A Great Battle Against a Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!

The fire dragon roared, and the fire phoenix shrieked.

The two flame-born creatures, each determined to prove itself stronger than the other, desperately attacked under their respective masters' control.

Amid the fierce battle, both the fire dragon and fire phoenix shrank again and again. From their initial lengths of several zhang, they gradually diminished to less than one zhang. By then, more than a quarter-hour had passed since Zhou Yang and Zhao Yuanpu began fighting.

A quarter of their agreed half-hour had already passed.

Yet Zhao Yuanpu did not seem anxious in the slightest. He continued calmly controlling the silver-purple fire phoenix as it battled the golden fire dragon, without employing a second method.

Since Zhao Yuanpu was not in a hurry, Zhou Yang was even happier to let things continue like this. It would be best if they kept at it for the entire half-hour.

But that was clearly unrealistic.

After the battle of flames had continued for roughly another half-quarter-hour, the silver-purple fire phoenix under Zhao Yuanpu's control suddenly let out a clear cry. It transformed into a flaming saber and slashed fiercely at the golden fire dragon, cleaving it cleanly into two.

Before Zhou Yang, who had sensed that something was wrong, could control the two halves of the fire dragon to mend and reunite, the flaming saber transformed back into a fire phoenix. It opened its beak and swallowed the smaller half of the dragon's remains whole, causing Zhou Yang to lose all connection with that half.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang was so angry that he laughed. "Fellow Daoist Zhao has quite the appetite. Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?"

Zhao Yuanpu merely chuckled. "Hehehe, whatever moves Fellow Daoist Zhou has, feel free to use them."

"Then Fellow Daoist Zhao, watch