"Phew... phew..."
Soft panting spilled from Huo Zhi's red lips. With every breath, her full chest rose and fell more sharply than usual. Sweat had soaked several strands of hair before her forehead, leaving them clinging damply to her smooth skin.
To succeed in refining, Huo Zhi had already given everything. Xiao Yan could not move, so she continuously took medicinal pills just to provide him with a little more help.
"It's done!" The moment the refining ended, Xiao Yan shouted at the Ancient Bodhi Tree's true body.
The Ancient Bodhi Tree was also barely holding on. Seeing the pure energy fully take shape, its outstretched branches eagerly guided it. The pure energy transformed into a tiny azure dragon and swiftly charged toward the pitch-black tree shadow.
For the first time, the pitch-black tree shadow displayed something akin to fear. Rather than continuing forward, it began to retreat.
"Trying to run? Let's stop it together!"
Xiao Yan spoke to Hun Feng. Although the Heavenly Flames no longer had much effect on the black aura, they could still hinder it.
Two Child Flames of the Nihility Devouring Flame appeared simultaneously at the sides of the pitch-black tree shadow. Their devouring power was unleashed, not in an attempt to directly devour the shadow, but merely to slow its retreat.
Upon contact, a series of crisp sounds rang out. The pure energy refined from six Bodhi Seeds was immensely abundant, continuously dissolving the body of the pitch-black tree shadow. This was no longer something the shadow could resist simply by shrinking again.
The pure energy seeped into every crevice, and the pitch-black tree shadow grew smaller and smaller beneath its encirclement.
In the end, nearly ninety percent of the pitch-black tree shadow's body was completely dissolved by the pure energy. Seeing