The golden-winged phoenix flapped its wings and cried out, divine fire coiling around its body like a snake, blocking several sword energies in front of it.
Knock knock knock!
With a series of muffled thuds, the black aura in the eyes of the golden-winged phoenix dissipated amidst the smoke and dust. No longer as fearless as before, its gaze revealed a hint of retreat, and it flapped its wings to scatter Samadhi True Fire.
Click click click!
The raging fire fell on the Shushan Grand Hall, igniting like dry wood meeting fire, and spread throughout the entire Shushan Grand Hall in an instant, like a spark.
The fire burned ever brighter, its light outshining the sun in the sky. The raging flames distorted the view, and thick smoke could be seen for dozens of miles around.
"Shushan..."
The Sword Saint muttered to himself, his gaze deep and thoughtful. Everyone stared at his back as he stood before the flames, unsure of what to say.
The Drunken Sword Immortal was helped to his side by a disciple. He was about to speak, but when he saw the sword net woven in the Sword Saint's eyes, his expression changed drastically.
The Sword Immortal hurriedly instructed his disciples to help him back a few steps. Amidst the puzzled looks of the crowd, he took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Senior Brother is about to break through!"
"What! Could it be that after all these years, Mount Shu is finally going to have another immortal?"
"May Heaven bless Mount Shu! May Heaven not forsake Mount Shu!"
While the Shu Mountain disciples were all excited, Xu Le curled his lips, but did not stop the Sword Saint's breakthrough. With his trump card in hand, he was not afraid of anyone.
The golden-winged phoenix in the sky showed an increasingly clear light in its eyes. Although its mind had been affected, it knew what it had done, so it flapped its wings and prepared to escape.
Although it was being controlled, its actions were undeniable. Moreover, even if it tried to explain, it couldn't reason with the Shu Mountain group. Therefore, its method was:
escape!
The Shu Mountain group discovered the Golden-Winged Phoenix preparing to escape, but since they were all injured and the Sword Saint was breaking through, no one wanted to stop them.
"Want to leave? Wishful thinking! Today, I'll use your blood to celebrate the birth of Wither and forge the first arrow!"
Xu Le calmed his mind, cleared his mind of all distractions, and took out an arrow from the void.
Xu Le gripped the bow with his left hand, stretched his arm to the left side of his body, and used the second joint of his index and middle fingers to hold the arrow fletching. He bent his right index and middle fingers at the same time to hook the bowstring, turned his head 90 degrees to the left, and pulled the bowstring to his right cheek.
"The first arrow is named Demon Slayer!"
Buzz buzz buzz!
The immense force pulled the bowstring into a semicircle. After a moment of charging, as Xu Le's eyes calculated and captured the force, a torrent of true energy surged into it. The arrow, forged from divine iron, reached its limit at this moment. After estimating the threshold, Xu Le suddenly released his grip.
The bowstring made of Qilin sinews played like a zither, composing a melody of decay, weaving a song of life's decline, the shadow of death covering everything, and all returning to silence.
The long arrow seemed to be imbued with a spirit by death; the power of all things withering gathered at the tip of the arrow, and the power of the rabbit talisman was added to the arrow shaft, like a shooting star falling from the night sky.
With a whoosh, the phantom vanished, instantly piercing through space. Distance seemed nonexistent in its eyes; its terrifying speed gathered air currents, like a raging tornado.
Whoosh!
The golden-winged phoenix, which was flying away from Mount Shu, heard the howling wind behind it. As its body swayed, it glanced behind it and saw the arrow. A cold glint on the tip of the arrow shone like a star, with a unique beauty.
However, the beauty of the starlight was completely different in the eyes of the Golden-Winged Phoenix. In its perception, the airflow was torn apart by the arrow, bringing a huge tearing force that ripped through space and penetrated through. In its eyes, it could vaguely see the Yellow Springs Road, the blooming of the other shore flowers, the surging of the Yellow Springs, and the slow opening of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Beast way!
"Clang clang!"
The golden-winged phoenix was terrified, flames engulfing its body, and it fled frantically into the distance.
Under a clear blue sky without a single cloud, a streak of fire shot across the heavens, attracting the attention of countless creatures. Birds, upon seeing the phoenix's form, all stopped and bowed their heads in reverence.
The beasts in the forest stopped in their tracks, watching the phoenix soaring wildly in the sky, sensing the destructive power within its flames, and scattered in terror.
"Mother, look, there's a phoenix in the sky!"
A boy in plain clothes looked up at the sky and saw a phoenix soaring through the air. He was stunned for a moment, tugged at his mother's clothes, and shouted loudly.
"Phoenix!"
The boy's mother initially thought it was just a child's whisper, but when she saw everyone around her looking up, she couldn't help but raise her head and saw a phoenix soaring in the divine fire.
"Auspicious omen!"
"Auspicious signs have descended from the heavens!"
The ignorant people knelt down one after another. In their minds, the phoenix was a divine beast of five virtues and a symbol of good fortune. If one was lucky enough to see it, it would be a great blessing from heaven, and the weather would be favorable.
"Clang clang!"
The phoenix's cry rang out as they had imagined, but unlike their expectations, it was not stirring; instead, it was filled with unease and fear.
At this moment, they also saw a tornado behind the phoenix, with a dark light shining in the center of the gale.
It was as if the underworld had opened, and the gods played a mournful melody called: Decay!
Tear!
The golden-winged phoenix had used up all its demonic power, and its body suddenly stopped. But the long arrow behind it did not hesitate and pierced its heart with endless sharpness.
"Clang..."
Phoenix blood spilled onto the earth, the scorching fire-attribute blood dripping onto the soil and burning it. The bird fell headfirst, straight down, landing in a forest outside the city, igniting a great fire.
The long arrow pierced the heart, and a strange power blocked the flow of blood through the heart, stopping its demonic power. The phantom of the divine sheep appeared. After the arrow was born, it was imprinted with the power of soul devouring and bloodlust by the Heavenly Dao of the inner world, and its power to kill what it kills continues to increase.