"Aah!"
The instant the pink flames touched Tang San's skin, searing pain made his pupils widen. His body went taut as a spring, and as a piercing scream escaped him, a faint wisp of black flame flashed deep within his eyes, eerily strange.
Watching the scene, Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes. For a fleeting instant, he had sensed an unusual fluctuation from the heavenly flames within him.
"There seems to be something hidden inside him. With the power of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, Tang San should have been burned straight to ashes." Xiao Yan frowned slightly as he watched Tang San, who remained intact despite being engulfed in pink flames, and spoke in a low voice.
"Is Tang San dead?" Eyes across the mountains turned toward the sky as whispers rose and fell.
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, a faint voice emerged from the expanse of pink flames. "Heh heh heh... Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, we meet again."
"Nihility Devouring Flame!" At that sinister laugh, Xiao Yan's expression shifted, and his vigilance surged.
"Whooo..."
As the strange laughter faded, a black figure flickered into view behind Tang San. The instant it appeared, an uncanny suction swept out across the sky, dragging the surrounding pink flames toward it.
At last, beneath everyone's incredulous gazes, all the pink flames were sucked into the black shadow floating behind Tang San.
"Heavenly flames truly do taste exquisite. A pity this isn't your origin flame. I would love to taste the origin flame inside you." The Nihility Devouring Flame stood in the sky and smacked his lips, an exceedingly eerie smile on his face.
After the Nihility Devouring Flame appeared, wisps of black flame seeped from his body. The energy of the surrounding world streamed endlessly into him, only to be utterly devoured by his strange power.