Two figures brushed past each other.
The clamor splashed through the void, eventually subsiding into silence.
The outcome was decided; victory or death!
Gu Shen stood up, sheathed his dual blades, and turned to look at the Vermilion Bird.
"Crack!"
A crisp cracking sound rang out within the sea of fire.
The Fire Lotus Elemental Armor covering the Vermilion Bird Divine Envoy began to fracture, pieces falling away.
The toxic miasma had corroded the Vermilion Bird's Spirit Sea.
The youthful face burning with flames quickly turned pale.
"...Thud."
The Vermilion Bird fell to one knee, Li Fire desperately surged into his body. He reached out, trying to support himself on the ground, but his arms instantly erupted with fissuring patterns of spreading branches, and then his entire body exploded amid the sea of fire.
Clang!
Iron Scale Flying Swords returned from the sky, forming a wall before Gu Shen to fend off a blaze of scarlet, rotting flames.
