Crimson Lotus Karma Flame had two wielders. Xiao Yan was rich in combat experience, and after merging his Dou Qi with Huo Zhi's, he could better utilize the power produced by their fusion.
Not long after Huo Zhi's Dou Qi awakened, she had already been designated by the Flame Clan as the next inheritor of the clan's legacy Heavenly Flame. From the very beginning of her cultivation, she and the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame had been inseparable. Thus, when it came purely to wielding the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, Xiao Yan was far inferior to Huo Zhi!
Therefore, before Xiao Yan even noticed, Huo Zhi sent the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame before Chen Xiao.
The instant the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame appeared, Huo Zhi's pupils transformed into burning flames, scarlet fire blazing fiercely within her eyes.
Beside her, Xiao Yan sensed an aura on Huo Zhi's body continuously growing stronger. Yet he was all too familiar with that power as well: soul power!
As scarlet flames ignited in Huo Zhi's eyes, circles of ancient flame-like patterns appeared around the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame. Xiao Yan felt dizzy after merely glancing at them.
The direction in which those patterns blossomed was aimed at Chen Xiao within the black mist. Then, Huo Zhi's eyes and the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame lit up at the same time!
"Soul attack!?" Xiao Yan was startled as well.
Even Chen Xiao had not expected Huo Zhi to use the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame as a medium to unleash a soul attack. Intense stabbing pain pierced deep into Chen Xiao's soul. To strengthen his own power, Chen Xiao had constantly devoured the souls of powerful experts, but now he felt hundreds of auras crashing wildly about inside his mind!
"Aaaaahhh!" The black mist surrounding Chen Xiao churned