Golden Mirror Hermit's vision blurred, and he suddenly found himself in an azure forest filled with birdsong and fragrant blossoms.
Looking around, he saw towering ancient trees over a hundred zhang tall everywhere he looked. Their luxuriant branches and leaves formed enormous canopies that blocked out much of the sunlight, while the fallen leaves on the ground lay a foot thick.
Birds perched on the trunks, singing merrily.
A fierce gale suddenly sprang up, sweeping countless leaves into the air. They transformed into razor-sharp blades and shot toward Golden Mirror Hermit.
Golden Mirror Hermit frowned and formed a hand seal. The Sun Reflection Mirror erupted with vast amounts of golden flame, launching golden fireballs as large as water vats.
Rumble!
A series of explosions rang out. Golden flame scattered in every direction, and the towering ancient trees burst into raging flames, burned until not even dregs remained.
The blaze quickly spread, flames shooting into the sky as towering ancient trees were consumed one after another.
In less than half a quarter-hour, everything within a radius of ten li had been scorched black, and the fire was still spreading.
Just then, another fierce gale rose abruptly.
The towering ancient trees swayed violently as countless azure leaves drifted down, transforming into razor-sharp blades that slashed toward the golden flame.
After a burst of rumbling, the golden flame collapsed and vanished one after another.
A dull rumble came from the ground. Tender emerald-green shoots broke through the earth, swiftly growing into towering trees over a hundred zhang tall.
Several hundred towering ancient trees swayed violently. Countless azure leaves shot forth and gathered together, forming an Azure Lotus more than ten zhang across. The Azure Lotus spun rapidly, unleashing countless streaks of Azure Sword Qi that slashed toward Golden Mirror Hermit.
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