Demon Phoenix was somewhat surprised. He had not expected Chen Mu to actually give him so much time. Although the flames he had accumulated still could not unleash their greatest power, they were enough to give Chen Mu a bitter cup to swallow. He had brought this on himself.
"What?" Just as Demon Phoenix prepared to detonate the flames, he suddenly discovered that he could no longer sense the flames that had invaded Chen Mu's body.
Chen Mu gave a low shout, and a powerful aura of Demonic Art spread from his body.
As that aura erupted, Demon Phoenix could not help letting out a shriek.
"Old bastard, don't even think of shaking me off!" Demon Phoenix shouted, his own aura surging as well.
With a whoosh, the flames clinging to Chen Mu instantly blazed up. Previously, there had only been flames on the surface of his body; now, almost his entire figure was engulfed in a massive fireball.
Unfortunately, when Demon Phoenix desperately tried to drive his flames, he found his efforts somewhat futile.
He still could not sense the flames that had invaded Chen Mu's body. Even the flames he was unleashing now were completely isolated outside Chen Mu's body, unable to break through his protective True Qi at all.
"That should be about enough. I've seen what you can do," Chen Mu said coldly.
As he spoke, Chen Mu's robes billowed, and an immense force spread from his entire body. That aura rapidly expanded outward, relentlessly pushing away the flames Demon Phoenix had attached to him.
Demon Phoenix squawked loudly, but no matter how he roared, he could not suppress Chen Mu's expanding force as it drove out his flames.
With a bang, Demon Phoenix reverted from his Death Flame Possession state to his original form. Chen