Chijie wrapped both hands in flames so dense they seemed tangible and grabbed the Blade Bai Chen had swung at him!
But the Herrscher of the Void's attacks were not so easy to take!
As Bai Chen wielded the authority of space, his Blade passed straight through Chijie's hand and cleaved toward his body!
"!"
Realizing something was wrong, Chijie immediately retreated, leaving only a whirlwind behind!
"Herrscher of the Void?!"
Chijie looked at Bai Chen from beyond the flames, his already crazed tone becoming even more violent!
"The Second Herrscher of this civilization?"
Bai Chen frowned at Chijie. He seemed even angrier now. Had Bai Chen struck a nerve?
"Fuhahahahaha! Good!"
Chijie covered his mask with one hand and laughed maniacally. The temperature around them rose without end. If Bai Chen had not used his transformation and Himeko's Stigmata power, even breathing would probably have scorched him!
The blazing flames around Chijie seemed to come alive amid his mad laughter, then suddenly exploded.
Chijie emerged from the inferno in his second-stage transformation, solid flames forming armor over his body!
"You seem quite strong! Then it's fine if I get a little more serious, right?!"
Bai Chen's eyes turned into little dots as he blankly stared at Chijie in his rampage form.
Wait, rampage? Hadn't Mei needed to taunt him countless times before he fought seriously? Bai Chen had not even done anything, and Chijie was already rampaging?
Was this personal?!
Chijie plunged his hands into the floor, tore up a huge section of ground, and hurled it at Bai Chen!
Watching the sky-covering "ground," mixed with lava, crash down on him, Bai Chen wrapped his broken Blade in dazzling flames and slashed out!
The flames transformed into an enormous sword aura that effortlessly split the descending ground apart!
Bai