In the distance, Ling Yuan saw what was happening and had no choice but to send another pillar of Dou Qi light toward Ling Qingbai, hoping to turn the tide for him.
But the instant Ling Yuan raised his hand, Xiao Yan, who had been waiting for this moment, struck. Black flames surged over his right hand as Dou Qi erupted within him, and black flame patterns appeared across his back.
"Void Devours Heaven!"
A vast, unfathomably dark void vortex spread above Ling Qingbai's head. Even that was not enough for Xiao Yan. He released several smaller devouring vortices, and though the pillar of light descended, the vortices swallowed it at once.
Meanwhile, Ling Qingbai's condition grew worse. Ling Yuan gritted his teeth and increased the strength of the pillar, determined to keep Xiao Yan from blocking it all.
Xiao Yan immediately flew over to plug the remaining gap and intercept the pillar. The instant he touched it, he felt power pouring into him. Dou Qi streamed into his body, and his own reserves, nearly half depleted, began to recover!
With Xiao Yan intercepting it, barely a tenth of the power made it past him and the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame to reach Ling Qingbai.
Xiao Yan glanced at Ling Yuan and smiled. "Ling Yuan, did you ever imagine that your attempt to kill me at the Pill Tower would give me the Spirit Clan's bloodline—and the power I have today?"
Even the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame could not absorb the pillar directly, but Xiao Yan could, thanks to the Spirit Clan bloodline within him. In the end, he was the one being replenished!
Sensing that something was wrong, Ling Yuan immediately cut off the flow of Dou Qi. Even so, he had restored nearly twenty percent of Xiao Yan's