Horux commanded, "Change of plans, the thirty strongest Demon Monarchs come with me and attack the headmistress, send ten for each of the phoenix leaders, and the rest resist against the other sixth-ranked phoenixes. We will join all of you when the other groups or we deal with their target."
Meanwhile, Yasenia and the rest saw all of this unfolding from a safe distance, protected mainly by Anna, Eve, and Feng Guoshi in his phoenix form. Feng Guoshi hummed, "So three main battlefields, Tatyana's, our leaders', and the rest..."
Seeing thirty of those overpowering demons floating in front of Tatyana, Yasenia asked, frowning, "Will Mom be ok? Those are thirty Demon Monarchs, right?"
Anna and Eve floated beside her and patted her with gentle smiles. Anna said. "Look closely, young miss. Lady Tatyana will have to use some of her real strength to overcome this. This will be the first time Lady Tatyana uses her strength in public since she returned from the Ancient Tomb."
Yasenia and the rest were eager and scared to see Tatyana fight. However, they didn't know that not only Tatyana's fight but this whole event they were about to witness would change their perspective of the world and become one hurdle to overcome.
All the Transcendence level experts flew high into the air, almost disappearing from the sights of the cultivators below.
These actions marked the beginning of the battle of demons against phoenixes and the war in which Tatyana's might will become clear to the other powers.
Without waiting anymore, the two Kilometric Ice Phoenix leaders flapped and charged mercilessly toward the mass of lower-level demons with absurd speed, with the intent of destroying them.
However, as Horux commanded, twenty Demon Monarchs appeared in front of them, with weapons of various forms and sizes already out. Eira's and Boreas' eyes flashed coldly as they extended their giant wings, coming to an abrupt stop that seemed to break the laws of motion, "[Eternal Ice Age]."
They used their previous enormous momentum to channel the skill simultaneously and sent a titanic wave of Ice energy in front of them. The energy waves covered Hundreds of kilometers in width!
The Demons activated different defensive skills, creating shields, domes, walls, and other defensive measures in front of the army. Attack and defense collided in a catastrophic explosion that changed the surroundings.
However, the demons managed to stop the energy waves from decimating a big part of their army. Then they charged with their weapons toward Eira and Boreas.
Five of them raised their sword, summoning giant phantom fire and magma swords that dwarfed Eira and Boreas and lowered them, leaving only scorched air behind.
Eira and Boreas used their wing to slice toward them fearlessly while a domain expanded from them, enveloping the whole battlefield with a snowstorm. The wings and weapons collided, exploding violently, and making space tremble. The scorch marks disappeared instantly, showcasing the absurd regeneration factor of the phoenix race.
The other fifteen Demon Monarchs unfurled their scorching domains, fighting off against Boreas' and Eira's. Domains crashed, and they literally divided the entire battlefield, creating an area with a snowstorm behind the Phoenix and a burning landscape behind the Demon Monarchs.
Eira's voice echoed with a bone-chilling tone, "Now that greetings are exchanged, let's take it seriously. [Protection Of The Great Ice Phoenix Ancestor]." Eira's phoenix body became covered in crystal blue armor, giving her an imposing and profound presence, as stable as a mountain.
Boreas also used his own elemental coat. "[Offensive Of The Great Ice Phoenix Ancestor]" His wings started to burn with blue flames, and his presence became bigger manifold, washing over the Demon Monarchs.
The Demons weren't left behind as they summoned their advanced elemental coats, making their group's presence soar and become on par with the two peak-level phoenixes.
Eira and Boras initiated the assault, charging directly into the twenty Demons with their enormous body. The demons sent countless fire projectiles, and Eira flashed before Boreas, tanking all of them.
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*
The sky got engulfed with the scorching explosions, but right after, a titanic wind gale blew everything away, revealing Eira's pristine armor and body. Boreas didn't lose the chance and was already on top of the Demons, shrouding them with his shadow.
He flapped his wings, and a sky full of blue flames seemed to fall over the Demons. Most of them used defensive measures again, and Eira ignored Boreas' attack, charging directly in. *BANG!*
Eira rammed six Demon Monarchs, sending them flying hundred of kilometers backward. The ones that blocked Boreas' recent attack turned and used their skills, sending myriad phantom attacks toward her. *BOOM!*
Eira's giant body flew back, but she was practically unhurt, thanks to her resilient body and armor. Her regeneration kicked in before she even realized she had been hurt. With a single flap of her wings, she came to a stop and recovered. Then, she charged in again, her voice reverberating with battle intent. "THIS ONLY TICKLES ME, DEMONS!"
*BAAANG!*
Eira's giant body sent even more demons flying back with broken bones. This way, Eira harassed them from a melee range, and Boreas kept sending devastating attacks toward them. Then, they started moving at excessive speeds and clashed, making explosions reverberate around continuously.
The shockwaves were literally land-changing, but thankfully they fought high in the air, avoiding damage to the ground. Not because they were nature friendly, but because everyone feared retaliation from the heavens for destroying too much land.
Meanwhile, the place where the 55 ice phoenixes fought against the 50 Demon Monarchs was mainly dominated by the strength of the phoenixes.
Even if demons were stronger than their human or beast-human counterparts, they were attacking a high-ranking beast right now! Beasts are always stronger than their humanoid counterpart. However, they are always a lot less intelligent. Therefore, the battle is normally in favor of the humanoid cultivator.
