified to be the Holy Leader.
Even if the Vermilion Bird Holy Son broke through to the Great Saint Realm and inherited the position of the Holy Leader, there was still a trial period. If he did anything that was detrimental to the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground, he would be removed from his position.
"The Ancient Phoenix Divine Lady's real name is Yu Nianxin. She is my cultivation partner. I've already used the Taixuan Heavenly Mirror to check this point a few times." Chen Zong said calmly, but his tone was very certain. "However, I don't know why she became the Ancient Phoenix Mountain's Divine Lady and lost her memories."
Then, Chen Zong looked at the Golden Phoenix Grand Sage. His gaze was extremely sharp, as if it could pierce through the Golden Phoenix Grand Sage. "Perhaps, you know something?"
Instantly, everyone looked at the Golden Phoenix Grand Sage.
"Qing Huang is the Ancient Phoenix Mountain's Divine Lady. She was, is, and will always be." The Golden Phoenix Grand Sage's expression flashed as he said sternly.
"So you do know something." Chen Zong's words caused the Golden Phoenix Grand Sage's expression to change slightly. However, it returned to normal in an instant.
The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader and the others' expressions darkened. They were all people who had lived for many years and were very knowledgeable. They could tell that there was something wrong.
In reality, the Vermilion Bird Holy Ground didn't know that the situation was so complicated.
"Golden Phoenix Grand Sage, what is the truth?" The Vermilion Bird Holy Leader's expression was cold. "Please say it."
If the Ancient Phoenix Mountain really hid something and caused this situation, then it would be a huge mistake.
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