Chapter 1667: Phoenix Flame

“I sense the fluctuations of more than one law of heaven and earth from you, so I presume you’ve gained something on your journey here. However, it’s regrettable that no matter how powerful you are, your end here will be a dismal one. Even if you are formidable, you can only protect yourself. The vast army behind you, however, will pay the price for this.”

A cold and profound soul voice emanated from the depths of the thousand-mile ice lake at the peak of this mountain range. Unbeknownst to Xu Yang at that moment, hundreds of thousands of beast warriors stood precisely before the lake, which was sealed by endless ice.

The instant that profound voice faded, endless cracks suddenly appeared beneath the feet of hundreds of thousands of beast army warriors. Subsequently, the dozens of meters of incredibly thick ice, without any warning, collapsed and caved in. More and more beast warriors plummeted into the bottomless ice abyss below, their bodies shattered.

Xu Yang was instantly enraged. “You truly have the audacity to slaughter warriors of the beast race right before my eyes. It seems I must show you what I’m capable of.”

In his fury, Xu Yang unleashed a monstrous water dragon, hundreds of meters long, which let out an enraged roar and lunged directly at the ice surface of the thousand-mile ice lake below. The water element power on the surface clashed intensely with the aura of the ice element.

However, this time, due to the profound power of Xu Yang’s Poseidon domain, the essence of the water element power, which had shattered into countless droplets, was not immediately frozen solid. Instead, it continued to flow freely outside the ice layer as water, creating an extreme confrontation between the two forces.

The surrounding water element waves, manipulated by Xu Yang’s spiritual energy, quickly filled the fractured ice caverns, gently lifting hundreds of thousands of beast warriors into the air. This prevented more warriors from being annihilated by the surrounding icy environment without any means of resistance.

Witnessing this action, even the autonomous consciousness of the frost law could not help but let out a gasp of astonishment.

“This truly is a miraculous cultivation achievement. It’s the first time I’ve seen anyone wield water element power to such an extent. But unfortunately for you, you’ve met me. The power of the frost element inherently perfectly suppresses the power of the water element. How much longer can you protect them?”

As soon as the voice fell silent, this spiritual entity, which had not yet revealed its true form, began its next move. The boundless frost power of the thousand-mile ice lake around them began to stir once more.

Ice shards, shattered from all directions, began to frantically attack the water element platform at the center, which was protecting hundreds of thousands of beast warriors.

More and more bone-chilling ice shards relentlessly pierced into the central mass of water, willing to be assimilated by the water element power as a trade-off. They continuously lowered the temperature of the water. As the temperature gradually approached its freezing point, it meant that Xu Yang’s control over the water mass was steadily diminishing.

“Warrior of the human race, I must admit, your cultivation foundation and mastery over the water element have reached a sublime level. However, even if I cannot instantly freeze you and your hundreds of thousands of warriors, I can still erode your water element’s essence bit by bit. This is an innate talent. No matter how powerful you are, as long as you are within the range of my frost law, you will never escape this fate.”

Xu Yang quickly realized that the subjective consciousness of the frost law was indeed speaking truthfully and not merely fear-mongering. After all, this was ultimately its territory, possessing a complete frost law. How could the essence of water element power remain active in such a space?

Even if he could resist for a while, he definitely couldn't keep it up indefinitely. Eventually, he would be completely sealed by the terrifying frost power.

To break free from this predicament, Xu Yang knew he had no other choice but to use fire, the ultimate opposite of the frost element, to resolve the current situation.

“You forced my hand. Originally, I intended to have a true pinnacle duel with you using water element power, but you didn’t give me that chance. Instead, you infuriated me with a different attack method. In that case, I will have no choice but to forcibly suppress you.”

As he finished speaking, Xu Yang returned to his position on the void battlefield. Around his body, an endless sky-burning flame began to rapidly condense.

Behind him, the dormant power of the Phoenix God totem, which had slumbered for an unknown age, reawakened. The moment the brilliant and colossal Phoenix totem soared into the sky from Xu Yang’s back, the blood of the entire hundreds of thousands of beast warriors was set ablaze.

Even the powerful Demon Sages of the core combat team were completely stunned.

They had never seen Xu Yang personally awaken the power of the Phoenix God, nor were they aware of such a past for him. Only Xiao Hua and Long Kun knew well that during his cultivation journey on the mainland hundreds of thousands of years ago, Xu Yang had once dealt with the Phoenix God and had gained complete mastery over the Phoenix Domain.

Indeed, shortly after the colossal Phoenix totem manifested behind him, a complete Phoenix Domain rapidly expanded within a thousand meters around Xu Yang’s body. The immense power of the flames pushed the temperature of the inherited Phoenix lineage fire within Xu Yang’s body to its extreme.

With the continuous emergence of these sky-burning flames, boundless celestial fire radiance spread across the frozen lake. Large swathes of ice shards were utterly refined into nothingness by this terrifying fiery power.

It was precisely because the scorching power of the flames exceeded the frost law’s endurance limit that the corresponding complete form of the law of heaven and earth began to stir restlessly.

At the same time, Xu Yang released his spiritual energy as much as possible to fully suppress all frost law aura within the Phoenix totem’s range.

“Surrender to me. This is the prerequisite for you to achieve a perfect outcome. Otherwise, I wouldn’t mind completely erasing your law’s imprint from the Kunlun Divine Path.”

Xu Yang’s words were merely a threat; he had no real intention of doing so. He still aimed to condense more unique spirit tools for himself, and if such a pure frost law were to fully form, it would mean Xu Yang would gain absolute control over frost power.

Simultaneously, within the chaotic icy barrier, Xu Yang captured the outline of the frost law’s will.

It was the form of a middle-aged woman, her appearance exquisitely pure and ethereal. Although her specific facial features were indistinct, the soul body sealed by endless ice still appeared exceptionally transcendent.