The Ice Phoenix swept her gaze over the token, her ice-blue eyes shifting slightly. Clearly, she recognized its significance.
"Furthermore!"
"I am willing to swear a Heart-Demon Oath here!"
"So long as you and your followers do not attack our army first, I, Li Yunjing, swear upon my Heart Demon that the alliance army will not harm you in the slightest!"
Li Yunjing's tone grew solemn. "Should I break this oath, may my Heart Demon turn upon me and my Great Dao crumble!"
As his words fell, an invisible ripple of law spread from Li Yunjing, resonating with the unseen Heavenly Dao.
The Heart-Demon Oath took effect, binding high-level cultivators with tremendous force.
True Lord Red Sun nodded inwardly at his side.
With this gesture, Li Yunjing had laid both his sincerity and the risks out in the open.
If the Ice Phoenix still refused, they would naturally have to settle things in battle.
Although True Lord Red Sun was shocked that the Ice Phoenix had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, he was not yet afraid.
This time, the Expedition Department had brought no fewer than four True Lords of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Surrounding and killing the Ice Phoenix was by no means impossible!
The crystalline ice weapons gathered around the Ice Phoenix slowly dissipated, and most of the terrifying chill that froze the void receded.
She studied Li Yunjing for a moment. Her cold, beautiful face remained expressionless, but the faintest trace of approval seemed to stir deep within her eyes.
"A Heart-Demon Oath... you do have some courage."
Her tone softened slightly. "Since that is so, I shall trust you this once."
She gently raised her pale hand, and a palm-sized feather, translucent as sapphire and radiating a pure chill, slowly floated toward Li Yunjing.
"This is