Chapter 89: An Instant of Eternity

At the center of the Black Ice Battle Platform.

“Spread out!” Hua Wuhen commanded in a low voice.

With a rush, Shi Gao, Gongzu Xingyong, and Mo Shui quickly dispersed, encircling Donggong Qianxue, who had transformed into a seven-colored divine phoenix.

A trace of cruelty appeared in Hua Wuhen’s gaze as he looked at Donggong Qianxue. Without a doubt, he was in high spirits; the only one he feared was Donggong Qianxue, but now, she was about to fall.

Suddenly, a long-necked white jade bottle appeared in his hand. As a fresh breath of life emerged, a green sprout slowly grew from the bottle. The sprout quickly branched out and formed buds. In the blink of an eye, it blossomed into a tree of peach flowers, their delicate fragrance wafting out and intoxicating those nearby.

“Peach blossoms fall without a trace, yet sever the heart’s longing,” Hua Wuhen intoned softly as he held the flowering peach tree. “The mulberry field becomes the sea, but the flowers bloom year after year.”

“A tree of peach blossoms—so this is Hua Wuhen’s weapon!” “But what harm could a tree of peach blossoms possibly cause?” Exclamations erupted from around the Black Ice Battle Platform.

It was utterly unexpected. As the foremost young expert of the Baidan Sacred Kingdom, Hua Wuhen’s weapon was a tree of peach blossoms.

“Old Demon, can you discern any secret in Hua Wuhen’s peach tree?” Chen Changsheng was equally perplexed, quietly asking the Blood Demon Ancestor.

“Master Chen, even I cannot see where the lethal power lies in this peach tree, but surely it is not simple,” replied the Blood Demon Ancestor, momentarily baffled.

“Father, that peach tree is so beautiful!” Chen Die’er exclaimed softly, her attention elsewhere.

“Yes,” Chen Changsheng nodded. “It is indeed beautiful.”

At the center of the Black Ice Battle Platform, Shi Gao, Gongzu Xingyong, and Mo Shui each drew their own weapons: Shi Gao wielded a stone tower; Gongzu Xingyong brandished a silver sword; Mo Shui’s weapon was eight golden flags.

Facing the four—Hua Wuhen, Shi Gao, Gongzu Xingyong, and Mo Shui—Donggong Qianxue showed no hint of fear. She turned to glance at Chen Changsheng and his daughter on the distant Black Ice steps, seeing Changsheng’s calm expression.

“So this splendid feast is truly in Master Chen’s grasp. As a chess piece in his hand, he will surely not let me die.” Donggong Qianxue’s heart settled like stone.

“Let’s begin,” Hua Wuhen smiled faintly. As his words fell, a single peach blossom silently wilted and drifted down from the tree in his hand.

“The falling peach blossom marks Hua Wuhen’s attack!” The crowd suddenly realized.

Yet, they sensed no attack whatsoever—only a single peach blossom had faded! Even Donggong Qianxue was bewildered to the extreme; she felt no harm at all. She quickly checked her body—everything was normal, leaving her utterly confused. “Hua Wuhen’s peach blossom shouldn’t be harmless. But where does its harm lie?”

At that moment, Prince Mo Shui of the Magnolia Sacred Kingdom struck. The eight golden flags floating around him transformed into eight beams of golden light, shooting rapidly toward Donggong Qianxue.

“Eternal moment!” he cried.

Boom!

The eight golden flags planted themselves in eight directions around Donggong Qianxue.

With a rush, the flags grew in the wind, swelling instantly into eight large golden banners fluttering grandly.

Immediately, all of Donggong Qianxue’s movements became incredibly slow.

“Damn… it…” Donggong Qianxue was shocked, cursing aloud, even her speech slowed dramatically.

In an instant, she understood: these eight sinister banners contained mighty laws of time. Within their sealed range, the flow of time slowed drastically.

“Ah, this Magnolia prince is formidable!” Hua Wuhen rejoiced, another peach blossom silently falling from his tree.

At the same time, Shi Gao and Gongzu Xingyong made their moves. Shi Gao threw his stone tower high into the air; in an instant, it expanded into a massive tower a hundred meters in diameter.

Rumble!

The enormous stone tower descended from the sky, bearing down on Donggong Qianxue below with overwhelming force, like a boundless ocean.

As the huge tower entered the domain sealed by the eight golden banners, its speed of suppression likewise slowed dramatically.

Meanwhile, the robust Gongzu Xingyong charged at Donggong Qianxue with his silver sword. In his hands, the sword shone with intense silver light, wild sword intent surging out, shaking the air around him.

Yet, as he entered the domain of the eight golden banners, his speed also slowed to a crawl.

“Kill!” Donggong Qianxue cried out, and endless flames surged from her massive phoenix body.

Her broad divine wings beat fiercely, striving with all her might to evade the stone tower’s suppression.

But her speed remained slow, though thankfully, the tower’s descent was equally sluggish.

“Boom!” The giant stone tower pressed down against her phoenix body, smashing onto the Black Ice Battle Platform, causing it to tremble.

At the same time, Gongzu Xingyong arrived, his silver sword swelling into a colossal blade tens of meters long, dazzling with silver light. The savage killing intent surged like a vast ocean.

Each of these four princes from the sacred kingdoms wielded extraordinary weapons.

“Cry—!” Donggong Qianxue let out a piercing call.

Phoenix song soars to the heavens!

She didn’t even glance at Gongzu Xingyong, who charged with his sword. Her broad seven-colored wings shook fiercely.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Countless phoenix feathers shot out, piercing toward Gongzu Xingyong.

He felt suffocated with terror, frantically swinging his massive silver sword to block.

Clang, clang, clang…

Every phoenix feather carried unparalleled power, striking the silver blade.

“Ah!” Gongzu Xingyong’s palms were instantly bloodied, causing him to scream in pain.

His arms went numb from the force, his chest nearly torn apart.

The power behind Donggong Qianxue’s attack was fearsome beyond imagination.

Had those phoenix feathers struck his body, they would have pierced him like a sieve in an instant.

“Damn it, Donggong Qianxue is terrifying. She truly deserves to possess the divine phoenix bloodline,” Gongzu Xingyong’s soul trembled.