The Dou Sheng Fire Slave stood quietly beside Xiao Yan, its expression numb and hollow. Only the terrifying energy fluctuations faintly emanating from its body revealed its true power.
"However, these runes can only control the Fire Slave temporarily. Once the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame can spare some attention, it will surely use the fire pearl to break the rune seal and regain control of the Fire Slave."
Xiao Yan stared at the Fire Slave beside him, his eyes flickering faintly. To completely control the Fire Slaves, he had to deal with the fire pearls in their minds, because those were the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's only means of controlling them.
"Still, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame probably can't spare that much attention right now..."
Dealing with the fire pearl was clearly not something Xiao Yan could accomplish in a short time, so he did not dwell on it. Sweeping his gaze around, he looked elsewhere. At the moment, the Fire Slaves facing Xun Er and the Grand Elder were also being forced back step by step. The pale white flames coiling around their bodies were growing increasingly dim. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the two emerged victorious.
Seeing that Xun Er and the others were fine, Xiao Yan sighed faintly in relief. Just as he was about to look away, an exceedingly domineering energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from not far away. Under that fluctuation, the Heavenly Flames within Xiao Yan's body trembled slightly.
The changes in his Heavenly Flames made Xiao Yan raise a brow. Looking toward the source of the fluctuation, he saw Huo Xuan hovering in the sky. Behind him stretched a pair of flame wings a hundred zhang wide. Every flap of those wings unleashed flames that swept outward like