Hovering about ten meters in the air, Bakker slowly extended his right hand, palm ablaze with a roaring flame. Within the light of the fire, he clenched his fist and gradually drew a long, fire-red blade from the flames. Behind him, a phoenix cried out loudly, and as its cry echoed, flames burst forth from the blade of the long, fire-red sword, burning incessantly.
As the long sword ignited, the temperature within the Fire Feather Army camp soared suddenly, making every soldier feel as though they were in a furnace, their skin searing. Fortunately, in this era on the continent of Pan, magical and spiritual energy was abundant, making cultivation speeds exceptionally fast. Most soldiers had practiced some of the army's cultivation techniques and had generally reached the third rank, using their inner Qi to combat the high temperatures.
Yudel, a lowly first-rank Foundation Building cultivator, seemingly unaffected by the scorching heat, looked up at Bakker in the air with even more excitement and eagerness for battle in his eyes. He sheathed his sword back into its scabbard, then unfastened the entire sheath from his waist and tossed it to Lilith beside him.
After completing this puzzling action, he clasped his hands behind his back and called out softly, "Coiling Dragon Halberd, come!" From somewhere within the camp, a loud buzzing sound emerged, akin to a dragon's roar shaking the heavens and earth. Then, a dark glow shot towards Yudel at high speed.
Before most could clearly see what it was, with a thunderous crash, a long halberd made of an unknown metal landed straight in front of Yudel, its metal shaft penetrating the ground, the entire heavy halberd trembling slightly. Carved on the metal shaft of the halberd was a lifelike Eastern dragon, coiling up the shaft to the head of the halberd, where the dragon's mouth spewed out a sharp blade, flanked by two crescent-shaped broad blades, shimmering with a cold light.
Yudel gently caressed the sentient divine weapon before him, feeling its trembling, and whispered, "Coiling Dragon Halberd, are you also excited for the battle to come?" Bakker, hovering in the air with the sword's hilt in hand, disdainfully said, "Ignorant child, be reduced to ashes." With that, he casually swung his sword. A stream of fire followed the swing, enveloping Yudel entirely, and in the next moment, Yudel burst into flames, shooting up into the sky.
Master Hyman, having stepped back a distance, scoffed, "It's like an elephant trampling an ant." Saint Lilith shook her head in resignation, "Now we're in trouble." She turned towards the Holy Light Priests' formation and shouted, "Holy Light Priests, on my command, prepare a large Holy Light Barrier to protect the entire camp."
"At once!" the priests chorused, splitting into teams and running in different directions across the camp. Engulfed in flames, Yudel turned back to Lilith with a brilliant smile, "You always get me." Lilith rolled her eyes, "Don't overdo it. And lift the battlefield higher, or a regular Holy Light Barrier won't withstand your antics."
Ignoring him, she raised her staff, beginning to chant a lengthy series of Holy Light magical incantations, casting one magic circle after another above the camp. "Hehe, understood," Yudel replied, gripping the Coiling Dragon Halberd's shaft firmly, "Coiling Dragon Halberd, let's fight together."
As he spoke, the flames around Yudel intensified more than twofold, rapidly spreading along the ground and instantly reaching the surrounding people. Master Hyman, startled by the "flames" that had crossed over to his feet, exclaimed, "This isn't fire, it's... what is this?"
In that moment, Yudel lightly stomped his foot, causing the ground to collapse as if struck by a meteorite, the nearby air currents chaotically spawning a small whirlwind. The swirling "flames" were blown away, forming patches of blood mist that spread outwards. Yudel had vanished from his original spot, instantly appearing less than a meter below Bakker, thrusting the halberd upward with a momentum that seemed to pierce the heavens.
With Yudel's fierce attack from the Coiling Dragon Halberd, a torrent of dense, almost solid blood-red flames, like lava from a volcanic eruption, suddenly emerged behind him, engulfing Bakker and the phoenix behind him in an instant. The halberd struck Bakker's left side with a loud thud, sending him flying before the blood-red lava flames could catch up and swallow him again.
After a brief silence, an earth-shattering explosion occurred in the sky, forming a huge mushroom cloud from the blood-red lava, then spreading the scorching blood-red lava across the sky as if setting it ablaze, heralding the descent of a molten hell on earth. Time seemed to freeze at this moment, the flames burning the sky triggered the laws of heaven and earth, embedding the name of Yudel's battle technique into the consciousness of everyone witnessing this scene. Yudel, having acquired the Coiling Dragon Halberd, had created seven battle techniques that resonated with the laws of heaven and earth, and this was one of them.
