Azure Nether Great Sage was sent flying backward.
He was an old monster of the Burning Lamp Realm, after all. Though the kick had caught him completely off guard, he still forced a breath of energy through his body in midair and twisted at the waist, trying to halt his momentum before the stairs.
But he had sorely underestimated the power of that kick... he could not stop at all!
Not until both feet slammed down onto the steps.
Buzzz-
Silver-purple lightning flashed from deep within the mist.
"This..."
Azure Nether Great Sage's pupils trembled violently, and every hair on his body stood on end.
Before he could react.
"ROOOAR-!!!"
A dragon's roar exploded from the mist, carrying the rolling might of heaven.
Then.
Purple lightning danced wildly, silver serpents darting in all directions.
A purple dragon silhouette dozens of yards long coalesced amid the lightning. It opened its jaws and spat out countless bolts.
"AAAAHHH!!!"
Even Azure Nether Great Sage, a Burning Lamp Realm cultivator, proved utterly defenseless before it.
In the blink of an eye, his life was about to be snuffed out!
At that critical instant.
A green lamp ignited between his brows.
He valued his life, after all. Reluctant as he was, faced with such terrifying lightning, he could only expend one chance at Lamp-Lighting.
Brilliant green radiance blazed forth, and his body, already charred to charcoal, swiftly regenerated within its glow.
Azure Nether Great Sage's face was deathly pale, his eyes filled with terror. He dared not linger another moment.
He scrambled and crawled off the steps in utter disarray, not a trace of his former Great Sage bearing remaining.
The hall fell deathly silent.
Every demon stared, dumbfounded.
A Burning Lamp Great Sage had been forced to expend a chance at Lamp-Lighting just like