Chapter 20: The Black Tidal Divine Fire

The Rock Giant, holding a gun in one hand, stared mightily at the cultivators of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Phoenix Alliance.
“You bunch of guys, since your formation is already set up, I’ll let you attack first. Otherwise, if I move first, you’ll all die—this fight would be too boring.” The Rock Giant pointed his gun directly at them and shouted.
Clearly, he had great confidence in his own strength.
Upon hearing the Rock Giant’s words, the cultivators of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Phoenix Alliance grew tense. They immediately flew together from both sides and unleashed the combined spell they had practiced earlier.
One was the spell “Heavenly Dragons Everywhere,” and the other was “Heavenly Fire to Clear the Land.”
The hundreds of powerful Heavenly Soul Demons from the Golden Dragon Alliance flew in, forming a twisted formation that resembled a dragon. When they cast spells using their magical artifacts, the spiritual entities contained within those spells formed a golden dragon that soared through the sky—appearing and disappearing suddenly before reaching the Rock Giant.
The hundreds of powerful Heavenly Soul Demons from the Phoenix Alliance activated their demonic energy, surrounded by flames, transforming into fierce firebirds that formed a flaming phoenix soaring through the heavens. As it flew, the entire space turned into a world of flames, filled with countless fiery spiritual entities. Then, this flaming phoenix rushed at the Rock Giant, unleashing an endless stream of world-destroying flames.
The power of these two spells was equivalent to that of ten powerful Heavenly Soul Demons combined—essentially, it was as if twenty such demons were attacking the Rock Giant at once.
Seeing the two spells approaching, the Rock Giant’s expression tightened. He hadn’t expected the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Phoenix Alliance to possess such powerful combined formations, and he became somewhat panicked.
However, having fully grasped the laws of earth, he still had enough strength to defend himself despite the danger.
“Roar! The stronger you are, the happier I am! Go ahead and unleash all your energy. Let’s see how strong my defense is—unshaken even by solid stone!” The Rock Giant shouted excitedly.
It had been millions of years since the Rock Giant had fought. Now, seeing the prowess of the cultivators from these two alliances, he became excited, wishing this battle could last millions of years until the next opening of the Ruins Divine Realm.
In an instant, the Rock Giant swung his Ground-Piercing Gun rapidly in front of him, creating countless huge rocks in the surrounding space. Each of those rocks had a spiritual essence—earthly spiritual entities. At least a thousand yellow rocks appeared in front of the Rock Giant, ready to withstand the attacks of the combined spells “Heavenly Dragons Everywhere” and “Heavenly Fire to Clear the Land.”

The elusive golden dragon and the ever-burning flame phoenix—each attack was blocked by the yellow boulder, with explosions echoing and the planet shaking. After a while, the cultivators of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Flame Phoenix Alliance quickly retreated behind the Dragon Emperor and the Flame Phoenix, gasping for breath. Clearly, the fierce clashes had put immense pressure on these powerful beings, causing significant loss of their spiritual energy. The rock giant put down his spear but remained as steady as a mountain, looking at the cultivators of both alliances with a disdainful expression. The Dragon Emperor and the Flame Phoenix felt anxious—even the combined power of twenty high-ranking Heavenly Soul Demons hadn’t harmed the rock giant, showing just how abnormally strong its defenses were. Yet, neither alliance could escape now, as they would be killed one by one by the rock giant. The situation seemed hopeless—either fleeing meant death or fighting meant death, leaving the cultivators of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Flame Phoenix Alliance in great distress. The rock giant looked down at the cultivators of both alliances and said calmly, “Do you still have any powerful attack formations? Use them quickly. Otherwise, when I act, you won’t even have the strength to resist, and that would be too boring.” Having not fought in a million years, the rock giant was trying every means to prolong the battle, encouraging the cultivators of both alliances to attack again in a friendly manner. Hearing this, the Dragon Emperor and the Flame Phoenix grew furious, their eyes bulging with rage. “Everyone in the Golden Dragon Alliance, prepare the Heavenly Dragon Patrol Formation!” “Everyone in the Flame Phoenix Alliance, prepare the Heavenly Fire Flower Formation!” In their anger, the Dragon Emperor and the Flame Phoenix issued orders to use another attack formation they had prepared over the past two years. The powerful cultivators of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Flame Phoenix Alliance immediately flew back into the air upon hearing their leaders’ commands and formed a formation. Hundreds of powerful Heavenly Soul Demon warriors from the Golden Dragon Alliance took out their magical artifacts and unleashed powerful spells. Their spiritual bodies merged once again to form a golden dragon that appeared out of nowhere in the sky. It roared loudly, glaring fiercely at the rock giant before suddenly flying forward and wrapping its entire body around it. Hundreds of powerful Heavenly Soul Demon warriors from the Flame Phoenix Alliance also took out their magical artifacts and jointly cast spells. Their fire-based spiritual bodies soared into the sky, merging to form another phoenix wreathed in blazing flames. With a screech, it flew in front of the rock giant and, together with the golden dragon, attacked its head.

