With a thought, Zhang Ling directed the Xuan Turtle to fix its gaze on the Moon Fairy, a cold glint flashing from its eyes.
He himself was no slower; two copper rings, one gold and one silver, suddenly appeared, transforming into countless illusory copies that swarmed towards the Moon Fairy.
The puppets beside him also unleashed attacks like ice cones and fireballs. Simultaneously, a yellow light flashed in his hand, and a small, delicate yellow flag appeared.
The Four Directions Flag!
Seeing the flag, the Moon Fairy murmured. Her ten slender fingers danced, weaving seals, and in an instant, dense golden fire lotuses bloomed around her.
Releasing another large number of fire lotuses, the woman's face paled slightly. Countless fire lotuses spun, turning into golden rays that merged into the black-gold fire phoenix.
The fire phoenix's size surged, growing to thirty or forty zhang in a single breath, unleashing a terrifying fire spiritual power.
The black-gold fire phoenix spread its wings, and the hundreds of zhang of space rumbled, revealing some five-colored spiritual light.
Some of the crimson spiritual light, as if summoned, flowed like rivers into the sea, surging towards the fire phoenix.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was shocked. The fire phoenix could actually draw upon the spiritual power of heaven and earth to enhance its power.
It was said that only cultivators above the Transformation God stage could mobilize the spiritual power of heaven and earth, using spells of immense power and receiving replenishment. Cultivators above the Transformation God stage could fight continuously without fear of spiritual depletion.
Of course, there were also some special methods to barely draw upon the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
Many formations could do this, but the spiritual power of heaven and earth that was drawn upon was unrefined, making it difficult to control, let alone use it to cast powerful spells.
Randomly injecting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the original spell could enhance its power, but the hidden dangers were great. If the cultivation was insufficient to control the massive amount of spiritual energy, the spell would become uncontrollable, producing unpredictable changes.
It was even possible for the spell to explode directly, killing the caster.
It was said that spiritual treasures could also draw upon the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
Zhang Ling didn't know if the Moon Fairy was using a secret technique to forcibly draw upon spiritual energy, or if she was relying on her imitation spiritual treasure to do so.
The fire phoenix continued to emit clear cries, and the golden flames flowing around it turned black-gold.
The bone claws grabbing at it felt as if they were grabbing at a solid object, becoming much more difficult. Although they could tear apart parts of the fire phoenix's body, they would recover in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Ling's eyes flashed with ferocity. A lightning flash covered his body, and he used Lightning Escape again, disappearing from sight.
When he reappeared, he had crossed thirty zhang, only ten zhang away from the Moon Fairy. The Four Directions Flag waved rapidly, releasing a cloud of gray mist.
Zhang Ling circled around the Moon Fairy, and a large amount of gray mist enveloped her, quickly converging inward, as if to trap her directly.
The Moon Fairy's expression changed slightly, as if she knew that the Four Directions Flag could imprison space. With a wave of her hand, a five-colored spiritual light suddenly emerged from the fire cauldron.
Upon closer inspection, a strange stone the size of a fist rotated within the spiritual light. It had many small holes, and some colorful spiritual patterns were reflected on it.
The stone spun, creating ripples of bizarre undulations. Wherever the ripples passed, the gray mist conjured by the Four Directions Flag began to collapse.
This strange stone seemed to be able to vibrate space, weakening the Four Directions Flag's power to seal space.
Taking advantage of the gray mist not yet fully closed, the Moon Fairy instantly escaped its encirclement. At the same time, a golden hairpin on her head fluttered down, transforming into a golden sword about ten feet long.
Zhang Ling was only ten zhang away from the Moon Fairy, and the golden sword arrived instantly. Zhang Ling had to activate the Thunder Spirit Shuttle, shifting his body and dodging the strike.
Next, the gold and silver copper rings quickly merged, forming a white sphere about ten feet in size.
The sphere wasn't large, but the light it emitted was extremely blinding. The Moon Fairy happened to see this, and involuntarily closed her eyes.
She cultivated a special pupil technique that allowed her to see through many illusions and hidden secret techniques.
But this sudden white light made her subconsciously narrow her eyes slightly. However, as she closed her eyes, the Moon Fairy knew that this was the enemy's trick.
Sure enough, the next moment, a bell sound came from above, making her whole body shake.
