“How is this possible?!”
Four Ancestral Artifacts, each inscribed with profound Dao patterns by numerous Supreme Old Ancestors, were arrayed against the spear in Ji Fuyao’s hand. Yet, they were losing to a mere Spirit Weapon? What tier of Spirit Weapon possessed such overwhelming power?
A grey-robed elder suddenly gasped in shock, “Could it be a One-star Supreme Weapon?!”
Only a true Supreme Weapon could so utterly suppress their Ancestral Artifacts! But why, at this critical moment, did Ji Fuyao possess such a weapon?
A deathly silence fell across the land. The Imperial Court’s legions stood frozen, dumbstruck! Even the Fire Alliance forces, though allies of Ji Fuyao, found it hard to believe their eyes! In the hearts of all in the Northern Plains, the Imperial Court was an unconquerable entity. Now, even their four Ancestral Artifacts were being suppressed!
At this moment, the Ice Frost Empress frowned, her voice laced with suspicion. “Could a Supreme Old Ancestor from the Southern Wilds have descended early? But the Grand Dao Sect has no Supremes!”
The grey-robed elder quickly interjected, “Our Ancestral Artifacts can hold for a little longer! If we strike now, eliminate Ji Fuyao, we can seize this Supreme Weapon for ourselves!”
Hearing this, the faces of the Imperial Court’s forces hardened with grim resolve. They unleashed their attacks directly at Ji Fuyao. “Ice Frost Profound Scripture!” Every Old Ancestor, the Ice Frost Empress herself, and even the Five Tiger Generals, activated the Imperial Court’s ultimate Spirit Art. In an instant, a torrent of Icy Cold Power surged like a raging tide, sweeping across the eight directions. The entire power of the Ice Cold Mountain Range was siphoned, transforming the world into a blinding expanse of white, manifesting a terrifying ‘Stance’ that sought to freeze all of creation!
But at that very moment, Ji Fuyao’s mind stirred. Within her, the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and the Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames had completed their fusion. The two Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires burst forth, swirling before her. In a flash, a heaven-reaching, sea-boiling might erupted, piercing the very clouds. It surged forward, effortlessly shattering the ‘Stance’ that the Imperial Court’s forces had conjured!
The Ice Frost Empress’s face froze, then she shrieked, “Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames! You… you stole my Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire! You are courting death!”
Yet, the Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames now before Ji Fuyao had already undergone a profound transformation, becoming more than ten times more powerful than when the Empress had cultivated it!
The Ice Frost Empress turned to her Supreme Old Ancestors, her voice a desperate snarl. “All Old Ancestors, help me annihilate Ji Fuyao! I will have those two Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires!”
The numerous Old Ancestors nodded, preparing to strike. But Ji Fuyao was already upon them, Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires swirling around her. She slammed a palm directly at one Old Ancestor! Boom! The power of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, amplified by the Heaven-Burning Art, surged with terrifying might. The Old Ancestor screamed, his body instantly engulfed in an inferno. His own Icy Cold Power was utterly useless against it! “Aaaargh!” Other Old Ancestors tried to extinguish the Spirit Fire, but to no avail! They could only watch, horrified, as their comrade was incinerated before their very eyes!
Ji Fuyao didn’t pause. She struck out with another palm at a different Old Ancestor. As her palm descended, the power of the Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames surged, unleashing an ice tide that crashed into the Old Ancestor. His own Icy Cold Power, the very foundation of his cultivation, was utterly incapable of resisting! The Old Ancestor was instantly transformed into a frozen statue, standing stark against the backdrop of the world. Everyone was stunned. The Imperial Court were the progenitors of Icy Cold Power, yet now one of their own was frozen solid by it! With a mere thought from Ji Fuyao, the ice statue shattered into countless fragments, raining down from the void. Instant kill! This was an absolute, unassailable suppression of power!
Next, Ji Fuyao moved like a crimson dragon, weaving through the Imperial Court’s ranks. Wherever she passed, a Quasi-Dao Supreme fell! Boom! Boom! Boom! No one could stop Ji Fuyao! As her crystalline jade palms struck down again and again, her aura surged, breaking through to Three-rotation Quasi-Dao Supreme! She had broken through! No one could withstand even a single blow!
