Originally, Xu Xuzi had held some expectation, thinking that a super powerhouse had truly emerged from the Sacred Mountain.
However, upon closer inspection, he realized this person's aura was only at the early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal level.
The City Lord was quite pleased, never expecting that his first request for support from the Sacred Mountain would actually summon a human ancestral elder!
"City Lord of Misty City pays respects to the human ancestral elder!"
The newcomer glanced at everyone and said, "I am Zhang Wuji, a reclusive cultivator from the Sacred Mountain. Hearing of powerful enemies invading, I have come specially to provide support!"
Xu Xuzi, coming back to his senses, immediately said, "Please lend me your assistance, Fellow Daoist Zhang!"
"No problem!" 'Zhang Wuji' responded.
Zhang Wuji was naturally one of the Taiyi clones Su Yuan had just refined, and this name was chosen arbitrarily.
When the fire phoenix Yao Xi saw that human reinforcements had actually arrived, she specifically observed them and, discovering it was only an early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, said with disdain in her eyes, "You actually sent an early-stage Taiyi? What? You think two against one can defeat me?"
Su Yuan coldly snorted, "You wretched beast, how dare you be so arrogant?"Su Yuan summoned his sword, and a sword light shot up into the sky, piercing through layers of flames, rapidly chasing after the fire phoenix.
Yao Xi, sensing the danger hidden within the sword light, immediately flashed away, her entire phoenix form disappearing from the spot and reappearing on the other side! She had easily dodged Su Yuan's attack.
Seeing this, Su Yuan said to Xu Xuzi, "This bird is too agile. I'm afraid I can't handle it alone. I need to call my brothers over!"
Xu Xuzi nodded, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please call for reinforcements quickly."
"Good!"
Su Yuan superficially made a messaging gesture, making Xu Xuzi quite expectant. As long as one or two more people came, protecting the city shouldn't be a problem.
The fire phoenix Yao Xi, witnessing this scene, inwardly sneered. What did it matter if reinforcements came? At worst, she would leave this place later and wreak havoc in other cities. She was very confident that her speed was sufficient to shake off Taiyi Golden Immortals.
After just several dozen breaths.
The Human Sacred Mountain lit up with light once more.
Six figures descended from the Sacred Mountain, their forms seeming to pass through layers of spatial ripples before finally arriving at Misty City.
The six emerged in single file, each with an aura reaching the early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal level, astonishing Xu Xuzi.
He never expected that the Human Sacred Mountain truly contained hidden human powerhouses, and seven appeared at once!
Even though these seven were only at the early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, they were still Immortal Kings!
If these seven joined the human powerhouse ranks, humanity's strength would increase significantly!
Zhang Wuji laughed heartily, "Let's go, we're going to slaughter that troublesome old bird!"
"Good!" the six responded in unison.
Seven early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortals charged out of the city together, surrounding the fire phoenix.
The fire phoenix remained remarkably calm despite being surrounded by this group.
"You mere early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortals dare to come out and fight me?" The fire phoenix's tone was extremely disdainful.
But Su Yuan wasn't listening to what the fire phoenix was saying at all - his eyes were fixed on the rest energy within the fire phoenix's body.
It was an enormous amount of rest time!
He had heard that fire phoenixes could passively cultivate even while sleeping, so their rest time should be minimal, but this fire phoenix was clearly an exception, with extremely abundant rest energy inside her that made Su Yuan's eyes gleam with desire.
Now, in his eyes, this fire phoenix was already a corpse!
The seven clones instantly deployed the Big Dipper Formation!
In their hands appeared Taiyi Golden Immortal-level longswords - these were Su Yuan's life-bound treasure, the Nine Stars Linked Pearl Sword. As Su Yuan advanced to Taiyi Golden Immortal, the Nine Stars Linked Pearl Sword had consequently broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level!
Seven clones coordinating with seven longswords, sharing the same energy source, instantly elevated the formation's power to late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal level!
Each clone could borrow power from the other six clones, increasing their individual strength sevenfold!
Seven times sevenfold was equivalent to forty-nine Taiyi Golden Immortals attacking together! The power was unimaginable!
The fire phoenix Yao Xi originally didn't pay much attention to these seven Taiyi Golden Immortals.
But after the formation took shape, she immediately sensed something unusual about it.
Her expression changed, and she immediately transformed into flames, fleeing a thousand miles away.
Clang!
A mass of flames crashed against the formation's edge but was blocked by it, unable to escape the formation's range.
The fire phoenix was forced to reveal herself.
Then seven flying swords locked onto the fire phoenix and struck her body.
Instantly, large amounts of feathers were sliced off the fire phoenix's surface.
"Damn it! You're seeking death!"
Enraged, the fire phoenix spat out a mass of purple flames from her mouth, shooting toward one of the clones with astonishing speed.
"Innate True Flame?" Su Yuan immediately recognized the power of these flames.
However, the Big Dipper Formation was extremely profound - when one person was hit, seven people shared the damage.
The mass of purple flames was divided into seven portions.
Then the seven clones simultaneously activated their Stellar Reversal divine ability.
The seven purple flames were actually reflected back, transforming into seven flame attacks that counter-attacked the fire phoenix.
