novelSusiti Chapter 990 Phoenix Rebirth
Chapter 990 Phoenix Rebirth
"Haha! You lost!"
"The Duke of Zhenguo truly has no useless men under his command; I acknowledge you!"
Seeing Kong Xuan retreating and the blood slowly flowing from his mouth, Li Cunxiao took a few deep breaths, his aura turning back to iron gray, and then he looked at Kong Xuan and laughed loudly.
"As expected of the number one seat in the world! Today, Kong Xuan has finally witnessed what it means to be 'Azure Dragon Unrepentant,' and 'Heaven-Hating Ringless!'"
In the morning light, the five-colored qi gradually dissipated. Kong Xuan held the Xuan Blade across his chest, and the five-colored qi condensed into the shape of peacock feathers at the tip of the blade. The seven-colored clouds on the cloud beast beneath him became even denser.
"Hey, good to know! But now's not the time to waste time talking to you!"
Li Cunxiao's tiger eyes widened as he looked past Kong Xuan at Gu Changqing, whom he had been protecting tightly behind him. A thunderous laugh erupted from his throat, causing the Cloud Beast to hiss and stand upright.
His arms, with veins bulging like the roots of an old tree, pressed Kong Xuan's Xuan Blade firmly to the ground, his qi carving a three-foot-deep trench in the rocky ground.
The Flying Tiger General's battle robe had long since been torn to shreds, and the dragon pattern on his bare upper body was tinged with iron-gray blood, making him look like a war god who had crawled out of a battlefield of carnage.
Kong Xuan held his sword across the ground, his plain white undergarment beneath his five-colored armor already soaked in blood. Beads of sweat at his temples mingled with golden-red bloodstains spilling from the corners of his mouth, creating an eerie beauty in the morning light.
"Although Kong Xuan lost, we cannot allow the general to kill Grand Tutor Gu so easily. General Cunxiao, have you heard of the Five Virtues of the Phoenix?"
He stared at Li Cunxiao's ferocious smile, then suddenly licked the blood from his lips, and chilling words burst forth from between his blood-stained teeth.
"Ding! Kong Xuan's skill Phoenix Descendant effect three activated!"
Effect 3: Rebirth. When one's injuries reach a certain level, the Nirvana state can be triggered, instantly restoring half of one's stamina and additionally increasing one's martial prowess by 3 points.
Kong Xuan's current martial prowess has been increased by 3, bringing his total martial prowess to 143!
Before he finished speaking, the five-colored Xuan Blade in Kong Xuan's hand suddenly hummed and flew out of his hand, the peacock feather pattern engraved on the blade bursting out with dazzling light.
Kong Xuan formed a hand seal like a blooming lotus flower, and as his ten fingers flew, he drew five streams of light in the air: blue, red, yellow, white, and black. It was as if five divine birds were circling the sun and soaring around. Suddenly, the tattered banners on the battlefield moved without wind.
"This is……"
Li Cunxiao's pupils contracted sharply as he clearly saw the phoenix phantom emerging behind Kong Xuan being reborn from the ashes.
The Nirvana Fire was not pure gold, but rather a sacred flame of the Five Elements, formed from the vitality of green wood, the blazing sun, the virtuous yellow earth, the mysterious black water, and the sharp edge of white gold. It repaired Kong Xuan's shattered armor inch by inch.
"The phoenix rises from the ashes, the five virtues cycle!"
Amidst Kong Xuan's stern shout, the five-colored divine light suddenly surged. Where the green light passed, the dragon scales on Li Cunxiao's arm were covered with moss. When the red light swept over, the broken chain of Bi Yanzha at his waist shone brightly. Under the yellow light, the black-scaled horse beneath him lowered its head and ate the iron grass on the rocky ground.
The strangest thing was the black and white energy. Li Cunxiao felt a stinging pain in his eyes, and when he looked at Kong Xuan again, he saw a double image, as if he were facing five enemies from different directions at the same time.
"Phoenix rising from the ashes?"
Zhuque's Heaven-Burning Bow hummed incessantly, her lips parted slightly but she could not utter a word. She clearly saw that the cracks on Kong Xuan's battle armor were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the scales that had been shattered by Li Cunxiao were actually growing back, gleaming with an even more dazzling glassy luster than before.
"What a magnificent phoenix rising from the ashes!"
Li Cunxiao's fighting spirit soared. He exhaled sharply, his bones cracking like popping beans. The illusory azure dragon that appeared behind him suddenly transformed into nine blood dragons, their heads rising high and smashing Kong Xuan's phoenix phantom into pieces.
