With a sweep of his sleeve, the black coiling dragon gave a low dragon's roar, then slowly dissipated into the air. The crimson fire particles, like birds returning to their nest, merged back into the golden light covering his body.
The Dragon Gang Suppresses the World unleashed with the fifth-grade Spiritual Fire Crimson Fire Flowing Paste already possessed such power. If it were driven by the Great Sun Golden Yang Flame—or even the Threefold True Fire—its might would likely be even more astounding.
However, Li Bufan did not continue testing it. Although he had only used Crimson Fire Flowing Paste in that move, the underground space had already begun to tremble faintly. Had those ancient formations not maintained the structure's stability, it might have collapsed long ago.
He steadied himself and began comprehending the next move: Blazing Spirit Seal.
This move used Spiritual Fire as its guide and qi and blood as its foundation, deeply fusing the two into an utterly yang and unyielding spiritual seal. Once unleashed, it carried the might to overturn heaven and split the earth.
Following the circulation route, he slowly mobilized the qi and blood in his lower dantian. Yet the instant it began flowing through the designated meridians, he felt an unprecedented heaviness.
That qi and blood seemed drawn by some invisible force, surging in a particular direction at a speed far beyond its normal circulation, unstoppable as a river bursting through its banks.
His complexion turned pale at a visible rate.
Li Bufan's heart tightened. He decisively interrupted the circulation, reining in the surging qi and blood and gathering it back into his lower dantian.
That was close! Merely mobilizing his qi and blood for the opening stance had consumed nearly half his total reserves—and that was without even drawing the Spiritual Fire