With this strike, the Dust Separation protective shield shattered outright. Yet seizing that fleeting opening, the Bloodwing Phoenix slipped into the Nirvana Flame and did not reappear.
As the emperor of fire, a phoenix's true body could dissolve into invisibility within the flames.
Every spark of Nirvana Flame could be its true body, or it could be not.
Or rather, all the Nirvana Flame across the arena was now the Bloodwing Phoenix. So long as the Bloodwing Phoenix was unwilling to emerge, it could remain within the Nirvana Flame indefinitely.
Moreover, the Bloodwing Phoenix was using the Nirvana Flame to scorch the World Vital Energy, rapidly recovering its injuries.
A faint light flickered between Chen Fei's brows, yet he still could not discern where the Bloodwing Phoenix's true body was.
However, even with the Nirvana Flame, the Bloodwing Phoenix needed some time to recover from its previous injuries. That time was enough for Chen Fei to first eliminate Zhu Xiaowen.
Chen Fei turned to look at Zhu Xiaowen. Zhu Xiaowen felt the sword intent pressing down upon him intensify, and his heart tightened.
He had actually torn open a crack in the Void. What a freak!
Zhu Xiaowen cursed inwardly. The Nine Heavens Dust Separation Art circulated, and countless layers of dust separation gathered around him. Even the phantom of the Myriad Worlds Divine Mountain appeared around his body.
The strike Chen Fei had exchanged with the Bloodwing Phoenix earlier had made Zhu Xiaowen understand that he truly could not defeat Chen Fei alone.
Even when he and the Bloodwing Phoenix had joined forces just now, they had still been thoroughly defeated by Chen Fei.
They definitely could not keep clashing head-on. But surrendering outright would be far too embarrassing.
If Zhu Xiaowen had been alone, then losing meant losing,