1109 Animosity
The Blue Phoenix Empress activated her [Awakening], which manifested in a blue armor that perfectly accentuated her well-developed body and two blue-black wings attached to her back. The interesting part about this armor was the small science fiction, making it resemble a mech instead of an ancient battle armor.
Blue Phoenix rushed to her opponent, using her long nails as a weapon. Hong Wa, also in her [Awakened] form, which gave her a red marking around her eyes and chains attached to her weapons, easily blocked this attack with one of her swords. However, her eyes immediately squinted.
"Feel it, don't you?" sneered Blue Phoenix. "Your weapon can no longer suppress me."
"Did the Commerce Hub give you something?" asked Hong Wa; powerful shockwaves destroyed the surroundings as their weapons clashed.
"What do you think?" The Commerce Hub offered Blue Phoenix a talisman that would make her completely immune to the suppression of those two swords. So, she did not hesitate to take this opportunity to get her revenge.
"So, that's why an arrogant woman like yourself chooses to become someone else's lap dog. "
"You think your words can influence my mind? You're wrong," sneered Blue Phoenix. "Once I'm done with you, I will kill every human in your world and build a trophy room with all their heads."
Hong Wa's body released a terrifying aura full of anger, rage, and killing intention.
"Angry? Hahaha, don't worry. I'll leave you a little bit of consciousness to experience with your eyes as I kill every single one of them," sneered Blue Phoenix in an aggravating tone.
Hong Wa's eyes turned red.
[Pure Yang Flame Slash]
She released a red cross-shaped slash with her weapon. The heat from the slash burned off the chaotic time energy in the void. However, Blue Phoenix easily dodged the attack, not even bothering to freeze it. She turned into a blue light, traveling with such immense speed that she appeared to have teleported.
Hong Wa moved her head to dodge the claw attack, but a small cut appeared across her beautiful face. Then, an intense cold emanated from the cut, so she had to use her Pure Yang Dao to resist.
Boom!
Hong Wa raised her sword to block the kick, but the force pushed her a few thousand meters, skidding in the void like solid ground.
[Heavenly Sun Annihilation]
She created a sun so red that it became dark before exploding in a large-scale area attack. The Blue Phoenix Empress surrounded herself in a domain of ice or cold energy to protect herself before rushing into her opponent.
[Yin-Yang Unbalance]
Blue Phoenix's body released a blue light, which resonated with a red light from Hong Wa's body. Then, the Demon Suppression Emperor's body started to fall apart. Firstly, her right arm rapidly turned into a gooey liquid, as if all the bones had vanished. Then, the left side of her body also began to liquefy.
"Wake up."
The redness in Hong Wa's eyes rapidly dissipated. "Lord Wang Wei?"
"Don't let anger overwhelm your mind."
After these words, she felt the clarity of her mind and immediately acted. The opponent's technique used the fact that she cultivated Pure Yang Dao while the other cultivated Ice-Yin Dao to create a Yin-Yang Resonance between their bodies; then, she destroyed the balance inside her body.
Had she been of sound mind, this process would not have been so easy due to her superior control over her body and Dao. So, after re-establishing the balance, Hong Wa's body returned to normal, but her expression was slightly pale.
'How did she wake up so easily?' thought Blue Phoenix. She used a powerful yin/soul technique to affect her opponent's mind and soul, and adding the fact that she targeted the latter's flaw, it should not be so easy for Hong Wa to wake up.
'Did someone interfere? But why didn't I sense something?' She can only assume her opponent had another way to protect her soul. Blue Phoenix raised her hand to summon an Ice Trident.
[Frozen Time]
"Who exactly are you talking about?" She had killed too many demons to remember.
"His name was Ye Tuzhi, and he was my everything," said Blue Phoenix, her eyes full of love, reminiscence, hatred, and hope. However, Hong Wa frowned, not remembering anyone with this name. In fairness, she did not know the names of most of the demons she killed.
"Before my bloodline awakened, I was only a regular Ice Swan, which made my family treat me like the biggest disgrace in the world." The Heavenly Ice Swan clan is powerful and respected in the Desolate Demon World, but she was a regular Ice Swan despite being born in such a clan and the patriarch lineage.
"I met him when he came to our clan for a rare resource to temper his body. He did not care for my status, blood, or future potential. He treated me kindly, even granting me my first gift. From that day on, I swore I would prove the Dao so I could be worthy of him."
Blue Phoenix gritted her teeth. "So, imagine my surprise when I learned that something had happened to his world, and when I rushed over, you had killed all the demons in that world." The killing aura on her body increased.
"No matter what, I must kill all of you humans to avenge him and get my hands on his imprint from your world to revive him."
Hong Wa was speechless. She had spent enough time with Xin, the Dream World's Dao Heart Spirit, to understand this woman had developed an obsession with whoever Ye Tuzhi was because the latter was the only person ever kind to her. The worst part is she did not even remember who the person she supposedly killed was.
'She's obviously crazy, but it's best not to say anything.' She did not want to emotionally rile up this woman and give her a power-up. Although such a tactic might affect her mind, it's more likely that she entered a calming rage state.
"Let's end this once and for all."
"No problem with me," sneered Blue Phoenix.
[Pure Yang State]
Hong Wa released a blinding white light, and once it abated, she had pure white armor with a skirt and pants perfectly accentuating each other. Even her weapons and chains had become pure white, granting her a pure, noble, and holy aura.
Blue Phoenix immediately furrowed her brows.
'This is unexpected,' she thought.
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