"Damn it!"
Seeing this, the old man immediately ground his teeth in fury.
The enormous shield formed by the three Authority Holders had not even touched the core power of the Flame of Continued Combustion. Merely the overflowing rules brushing across its outer edge easily shattered the rule-forged shield.
In the distance, Shen Yi's gaze turned much colder.
The fate of those dozen-odd figures had been decided the instant his terrifying aura spread forth.
As the Flame of Continued Combustion suddenly erupted, several of the weaker figures did not even have time to scream.
The authority power gathered around them, their protective secret treasures, and even the various barriers they hastily erected were all reduced to pieces by the Flame of Continued Combustion the instant they touched that nearly transparent hue.
The tiny trace of "Heat" sustaining the circulation of their power was completely drawn away. Their authorities no longer flowed, but froze like ice. The spiritual radiance of their secret treasures dimmed like ashes. Even the last shred of warmth sustaining their bodies and souls was utterly erased.
Those Authority Holders, along with the rules around them, shattered together and turned into a handful of faint, cold ash.
The gaunt old man could no longer maintain his composure.
Azure light surged madly around him, layer after layer forced out from within his body, only to be stripped away and dissolved by the sea of flames.
The skin on his gaunt face twisted violently. The certainty in his eyes had vanished, leaving behind only frantic terror.
Since arriving Beyond the World, he had lived for who knew how many tens of thousands of years and seen countless kinds of fire.
Yet he had never seen a fire like this!
It did not burn the flesh, nor did it scorch rules.