Liu Bai had always been very curious about what a Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus looked like. After all, when he transmigrated here, he had arrived in the Great Thousand World rather than the Dou Qi Continent.
But this time, he finally had a good opportunity to witness it.
The flame lotus was incomparably beautiful, exquisite like a work of art. Its colors were dazzling and multicolored. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that every single petal of the flame lotus actually possessed a different color.
Those colors were clearly not merely simple variations of hue. Only truly powerful experts could sense that every petal had been condensed from a unique flame.
These flames were far from ordinary fire. They possessed extremely terrifying destructive power, yet within the Flame Emperor's hands, those destructive and extraordinary flames were astonishingly docile.
"It's actually pretty beautiful..." Liu Bai muttered to himself.
Beside him, Xiao Xiao curled her lips upward. A trace of pride flashed through her eyes as she said, "This Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus was condensed by Father using dozens of powerful flames. The power it unleashes can easily destroy an entire continent."
Those words immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding companions, especially the little fangirl Lin Jing, who very cooperatively let out a cry of amazement.
However, it truly was shocking. After all, even Mandala had only heard rumors about destroying a continent with a single strike.
"Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor, what do you think of my flame lotus?" Xiao Yan lightly smiled as he looked toward the Demon Emperor whose expression had already changed drastically.
Nine Corpse Demon Emperor had been his title during his peak era. Now that he only had one life remaining, there was naturally no longer any meaning behind the words "Nine Corpse," so earlier he had only introduced himself as the "Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor."
And the Nine Corpse Demon Emperor had originally been a fusion of nine Sky Swallowing Demon Emperors.
"As expected, for the Great Thousand World to possess an expert like you is truly not a blessing for my race. Today, let me personally end you!"
The Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor spoke in a deep voice. Immediately afterward, he suddenly stepped forward.
At once, black ripples swept out crazily from beneath his feet like enormous tidal waves.
"Demonize the World!"
A furious roar rang out.
The land below rapidly transformed into a pitch black color. Thick demonic energy continuously rose from the ground. Within only a few breaths, the land within hundreds of thousands of miles had been converted into demonic soil.
This scene caused Liu Bai and the others' expressions to turn gloomy. These former peak fiends truly were terrifying. Even after losing ninety nine percent of their power, they could still recover to such a degree within such a short time.
"Don't worry. No matter how strong this fiend is, he's only at the level of an ordinary Heavenly Sovereign. In front of Senior Flame Emperor, he cannot stir up any real waves." Seeing the fear on Jiu You and the others' faces, Liu Bai smiled faintly as he comforted them.
At this moment, Xiao Xiao also spoke up.
"You can all relax. Our Endless Fire Domain has fought against the Fiend Race countless times over the years. The number of Demon Emperors who have fallen at my father's hands has already reached double digits. Perhaps the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor at his peak could have made Father wary, but now..."
After hearing the two of them speak, the surrounding people finally relaxed once more.
High in the sky, Xiao Yan looked at the overwhelming demonic flames and smiled faintly. The flame lotus in his hand slowly floated outward. As it rotated, endless flames scattered outward.
Chi chi!
The dazzling sea of flames swept across the land. Wherever it passed, the pitch black demonic soil emitted ear piercing sizzling sounds. Faint shrieks could even be heard. After the sea of fire swept through, the demonic soil was directly burned into scorched earth.
In barely a dozen breaths of time, nearly half of the demonic soil created by the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor had been destroyed by Xiao Yan with effortless ease.
Upon seeing this scene, even the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor could not help twitching his eyelids slightly.
It was not as though he had never fought Heavenly Sovereigns of the Great Thousand World before. There had also been many experts proficient in flames, but this was the first time he had encountered someone capable of destroying demonic soil so easily.
"This person's strength likely surpasses even the Heavenly Emperor of the past!"
The Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor clenched his teeth tightly. His wariness toward Xiao Yan had already reached its peak.
However, after finally escaping from imprisonment and even sacrificing another one of his lives for the sake of freedom, how could he possibly be willing to perish here?
"Great Demon Art, Sky Swallowing World Destroying Hand!"
Boom!
The demonic soil spanning hundreds of thousands of miles exploded apart. The earth split open as countless towering pillars of demonic energy shot into the sky. Within that endless demonic energy, an indescribably gigantic hand slowly stretched out from deep beneath the earth.
That hand was pitch black and radiated boundless evil. It was so enormous that it seemed capable of block out the sun and moon. At a glance, it measured roughly tens of thousands of miles in size. Even those Sovereign Celestial Bodies that towered tens of thousands of feet high appeared minuscule before it.
