As they came out of the bell after a few minutes, the wall of fire was still there. The phoenix was still there, staring at them.
Morton said in a grave tone, "It's preparing for another one. Take out anything you have right now to defend."
The phoenix took a few more seconds, and another ball of light started slowly forming ahead of its beak, growing second by second.
Liushen took out a soul sword. Yes, his own soul sword which could give him damage if it broke. His guard used his own soul sword too—they likely didn't have any defense-type artifacts.
Song Chenxi used a scroll to enlarge and form a small barrier just right ahead of him, sized just for his body.
Morton used his own mount from before to cover his body, while scales like a dragon's skin appeared upon it. It wasn't a simple cat-like mount. It was definitely transmutated.
