Chapter 159: Slaying the Fire Raven
Except for the remaining three Heavenly Immortals and Shadow, all of Jin Xuan's followers were burned to ashes, scattered by the wind without leaving a trace.
As the heat wave surged, even Li Changsheng felt a stinging pain on his skin.
His physical body had long reached an indestructible state. Ordinary mortal flames couldn't elicit even the slightest reaction from him, and even fireballs from Heavenly Immortal cultivators couldn't harm him.
But now, the mere appearance of a single feather caused his immortal essence to surge, automatically enveloping his body to protect it.
"A feather from an otherworldly beast above the Golden Immortal level?"
Li Changsheng's expression grew more solemn as he murmured.
As expected of the Demon Court's Crown Prince. This feather had clearly been refined into an immortal artifact by a high-level expert, capable of unleashing a sliver of its original power. Even if it was just a sliver, a fraction of the strength of a being above the Golden Immortal level was not something an ordinary Heavenly Immortal could withstand.
"You dog!"
"Do you even know your own worth? How dare you attack me!"
Jin Xuan, holding the feather, stepped closer to Li Changsheng.
Wave after wave of scorching heat surged toward Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng's face remained expressionless as his immortal essence surged, resisting the endless heat waves.
"Is that all you've got?"
Li Changsheng spoke calmly.
"Stop pretending!" Jin Xuan paused for a moment, then retorted, "This is an immortal artifact refined from the feather of the Fire Raven Sage. Even a half-step True Immortal would struggle to resist its power. How can you, a mere Heavenly Immortal, withstand it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Xuan channeled a stream of immortal essence into the feather.
An even more intense heat wave erupted.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The remaining three Heavenly Immortals didn't even have time to scream before they turned into human torches, vaporizing instantly without leaving a trace.
"Your Highness!"
Shadow's expression changed dramatically, and he let out a low exclamation.
At this level of heat, even he couldn't hold on for long. Now, he could only desperately resist the heat wave, unable to move.
If this continued, he… would undoubtedly die!
"A bunch of useless trash. What's the point of keeping them around?"
Jin Xuan didn't even glance at Shadow as he spoke indifferently:
"If you hadn't been so useless, I wouldn't have lost face at Golden Lion Mountain."
"If you weren't so useless, how could a mere Heavenly Immortal force me to take action personally?"
Shadow's face was filled with disbelief. He had been by Jin Xuan's side since his birth, watching him grow up, and had always been loyal. He never expected Jin Xuan would turn on him.
"You…"
Before Shadow could finish, Jin Xuan abruptly activated the golden feather.
"Ahhh…"
Shadow instantly turned into a human torch. Due to being a half-step True Immortal, he could resist for a brief moment, but he couldn't stop the agonized screams that escaped him as the flames consumed him.
Jin Xuan paid no attention to the burning Shadow. He only focused on Li Changsheng, fully activating the feather as he approached.
One kilometer, one hundred meters, fifty meters…
As the distance narrowed, even Li Changsheng, whose body had been cultivated to an eternal, indestructible state, began to struggle.
The surrounding void twisted and distorted under the intense heat.
The moment sweat appeared on Li Changsheng's forehead, it instantly evaporated.
The feather of the Fire Raven Sage was truly terrifying. In the hands of a True Immortal, it could easily be used to slay another True Immortal.
"Break!"
He couldn't just sit and wait for death!
Li Changsheng let out a loud shout, his body transforming into a giant hundreds of feet tall.
"Dharma Form!"
He didn't use the Sky-Swallowing Dharma Body, but rather the Dharma Transformation technique recorded in both the Divine Demon Nine Revolutions and the Great Strength Ox Demon King's techniques. This divine ability was common among many major factions, so even if exposed, it wouldn't be a big issue.
Moreover, the power of the Dharma Form varied depending on the user.
Around Li Changsheng's dharma body, the shadows of several demon gods appeared, and an endless surge of magical power poured out, resisting the endless heat waves.
"Break it!"
Li Changsheng roared.
The three-pointed spear slashed toward Jin Xuan.
"Block it!"
Jin Xuan's expression changed.
He hadn't expected that even after unleashing such a powerful artifact, he still couldn't subdue this Heavenly Immortal.
He now regretted killing his followers.
If Shadow and the others were still alive, they could have attacked this young man while he was distracted. But now, it was too late.
All he could hope for was that the feather could block the young man's attack. With Shadow and the others dead, the Demon Court must already know he was under attack. As long as he could hold out for half an hour, waiting for the Demon Court's experts to arrive, this young man would be doomed, regardless of his background.
Anyone who dared to attack him would not be spared, even by the Heavenly Court!
The giant dharma body's three-pointed spear came slashing down, but a fiery snake shot out from the Fire Raven Sage's feather, heading straight for the spear.
"Boom!"
The three-pointed spear shattered instantly.
The fiery snake's momentum didn't slow as it charged toward the giant dharma body.
"Chaa!"
The dharma body let out a thunderous roar.
The dharma body transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form with wings of wind and thunder, identical to Li Changsheng's ancestral transformation when he reached the ninth revolution. With the roar, the wind and thunder wings flapped.
A massive gale accompanied by purple lightning crashed into the fiery snake.
"Rumble!"
The fiery snake twisted in mid-air, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-long fire raven, which swallowed the wind and thunder in one gulp.
The fire raven's eyes flashed with a hint of human-like intelligence as it spoke coldly:
"Dare to attack my descendant? You're seeking death!"
"Who dies first isn't certain yet!" Li Changsheng's voice was icy. His true body transformed into a hundred-foot giant, while his dharma body grew to ten thousand feet, charging directly at the fire raven.
Since the simulation hadn't warned of any danger, it meant his current strength was enough to deal with this fire raven.
At this moment, aside from the Sky-Swallowing Sword Art and the Sky-Swallowing Dharma Body, Li Changsheng had used all his abilities, engaging the enormous fire raven in a fierce battle.
Wherever they passed, stars were destroyed, and flames lingered in the void, refusing to extinguish.
"Damn it, a mere remnant dares to mess with me?"
Li Changsheng looked like a raging demon, no longer caring about the dignified image of the Clear Source Marvelous Dao True Lord. The recklessness of his earlier "Wild Vajra" persona returned. Flapping his wind and thunder wings, he caught up to the fire raven in an instant, his three heads and six arms lunging forward, engaging the fire raven in close combat.
He paid no heed to his burning, peeling flesh.
"I'll turn you into a featherless bird!"
With his three heads and six arms, Li Changsheng mounted the fire raven and began furiously plucking its feathers.
"Screech…"
The fire raven let out a pained cry.
After all, this was just a feather the fire raven had left behind after ascending. It couldn't sustain prolonged combat.
Seven minutes later, the fire raven dissipated.
Li Changsheng was in a pitiful state. His dharma body was missing limbs, and his true body was completely hairless, with his eyebrows and hair burned away. The smell of roasted flesh wafted from his body.
As for Jin Xuan, he was even worse off. The battle had forced him back into his original form—a golden-feathered crow.
"So the royal family of the Demon Court in the Profound Yellow Great World has fire raven bloodline mixed with the Golden Crow?"