Just as Senyo had expected, Yanshi's situation was far from optimistic.
Although his research into the rules of fire had reached a considerable depth, allowing him to turn himself into flames,
he still found himself struggling against Senyo's Rule Mapping of shadows.
After transforming into flames, his body could not remain separated indefinitely. This was an extremely important prerequisite.
If his body remained in that state for too long, those flames would gradually dissipate, eventually causing him to lose the power of fire.
Although he could now use his own strength to gather all the flames together, Senyo's Ankatsubane clung tightly to them like parasites gnawing at the bone.
This left most of his flames isolated outside his body, unable to fully merge with his true form.
It was like a piece of porcelain riddled with cracks. Though it was still barely held together, shattering was only a matter of time.
And now, he was in precisely such a precarious state.
If he had not existed in the form of flames, the terrible state of his mind would surely have been obvious from his expression.
After all, the issue he faced was no longer whether he had been holding back. He had been driven into a dead end with nowhere left to go.
Even if Senyo stopped fighting him, it would not be long before he could no longer hold on as his flames dissipated.
Although he had long since left a Karma on his own planet, resurrecting through it would cost him more than half his strength.
That meant he would be thrown back to square one, and all his previous efforts would go to waste.
So, the only thing he could do now was use the limited time he had to pave the way for what came next.