Monday, as always, asking for recommendation tickets.
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However, the current situation was actually good news for the Fire Bird. With those eight chains binding and restricting the Qiantian Thunder Flame, the Fire Bird was at least able to put up a fight against it.
The moment Yang Kai appeared on this battlefield, the Qiantian Thunder Flame sensed him. The enormous single eye suddenly flashed with brilliant light, converging into a beam that swept toward Yang Kai.
"Another ant — but you will serve nicely as nourishment for my strength. Consider it an honor!"
The Qiantian Thunder Flame's voice boomed like thunder, shaking the very heavens and earth.
A devouring force descended upon Yang Kai. The beam seemed to carry an irresistible pulling power, attempting to swallow Yang Kai's soul body whole.
Yang Kai let out a cold snort, and his Divine Sense erupted like a tidal wave.
In the void, a sharp cracking sound rang out as the pulling force was broken apart by Yang Kai, shattered into nothing.
"Even an ant dares to resist my will — unforgivable!" The Qiantian Thunder Flame seemed enraged. A thick, tentacle-like arm swept horizontally toward Yang Kai with the momentum of a thunderclap.
"Screech!" The Fire Bird cried out, spewing a column of fire that shot ahead of the strike, positioning itself in front of Yang Kai and batting the tentacle back.
Yang Kai stood there with a cold expression, carefully observing without rushing to act.
He didn't yet know how to deal with such a bizarre entity as the Qiantian Thunder Flame.
Right now, he was here only as a soul body. His physical body was still inside the volcanic crater, completely unable to channel his Saint Qi to help the Fire Bird fight. All he could use was his Divine Sense.
He didn't want to alert the enemy prematurely.
Tentacles lashed in from every direction. The Qiantian Thunder Flame seemed to have realized how important Yang Kai was to the Fire Bird, and shamelessly abandoned its assault on the Fire Bird, shifting its focus entirely onto Yang Kai instead.
The Fire Bird was forced onto the defensive.
Yang Kai's rash arrival seemed to have made the Fire Bird's situation even worse.
The two bizarre entities once again clashed, with Yang Kai at the center.
Time trickled by. The aura radiating from the Fire Bird gradually weakened, while the Qiantian Thunder Flame remained as ferocious as ever, showing not the slightest sign of diminished power.
"In this place, I am the sovereign. You ants must all kneel before me!" The Qiantian Thunder Flame's will rang out once more.
A sharp light flashed in Yang Kai's eyes, and he couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter: "So that's how it is!"
Sensing Yang Kai's joy, the Fire Bird's fighting spirit surged. Blinding radiance exploded from its body as it once again tangled with the Qiantian Thunder Flame, the two devouring each other's energy.
"I've seen through your trick. Today is the day you die!" Yang Kai shouted, suddenly extending his hand and slicing forward.
A strange ripple of power shot forth.
A stretch of space beside the Qiantian Thunder Flame was isolated.
That was the power of Space!
Although Yang Kai's soul body couldn't channel the Saint Qi of his physical body, his mastery over the power of Space was still as effortless as moving his own arm.
He used the power of Space to sever the Qiantian Thunder Flame's connection to a certain direction.
The Qiantian Thunder Flame seemed to freeze for a moment. A flicker of panic appeared in that enormous single eye, and it abandoned its attack on the Fire Bird entirely, redirecting its frenzy against Yang Kai.
"Just as I thought!" Yang Kai laughed. The Qiantian Thunder Flame's reaction had confirmed his guess from the side.
Without hesitation, wave after wave of mysterious spatial force burst from his soul body, spreading outward in all directions, gradually constructing another cage.
In the span of a dozen breaths, the cage took shape.
The invisible spatial cage cut off the Qiantian Thunder Flame from the outside world, enveloping it alongside the Fire Bird.
This cage had no effect whatsoever on the Fire Bird, but it posed a lethal threat to the Qiantian Thunder Flame.
The Qiantian Thunder Flame would no longer be able to draw power from its surroundings to restore itself!
Yang Kai had been observing for some time and had noticed an invisible link between the Qiantian Thunder Flame and the surrounding magma and subterranean heat. No matter how much essence the Fire Bird devoured, the Qiantian Thunder Flame could recover rapidly.
The Fire Bird, on the other hand, had no such advantage!
That was hardly surprising — after all, this place was where the Qiantian Thunder Flame had been imprisoned. Having existed here for tens of thousands of years, it naturally knew how to exploit the surrounding environment to its benefit.
But the cage forged by the power of Space had shattered that advantage in an instant.
"Let's go together. It won't be able to recover now," Yang Kai called out to the Fire Bird. His soul body, contrary to its usual caution, surged forward.
"Puny ant tricks, and you presume to challenge me? Without the power of the outside world, you are no match for me!" The Qiantian Thunder Flame growled with contempt.
"Then let's see who's stronger!" Yang Kai smirked coldly, and roared: "World-Destroying Demonic Eye!"
On his left eye, a brilliant golden light suddenly blazed. A vertical, elongated golden pupil materialized.
From within that pupil, a beam of light imbued with mysterious power shot straight toward the Qiantian Thunder Flame's massive single eye.
The Qiantian Thunder Flame's enormous body shuddered violently, and it let out a roar as though it had been wounded.
The World-Destroying Demonic Eye had always possessed the ability to purify the soul.
The Qiantian Thunder Flame had developed spiritual intelligence and given birth to a soul — it was naturally countered by the World-Destroying Demonic Eye.
Its massive body twisted and thrashed. Countless tentacle-like arms whipped about frantically, as though trying to collapse the entire space.