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes while looking at the gigantic hand covering the heavens above him. Suddenly, an intense desire to rapidly become stronger surged within his heart.
And at the exact moment that thought emerged, the previously silent Heavenly Emperor Sword suddenly erupted with dazzling spiritual light before directly pouring into Liu Bai's body.
Instantly, Liu Bai's aura skyrocketed. In the blink of an eye, he broke through from Initial Phase Lesser Earthly Sovereign to Mid Phase Lesser Earthly Sovereign.
This sudden development caused not only the surrounding crowd to stare in shock, but even Liu Bai himself became stunned.
"What I haven't even added points yet?"
Liu Bai was completely dumbfounded. Did this mean he had just saved twenty million experience points?
High in the sky, the radiance emitted by the Heavenly Emperor Sword naturally could not escape Xiao Yan's notice.
His gaze swept across the Heavenly Emperor Sword before he softly remarked, "This kid really is fortunate..."
Compared to Xiao Yan's admiration, the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor on the opposite side wore a face full of fury.
"Heavenly Emperor old dog?!"
Following an enraged demonic roar, boundless demonic energy surged from the gigantic hand. Wherever it passed, space shattered entirely into endless darkness.
Only now did everyone notice that within the gigantic hand there was actually a huge pitch black mouth.
That mouth resembled a black hole. As it squirmed, it devoured everything between heaven and earth.
Everyone's hearts trembled. If one were swallowed into it, even a top expert at the Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign level would likely be completely erased within an instant.
It felt as though if that gigantic hand were allowed to continue devouring endlessly, perhaps even the entire Skylaw Continent would ultimately be swallowed whole.
"What a terrifying fiend!" Mandala's small face became incomparably serious.
But what did he mean by shouting about the Heavenly Emperor?
A thought suddenly surfaced within her mind, causing Mandala's gaze to involuntarily turn toward Liu Bai, or more specifically, toward the Heavenly Emperor Sword in Liu Bai's hand.
Naturally, Liu Bai had also thought of this possibility. He immediately raised the Heavenly Emperor Sword in surprise and looked toward it.
Buzz!
A sword hum rang out.
Liu Bai's heart stirred as his gaze shifted toward the savage skull located on the distant plaza.
Earlier, everyone had regarded that figure as the Heavenly Emperor while treating the savage skull as the demon head.
But Liu Bai knew very clearly that the so called demon head was actually the seal left behind by the Heavenly Emperor!
"You want me to help him appear...?"
Buzz buzz...
After hearing Liu Bai's words, the Heavenly Emperor Sword immediately let out a much sharper sword hum, as though responding to him.
Seeing this, Liu Bai took a deep breath before circulating the Spiritual Energy within his body and slashing his sword toward that ferocious "demon head."
Boom!
Towering sword light transformed into a torrent that engulfed the "demon head" in the blink of an eye.
The pitch black head rapidly melted away while strands of demonic energy were evaporated.
As the head melted, it finally transformed into crystalline light. The light gradually gathered together, unexpectedly forming a figure of light.
The figure wore white robes and carried a carefree yet composed demeanor. At the same time, an indescribable pressure faintly radiated from him like the majesty of an emperor, inspiring reverence and awe.
The moment the figure appeared, he saw the towering demonic shadow in the sky. A solemn expression immediately appeared on his face as he calmly said, "I never expected that after sacrificing myself to seal this demon back then, this fiend would still revive in the end and bring calamity upon the world once more. I am truly ashamed."
Xiao Yan merely smiled faintly and replied, "Senior sacrificed yourself for righteousness and has long become a role model for us juniors. Naturally, today's disaster should be handled by us juniors."
As he spoke, the fire lotus in the sky slowly floated toward the demonic hand.
Compared to that demonic hand, the fire lotus was as tiny as dust.
Yet it was precisely this dust like fire lotus that caused the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor's expression to drastically change. A trace of fear flashed through his eyes before he immediately retreated explosively without the slightest hesitation. Boundless demonic energy formed millions of demonic barriers before him.
Boom!
The fire lotus collided against the demonic hand, unleashing flames beyond description. The entire world began to distort as the rolling demonic energy was almost instantly evaporated. The demonic hand itself was directly shattered apart by the terrifying impact of the flames.
Everyone stared at this scene in shock. At the location where the fire lotus exploded, space had already collapsed. The region spanning tens of thousands of miles had turned pitch black, as though every existence within it had been completely annihilated by the explosion.
