High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

Xu Xiuqi tilted his head in advance.

A bone spur grazed his cheek, leaving a long, thin, bloody gash. But his right hand was already pressed against the flesh and blood around the stone slab.

As the five fingers close together.

The face contorted abruptly, the blood vessels and fascia connecting the stone slab taut. The grayish-white lines receded from the flesh, and the stone slab, which had been firmly embedded in the forehead bone, finally loosened for a moment.

The monster struggled frantically, its six legs straining simultaneously, causing a corner of the Bagua diagram to crack open. The white bone hammer broke free of its restraints and swept across Xu Xiuqi from behind.

Xu Xiuqi pointed to his side with his left hand, fingers together.

The last two complete array diagrams closed simultaneously, blocking the hammer's edge. The array diagrams shattered one after another, his chest jolted, and blood gushed from the corner of his mouth.

But he didn't stop what he was doing. He suddenly pulled outward with his right hand, and the entire stone slab was taken off.

The monster's movements suddenly froze.

Having lost its foundation and anchor, the forcibly pieced-together body began to collapse from the inside. The bones of the human and the beast pressed against each other, and a huge crack extended from the chest to the abdomen, causing the accumulated demonic energy to leak out wildly.

Xu Xiuqi withdrew and stepped back, clasping his left hand together in front of him.

The remaining Yin and Yang energies suddenly tightened.

A thin black and white line stretched across the sea, passing over the monster's neck, then turned and pierced through its chest, back, and six legs.

The massive body disintegrated with a deafening roar.

The monster's final roar was suppressed by the closing array. Its remains were squeezed together within the array, its bones shattering inch by inch. In the end, only churning demonic energy remained, sealed within the ever-shrinking Bagua diagram.

Xu Xiuqi stood in mid-air, his breathing becoming heavier.

The wound on his shoulder was slowly healing. He didn't bother to wipe the blood from his lips, and just looked down at the stone slab in his hand.

The stone slab felt cold to the touch.

It was as if he should have known what it was, and should have understood what those patterns represented.

But when I try to recall it more deeply, my mind is completely blank.

Mingzhao's dying words resurfaced: "My king, traitor, loser..."

Xu Xiuqi frowned. Mingzhao recognized him, but not in the sense of "Xu Xiuqi".

......

In the distance, Shen Chang'an and Du Yue, who were trying to awaken the spirit of the artifact, also heard what Ming Zhao had just said and were basically certain that this person was the one Ji Siye had mentioned.

The aura of Mingzhao had disappeared, but the sense of crisis weighing on their hearts had not diminished in the slightest.

The light of the Phoenix Heavenly Decree enveloped the two of them, while the Great Sun Phoenix Wheel hovered behind them, separating them from the chaotic spiritual energy outside.

The Xuan Yuan Zhen Hai Seal in front of them was gradually lighting up.

Ancient dragon patterns spread from the bottom of the seal, eventually converging into the dragon-shaped carving at the top. In the long-silent dragon's eyes, a point of pale golden light slowly emerges.

Du Yue unconsciously held her breath.

The next moment, a deep dragon roar resounded deep within their consciousness.

The roar of the battlefield gradually faded away, revealing a vast expanse of azure sea. The sea was calm, the sky high and clear, and a phantom of a golden dragon rose from the water, its body coiled around the clouds, its head bowed as it looked down at them.

It first glanced at Du Yue and Shen Chang'an, and finally its gaze fell on Jiang Yi.

"Did you wake me up?"

"Yes, the situation is very urgent. If you continue to sleep, Beiming will not be able to hold on."

Jiang Yi raised her hand, displaying the outside world above the sea.

The shattered Zhenhai Array Platform, the surging demonic energy, the wounded demon army, and the figure holding a stone slab whose face was obscured appeared one after another before the true dragon.

The dragon swam slowly, and the haze in its eyes gradually dissipated.

"My name is Ao Xuan, and I am the spirit of the Xuan Yuan Zhen Hai Seal."

It lowered its head, its gaze returning to the two of them.

"Now, it is you who are in charge of the Phoenix Decree?"

Du Yue nodded, while Shen Chang'an asked directly, "If you were to fully activate the supreme treasure, could you injure someone at the Ninth Realm?"

Ao Xuan sized up the two of them for a moment, especially looking at Shen Chang'an's arm formed from Phoenix True Fire, and then sensing their auras.

"Given your current state, you cannot achieve this using only your own cultivation level."

Du Yue's expression tightened.

Jiang Yi continued, "So we need to launch a combined attack..."

She raised her hand and pointed to the sea, where the outlines of twelve Zhenhai Cities emerged from the azure waters. Zhenhai Pillars, underwater dragon patterns, and the still-operating grand formation also appeared one after another.

"The Phoenix Heavenly Decree and the Profound Origin Sea-Suppressing Seal once guarded the Demon Realm together. There was originally a way to draw power between the two treasures."

"Your spiritual power is insufficient, but the power of this world is sufficient."

Shen Chang'an looked at Ao Xuan.

The dragon nodded slightly, agreeing with its statement. Then, its claws swept across the sea, and an array of dragon and phoenix patterns unfolded.

"The combined attack technique is called Dragon and Phoenix Command Heaven."

In the center of the array, two illusory figures, a dragon and a phoenix, slowly circled.

"The Zhenhai Seal draws upon the water veins of the Northern Sea, while the Fengyi Tianzhang mobilizes the spiritual energy of the heavens. With dragon patterns supporting the earth and phoenix patterns governing the heavens, and by borrowing these two supreme treasures, the power of heaven and earth is brought together in one place."

Jiang Yi looked at Shen Chang'an and Du Yue, her tone solemn.

"You need to activate the treasures to maintain the combined attack before deciding where to strike last. The power is provided by heaven and earth, but whether they can successfully merge depends on how long you can hold out."

Shen Chang'an asked, "How long will it take?"

"The formation of the twelve cities is still intact, and some of the underwater dragon patterns have also been preserved, which is at least faster than setting it up from scratch."

Ao Xuan looked at Du Yue: "But once it begins, you must do your best to stabilize the Zhenhai Seal and cannot be distracted by activating other restrictions in the sea."

Du Yue nodded and said, "I understand. Let's get ready to begin."

The sea in their consciousness dissipated, and the sound of the wind from the Northern Sea returned to their ears.

Shen Chang'an raised his still-intact arm, and the Great Sun Phoenix Wheel slowly rose. Du Yue held up the Xuan Yuan Sea-Suppressing Seal, and the Nine Heavens Phoenix Robe fluttered without wind, the phoenix pattern lighting up inch by inch along the unfolded sleeves.

Jiang Yi's figure disappeared into her robe.

A golden dragon rose from the Zhenhai Seal, circled Du Yue once, and then lowered its head to look towards the Northern Sea.

In the deep sea, the still-standing sea-suppressing pillars simultaneously lit up.

The array patterns of the twelve Zhenhai cities changed their direction of flow, and the power that was originally scattered in various places began to converge in the same location.

The swirling clouds in the sky parted to the sides, and wisps of spiritual energy from heaven and earth passed through the gaps in the clouds and fell into the Great Sun Phoenix Wheel.

Shen Chang'an took a deep breath and pushed the golden wheel toward the phoenix shadow behind Du Yue.

The dragon pattern is below, and the phoenix pattern is above.

A massive array slowly took shape between the two.