When Liu Changxu saw the ninth-tier fire dragon reveal his true form, he turned and gave his wife and children a few words of instruction. Then, in a flash, he left the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship and shot toward the spot where the fire dragon had appeared.
Yet the moment he left the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship, the skies above Fireland Island suddenly changed.
A crimson dragon ten thousand li long abruptly appeared, stretching across the void. His scales looked as though they had been cast from molten lava, and he nearly blotted out half the sky.
Before Liu Changxu could approach, the dragon abruptly opened his jaws. Golden-red flames gushed out like a flood bursting through a dam, instantly becoming a sea of fire that blotted out the sun and sky. With the might to burn mountains and boil seas, it swept toward him.
Liu Changxu's gaze sharpened, and the magic power around him abruptly surged, becoming a torrent of spiritual radiance visible to the naked eye. The Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords shot out of his body, their blades wreathed in blazing red lotus karma fire. Their roiling flames carried the might to burn all things to ashes as they instantly formed an intricate, deadly Red Lotus Sword Formation and hurtled toward the ninth-tier fire dragon.
At the same time, a treasured mirror and an ancient lamp flew out of his body and hovered above his head.
The Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror lit up first. A clear beam of silver mirror light suddenly shot out, instantly enveloping the fire dragon's enormous body.
The ninth-tier fire dragon felt his entire body grow heavy, as though invisible shackles had bound him tight. His once-agile body became impossibly sluggish, as if he were trapped deep in a mire, unable to move.
Immediately afterward, the