Although the encirclement by the six experts had interrupted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's refining process, the temperature of Demon Flame Time had still reached an utterly terrifying level. Even some weaker Half-Saint strong individuals had begun to falter.
Fortunately, aside from Xiao Chen, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's Fire Slaves had basically lost their intelligence. Compared with their strength in life, they were undoubtedly much weaker.
On Xiao Yan's side, the Tianfu Alliance and Ancient Clan members had gathered together, making their group the largest of all. Thus, three of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's ten Dou Saint Fire Slaves had targeted them.
Xiao Yan faced a Two-star Late-stage Dou Saint, while the remaining Two-star Early-stage Dou Saint and One-star Late-stage Dou Saint were respectively handled by the Pill Tower's Great Elder and the combined forces of Old Yao and Gu Qingyang. Though both sides were temporarily deadlocked, once Xiao Yan's side resolved its battle, victory would only be a matter of time.
The crucial battlefield remained the one in the sky.
"Retreat!"
The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame swept the Long Halberd in his hand, raising a Flame Giant Wave hundreds of zhang high that instantly surged toward Hun Miesheng, who was shrouded in black qi, and swallowed him whole. He then spun around and hurled the Long Halberd, piercing through a Sword Qi Torrent attacking from behind. It immediately transformed into countless tiny white flames before gathering back into a halberd in his hand.
Liuli and Hun Miesheng retreated to widen the distance between them, both looking somewhat disheveled. More than half the Dark Mist around Hun Miesheng had dispersed, while the sleeve on his right arm had been burned to ash, leaving even the skin beneath it charred black. As for Liuli, the flames split off from