Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 684 Ironclad Armor Shatters the Path, Returning to Ruins; Nirvana Unfinished, Flame Extinguished

"hold head high--?!"

A distorted, piercing scream, filled with excruciating pain and disbelief, burst forth from the Fire Phoenix's mouth!
That wasn't physical pain—

With its scales and feathers for defense, it can recover instantly even if injured.

That stems from the shattering of its very foundation of "Tao"!

A single punch shattered the Great Dao!
The Burning Sea Fire Phoenix, the pride of the Burning Sea Overlord, and its Void Flame and Sky-Splitting Power, which it relied on to dominate, were shattered head-on by this punch in the most primitive and domineering way!
A shock and dizziness originating from the depths of its soul violently impacted its demonic essence!

The enormous body suddenly froze in mid-air, as if its head had been struck hard by an invisible giant hammer.

"Hiss..." Wang Cheng, a new recruit in the army formation, trembled uncontrollably as he gripped the Xuan Turtle Shield. He clearly saw that wherever Zhang Yuan's fist passed, it was as if even light was shattered, leaving a brief, pitch-black void trail.

"Lord Marquis... did you shatter the phoenix's claw with one punch? Or did you shatter its..." He felt his understanding had been shattered by that punch.

"This is... Ironclad Fist!"

Someone whispered beside Wang Cheng.

“The Marquis uses Ironclad Fist.” Another soldier, his face tense, spoke in a deep voice.

"Iron Fist, so it can be this powerful..."

Within the military formation, the eyes of each soldier shone brightly.

They were very familiar with that style of boxing.

"The Marquis's physical strength is terrifying." In mid-air, the head of the Secret Medicine Department, Yao Puti, shook his head, his face full of emotion.

He was involved in the production of elixirs and secret medicines, and also had extensive knowledge of methods for refining the physical body.

But he simply couldn't understand how Marquis Qingyang could refine his physical body to such a world-destroying degree.

This is already a divine beast, no, a physical body that surpasses that of a divine beast.

The Deputy Director of the Secret Medicine Division, Poison Lady, saw it clearly, her eyes flashing with a sharp light: "The fire wasn't blocked... it was directly shattered by the shockwave contained within that pure physical power!"

Even the flame of Nirvana True Fire showed a momentary instability!

Her eyes flashed with a complex light of horror and fanaticism.

The faint flames around her were curling inwards, seemingly undergoing some kind of qualitative change.

Zhang Yuan's punch gave her a deeper understanding of the Great Dao.

"This punch..." Nie Duanqiu's sword trembled, his eyes filled with shock and delight.

Pei Lie, standing ahead, couldn't hide his delight.

This is the benefit of following Marquis Qingyang on his hunting expedition in the East China Sea!
Observing the clash of the strongest is an unimaginable experience for these cultivators!
"hold head high--"

A deafening roar echoed through the sky.

The Fiery Phoenix of the Burning Sea spread its wings.

Before the excruciating pain and dizziness subsided, an unprecedented and immense alarm, originating from the very instinct for life, screamed wildly deep within the soul of the Fire Phoenix!
For the first time, true fear was reflected in its furious pupils.

It's not a warning of threats, but a desperate premonition that existence itself will be erased!
It finally understood that the tiny human in front of it was not any of the prey it had encountered before, but a chaotic behemoth in human skin!
We must give it our all! Squeeze every last drop from the source! Rebirth!
Reborn from the ashes at the fastest speed, breaking free from this terrifying binding force!

"唳——!!"

A resolute and piercing scream tore through the sky.

The Fire Phoenix instantly erupted with an unprecedented blazing white light, even more dazzling and domineering than before!

It will unleash all its remaining power, and even some of its original essence, in exchange for a rebirth that transcends limits and rules!

If one can successfully undergo Nirvana, their power will be instantly restored or even temporarily enhanced, allowing them to turn the tide of battle!
The power of Nirvana can instantly double its combat strength, revealing a power that surpasses the capacity of the Great Dao of Yongtian Continent.

For a brief moment, it could control the power of the Five Heavens!
The blazing white flames of Nirvana surged inward, forming a massive cocoon of light. It aimed to use this absolute defense and supreme power of reincarnation to isolate itself from all attacks and complete its rebirth!

Absolute defense. This is the divine power of the Phoenix Clan.

At the moment of its rebirth, its absolute defensive power is equivalent to its strongest combat power.