However, even such a terrifying explosion failed to destroy the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor completely. A demonic shadow directly tore through space before fleeing toward the space outside the Heavenly Emperor Cemetery at an astonishing speed.
"That demon is still alive!" Mandala was the first to notice, immediately crying out loudly.
"Hey, old man, why aren't you making a move yet? That guy is escaping!" Xiao Xiao also could not help shouting a reminder to her father.
Before Xiao Yan could reply, Liu Bai smiled and reassured the two girls, "Don't worry. Since even you noticed it, how could Senior Flame Emperor possibly fail to notice? Since he has not made a move, it probably means he knows that old demon cannot escape."
That was naturally certain. After all, the Martial Ancestor was still secretly lurking nearby. If that fellow actually managed to escape, would that not completely embarrass both the Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor?
The girls all looked at Liu Bai strangely. Why did he seem even more confident than the Flame Emperor himself?
Liu Bai looked at them speechlessly before explaining again, "Don't forget that besides Xiao Xiao, the Flame Emperor's daughter, Lin Jing, the little princess of the Martial Realm, is also here. Since Senior Flame Emperor personally came because Xiao Xiao was in danger, do you really think Senior Martial Ancestor would allow his own daughter to remain in danger?"
The moment those words fell, the girls instantly reacted.
"Ah, right! Father dotes on me the most. He must definitely be hiding somewhere and secretly protecting me right now!" Lin Jing happily jumped up while her lively eyes rolled around as though trying to locate her father.
At that very moment, the space where the demonic shadow was fleeing suddenly shook violently. Immediately afterward, everyone saw the space there shatter apart as a giant hand pierced through from beyond space itself.
That giant hand was extraordinarily mysterious and covered in azure dragon scales. An indescribable majestic aura enveloped the world, giving off a feeling no weaker than the Flame Emperor earlier.
The giant hand directly grabbed the escaping demonic shadow. No matter how the latter struggled or roared furiously, it was completely incapable of escaping the hand's restraint. Soon after, space split apart and a figure stepped out from within.
The man stood tall and imposing like a towering mountain while vast Spiritual Energy surged around him. Moreover, that Spiritual Energy possessed different attributes, transforming at times into ice, at times into a sea of fire, sometimes lightning, and sometimes darkness. It was profoundly mysterious.
"The Martial Ancestor! The Martial Ancestor has also arrived?!"
Everyone cried out in shock. Even the Heavenly Emperor himself could not help looking over.
Upon seeing that within such a short time two peak experts not inferior to his former self had appeared, the Heavenly Emperor immediately relaxed somewhat.
With such powerful experts protecting it, the Great Thousand World was surely much safer now.
"Father! Father!"
Lin Jing naturally did not care about any of that. Seeing her father displaying such overwhelming might, she immediately bounced around excitedly while waving and shouting.
Hearing his daughter's voice, Lin Dong looked over before taking a single step and instantly appearing before Lin Jing.
After confirming that his daughter was safe and sound, the stern expression on his face softened slightly.
However, that gentleness was quickly withdrawn as he once again adopted a stern expression and said in a deep voice, "You secretly ran off again. It seems I'll have to confine you this time!"
Clearly, unlike the relationship between Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao, Lin Dong played the role of a strict father at home. Unfortunately, the stern expression that could terrify countless Heavenly Sovereigns was completely ineffective against little Lin Jing.
The little girl merely continued grinning happily and even hugged her father's arm directly. Her utterly carefree appearance caused Lin Dong's sternness to last only a few breaths before turning into helplessness.
Clearly, he understood that his strict father act was completely useless against his daughter.
Looking toward the people around Lin Jing, Lin Dong's gaze paused briefly on Mu Chen and Liu Bai.
Peak experts like the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor naturally understood some of the significance of the Immortal Golden Body. Mu Chen, who had obtained the Immortal Golden Body, already possessed the qualifications to become a true expert.
Of course, that merely gave him the qualifications to earn a glance from existences such as the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor.
However, when Lin Dong looked toward Liu Bai, he revealed a different expression just like Xiao Yan earlier.
"Many thanks to little friend Liu Bai for protecting my daughter earlier."
Compared to the free spirited Xiao Yan, Lin Dong was clearly much more serious and steady.
"Senior, you are too polite. With you personally watching over her, even without me, Lin Jing definitely would not have been in any danger."
Lin Dong shook his head and replied, "That is not mere politeness. In such a dangerous situation, even if we wished to intervene, we still required some time. With their strength, they absolutely could not have withstood the Demon Emperor's might. Therefore, this gratitude is only proper."
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