Clusters of Profound Sky Fire easily passed through the gentle radiance in the air and scattered over Anshi Jun's body.
The places they touched quickly began to burn. Anshi Jun remained standing, Its expression as calm and tranquil as ever.
Yet ripples streamed out from around Its body, like fine rain falling onto a lake. Accompanied by the sound of flowing water, droplets of crystalline dew seemed to seep out from within Its body.
Although the Profound Sky Fire was still burning, the flowing, falling dew carried it away. The flames continued to burn there without cease, yet they could no longer reach Its true body.
Chen Chuan was not surprised by this sight. The power of Profound Sky Fire lay in its devastating lethality, which eradicated things from their very source, perhaps coupled with its ability to break through defenses head-on.
But when one was prepared, it could be resisted. Profound Sky Fire needed time to burn and continue spreading, and it only burned the parts it touched, so there were ways to block it.
After all, even Ilosser had managed to devise a method. There was no reason a deity like Anshi Jun could not do the same.
Even so, that did not prevent him from using it as his opening move. At the very least, it forced the other party to defend actively.
And the need to repel Profound Sky Fire showed that even as a deity, the other party still feared it. At a critical moment, it could still inflict direct damage.
At that moment, the blade Chen Chuan had aimed at Anshi Jun came down. At the same time, the Great Azure Void Style around him naturally spread open and enveloped the other party.
Yet in his perception, the other's existence felt vague and elusive,