An Abnormal Train of Thought

"Elder Phoenix!"

Seeing Phoenix standing in the air, joy immediately appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes. Yao Tianhuo also understood that she no longer needed to hold out on her own and swiftly withdrew from the battlefield.

Ao Lie, on the other hand, was shaken to the core. Looking at Phoenix in the sky, his pupils suddenly constricted.

"You are Feng Li's—"

"It is truly wonderful that you are still alive and well."

Phoenix coldly interrupted Ao Lie. The killing intent in her eyes was like a bone-piercing winter, transforming into icy spikes that stabbed straight into Ao Lie's heart. Her emotions appeared stable, yet the suppressed fury slowly spilled forth with her Dou Qi, making the land within ten thousand miles tremble uncontrollably. Even Xiao Yan and the others could not help but feel fear.

Everyone deeply understood just how intense Phoenix's hatred was at that moment.

Scarlet Light blazed in Phoenix's eyes as she stared at Ao Lie.

"Thank you for surviving until now, so I could personally mourn my sister!"

As her final words fell, Phoenix no longer concealed her emotions. Killing intent filled the heavens and earth like divine wrath, crashing down upon Ao Lie and instantly turning the scene before him into a sea of corpses and blood!

The extreme terror jolted Ao Lie awake, sweat beads pouring madly down his temples like a waterfall.

He knew that if he did not act now, he would die!

"You—"

Ao Lie glared furiously. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, he suddenly felt the scenery around him rapidly shifting forward. His mind went blank, and only after a long while did he realize what was happening.

It was not the surroundings moving forward—it was he who was flying backward.

Pfft!

A delayed, searing pain suddenly