Chapter 654: Anger Boiling

A suffocating pressure descended from above. Dongfang Xiu instinctively looked up, his eyes immediately falling upon a descending ball of flame. The flame was small, yet it carried an immense pressure that instantly convulsed his entire body. This was because it was Phoenix Flame, and it belonged to a Tyrannical Emperor!

Dongfang Xiu froze, his face drained of color. He instantly appeared in front of Cang Yue, his profound energy surging forth without reservation. He roared, "Get back... everyone get back!!"

"Boom!!" Dongfang Xiu's voice was drowned out by the cries of battle. The Phoenix Flame descended mercilessly, unleashing a roar that shook heaven and earth. A violent burst of light shot skyward in front of the Blue Wind City Gate, like a sleeping volcano suddenly erupting.

Over two thousand Blue Wind soldiers were engulfed in the flames, mercilessly incinerated by the Phoenix Flame. Countless more were severely injured and blown away by the impact. Feng Yunlie was violently slammed against the city wall by the explosive aftermath, his entire body covered in blood, unable to stand for a long time. Behind him, the already ravaged city gate and walls became even more dilapidated and precarious under the Phoenix Flame's assault.

Although it was only the peripheral aftershock, Dongfang Xiu had exerted his full strength to block it completely, ensuring he and Cang Yue behind him were unharmed. He glared furiously at the sky. The Phoenix Robe and the golden emblem embroidered on it made his pupils sharply contract—it was clearly the insignia of a Phoenix Divine Sect Elder!

Anyone qualified to be an Elder of the Phoenix Divine Sect must possess profound energy at least at the fifth level of the Tyrannical Profound Realm! This meant the red-robed middle-aged man in the sky was, at the very least, a mid-stage Tyrannical Emperor! He was a terrifying existence that Blue Wind Imperial City could absolutely not contend with! His Phoenix Flame alone could easily incinerate the entire Blue Wind Imperial City in a short amount of time!

Veins bulged on Dongfang Xiu's forehead as he roared in anger: "You, a dignified Elder of the Phoenix Divine Sect, dare to attack these ordinary soldiers... Have you no shame as a Tyrannical Profound practitioner?!"

"Master of the Dongfang Residence, there's no need to be angry," Cang Yue said coldly. "The Phoenix Divine Sect has long since obliterated any shred of conscience; how could they care about shame!"

"Hehehe." Feng Feiying was not at all angered. He looked down with a gaze of judgment, tinged with faint pity: "This Elder is not interfering in a war between mortals, but granting you one last chance. Open the city and surrender, let yourselves be captured, and you may still..."

"Old Phoenix scoundrel, stop your wishful thinking!" Cang Yue's delicate brows were like a cold moon, and every word she spoke was laced with biting hatred: "I would rather be the ruler of a fallen nation... but even if I die ten thousand deaths, I will never be a slave of a fallen nation!!"

The aura of a True Profound Realm practitioner, a girl barely in her twenties... yet her gaze was so sharp and cold that he found it difficult to look directly at her. Feng Feiying sneered, and his entire body burst into flames: "Then you shall all be reduced to scorched earth along with this lowly city!!"

*Whoosh!!!* The crimson flames on Feng Feiying instantly shot up dozens of meters high. The temperature in the surrounding thousand-foot radius rapidly soared. The entire Blue Wind Imperial City was enveloped by a scorching pressure. In the blink of an eye, a crimson glow obscured the entire sky.

"St... stop!!" Their vision was completely filled with the crimson glow of the flames. Dongfang Xiu, Qin Wushang, and others all turned pale with horror. If such terrifying Phoenix Flame were to strike, it would be enough to incinerate the entire northern part of Blue Wind Imperial City. Not only the city walls, city gates, and countless soldiers, but also the innumerable citizens who refused to flee would be affected and perish.

