172: Fierce Battle

Feeling the terrifying power within the blue fireball, the Demon Dragon decisively chickened out and immediately transformed into a Flame Demon, attempting to tank it head-on.

The Flame Demon, which originally had maxed-out fire resistance, appeared completely vulnerable before the blue fireball.

The instant the fireball touched the Flame Demon, it did not emit raging flames, but rather a bone-chilling cold.

The Flame Demon's body was frozen inch by inch; even the eternally burning flames on its body were no exception, frozen mid-flicker within the ice.

The Fire Kirin standing nearby had not expected that the Phoenix, a fire-type divine beast, possessed such a trick, and its crimson eyes widened in shock.

Just as it was about to take flight to escape, another blue fireball struck it with precision, and its massive body was instantly encased in ice.

The extreme cold aura within the fireballs continuously eroded them, and after a moment, the Demon Dragon was forced to cancel its Flame Demon transformation.

The Fire Kirin fared even worse, having already used its life-saving skill, "Undying Will," early on.

But this only delayed its death; once the invincibility duration of Undying Will ended, the Fire Kirin perished within the ice.

Although the Demon Dragon held on for a bit longer, it would also return to the Abyss if nothing unexpected happened.

At this moment, the unexpected happened.

Leviathan arrived, bringing with it the Endless Starry Sky Domain.

Its massive tail slammed directly toward the Phoenix, like a strike on the surface of the sea, splashing up a massive amount of spray.

These waves were composed of water elements, intending to extinguish the Phoenix's raging flames.

The protective flames around the Phoenix surged violently under the impact of Leviathan's water waves, but they did not extinguish, merely raising a large amount of steam.

Under the cover of the steam, wisps of ghostly blue flames flowed upstream against the water, attaching themselves to Leviathan's massive tail in the blink of an eye.

Leviathan let out an earth-shattering roar of pain; it could feel these ghostly blue flames burning away its origin power.

If it allowed them to continue scorching it, its current strength at the Seventh Order Great Perfection would likely plummet, making it extremely difficult to advance further in the future.

It immediately mobilized its Starry Sky Domain, and countless phantom stars lit up within, condensing into a brilliant barrier of starlight in an attempt to isolate the erosion of the ghostly blue flames.

At the same time, Leviathan opened its massive maw, and a force of devouring emanated from it, intending to swallow the Phoenix.

The Phoenix was completely fearless; a cold glint flashed in its golden vertical pupils, and a phantom of the Phoenix surged from its body, colliding violently with Leviathan's devouring force.

In an instant, the space of the entire Fire Beast Domain twisted and deformed under the effects of the black hole and high temperature, and a large number of magical beasts in the world were killed by the energy shockwaves from their clash.

Amidst the collision of flames and the devouring force, the Phoenix's figure suddenly vanished, and the next moment, it appeared silently above Leviathan's head.

Flames gathered frantically around the Phoenix, forming a gigantic flame arrow.

"Pierce! Flames!"

The Phoenix's sharp voice rang out, and the flame arrow smashed down fiercely toward Leviathan.

Facing this overwhelmingly powerful strike, Leviathan dared not be negligent.

All the stars within the Starry Sky Domain emitted a bright radiance, imbuing Leviathan's body and transforming into a brilliant star armor that wrapped firmly around it.

At the same time, Leviathan's massive tail swept across again; this time, a sphere shimmering with dreamlike starlight condensed at the tip of its tail, meeting the flame arrow.

The sphere collided with the flame arrow, erupting with dazzling light and forming a powerful energy storm that swept in all directions.

Meanwhile, nearby, the frozen Demon Dragon had cracks appearing in the ice covering its body under the impact of the battle's shockwaves.

The Demon Dragon remained conscious, and while Leviathan and the Phoenix were locked in a fierce battle, it struggled to mobilize the power within its body, spreading it around itself to transform the ice encasing it into Chaos Power.

The Fire Kirin had already descended into this world once more through a portal and was now participating in the siege against the Phoenix.

Currently, the Abyss Will was also contending with the World Will of this realm, greatly reducing the power of the portal.

It was fine for transporting a Fire Kirin or a Demon Dragon, but if Leviathan were to be defeated and die, it would never be able to enter again.

Only after the Abyss strengthened a few more times would it be able to set foot in this world again.

Fortunately, Leviathan remained sturdy, still handling things with ease under the Phoenix's repeated attacks.

Gradually, the solid ice around the Demon Dragon melted completely, and it finally had room to move.

A Chaos Annihilation Bullet blasted a large hole through the surrounding ice, and the Demon Dragon immediately crawled out.

Looking at the gigantic Flame Divine Tree before it, the Demon Dragon immediately swung its sharp claws and slashed at it fiercely.

The sound of metal clashing reached everyone's ears, and several deep claw marks appeared on the Divine Tree.

The sound caught the Phoenix's attention, and seeing that the little thief had actually broken free from its bindings and was attacking the Divine Tree again, it was instantly incensed.

It decisively abandoned its standoff with Leviathan and transformed into a streak of light, darting toward the Demon Dragon.

As its towering rage burned fiercely, the temperature of the entire Fire Beast Domain instantly soared to the extreme.

The Fire Kirin, the Flame Orangutans, and other fire-type magical beasts discovered with horror that the surrounding flames were no longer obeying them.

The flames on their bodies gathered under the Phoenix's wings like a flock of birds returning to their nest.

"Burning Heaven Refining Domain"

The Phoenix's wings suddenly erupted with an endless sea of fire, shrouding the entire battlefield.

The demigods participating in the siege were burned to ashes by the flames without a sound.

Even those fire-type magical beasts were no exception; this sea of fire was filled with all sorts of flame properties, completely exceeding their understanding of the laws of fire.

If they could comprehend the various properties of the flames, it was believed their future paths would be much smoother.

The Demon Dragon transformed into a Phoenix the moment the flames closed in, wanting to rely on its innate talent to immunize itself against this damage.

Sure enough, its idea worked; the Phoenix form successfully immunized it against this damage.

At this moment, only the Phoenix, Leviathan, and the Demon Dragon remained on the vast battlefield; the rest had all turned to ashes.

The Phoenix was even more furious upon seeing the Demon Dragon's transformation; to it, this was nothing short of blasphemy.

The Demon Dragon, however, felt its confidence soar; it could feel that it possessed an extremely high level of control over flames.

It was just that the disparity in attributes meant its combat strength was far inferior to the Phoenix's.

At this point, it ignored everything else and focused on dealing with the Flame Divine Tree, as if it could defeat the Phoenix just by knocking down this tree.

The Phoenix also completely disregarded Leviathan's attacks, aiming all its firepower at the Demon Dragon, wanting to thoroughly crush this pest.

Relying on the innate skill gained after transforming into a Phoenix, the Demon Dragon barely managed to survive under the Phoenix's hands, while still scratching the Flame Divine Tree from time to time.

At this moment, the world-destroying sea of fire from the Burning Heaven Refining Domain gradually dissipated, and the world returned to calm once again.

The Abyss portal then opened, and the Flame Orangutans and the others stepped into this world once again, surrounding and attacking the Phoenix.

Looking at the enemies that had returned from the dead, a sense of absurdity welled up in the Phoenix's heart.

Could these enemies be capable of infinite resurrection?

Soon, it erupted once again, clearing out these small fries.

But the familiar scene played out again, and the demigods entered the Phoenix's field of vision once more, walking with arrogant strides.