Kai Zhen, 3rd Seat

Xuanwu's hard hitting fists failed to land as he showered a relentless combination of jabs and hooks upon Zhen.

Just when Xuanwu thought he would hit Zhen, the agile cultivator would bob and weave at a hair's breadth, missing by an inch.

Her dodging immaculate, for if Zhen got hit, she would be sent flying even with her higher cultivation. Such was the power behind Xuanwu's strength and armor combined.

Weaving past the seemingly endless maze of punches, Zhen managed to closed in. Her fist cocked back, swirling with tremendous ice qi.

[Baji Octane Fist]!

Zhen shouted the name of her technique, her fist slamming into Xuanwu's armored stomach. After a .5 second delay, a torrent of icy mist erupted from behind Xuanwu. Her deadly ice qi traveled through the impact of her ice fist and penetrated Xuanwu's impregnable defense.

"Gaaaaah!" The armored beast fell to his knees, his meridians still reeling from the vicious blow and its coldness.

"Brother Xuanwu!" Baihu shouted, kicking the ground to launch himself gliding towards Zhen. His sharp claws ready to rend Zhen.

Mirroring Baihu's charge, Jiawei launched herself as well, her sword readu to impale Zhen in this pincer attack with Baihu!

Zhen jumped high to evade the collision of the two Divine Beasts. Hovering over the air, the sound of scorching atmosphere made Zhen turn behind.

[Blitzing Phoenix Fire!]

Zhuque's shout became lost in the wind, flying at incredible speed. Flames coated her from head to toe, while her usual feathered wings took on this form of pure flame, the fire emitted used as thrusters for Zhuque's blinding speed!

No time to reorrient or put up an ice barrier, Zhen simply crossed her arms, fortifying them with ice in hopes to lessen the devestistating impact of Zhuque's blitz.

The wings of immolation hit Zhen's guard, shattering her ice and sending her crashing into the ground.

"Brother Xuanwu, can you still fight?" Jiawei rushed to the armored beast's side.

"I am...alright...gwah!" Blood spilled from the gaps of his helmet. Xuanwu was far from alright.

"Rest, brother, allow us to finish this." Baihu's hand laid upon the kneeling Xuanwu.

The smoke from the debree cleared, revealing Zhen wiping dirt from her robe.

"Splendid teamwork, but with one of you out of commission, will you three be able to keep up with me?"

"Keep up with you!? Trashy human, I just sent you crashing into the dirt where you belong! Ahahahaha!" The Phoenix laughed, mocking while she hovered over the air.

Zhen's arrogance stems from her being able to back it up, Zhuque's was simply because she was a bitch. A flame most haughty that Zhen can't help but become irked.

Breathing in deep, Zhen exhaled. She had decided, the next one she will take down was this bird.

An icy mist near Zhen's feet formed and solidified into a greatsword, this bird is fast in the skies, its size would offer the needed stability for their chase.

Ice swords on each hands, Zhen rode her Baguadao, blasting off to pluck this arrogant phoenix from the skies.

"Oh, you're going after me!?" The amused Zhuque emblazoned her wings into flames once again. "Remember, you're gonna have to keep up!"

Zhen zoomed so fast, she passed both Baihu and Jiawei, leaving them aghast.

The menacing sight of the Ice Empress riding atop her greatsword, swords brandished, evoked a grin from Zhuque. Her aerial superiority as a phoenix allowed her to fly backwards while taunting Zhen.

"Oooh, your bloodlust is making me tremble. I wonder what you would do to me if you ever caught me. But that would be a big IF. Ahahaha!"

The Phoenix's mocking slaughter resounded in the sky as they raced through the heavens.

Mid rush, blades formed around Zhen, bolting towards Zhuque. The phoenix manuevered through the air, dodging with grace.

With the lapse in her guard from dodging, Zhen's guando burst with qi, bestowing Zhen with incredible speed that gapped the distance!

