An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Before the four could regain their footing...

The system's announcement tone rang out coldly and loudly within this space.

[The sixth level of the Tower of Babel - Team Trial Mission is now open!]

[Mission Objective: Please work together to completely slay this gatekeeper lord—the "Phoenix"!]

[Special Rule Reminder:]

[1. Rebirth Mechanism: The phoenix guarding this level possesses the core rule of "Phoenix Rebirth." Once its health reaches zero and it is killed, it will undergo a rebirth on the spot, with its strength, aura, and rule resistance all doubling after rebirth! Be prepared to face consecutively high-difficulty second and third phases!]

[2. Final Scoring Rules: After this challenge concludes, the system will precisely calculate the final score based on the "percentage of effective supernatural damage" inflicted on the Phoenix by the four chosen ones during the battle! Only the person with the highest final effective damage score and the greatest contribution will receive the unique special treasure chest reward for this sixth level!]

The brutal scoring rules, where only one person can take home the grand prize, were announced.

Michael and Chiba Genma, who were initially wary and subtly inclined to stick together due to the unfathomable pressure emanating from Lu Xueyao, were now on the verge of a confrontation.

A flash of fanaticism and greed instantly appeared in their eyes!

"Only the player with the highest effective damage receives the award?"

Chiba Genjin clenched his fists tightly. He desperately needed a high-level special reward to make up for the luck and strength he had lost yesterday.

Since Lu Xueyao doesn't seem to have any intention of taking the initiative, he absolutely cannot let go of this golden opportunity to strike!

"Lord Michael, I must take my leave now!"

Chiba Genma let out a low growl.

He didn't wait for anyone else to cooperate. In order to seize that initial percentage of damage, he had a thought and instantly activated the golden-quality ghost pet [Ghost Lake] within his body to its limit!

"Splash—!"

Vast swaths of foul-smelling, pitch-black water from the eerie lake surged forth from the void beneath his feet, instantly transforming into a massive black waterfall. With a chilling cold that could freeze the soul, it crashed directly towards the fiery phoenix in mid-air!

At the same time, Chiba Genma pointed with one hand.

The headless ghostly figure he had contained in the deepest part of the ghostly lake, wielding a huge, pitch-black ghost-head blade, shot out silently under the cover of the black water curtain.

With a single strike, the blade tore through the void, carrying the ultimate decapitation rule, and slashed fiercely at the phoenix's slender neck at a ruthless angle!

On the other side...

Michael of the United States, his greed is no less than that of Genma Chiba.

"Nightmare Demon, go! Weave dreams, tear them apart!"

Michael also had a thought.

The Nightmare Demon, dressed in a colorful theatrical costume and with a comical yet sinister face painted with graffiti, instantly materialized.

It emitted a piercing, eerie laugh from its enormous mouth, and with a sudden pull of its hands, countless colorful balloons made of rotting internal organs were sent into the air.

A powerful spiritual dimension law erupted, forcibly enveloping the enormous phoenix in a bizarre and distorted nightmare paradise illusion.

In the illusion, the demon clown wields an exaggerated pair of scissors powerful enough to shred a soul, violently slashing at the phoenix's wings, attempting to forcibly erase its supernatural essence from a spiritual level.

In a short time.

Chiba Genjin's vast, icy, and eerie lake, and Michael's twisted mental nightmare, ferociously surrounded the fiery phoenix from the left and right, creating a truly magnificent spectacle!

only.

Faced with the almost frenzied joint attack of these two A-level Ghost Masters.

The phoenix hovering in mid-air, its proud phoenix eyes flashing with only a human-like, contemptuous, and mocking cold light.

"Hey——!"

It was accompanied by a high-pitched cry.

Faced with the icy, eerie lake water rushing towards it, and the ghostly blade slashing down from above, the phoenix's enormous wings merely trembled slightly in the void.

"call--!"

The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

The phoenix's originally solid and fully-feathered flesh and blood body, in a fraction of a second of contact with the attack, strangely and completely dissolved and disintegrated, turning into a terrifying white-gold flame that was entirely translucent and had no physical substance!

It triggered the absolute defense mechanism of this layer of space—gathering and dispersing without form, and becoming immune to fire!

"brush!"

The ghost-headed blade, powerful enough to tear through space, and the torrentially falling ink from the magma lake, encountered no resistance whatsoever the moment they came into contact with the ball of white-gold flames. They passed right through the flames and crashed into the lava lake below, creating towering waves.

As for the Nightmare Demon's scissor attack, which was designed to target the mental level, it was unable to attach itself when it passed through the sea of ​​fire that was entirely evolved from the rules of supreme flame. Its nightmare illusion was forcibly burned and evaporated completely by the terrifying temperature in an instant!

Physical, supernatural, and psychological attacks—all forms of attack.

Faced with this absolute immunity rule of "gathering and dispersing without form," all efforts were rendered futile!

"What?! I can't even touch it?" Chiba Genma's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in shock.

Michael's face was also pale. His Nightmare Demon was burned by the backlash of the True Fire, and he let out a painful scream before retreating to his side.

Their first all-out attack not only failed to inflict even 0.1% effective damage, but also wasted a great deal of supernatural power.

Just when the two of them were frustrated and at their wits' end...

Lu Xueyao stood on the periphery, calmly observing the situation.

Between her smooth brows, a third scarlet vertical pupil—the [Heavenly Eye]—had silently opened.

Under the gaze of these supreme heavenly eyes that can see through the weaknesses in the operation of all rules in the world.

The phoenix that had transformed into ethereal flames in front of her was, in Lu Xueyao's eyes, having its complex fire laws operating within it disassembled and reassembled one by one, just like the lines on the palm of her hand.

A moment later, Lu Xueyao parted her red lips slightly, and her clear, cold voice resounded precisely through her divine sense directly into the mind of her Dragon Kingdom companion, Xu Jingming: "Captain Xu, I've found this beast's weakness."

"Although this phoenix can use the ability to gather and disperse into invisible flames and is immune to all conventional attacks."

However, this kind of high-dimensional transformation consumes a great deal of its own laws.

Therefore, in every fraction of a second that it re-condenses from its state of primordial fire and regains its physical form, there is a minute, imperceptible pause in the flow of its laws!

Lu Xueyao calmly analyzed in the telepathic communication: "As long as we can seize the moment when it transforms back into its physical form from the sea of ​​fire and launch an attack, we can ignore its immune mechanism and severely damage its true form!"