"I'll help you!"
With those words, Old Nether merged into Zhou Huo's brow.
A spark of Netherfire spread across Zhou Huo's brow, forming mysterious markings like the patterns of a Life Flame. In an instant, he felt as though he might ascend to immortality. Heaven and man seemed to resonate within him at every moment, and wherever he looked, Primordial Vitality surged toward him from all directions.
Zhou Huo raised his hand and summoned the Azure Yang Spirit Flame once more. With Old Nether lending him strength, wielding it felt effortless, as natural as breathing. Billowing spirit flame gathered around him and became a massive suit of Azure Yang Fire Armor.
The armor stood a hundred zhang tall, magnificent and imposing. Clad in it, Zhou Huo looked as though he had manifested a Dharma Image while still in the Golden Core Realm. Feeling the boundless power surging within him, he gained a hundred thousand measures of confidence. When he looked at the sword rainbow again, it no longer seemed so formidable.
Now he would meet fire with fire and break the blade at its sharpest point!
Zhou Huo clenched his fist. As Azure Yang Spirit Flame swirled around him, a huge Fire Sparrow Armguard formed over the armor. The next instant, he punched straight at the oncoming Changyang Sword Rainbow.
In a flash, armored fist met sword rainbow. The Changyang Sword Aura, no more than a foot long, sliced through Zhou Huo's Azure Yang Fire Armor with ease. One stroke sheared away half the armor, splitting the hundred-zhang giant in two.
The sword aura did not slow. Its force cut through heaven and earth, leaving a deep sword scar stretching a thousand li across the battlefield.
Having escaped by sheer luck, Zhou Huo stared at the immense scar beside him,