Tie Niu had initially thought nothing of the skinny old man, yet the medicinal pills he tossed over exploded on contact with considerable force. The flames that burned after the explosions, in particular, scorched his Black Gold Lock Armor black and searing hot, causing him great pain.
Seeing how effective Old Xu's Exploding Pills were, Mu Bai immediately found inspiration. His first Soul Spirit was currently the Haibei Tribe's Ancestor Spirit Divine Crow, which possessed an innate power of flame, but the fire-attribute Origin Power Mu Bai cultivated was even more powerful!
Without hesitation, Mu Bai thrust his palms out repeatedly, sending streams of Divine Crow Divergent Flame fused with fire-attribute Origin Power hurtling toward Tie Niu. They struck the Black Gold Lock Armor covering his body with rolling booms. As the saying went, fire could melt gold as well as refine it. This suit of Black Gold Lock Armor happened to fear the smelting heat of blazing flames!
Before long, Mu Bai's Divergent Flame had heated the chain mail covering Tie Niu to a scorching temperature. Beneath its searing heat, thick white smoke rose from Tie Niu's coarse flesh, as though he were about to be roasted through.
"Ahhh, how despicable and shameless..."
Though it was not yet fatal, the terrible pain was unbearable. With no other choice, Tie Niu tried to undo the Black Gold Lock Armor, but the flames had smelted away its spiritual responsiveness, leaving him unable to control it freely.
The heat drove Tie Niu nearly mad. He could only seize the red-hot armor with both hands and muster all his World Force to wrench the black gold apart. Only then did he strip off the Black Gold Lock Armor, revealing a dense web of deep, furrow-like burns across his body.
Strike while he was