The instant the banner appeared, the flames controlled by the Zhu Ming Heavenly Demon surged fiercely head-on, their reach expanding by more than seventy percent. Flames at that distance had already begun to approach Medicine Master Liu Guang's true body, forcing him to retreat.
On the other side, the parasitic body Mountain Monkey controlled by the Lotus Birth Old Mother could also feel its flesh being scorched with even greater pain, forcing it to devote more power to resisting the damage.
This was the treasure Moruo had personally given the Zhu Ming Heavenly Demon after he had made countless contributions—the Bifang Sun-Gazing Banner. It had been refined from the shinbone of the Cosmic Domain Great Fiend Bifang mixed with White-Hot Blazing Flames. By wielding this banner and activating its power, not only could all of his Fire Essence Supernatural Powers and spells be imbued with White-Hot Blazing Flames, but his Immortal Essence recovery speed could also be greatly increased for a short time.
Freed from the restrictions of Immortal Essence, the Zhu Ming Heavenly Demon naturally no longer needed to worry about the expenditure from his earlier battle with Empress Yingzhao, and could fight with all his strength. This change caused his arrogance to swell by far more than threefold as countless Fire Essence Supernatural Powers rained down upon Mountain Monkey, leaving that ghost-faced ape without even the slightest chance to strike back...
As for why Medicine Master Liu Guang had treated the Zhu Ming Heavenly Demon as the soft persimmon to squeeze instead of going after Empress Yingzhao, who had previously been beaten down by the Zhu Ming Heavenly Demon, it was because Empress Yingzhao had also changed completely. At some unknown time, the light-and-shadow image of a man had appeared beside her—it was her Dao Companion, Wan Yan