Before the vessel could be completely ignited, the Nascent Soul's fiery-red hair whipped wildly about. Another terrifying heat burst from within the Nascent Soul, turning the entire little figure into a fist-sized fireball.
After all, it was merely a mortal body. Even with Su Shi'er's True Yuan protecting it, it simply could not withstand such astonishing flames.
What was more, Su Shi'er had now opened his mind and no longer maintained it with True Yuan.
Struck by the Nascent Soul flames and the external blaze, Su Shi'er's body was instantly melted away completely, turning into ash that scattered through heaven and earth.
Immediately after, Su Shi'er's Nascent Soul shot out and lunged toward the Hope Fire before him at astonishing speed.
"Han Yu? Su Shi'er? It really was you—it really was you!!!"
"I have been searching for you for a long time. I never imagined that you had been right by my side all along."
At the same time, Yin Qingxue's gaze turned icy. Scenes from that battle at Flying Waterfall Flowing Clouds surged into his mind in an instant.
Since beginning his cultivation journey, no one had ever made him suffer such a terrible loss.
Suffering a loss would have been one thing, but his plans had also been sabotaged by the other party, affecting him enormously and nearly ruining his scheme.
At that thought, the killing intent in Yin Qingxue's heart became impossible to suppress.
Boundless killing intent condensed as though it had substance, while waves of surging True Yuan poured from all around him.
The sword seal in his hand formed almost instantly. Sword light flashed, and a cold gleam sped toward Su Shi'er's Second Nascent Soul even faster.
Yet just as Su Shi'er's Second Nascent Soul was about to touch the Hope Fire, just as Yin