The pillar of fire blasted onto Scarlet King's body without even scorching a single scale. It shook its shoulders, its fiery red scales gleaming with an oily sheen in the flames. Instead, it felt pleasantly warm and mocked, "That's it? That barely tickles."
Infernal Delicate Apricot was so furious that its petals curled up. The flame at its stamen shot up several yards high with a whoosh, and several fiery whips lashed toward Scarlet King like long snakes. Scarlet King neither dodged nor evaded, letting the flaming whips strike its body. They only produced sharp crackling sounds, more like they were scratching its back.
"Y-you, you..."
Infernal Delicate Apricot's petals trembled. It had lived for tens of thousands of years, yet this was the first time it had seen something so utterly unafraid of fire. It cried in astonishment, "What kind of monster are you?!"
"I am Scarlet King!"
Scarlet King suddenly lunged forward, its claws pressing down on the soil around Infernal Delicate Apricot. It deliberately swept its tail across the petals and said proudly, "Weren't you acting pretty tough just now? Go on, spit some more fire at me."
Infernal Delicate Apricot was pinned down and unable to move, more than half its petals wilting. Just as Scarlet King's claws were about to crush it, it suddenly shrieked, "Octagonal! Save me!"
A blast of frigid air suddenly came from the side, carrying ice energy strong enough to split rocks. Scarlet King reacted swiftly, whipping its tail and leaping backward just in time to avoid the ice spike. The spike struck the ground, instantly freezing a web of icy cracks across it.
"Another plant?"
Scarlet King stared at the entirely ice-blue Immortal Herb with eight corners and curled its lip in speechless annoyance. "So this place is a nest