Vermilion Mound Deliverance of Fire

The ball of flame rapidly expanded, finally transforming into an enormous ring of fire.

Su Yao looked at Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi.

"You two deal with these remnants of the Witchcraft Dao. Leave those beasts above to me."

The two nodded, then unleashed Law Artifacts and Law Techniques together, attacking the five remaining witches without pause.

Su Yao's figure flashed, and he appeared in the air. Looking at the ring of fire flying toward him, he said disdainfully,

"A mere demon art! We of the Jade Pure One's lineage have made it our duty to exterminate demons for generations. Today, I'll rid the world of you Outer Dao lot!"

With that, he put away Clear Breeze and formed seals with both hands.

"Vermilion Mound fire abode, old crane, deliver life.

Burn away the yin, cleanse the filth, let evil perish."

As his voice fell, radiant light flowed around Su Yao and gathered at his fingertips like a tide.

Just as the ring of fire formed by the fire sparrows was about to descend, a wisp of vermilion radiant flame escaped Su Yao's fingertip.

The vermilion radiant flame was like the red clouds of dusk.

He looked at the ring of fire and formed another Hand Seal.

"By my decree!"

The next instant, boundless vermilion radiant flame poured from his fingertips, transforming into a vermilion immortal crane that beat its wings and flew toward the ring of fire.

The moment they touched, the immortal crane began devouring the ji fire on the ring.

Bing Fire was the gathering position of fire virtue. Though foremost in ferocity, it lingered without end.

Had a Law Technique of another path tried to devour this fire, its user would likely have been seized by a scorching heat the next moment. Then Bing Fire would have burned out from within, reducing them to ashes in an instant.

But the Rainbow Clouds path lay outside the five elements, transcending the mortal world, so naturally it had nothing to fear.

In only a moment, the Bing Fire on the ring was nearly devoured by the immortal crane.

The many fire sparrows in the ring were all shocked. Before they came, their elders on the mountain had told them that the path of radiant light was difficult to deal with, but they had not expected it to be this difficult. Yet now that this forbidden technique had been unleashed, forcibly stopping it would likely cost them several companions. This Qixia Daozi was truly terrifying.

After all, the three fire sparrows leading them ranked among the finest Foundation Establishment cultivators for thousands of miles around.

So many humans and demons had joined forces, yet all they had done was make their opponent cough up a mouthful of blood.

Just as the demons were wavering in uncertainty, the immortal crane suddenly shot straight into the sky. They relaxed, thinking their unfailingly effective Bing Fire had taken effect, but the next moment, the clear cry of a crane rang out again.

The immortal crane had appeared above their heads.

Before they could react, it flung its wings open, and its entire body turned into motes of light woven from radiant light and Bing Fire, which showered down.

The radiant light fell first, completely dispersing their protective flames and the Law Power guarding their bodies.

Deprived of the protection of the fire-ring form, they were forced to resume their sparrow forms.

Immediately afterward, the Bing Fire followed, beginning to burn their demon bodies.

But they were Demon Beasts born to the path of Bing Fire, so naturally they had no fear of it.

The largest fire sparrow looked at Su Yao and sneered,

"I thought that since you came from the renowned Qixia lineage, you ought to be well learned. But we were born spirits of Bing Fire. Why would we fear it?"

A cold smile touched Su Yao's lips when he heard this.

"Oh? A pack of beasts dares call itself spirits? How shamelessly you boast!"

Before his voice had faded, the Method Formula in his hands abruptly changed!

The radiant light into which the immortal crane had transformed had yet to vanish. Now it swiftly gathered, forming clusters of dazzling crimson light.

Immediately afterward, the "Bing Fire" they had swallowed earlier, thinking themselves unharmed, began to burn within their demon bodies.

Su Yao looked at the fourteen fire sparrows and laughed.

"Who said what you swallowed was Bing Fire?"

He paused. This fire was called:

"Rainbow Radiance Vermilion Fire!"