The fierce general grinned and flicked the Xuan Dao away. The broken chain of Bi Yan's claw suddenly transformed into a nine-section steel whip, and the gilded beast head tied to the tip of the whip let out a fierce roar in the five-colored divine light.
"Nine Azure Dragons Appear, Breaking Army Ascends to Heaven!"
With a furious roar, the nine blood dragons suddenly condensed into a hundred-zhang-long giant python of qi, its head bearing his ferocious face.
The giant python's gaping maw swallowed Kong Xuan's phoenix phantom whole, and the sparks from its fangs singed off half of the Cloud Beast's mane.
Taking advantage of the moment when the giant python devoured the phoenix, Kong Xuan's figure suddenly transformed into five streams of light.
"General Cunxiao, please consider whether this Nirvana Fire suits your taste?"
Li Cunxiao's bronze spear slammed heavily onto the phantom, causing the ground to cave in three feet, but Kong Xuan's laughter could be heard coming from all directions.
Suddenly, the morning light shone brightly, and the five-colored energy transformed into a raging sea of fire. Li Cunxiao was astonished to find himself standing on a burning Five Elements Lotus Platform.
The blue lotus beneath his feet emitted a bluish light that corroded his boots, the crimson flames within the red lotus scorched his breastplate, the earth spikes emerging from the yellow lotus pierced his calves, drawing blood, the cold wind from the black lotus swept across his face like a blade, and the chilling light of the white lotus even froze the flying tiger-patterned battle flag into ice crystals.
Li Cunxiao roared to the sky, his body's qi transforming into a tangible iron-gray storm, and he actually caught an incoming black blade with his bare hands, the dragon scales on his palm glowing with a blood-red light.
"General Kong, what a skillful approach! But that's not enough!"
As he spoke, he strained his arms and bent the Xuan Blade into a full moon. The five-colored light emanating from the blade was completely dissolved by his internal energy, and then the five-colored sea of fire was swept back.
Kong Xuan's five figures flickered in and out of sight amidst the storm of qi, and the feather patterns on his armor began to peel off.
At the same time, Li Cunxiao suddenly transformed into a streak of iron-gray meteor, heading straight for Kong Xuan's true form in the due north direction. Bi Yan's broken chain, like a serpent emerging from its hole, precisely entangled the opponent's Xuan Blade.
"Ding!"
Amidst the clanging of metal, Li Cunxiao's protective aura suddenly took on a five-colored glow, while Kong Xuan's battle blade turned inky black.
As the two clashed, their combined energy erupted, carving out a dragon and phoenix totem in the void.
The Cloud Beast reared up with a long neigh, and the firelight kicked up by its hooves intertwined with the neighing of the Black Scale Horse, forming a blood-red cloud vortex in the sky above the battlefield.
"A phoenix rising from the ashes, not bad! But it still can't stop a certain company!"
Li Cunxiao grinned as he chipped a three-foot-long gash into the Xuan Blade. His aura suddenly transformed into an iron-gray tide, crushing Kong Xuan's Five Elements Lotus Platform inch by inch.
"In this world, there are only a handful of people who can hold off a single enemy on the battlefield in a one-on-one fight—General Kong, you are not among them!"
He pushed off with both feet on the back of the Inkscale Thousand Mile Horse, and the horse reared up with a long neigh, its iron hooves shattering the five-colored crystal powder on the ground.
The phoenix phantom that Kong Xuan had just conjured was torn to pieces by the giant python of qi. The plain white inner garment under the five-colored armor was soaked with golden-red bloodstains, and beads of sweat rolled down his white jade-like cheeks, reflecting a diamond-like luster in the morning light.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
With a roar from Li Cunxiao, the nine blood dragons suddenly condensed into a giant python of qi, a hundred feet long. The python's head was none other than his ferocious face. The python's gaping maw swallowed Kong Xuan's phoenix phantom whole, and the sparks that flew out when its fangs snapped together burned off half of the Cloud Beast's mane.
"snort!"
Kong Xuan grunted, and the Five-Colored Mystic Blade suddenly burst forth with dazzling light. The peacock feather pattern engraved on the blade flowed like a living thing, outlining five streams of light in the air: blue, red, yellow, white, and black, as if five divine birds were soaring around the sun.
Suddenly, the tattered banners on the battlefield began to flutter without wind, and the five-colored qi transformed into a raging sea of fire, enveloping Li Cunxiao's iron-gray qi layer by layer.