Shi Feiyang had already laid out his plan. Now he burst from the water, taking the lead as a dragon and shooting into the sky. He opened his mouth and spat out his Divine Fire Inner Core, a Precious Pearl as wide as a bowl's rim, glowing incandescent white like a burning coal. It spun rapidly, five fire dragons—red, green, yellow, white, and black—circling it as it hurtled straight toward the Iron Umbrella.
The umbrella was a supreme treasure that Iron Umbrella Daoist had painstakingly nurtured and refined for hundreds of years. Even possessed by demons, he could wield it at will through his subconscious. Now, however, demons were assailing his heart, attacking him from within and without, tormenting his mind and awareness. He could spare only a sliver of attention to control the precious umbrella, yet even so, it still bore ten thousand tons of crushing weight.
Hagenibu released two Great Strength Gods-Demons to seize the umbrella and forcibly lift it. They moved as though carrying a mountain peak, their ascent far from swift.
Shi Feiyang spat out his inner core, targeting the Gods-Demons holding the umbrella.
The inner core first locked onto one Gods-Demon. He twisted his head more than halfway around and howled at it, spewing a bolt of demon fire like a streaming length of silk to meet it. The two collided, halting the inner core in midair, but only for a moment. As Shi Feiyang sent a breath of True Qi into it, the inner core abruptly accelerated, driving straight through the demon fire.
Before the inner core arrived, the five fire dragons flew ahead and coiled around the Gods-Demon's limbs and torso. The Gods-Demon spewed demon fire wildly and was about to take flight and transform when the inner core struck his chest with