The Spirit Emperor's remnant soul moved his hands like lightning, sketching an even more intricate rune. Spiritual light radiated from within it as it shot toward the core of the flame giant at breakneck speed.
However, Yan Jin's Heavenly Flames were simply too fierce and tyrannical. Halfway through its advance, the spiritual light seemed to sink into a swamp. It was restrained before it could even touch his origin.
"Heaven-tier Dou Technique, Pillar Fire Scorches the Plains!"
The enormous, thick flaming leg stomped viciously through the void. A sea of magma surged forth, and pillars of flame erupted from it without any discernible pattern.
Every fire pillar targeted the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul. As the latter weaved through the pillars, the giant Yan Jin had transformed into simply raised a fire pillar with both hands and brutally swung it down. Yan Jin had already released several pillars to seal off the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul, making this strike truly difficult to evade.
Boom—
Spiritual light flashed and struggled violently as berserk Heavenly Flame power exploded. Their direct clash produced an impact like towering waves.
"Senior, in your state as a remnant soul, I fear you cannot withstand many rounds of my attacks!" the flame giant boomed, his voice brimming with confidence.
Yan Jin was not anxious in the slightest. The remnant soul of a Dou Emperor was indeed immensely powerful, but after being weakened over tens of millions of years, it no longer held any advantage against a Nine-Star Dou Sheng like him.
The truly troublesome matter was the Dou Qi the Spirit Clan had stored away. As long as it had not all been exhausted, the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul could likely continue battling him indefinitely. Yan Jin even had to admit that the Spirit Clan had some real