Beside the pill furnace, one of the two young attendants nimbly opened a square box and desperately scattered the fire-boosting powder stored inside, while the other repeatedly waved the feather fan in his hand, sweeping up the powder and fanning it directly onto the furnace.
The furnace, already glowing golden from the heat, absorbed the powder at once, and another layer of crimson flames ignited around its exterior.
Seeing this, the Green Ox Spirit's eyes flashed with satisfaction. With a turn of his wrist, a palm-sized miniature incense burner appeared in his hand once more—the very one he had used when fighting Shen Luo before.
A spot of scarlet fire glowed inside the incense burner. There was not the slightest trace of smoke within, yet waves of searing heat radiated outward.
"This is bad... True Samadhi Fire..." The Fire Virtue Star Lord's expression changed slightly upon seeing it.
"True Samadhi Fire? Could it be the legendary Heavenly Fire?" Qilian Mi hurriedly asked.
"That's right! True Samadhi Fire is one of the Ten Great Heavenly Fires. It originally burned within Supreme Elder Lord's Eight Trigrams Furnace. After Sun Wukong overturned the pill furnace back then, most of it spilled into the Flaming Mountain in the lower realm. Only a small portion was gathered back by Lao Jun. I never expected the Green Ox Spirit to still possess some remaining Fire Essence. With the power of this fire, Shen Luo absolutely won't be able to endure it." The Fire Virtue Star Lord frowned.
At that moment, the Green Ox Spirit held the incense burner in one hand and formed a hand seal with the other, brushing it across the burner.
A spell seal flashed and vanished into the incense burner. Its lid immediately flipped open, and a scarlet Fire Essence the size