Blood smoke spread through the royal hall, and countless sparks drifted upward. Su Xiao stared at the blood smoke ahead of him. He could feel a wave of scorching heat, like burning vitality, rushing toward him.
This felt different from facing flames of extreme heat. This was a more powerful kind of heat. Because of it, the metal fittings on the royal hall's ceiling melted into molten iron and fell.
A blazing-red battle blade swept over, dispersing the blood smoke. The heat clinging to the blade even burned a fiery-red trail into the air. In the next instant, scorching heat rushed toward him.
Clang!
Sparks burst in every direction. Su Xiao used the long blade in his hand to perform a Perfect Parry against the scorching battle blade. Before he could withstand the sudden surge of power, a faint beastly roar came from ahead. Looking closely, he saw root-like structures surging from the old Beast King's shattered shoulder. The structures formed a thick, elongated arm covered in sparks, which slammed toward Su Xiao.
Boom!
As the giant hand crashed down, a ring of flames spread outward from the impact. The blow missed Su Xiao because, at the critical moment, he had switched positions with the fiend.
After switching positions for the fourth time, the fiend transformed into black-and-blue smoke and sank into Dragon Slayer Flash. It could not be released for a short time unless he used Blade Demon.
When Su Xiao landed, heat rose from beneath his feet. At that moment, the entire royal hall was burning. Fortunately, Baja had dragged A'Mu out through the hole in the wall. Otherwise, the gravely wounded A'Mu might have had his vitality ignited by the golden-red flames.
Su Xiao raised a hand, and faint flames appeared over it. These flames ignited vitality.