At the same time, the Ice Phoenix Queen also fell into a violent state. Not long after, the hard ice scales
covering its body that kept on rising with the evil spirit quickly disintegrated. Without warning, they burst
out in all directions, causing havoc in the area.
These innumerable ice scales resembled small meteorites falling from the sky.
As a result, several pits were created on the ground right after they had landed and produced loud
booming sound. Many spirit manipulators failed to dodge the incoming shower, leaving them either
seriously injured or disabled after being hit. On the other hand, the ice scales that fell on the ground
quickly turned into ice demon shadows. As soon as that happened, they began to surge towards the
spirit manipulators led by Marcia and the Phoenix Master Clan members, preventing them from moving
further.
At that moment, a myriad of ice demon shadows sped into the crowd. Immediately, the shadows
exploded and transformed into overwhelming light, completely blending the identities of the enemies
and the allies.
Each of the ice demon shadows' explosion caused damage to at least ten meters around it. However,
there were countless ice demon shadows that exploded, which meant that it covered a range of at least
hundreds of meters around the Ice Phoenix Queen. In the blink of an eye, about forty spirit
manipulators were killed, while some members of the Phoenix Master Clan were severely injured from
the destructive force.
Not long after, the situation returned to total chaos as the demonic monsters took advantage of the
opportunity to move forward and destroy everything in their path as they approached the Ice Phoenix
Queen.
Despite Rocky being in charge of the whole situation, he knew he needed the help of the seasoned
leaders with him. Without hesitation, he asked the spirit manipulators, including Marcia, and Alyssa to
assemble another line of resistance in the fastest way they could. Judging from the current status, it
was difficult to stop the demonic monsters because the ice demon shadows that decomposed from the
Ice Phoenix Queen were like suicide attacks. Soon after, many demonic monsters approached the
most powerful ancient demonic beast. These demonic monsters transformed into broken souls and
merged with the ancient demonic beast inside Ice Phoenix Queen's body.
As the merging of the broken souls deepened, the queen's demonic nature became stronger with every
passing second.
Without warning, the queen opened its mouth, and a beam of breathtaking spiritual power came out of
it. Immediately, it swept towards the spirit manipulators and the members of the Phoenix Master Clan
like a huge tsunami. At once, more people were killed and suffered tremendous injuries from the blast.
Rocky's eyes turned cold, and Felicia's face turned as gloomy as dark clouds upon witnessing such a
horrific scene. In fact, she found it so heartbreaking because the spirit manipulators that she brought
with her were almost the elites of the Magic Phoenix Empire, the Holy Dragon Empire, and the Timber
Deity Empire. She had believed that the team was already unbeatable in the face of the Ice Phoenix
Queen, but she could never be more wrong at that moment. Sadly, the combined strength of their
forces turned out to be so minuscule and vulnerable compared to the power of the possessed queen.
Of course, it was known that the ancient demonic beasts treated the spiritual race beings as their
source of food since the emergence of the spiritual race. Therefore, there was no doubt that those
beasts were extremely powerful. And now, the one possessing the Ice Phoenix Queen's body was the
most powerful ancient demonic beast at that time. It was no wonder why Rocky and his team were
suffering great losses.
Not only the elites of the human beings, those members of the Phoenix Master Clan who fought that
day were also shocked and turned deathly pale upon seeing the dreadful aftermath of the demonic
beast' attacks.
However, at that time, the main purpose of Rocky and the others was to buy themselves some time
and wait for the Phoenix Master Clan's reinforcements.
As time went by, the casualties became heavier, with more and more warriors getting killed from one
explosion after another. In fact, the front line blocking the demonic monsters also fell apart under the
violent impact of the ice demon shadows and demonic monsters. Soon after, the whole situation
became very serious.
Moreover, those broken souls of the demonic monsters which were unable to be completely destroyed
quickly possessed many of the spirit manipulators, turning them into demonic monsters as well.
Rocky saw this and thought that if the situation went on like this, more and more of their remaining
spirit manipulators, who were only less than a hundred, would transform into demonic monsters in a
short time.
Clenching his fists in frustration, he turned to Felicia and said, "Preceptor Felicia, we can't go on like
this. When will the reinforcements of the Phoenix Master Clan arrive?"
"I am not certain, but I think they are already on the way." Felicia shook her head in dismay.
"How about this way? Let's pull back all the spirit manipulators below the Supernal Stage!" Rocky said
with absolute certainty. He knew that the spirit manipulators below the Supernal Stage were of no use
in the current situation they were in. In addition, if they continued to fight, they might be possessed by
the broken souls at any time and contribute to the increasing number of enemies that they would have
to suppress. That was why he thought that it was wise to withdraw the spirit manipulators below the
Supernal Stage to preserve their fighting power.
Felicia hesitated for a moment after hearing Rocky's idea. After understanding what Rocky had meant,
she immediately ordered the troops to withdraw the spirit manipulators below the Supernal Stage of the
Magic Phoenix Empire. Meanwhile, Rocky also asked Marcia and Alyssa to withdraw such spirit
manipulators of their respective empires, leaving only a few spirit manipulators at the Supernal Stage
and the Divine Stage, as well as some members of the Phoenix Master Clan to continue fighting.
After most of the spirit manipulators were withdrawn, those monsters quickly moved forward to the Ice
Phoenix Queen.
Those who stayed fighting had no other choice but to narrow their interception line again.
Rocky at once moved towards Marcia and the others and stood by their side.
"I think it is best to attack them when they get close..." Rocky immediately suggested to his team.
Then, his team members kept retreating. Soon after, more than a hundred demonic monsters swarmed
from all directions, instantly surrounding the Ice Phoenix Queen.
"Attack!" Rocky commanded.
All at once, Marcia and the others launched attacks simultaneously. They fired all kinds of shocking
spiritual martial arts and secret skills of the spiritual race as they attacked the dense mass of demonic
beasts. Also, more than twenty spirit-manipulated beasts from the five-star to seven-star at the fifth to
seventh grade rushed into the group of demonic beasts and launched their deadly attacks!
Despite their lack of warriors, it was easy to cause large-scale destruction to the demonic monsters
because of their assembly.
However, there were also many monsters that exploded into broken souls that flew into the air and
gathered towards the Ice Phoenix Queen before being killed by the team.
Uriah quickly burst out infinite fire chains, like whips that crazily threw the broken souls flying in the air
and burning them up into ashes.
But the battle did not last long, because the Ice Phoenix Queen shook off the ice scales on its body
again. Immediately, an overwhelming demon light covered an area of hundreds of meters around it,
forcing Rocky and the others to fly back.
Just when they thought they could no longer stop those monsters, their eyes lay on the hundreds of
figures that flew hastily in the sky. Like a display of fireworks, the astonishing auras of the spiritual race
pervaded the entire sky.
"Look! Here they are." Felicia immediately showed a trace of joy upon seeing the reinforcements arrive.
Rocky and the others, who had just been forced back by the Ice Phoenix Queen, also shared the same
feeling as Felicia.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of figures from the Phoenix Master Clan led by their matriarch, Jill,
started to approach them. These hundreds of figures were comprised of many high-level spiritual
slaves, a dozen of ordinary spiritual beings, and eight spiritual masters, including Jill and three elders
that Rocky was familiar with.
The Phoenix Master Clan showed great efforts as they launched their full force in the time of need.
Without a doubt, they had put importance to stop this catastrophe.
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