The Flame Glazed Beast continued to serve as the means of trapping Ling Qingbai. Flames spewed from five directions, the five-colored fire growing ever more ferocious and impossible to withstand.
Ling Qingbai had already found fighting Xiao Yan extremely stifling, having been suppressed the entire time. Now that Xiao Yan suddenly erupted, the defenses he had set up were almost instantly shattered. He hurriedly erected another Dou Qi barrier, but he was still forced into a miserable state. Numerous Heavenly Flames closed in before him, their scorching heat searing him until even his lips and throat felt unbearably parched.
Just as Ling Qingbai barely adapted to the combined assault of the five Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan had already gripped the Heavy Profound Ruler and swung it without pause, releasing ruler radiance as though he had no Dou Qi expenditure at all, concentrating every attack on Ling Qingbai.
Huo Zhi, who attacked alongside him, was not idle either. She unleashed the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, transforming it into an enormous blazing sun that crashed down viciously upon Ling Qingbai!
Any one of these attacks alone might not have amounted to much, and Ling Qingbai could have dealt with it. But they had appeared all at once, and the flames even enhanced one another through their combined effects. His already insufficient Dou Qi gradually ran dry as the barrage battered him mercilessly. At the same time, the five great Heavenly Flames sealed off his movements from five directions, making escape utterly impossible.
Fortunately, Ling Yuan, who had recovered somewhat, noticed the situation as well. Though he could not arrive in person, he could not simply allow Ling Qingbai to collapse like this. From the skies of the Spirit Realm, a pillar of Dou Qi descended with a thunderous roar, piercing straight through