The Imperial Court’s forces were plunged into utter despair! This was the most terrifying moment in their eight-epoch history! They had “slain countless dragons” in the Northern Plains, yet now, were they truly to be annihilated by a master of the Path of Spirit Fire? Wang Chen, one of the Five Tiger Generals, turned pale. He couldn’t help but recall Supreme Huang Chao’s prophecy: “The Northern Plains Imperial Court will be destroyed by a master of the Path of Spirit Fire!” Ji Fuyao was truly going to bring ruin upon the Imperial Court!
In the distance, the Ice Flame Army and Black Flame Army stood utterly dumbfounded. This was a massacre, carried out by Ji Fuyao alone! It was beyond their wildest nightmares! Meanwhile, the Imperial Dragon Guard erupted in a thunderous roar. “Empress is invincible!” “Empress is invincible!”
Commander Wang Man and Commander Qing Yan exchanged glances, both seeing the wild excitement in the other’s eyes. Ecstasy! Empress Fuyao had only become Lu Xuan’s disciple for such a short time, yet she had already stepped into the Three-rotation Quasi-Dao Supreme realm! It was simply heaven-defying! Even they had benefited, breaking through to Three-star Great Emperor! They were starting to feel like they were holding the Empress back! The Empress was heaven-defying, but Peak Master Lu was the truly invincible one!
At this point, the Imperial Court’s Old Ancestors were scattered and decimated by Ji Fuyao’s onslaught. They looked on in utter terror as, in the distance, their four Ancestral Artifacts were being completely crushed by Ji Fuyao’s spear, beginning to crack and crumble. The Ancestral Artifacts were about to be destroyed! And they, too, were being slaughtered! Beyond the naked humiliation, there was only shock, endless shock! The very fate of the Northern Plains hung in this single moment! The Old Ancestors roared at the Ice Frost Empress, “Quickly, contact our Imperial Court Supreme Old Ancestors! If they don’t descend immediately, our Imperial Court faces utter annihilation today!”
Pfft! The Ice Frost Empress spat out a mouthful of vital blood! Ji Fuyao’s combat power was now entirely beyond their league! Utterly unstoppable! Their Ice Frost Profound Scripture, the very source of their pride, was like a child’s toy before Ji Fuyao!
Wang Chen and the other Five Tiger Generals shielded the Ice Frost Empress, urging her to contact the Supreme Old Ancestors. Boom! The Ice Frost Empress’s hand flashed with Spirit Arts, unleashing an endless torrent of dazzling spiritual runes. A profound power surged skyward as she frantically repeated, “Old Ancestors, respond! Respond now!”
Soon, a deep, resonant voice echoed, “We know. We are descending immediately!”
Simultaneously, near the Tai Chu Realm, aboard a Cloud Ship from the Ice Soul Realm, the four Imperial Court Old Ancestors, including Bing Qianluo, had faces ashen with shock. Four more Ancestral Artifacts they had left behind had just been destroyed! The Imperial Court was suffering catastrophic losses!
Bing Qianluo’s voice was cold as ice. “Preposterous! To dare attack our Imperial Court? Are they tired of living?!”
Bing Qianhan frowned, “I suspect a Supreme has intervened. Otherwise, the Ancestral Artifacts could not have been destroyed!”
Bing Qianluo’s expression was grim. “Accelerate!”
At that very moment, Ji Fuyao was already closing in on the Ice Frost Empress. Wang Chen and the other Five Tiger Generals desperately unleashed their terrifying power to intercept her. But it was useless! Ji Fuyao’s Spirit Fire Dao could refine all things. On the other side, her Supreme Weapon, the Heaven-Burning Spear, had utterly annihilated the four Ancestral Artifacts and now flew back into her grasp. Whoosh! With a single sweep of her spear, the several powerful cultivators shielding the Ice Frost Empress were instantly decapitated! Instant kill! Blood splattered across the air!
Ji Fuyao thrust her spear directly at the Ice Frost Empress. The Empress, with a flick of her delicate hand, conjured a heaven-reaching ice wall, screaming, “Old Ancestors, save me!”
Boom! Ji Fuyao’s spear shattered the ice wall, its divine radiance piercing straight towards the Ice Frost Empress’s glabella! Just then, an ancient voice boomed from the void above. “Stop! Or face death!”