The Fire Lotus rose slowly amid bright red bubbles that gurgled around it. When its stem emerged from the magma, its petals rapidly unfurled, revealing the Fire Armored Corpse at the center.
The large-headed Fire Armored Corpse's skin was so red it seemed about to drip blood. His lower body was still wrapped within the flower's center, while crimson, bud-shaped armor formed over his upper body, encasing every part of him except his face.
Now revealed, the Fire Armored Corpse twisted rapidly within the flower. Gradually, the petals around his waist began to draw inward. The dazzling red petals of the gorgeously blooming Fire Lotus closed tightly, contracted, and solidified into armor around his legs.
During this process, the vast fire essence throughout the Fire-Extreme Land surged into one final frenzy amid the explosions of the surrounding formations, all converging on the Fire Armored Corpse. The fire essence condensed into sparks that filled the air, flowing into his body like a river of stars.
Scorching heat radiated from the Fire Armored Corpse's body. A lotus pattern gradually took shape between his brows, growing clearer and clearer until it finally became a Fire Lotus a hundred times smaller than the original, imprinted at the very center of his brow.
Meanwhile, the enormous Fire Lotus enveloping the Fire Armored Corpse gradually shrank out of sight. By the time the lotus mark between his brows had formed, the Fire Lotus beneath him had vanished without a trace.
The crimson Fire Armored Corpse turned his red eyes toward Han Shuo, shook his large head, then suddenly opened his mouth and drew a deep breath. The surging flames coiling around Han Shuo and still frantically eating away at him turned into streaks of fiery light with that single breath, pouring into the Fire Armored Corpse's