A sea of dark cyan flames surged in from every direction. Beneath the towering inferno, every ice scorpion demon it touched was reduced to ashes. No matter how densely packed they were or how little they feared death, the swarm had only faced immortals and low-level cultivators before. Against a sea of fire like this, they were nearly powerless—and naturally, terror seized their hearts.
"Impertinent!" The true-immortal ice scorpion demon Shen Zixie shrieked. He opened his mouth and spat out an ice pearl, which swept down toward the rolling inferno, trailing endless frigid energy.
The churning flames collided with the icy force, and a sizzling sound rang out at once. Neither side gave ground. Then, from within the sea of fire, a silver-haired figure radiating a pure, meditative aura seemed to tear through space. He thrust down a palm, and a massive golden seal burst into rippling waves of light.
Shen Zixie's expression changed dramatically. He clearly hadn't expected such a formidable human true immortal to appear out of nowhere. This situation was going to be hard to handle. His opponent's attacks came fast and fierce, giving him no chance to catch his breath. Even if Shen Zixie wanted to call a truce, he would first have to survive this crisis.
Several scorpion tails extended from behind Shen Zixie. With a flick of his tails, more than a dozen scorpion-shaped flying blades shot forward, but the moment they touched the golden ripples of the Ancestor Buddha Ancient Seal, they could advance no farther. The golden seal continued to descend without hindrance. It looked like no more than a single golden seal, yet first it appeared as thousands upon thousands of green lamps burning, then transformed into the chanting of Buddhist hymns. The hymns reverberated straight into Shen Zixie's mind, setting