"Heh heh, Gu Yuan, before this, you might indeed have been able to seal me away like the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame thousands of years ago. But now, you no longer have that ability."
Sensing the former's intentions, Nihility Devouring Flame immediately sneered.
After advancing to the Emperor Soul Realm, even when facing a Peak Nine-star Dou Sheng like Gu Yuan, he was still confident he could escape from his grasp.
Of course, even as he spoke, Nihility Devouring Flame's body rapidly expanded.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a thunderous roar, his body transformed into black flames that filled the sky, blanketing the heavens for a hundred miles around.
Just as Nihility Devouring Flame completed his transformation, Gu Yuan's attack suddenly descended from above, striking the spot where the former had just stood.
"Bang!"
In the next instant, vast and violent Dou Qi erupted in that stretch of sky, unleashing all its power at once.
Under that terrifying attack, the space within a hundred zhang almost simultaneously shattered like glass.
It violently broke into countless fragments, which then fell from the sky.
At the same time, the thick black flames covering the heavens—
were immediately blown open into a vast hollow by the powerful shockwave produced by Gu Yuan's Dou Qi explosion.
However, although the black flames were scattered in all directions by the blast—
whenever the residual force of Dou Qi touched those flames, it was as though it had fallen into the event horizon of a black hole, vanishing without a trace.
While Gu Yuan attacked Nihility Devouring Flame, a Living Dead in the distance, whose face was cold and who had not been injured—
flashed forward and instantly appeared behind Gu Yuan.
Although facing a Peak Nine-star Dou Sheng reminded him of the terrifying scene when Xiao Xuan had