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Scorching Heaven!
At this moment, Yudel stood in the sky like a war god, his feet on two clouds of blood-red fire. "As a proud warrior of the Fire Feather, to fight is to live, and to face death is to be reborn," he declared. In the camp below, most soldiers were dumbstruck, some even feeling a chill down their spine. The powerful explosion of blood-colored lava in the sky had also surged towards the ground, and if not for the preemptive barrier erected by the Saint and the Holy Light Priests, many lower-ranked soldiers might have been injured.
Only two groups remained unaffected. One was the Holy Light Church's Demon Hunter squad, standing still as statues. The other was the Demon Wolf Cavalry, whose wolves shifted from lying to sitting, their eyes glowing green, fixated on the battle above. The Demon Wolf Cavalry soldiers' eyes reddened, their skin emitting the same blood mist as Yudel, burning around their bodies like flames.
Hearing Yudel's bold words, the Demon Wolves and their riders were inspired by a deep, ancestral calling, their breathing growing heavy. As their breathing intensified, ancient blood-red totems began to appear on their skin, rapidly spreading and even extending into the surrounding space, linking together. Soon, the entire formation of the Demon Wolf Cavalry was connected by these blood-red totems, forming a unified whole.
A leading cavalry officer shouted, "To face death is to be reborn!" This battle cry of the Demon Wolf Cavalry resonated, with 8,000 cavalrymen echoing, "To face death is to be reborn..." The chant grew louder, even inspiring some other soldiers in the camp to join in.
Feeling his own blood boiling in response to the chants from below, Yudel's surrounding blood mist formed intricate deep red totems, quickly him. Yudel burst into laughter, his hand swiping lightly through the air with the Coiling Dragon Halberd, causing the blood-red magma and flames generated by "Scorching Heaven" to roll back from all directions towards the explosion's epicenter, then vanish without a trace.
In the air, only a disheveled, gasping General Bakker and his somewhat diminished phoenix remained. After a while, Bakker managed to catch his breath and exclaimed in astonishment, "An attack with the power of the laws, how is this possible? Your aura, clearly that of a mere first-rank Foundation Building cultivator, how could you wield the power of the laws of heaven and earth?"
Yudel smirked, "You old fossils only know about cultivation levels. Do you think a battlefield is just about comparing cultivation levels to decide the winner? Fighting is about morale and the determination to win at all costs. As long as victory is achieved, who cares about cultivation levels? Besides, your seventh-rank Nascent Soul level strength is nothing compared to my uncle."
Bakker, barely calming his spirit, replied, "Don't be arrogant, boy. You just took advantage of a surprise attack to succeed. Do you dare to face me in a fair fight?"
Yudel looked straight at Bakker, "If you're not convinced, then let's fight until you are." Bakker, holding his sword horizontally in front of his chest, slowly caressed the blade, whispering, "Flames consume all, phoenix rebirth from ashes, Nine Turns Phoenix Sword, grant me divine might."
A clear, piercing phoenix cry emanated from the sword, the flames already burning on the blade surged even more fiercely, flowing along the hilt and into Bakker's body in waves. As the flames infused him, Bakker's aura expanded once again, and the phoenix behind him, no longer showing any sign of weakness, spread its fiery feathers, doubling in size.
"What a sword, the Nine Turns Phoenix Sword truly is the divine weapon of our Fire Feather nation," Yudel remarked, feeling the slight vibration of the Coiling Dragon Halberd in his hand. He laughed, "Coiling Dragon Halberd, you feel it too, don't you? Alright, alright, no need to hold back anymore. Let's unleash our full strength and enjoy a good fight."
With that, he pointed with the index and middle fingers of his left hand at the dragon head carving on the halberd. A blood-red rune appeared on the forehead of the carved dragon, then shattered, dispersing into the wind as blood mist.
The moment the blood-red rune shattered, a high-pitched dragon roar came from the Coiling Dragon Halberd. Simultaneously, the Eastern dragon carving on the halberd's shaft began to glow with a pale blue light, which quickly spread along the dragon's body to its tail.
Once the tail was also illuminated with pale blue light, another dragon roar sounded, and the entire carved dragon came to life, detaching from the shaft and soaring into the air. Yudel laughed heartily, his body emitting even denser blood mist, forming a sea of blood clouds around him. The dragon that emerged from the Coiling Dragon Halberd, like a joyful sea serpent, danced through the blood clouds, rapidly expanding in size until it matched the phoenix opposite it.
Divine weapons possess spirit, and transforming into tangible forms is the true essence of the Coiling Dragon Halberd.