The first to make a move was Huo Poyun.
He raised his hand, and a small ball of fire condensed on it.
[Seventh Stage: Yellow Spring Ashes]
An invisible domain instantly covered Caiyi and Xue'er inside it as small butterflies made of fire appeared all around them.
They looked harmless and beautiful, like snowflakes gently flying in the air, but Caiyi knew otherwise.
As someone who had received a complete version of the Golden Crow's Record of the Burning World and had learned directly under the leadership of the Golden Crow herself, she knew these fire-made butterflies were anything but harmless.
The moment they touched someone's body, these butterflies would use the profound energy of the touched participant to expand rapidly before engulfing them in fire, burning them to ashes.
Dodging them was almost impossible unless one exited the domain itself.
"Your understanding of the Golden Crow's Record of the Burning World is not bad," Caiyi praised.
Her crimson eyes stared at the flying butterfly before she smirked.
"But compared to this empress, it's still lacking!"
Huo Poyun's eyes widened.
Caiyi's hand blurred as she slashed.
An invisible sword intent was released, effectively cutting the domain open, instantly rendering it useless.
The flying butterflies burst into small fire crackles, like smoke dust, and vanished into the air.
"Amazing…" Huo Poyun praised aloud. "Despite having strength weaker than me by a whole great realm, yet able to break my domain forcefully… This is the first time I have met someone like you. Simply amazing."
He didn't shy away from praising Caiyi. A small smile appeared on his face.
"But if you think that's enough to defeat me, then you are severely mistaken."
Caiyi's eyes narrowed.
She stared at the huge golden sword above Poyun's head.
"The domain provided me enough time to use this."
Huo Poyun pointed his finger towards Caiyi and smiled excitedly.
"Please show me more of what you can do!"
As the disciple of the sect master of The Golden Crow Sect and the most talented person in the whole Flame God Realm, Poyun had never met anyone who could compete with him based on a pure understanding of Fire Law.
Now, meeting Caiyi and seeing her gracefully render his domain useless with a single skill, he was even more excited.
The battle was not based on strength or realm anymore, but on pure understanding of Fire Laws.
From the start, Poyun knew that Caiyi could not defeat him based on the difference in their strengths.
Hence he decided to have the battle based on their comprehension and understanding of the Fire Laws.
Otherwise, there would be no point in this fight.
At least, that's what he thought.
What he didn't know was that even if he used his whole strength, Caiyi, as someone given skills by her husband and trained by a Divine Beast, could easily jump a great realm!
[Fifth Stage: Golden Annihilation!]
It was the same art that Yun Che had used before, but instead of using Golden Crow's flames, he used the Blue Flames instead.
Now Huo Poyun used the same art, the strongest art within the first five stages of the Burning World.
It collected the fire into a single line, highly increasing its destructive capabilities.
The sword flew in a straight line, leaving behind a trail of golden crow flames, and instantly reached Caiyi.
Caiyi smirked.
Her hand holding the sword was raised again.
If one looked closely, they would realize that the blade of the sword was madly vibrating.
The tip of the blade had changed its color and turned black.
[Eight Stage: Blazing Sunray]
She thrusted her sword at the incoming huge sword.
Oommm—A loud shockwave sounded, and the Golden Annihilation of Huo Poyun burst open.
The moment the tip of Caiyi's sword touched it, it instantly destroyed the Golden Annihilation of Poyun!
Once again, an amazed expression appeared on Poyun's face.
"Blazing Sunray… It's the first time I have seen someone using it except me!"
Of course, this did not include the old generation.
He was talking about his generation; in it, no one had mastered Golden Crow's legacy as well as he had done.
Blazing Sunray, unlike the Golden Annihilation, gathered all Golden Crow's flames into a single point.
Due to the high condensation of the Golden Crow's flames at a single point, its destructive attribute was raised to an unimaginable level.
The moment someone or something was touched by it, it would instantly vanish from the world.
That was how destructive this art was.
Of course, its destruction was highly dependent on its user's strength.
Its might was obviously different for people in different realms.
Even then, Caiyi could have easily destroyed a small star realm with it.
"Anything else you want to show this empress?"
Caiyi's mood also seemed to have improved.
In these past months, she has been bullied by the Golden Crow and Phoenix.
She finally met someone who she could bully. It really made her excited.
