The blood cocoon was neutralized by the blue light, and now the two were back to the previous standoff.
In Zhang Rongfang’s eyes, blood flames burned, not genuine flames, but blood with a fluorescent glow swirling in his pupils.
He fixed his gaze on the current Holy Inspector.
"If I’m not mistaken."
He paused, standing dozens of meters away from his opponent, and started gathering blood clouds again.
"Your number of resurrections should be limited, right?"
The Holy Inspector’s face was solemn. At this moment, the look in his eyes was entirely different from before when he looked at Zhang Rongfang.
"I admit, I underestimated you...." he said softly. "You’re more dangerous than your mentor...."
"Initially, I just regarded you as a small trouble capable of only minor disturbances. But now it seems, I was wrong...."
The Holy Inspector glanced at Yue Dewen in the distance, who had already recovered as before.
Although his spiritual and mental wounds couldn’t be healed, at least his physical injuries were repaired, and over time, he’d gradually regain physical replenishment.
His spirit would also gradually mend.
So Yue Dewen’s life was saved.
"How fortunate...." sighed the Holy Inspector. His gaze returned once more to Zhang Rongfang.
"You guessed right. My rebirth, called Nine Phoenix Nirvana, is an ultimate skill I created based on the true essence of the mythical phoenix.
It’s one of the core seals of the Grand Circulation Nine Phoenix Sacred Spirit Skill."
"This seal, in its final form, can be used nine times every ninety years. Which is to say, one nirvana opportunity renews every ten years.
And now, your teacher has killed me four times, and you’ve killed me once. That’s five times. Only four chances remain, but unfortunately, your opportunity is gone."
The Holy Inspector sighed once again.
"Four times, huh?" Zhang Rongfang’s expression calmed down.
He raised a hand to the sky.
The blood clouds in the sky began to slowly revolve around the three of them, forming a massive vortex.
"Then let’s go again!!"
Swoosh!!
His figure vanished from its original position.
In an instant, he appeared around the Holy Inspector, four Zhang Rongfang phantoms simultaneously striking forward.
The Holy Inspector was about to block, but darkness fell all around again, with a blood cocoon appearing out of nowhere, once more neutralizing his momentum.
A moment ago, the perceptive awareness was keen and seamless, but now it plunged into absolute darkness.
Whoosh!
The blood cocoon shattered, yet none of Zhang Rongfang’s attacks approached.
Instead, there was just more of the dense, surging blood.
An overwhelming Blood River kept transforming from the blood clouds, forming a huge vortex, sweeping through the center where the Holy Inspector stood.
The power of the Holy Inspector, combined with the divine force represented by the Celestial Blood, was manifesting as blue light spots, fiercely counteracting, and eroding the surrounding blood.
This was strikingly similar to the technique Yue Dewen had used against him before! Except the blood’s erosion effect wasn’t as powerful as Yue Dewen’s grandeur.
The Holy Inspector’s heart froze, and he swiftly retreated, trying to escape the surrounding blood.
But instantly, a tremendous force collided violently from behind.
He retaliated with a punch. The enormous power successfully pushed back the attacking Zhang Rongfang from behind.
Yet this moment of obstruction also caused his retreating figure to be blocked again.
The blood was constantly corroding the surrounding blue light.
The Holy Inspector repeatedly tried to break through, only to be forcibly stopped by Zhang Rongfang’s overwhelming speed.
The two were at an impasse at the ruins, neither able to escape the other’s clutches.
The Holy Inspector clearly suffered due to his deficiency in speed; though he was powerful, his speed was far inferior to Zhang Rongfang, dragging him into the Blood Cloud and Blood River, constantly eroding away his power.
And if the moment he chose to focus on countering the surrounding blood, Zhang Rongfang would suddenly pull off a surprise attack.
Using the blood cocoon to cut off the senses momentarily, coupled with the blood forming phantoms to deceive the senses, then driving the Blood River to follow.
He was forcibly tugged into the Blood River and Blood Cloud by Zhang Rongfang.
Finally.
Several minutes later.
A burst of blue light exploded suddenly.
The Holy Inspector underwent Nirvana again.
This was the sixth time.
The rapidly reassembled Holy Inspector didn’t move, standing his ground while guarding, fully gathering blue light spots to resist the blood.
"Since you want a direct confrontation, I’ll accompany you to the end! I want to see how long your momentum can last!" The Holy Inspector’s expression was more serious than ever.
To have died six times, even during the last communion of heaven and earth, he hadn’t faced such a predicament.
And now, it was accomplished by Yue Dewen’s apprentices!
Zhang Rongfang remained silent, fully exerting the Blood Summon, constantly converting the surrounding Essence Qi into blood.
At this time Yue Dewen had already retreated further, watching the duel from the spire of a Snow Rainbow Pavilion temple.
The blood cloud had replaced his dominant white cloud, drowning the entire Snow Rainbow Pavilion.
And had formed a gigantic vortex revolving around the two at the center.
"This kid.... suddenly became so strong!?" Yue Dewen suddenly felt all his previous sufferings were in vain.
If he had known the apprentice was so capable, why did he need to risk so much?
Wouldn’t it be better to just lie back and enjoy life?
After all, whenever issues arose, his apprentice could handle them.
Yue Dewen watched with increasingly mixed emotions.
Boom!!
Suddenly, at the center of the blood cloud vortex, another blast of blue light erupted.
The seventh time!
The Holy Inspector died again.
"It seems.... the outcome is decided." Yue Dewen sighed slightly.
This tactic, despite being somewhat helpless, demonstrated the power of quantity and the right of numbers.
Zhang Rongfang had the skill to gather such a large Blood River.
But what Yue Dewen couldn’t understand was, where did all this blood come from?