Seven crimson flame flying swords tore through the wind and snow. Wherever the Flame Dragon Slaying Array they formed passed, the air was scorched into distortion, crackling and popping as though even space itself were about to ignite.
Bzz!
The ice phoenix did not even lift its eyes. It merely raised its left ice wing slightly.
A visible pale cold tide of absolute zero swept outward in a fan-shaped wave, its terrifying chill freezing even the void.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!
The clash of extreme heat and extreme cold let out a fierce hiss, like red-hot iron plunged into icy water. The scarlet flames around the fire dragon visibly dimmed, shriveled, and blackened, as though the flames themselves had been frostbitten.
Yet the heat that rose was frozen again in an instant, turning into ice crystals.
The flame dragon charged through wave after wave of cold air, but the flames covering it were swiftly suppressed. Their blazing brilliance darkened, the flying swords became extremely unstable, trembling violently as they struggled forward.
"This thing's cold Qi... can freeze out the very source of true fire!" True Lord Crimson Sun's pupils contracted sharply. He could feel even the spiritual connection between himself and the flying swords being eroded and weakened by that chill.
He bit through his tongue and spat out a mouthful of essence blood mixed with violent true essence. His hand seals shifted like phantoms.
Roar!
The seven flaming dragons let out a howl and instantly merged into one, becoming an enormous golden fire dragon. Blazing white heat waves spewed from the gaps in its scales, instantly vaporizing the surrounding ice crystals as it brutally tore through the cold tide and lunged at the ice phoenix.
Cry!
The ice phoenix suddenly gave a sharp cry, its voice piercing the sky like