As Xiao Hua watched his final line of defense—the Vajra Dharma Body—gradually lose its dazzling golden radiance, his hands and feet turned ice-cold. He could already imagine the miserable sight of his fleshly body being torn into inch-sized scraps once the Vajra Dharma Body vanished!
Yet at the instant the Vajra Dharma Body disappeared, the 132 million tiny points that formed it abruptly emerged. They contracted at incredible speed, actually condensing into one! Then, black-red flames flashed across that single point, and it vanished!
But in no more than the time it took to snap one's fingers, that lone point appeared again. Then, the 132 million tiny points separated out from it once more! This time, however, the points carried an ancient desolation within them. Though they corresponded to the 132 million tiny points on Xiao Hua's physical body, their composition was already different! The outline formed by these points was no longer the previous Vajra Dharma Body, but... the shape of a phoenix!!!
Because of the changes in those points, the 132 million tiny points on Xiao Hua's body also flashed with black-red flames, seemingly about to transform into the shape of a phoenix along with the Phoenix Dharma Body! As Xiao Hua's body gradually changed, his originally gray-white bones suddenly shone with golden light. Once the golden light faded, they became bones that were eighty percent crimson and twenty percent white! The crimson radiance on the bones surged forth, wrapping tightly around his body. His flesh struggled several times but could not break free. The 132 million tiny points vanished again, and his body returned to its former appearance.
However, the outline of the Phoenix Dharma Body had already formed. With a faint flap of its wing-like contours, it drew the scarlet, viscous liquid from the Netherworld Wind,