Not only had the fusion gone exceptionally smoothly, with the fused Fire Lotuses remaining relatively stable, but Little Scale's movements were also absurdly fast!
Fire Lotus after Fire Lotus appeared from his hands, ultimately arranged in a triangular formation. In that brief moment, there were already twelve of them.
Feeling the immense energy within those Fire Lotuses, Xiao Yan excitedly licked his lips. As long as enough Fire Lotuses were accumulated and their explosions controlled within Xiao Yan's Nihility Vortex, even Gu Yuan would likely face considerable trouble.
As for the consumption of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan no longer cared at all. Although creating Fire Lotuses consumed a great deal, his speed of devouring the Dou Qi on the battlefield through the Nihility Devouring Flame was equally astonishing. Between the two, there was practically no major loss.
Given enough time, Xiao Yan could even let Little Scale create more than a hundred Fire Lotuses. Unfortunately, there was no such opportunity, because Xiao Yan could sense that the Nihility Vortex was about to lose its hold on Gu Yuan.
People felt fear toward powers they did not understand, and the greater their fear, the more opportunities they gave the one who inspired it. Yet Gu Yuan's response at this moment was practically textbook-perfect. Completely unaffected by external influences, he merely used his soul power to probe for the flaws in Xiao Yan's technique.
Since Xiao Yan had not used any means to interfere with Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan's search for its weakness was astonishingly swift.
Sensing Xiao Yan's intent, Little Scale stopped after creating eighteen Six-Colored Fire Lotuses. Instead, he rapidly sent those Fire Lotuses into the Nihility Vortex.
When Gu Yuan saw those dozen-plus brilliantly gleaming Fire Lotuses, his brow twitched violently.
"Go!"
The Fire Lotuses then scattered and shot