Hearing those calm, confident words, the Crimson Luan Saint Son almost thought he was hearing things.
He stared fixedly at Li Qing's upright figure, then narrowed his eyes.
Had it been any other human cultivator at the Late Deity Transformation stage, he would have reduced them to ashes with a single strike long ago.
But he truly knew the human before him. Li Qing's string of performances in the Tianguang Secret Realm had left a deep impression on him.
Even so, Li Qing was only at the Spirit Transformation stage, separated from the Void Refinement stage by a gulf as vast as heaven and earth.
What was more, he was no ordinary Void Refinement cultivator. With Crimson Luan True Blood flowing through him, he possessed the capital to look down upon those of his own realm.
Yet now, a mere Spirit Transformation human had opened his mouth and brazenly spouted nonsense at him. A desire to cruelly slaughter Li Qing rose in the Crimson Luan Saint Son's heart.
"You truly are overconfident. Do you think I am still the same as I was in the Tianguang Secret Realm?"
As the words fell, he transformed into his true Crimson Luan form. The raging flames burning over his body illuminated the entire night sky.
Boom!
"Today, I shall show you what a true Void Refinement stage is!"
The fiery-red Crimson Luan Bird beneath the night sky beat its wings, mobilizing all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and drawing it all onto itself.
The terrifying flaming bird plunged downward, pouncing toward Li Qing with a momentum capable of crushing everything in its path.
Li Qing's expression remained remarkably calm. He formed hand seals with both palms, and streams of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire surged forth from within his body.
He