The instant Chen Rui rushed into Dillosro's mouth, he felt a terrifying fire-elemental force envelop him. It was more than a hundred times fiercer than the sea of fire outside; even a mid-stage pseudo-god would be reduced to ashes in an instant.
Chen Rui, however, was an exception.
The Fire Phoenix Sacred Mark on his body not only reduced fire damage by ninety percent, but also gave him a ten-percent chance of completely nullifying it. Its effect against fire-elemental power was even stronger than the Radiant Body's resistance to light-elemental power, thanks to the gift his precious daughter had given him back then.
The properties of the Star Armor allowed it to merge with his original equipment and abilities, so Chen Rui was spared the embarrassment of running around naked.
Though the greatly reduced fire damage was not entirely ineffective, Chen Rui only needed to use Starwing Guardian to basically shut out its effects. Yet there was another kind of power he could not immunize against: devouring.
The life force and faith power throughout his body poured out like a rushing torrent, beyond his control. This was precisely Dillosro's terrifying talents of "Devouring Life" and "Devouring Faith."
Most bizarrely, after charging into Dillosro's body, he saw no internal organs or anything of the sort. Instead, it was like a bottomless abyss of scorching heat. His body simply fell through that dim space, downward forever, with no end in sight.
This was completely different from the sensation of being wrapped in alien power when he had been devoured by the Phantom before. If it had been another pseudo-god-level powerhouse, given enough time, the accumulated faith and life within their entire kingdom would be devoured clean by this dreadful devouring force. Once they were exhausted or lost their protective power, death would