The Spell Formula's explosion swept through the room.
Xu Le transformed into an electric current and quietly bathed in the flames, while the Shadow Demon suffered under Death Knell's Soul-Suppressing effect and the scorching flames, roaring and screaming incessantly:
"Xu Le, get out! Please, get out! You'll die like this too."
"You will. I won't."
It began to scream and beg for mercy, but nothing it said changed Xu Le's mind in the slightest.
Vast quantities of soul smoke burned in the room's flames, changing from a faint blue at first to a foul-smelling black.
Only when the last trace of the Shadow Demon's soul had burned away did the flames gradually subside.
Electric currents still filled the room, scattered throughout it to avoid the flames' scorching heat.
Xu Le's elemental transformation was undoubtedly far superior to Gu Beichen's.
Only after confirming that the Shadow Demon was completely dead did Xu Le gradually regain solid form and collapse to his knees.
"So tired."
Bai Jing and the others hurried to help Xu Le out. Gu Beichen also had the sense to start cooling Xu Le down with the Ice Element.
Once Xu Le's temperature dropped, his physical condition gradually improved. He looked at Gu Beichen and asked in puzzlement:
"Why can your flames burn electric currents?"
"Their forms are just different manifestations of Ancient Yin Duo Energy. It can be flames, lightning, or frost. Understand?"
"Understood."
Although Xu Le was progressing rapidly, there were still many things about combat and cultivation that he did not understand well enough.
Take what had just happened: even after his elemental transformation, Gu Beichen's flames had still inflicted some damage on him. It was certainly less severe than it would have been in human form, but he was injured nonetheless.
"Was that shadow just