Chapter 1604
Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruit
Chapter 1604 Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruit
Under Liu Changxu's full control, the twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords unleashed a dazzling red light, transforming into twelve raging fire dragons. Enveloped in earth-shattering crimson lotus karmic fire, they hurtled towards the late-stage Taiyi Fire Phoenix, resembling blooming crimson lotuses.
That fire phoenix was no pushover either. The phoenix true flames it spewed from its mouth instantly surged, transforming into a boundless sea of fire. The crimson waves surged to the sky, sweeping over like a raging torrent, igniting even the void in their wake.
Faced with this overwhelming sea of fire, Liu Changxu did not confront it head-on. With a slight thought, his figure drew a blur in the void, instantly teleporting hundreds of millions of miles away and easily avoiding the encirclement of the sea of fire.
The late-stage Taiyi Fire Phoenix reacted just as swiftly. With a flap of its wings, it moved like a crimson lightning bolt, instantly traversing billions of miles of space and precisely avoiding the attack of the twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords. Its movements were fluid and smooth, without the slightest hesitation.
Clearly, this fire phoenix has mastered the fundamental laws of space, and its cultivation level is in no way inferior to Liu Changxu's.
Seeing that this late-stage Taiyi Fire Phoenix had reached a high level of understanding of the fundamental laws of space, Liu Changxu instantly realized that it was impossible to achieve a quick victory with just the twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords.
Therefore, he immediately changed tactics and unleashed the perfected Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm, launching a fierce attack on the late-stage Taiyi Fire Phoenix.
In an instant, countless crimson giant hands, obscuring the sky and covering the sun, materialized out of thin air, carrying the earth-shattering red lotus karmic fire, and crashed down on the fire phoenix like Mount Tai pressing down.
At this time, the Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm was no longer what it used to be. During his two hundred years of seclusion, Liu Changxu had thoroughly integrated and reconstructed the seven fundamental laws of space, time, and the five elements, and had already undergone a complete transformation.
That overwhelming palm print not only possessed the extreme destructive power of the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, a fundamental fire attribute law, but also the concentrated power of the fundamental laws of time and space, giving it the formidable ability to shatter the void and imprison powerful enemies.
Previously, when facing Liu Changxu's twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords, this late-stage Taiyi Fire Phoenix relied on its perfected spatial origin laws to freely traverse the void and dodge the sword's edge.
However, now, facing the Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm, which integrates multiple fundamental laws, its advantage of rapid teleportation in the void has been greatly suppressed. It can no longer dodge as easily as it did at the beginning. Not only has its speed of rapid teleportation slowed down, but it also needs to consume more mana to get rid of the spacetime confinement power of the Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm.
The reason for this is that the Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Sword is of a relatively low grade. When it encounters the Fire Phoenix, which has mastered the Great Perfection of the Space Origin Law, it cannot quickly lock onto the true form, nor can it keep up with the speed, thus failing to unleash its full destructive power.
The Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm, which integrates multiple fundamental laws, is not only more powerful, but also possesses spacetime confinement and extreme speed, which perfectly counters the space escape technique that the Fire Phoenix relies on.
Thus, when Liu Changxu unleashed the Crimson Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm and launched a swift offensive, coupled with the exquisite coordination of the twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords, he gradually gained the initiative in the battle.
The fire phoenix had to deal with the direct impact of the Crimson Lotus Heaven-Burning Palm while also guarding against the sneak attacks of the twelve Crimson Lotus Immortal-Slaying Swords, putting it in a rather passive position.
Although the Ruyi Lotus Cauldron did not directly participate in the siege of the Fire Phoenix, it was Liu Changxu's most hardcore defensive measure, swallowing the flames that attacked Liu Changxu into the cauldron, greatly reducing his defensive pressure.
In order to end the battle as soon as possible, Liu Changxu continued to launch a fierce attack with the Red Lotus Burning Heaven Palm, and also occasionally made hand seals to unleash the Time-Space Cage Immortal Technique.
A series of halos containing the laws of time and space appeared around the fire phoenix, attempting to weave a cage in the void and imprison the fire phoenix within it.
However, this fire phoenix's understanding of the fundamental laws of space was subtly superior to Liu Changxu's. Whenever the spacetime cage was about to take shape, it would flap its wings and dart through, its form shifting between reality and illusion, always managing to avoid the confinement by the slightest margin. This made the spacetime cage magic have negligible effects on it, and it was never able to help Liu Changxu quickly establish victory.
After several unsuccessful attempts, Liu Changxu had no choice but to suppress his desire for a quick victory and concentrate on a protracted battle with the Fire Phoenix. For a moment, palm shadows and flames intertwined in the sky above Qifeng Mountain, causing space to tremble and even the flow of time to seem to be disrupted.
This fierce battle lasted for several hours in the blink of an eye.
The terrifying energy aftershocks from the collision of the two immortal powers were sweeping across the surrounding area with devastating force. The once continuous volcanic peaks were forcibly shaved in half, the hard rocks were turned into dust under the high temperature and immense force, the rushing lava rivers were shaken and changed course, carving out crisscrossing new ravines on the earth, and countless ancient trees were also turned into ashes in the energy aftershocks.
The longer the battle raged on, the more pronounced Liu Changxu's advantage became. His understanding of the Crimson Lotus Burning Heaven Palm became increasingly refined, putting more and more pressure on the Fire Phoenix.
Conversely, the fire phoenix's attack, relying solely on magic, gradually lost momentum and was suppressed by Liu Changxu, eventually falling into a completely disadvantageous position.
Seeing that the prolonged battle was unfavorable and that further delay might lead to unforeseen consequences, the fire phoenix suddenly decided to retreat. It abruptly raised its head and let out a sharp phoenix cry, its flames suddenly escalating several times over, unleashing a fierce attack with all its remaining immortal power.
An endless sea of fire, carrying shattered flames, swept towards Liu Changxu like a raging torrent, its momentum even stronger than before.
Seeing this, Liu Changxu did not want to take the attack head-on at this moment. With a slight thought, he instantly teleported hundreds of millions of miles away, avoiding this desperate counterattack.
Just as Liu Changxu dodged, the Fire Phoenix seized the fleeting opening, flapped its wings, and its body suddenly transformed into a dazzling red light, tearing through the void and fleeing into the distance at a speed far exceeding its previous speed.
In just a short while, the red light shrank to a red dot in the sky and soon disappeared.
Seeing that the fire phoenix had escaped, Liu Changxu did not chase after it.
Because Liu Changxu was not in good condition at this time, with less than 30% of his immortal power in his dantian, even if he could defeat the Fire Phoenix if he continued fighting, it would be very difficult to kill it.
In particular, he was currently in the heart of the demon realm, and if the Fire Phoenix found strong reinforcements, he would be the one to flee.
Therefore, after the fire phoenix escaped, they immediately entered the secret realm where the fire phoenix had been living and began to plunder it.
It must be said that the secret realm of the Fire Phoenix in the mid-to-late stages of Taiyi is indeed extraordinary. The immortal objects inside, in terms of both quantity and quality, are far superior to those in the Thunder Rhinoceros Cave.
What delighted Liu Changxu the most was that he actually discovered a Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruit Tree bearing fruit in the secret realm!
This Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruit is an extremely precious immortal fruit. Eating it can enhance the immortal power of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, which is exactly what Liu Changxu needs right now.
This Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruit tree has seven Phoenix Flame Immortal Fruits hanging on it, enough to raise his cultivation to the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
(End of this chapter)