Earlier, in Demon-Subduing City, in order to refine the "Immortal Lord Mu Ling," Liang Zhaohuang had no choice but to have the Phoenix Dharma Aspect use the power of the five-element origins to ignite the Five Virtues Fire. Pushing past its limits time and again and unleashing the might of immortal fire, it had barely managed to suppress the "Immortal Lord Mu Ling" and refine it in tandem with the little sun transformed from the "Demon Emperor Bloodline."
Because of this, the Phoenix Dharma Aspect had also suffered considerable backlash—worse than last time.
Thus, when Liang Zhaohuang came to reinforce Blood Vine Demon City this time, he had not brought the Phoenix Dharma Aspect with him. Instead, he had left it behind in Demon-Subduing City to recuperate and recover.
Yet the extraordinary combat power of the Black Tortoise formed by the fusion of the Giant Python and Giant Turtle Demon Kings forced him to summon the severely wounded, not-yet-recovered Phoenix Dharma Aspect once more.
Otherwise, Blood Vine Demon City could not be held. Nor could the several other demon cities across the hundred thousand li stretching all the way to Liu Province. The Demon Country's counteroffensive might even drive straight into Liu Province.
Compared to that, Liang Zhaohuang naturally preferred to block the Demon Country's counteroffensive Demon Race outside Liu Province, leaving the Immortal Dynasty's pioneering forces to bear the brunt of it rather than having Liu Province—and the Liang Family—serve as the main force resisting them.
Cry!
Amid a phoenix's cry, the Phoenix Dharma Aspect swept down in a mass of five-colored fire clouds, swallowing the Black Tortoise and the boundless black light it had stirred up, burning them with blazing intensity.
Severely wounded as it was, the Phoenix Dharma Aspect did not readily draw upon the power of