Fortunately, at the same time, the Moon Fairy opened her eyes, and the golden hairpin sword slashed horizontally from below. With a crisp sound, the purple-black copper bell was split in two, and the bell sound stopped abruptly.
The golden hairpin sword circled in the air and slashed straight at Zhang Ling again. This scene really startled Zhang Ling, and he quickly used Lightning Escape again to leave the spot.
He didn't expect his ancient treasure to be destroyed just like that.
At this moment, a delicate hum entered his ears.
The Moon Fairy's face suddenly became extremely pale, and her body swayed a few times, almost falling from the high altitude.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was overjoyed. He waved the Four Directions Flag in his hand, releasing another large amount of gray mist. Seven flying swords, a large amount of Heavenly Star Sand, and even the two copper rings attacked all at once.
At the same time, the Xuan Turtle rushed over from behind, also throwing out the bronze long halberd, stabbing straight at her. The numerous attacks submerged the Moon Fairy in an instant.
The Moon Fairy was severely injured by the Xuan Turtle's Soul Shock, and her divine sense was somewhat sluggish. It was the perfect time to kill her.
However, the gold and silver mask that had fallen from the Moon Fairy's face suddenly trembled, releasing a cloud of white mist, revealing the illusory image of a snow-white monster inside.
A roar shook the heavens and the earth. The white mist swelled and contracted, turning into a white light shield, protecting the Moon Fairy.
The numerous attacks plunged into it, advancing slowly as if stuck in a quagmire.
This mask actually autonomously protected its master. This woman had so many life-saving methods.
Opportunity knocks but once. Once lost, it never returns.
Zhang Ling quickly spat out two mouthfuls of essence blood, quickly merging them into a cloud of blood mist. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a blood light about ten feet long and shot out.
At this moment, the Moon Fairy regained her senses with a look of shock and anger. The white light shield outside her body made a loud noise, exploding with a bang, turning into a white wave of air. All the attacks were repelled.
Zhang Ling naturally wouldn't let it go. He had put a lot of effort into this opportunity. The Xuan Turtle had even consumed a lot of its origin to create it. He couldn't let this woman have a chance to breathe.
At the moment when the numerous attacks failed, he raised his left arm, and a cyan-gray vine shot out. When it reached the Moon Fairy's head, it turned into a large vine net and fell down.
The golden hairpin sword waved upwards, threatening to tear the vine net into pieces. However, a black light shot out at the same time, and a piece of frost froze the flying sword in place.
Two dark claws slapped over from the left and right. It was the Xuan Turtle's two dark and shiny claws.
With a loud bang, the mask shield surrounding the Moon Fairy blocked one of the giant claws. The other giant claw was blocked by the green light released by the jade pendant magic weapon that the woman had released.
Fortunately, the vine net was unobstructed and covered the Moon Fairy, the cyan and red light flashing as the vine net quickly tightened.
A ball of golden flames emerged from the Moon Fairy's body, and the vine net instantly burst into flames, unable to trap the woman at all.
But a section of the vine flashed with green light, and a foot-long green light shadow pierced towards the Moon Fairy's head.
The green light flashed and passed through her head.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was overjoyed. But then, the Moon Fairy's figure twisted like a bubble.
With a sweep of his divine sense, he noticed that the Moon Fairy's figure had become illusory, leaving only a golden flame in place.
An illusion?
Zhang Ling's eyes flickered in astonishment, and he thought to himself that it was bad. Without thinking, he retreated backwards. But it was already too late, the golden flame exploded with a puff, turning into petals of lotus flowers, surrounding him.
The lotus petals of the fire lotus quickly converged, and a scorching fire spiritual power pressed down on his body, giving Zhang Ling a feeling of dryness in his mouth and tongue.
He quickly flicked his hand, and two round beads were thrown out. Two thunderous explosions sounded, and a thunder fire swept across most of the sky. In a cloud of smoke, Zhang Ling escaped, charred all over.
At this moment, his image could be described as disheveled.
These were two carefully refined thunder beads, which contained the fusion of Earthly Fiend Fire, Heavenly Thunder, and Water Astral Divine Thunder. The power formed by the explosion was not weak. This allowed him to escape before the fire lotus completely converged.
