The God Lord said indifferently, "If you're willing to suppress the demons with your own body, I'll surely fulfill your wish."
Yaohua nodded and said, "Very well. After my death, the Phoenix Clan will surely face hardships. I hope the God Lord can take care of them."
The God Lord readily agreed.
Yaohua added, "I want to be buried with my master's remains. I hope the God Lord will grant this."
Suddenly, the room fell deathly silent. It seemed as if an invisible pressure emanated from the God Lord, like surging tides, making it hard to breathe and indicating the master's mood.
The God Lord finally looked at her squarely, but his tone was angry. "This is your second condition!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Yaohua replied resolutely, "Then I won't ask the God Lord to take care of the Phoenix Clan. I only want to be buried with my master's remains!"
Before her words faded, she let out a muffled groan. The God Lord was enraged, and layer upon layer of pressure rushed towards her, numbing her heart and lungs.
Spiritual power surged around her, relieving the pressure, and the True Fire of the Phoenix faintly emerged around her.
Gritting her teeth, she asked, "Why is the God Lord so angry?"
The God Lord's face darkened. "Throughout the ages, only a god's wife is eligible to be buried with him. You're just his disciple. If you're buried with him, it'll be a violation of the celestial order! For you to say such a rebellious thing is to despise the order. If it weren't for your military merits, you should be severely punished right now."
How could Yaohua not know such rules?
But there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart, so she simply said, "Does the God Lord not want to grant my wish?"
The God Lord let out a cold snort, and the pressure intensified again.
She just curled her lips and said, "I feel extremely guilty for killing my master. If the God Lord thinks it's against the rules for a master and disciple to be buried together, you can just expel me from my master's sect!"
The God Lord remained silent, but his face grew even more terrifying.
Yaohua said slowly, "If it's not possible, please remove my position as a general. I'll return to the Phoenix Clan immediately and act as if this never happened. Naturally, our deal will be off."
Hearing this, the God Lord's anger exploded. "Are you saying that if I don't fulfill your wish, you won't cooperate with the Celestial Realm to resist the demons anymore?"
Yaohua was already exhausted from the battle with the demons. Now, unable to withstand his anger, a sweet taste filled her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
The blood splattered on the floor tiles like plum blossoms.
She didn't care at all. She raised her head and stared directly at the God Lord. Although fine cold sweat oozed from her forehead, her eyes were sharp. "You're powerful, and you can surely kill me here, but you can't force me to fight for you!"
"You dare to threaten me!" The God Lord was furious, but he didn't dare to increase the pressure even a little.
Everything in the world restrains and is restrained by something else. The God Lord might be stronger than her, but when it comes to resisting the demons, he couldn't compare to the Phoenix Clan.
Otherwise, the demons wouldn't have broken through the Heavenly Gate.
Yaohua had already known this clearly.
The smile on her lips gradually deepened. She simply withdrew the True Fire of the Phoenix and all her spiritual power and directly lay down on the ground.
The God Lord's pupils constricted slightly. Afraid that she really couldn't bear the pressure, the suffocating pressure in the hall instantly dissipated.
The moment Yaohua withdrew her true power, she was also a little injured. Lying on the ground, she coughed and laughed. "Your Majesty, please understand. Yaohua is not unwilling to contribute to the world. It's just that I'm about to die, and this is my only last wish..."
In the past, in front of the God Lord, she was like an ant. He could beat or punish her at will.
Now, she had outmaneuvered the God Lord and forced him not to act rashly.
The God Lord came to his senses and was so angry that his face turned faintly green. Even the ground faintly showed cracks, but he didn't dare to touch a single hair on Yaohua.
The situation was at a stalemate. Tu Yang bent slightly and said respectfully, "Since General Yaohua only has this one last wish, Your Majesty might as well show mercy for her filial piety and fulfill it."
The God Lord laughed out of anger. Just as he was about to question, he saw the pleading look in Tu Yang's eyes - it was just about being buried with the remains. It was much simpler than promoting the Phoenix Clan.
The God Lord was still extremely displeased. As the lord of the Celestial Realm, how could he be coerced by Yaohua?
Tu Yang sighed silently in her heart when she saw this, but she had an idea. She took a small step forward. "General Yaohua, you must think carefully! If you suppress the demons with your own body, the entire Phoenix Clan will be respected and grateful by the world, and their prestige will rise. But if you take this opportunity to do something rebellious and violate the order while relying on your merits, this merit might be greatly discounted in the eyes of the world!"
Yaohua just said, "Please fulfill my wish, Your Majesty!"
A thoughtful look flashed across the God Lord's eyes. After much weighing of the pros and cons under Tu Yang's persuasion, he finally agreed to her conditions.
She walked out of the divine hall, her eyes filled with deep exhaustion.
"General, wait!" Tu Yang caught up and handed her the pills in her hand. "The God Lord has ordered that I hope the general will recuperate well and then find another opportunity to suppress the demons."
These pills were all for repairing physical injuries and improving spiritual power. Yaohua didn't decline. "Thank you, Divine Envoy, for speaking up for me just now."
Tu Yang shook her head. "I just pointed out the pros and cons and advised the general."
"Be that as it may, the God Lord was really angry just now. If it weren't for your persuasion, I'm afraid I would have suffered some hardships." Yaohua bowed to her to show her gratitude.
At this time, a celestial soldier rushed over in a hurry to report. "It's bad! The demons have gathered a large army and attacked again. Please go to the Heavenly Gate quickly, General."
Yaohua raised her eyebrows, her eyes full of killing intent. "They've come just in time."
At the Heavenly Gate, demons poured out continuously from the damaged formation. At the same time, there were boundless demons outside the formation trying to break through it.
"Ah!!" Several celestial soldiers were directly torn to pieces by the suddenly intruding demons, and their blood and flesh flew everywhere.
This bloody scene made the other celestial soldiers' eyes bulge with anger. "Why have the demons suddenly become so powerful?!"
"The powerful demons before have all been beheaded by the general. I'm afraid they knew the general had left, so they deliberately gathered a large army and strengthened their attack." The celestial soldiers who had advised Yaohua felt a bit of regret in their hearts at this moment. If they had known this, they should have advised the general not to go to the Scripture Pavilion.
Shrill cries rang out continuously. The demons' methods were extremely bloody and cruel. Without the True Fire of the Phoenix, the demonic energy invaded wantonly, making the celestial soldiers' eyes turn red, and they even fought among themselves.
At this moment, everyone was calling out the same name in their hearts.
"When will General Yaohua return?" the female celestial warrior fighting in the blood and tears asked tearfully.
Just then, the familiar cry of a phoenix sounded, boosting the morale of the celestial army, while the demons all changed their expressions.
The demonic energy made a distorted squeaking sound under the burning of the True Fire of the Phoenix. Yaohua had already taken the pills. Her almost exhausted meridians were suddenly filled and wrapped with abundant spiritual energy. Coupled with the experience of beheading the demons in the past three days and three nights, she instantly broke through the bottleneck of her realm!
The true fire condensed into the shape of a phoenix behind her.
She hovered in mid - air. Before her eyes, the various teachings she had received in the past seemed to emerge, and the sword light took shape in the air.
With one sword strike, all the demons were beheaded!
Boom! The moment the cold and merciless sword light was struck out, the True Fire of the Phoenix flapped its wings and flew towards the demons with the light.