Staring intently at Ice Venerable's soul, Gu He suddenly noticed something interesting. Whenever the tiny bolts of lightning within the Azure Flame touched Ice Venerable's soul, his body would jerk violently, as though lightning was the nemesis of souls. When lightning struck a soul, it caused unimaginable agony.
Gu He's eyes lit up, and he waved a hand to withdraw the Azure Flame.
Ice Venerable looked at Gu He in confusion. He did not speak, unable to understand why Gu He had put away the Heavenly Flames. Had Gu He realized that he would not yield, and that further burning would be futile? Putting away the Heavenly Flames was indeed a wise decision.
A mass of Azure Flame appeared around Gu He. Then, he gathered the tiny lightning bolts within the flames together. As he continuously used Dou Qi to nourish the Heavenly Flames, the power of lightning he gathered grew stronger and stronger, eventually forming a silver-black sphere the size of a thumb.
The silver-black sphere hovered in midair, and the destructive energy contained within it was enough to make one's scalp tingle. Ice Venerable in particular felt his soul tremble. It was the feeling of encountering a natural enemy, as though something were urging him to flee from that sphere at once.
Ice Venerable's expression changed drastically as he said in a trembling voice, "What exactly is that? It definitely isn't ordinary lightning power. It actually makes a soul body instinctively tremble."
"I don't know what it is either. It probably mutated after the lightning power was absorbed by my Heavenly Flames. So, Ice Venerable, would you like to have a taste?" Holding up the silver-black sphere, Gu He answered Ice Venerable's question with a smile.
Ice Venerable closed his eyes, assuming an uncooperative posture.
In any case,