The battle high above the vault of heaven was far from optimistic.
Of the four Spirit Transformation cultivators, two had already lost their combat strength and withdrawn from the battlefield. The other two could not even approach the Ghost-faced Fire Sparrow and could only provide support.
Only one Venerable was barely holding on.
But Lin Qi knew full well that this could not go on.
Once the Venerable could no longer hold out, Ice City would face the calamity of annihilation.
With the Demon Emperor's strength, a single move could level Ice City to the ground.
Yet with Lin Qi's current strength, facing a Demon Emperor head-on also placed immense pressure on her.
After thinking it over several times, Lin Qi raised her head and stared at the Ghost-faced Fire Sparrow above, wanting to try casting Phoenix Soul Return once more.
This move depended on both luck and the caster's strength.
Lin Qi was now a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, her cultivation having risen a small realm since last time.
She did not hope to summon an even stronger phoenix soul. As long as it possessed strength equal to that Azure Luan from last time, she could step forward and fight.
The annotations on the spell formula explained that when casting Phoenix Soul Return, the stronger one's desire, the easier it was to achieve one's goal.
Lin Qi kept staring into the sky, always feeling that she was just short of something.
She needed a suitable opportunity.
Two hours later, another Spirit Transformation Daoist Lord fell from the void, accompanied by the scream of another Spirit Transformation Daoist Lord.
The two fell together.
Above the void, only the scarred Mahayana Venerable and the Ghost-faced Fire Sparrow remained.
Half of the Ghost-faced Fire Sparrow's body had been scorched black, exposing