"I now understood the pain of being suppressed by an ultimate attribute."
He possessed Ultimate Fire—the phoenix flames tempered by Infernal Delicate Apricot.
Yet the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's flames were also an ultimate attribute.
Their temperatures might differ, but they were in fact extremely close. Their fire attributes could not create much of a gap at all.
Li Qinglian could fight above his rank by combining Ultimate Fire with his Sword Intent and swordsmanship.
But now, his Ultimate Fire had little effect on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Yet the Three-Eyed Golden Lion also possessed Ultimate Light!
His Ultimate Fire canceled out the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Ultimate Fire, but he still had to endure the pressure of Ultimate Light.
Whenever the Three-Eyed Golden Lion opened her mouth and spat out a ball of light, that radiance seemed to have eyes, shooting straight at his pupils.
The light carried no heat, yet it possessed a soul-piercing sharpness. Everywhere it passed, even the flames seemed to become slightly translucent beneath its illumination.
Li Qinglian was being stabbed by the light until he could barely keep his eyes open.
"Boom!"
Li Qinglian was forced back three steps in a head-on clash, his toes plowing two shallow furrows into the ground.
His chest rose and fell faintly. The crimson-gold phoenix flames behind him flickered unsteadily, and a thin sheen of sweat had already formed on his brow.
Meanwhile, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion merely shook her mane. Her four claws remained planted as firmly as rocks, and her golden eyes even held a trace of exhilarated excitement.
I can't keep this up.
Unless my Phoenix True Fire rises another level, activating the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul definitely won't be enough to defeat her!
But the Green Lotus Sword...
A cold glint flashed through Li Qinglian's eyes.