Heart Sword, Fetal Light—Severing Worries.
The Nine Fires Taoist momentarily lost himself.
His disorientation wasn't significant, but the problem was, just before this happened, he had been manipulating the ferocious "Holy Fire" to launch an attack.
The Black Flame was at the juncture of releasing or not releasing. Although it lost control from the Nine Fires Taoist, its strength had accumulated to a point where it could not be contained, and thus, it exploded on its own.
Boom!
A moment later, the Black Flame exploded outright.
Since it wasn't refined by the Nine Fires Taoist, naturally there was no such thing as protection from it; hence, the Nine Fires Taoist became the first target of the Black Flame's attack.
Setting fire to oneself.
The black sea of fire, centered around the Nine Fires Taoist's body, suddenly spread out, terrifying waves of fire sweeping out with horrifying temperatures.
