"Can barely speak, huh? Looks like Dr. Jean's humanity is fighting back against you. It's messing with your thoughts." Lu Yifang studied Phoenix with great interest.
"That's good. At least dealing with you now won't be so troublesome." The moment he finished speaking, Lu Yifang shot toward Phoenix like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Die..." The provoked Phoenix growled. The calm water around her seemed to sense her fury and began to boil along with it.
Streams of water rose into the air, condensing into long, sharp ice spikes. With piercing whistles, they shot toward Lu Yifang faster than bullets.
Though they were only water, empowered by the Phoenix Force, they could easily punch through armored tanks.
Yet Lu Yifang did not even blink at the incoming water spikes. He met them head-on, and every spike that struck him was effortlessly reflected back. Such an attack did not even slow him down.
"Try one of mine too." As Lu Yifang spoke, he grabbed a Giant Redwood drifting in the floodwaters. This century-old tree, dozens of meters tall and too wide for more than ten people to encircle, was effortlessly lifted by him and smashed down toward Phoenix's head.
Bang—crack!
Before the enormous redwood could even touch Phoenix, it shattered into countless fragments beneath her immense telekinetic power. Those fragments were then ground into powder too fine for the naked eye to see.
Phoenix raised a hand and swept her flaming fingers forward. A thin line of fire condensed, then expanded at a speed far too fast for the naked eye to follow, effortlessly slicing the remaining trunk of the Giant Redwood in two.
Phoenix's gaze flickered, only to reveal disappointment a moment later. The enemy had not, as she expected, been burned to ashes by the Phoenix Flame.
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