With that, the vermilion clusters formed from radiant light swiftly divided into fourteen portions, each flying toward one of the fourteen fire sparrows.

Seeing this, Su Yao ignored the wails of the fire sparrows, took out Clear Breeze again, and stood ready with his sword.

When the radiant light reached the fire sparrows, there was no earth-shaking sound, nor any greatly frightening change. The light merely seeped slowly into the bodies of the wailing fire sparrows.

A breath later, the fire sparrows' bodies began to swell. Su Yao was overjoyed at the sight and thought to himself:

This was also his first time using the seventh-grade "Vermilion Mound Deliverance of Life" against an enemy. The technique was most effective against fire virtue; against other paths, it was less effective than some fifth-grade Law Techniques.

The next moment, he appeared ten li away. Just as he landed, the fire sparrows' bodies swelled to their limit and burst.

Still there was no sound. There was only countless streaks of brilliant radiance blooming between heaven and earth!

After taking a few looks at the dazzling spectacle, Su Yao flashed away again, arriving at the battlefield where Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi fought the remaining witches.

Of the original five witches, only two remained.

Seeing this, Su Yao said to the pair,

"Scatter."

Radiant light flickered between his brows, and he once again used the eighth-grade Law Technique "Heavenly Radiance Resonance Technique," a prerequisite for Qixia Temple's guardian immortal art.

Streams of radiant light burst from between his brows, instantly engulfing the two remaining witches. In just three breaths, the light vanished, leaving only a pool of flowing yellow spring water.

As soon as the two were dead, Su Yao hurriedly swallowed a fourth-grade Essence Recovery Pill to restore his Law Power.

He thought to himself:

He had too little combat experience after all, and had wasted too much Law Power. The techniques he had just used were sixth-grade Law Techniques at the lowest, while ordinary Purple Mansion True Persons used fifth- through eighth-grade Law Techniques.

Law Techniques ranged from first to ninth grade, with the first grade lowest and the ninth highest. This corresponded exactly to the first through ninth layers of the Qi Refinement stage, when Law Techniques were used most often.

Mystery Opening cultivators normally used first- to second-grade Law Techniques, while Qi Refinement cultivators used second- to fourth-grade ones.

As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, they used only third- to sixth-grade Law Techniques. He, however, was still only at Foundation Establishment, yet could already use seventh-grade Law Techniques at will. The price was that only forty percent of the Law Power in his Qi sea remained.

Moreover, the Heavenly Radiance Resonance Technique he had used earlier employed the fate drawn in by the prism to trigger a resonance with the Rainbow Cloud Fruition, thereby summoning radiant light to shoot forth.

On top of that, the fight was not yet over, so he needed to restore his Law Power as quickly as possible.

Earlier, he had used the prism to detect a witch and a sparrow still hiding nearby.

Though they too were at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, they were much stronger than the Foundation Establishment Late Stage witches and fire sparrows from before.

They were even a notch stronger than Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi. Without a doubt, they were direct inheritors of Noon Sparrow Mountain and the Hepu Witch Tribe. After all, both had produced True Lords among their ancestors.

The Liu and Li families were indeed a good deal inferior.

But to him, they were only a little more troublesome.

Putting those thoughts aside, he landed with his sword in hand and swiftly scanned his surroundings as he restored his Law Power.

Within a radius of two li, numerous mountaintops had been leveled, and several small rivers had been diverted.

Then he took out two pills and looked at Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi.

"Come here first."

The two hurried over. He tossed the pills to them, and their eyes lit up at a glance. They quickly caught them and cupped their fists.

"Many thanks, Dao Child."

Su Yao merely smiled.

"Hurry and restore your Law Power. There's still important business to attend to later."

Both were startled, then understood. They quickly swallowed the pills and began restoring their Law Power.

Su Yao tossed two more pills to Little Red and Little Orange.

The two birds were delighted. They swooped over, scrambling for the pills and playing together.