The moment the fist-sized, brilliant-red fireballs appeared in a swirling dance, they nimbly shot toward the disciples of the Bada Commercial Association. Li Lanting cried out, "Lihuo Palace, retreat quickly... Don't touch them!"
But the warning came too late. Quite a few Bada Commercial Association disciples instinctively released their flying swords to block them. The instant the swords struck the fireballs, however, the fireballs collapsed into countless sparks. As though possessed by intelligence, the exploding sparks traced streaks of flame as they converged upon their attackers.
The Bada Commercial Association disciples who had attacked were greatly alarmed and immediately released protective astral energy to defend themselves. Yet the sparks neither extinguished nor died. They swarmed over the protective astral energy, and the flames surged violently, instantly wrapping the people inside into brilliant-red fireballs.
Some Bada Commercial Association disciples were trying to flee by teleportation, but the sparks scattered all around had already densely sealed off the area, leaving no space for safe teleportation. Those Bada Commercial Association disciples who had underestimated the sparks' power immediately suffered for it. Crashing into the sparks woven as densely as a net, they burst into blazing flames out of thin air...
"Ah..." Several shrill screams rang out. One flaming figure after another struggled in midair, beating at the fire on their bodies. But these flames were exceptionally fierce, like maggots clinging to bone, impossible to extinguish as they wildly burned around their entire bodies.
Before these people could fly very far, streaks of mystic light shot from the hands of the Lingxiu Sect disciples, cutting down the flaming figures trying to escape. After the fire-clad figures crashed to the ground with repeated bangs, they struggled slightly before going still... Piles of flames burned among the rolling hills all around, and a charred stench spread