"You can forget about severing my True Spirit!"
"Forget it, you hear me?!"
Nihility Devouring Flame stared at the Years Blade in Lu Yuan's hand and shouted fiercely despite his inner weakness.
As one of the Heavenly Flames that had escaped from Heavenly Flame Square.
Over the past ten thousand years.
Only he and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had developed intelligence.
Yet it was precisely because he had developed intelligence that he understood just how wonderful life was now, and what a terrible punishment it would be to have his intelligence severed.
Therefore, although Lu Yuan had proven time and again with the Years Blade that it was not some ultimate move, but merely an ordinary attack depending on whether Lu Yuan was willing to use it—perhaps a special Dou Skill, but certainly one with little consumption that could be used routinely—even if he desperately blocked one strike from the Years Blade, he could not block the second, the third, or however many came after. He would undoubtedly die, but he would not stop struggling because of that. He wanted to live, even if it meant barely clinging to life!
Thus, Nihility Devouring Flame also let go of all restraint.
No longer weighing gains and losses, he chose a life-for-life style of combat.
The bloodline talent he had gained by devouring the Tunling Clan Leader back then was pushed to its limit. Combined with the Nihility Devouring Flame born from his true body, its instantaneous power even made Gu Yuan, a Nine Star Dou Sheng, pale as he sensed a fatal threat from Nihility Devouring Flame!
Of course.
This was not praising Nihility Devouring Flame's strength.
Nor was it belittling Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan had indeed not held back. However, the Tunling Clan at its peak had simply been