A moment later, as he watched the azure mist around him grow denser, Xiao Kun brushed the dust from his body and began walking toward the center of the island.
Xiao Kun slowly entered the island's center and found that the Green Lotus Core Flame floating in midair had shrunk from a massive blaze back into the delicate, fist-sized form it had possessed when it was sealed, constantly shifting through various shapes.
Seeing this, Xiao Kun hurriedly wrapped his right hand in Myriad Beast Earth Core Flame. Extending his now-golden right hand, he prepared to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame.
But after the Green Lotus Core Flame hovering in the air suddenly sensed the aura of a Heavenly Flame far more terrifying than itself—
In an instant, the instinct carved into its soul—the fear of being devoured by another Heavenly Flame—caused it to erupt with surging azure flames in extreme terror, flooding toward Xiao Kun like a tidal wave.
Xiao Kun was not surprised. He merely hurriedly circulated the vast Dou Qi within his body, summoning an even more turbulent sea of golden flames to envelop the Green Lotus Core Flame.
While being engulfed, the Green Lotus Core Flame grew even more terrified, but naturally resisted with all its might, continuously spewing out azure flames like an erupting volcano.
Yet the Green Lotus Core Flame's death throes were useless. The endless azure flames could only be rapidly incinerated by the golden flames, vanishing into nothingness.
As the golden flame encirclement gradually shrank, the Green Lotus Core Flame's range of movement grew smaller and smaller, until it finally returned to its original fist-sized form.
Having fallen into such a predicament, the Green Lotus Core Flame seemed to realize that resistance was futile. As though surrendering, it shrank another circle from