However, this changes when they reach the Legendary realm (Sixth Rank) or are descendants of one Legendary beast. Their intelligence becomes as high as a humanoid's, yet their physical advantages remain. The only reason that beasts don't rule all the continents is that reaching the Legendary realm is very hard for beasts, not to mention further, because the tribulation is stronger than normal.
An explosion echoed around.
*BOOOM!*
High up in the sky, the two groups exchanged ice, fire, magma, and wind attacks. The attacks and defense were coordinated from both sides, only leaving some small apertures for the phoenixes to deal damage. One of the male Elders ordered, "Maintain them occupied! Let's see what they do when we deploy the battle formation!"
Unlike normal formations, battle formations needed people as a base. They could be used in battle after the ones doing it practiced it for a very long time. The effects were varied and could make a group's strength rise a lot.
However, the same as formations, it wasn't widely used in lower ranks because of the complexity. Not only do you need an extremely strong mind, but you must also memorize extremely delicate energy flows.
After some minutes of back and forth, the phoenixes managed to force most of the Demons to the middle of them, and that elder chanted, "Chilling the air and freezing the world unyieldingly. [Winter Ballade Battle Formation]!"
All the phoenixes' speed increased and moved into action, attacking the Demons that weren't still in the middle. Their giant bodies left the demons helpless and forced them to gather in the middle. However, the Succubus Queen leading the group didn't seem too preoccupied and ordered aloud, "Get out of the battle formation!"
However, the speed of the phoenixes increased yet again, and they became a blue blur that was speeding around them. The Demons gasped as they saw a titanic hurricane of wind, ice, and spatial energies surrounding them. Worse, from the vortex, countless attacks rained on them, creating an absolute death zone.
The demons instantly tried to charge outside the battle formation. But when they tried, they were tackled by the phoenixes inside of it again, receiving serious bludgeoning damage.
The Succubus Queen tsked and began giving orders, "Let's show these birds hell! Use the [Fire Demon Emperor formation]!"
They began putting themselves in position, but the phoenixes weren't letting them! The Succubus Queen looked toward one of the weaker Demon Kings and said mercilessly, "Buy time."
The Demon King didn't even blink as he charged toward the vortex without caring about anything else. When They were about to tackle him again, he smiled crazily and chanted, "[Self Explosion]!"
The Phoenix charging toward him, opened her eyes and placed her wings in the front, using all the defensive spells she could. Layers upon layers of ice covered the space between the demon and the Phoenix, but...
*BBBOOOOOOMM!!!!*
The demon inflated and exploded instantly, creating a giant fire sphere that consumed all the Phoenix defenses! The explosion landed on the Phoenix, her wings completely charred, and she was sent backward, crashing through the [Winter Ballade Battle Formation], destabilizing it.
In the time that the explosion rocked the formation, the remaining forty-nine Demon Monarch placed themselves, creating the outline of a winged humanoid creature, and unfurled their auras. The Succubus Queen chanted, "Show our foes your might, oh great Emperor, and consume the world with your burning rage! [Fire Demon Emperor formation]."
The auras of the Demons solidified, forming the creature's silhouette, and then their aura skyrocketed.
*BOOM!*
Their auras spread, filling the silhouette of a red phantom demon of 40km in height in the middle of the vortex. It had a pair of wings that dwarfed Eira and Boreas and wore an imposing black armor. Moreover, It held a 30km demonic red sword with a fire burning through the whole length, spreading scorching temperatures around.
The phoenixes accelerated even more, trying to damage the enormous demon that had just appeared. However, to the phoenixes' dismay, their attacks literally burnt before even reaching the giant demon! Then, the demon swung his sword, igniting the sky with it.
*WOOSH!*
*BOOOM!*
The enormous fire wave dispersed the hurricane, sending all Ice Phoenixes flying backward with badly burnt bodies. This was just a single sword swing! Nonetheless, this formation only left them to make three attacks with this strength. More than that, they would all die because of the backlash.
After the vortex was destroyed, sending the Phoenix flying hundreds of kilometers away. The Giant Demon disappeared and reappeared before the formation. Then, it swung its sword toward the blue dome at full strength.
Yasenia and the rest saw the enormous sword crashing against the formation with a giant explosion.
*BOOOOM!*
*CRRRACK!!*
The formation bent and cracked everywhere as the explosion shook the earth, opening fissures all around that spurted magma. The sword swing was so strong that the snowstorm created by Eira and Boreas completely dispersed around the Demon Emperor.
The phoenixes recovered fast and charged toward the giant demon fearlessly; they couldn't let that demon destroy the formation protecting the rest of the phoenixes!
However, their faces despaired because they weren't able to reach! All they could do was watch as the demon made a second swing at full strength!
*BOOOM!*
Another explosion occurred, rocking the world. But thankfully, it was completely absorbed by the formation before it was obliterated. Then, *CRASH!* The formation shattered like glass! It only could receive two sword strikes from the phantom Demon Emperor!
However, after those three strikes, the Demon Monarch couldn't maintain the battle formation any longer. The Succubus Queen smirked and said, "Channel all your energy; let's make the formation explode and cook some chickens!"
The demon began inflating, and the sixth-ranked phoenixes used that time window to appear before the unguarded mortal cultivators.
After ballooning, the demon burst into a catastrophic fire nova that consumed everything around it. The sky changed colors as the nova advanced, consuming the surroundings in a world of scorching flames!