Flames surged across the sea. Tuoba Chi Li gripped a Steel Whip, his whole body wreathed in fire. He flicked the whip, and streaks of flame became swimming dragons, burning from its tip all the way to its end.
The flames blazed across the surface of the sea, surrounding Ye Kang and engulfing everything around him in an instant.
Ye Kang naturally saw the cultivation levels of the two men before him at a glance.
Both were at Return to Truth Peak. It seemed they had paid quite a price to kill him.
He sneered inwardly, his expression utterly unruffled. He watched Tuoba Chi Li unleash his Fire Method with interest.
These were all demonic flames. Though they could not compare to Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, they were among the very finest of true flames, and refining them was exceedingly perilous.
The Bare-chested Man before him looked reckless, but he was undoubtedly a prodigy, one of the foremost among Return to Truth Realm cultivators.
However, his opponent was Ye Kang.
What Ye Kang feared least right now was the Fire Method. With Emerald Azure Flame and the Fire Settling Pearl, all Fire Methods would be greatly weakened before him, or even rendered completely ineffective.
Yet he did not hurry to strike. Instead, he smiled at the Youth Scholar, who had yet to move.
"I presume the methods employed along the way were your doing, sir. I, Ye, have never met either of you. I'm curious—what have I done to offend you two seniors?"
At this, Tuoba Chi Li burst into laughter. "You're on the brink of death, yet you're remarkably composed. Now I believe you really are the one who killed Ouyang Jian."
"Ouyang Jian?" Ye Kang paused, then suddenly realized, remembering the name he had long since forgotten.