Without the power of the Fifty Abyss, this defense cannot be broken.

The Phoenix Clan was able to secure a place in the primordial era when ancient mythical beasts roamed freely, precisely because of its unsolvable Nirvana.

"Phoenix rising from the ashes".

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes, looking at the luminous egg that resembled the primordial chaos at the beginning of time.

Just as the fire of rebirth reached its zenith and the cocoon of light was about to be fully formed.

Zhang Yuan made a move.

Instead of pursuing the retreating Fire Phoenix, he slowly raised his right hand, making a gesture as if supporting the sky.

With his five fingers slightly spread and palm facing down, he pressed down on the volcano crater area where the Fire Phoenix was located, and on the vast sea.

Shiyuan Town Sea.

Return to the void!

“Rumble——!!!”

The entire world suddenly sank!
It's not an illusion!

The massive fleet, led by Zhenhaizhou, suddenly sank downwards, its draft increasing by a full ten feet in an instant!
The 50,000 new soldiers felt as if they, along with the illusory mountain formations created by the Xuan Turtle Shield, were being pressed into the sea by an invisible hand!

Everyone felt as if an ancient divine mountain was pressing down on their hearts. The new recruits with slightly weaker cultivation even had their knees buckle and almost knelt down!
The vast and boundless East China Sea surface, centered on the position under Zhang Yuan's palm, suddenly sank downwards and inwards!
A huge, deep crater, over a hundred miles in diameter and visible to the naked eye, appeared out of nowhere!

The seawater is no longer a flowing liquid, but a stagnant, heavy solid bound by absolute power!
The seabed roared violently, and the rocky islands collapsed like fragile sandcastles. The lava flowing on Huochuan Island was forcibly extinguished by this terrifying pressure!
The raging flames of rebirth and the nascent cocoon of light were instantly imprisoned by the terrifying force field formed by the collapsing and distorted space and the seawater as still as an iron plate!

The light flickered violently, like a candle flickering in the wind, and dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Space...space is nailed down!"

Pei Lie, an elder of the Nine Yang Sword Sect, stared with bloodshot eyes, his hand gripping the trembling Crimson Sky Sword, veins bulging.

He felt that the spatial structure within a hundred miles was completely distorted and solidified by that press, so that not only could it not be reborn, but even a slight spatial fluctuation could not be generated normally!

This level of spatial suppression has gone beyond his understanding of "imprisonment." It is a void that directly transforms a space into a prison that confines all things!

"Invoke... no, command the power of heaven and earth!" The new army commander, Yuchi Changshan, knelt on one knee, using his Zhanlang Spear to support his body, his eyes filled with shock and boundless worship.

He had practiced the Mountain Moving Technique and knew the difficulty of mobilizing the power of heaven and earth.

But for Zhang Yuan, the power of the sea and sky within a hundred miles was merely a vehicle for extending his fist technique's will!
He's the one defining the rules!
"It's burning its life essence! Nirvana has been forcibly interrupted!" Lu Tianshu, the head of the Demon Suppression Division, trembled slightly. He could clearly sense the Fire Phoenix's life force weakening instantly, as well as the fear and lamentation from its very bloodline.

Zhang Yuan's figure hovered in mid-air, his aura seemingly in harmony with heaven and earth.

With his fist aimed at suppressing the Prison and returning to the Ruins, he intended to shatter the pride of the Burning Sea Fire Phoenix!

So what if they are ancient mythical beasts? So what if they possess the supernatural powers of the Phoenix Clan?

Even in the face of absolute power, it is nothing more than this!
"唳——!!!"

A mournful cry, far weaker and more piercing than any previous shriek, filled with endless pain, despair, and resentment, burst forth from the center of the frozen, desolate crater.

The flames were completely extinguished.

The enormous phoenix body, wreathed in flames of destruction, crumbled and shattered like a dream under the relentless crushing force of the void and the confinement of space!
Feathers stronger than diamond shattered, bones covered in mysterious runes broke apart, and burning internal organs turned to ashes...

This is not an ordinary death, but a process of being forcibly erased from the level of existence in the void formed by absolute power!
It was so fast it was breathtaking!

However, just as its massive body completely disintegrated, leaving only a dim, flickering core of the Nirvana Flame, no bigger than a human head, pulsating with pure light and heat—

Zhang Yuan stepped into the void, as if climbing an invisible staircase, and landed on his third step.

(End of this chapter)