Feng Feiying, who had long lost patience, had no intention of stopping. He scorned the crowd and the city walls below, a sadistic pleasure flashing in his eyes: "All you low-class citizens who dare to resist my Divine Phoenix, die!!"

Amidst his wild laughter, the sky-obscuring Phoenix Flame ruthlessly crashed down. Like a sun overturning in the sky, a crimson light of death enveloped the northern part of Blue Wind Imperial City...

"Protect His Majesty!!" Feng Yunlie stretched out his blood-stained arm, letting out a cry of despair.

Dongfang Xiu, Qin Wushang, and all the strong practitioners of the Blue Wind Profound Palace had already positioned themselves in front of Cang Yue. Their profound energy surged wildly throughout their bodies, but their faces were distorted in pain, because every single one of them understood clearly that this was Phoenix Flame from a mid-stage Tyrannical Emperor. Even if they poured out all their strength, or even if they possessed ten times their current power, it would be utterly impossible to block.

Cang Yue slightly raised her head, looking at the approaching flame of death. There was no panic, no fear, only her beautiful eyes gradually growing hazy...

"Finally... is it over...? Father Emperor... Yue'er truly cannot endure any longer... These three years... I've been so bitter... so afraid... so tired..."

"Your Majesty!!" "Protect His Majesty... Protect His Majesty!" "Ah!!!"

The sounds in her ears gradually faded. Slowly, she closed her eyes, two trails of tears silently sliding down from her eyes. A light, beautiful smile quietly curled upon her lips... "Husband... I can finally... come to accompany you..."

The sky-obscuring crimson flames drew closer and closer, reflecting faces filled with endless hatred and despair. One person after another painfully closed their eyes, awaiting the arrival of death and destruction...

*Boom!!!!* Just then, a dull roar exploded in the sky. Another mass of flame, from an unknown source, suddenly ignited in the air. This flame was also crimson, but it was a deeper red and burned more violently. In an instant, this flame spread for a thousand feet and descended with a crash. However, it did not strike towards Blue Wind Imperial City, but enveloped the Phoenix Flame that was about to fall upon the city. In just an instant, it completely engulfed the Phoenix Flame released by Feng Feiying.

The swallowed Phoenix Flame stopped its descent and began to struggle fiercely. But this Phoenix Flame, from a powerful Tyrannical Emperor and possessing terrifying destructive capabilities, was like an earthworm falling into the mouth of a giant python before the crimson flame that engulfed it. Its pitiful struggle lasted only for a mere instant before it was utterly extinguished. Apart from faint wisps of smoke, not a single trace remained. Not even a speck of Blue Wind Imperial City's land was touched!

"Wh-what!?" Feng Feiying's eyes bulged violently, as if he had witnessed the most unbelievable sight in the world. At that moment, the flame that had completely annihilated his Phoenix Flame was already rushing towards him. Even from a hundred feet away, its scorching aura made him feel as if he had fallen into a sea of purgatorial fire.

"Feiying... retreat quickly!!" Feng Feiheng clearly knew the immense destructive power of the Phoenix Flame Feng Feiying had just released. Yet, for it to completely obliterate that Phoenix Flame in an instant... the terror of that crimson flame was unfathomable! Watching the crimson flame rush towards Feng Feiying, he roared desperately.

Still in shock, Feng Feiying reacted incredibly fast, circulating all his profound energy to retreat. But even after fleeing several miles, he was still slightly touched by the edge of that crimson flame...

"Wuaaaahhhh!!!!" A scream of extreme agony echoed above the blood-soaked battlefield. The instant he was touched by the crimson flame, Feng Feiying instantly transformed into a burning man completely enveloped in fire. He plummeted violently from the sky, landing not far in front of Feng Feiheng, then writhed and howled in agony on the ground, while the crimson flames on his body burned ever more fiercely, accompanied by the pungent smell of burning flesh.

