Huang Xuan's expression grew increasingly grim.
He suddenly beat his wings, and dark golden phoenix fire condensed behind him into a massive Heavenly Phoenix phantom. The phoenix phantom's eyes were icy, its outspread wings nearly covering the outer hall's vaulted ceiling.
"Heavenly Phoenix Space-Rending Strike!"
The terrifying gale crushed the outer hall's stone pillars one after another.
The three dark golden puppets raised their halberds at the same time to block it head-on.
Boom!
The phoenix phantom crashed down. The first puppet's halberd bent, the second puppet's shoulder armor shattered, and the third was blasted backward dozens of yards, carving two deep trenches beneath its feet.
Huang Xuan tore through the puppets' blockade and lunged straight at Xiao Fan.
"I'll cripple you first!"
Xiao Fan's gaze remained unchanged.
The Colorless Fire Lotus in his palm abruptly compressed. Bone Chilling Flame emerged from its core, Nine Dragon Lightning Flame coiled around its outer layer, and amid the intertwining lightning and fire, a faint Void Black Pattern flashed deep within the petals.
The fire lotus flew out.
It did not carry any earth-shaking momentum. Like a transparent lotus pushed along by the wind, it met the dark golden phoenix fire.
Huang Xuan sneered at first, but the instant the fire lotus drew near, his expression changed drastically.
That fire lotus did not merely burn.
It was also devouring.
At the point where the dark golden phoenix fire touched the fire lotus, the flames seemed to be bitten away by invisible fangs, vanishing in vast swathes.
"What kind of fire is this?"
Huang Xuan retreated in shock and fury.
Xiao Fan stepped forward.
"You'll know once you've tried it."
The fire lotus suddenly bloomed.
Boom!
Transparent waves of flame, mixed with cold white frost mist and Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, exploded before Huang