The fire phoenix never expected her enemies to easily block her full-power attack and even reflect the damage!
She thought the reflected flames couldn't harm her, but when she was hit, seven wounds were pierced through her body, golden blood flowing out as her aura weakened somewhat.
"How is this possible? How can flames harm me?" the fire phoenix exclaimed in shock.
Su Yuan had no interest in explaining to her that the reflected flames, while appearing as fire, had actually transformed into Star Laws.
This female bird couldn't even discern the reason - how did she cultivate to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm?
Su Yuan seized the opportunity while she was injured to continue his attacks.
The fire phoenix charged left and right, both resisting and attempting to escape, but couldn't break free from Su Yuan's formation siege.
This scene amazed the cultivators of Misty City.
Xu Xuzi watched with particular admiration - just seven early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal human cultivators could actually surround and kill a mid-stage Taiyi super divine beast. This achievement was truly formidable, too powerful!
System notification sounds kept ringing in Su Yuan's ears.
[Ding, fame value +0.00000016]
[Ding, fame value +0.0000015]
Large numbers of extremely small fame values were spamming the screen. Though the values were small, when accumulated, they became quite substantial!
Such public displays of power were indeed the best way to harvest fame!
"Damn it!"
The fire phoenix finally realized she was in danger and immediately said fiercely, "Stop! I admit defeat this time! Let me leave immediately!"
Su Yuan said incredulously, "Do you really think human territory is someplace you can come and go as you please?"
The fire phoenix snorted coldly, "Do you actually dare to keep me here? My husband is a peak-stage Taiyi Netherbird! If you dare harm a single feather of mine, my husband will surely trample all human territories!"
Su Yuan glanced at the large amount of feathers floating in the air.
The fire phoenix's expression froze as she said, "Let's forget about this time! Quickly let me out!"
Su Yuan shook his head.
The seven clones increased their attack intensity without hesitation. The power of the seven sword lights grew stronger with each strike, and the fire phoenix's injuries accelerated.
The fire phoenix grew anxious. One of her avatars within her clan immediately rushed to a palace.
Inside the palace.
A handsome man was deeply immersed in cultivation.
A beautiful woman hurried over: "Husband, save me quickly!"
"What happened?" the handsome man opened his eyes and asked.
"Our child Kong Ming has fallen! I went to human territory to find the killer, but never expected that seven early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivators emerged from that human Sacred Mountain! They set up a formation that trapped me, and now they're trying to kill me! Save me quickly!" Yao Xi said urgently.
The handsome man said discontentedly, "Yao Xi, you're usually lazy in your cultivation. Your combat power ranks at the bottom among same-realm clan members. How dare you go out adventuring alone?"
"Didn't I act rashly because I saw our child had fallen?" the beautiful woman said discontentedly. "Now my life is in danger, and you're still scolding me!"
The handsome man sighed: "We have no less than eight thousand children, possibly ten thousand. Can you take care of them all? Children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. Don't spoil them too much in the future! Fine, I'll go out now to rescue you. They're just humans after all."
The handsome man transformed into a dark wind and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yao Xi's avatar breathed a sigh of relief - her life was saved now!
"With my husband taking action, how dare those humans still hide the killer?" Yao Xi couldn't help but sneer again, still looking down on humans.
Su Yuan glanced up in the direction of Yao Xi's avatar, then increased his attack speed.
The fire phoenix, who could originally hold on for half a day, suddenly couldn't withstand the assault. Under the slashing of seven flying swords, her entire body was divided into dozens of sections!
All the phoenix flesh and blood simultaneously burst into flames.
Even the scattered falling feathers and blood also ignited simultaneously, forming countless flames.
These flames gathered together, forming a mass of phoenix flame. A powerful life force began to gestate within the phoenix flame as a phoenix egg took shape.
"Nirvana Rebirth!"
Su Yuan immediately saw through her technique.
He launched another attack, his flying sword striking the eggshell and actually producing intense collision sounds.
The Nirvana Laws automatically protected their master, forming a powerful defensive eggshell that made it temporarily impossible to do anything.
Su Yuan saw countless dao patterns on the eggshell surface performing the function of nirvana rebirth and immediately seized the opportunity to record each of these dao patterns.
This was one of the most famous innate divine abilities of the Phoenix Clan. He didn't want to miss such a wonderful comprehension opportunity.
He firmly committed these dao patterns to memory.
The phoenix egg didn't maintain its form for long. Soon, the eggshell shattered.
A completely new fire phoenix emerged from within, spreading its wings.
Then Su Yuan attacked again, causing the fire phoenix who had just begun to enjoy her new life to be torn apart once more.
"You will die horribly!" the fire phoenix roared furiously before her death.
Then her bones once again initiated nirvana rebirth.
What surprised Su Yuan was that during this second rebirth, the great dao patterns on the phoenix eggshell underwent earth-shaking changes.
The seven clones immediately increased their attack intensity without hesitation. The power of the seven sword lights grew stronger with each strike, and the fire phoenix's injuries accelerated.
"Stop!"
A shout came from the horizon as a gigantic black mysterious bird flew out from the clouds, rapidly pouncing toward the seven.