That’s right, the one who arrived at the critical moment was Jiang Lan!
At this moment, Jiang Lan, with blue light of water-colored patterns glowing intensely after True Form Release, fully activated the Mysterious Mirror Ruler to absorb the terrifying Flame of Purifying World from the Phoenix!
Against the [Demon] Liu Dongming, the Mysterious Mirror Sky Ruler indeed had little effect.
But against such a vast and pure energy attack, the role the Mysterious Mirror Ruler could play was beyond imagination!
Water and fire clash, overcoming strength with gentleness!
Under the terrifying flames of the Phoenix, the energy on the Mysterious Mirror Ruler surged wildly, rapidly reaching the third section, and continued to rise without pause!
Fourth section, fifth section, sixth section...
In just a moment, the Flame of Purifying World had already started to dim, while in Jiang Lan’s hand, the azure water light had penetrated the entire Mysterious Mirror Ruler...
Seventh section!
In an instant, the water light vibrated, layers of azure runes flashed and lit up from the Mysterious Mirror Ruler, emitting an extremely radiant brilliance!
At this moment, the Phoenix also noticed the suddenly appearing Jiang Lan and the Mysterious Mirror Ruler in his hand that emitted amazing oscillations.
"This is...?"
The Phoenix’s pupils contracted, quickly waving the Holy Sword in front of him.
"Dripping Water Penetrates Stone, Jixia Che Tian!"
Jiang Lan pointed the ruler skyward, and like the dawn glow, the azure water light shot out from the remnants of the flames, instantly sweeping past the Phoenix’s body, clearing half the sky!
The Golden Flame shattered, and the Phoenix, holding the Holy Sword, was stunned as his body was split by the dawn glow... instantly split in two!
"Killed him!" Huang Xiang exclaimed in a low voice.
Tong Xue’er was also uncertain and suspicious, could Jiang Second Rank of the Vermilion Bird Guardian... defeat the Phoenix in one strike?
"Is this the True Form Release of Jiang Second Rank?"
Tong Xue’er looked at the Mysterious Mirror Sky Ruler in Jiang Lan’s hand, its azure water light completely dissipated after the strike.
Although the Phoenix didn’t understand Jiang Lan’s True Form Release, the sudden death of such a strong enemy still left doubts in people’s hearts.
"Ha... ah!"
Jiang Lan clenched the Mysterious Mirror Sky Ruler, gasping for breath, his face a bit pale.
Even with the Mysterious Mirror Ruler, absorbing such a terrifying attack was still not easy.
If there was the slightest error, he feared he would be incinerated on the spot!
Not far away, Xiahou was surprised but also overjoyed in his heart.
Originally, with the Phoenix unleashing the Flame of Purifying World, the situation was dire.
Yet unexpectedly, Jiang Lan suddenly appeared, not only saving his allies from the crisis but also slicing the Phoenix in one blow.
"However, how did he suddenly appear? Could it be..." Xiahou’s eyes brightened as he vaguely thought of something.
Just as he was about to investigate, he sensed something from the Phoenix’s severed body.
"It wasn’t that simple." Xiahou’s eyes slightly moved.
"Jiang Second Rank!" Tong Xue’er called out, flying forward, "Thanks to you, you arrived just in time!"
"True Monarch, you’re too kind, I also..."
Jiang Second Rank turned to say something, but suddenly his expression changed slightly, quickly looking ahead.
In the sky, the Phoenix, split in two by a sword, with flowing blood and falling corpse, suddenly became stagnant as if frozen in place.
"Illusion!" Wenren Feng’s eyes squinted slightly.
In the next moment, the Phoenix abruptly shattered into a large mass of Spirit Light, surprisingly just a residual image.
Jiang Lan’s expression tensed: "Not dead?"
"It seems to be Wendy’s [Temperance] method." Tong Xue’er frowned as well.
After a moment, the illusion left by Wendy flickered again, bringing back the members of the Truth Secret Society... including the Phoenix, which was just cut in half by the Mysterious Mirror Sky Ruler!
However, at this moment, Wendy’s expression was anything but good.
"Phoenix, the Death Replacement Illusion was used up." Wendy said in a solemn voice.
By using illusion as the core, Wendy could endow them with various abilities, flickering illusion, combat illusion, storage spirit illusion, and even... Death Replacement Illusion!
However, the stronger these illusions were, the greater the consumption and the fewer they were.
The Flickering Illusion could be condensed into more than a hundred, transferring rapidly between them.
Combat illusions, for entities not as terrifying as the Phoenix, could condense eight illusions of the Three Suns Realm, with nearly half the strength of the main body.
The Storage Spirit Illusion could be prepared in advance with two servings, completely replenishing the target’s Star Power!
As for the Death Replacement Illusion... there could only be one at most, which could be used on oneself or pre-marked on another target.
And just now, Jiang Lan used the Death Replacement Illusion to block Jiang Lan’s attack with the Mysterious Mirror Ruler for the Phoenix.
"Thanks to you, Wendy." The Phoenix nodded, then focused his attention on Jiang Lan holding the Mysterious Mirror Ruler, "Vermilion Bird Guardian Second Rank Jiang Lan, actually has also released True Form?"