Even though they could not see the evil karma, Qin Xijun and Phoenix both noticed the Black Heavenly Dog's abnormal state.
Perhaps the Great Sun True Nature had some connection to the Golden Crow; this transformation left Qin Xijun faintly uneasy.
"How could this happen-"
At that moment, on Yang Valley Cliff, the Wandering the Clouds Daoist frowned slightly.
He looked up at the sky, his gaze falling on that mass of churning demonic flame.
The Black Heavenly Dog's condition was far too strange. It seemed to react particularly violently to Song Yan.
This forced the Wandering the Clouds Daoist to release Sword Qi from Mystery ahead of time, hoping to suppress the vicious hound.
Yet what puzzled him was that this time, the Black Heavenly Dog completely disregarded the Sword Qi suppressing it.
Demonic flame surged over its entire body, billowing in layer upon layer.
With each breath the Black Hound took, countless tiny golden feathers of light were swept into its body.
Those feathers of light were the spiritual essence dispersing from the great sun's outer reaches, the Golden Crow's afterglow. Now, the Black Hound was actually absorbing them.
For every fraction it devoured, the demonic flame around it swelled another inch.
Black Qi churned around the solar disc.
Between sky and sea, the daylight that the great sun had already dyed golden-red actually dimmed once more.
By now, the Phoenix Bird had sensed the Black Hound's movements in advance and immediately sheltered Qin Xijun and Song Yan beneath its demonic feathers.
At the same time, its enormous body turned in midair, and its golden-red wings beat fiercely.
It swept out a skyful of seven-colored demonic fire.
The demonic fire changed colors again and again, hues spreading through its layers like clouds glowing at the edge of the