Inside the fireball, the sweat on Chen Xin's forehead turned to vapor almost the instant it appeared under the searing heat.
Chen Xin continuously mobilized the soul power within his body, barely managing to withstand the temperature inside the fireball.
The Seven Kill Sword in Chen Xin's hand swung without pause, streams of sword qi striking the edge of the fireball.
Sword qi that had once cut through anything as easily as slicing vegetables now did no damage at all when it struck the fireball's edge. Instead, the fireball absorbed the soul power within the sword qi and grew even more solid.
"Looks like I won't be getting away today."
Seeing this, despair rose within Chen Xin's heart.
He had thought this mission would be easy to complete, but he had never expected Lu Li to be someone the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could not afford to provoke.
Just this soul beast before him was already an opponent he could not defeat without Ning Fengzhi's support.
The crimson flames on its body looked no different from ordinary fire.
Yet whenever he tried to attack it with sword qi, before the attack could even draw close, the crimson flames would instantly engulf it and devour it as if melting it away.
Little Yellow looked down from above, silently watching the sweat-soaked, heavily panting Chen Xin.
Suddenly, two fireballs formed beneath its wings. They revolved around Little Yellow before colliding and merging.
An enormous fireball appeared at once, crimson-red streaked with a trace of golden light.
At the same time, four chains shot out from the east, west, south, and north sides of the enormous fireball enclosing Little Yellow and Chen Xin.
Transparent flames burned upon the four chains. With piercing whistles, three chains wrapped around Chen Xin's limbs, while the