Demonic Qi and Buddhist Light surged like tides around Qing Chen as his piercing gaze swept over Songshan True Person.
Only after Songshan True Person cupped his fists and yielded did Qing Chen rein in his aura, his Demonic Qi dispersing like an ebbing tide.
Under the precise control of his Demon Seed Divine Sense, the three-petaled Black-Gold Fire Lotus returned to Qing Chen's brow like a nimble fire spirit.
As the fire lotus settled back into place, the black lotus mark on his brow gradually dimmed until it vanished from sight.
Seeing Songshan True Person finally yield, Spirit Crane True Person's taut nerves instantly relaxed, and he seemed to lose all his strength.
Cold sweat slid from Spirit Crane True Person's forehead down his cheeks, soaking the front of his robes. The pressure Qing Chen had placed on him was simply too great.
This was only natural. Even Heavenfire True Person had been deeply wary of this three-petaled Black-Gold Fire Lotus while wielding the Fire God Sword, let alone Spirit Crane True Person, who had cultivated at the Golden Core early stage for only a hundred years.
Although the Fire God Sword and Spirit Crane Sword were both low-grade Magic Treasures, the former's power surpassed the latter's by a considerable margin!
Moreover, they kept sensing a great terror hidden within this three-petaled Black-Gold Fire Lotus. Beyond its billowing Demonic Qi and formidable heat, there ought to be something even stranger about it.
Spirit Crane True Person gazed at the Spirit Crane Sword in his hand, its spiritual radiance dimmed. The lingering Demonic Qi and heat were still slowly eating away at the blade with a sizzling sound, leaving him shaken:
*That stubborn mule really is thickheaded. He won't shed a tear until he sees the coffin, and now look-he's