The Glazed Holy Sword was wrapped in a suppressed pitch-black zhenqi, like the brightest meteor in the night sky.
The swift sword qi slashed through the silence, shooting toward the Ancient Black Phoenix.
The Ancient Black Phoenix flapped its wings in an attempt to dodge, a trace of panic flashing in its eyes.
"Damn... damn it." The Ancient Black Phoenix wanted to evade, but its body seemed stuck by an invisible great net. It erupted with all its soul power to break free from the bindings.
The sky-obscuring black light was already right before its eyes.
The Ancient Black Phoenix's expression changed drastically, its peripheral vision catching Tokisaki Kurumi aiming a gun at it from not far away.
"Just now, could it be..." The Ancient Black Phoenix had no time for further thought. It curved its massive wings, attempting to block the terrifying sword qi inches away with its thick feathers.
The Ancient Black Phoenix let out a shrill cry of pain as crimson blood sprayed from the severed wings.
"Damn it!"
Its body, which had only condensed halfway, had actually been interrupted.
Moreover, this ability was actually time and space.
No wonder they could find this place.
Half of its wings were chopped off, blood permeating the air with a pungent metallic scent. Even its hundreds-of-meters-long body faintly revealed a ferocious wound within the wings.
Clearly, Ning Rongrong's move had inflicted considerable damage on the Ancient Black Phoenix.
"So... so powerful!"
Qian Renxue was dumbfounded. She had always known Ning Rongrong was no ordinary person, but she hadn't expected her to be this excessively strong. With the fragment of the Angel God and reaching the level of a 96th-rank Title Douluo, her overall strength was no weaker than a Limit Douluo.
But even so, adding up everyone on her side, the damage they had caused was less than what Ning Rongrong had done with this single strike. Moreover, the Ancient Black Phoenix at this moment was clearly even stronger.
"That's the conversion and application of time and space." Gu Yuena explained, "Among all rule systems, time and space are the most difficult abilities to grasp."
"In the instant the slash arrived, the Ancient Black Phoenix's defensive soul power was clearly bound, equivalent to being unable to use soul power at all—having to take the move purely with its body."
"This..." Qian Renxue and the others looked at Gu Yuena with some confusion.
"I'll give a simple example, like battle Soul Masters and support Soul Masters."
"The battle Soul Master's martial soul possession is what distinguishes it from support Soul Masters, and it's also the true reason for the strength gap between them. Ning Rongrong's move is equivalent to dispelling the enemy's martial soul possession, directly damaging the body."
"If the Ancient Black Phoenix still had its primary god divine body, this move's damage wouldn't amount to much."
"But the current him is just a false body condensed using a portion of the Dragon God's dragon soul power and Dragon Valley's rules. Unless fully successful, its body strength is only about tertiary god level in itself."
"What is truly powerful is only its soul and abilities."
"Time and space, when used together, can bypass this point and act on the body."
"If used properly, it can even directly touch its soul."
As half of the Dragon God, Gu Yuena had a general understanding of rules and such things through memory, even if not complete—especially since she herself was a primary god.
"But... that black phoenix's body is recovering." Qian Daoliu observed more carefully and noticed that the severed wound, and even the fallen wings, didn't concern the Ancient Black Phoenix at all. Instead, new wings were condensing at the original wound site.
"Because it's not a true body yet, just a manifestation of ability—recondensing is still possible."
"I'm afraid next, Ning Rongrong won't find it so easy to injure the opponent."
Though a tertiary god's body, with primary god ability usage and secondary god strength.
From the current situation of Ning Rongrong and Tokisaki Kurumi, truly defeating the opponent wouldn't be so easy. Of course, since they were so confident, they must have other methods!
"Sword skill—Space-Time Severance."
On the battlefield, energy flowed once more.
Terrifying sword qi was released in response, assaulting the Ancient Black Phoenix again.
"Little brat, don't think the same move can work on me again." The Ancient Black Phoenix emitted a sharp bird cry, layers of black mist rising around it to counter Ning Rongrong's hidden hand.
"I've seen time and space before too. I refuse to believe a little brat like you, not even a god, can slay me."
"Secret skill—Black Wind Heavenly Fiend."