Poyun took a deep breath, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Then let's use your strongest attack! Our highest understanding of the Golden Crow's legacy!"
"Oh." A surprise appeared on Caiyi's face as a huge sun appeared in the sky.
Compared to the size of the Flame God Realm or even God Burying Inferno Prison, it wasn't even close to it, yet the heat it released and the destructive power it held could easily destroy a small star realm.
"This is my highest understanding of the Golden Crow's legacy. According to my master, no one has ever reached this stage in the history of the Flame God Realm at my age! I hope you can take it, Miss Caiyi!"
"It is indeed surprising."
As someone given the skill by Yun Che, Caiyi could obviously use the Golden Crow's legacy to half of its original potential.
Even then, she understood the difficulty of comprehending it.
She has been training under the Golden Crow for months now, and even she found it difficult to display the full might of the Golden Crow Art.
She was indeed impressed to find someone who was able to comprehend Golden Crow's Art to this extent without anyone's help.
But—
"It is impressive, but that's all. Compared to Yun Che, it's nothing special."
As someone who has seen the horror of Yun Che's comprehension, Caiyi didn't regard Poyun as anyone special.
She has seen someone comprehending the whole of Golden Crow's Record of the Burning World instantly after all!
"Take this! Tenth Stage: Nine Suns Heaven's Fury!"
"Humph."
Caiyi raised her hand towards the sky. Instantly, six suns formed.
Compared to Poyun's one sun, they looked incredibly dazzling and blinding.
"What!?" Poyun screamed, his face full of disbelief and astonishment.
"Didn't I tell you? It's not that impressive. Tenth Stage: Nine Suns Heaven's Fury!"
A blinding light instantly covered the radius of hundreds of miles, gathering the attention of everyone.
"What is going on?!" Huo Rulie screamed.
Without waiting a second, he flew towards the origin of the light.
The other sect masters also looked at each other, amazed, and followed after Huo Rulie.
In a second, they appeared above the source of the light.
Huo Rulie's eyes widened, and he shouted.
"Ying'er!"
Poyun lay on the ground motionless, his whole body burned and black.
His hair was burnt from different places, and his upper body clothes had completely vanished.
Clearly, at the last second, Caiyi held back so as not to kill him.
Otherwise, with the might of her attack, not even ashes would have remained of Huo Poyun.
"This…" Yan Wancang looked amazed. He turned his head towards Caiyi, and his pupils contracted.
"That—!?"
"You little girl! You dared to attack my disciple!" Huo Rulie, who saw the sorry state of Huo Poyun, instantly exploded in anger.
He had already lost his son, and had put all his hopes on Poyun.
Now seeing his state, he instantly lost his mind and attacked Caiyi.
"Sister Caiyi!" Xue'er's face became grave, but compared to the speed of someone in Divine Sovereign, she obviously couldn't reach her.
"Rulie, wait!" Wancang also shouted, but Rulie didn't seem to listen to anyone and punched Caiyi.
Caiyi's eyes widened, and in the nick of time, she raised her sword and blocked Rulie's punch.
Boom—A loud blast detonated, and Caiyi flew through the air.
The punch of a Divine Sovereign was too much for her.
Her body, like a broken kite, flew through the air before hitting a mountain in the distance.
"Sister Caiyi!"
"Cough cough…" A mouthful of blood leaked from Caiyi's face, yet, she was alright.
"She tanked Brother Rulie's attack?!" Wancang and Mingxuan shouted at the same time.
One must know, the difference between Huo Rulie and Caiyi was like heaven and earth.
Rulie could kill people at Caiyi's level with a sneeze, yet she was able to tank his punch.
The astonishment that the three sect masters felt was immeasurable!
"You bastard… Dared to attack this empress from behind…" Caiyi's eyes burned with fury when she looked at Rulie.
Killing intent and bloodlust instantly filled the surroundings.
If not for the resistances that Yun Che had given her, she would have been dead meat right now!
The three sect masters' bodies instantly froze. The aura that Caiyi was releasing right now made them feel like they stood in front of Xuanyin!
Cold and ruthless, as if she didn't put the world in her eyes. Everything was beneath her.
"Humph! So what if she survived. Dare to attack my disciple, even if your master shows up today, I must avenge him!"
"Oh, who wants to avenge a roadside pig and hurt this noble one's heir?"
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