Chen Changming knew he was unlikely to escape this calamity today. The Great Prime True Flame was too powerful. Even if he used every Sword Talisman and Demon Talisman he had, he could not stop it.
A fierce unwillingness surged through him, like a fire burning in his chest with nowhere to go.
"The Sword Talismans, the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame, and I can barely hold back the Great Prime True Flame. We can keep you alive!"
Just as despair took hold of Chen Changming, the Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root spoke within him. Its voice was steady and firm, like a pillar anchoring the sea, offering him a sliver of hope amid the raging waves.
"Thank you, Senior!"
Chen Changming's spirits lifted at once.
At this critical moment, the mysterious Lotus Root Segment senior had finally stepped in. Unfortunately, even this senior could not face the Great Prime True Flame alone. It needed the Sword Talismans and the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame to help.
Even then, it could only keep him alive. Injury was unavoidable.
Chen Changming did not fear injury. With the Spring Return Immortal Art and the Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, two healing divine abilities, he could mend any wound.
Even if an attack imbued with the law of fire left him unable to heal himself, as long as he survived, he could always rise again from the ashes.
Pop, pop, pop...
The Great Prime True Flame engulfed the Sword Lotuses, steadily breaking down their defenses as it burned. Beneath the scorching purple sea of fire, the petals of the two Sword Lotuses blackened, shattered, and vanished one by one, like snow and ice beneath a blazing sun.
At the same time.
Two small, bright-yellow swords flew out of the Sword Lotuses and exploded within the purple sea of