This was the most important combined attack spell of the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Phoenix Alliance. Over the past two years, the two alliances had practiced it together thousands of times, achieving perfect coordination. Now, they brought these two spells to their ultimate potential—one for trapping and the other for attacking—as they launched a fierce assault on the Rock Giant.

The Rock Giant had been far too careless. It had assumed that the combined formation cast by the monks from the two alliances would be no more advanced than those two previous formations. It never expected that the spells this time would be so sudden and rapid, leaving it no time to react before it was entangled by the golden dragon.

Naturally, now the entire body of the Rock Giant was wrapped around by the golden dragon, preventing it from moving its arms freely, though it could still jump as usual. Meanwhile, the flaming phoenix above kept spewing fire, burning at the Rock Giant’s head and causing it great distress.

In moments, a large portion of the Rock Giant’s head was burned black by the flaming phoenix’s fire.

This completely enraged the Rock Giant.

“You bastards! You’ve dared to hurt me! I’ll show you my true power now—Total Destruction!” roared the Rock Giant in fury.

Suddenly, a layer of crystal-yellow divine energy appeared across the Rock Giant’s entire body, pushing the golden dragon away. At the same time, that layer of crystal-yellow divine energy surged forward, transforming into thousands of yellow swords—all made of earth spirit energy—which were fired densely at the flaming phoenix, which was still arrogantly spewing fire in the air.

The Rock Giant had unleashed its divine energy from within, destroying the golden dragon and reducing the flaming phoenix to pieces.

Clearly, even the strongest spells of the monks from the Golden Dragon Alliance and the Phoenix Alliance failed to deal a fatal blow to the Rock Giant. Instead, they suffered heavy losses of their own spiritual energy, leaving them with little ability to resist further.

Just as the Rock Giant repelled the warriors from the two alliances, the Dragon Emperor and the Phoenix suddenly acted at the same time.

The Dragon Emperor transformed back into his true form—a five-clawed golden dragon. Spanning thousands of miles, he held the divine weapon, the Dragon Stealing Claw, in his first claw and swung it fiercely from the air, striking straight at the Rock Giant’s head.

The Phoenix also returned to its true form, its body naturally emitting intense flames. Suddenly, it flew in front of the Rock Giant and unleashed a torrent of flames—flames of the Silent Ash Fire, a power only possessed by supreme demons. Upon closer inspection, a thread-like flame in black could be seen at the center of this Silent Ash Fire.

“Ah…”

Seeing the attacks from the Dragon Emperor and the Phoenix, the Rock Giant’s body trembled, and fear appeared in its eyes.

“You actually can spit out the Black Tide Divine Fire!” The rock giant’s body trembled with fear and anxiety. As a being who had once lived in the divine realm, the rock giant naturally understood divine fire, so how could he not be shocked upon seeing the phoenix spew divine fire? This Black Tide Divine Fire was a substance capable of harming his body. Attacked by the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Stealing Claws from above and also subjected to the phoenix’s divine fire, the rock giant was utterly helpless and could only react instinctively to dodge. In an instant, the Dragon Emperor swung down on the rock giant’s head, and his Dragon Stealing Claws carved a large hole in it. This strike slowed the rock giant down further, and the phoenix seized the opportunity to fly in front of his chest and spit out a blast of flame. The Black Tide Divine Fire, hidden within the Silent Ash Heavenly Fire, rushed straight into the rock giant’s body. “Ah…” The rock giant cried out in pain, wildly waving his arms in the air. With his right hand, he swung his Earth-Shattering Spear, summoning Earth Spirit Entities to block the Dragon Emperor and phoenix from continuing their attack. The Dragon Emperor’s attacks caused only minor injuries to the rock giant, as they did not touch his core. But the phoenix, born from the primordial spiritual fire and having reached the rank of Upper Heavenly Soul Demon Queen, possessed the ability to spit out the Black Tide Divine Fire—this kind of damage was fatal to the rock giant. At least, most of his strength was now destroyed inside his body. ※※※ In the skies above the planet, the Dimension Sphere, now reduced to dust, arrived in front of the rock giant and naturally entered his nose before further penetrating his body. The rock giant was unaware of any of this, and of course, the Dragon Emperor and phoenix noticed nothing either. Inside the Dimension Sphere, “Instrument God, this rock giant is truly foolish. He could have taken the initiative to cripple the Golden Dragon Alliance and Phoenix Alliance, but instead he let them attack first. Now he’s finally injured.” Qu Yi lay on a soft chair, speaking out in indignation. Instrument God, lying on a soft chair beside him, merely shifted slightly before lazily replying, “Well, now it’s going to be difficult for this rock giant to wipe out the cultivators of both alliances. Watch the timing—do you want to help the Golden Dragon Alliance and Phoenix Alliance get rid of this rock giant?” Qu Yi twisted his lips, forming a plan in his mind. Meanwhile, outside, the rock giant calmed down slightly before shouting coldly, “Although you’ve hurt me, I won’t give you another chance. You all must die.”