Chapter 1546: An Eye for an Eye

Chapter 1546: An Eye for an Eye Feng Xian wanted to see just how strong she had become.

"[Lunarflame Shot: Starburst Cosmos]!"

Flames condensed into the form of arrows with the luster of metal. The pitch-black flames swirled around the arrows like whirlpools, gathering all the flames in the world and transforming them into terrifying penetrating ability that shattered everything they touched.

The arrows were continuously infused with fire-attuned genetic energy, which was so concentrated that it caused the arrows to crack. Red light brimmed from the cracks; the arrows were poised to explode from the slightest impact.

The blinding light was edged with danger.

Sun Mengmeng showed no fear against the incoming Feng Xian. She loosed her arrows in an explosion of flame like the explosion of a cosmos. The superheated, multicolored flames swamped everything in sight. Shockingly, the phoenix into which Feng Xian had transformed was able to survive even the incredible heat and temperature. She flew by, absorbing the flames from the explosion and weaving them around her body like a train. The light glowing from her magnified in strength.

Feng Xian moved rapidly, and she reached Sun Mengmeng in the blink of an eye.

"[Phoenixstorm: Shattered Comet]!"

Sun Mengmeng drew her knife. Her body lit up with roaring purple flames. The phoenix that formed around Sun Mengmeng transformed into a blazing tempest.

As Sun Mengmeng revolved, so too did the flaming tempest. A phoenix's flame took over the golden flames and transformed them into storms of hellfire. Phoenixes emerged from those storms, descending on the altar.

Her knife arced across the air like a meteor. The heat was so blistering that the knife felt as though it were melting.

Feng Xian blazed with rosy light, her tail feathers tracing loops and swirls of light through the air, blazing with flame. She shone like a comet as she crashed into Sun Mengmeng.

The two cultivators who drew on phoenix-oriented techniques began to fight each other in mid-air. Flames blazed and swirled all around them.

Feng Xian had ascended to the realm of a perfect lifeform. No matter how strong Sun Mengmeng's [Phoenixstorm: Shattered Comet] was, it was no match for Feng Xian. Her technique exploded in a burst of firelight.

The phoenix transformed into a dozen fireballs that exploded like fireworks. They shot across the air and descended all over the altar like meteors.

Sun Mengmeng herself landed harshly on the ground of the altar.

As the image of a phoenix exploded, Sun Mengmeng crashed against the wall of the altar. Her disaster-grade phoenix armor blazed with fire, reducing the force of the impact.

"As you are now, you're no match for me. I have to admit that you're a strong opponent, but it's time for you to be eliminated from the competition!" Feng Xian charged forward.

Peak mental and physical energy gave off radiance even brighter and more eye-catching than the sun.

Feng Xian intended to kill Sun Mengmeng. Her flames and mental energy blazed with energy.

Her flames were able to burn even the mind, and Sun Mengmeng would surely be badly hurt by such an attack. Losing the competition would be getting off easily; if she suffered more serious mental damage and was unable to recover, she could remain in a vegetative state for life.

Just then, a beam of golden light slashed across the sea of flame behind Feng Xian.

"I'll return your attack to you!"

Golden light exploded from the center of the sea of black flame, which was dyed golden.

"[Golden Divide]!"

A stellar river appeared in the ancient hall, each star a divine armament. As the golden figure swung an arm down, the stars manifested in the form of a golden broadsword that thrust toward Feng Xian's heart from the back, like a divine punishment from the cosmos. The ancient hall shook as the silvery-white phoenix was pinned to the ground.

Feng Xian struggled furiously. "How despicable! You launched a sneak attack on me?!"

Feng Xian had struck believing that victory was right at hand. She didn't notice Sun Xiaowu behind her, and was unprepared to defend against his attack.

Sun Xiaowu stood at the forefront of the giant starlit sword. He dug at his nose. "I simply copied what you were doing—an eye for an eye. Don't forget that you launched such a sneak attack on me before, and more than once at that."

Flames burst from Feng Xian's body as she thundered, "A man like you, preying on a weak woman like me?!" Sёarch* The NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Sun Xiaowu was unfazed. "I believe in gender equality. Everyone should be treated equally, and your target was my sister. Should I have stood idly by and allowed you to kill her?"

Feng Xian scoffed. "I'm a true phoenix, an immortal phoenix. The likes of you would never be able to best me."

Her silver, white, and red flames born from different sources of energy erupted simultaneously and burned Sun Xiaowu's starlit sword.

It was only a matter of time before it was nothing but a puddle of metal ooze.

However, Sun Xiaowu had bought sufficient time for Sun Mengmeng to react.

"[Lunarflame Shot: Blazing God]!"

The cry of a phoenix echoed in the ancient hall.

Sun Mengmeng seemed to transform into a resplendent female goddess, her battle armor shining. All the flames in the ancient hall gathered around her. The pitch-black sea of flames formed a whirlpool with her at its eye. Even the flames on Feng Xian's body were being snatched away.

"What?!" Feng Xian exclaimed.

How could Sun Mengmeng be laying claim to even her own flames?

All those flames circled her and were infused into her bow. The four colors of flame were bound together. Sun Mengmeng could hear a heartbeat that seemed to come from the image of the starlit phoenix to her back.

A vein of lava flowed through her body from its heart, like a stellar river that encircled her arm—and through it, into her bow. The four colors of flame turned into five.

An arrow was birthed from the five species of flame.

Even before it was shot out, one could sense the frightening heat, the blazing firelight, that emanated from it.

The fire that poured out of her heart was clearly of higher quality than the other four types of flame. It burned with a resplendent light, an incredible beauty.

"Leave, Xiaowu!"

Maintaining the arrow was draining all of Sun Mengmeng's strength. Green veins protruded from her forehead, and her fingers were trembling. She wouldn't be able to stop her attack from hitting her brother.

Sun Xiaowu leapt up without any hesitation. Sun Mengmeng didn't wait. She released her arrow immediately, the heat of which melted the ground.

Feng Xian couldn't believe that she would sense another threat to her life so quickly after her rebirth. Her silver, white, and red flames born from different sources of energy erupted simultaneously and began burning at Sun Xiaowu's starlit sword even more quickly.

The arrow flew with frightening speed and struck Feng Xian before she could get free from the sword.

Torrential flame was released from the arrow, causing the entire hall to creak and quake. Even in the distance, the other cultivators were forced to defend against the aftermath of the attack.

They all realized how dangerous these flames were; touching a single wisp might well lead to death.