But before he could stand firm, the fire light above his head was bright. A crimson treasure cauldron was overturned, scattering a piece of golden-black flame.
Zhang Ling immediately felt that this golden-black flame was even more terrifying than the golden fire lotus that had just covered him. Once he was covered in it, he would be refined in an instant.
He slammed his chest, and a cloud of blood mist emerged from his body, turning into a blood light. As the treasure cauldron buckled down, he barely moved ten zhang to the side, dodging the strike.
Immediately afterwards, a piercing sound rang out behind him, and the Moon Fairy's golden hairpin sword slashed over. Zhang Ling was instantly split in half, but the two halves of his figure blurred and dissipated, actually a phantom.
Zhang Ling's true body emerged from a position more than ten zhang below. At this moment, his face was red and his breath was somewhat unstable. This was some discomfort caused by the use of Burning Blood Escape.
This technique was a kind of escape method that accelerated one's own escape technique in a short period of time by burning one's own essence blood.
When used, it was slightly inferior to the speed of Lightning Escape, but it was more controllable and could quickly move and change direction.
As for why he didn't use Lightning Escape to escape danger just now, it wasn't that Zhang Ling didn't want to, but that the spiritual power contained in the Thunder Light Spell in his body had been exhausted, and he couldn't activate the Thunder Spirit Shuttle.
Then, Zhang Ling's figure shook again, turning into a blood shadow in the blood light. After a few flashes, he pulled a large distance away from the Moon Fairy.
At the same time, the magic in his hand changed, and the flying sword, Heavenly Star Sand, and the two copper ring ancient treasures that had been repelled before all returned to his body, protecting himself tightly.
Looking up at the Moon Fairy, although he hadn't gained any advantage in the previous battle, but had suffered a little loss.
But with a sweep of his divine sense, Zhang Ling also discovered that the Moon Fairy's aura had also weakened a lot. Obviously, after a battle, this woman had also consumed a lot.
This allowed Zhang Ling to see a glimmer of hope.
The Moon Fairy also frowned and glanced at Zhang Ling, her expression changing a few times.
This strange cultivator who snatched the Four Directions Flag and this turtle demon, in cooperation with each other, actually fought her evenly. The Moon Fairy couldn't help but feel a bit of a sense of loss in her heart.
It wasn't that she looked down on her opponents, but that the Moon Fairy had a strong confidence in her own supernatural powers.
She was able to serve as the Great Elder of Myriad Manifestations City now, but she had successively defeated several cultivators of the same rank before she could take on this special position.
With her cultivation, plus the fire attribute treasure cauldron in her hand, it wouldn't be a problem to deal with four or five early Nascent Soul cultivators at the same time.
To deal with these two people, it took so long without winning. The depression in her heart can be imagined.
With a thought, the treasure cauldron in her hand once again emitted a red spiritual light, and a buzzing roar came from it. The surrounding space shook again, and starlight-like fire lights lit up in hundreds of feet of space. They turned into red spiritual light and gathered into the treasure cauldron.
The fire phoenix, which was still fighting with the bone claws, also let out a soft cry. The golden bird's beak pecked fiercely, directly knocking the bone claws away.
The fire phoenix rolled in the air, and also turned into a golden-black spiritual light and re-entered the treasure cauldron.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling's mouth twitched a few times, and he cursed, 'This woman is going to die with me,' and began to draw upon the spiritual power of heaven and earth again.
In his feeling, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a few miles began to become manic, especially the fire spiritual power, which was like a sea of all rivers, all surging towards the fire cauldron.
It could be clearly felt that the temperature around was rapidly rising.
In the blink of an eye, after absorbing a massive amount of spiritual power, the red treasure cauldron emitted a terrifying flame power, as if a scorching sun had risen.
A black light flashed beside him, and the Xuan Turtle's figure quickly shrank, shrinking into a miniature turtle in the blink of an eye and entering his sleeve.
Zhang Ling's heart rose with the intention of retreating. With a wave of his hand, the flying sword, Heavenly Star Sand, and many other treasures were quickly collected. His figure, in the blood light, fell directly towards the water below.
He planned to escape into the water, and then find a chance to get rid of this woman.
He didn't want to really die with this crazy woman. This woman's cultivation had reached the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and she was not an ordinary cultivator. She had a lot of supernatural powers, and there were also imitation spiritual treasures.