"Feiying!!" Feng Feiheng rushed forward, but before he could get within five steps, an unbearable burning sensation washed over him, making his face change dramatically as he frantically retreated. As he slightly recovered from his shock, Feng Feiying's screams had stopped, and the flames on his body had extinguished. Lying there was only a charred, desiccated corpse. The only discernible part of his entire body was a raised hand, its five fingers twisted and blackened into charcoal.

The Divine Phoenix Army's General Commanders, Qi Zhencang and Duan Qinghang, had already turned to stone. Their pupils, fixed on the charred corpse, were filled with endless shock and terror.

The air was incredibly hot, and even with the scorching Phoenix blood flowing through his veins, Feng Feiheng distinctly felt a chilling sensation shoot up his spine and spread throughout his entire body...

Feng Feiying, ranked forty-third among the Phoenix Divine Sect's Elders, was a Level Five Tyrannical Emperor, powerful enough to look down upon the entire Profound Sky Continent! His profound energy was only two minor realms lower than Feng Feiheng's. Yet, he was merely touched by that crimson flame, and in just a few breaths, he was burned to a crisp! He didn't even have a chance to struggle or resist.

He was certain that the crimson flame was not Phoenix Flame, as it carried no trace of its aura. But its power and aura instilled bone-chilling fear even in him, who possessed the world's strongest flame—Phoenix Flame power. He looked up at the sky and roared with a trembling voice, "Who... who is it!!"

The flames in the sky vanished, and the sky-obscuring crimson light and scorching heat dissipated. Yet the light was distinctly much darker than before, as if a dark cloud had replaced the flames and covered the sky. Simultaneously, an extremely heavy and somber pressure silently descended. Under this pressure, the battlefield, which had been roaring with slaughter, fell into a deathly silence. Not a single person could utter a sound, not a single person could breathe. Even the blood that had flowed into streams on the ground completely stopped, as if utterly congealed.

And this pressure was not merely heavy; it contained an endless rage... a rage so violent it seemed ready to explode out of control at any moment.

Everyone instinctively looked up towards the distant sky. There, a figure was bathed in flames. The flames were too dense to make out the figure within, only a blurred outline was visible. The overwhelming and terrifying aura of rage in the air made it impossible to tell whether the flames burning on him were profound fire or the fire of pure wrath.

Not far behind him, there were three other figures. But all eyes were fixed on the fiery silhouette; no one paid them any mind.

"Th... that's... who is that...?" Dongfang Xiu's pupils dilated as he looked at the fiery silhouette directly above him, his voice filled with unsuppressable terror. Although this person had used an incomprehensibly powerful force to annihilate the Phoenix Flame aimed at Blue Wind Imperial City and had easily killed an incomparably strong Phoenix Elder, seemingly not an enemy... still, this person's power aura and his furious presence were truly too terrifying. As the Master of the Blue Wind Residence, he had never, in his entire life, felt anything so terrifying. No! He hadn't even felt a tenth of such an aura.

"Who is this person...? When did such a figure appear on the Profound Sky Continent...? Why is he helping Blue Wind...?"

"Wahhh... so... so scary..." Number Seven Under Heaven covered half her eyes, repeatedly burrowing into Xiao Yun's embrace.

"It is indeed indescribably tragic." Number One Under Heaven looked at the battlefield below, where blood flowed like rivers and corpses lay everywhere. Even he felt a strong tremor in his heart, let alone Number Seven Under Heaven. They had followed Yun Che, traveling from New Moon City by breaking through space with the Primordial Profound Ark, arriving here in an instant. He had anticipated perhaps seeing a scene of war, but he never imagined witnessing such a horrific battlefield.

"No, it's not..." Number Seven Under Heaven's body trembled. "I mean... I mean Big Brother Yun! He looks so scary right now..."

"Big Brother..." Xiao Yun took a small step forward, but was immediately stopped by Number One Under Heaven's outstretched arm: "Don't go near him!"

Beneath the Golden Crow flames, Yun Che's body was faintly trembling... The seething rage instilled a deep sense of fear even in Number One Under Heaven.