"Haha, then let's help him all the way!"
A sinister cackle came from within the black cloud. It immediately rolled forward and pounced, completely enveloping the little green figure and the blood-colored streak.
The blood-colored streak struggled fiercely, like a blood dragon making a desperate last stand. Yet a black-red whirlwind suddenly rose from within the black cloud and began spinning rapidly.
A towering baleful aura seeped out from the black-red whirlwind. The green little figure immediately let out a shrill, miserable cry from within the black cloud, but it weakened in the next instant.
The blood-colored streak also stopped struggling. Wrapped in the whirlwind, it swiftly merged into the black cloud.
This series of changes happened with startling speed. By the time Shen Luo and the others reacted, everything was already over.
Immortal Guanyue had caught his breath by now, his expression incomparably grave. His hands hurriedly formed incantation gestures as he pointed repeatedly.
The altar's light stabilized, and the Five-Colored Vortex likewise calmed. Streams of five-colored light shot forth, sweeping toward the black cloud.
However, the aura within the black cloud surged explosively, and its volume abruptly expanded severalfold. Clusters of pitch-black flames emerged across its surface, burning fiercely.
The light from the Five-Colored Vortex swept over, but the instant it touched those black demonic flames, it was entirely burned away, turning into wisps of green smoke and vanishing. It could not absorb even the slightest bit of Yuan energy from the demonic flames.
"What!" Immortal Guanyue's expression changed. He formed another incantation gesture and pointed.
Boom!
Countless five-colored runes suddenly appeared at the center of the enormous vortex. An even greater force surged forth wildly and swept toward the black fire cloud.
The black fire cloud shuddered violently and blurred for a moment. Then, clusters of demonic