Xiao Yan let out a low shout. The vast True Flame World began to contract, while the power at the heart of its flames grew ever more formidable.
"This is... the True Flame Emperor's Peerless Divine Ability! You're the True Flame Emperor's successor!"
Sensing those terrifying flames, the Lust Demon Emperor's expression first changed, then filled with horror as though he had remembered something.
He suddenly recalled a legend he had heard within the Lust Demon Race. Tens of thousands of years ago, their race had possessed a Lust Demon Ancestor, a supreme being only one step away from becoming a Heavenly Demon Emperor. Had that Ancestor not fallen, the Lust Demon Race would likely have been even stronger today.
And that Ancestor had fallen at the hands of a supreme being known as the True Flame Emperor, whose Peerless Divine Ability was this very move, True Flame World Purification!
He's actually the True Flame Emperor's successor. If this brat is allowed to grow, he'll become a formidable enemy of our race.
The Lust Demon Emperor's thoughts raced. The True Flame Emperor of old had been capable of fighting any of the Saint Race's three strongest experts one-on-one. How terrifying would Xiao Yan become if he were allowed to mature?
But soon, madness replaced everything in his eyes.
Worrying about that now was utterly pointless, because he was about to die. The terrifying flames were closing in on him relentlessly, while the Demonic Qi within his body was being consumed at a frenzied rate.
"Don't push me!"
The Lust Demon Emperor's face twisted savagely, but Xiao Yan simply enveloped him in flames.
"Heh heh heh, so what if I push you? You're dead today!"
Xiao Yan shouted, and the True Flame World had already contracted to less than a hundred