"Scree!"
The Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire spread its wings, flames burning the heavens. The power of innate divine fire principles overturned the firmament like a sea of fire, contending with the innate power of five elements.
Upon the vermilion bird spirit body, nirvana fire erupted constantly, extinguishing and reigniting again and again, like an undying divine bird cycling through rebirth in flames.
Yet before the formidable heavenly immortal demon fox, before the innate five elements great dao that rivaled innate divine fire, the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire's defenses crumbled layer by layer.
The power of five elements resembled five chains: metal's sharpness sliced through flames, water's dense flow extinguished the blaze, earth's weight isolated the fire's source, wood's vitality repaired burns, and fire's intensity confronted the Southern Bright Illusory Fire head-on.
The five elements generated and restrained one another in an endless cycle. Heavenly immortal-level five elements great dao power came crushing down, constantly extinguishing the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire and compressing the space in which it could survive.
The hundred-thousand-zhang vermilion bird spirit body began shrinking: ninety thousand zhang, seventy thousand zhang, fifty thousand zhang...
In just ten breaths, the vermilion bird spirit body was crushed down to ten thousand zhang by the innate power of five elements.
The ten-thousand-zhang vermilion bird spirit body was already a spent arrow, its feathers dim, its flames wavering like a dying candle in the wind, liable to go out completely at any moment.
The Vermilion Bird cried out, its voice like a weeping of blood, calling for help.
That cry pierced the void and entered Li Qingyuan's sea of consciousness, carrying a trace of instinctive spiritual fear and unwillingness.
Li Qingyuan caught his breath and swept his long sleeve. Above his head, spatial power rippled, spreading