At the moment Fang Hong appeared, Leiya's face suddenly changed, and she shouted softly: "Watch out!"
Fang Hong's reaction was remarkably quick. As he turned his head, he was startled to find a humanoid figure made of purple-black flames had appeared right before him. Its slender form vaguely resembled a woman's appearance. 'She' was emitting a strange, fluctuating sound while raising a sword to stab at him. Fang Hong barely had time to see a flash of fire before a thin, flame-like tongue of fire pierced straight into his chest.
It wasn't terribly painful, merely a prick like a needle, but then a wave of scorching heat swept over his entire body, as if he was engulfed in a sea of fire.
"Ade!" Leiya shouted, disregarding the messenger behind her, she threw the great shield in her hand in the direction—it spun and struck the flame specter, its sharp edge slicing off most of its head before embedding with a 'thud' into a nearby Vitex tree.
