Above the sea, blazing flames surged skyward, as though they would burn a hole through the vault of heaven.
"Dragon Flame Ash!"
Lowering his gaze and locking onto Flame Dragon Venerable's true body, Jiang Chen once more connected with the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle.
In that instant, flames rose. The rampant dragonfire seemed to gain sentience, taking the forms of birds and beasts as it pursued Flame Dragon Venerable, directly sealing off every direction in which he could flee.
Flame Dragon Venerable was both shocked and enraged at the sight.
He was shocked by the unexpectedly high degree of control the other party possessed over the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle. He was enraged because the other party was far too arrogant, daring to use his own treasure against him.
"Other people's treasures aren't so easy to use."
A cold gleam flashed through Flame Dragon Venerable's eyes as he activated a secret art.
The Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle was a treasure he valued immensely. He had long since left several hidden measures within it. If Blazing Flame True Lord had truly dared to use this treasure against him before, he would likely have fallen long ago. At this moment, Flame Dragon Venerable could clearly sense that nearly all the hidden measures he had left in the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle had been erased, yet the most crucial layer still remained.
"Explode!"
As the secret art circulated, Flame Dragon Venerable connected with the mark he had left in the deepest part of the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle. Once that mark emerged, the candle's spirituality would fall completely under his control, and the dragonfire nourished within the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle would be detonated.
Buzz. The mark stirred, and under Flame Dragon Venerable's manipulation, the Dragon Fire-Bearing Candle faintly showed signs of spiraling out of control.
Seeing through every