Kong Wenxuan's Helplessness and the Ya Household's Final Plan
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Kong Wenxuan had seen the inheritance of the forbidden technique "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix" in the "Fragment of the Cuckoo Secret Realm" that his Lineage had seized. Although he had not studied it in detail, he knew that the forbidden technique "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix Paying Homage to the Phoenix" had many different ways of being used.
The array and restriction rituals that the Du Household set up in the "Cuckoo Secret Realm" were a large-scale ritual in the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix" forbidden technique. The purpose was to upgrade the "Cuckoo Bloodline" of the Du Household, integrate some of the power of the "Phoenix Bloodline", and thus promote the "Cuckoo True Spirit" from the Subordinate Ninth Rank rank to the eighth rank, and promote the Lineage's rank.
That's a permanent change and upgrade, so naturally, its setup and operation are much more complex.
However, the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" forbidden technique also has a relatively simple arrangement.
Just like what happened on the top of the "Eastern Peak" now, the last of the Cuckoo Demon Race used the Cuckoo's "The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest" Bloodline Divine Ability to control multiple Second Tier demonic birds and hundreds of first-tier demonic birds to hold the forbidden ritual of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix".
Such a ceremony is temporary and small-scale, only temporarily elevating the Cuckoo Demon Race, which has "usurped the phoenix's nest," to a degree of the "Phoenix's" prestige and power.
However, such "Phoenix power" is only temporary and illusory, and it is unlikely to last long.
Moreover, it will also cause great damage, or even destruction, to the "hundred birds" that "face the phoenix".
Kong Wenxuan could see that the several Second Tier demonic birds and hundreds of first-tier demonic birds that were flying in formation behind the Cuckoo Demon Race were beginning to have problems.
Large amounts of feathers began to fall off those First Tier demonic birds, their flesh began to shrink, their aura rapidly declined, and they were quickly heading towards death.
Even those few Second Tier demonic birds were gradually weakening in aura, power, and vitality, clearly not far from decay and death.
However, the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix Paying Homage to the Phoenix" forbidden technique, performed at the cost of these demonic birds' lives, was remarkably effective.
The Cuckoo Demon Race, flying ahead of the other demonic birds and receiving the worship of the "hundred birds," occupying the "phoenix position," was now rapidly increasing its aura and power, breaking through to the Third Tier level.
Furthermore, some illusory, colorful Yao Qi had already emerged and gathered on the Cuckoo Demon Race, showing a tendency to transform into illusory, colorful flames.
Chirp... Ring!
The Cuckoo Demon Race raised its head and cried out, its voice even faintly carrying a hint of phoenix chirping.
Boom! Boom! Rumble...
At this moment, a thunderous roar resounded, and two crimson sword lights struck the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race who was undergoing "phoenix transformation" almost simultaneously.
Kong Wenxuan and his uncle Kong Yushuo acted almost simultaneously, trying to stop the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race from performing the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix" ritual and hinder its advancement and strengthening.
Unfortunately, just as the two "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" struck their opponent, a large amount of seemingly real but actually illusory colorful flames erupted and burned from their body, instantly blocking all the attacks of the two "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and even blasting the two divine swords away.
The bursting, burning, iridescent, colorful flames already possessed some Third Tier power, far beyond what two First Tier Law Artifact- level "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" could cut through or destroy.
Unable to sever the illusory yet real colorful flames protecting them, they naturally couldn't attack the Cuckoo Demon Race burning within those flames, nor could they stop their rituals and advancement.
Sizzle!
At this moment, a sharp cutting sound rang out, as the sword threads formed by Kong Wenxuan's Second Tier "White Metal Divine Sword" followed closely behind the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and slashed down.
However, after witnessing the power of the seemingly real yet illusory colorful flames on the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race, Kong Wenxuan directly activated the Refining the Sword into Threads of the Second Tier "White Metal Divine Sword," which spun in the air, bypassed the Cuckoo Demon Race, and directly slashed at the group of demonic birds forming the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" ceremony behind it.
Since we cannot defeat the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race that has already begun to "transform into a phoenix", then killing and eliminating all the "hundred birds" that make up the ritual will also destroy their "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix paying homage to the phoenix" forbidden technique.
Chirp! Ring...
At this moment, the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race in front clearly saw Kong Wenxuan's purpose, raised its head and let out a Cuckoo cry, the sound of the phoenix's cry becoming clearer.
With a flap of its outstretched wings, large patches of iridescent, multicolored flames erupted from its body and began to spread rapidly toward the "hundred birds" behind it, quickly engulfing and burning the "hundred birds" that made up the ritual.
Kong Wenxuan's Second Tier "White Metal Divine Sword" was Refining the Sword into Threads into threads. It struck the illusory and real colored flames. Although it was able to cut through and extinguish some of the flames, more illusory colored flames ignited in the next moment. Layer upon layer of resistance and burning occurred, and finally the sword threads formed by the Second Tier "White Metal Divine Sword" were blocked.
At the same time, as these illusory yet real colorful flames enveloped and burned the "hundred birds," the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race's "phoenix transformation" also began to accelerate in terms of aura, power, and strength.
Buzz!
At this moment, Kong Wenxuan had already commanded all five "Five Elements Divine Swords" around the Second Tier Cuckoo Demon Race, and immediately set up the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation," pushing the power of the sword formation to its limit.
It even drew down a large amount of True Spirit Starlight from the "Peacock True Spirit Star" projected in the sky and integrated it into this sword formation, enhancing the power of the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation".
The Five Elements Revolve, with the Five Elements generating each other, continuously enhancing and improving the attack power of all kinds of sword light, Sword Qi, and divine swords in the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation".
In particular, the Second Tier "White Metal Divine Sword" has been Refining the Sword into Threads. Under the impetus of the mutual generation of the five elements in the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" and the enhancement of the power of the "Peacock True Spirit Star", its destructive power has been pushed to the limit of the Second Tier tier.
Even so, no matter how much Kong Wenxuan pushed the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" to its limit, he still couldn't break through the burning and defense of those illusory and real colorful flames, nor could he strike the "Hundred Birds" and "Cuckoo Demon Race" burning in the flames, let alone kill them and stop the forbidden technique "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix".
Seeing this, Kong Wenxuan could only sigh, sheath the "Five Elements Divine Swords," and look at Ya Xingqu beside him, saying in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Ya, I have done my best. That Cuckoo Demon Race has already reached some Third Tier power; it is no longer something I can break through or kill."
"If your Ya Household also lacks the means to deal with them, then I suggest that you all seize the opportunity before their ritual is completed and escape from this 'Eastern Peak' as soon as possible."
Ya Xingqu frowned deeply, and after a moment of silence, said, "We've already come this far, with the Third Tier Azure Python Demon Beast right before our eyes. How can we give up like this?"
"Leave the rest to us. We'll trouble Fellow Daoist Kong and the others to protect our Ya Household."
"No problem!" Kong Wenxuan nodded in agreement, wanting to see what other tricks the Ya Household had up their sleeves.
At this moment, Ya Xingqu turned to the group of Ya Household cultivators and the "Fire Crow Dao Soldiers," and said in a deep voice, "Let's use the final plan directly: sacrifice the ' Fire Crow Gourd '!"