Chapter 3163: The Zither Strings as a Net
However, the appearance of the pressure seemed to make the phoenix realise danger was rapidly approaching, which immediately made it even more violent and restless. It produced clear cries again and again, containing a sense of urgency.
Its desperation to flee intensified. In the beginning, when it first faced the Rain Abbess and Mo Tianyun that blocked its path, the phoenix would still strike resolutely and launch attacks of fury.
But now, it completely stopped bothering with attacking the Rain Abbess and Mo Tianyun. Instead, it darted about, only wanting to escape.
The Chaotic Force from the fused swords made it experience an unprecedented sense of danger. The power filled with destruction made its heart tremble. It left it afraid.
Out of its instincts, all it wanted to do was escape from here.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
The rumbles of exploding energy constantly erupted from the phoenix. Mo Tianyun and the Rain Abbess powerful attacks slammed against it mercilessly, directly blasting the phoenixs fine feathers to pieces and leaving behind bloody holes, together with some bone-deep wounds.
However, against a phoenix that only wanted to flee, even Mo Tianyun and the Rain Abbess struggled to stop it when they worked together. Even when they used their full strength to stop it, the phoenix gradually travelled further away.
Their battlefield was drifting away.
They could move with the phoenix, but Jian Chen who was charging up the attack could not move. He could only remain exactly where he was.
By now, it had already been forty-five seconds since he began charging up, but it was still not over!
However, the phoenix was travelling further and further away. Gradually, it was leaving the range of Jian Chens senses.
Once it left this range, Jian Chen would completely lose his target. Even if he completed the fusion, he had nothing to attack.
At this moment, the Zither of the Demonic Cry in Shangguan Muers arms suddenly hovered in the air. Shangguan Muer was stern as she formed various seals before suddenly pointing at the Zither of the Demonic Cry.
Thrum!
With that, the Zither of the Demonic Cry immediately produced a deep sound. Eighteen of the thirty-six strings suddenly trembled violently.
In the next moment, the eighteen strings abruptly broke free from the zither, turning into eighteen fine threads that flew through the air, weaving into a great net that drifted towards the phoenix.
Along the way, every single string lengthened and expanded, such that the net grew larger and larger until it filled the entire sky!
The Rain Abbess reached out and space pulsed. The net woven from the eighteen strings of the Zither of the Demonic Cry immediately appeared in her hands.
With a wave of her hands, an extremely powerful ripple of space spread out from her. The net in her hands had already enveloped the phoenix before anyone had noticed.
The net that seemed to be able to fill the entire sky seemed to become a sturdy prison, sealing off all paths of retreat and keeping the phoenix trapped in there firmly.
The phoenix began to struggle desperately, flapping its huge wings as its energy erupted. All of it was to get away from here.
As a result, it actually dragged the entire net with it as it quickly fled into the distance.
The Rain Abbess was stern. She gripped a corner of the net firmly with her jade-white hands. As the powers of space pulsed, she circled around the phoenix several times at an unbelievable speed, rapidly shrinking the range of the net and decreasing the space the phoenix could move around in.
Afterwards, she gripped the net with both hands. The power of her cultivation surged forth without holding back at all, dragging the net towards Jian Chen.
Mo Tianyun also appeared beside her. His forceful hands grabbed the net firmly as his cultivation erupted, working with the Rain Abbess to trap the phoenix before dragging it over from the distance.
The phoenix struggled desperately in the net. It roared with golden flames as it erupted with terrifying power, completely unleashing its strength at the Eighth or Ninth Heavenly Layer. It was trying to break free from the net.
However, every single thread that composed the net came from the strings of the Zither of the Demonic Cry. With how tough the Zither of the Demonic Cry was, even Ninth Heavenly Layer Grand Primes from the Saints World that grasped the ways and were skilled in various powerful secret techniques would struggle to destroy it.
The phoenix here only possessed strength between the Eighth and the Ninth Heavenly Layer, and it could not utilise any laws.
It was very powerful, but it was nowhere near enough to snap the strings of the Zither of the Demonic Cry.
Of course, if Shangguan Muer were controlling the net, it would obviously be impossible for her to restrain the phoenix with her strength. The phoenix probably only needed a gentle shudder to heavily injure or even directly kill any Infinite Prime.
But right now, the ones controlling the net were the Rain Abbess and Mo Tianyun!
Mo Tianyuns hands that gripped the net produced the screeching of metal. It was extremely jarring to the ear.
His body was particularly powerful and his arms were filled with force, countless times tougher than steel and absolutely indestructible.
Compared to Mo Tianyun, the Rain Abbess was slightly worse. Her slender hands that were enveloped in energy had already begun to seep with blood.
The zither string was far too tough and far too tenacious. It was sharp like knives. It could pierce the energy around the Rain Abbesss hands and dig deeply into her flesh.
However, the Rain Abbess completely disregarded this. Working together with Mo Tianyun, they kept the phoenix firmly trapped in the net woven from zither strings, such that it was immobilised.
For a moment, the restraints around the phoenix only became tighter and tighter. There was no way for it to escape now.
By now, it had already been an entire minute since Jian Chen fused the swords.
Jian Chen finally completed the fusion. The Chaotic Force filled with a destructive presence condensed into a colossal strand of black sword Qi, slashing through the air as he swung his hands!
Immediately, the world seemed to wilt as everything fell into silence. When the sword Qi slashed down, darkness swallowed the entire world. The Xuanhuang Microcosm lost all of its original colour.
The sword Qi that fell through the air became the only thing left in the entire world!
This was a great power that surpassed all life. There were no abilities, laws, or orders that could restrain it in any way or form.
Sensing the surging power of the sword Qi, even Mo Tianyun and the Rain Abbess could not help but change in expression.
Before they had entered the Xuanhuang Microcosm, the two of them had already witnessed the power after the two swords had fused, but they could tell that the Chaotic Force Jian Chen had produced now had far surpassed back then.
Retreat! Mo Tianyun yelled out. The Rain Abbess and he immediately retreated into the distance. At the same time, the Rain Abesss immediately took away the giant net woven from the zither strings.