"Playing at devouring power in front of me?"
Fang Chen's eyes narrowed, and he drove the Devouring God Art to its limit.
A mass of Devouring God Imprints surfaced across his skin. Powerful Devouring Power surged from his body as he swept the Floating Immortal Sword through the golden threads, tangling them together.
Bzzzz...
The Floating Immortal Sword shook violently. An even stronger Devouring Power poured from it, surpassing the power surging from Fang Chen's body.
Hiss...
The Floating Immortal Sword devoured the Golden Lotus's energy through the golden threads.
As the sword consumed that energy, Fang Chen felt wave after wave of even greater power flow from it into his body.
At the same time, he discovered that Faith Power could pierce the Golden Lotus's barrier and merge with his body.
His strength steadily grew.
Outside, everyone stared at the Golden Lotus. It spun faster and faster in the air, while its petals drew ever closer together.
As the lotus shrank, the pressure Fang Chen felt inside it intensified. That pressure came from the lotus, not the Boundless Buddhist Sea.
But powerful as the pressure was, Fang Chen could withstand it.
He kept stirring the Floating Immortal Sword, winding more golden threads around it so it could devour more energy.
Though the threads sliced open his skin as they wrapped around him, his bones stopped them from cutting any deeper.
If anyone could have seen Fang Chen's bones, they would have found them covered in Glazed Battle Runes. The runes gleamed gold, brighter even than those on his skin. The threads scraped against his bones with a shrill metallic screech, but could not cut through them.
Even so, the threads grinding against his bones caused him terrible pain.
The muscles in Fang Chen's face twisted. Fortunately, energy kept flowing