As that thought settled, the azure flame in his hand surged, instantly blazing with dazzling intensity.
Then Liu Yu raised his left palm and blew gently toward the azure spark.
"Whoosh~"
In an instant, hundreds upon thousands of fiery threads emerged from the egg-sized flame and flew in every direction across Shattered Gold City.
Blown loose, the stars fell like rain!
At a glance, the strands of flame shimmered with radiant colors, like a spectacle seen only once in a thousand years.
Yet beneath their beautiful appearance lurked fierce murderous intent. The scorching heat they casually emitted was enough to incinerate the flesh and souls of living beings.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
The hair-thin azure threads looked fragile enough to scatter in a breeze, yet they moved with astonishing speed.
In less than half a breath, they crossed the vast distance and touched the densely packed "blood clouds" in the sky.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
Whatever methods the low-tier blood bats used, they could not extinguish the second-grade spirit flame.
Neither their innate spells nor blows from their bodies could stop the flames from spreading. They could only watch helplessly as the fiery threads descended.
"Pff~"
The instant they touched flesh, the hair-thin flames suddenly swelled. Azure fire blossomed in the sky like fireworks bursting without warning.
More "fiery threads" split off from the blooming flames and spread toward still more low-tier blood bats.
"Screee~!"
Amid the low-tier blood bats' piercing cries, the flames spread from one to ten, then ten to a hundred, until they engulfed the entire "blood cloud."
From a distance, the blood clouds in the sky were rapidly stained azure until they vanished completely.
At some point, a peculiar smell filled the air, like the aroma of golden, glistening roast meat, enough to make one's mouth water.
But soon, that