After a battle, he and the Xuan Turtle had consumed a lot, not only in terms of spiritual power, but also in terms of the weakness of their souls.
After several battles, he couldn't get any advantage. If he continued to fight, Zhang Ling felt that he was somewhat powerless.
While he still had some confidence, he risked losing a lot of essence blood and used Burning Blood Escape to escape.
In addition, when he reached the water, he could let the Xuan Turtle use the cloud and mist water escape that he had obtained from the demon clan before, and there was a chance that he could get rid of this woman.
The Moon Fairy naturally saw him escape directly, and played a series of magic towards the red treasure cauldron. A black light flashed, and a black flame rushed out of it, turning into a huge black-feathered fire phoenix, screaming up to the sky. With a spread of its wings, it quickly swooped down, rushing straight towards Zhang Ling.
The fire phoenix was burning with black flames, and the terrifying temperature it emitted was several times higher than before. The red feathers behind it were pulled very long, looking like a large piece of streamer falling from the sky. Its speed was so fast that Zhang Ling had already felt the terrifying pressure before he had escaped into the water.
Zhang Ling had no choice but to quickly fall down while scattering a large amount of Heavy Yuan Profound Light, while the Four Directions Flag was dancing wildly, releasing a large amount of gray mist.
He planned to use these methods to block the black fire phoenix with its powerful pressure.
The Moon Fairy seemed to have anticipated this, as she quickly launched the strange stone. It spun rapidly, emitting peculiar ripples that caused the entire space to vibrate with a buzzing sound.
The black fire phoenix charged forward unhindered, its terrifying heat distorting the space around it.
Zhang Ling coldly snorted, forced to once again activate the black bone claw. He poured all his spiritual power into it, causing the claw to expand into a massive, ten-zhang-sized weapon to meet the attack.
Activating the bone claw in such haste meant it couldn't fully block the fire phoenix's assault.
However, the bone claw was currently his most potent offensive weapon, and not an ordinary treasure. With a sudden upward grab, it managed to slightly stall the black fire phoenix, buying him a moment or two.
Zhang Ling flashed into the water. Just as he entered, a thunderous roar echoed from above.
The bone claw was directly blasted away, and Zhang Ling didn't bother to recall the treasure.
Without hesitation, he flicked his sleeve, releasing the Xuan Tortoise which emitted a blue light, enveloping him. He transformed into a blur of blue and red, vanishing into the water.
Immediately following this, an earth-shattering boom reverberated from behind. The fire phoenix plunged into the water, creating a massive splash.
Wherever it struck, the water vanished, forming a huge pit in the water. The surrounding currents rushed back in, creating a wave hundreds of zhang high around the pit's edge.
Amidst the spray, a faint blue shadow flickered – Zhang Ling, still not out of the attack's range.
Just then, an anomaly occurred.
Strange crackling sounds echoed across the water's surface and the air, and more than a dozen bizarre lights, some white and some black, suddenly appeared in the mist.
These lights initially formed random, crisscrossing lines, before shattering in a bizarre fashion. Subsequently, a black hole, about ten zhang in size, formed in the air.
The black hole rotated erratically like a strange halo, emitting a terrifying suction force. Any surrounding mist, water, or other matter was instantly devoured.
Within a hundred zhang radius of the black hole, everything was instantly reduced to a vacuum.
Zhang Ling, who was using a water escape technique, immediately sensed the terrifying suction from above and behind him. He couldn't help but turn to look.
He saw the bizarre black hole moving towards him. Before he could react, his figure, along with a large amount of water, was sucked into it, disappearing without a trace.
Only a few faint and ethereal bell sounds could be heard.
At the same moment, the Moon Fairy's expression drastically changed. She transformed into a streak of fire, soaring straight up into the sky.
The terrifying fire phoenix she had released was beyond her control. Under the black hole's suction, the fire phoenix burst into countless flames, which were also swallowed.
The black hole continued to expand, until it reached fifty or sixty zhang in size. Then, with a thunderous explosion, it shattered into hundreds of spatial rifts of varying sizes. These rifts moved randomly for a dozen or so breaths before gradually dissipating.
The vicinity returned to calm, with only the massive water pit being refilled by the surrounding currents.
