Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor
chapter-1003

1003 Bloodline Rematch (I)

Huo Fenghuang's face changed as she realized the sheer speed of that attack⌜€“it was impossible to dodge. However, as a battle-tested former Heaven Chosen, she made the best decision in this situation.

[Frozen Time]

She immediately combined the Sovereign Water Law with her Phoenix Bloodline, turning into the legendary Blue Phoenix⌜€“a rare creature whose natural element was not fire but ice.

In a moment, Huo Fenghuang froze time with the power of ice. She successfully stopped the breath attack with this act, but it was only for less than an attosecond. After all, the power of time was nothing before chaos⌜€“at least in this confrontation.

Huo Fenghuang took this opportunity to evade while immediately entering the Five Sacred Beast Transformation. However, her body parts did not morph into different creature parts. Instead, she had tattoos of the five creatures scattered throughout her beautiful, creamy skin.

The natural noble aura she emanated drastically increased. Anyone who gazed at her would think she was the most blessed woman, no, sentient being between Heaven and Earth.

Ao Shen was aggressive, anticipating her movement. After escaping his breath, his massive dragon tail swung down on her with a force capable of devastating a Heaven Will World without World Source.

Huo Fenghuang remained calm despite the overwhelming shadow that eclipsed her small body. She raised her small hand and punched the tail. The dragon tattoo on her body lit up, and immediately, her two hands were no longer ordinary⌜€“they were also the tail of a mighty dragon.

Boom!

Their clash generated a powerful wave that should have eradicated all life, matter, energy, and space-time. Luckily, they were in an endless void with nothing in sight.

Huo Fenghuang took hundreds of steps backward in the void, leaving space cracks as imprints.

Surprise flashed in her eyes before focusing. She was not about to lose this battle, so she adopted a more aggressive side as well.

[Ice-Fire Heaven Destruction]

Two Sacred Beast Phantoms materialized behind her: a blue and red Phoenix. Huo Fenghuang pointed her finger to release a terrifying flame and ice. Ao Shen felt the danger and reacted.

[World of Chaos]

He instantly created a large universe or world with only the terrifying corrosive power of Chaos; this technique was Domain-based, but he did not surround his opponent⌜€“he used it instead to protect him. Sadly, his attempt was useless, only buying him a moment to react.

Huo Fenghuang's flame and ice were devastating.

The ice would freeze the chaos while the flame burned, showing how she pushed these two basic Daos to the pinnacle. In a very short period, short even for these beings who operate on a conceptual level, the Chaos World was annihilated by the Yin-Yang rotation of ice and fire.

Ao Shen's massive body rushed out of his universe, but Huo Fenghuang would not pass this opportunity. She was prepared to encase him in a world of ice, sealing him before negotiating the terms of his release.

The method of transitioning from a Primarch into a Great Emperor was something she could not pass on. After months of searching and divining, they finally found it, so how could she easily let it go?

Unfortunately, before she acted, her Heavenly Eye Technique saw something and paused⌜€“it was a fake, and she was too late since even her Divine Sense did not detect any movement. As expected, Ao Shen appeared behind her with the power of shadow and immediately tried to claw her to death.

His attack was simple yet deadly. He concentrated a massive amount of Chaos Power into sharpening his claws, heading directly for the head. Furthermore, he pushed his Law Will to his maximum, trying to inflict heavy injuries.

At that moment, before the attack reached its target, Huo Fenghuang showed her Battle IQ. She knew it was impossible to block or neutralize that attack completely. So, since she was bound to get hurt, it was better for her to do it since that's easier to heal.

Plus, she can do some damage in the process.

[Phoenix's Wrath]

Boom!

She exploded herself, dying in a blaze of glory. A colossal ball of flame appeared where she once stood before erupting into a fire wave that burned everything in its path. This attack stopped Ao Shen's claw for less than an attosecond before all the flames were extinguished, returning to a state of chaos.

However, Huo Fenghuang's new body had already materialized in the distance without a scratch on.

"You're a lot better since our last battle." Ao Shen's mighty and proud voice echoed in the emptiness.

"I should be the one saying this to you," replied Huo Fenghuang.

"Let's see who has improved the most since that fight."

[Void Dragon]

Ao Shen used his Chaos Bloodline to imitate one of the most powerful Chaos Lifeforms⌜€“the Void Dragon. His body blended in the space, in the surrounding nothingness, without any issue. The best part is Huo Fenghuang could not see him even with her Heavenly Eye.