Both her blades touched Zhuque's wing, an explosion of steam was followed by the Phoenix's blood curdling scream as her wings were sundered while they hovered. Stripped of her wings, there is only one way for Zhen to make the humiliation come full circle. In a round house kick, Zhen's foot slammed into Zhuque's face, sending her plummeting down like a meteor.

One more divine beast left.

Ice condensed around Zhen, behind her, the shape of a cryo dragon manifested. Huge enough to swallow Zhen whole. A breath of pure ice from the mighy construct sent Zhen flying down.

The panicked Baihu grit his teeth at the dragon descending towards him, he would surely die if he takes the full brunt of this attack!

Layers upon layers of earth, Baihu formed a dome of dirt, boasting incredible defense. Its impregnability about to be put to the test.

The blast from Zhen's ice embrittled the dirt, paving way for Zhen's meteoric kick to smash through.

"Impossible, how can you break my dome so easily...aaaaah!"

Baihu screamed in pain as Zhen's kick slammed straight into his solas plexus. But her assault wasn't over yet, the dragon up high slammed into them both, ramming into Baihu the tons upon tons of crushing ice.

The body of Baihu trampled underfoot by Zhen, still maintaining her regal bearing even after unleashing her draconic technique.

3 down, 1 left to sway over to her side.

"As you can see, Jiawei. I have foregone murdering your companions for your sake. You belong to my side, do not fight what's in your heart. Come." Zhen extended her hand. All that's left is for Jiawei to take it.

For a moment, Jiawei's hand reached out only for her to take it back. She must see her duty through, for all Bestial kind, for her sister.

Suddenly the earth trembled, a bright light enveloped Baihu, blinding Zhen with its power. Zhen's brow raised, finding herself wrapped around the hands of a gargantuan tiger. Arms and hands resembling a human's in its animalism, but its body remained that of a vicious tiger. Furred but still clawed, its five extra digits allowing Baihu to toss Zhen as if she was a child's toy.

Speeding as she tried to balance her self, Baihu's aim brought Zhen straight to Xuanwu's Divine Beast form. Hiding inside his fortress of a shell, Xuanwu spun as an unstoppable saucer, flattening all that would dare stop his momentum.

The saucer collided into the ragdolled Zhen, pinballing her into the air where the Zhuque awaited now in full bestial glory. A majestic phoenix whose very feathers burned. One wave of her wings and the scorching feathers all rained upon Zhen, assaulting Zhen with a storm of feather fire that brought and pinned Zhen into the soil.

The smoke upon the scorched earth clearing. The three divine beasts awaited Zhen's fate. Was this the end for the Ice Empress?

Hardly...

Her pristine white robe now scorched, gashes all over her exposed skin due to her robe's tearing. The time limit bearing upon Zhen, she must eliminate these beasts yet her heart ever so keen to sway Jiawei to her side.

Zhen glanced at Jiawei, her blindfold removed before her, the bright light that enveloped Baihu was now emitted by Jiawei. Taking on the shape of a horse, the light burst in a massive aura of lightning and spatial prowess, revealing a Draconic being with a scaled body similar to a horse's, atop its head are coralline horns.

The Divine Beast that whose qi mastery rivaled that of a Dragon's, their eyes tearing through space. A Qilin.

The Divine beasts all gazed upon Zhen in their intimidating forms. Trample, scorch, and cut Zhen into pieces, her corpse would become unrecognizable.

A rough estimate of Zhen was that their star levels are somewhere around 50. Zhen grinned, no wonder they were giving her such trouble.

Zhen hands stretched outwards, congratulating these beasts for the deadly and wondrous performance.

"Marvelous. You all have proven yourselves worthy to face me at the true height of my cultivation. Let us close the curtain to this plot of yours eliminating all of humanity."

A calamitous blizzard blew upon the entire garden, freezing the trees and pond. Had their stars been any lesser, these beasts would have froze on the spot.

"I am Kai Zhen, 3rd seat of the Heavenly Court. Transcendant Immortal, 71 stars. By the authority invested in me by Guanyin, Heaven's overseer, the four Guardians of Wodan shall die by my hands."