In the Cangling Hall, the Divine Lord suddenly looked up, his face showing an unusual solemnity. "This is—"
Strangely enough, the sword light had caused a huge commotion when it first appeared, but then it fell silent.
Looking closely, one could see that all the noise had been drowned out by the intense spiritual energy fluctuations. The exclamations of the immortals and the shrill screams of the demons had all faded into silence.
Outside the formation, the demon army looked blank. "Why has it suddenly gone quiet inside?"
At this moment, the edge of the loophole in the formation began to tremble violently for some reason, and the speed of its collapse accelerated.
The demons were overjoyed. "It must be that those immortals can no longer hold on and have been almost completely killed."
"Haha, what Phoenix True Fire and General Yaohua? They're nothing but—"
It wasn't until the demons opened and closed their lips but found they couldn't make a sound that they turned their heads in suspicion.
The earth - shattering sword light shattered the formation. The fire phoenix flapped its wings and rushed out with the sword light in its beak.
Wherever the sword light reached, the demon army was directly cut through.
Inside the formation, the immortals stared blankly as the demons were instantly wiped out.
"The, the formation is broken..." someone murmured.
Yaohua made a hand gesture to recall the fire phoenix. Then, holding her sword, she asked, "Immortals, are you willing to join me in pursuing the victory and slaying the demons?"
The immortals snapped out of their shock and replied one after another, "We will surely follow your order!"
The demon army was in complete disarray. Yaohua chased them all the way to the Tianhe River.
The Tianhe River roared with the gushing water.
The panicked demons saw her coming and jumped into the river in a rush.
"What's going on?" On the other side of the Tianhe River, the demons in the demon camp frowned.
The demons had been all - powerful. They were on the verge of breaking through the Immortal Realm. How could they suddenly be defeated like this?
The demons who had crossed the river scrambled out and said in horror, "It's Yaohua. There's a general named Yaohua in the Immortal Realm. With just one sword, she cut through our army. She's even more powerful than the former Phoenix Clan Chief!"
"Yaohua?" Among the Demon Royal Family, the young man with purple eyes frowned tightly, his peach - blossom - like face frosty.
Hearing this name, the other demons all glanced at him with strange expressions.
Feeling their gazes, Zhao Wu's expression turned extremely terrifying. He directly wrung the neck of the demon who had brought the news and strode out.
He had only taken a few steps when another sword cut through from the opposite side.
The fire phoenix came with a cold blade in its beak. The killing intent in it even made the cruel demons shiver.
On the other side of the Tianhe River, the immortal soldiers were in high spirits. "General, you're magnificent!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice appeared in front of Yaohua.
"You?" She raised an eyebrow.
If it hadn't been for Zhao Wu forcing her to sign the blood contract back then, she wouldn't have been repeatedly wronged and slandered for colluding with the demons. This grudge must be avenged.
Zhao Wu's face was gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said, "You actually have such abilities!"
Yaohua didn't want to talk to him any more. Just as she was about to draw her sword, she heard him say, "Wait!"
His face was extremely ugly. "The demons can never be completely killed. They're endless. But if you're willing to stop now, we can have a peace negotiation. From now on, we'll divide the territory and stay out of each other's way."
"You demons don't even dream of it!" Before Yaohua could say a word, the immortal soldiers said indignantly.
The demons had caused great suffering to all living beings this time, and the Immortal Realm had suffered heavy losses. How could it be easily resolved through a peace negotiation?
Yaohua raised her hand, her face surprisingly calm. "You're right. At present, there's really no way to completely kill the demons."
Zhao Wu said strangely, "Who erased your contract mark?!"
Yaohua always knew he was crazy. Seeing him acting crazy on the battlefield, she was too lazy to care and just said, "Although the demons can't be completely killed, our army has the upper hand now. If you want a peace negotiation, you have to show enough sincerity."
The peace negotiation was of great importance and needed to be discussed by the Three Realms.
A few days later, the location for the negotiation was still by the Tianhe River.
The sound of the flowing water was continuous, like passionate drums.
The Divine Envoy Tu Yang, representing the Immortal Realm, stood at the front. Her purple clothes fluttered in the riverside wind.
The clan chiefs of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans and other important figures who could come were all present.
Opposite them were all the members of the Demon Royal Family.
The two sides were sworn enemies, and the atmosphere was once silent.
"About the peace negotiation..." The demons were about to say something when their expressions changed greatly. "What's going on? You're cheating?!"
Unfortunately, they realized it too late.
Yaohua suddenly crushed the talisman in her hand. A huge wave rose from the Tianhe River. Her eyes were cold. "This is the Seven - Kill Formation."
Before her voice fell, she suddenly transformed into her phoenix form.
The Seven - Kill Formation was a deadly formation specially designed to trap the demons. However, since the demons were endless, this formation could only slow down their escape.
In her phoenix form, her feathers shone brightly in the firelight, as brilliant as the morning sun.
The Phoenix True Fire burst out and swept across the field. At the moment when the Seven - Kill Formation exploded, the others in the Three Realms immediately escaped.
At this moment, only the demons were trapped in the formation and couldn't escape.
Under the burning of the true fire, their demonic energy was burned, and their spiritual power was greatly weakened.
Before they could react, Yaohua sacrificed the Phoenix Spiritual Light again.
The spiritual light was the phoenix's life - essence. Once sacrificed, even the members of the Demon Royal Family in the formation could only wail and be suppressed under the Tianhe River.
The Seven - Kill Formation took shape, and the spiritual light sank into the surging river along with the Demon Royal Family.
Among them, there was a pair of purple eyes that stared intently at her.
Those eyes were usually full of ferocity. But seeing her lose the spiritual light and about to die, instead of hating her and wanting to pounce on her to bite her flesh like the other demons, they were filled with complex emotions.
Yaohua didn't look back, so she naturally didn't see this look.
The Demon Royal Family was the source of the demons' demonic energy. Since they had been suppressed, the remaining demons couldn't be reborn.
The Tianhe River quickly froze, sealing the Phoenix Spiritual Light and the remaining demons.
After losing the spiritual light, Yaohua's spiritual power quickly dried up. She flew back to the Cangling Hall and lay beside her master's remains. Gradually, she lost her vitality.
The wind was silent, carrying a sigh.
Tu Yang followed her and buried her remains in the four directions of the Tianhe River.
Her soul left her body. Looking at her own corpse, she felt neither sadness nor joy. She just quietly asked, "When will my master's body be brought here?"
For some reason, she found that Tu Yang couldn't see her soul and naturally couldn't respond.
She had no choice but to follow Tu Yang back to the Divine Lord's Hall.
Tu Yang advised, "Divine Lord, it was General Yaohua's last wish to be buried with God Chongming. Are you really...?"
The Divine Lord snorted. "Don't say any more."
Yaohua bit her lips tightly.
She never expected that the Divine Lord would not fulfill her condition.
Because of this, her resentment grew deeper day by day. Finally, one day, her resentment took on a human form and tried to break the seal of the Tianhe River.
The phoenix was destined for nirvana!
The Heavenly Way was unfair. It had allowed such a good master to be possessed by the demonic heart and die an unjust death. The Divine Lord was heartless. He went back on his word and prevented her master from being resurrected with the phoenix's resentment.
Well, then don't blame her for returning like for like!