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"Flame Phoenix Hundred Styles—Heavy Feather Thunderstorm Blast—"

Morova's phantom beast armor transformation was not unexpected. Bird-type phantom beasts usually retain their wings in armor transformation to gain some flight capability, and Morova was no exception. The four pairs of slender wings of his phantom beast, the Flame Phoenix, became the most distinctive feature of his crimson phantom beast armor, and also an essential weapon for many of his techniques.

The Flame Phoenix Hundred Styles were the ultimate moves Morova derived based on this phantom beast armor. Each move was a killing technique that combined his own flame combat energy with the super magical beast's magic of the Flame Phoenix. The "Heavy Feather Thunderstorm Blast" used combat energy as the backbone and magical elements as the feathers. After being compressed by the "Red Lotus Sword," it concentrated and released millions of flame feathers, using their piercing and explosive power to harm the enemy. In principle, it was quite similar to the rapid-fire flame weapon that the "Red Sun Knight" favored, but in terms of speed, density, and concentration, it surpassed it by more than tenfold.

"Impressive," Chen Xuanfeng couldn't help but praise. Quantity had transformed into quality; such a dense attack had power several times greater than a tenth-level spell, with lethality per unit area almost on par with the "Moon Goddess Cannon" that Jin Luosha had once used. Thus, even Chen Xuanfeng dared not face it directly and had to use the spatial movement ability of the "Star Catastrophe Sword" to evade the attack.

"Lord, you've fallen into my trap—" Chen Xuanfeng had just completed his movement when he was immediately attacked. The assailant was "Knight of the Cold Moon" Carol, who hurled his twin curved blades, "Flame and Frost Crescent Moons." "Lord, you didn't know that when these twin blades of wind and fire are combined, they have the ability to track and lock onto the enemy. Even your spatial movement cannot escape their lock."

Chen Xuanfeng's spatial movement came from his weapon, so it was not as smooth as his predecessor, the "White Night Knight." Thus, the moment he appeared, he was surrounded by two dancing blades of red and blue light. Although the thrown weapons could not harm him, they forced him to divert his attention to defend, giving Carol an opportunity.

The golden-haired young man with perfectly noble demeanor clasped his hands together, and a flash of lightning transformed into a heavy longsword—the legacy weapon of the "Blade Saint" Arshu, the "Thunder Emperor Slayer."

"Three Ultimate Blade Techniques—Loneliness as the Blade—"

Among the ultimate techniques inherited from the "Blade Saint," the final move was overwhelmingly powerful, and Carol was not yet able to control it. The first move, "Time as the Blade," was also incredibly powerful, but even in the hands of the "Blade Saint" back then, it had failed to defeat Chen Xuanfeng. Thus, Carol naturally chose his strongest move, "Loneliness as the Blade," as his attack.

The "Loneliness as the Blade" had the ability to tear space and harm the enemy without detection. Where Carol's blade light rose, dozens of meters away from Chen Xuanfeng, there was no abnormality. But the space around Chen Xuanfeng suddenly tore open with thirty-three spatial cracks, forming a cage that sealed off all his paths of advance and retreat, rapidly collapsing inward, aiming to tear the silver-haired werewolf in the middle to pieces. Spatial cracks could only be filled with energy; otherwise, they would cut through anything that passed through. Chen Xuanfeng naturally could not charge through, and in such unstable space, he dared not perform spatial movement. He could only erupt with combat energy to resist the collapse of the cage while mending the shattered space.

At the same time, the attacks of Morova and Tan Yueer also erupted.

"Flame Phoenix Hundred Styles—Dancing Sky Wheels—"

Morova's power at this moment was the greatest among them, making him the main offensive ace. The surging golden flames transformed into countless sharp sword wheels, continuously spewing out, illuminating the sea surface with a golden glow, yet not leaking the slightest bit of heat.

"Stellar Chess Sword—Void Vortex Moon—"

Tan Yueer's martial arts were not known for strong offense; she excelled more in guiding everything—whether enemy, ally, or nature. Thus, at this moment, she fully took on the role of Morova's support. A massive gravitational field instantly overlapped with Morova's countless flame sword wheels.

Since this was a pre-planned attack pattern, Morova directly handed over control of his power, focusing instead on unleashing his full strength. In contrast, Tan Yueer fully took on the responsibility of guiding this attack, perfectly manipulating the millions of flame sword wheels, forming an impeccable offensive pattern that infiltrated the spatial cage, attempting to shred the silver-haired werewolf inside into pieces.

Legend has it that in the western continent, there was a famous magic trick where a magician could pierce a beauty locked in a box with dozens of sharp swords, and after pulling out the swords and opening the box, the beauty would remain unharmed. The current situation was similar to this. "Knight of the Cold Moon" Carol's spatial blade marks were the box, "Knight of the Flame Phoenix" Morova provided the swords, and "Celestial Maiden Knight" Tan Yueer was the magician inserting the swords into the box. She inserted them with extreme care, striving not to miss any gaps, and even repeatedly piercing through key areas. The only difference between them and traditional magicians was that they absolutely did not want a lively "beauty" to come out when the box was opened. Nothing should come out, not even a drop of blood, which should be evaporated by the flames and the ashes banished into the spatial cracks.

The flawless coordination of the three young sword saints instantly forced Chen Xuanfeng into a desperate situation. The combined power of the three far exceeded the sum of their individual strengths.

If Chen Xuanfeng had been able to unleash the sword technique "Snowragon's Fall" at this moment, he could have easily crushed their combined attack. However, like the "domain" of human sword saints, this divine technique required a few seconds of pause to gather energy before activation. This flaw had been revealed to Morova during their previous battle in the undersea cavern. If he were facing only one saint-level expert now, it might have been manageable, but he was up against three, one of whom was a master swordsman from the Moonlight Tower. Attempting a sword technique now would be tantamount to suicide.

Fortunately, besides his sword techniques, he also had an indestructible sword—the "Divine Punishment Sword."

At the brink of life and death, Chen Xuanfeng let go of the demonic weapon "Star Catastrophe Sword" from his hand and drew the "Divine Punishment Sword" from his waist. Although he inevitably suffered dozens of hits from the flame sword wheels during this process, his super high magic resistance and the perfected Golden Bell Shield technique protected him, leaving him with only superficial wounds and no damage to his core. His movements did not falter in the slightest.