Legend of the Great Sage

scorching pain on his face, but at this exact moment, the flames that filled his vision actually receded.

“What’s going on?” Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow.
The flames actually had not even harmed a single hair on him.
Was this the handiwork of the Divine Nun of the South Sea again? The self-destruction of the giant god of fire definitely should not have been so weak.
Even if Zhu Yan detonated himself, it should not have been so weak!

There was a flash of firelight.
All he saw was a colossal ball of fire that vaguely resembled the shape of a heart rushing towards the main peak.

Li Qingshan suddenly realised what had happened.
The self-detonation this time was only a feint by Zhu Yan.
He had only blown up the power that composed the giant god of fire’s body.
At first glance, it was an extremely shocking disturbance, but in reality, it was nothing more than that.
However, it did create an opportunity for Zhu Yan to slip away.

“Dharmagupta-vinaya, Conduct of Vinaya,” the Divine Nun of the South Sea’s voice rang out once more.

Zhu Yan came to a sudden halt and realised he was immobilised.
He let out another curse, “Damned old nun!” He struggled as hard as he could to break free.

“Gravity of the Earth! Get over here!” Li Qingshan raised his right hand and enveloped the fire god’s heart from afar, gathering all the strength in his body to use the innate ability.

Zhu Yan felt an invisible force grip him and pull him backwards.
The main peak was right before him, but it had grown distant all of a sudden again.

In that moment, he experienced an urge to use this force to rush back and perish together with Li Qingshan, but upon further thought, he dismissed this idea.
The main peak of Fire Melt mountain was already on the brink of collapse.
If he died here, it would probably fall very quickly!

The Poison Assimilating Ghost King lunged back, and Zhu Yan bellowed, “Explode!”

The fire god’s heart suddenly exploded, even more powerful than the explosion from earlier.
The Divine Nun of the South Sea’s expression changed, and blood oozed out from the corner of her lips.
She did not even bother to explain the essential ideas of the school of vinaya to Xiao An, sitting down in a hurry to meditate and recuperate.

Zhu Yan broke free from the restraints and used the might of the explosion to rush head-first into the formation.
Zhu Fen was overjoyed by this sight, immediately leaving Ye Duanhai and turning into a streak of firelight as he returned to the main peak.

The sword flashed, and a man appeared again.
Ye Duanhai breathed a little heavily while a large part of his cloak had been burned away.
Clashing against the strongest of the three kings, Zhu Fen, had been a tough battle for him too.
He was powerless to stop him now.

The three Fire Devouring Kings worked together and each wielded a Divine Fire tablet, immediately stabilising the formation on the brink of collapse.
At the same time, they tossed three red wutong fruits with specks of gold into their mouths and began absorbing the extremely pure fire spiritual qi that sprayed out from the main peak, rapidly recovering their strength.

The three Merfolk Kings continued to power the flood with whatever that was left in them, but their faces had already become sheet-white.
The flood became weaker and weaker, and the main peak became more and more stable instead.
As they grew weaker while the Fire Devouring Kings grew stronger, breaching the main peak where the royal court of Fire Devouring Folk stood seemed to become more and more impossible.
The glorious eye of the storm drew closer and closer too.

Ji Changfeng had overexerted himself and entered a feeble state a long time ago.
He could still swing the Feilian flag with some difficulty, but not only was he incapable of controlling the storm, but he would even be swallowed by the storm instead.

The Myriad Poison Ancestor had transformed back from the Poison Assimilating Ghost King.
The two explosions were not enough to kill him, but they still left him with rather deep wounds.

The Divine Nun of the South Sea retreated a few more kilometers.
Although she still had some remaining strength, that was clearly not for throwing her life on the line, but for escaping when she needed to, such as right now.
She held Xiao An’s hand.

Gong Yuan emerged from behind Li Qingshan.
She wanted to grip the Heart of the Abyss firmly, but she felt her entire body soften.
Was it going to end like this? They had spent so much time preparing and planning, only for it all to come just one step short of success?