"Hehe, with Heavenly Flames like yours, you want to stop the Nihility Devouring Flame? What a fool's dream!"
Hun Xuzi laughed loudly, but the moment his laughter faded, his expression changed. His gaze hurriedly turned toward the black hole hovering above Flowing Cloud's cauldron.
Under Hun Xuzi's gaze, a streak of fire suddenly shot out from Flowing Cloud's cauldron and transformed into a Fire Infant. With a disdainful wave of its tiny hand, purple-blue flames surged forth, directly surrounding the black hole. The devouring power within it melted away the instant it encountered those purple-blue flames.
The Nihility Devouring Flame possessed devouring power, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fused into Flowing Cloud's Life Fire possessed purifying power. Although the two had originally been difficult to rank against one another, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Flowing Cloud's hands now not only possessed a Fire Spirit, but was also a genuine Origin Flame. Hun Xuzi, on the other hand, merely possessed a sub-flame. Though it was no ordinary sub-flame, it clearly could not compare with the true Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
"Hun Xuzi, thank you for the gift. I'll accept the energy within this Heavenly Flame first!"
Flowing Cloud smiled faintly, purifying the Black Flame into pure energy before pouring it all into his cauldron. At once, brilliant light flared within it, and the shadow of the embryonic pill became increasingly solid.
"Damn it!"
In the distance, Hun Xuzi's expression darkened. Not only had he failed to devour any energy from Flowing Cloud, he had even lost a sub-flame instead.
Having suffered this setback, Hun Xuzi could only abandon any thoughts of targeting Flowing Cloud's energy. Although his Nihility Devouring Flame's Earth Sub-flame could make it difficult for Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo to cope, it was