Noel Song stood atop the spirit-beast carriage, overlooking the entire battlefield. After converting their cultivation arts, the five Fusion patriarchs had lost some cultivation base, but their combat power had soared.
Shaoyang Chen fought Carl Yelson alone. Though he was being suppressed, Carl found it hard to take him down—especially since Shaoyang hadn’t even unleashed his Immortal Art yet.
On the other side, the Sunrise Sword Sect and Coldreach Sect patriarchs teamed up against Blake North, and the two sides were barely evenly matched.
The Setting Sun Sect patriarch fought Steven Chase one-on-one, while the Spiritfish Sect patriarch faced Roy Redcloud alone.
Judging by the current situation, they all held a clear advantage—the tide of battle was definitely in their favor!
Nine Fusion-stage experts were battling it out—the momentum and destructive power were astonishing. Without Noel Song’s protective formation, the entire branch altar would have been reduced to rubble by now.
As for the branch altar’s disciples, Noel Song had trapped them with his formation. They could sense the shockwaves from the battle here, but couldn’t come to help.
In the blink of an eye, half a quarter-hour passed. Carl Yelson grew impatient at being unable to defeat Shaoyang Chen for so long. Suddenly, a transparent longsword appeared in his hand.
As soon as the sword appeared, a bone-chilling cold spread out, freezing the surrounding space and making Shaoyang Chen’s breathing tighten.
Ice Phoenix Extinguishes the World!!!
With a thunderous shout, Carl Yelson formed a hand-seal with his left hand and slashed out with his sword in his right.
"Yoooo—!"
In an instant, three enormous Ice Phoenixes took shape, spreading their wings and swooping down at Shaoyang Chen.
Each Ice Phoenix was incredibly powerful—at least equal to a peak early Fusion-stage—and carried innate ice attributes. Every flap of their wings sent out waves of frigid air, making Shaoyang Chen’s body stiffen. Surrounded and assaulted by the three Ice Phoenixes, he was forced into a clumsy defensive posture, and one phoenix’s sharp claw even left a gash across his chest.
Seeing this, Carl Yelson couldn’t help but reveal a look of triumph.
Bang!
In the next moment, Shaoyang Chen had just knocked away two Ice Phoenixes when the third’s wing struck him, sending him flying with a muffled grunt.
"Damn it!"
As he was knocked back, two more Ice Phoenixes closed in from front and behind. Shaoyang Chen narrowed his eyes, anger surging in his gaze: "Does he really think I’m made of mud?"
With a low shout, dense, mysterious runes suddenly appeared all over his body. Each rune was suffused with powerful fire aura, leaping and flickering as if alive.