Despite the situation, Huo Fenghuang remained calm. All her senses⌜€“including super intuition were useless⌜€“but it did not matter. She calmly closed her eyes and waited.

Swish!

A tall came out of nowhere, acting like the precision tool of a scorpion assassin: it was fast, accurate, and deadly. Oddly, though, this attack was futile. Huo Fenghuang calmly evaded with her eyes still closed.

'Luck Dao? Damn it,' thought Ao Shen as he realized what she did. She realized it was purely on luck or control of probability to evade his sneak attack. Ao Shen reacted swiftly as he secretly mobilized an Anti-Probability Field around his tail, trying to negate her Dao.

Unfortunately, his attempt failed. Huo Fenghuang's understanding and application of Luck Dao was way above Ao Shen's mimicry, which used Chaos Dao as the base.

'I need to change tactics,' he thought as a new idea flashed in his mind. Chaos itself is a statistical anomaly. What is the probability that Chaos will be born out of nothingness? What is the probability that life will be born out of the disorder and destructive nature of Chaos?

Infinitesimally Small.

Boom!

With this idea as a core, Ao Shen's Probability Manipulation reached a new level. His tail stroked Huo Fenghuang, sending her flying away with blood scattered in this Void Battlefield.

'It's a shame,' thought Ao Shen. Although he injured her, he did not inject his Law Will inside her body. However, he did not care because she was not an Eternal, so her healing speed⌜€“even with the Phoenix Bloodline⌜€“would be slow, especially after the previous rebirth.

Ao Shen continued his Assassin-type Mode of Combat, hiding in the void while launching devastating attacks. Huo Fenghuang acted swiftly after the first injury, encasing herself in a Yin-Yang Shield.

Boom!

Huo Fenghuang flew in the distance for a second time. Her shield blocked the first few attacks, but this was nothing but a distraction. Ao Shen's next attack bypassed her defense like it was intangible and reached her. If not for the strength of her fleshly body, her injuries would have been worse.

'I need to buy time to heal,' summarized Huo Fenghuang. Unlike Eternals, who need to have Dao Will to prevent their natural healing, Primarchs' regeneration is subpar regarding battles of the same realm.

Numerous thoughts flashed in Huo Fenghuang's mind as she constantly moved to prevent her enemy from pinpointing her location. However, such a tactic only worked for under 2 seconds after she stopped her momentum from flying away.

'The power of karma?' She analyzed why Ao Shen's attack always reached her. Luckily, the few seconds under enormous pressure were more than enough to come up with a counterattack plan.

A new shield surrounded her, but it was nothing compared to the previous one⌜€“a fact Ao Shen soon discovered as the same tactic failed.

'The Power of Sovereign?' thought Ao Shen as he looked at his opponent's change in aura or atmosphere.

'She took the Sovereign part of her Water Dao and used it as a Dao. As a ruler, she has the right to reject anything in proximity to her that is harmful⌜€“including my attacks. Clever, but that's not enough to stop.'

Yin and Yang are the main themes of the universe, so since there is a Sovereign or Ruler Dao, there is also Rebellion Dao, which involves revolting against everything between Heaven and Earth⌜€“including a supreme ruler.

However, Ao Shen soon frowned; the process of evolving his Chaos Law into Rebellion Law was extremely low by the standard of this intense battle. This fact made sense since he did not have any previous bloodline as a base but had to evolve it naturally through his ability and understanding.

Ao Shen immediately abandoned this tactic since it wasted so much time and was not ideal for this battle. However, it was already too late.

[Yin-Yang Reversal]

An enormous Yin-Yang Symbol appeared in the Void Battlefield, and before Ao Shen could react, he exited his Void Assimilation State. With the reversal of Yin to Yang and Yang to Yin, his "hidden" state turned into a "revealing" state, canceling his technique.

'Damn it,' cussed Ao Shen as he reacted as fast as he could. He made the best choice in the situation, using a small portion of the Power of Nothingness in this place to enter a state of Intangibility. He saw how Wang Wei used it in the Battle Tower and learned from it.

Sadly, it was too late.

[Dragon Slaughtering]

Huo Fenghuang's sword has already pierced his mighty scale, drawing blood. The worst part was that her Slaughter Dao Technique targeted the very concept of dragons, thus critically damaging him.