Zechariah Lee's eyes flickered as he examined the box, trying to open the tiny casket. But the little box was seamless, with no place to pry it open. Even when he tried splitting it with his demon blade, he couldn't leave a single mark.
Cold sweat broke out on Zechariah's forehead as he tried all kinds of seal-breaking divine arts, even using the devil-path techniques Furylo had taught him, but he still couldn't get the box to open.
He looked up and saw phoenix feathers drifting down in midair like autumn leaves, but instead of yellowed leaves, they were blood-red like maple.
Quinn Shepherd was riding on Young Master Cyrus Qi in midair, plucking feathers and hammering away, beating the nine-headed phoenix until blood splattered everywhere.
Yet Cyrus was vicious in his own right; though all nine heads were wounded, he twisted his necks, opened nine phoenix beaks, and spat beams of mystic light to slash at Quinn.
Quinn ignored him and kept pounding away, while the pig-slaughtering knives stuck in Cyrus's nine phoenix heads suddenly flew out, leaving only nine flying swords still embedded in the heads.
The other flying swords formed the Sword Treading the Rivers and Mountains formation in front of Quinn, creating a landscape pattern that withstood the nine-headed onslaught without breaking.
Quinn's hammering was relentless; the divine arts he used to strike Cyrus weren't just physical techniques, but included the Heaven-Turning Yin-Yang Palm, Five-Thunder Heaven-Lifting Bell, and at times, thousands of stars and constellations would appear behind him as he unleashed the Grand Firmament Star Palm.
Each of these divine arts had mountain-splitting, stone-cracking power. And it wasn't just god-path arts—Quinn would also use eerie, sinister devil-path arts from time to time. Though these were weaker, likely because he hadn't invested much effort into them, they were aimed precisely at Cyrus's flesh, corroding his body and invading his Primordial Spirit, drastically weakening his resistance!
That was the truly terrifying part.