With a low shout from Xiao Yan, the dazzling Fire Lotus, originally only the size of a washbasin, abruptly swelled. In the blink of an eye, it became an enormous lotus-shaped cloud of flame.
The dazzling flames shattered space itself, turning everything within a diameter of a hundred thousand zhang into a sea of fire.
The immense shock wave of flame stirred waves thousands of zhang high on the water's surface, then slammed into the sixteen Earthly Sovereign Demon Spirits with terrifying heat.
"Roar!"
The sixteen Demon Spirits roared, fear filling their crimson eyes.
Then, under the impact of the flames, a full twelve Demon Spirits were blasted into clouds of mist in an instant by the terrifying power carried within the shock wave.
After dispersing, the mist tried to gather again, but the flames that had been drifting aimlessly suddenly seemed to gain awareness and burrowed into it. As wisps of black smoke rose, the water that had possessed such terrifying vitality instantly fell still, floating in the sky like dead water.
In mere moments, Xiao Yan had wiped out twelve Demon Spirits comparable to Earthly Sovereigns in a single attack.
"Heavenly Flame Cauldron, take them in!"
Excitement shone in Xiao Yan's eyes as he casually tossed out the palm-sized Heavenly Flame Cauldron. In an instant, it expanded to a thousand zhang and began swallowing the surrounding Spirit Liquid like a whale.
Hidden in the distance, Luo Hetu and the others stared blankly at the scene, unable to speak. Since meeting Xiao Yan, they had been stunned so often that they were growing numb to it. Even if Xiao Yan casually suppressed Luo Tianshen now, they would not have found it particularly surprising.
While the Heavenly Flame Cauldron greedily sucked in the Spirit Liquid, Xiao Yan had already become