"Go!"
As the enormous claw descended, the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison abruptly vanished. Xiao Jiutian shouted, his face as white as paper!
Already prepared, Feng Tianyun spread her phoenix wings, swept Xiao Jiutian up, and teleported several miles away before diving into the ground like a fish swimming into the sea...
"Boom..."
The enormous claw struck, shattering the underground space spanning hundreds of miles as easily as tofu. A voice rose in astonishment and regret:
"The Nine-Colored Phoenix?! Princess Tianyun?"
"Hiss..."
A ray of sword light, mighty enough to cleave all creation apart, plunged into the earth like a roaming dragon, then changed direction to slash at the rapidly fleeing Nine-Colored Phoenix.
"Stop!"
An enraged, alarmed shout rang out. The enormous claw reappeared, this time reaching for the sword light and the old man in Daoist robes who had charged underground.
"Boom..."
The old man swept his fingers like a sword, unleashing a surging tide of sword light. Amid the thunderous crash, another vast stretch of underground space collapsed.
Before the old man could demand an explanation, a lean, eagle-eyed middle-aged man in golden robes appeared to bar his way. Glaring fiercely, he shouted:
"Old Dongxuan! You knew she was our island's Princess Tianyun, yet you still dared to attack! Are you trying to provoke a war between the Heaven-Hiding Sect and Myriad Demon Island?"
As he spoke, two more figures appeared, followed by over a dozen others arriving one after another. They were two Immortal Emperors and over a dozen Immortal Kings, but all merely watched the direction in which the Nine-Colored Phoenix was fleeing without attacking again.
In that brief moment of hesitation, the Nine-Colored Phoenix made her triumphant escape. Within a few breaths, she had vanished without a sound, beyond even their senses!
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