An endless storm, centered on the Ancient Black Phoenix, spread in all directions.
The raging gale blew toward the entire sky.
In an instant, the sky became overcast with dense clouds.
Sometimes, the gap in power isn't something techniques can easily make up for.
The Ancient Black Phoenix's all-around defensive strategy—a gigantic tornado storm—collided with the Space-Time Severance.
In merely seven or eight seconds, it completely erased Ning Rongrong's sword qi.
"See that, little brat? You..."
Before the Ancient Black Phoenix could finish boasting, a terrifying pressure locked onto it.
"How... how is this possible."
The Ancient Black Phoenix peered through the pitch-black storm toward Ning Rongrong's area.
"The dragon souls and dragon clouds are converging toward her!"
Damn it, the dragon souls in its body were out of control.
"Take this!" A voice like the call of the underworld echoed, and fine, fluffy snow began falling across the entire sky.
A long, resounding dragon roar echoed through Dragon Valley.
Below, the god-level dragon skeletons originally buried in the soil resonated as if hearing a command.
"Sword skill—Icefire Dragon Slash."
Sword light flashed abruptly, the massive sword qi transforming into two giant dragons—one red and one silver-white. Accompanying the sword qi's eruption, the entire tornado storm was split in two.
That sky-obscuring blade light directly slashed onto the Ancient Black Phoenix's body.
The entire Ancient Black Phoenix was cleaved in two.
"No... this is impossible!"
Unbeknownst when, Kurumi had already appeared beside Ning Rongrong.
The massive Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda detached from her hand, flying directly before the Ancient Black Phoenix.
Ning Rongrong murmured softly:
"Binding."
In an instant, the wound that should have reconnected and healed suddenly froze still.
"Damn... damn it!"
Even split in half, the Ancient Black Phoenix wouldn't die—even if just a soul, it could live on. That was its ability as the Ancient Black Phoenix.
However, an inexplicable unease in its heart made it want to flee, but Gu Yuena's suppression prevented it from breaking through space.
"It's over."
Tokisaki Kurumi placed her hand on Ning Rongrong's shoulder.
The zhenqi intensity on Ning Rongrong's body climbed upward once more.
"This is the final move."
"Sword skill—Space-Time Annihilation."
Where the sword light passed, everything turned to blood mist. Even the Ancient Black Phoenix's body instantly became a blood mist form. However, the blood-misted Ancient Black Phoenix was still suppressed by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's binding ability.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's light screen flickered, and from the blood-misted Ancient Black Phoenix's body, a golden light orb detached.
"No, give me back the dragon soul." The Ancient Black Phoenix cried out. In its current state, without the dragon soul as battery, it might very well die.
"Useless." Ning Rongrong said faintly. "You've already been checkmated."
"Kurumi, absorb it."
Tokisaki Kurumi whooshed to appear before the Ancient Black Phoenix.
"Countless hands stretched out from the pitch-black space below, wanting to drag the Ancient Black Phoenix in."
"Impossible, you're devouring my time, I..."
"You evil bastards, the Mother of the Abyss won't let you go."
"Hmph, the half-step God King Crimson Mother—wait until she can come over to talk about it." As it was dragged into the profound dark space, it no longer had any room to resist.
Its power had long been bound by herself and Tokisaki Kurumi.
In the end, not at peak primary god level, still suppressed within secondary god scope.
"Little brat, you think you've won?" The Ancient Black Phoenix, reduced to half a mass of black mist with even its soul possibly already devoured, roared.
"If so, then die together!"
"The heavenly God Realm doesn't allow soul beasts to become gods. Mixing with you, they'll die too!"
"Hahaha, hahahahaha."
The Ancient Black Phoenix was completely dragged into Tokisaki Kurumi's domain, unable to resist any longer.
Ning Rongrong furrowed her brows, sensing something ominous.
"Oh no!"
Suddenly, Ning Rongrong seemed to remember something.
"Kurumi, stay here and help the Silver Dragon King. I need to go back."
"There might be trouble in the Extreme North."
"Okay." Kurumi nodded too, as if thinking of something.
Before anyone could react, the entire Dragon Valley was left with only Tokisaki Kurumi.