Xiao Yi Xian's brows relaxed for an instant.
But only for an instant.
The Nether Poison Flame sensed the obstruction of that protective membrane and, like an enraged beast, suddenly erupted with an even more violent tide of dark green fire!
"Hiss—!"
It was not a real sound, but the furious hiss of the Nether Poison Flame that Xiao Yi Xian sensed deep within her soul.
Liu Bai did not hesitate.
He raised his hand and pressed his palm against Xiao Yi Xian's jade-like back!
The Green Lotus Core Flame slowly flowed from his palm into Xiao Yi Xian's meridians.
The Green Lotus Core Flame was now a fused flame, ranked above the Nether Poison Flame. This was the natural hierarchy between Heavenly Flames.
Yet it likewise dared not exert too much force.
Because this was Xiao Yi Xian's body, not a battlefield.
Liu Bai's Heavenly Flame met the Nether Poison Flame head-on within her meridians.
His flame did not choose to clash directly. Instead, like a gentle barrier, it blocked every bit of the Nether Poison Flame's most violent assaults while guiding it, inch by inch, along the path of Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation technique toward her sea of qi.
Xiao Yi Xian's breathing gradually steadied.
She sensed Liu Bai's Heavenly Flame—that warm, familiar, reassuring presence fighting at her side.
She gritted her teeth and circulated her cultivation technique again. She absolutely could not lose!
Poison Dou Qi gathered once more, encircling the purple butterfly still wreaking havoc within her meridians.
Sweat appeared on Liu Bai's forehead.
He had to do three things at once: use his own Heavenly Flame to suppress the Nether Poison Flame's rampage, maintain Xiao Yi Xian's meridians within the medicinal bath so they would not be completely burned away by the poison flame, and