The next instant.
Yi Yang flicked his wrist, and the saber tip vibrated rapidly in the air with a faint hum.
It was not one thrust, but thirty-six in succession.
Every thrust struck the same point in the air, so fast that only a string of blurred afterimages could be seen.
The saber tip left scarlet traces in the void. Thirty-six scarlet marks intertwined and overlapped in the air, finally forming a blooming Flame Lotus.
Four Symbols Six Directions Saber, Vermilion Bird Burns the Flame.
"Explode."
Yi Yang uttered a single word and turned his wrist.
Boom!
The Flame Lotus formed from Blade Astral Force abruptly exploded. Violent shock waves swept in all directions, tearing the dozens of vines at the very front to pieces on the spot, while the intense heat clinging to the Blade Astral Force directly ignited the oily sap flowing from them.
Bolstered by his manifested Dharma Body of the Profound Mystery Second Realm, this strike of Vermilion Bird Burns the Flame was far more powerful than when he had fought the White Lotus Society's fat man a few days earlier.
Whoosh!
The fire spread up the vines, burning a sea of flames several zhang across on the southern side of the valley.
The Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine naturally abhorred fire. Scorched by this searing saber Qi, the mass of vines besieging Yi Yang contracted violently, its offensive faltering.
Behind the Crooked-Neck Tree outside the eastern side of the valley, Lu Zui and his granddaughter Lu Qinglan had just reunited. Through the gaps between the vines, they saw the twenty-year-old young man standing amid the flames with saber in hand, and both froze.
Lu Qinglan's eyes widened. She covered her mouth, scarcely daring to recognize him.
Rejuvenation?
*Was this Lord Yi's true appearance, or a phenomenon manifested