The dragon flames were about to land on Nie Li, but a dozen allied Heavenly Axis Realm experts merged with their Dragon Bloodline demon spirits and stood in their way.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
A wall of dragon flames exploded. The raging flames danced in every direction.
Although the flames slightly injured the Heavenly Axis Realm experts, it wasn’t enough to kill them.
*Woosh!* *Woosh!* *Woosh!*
Three licks of dragon flame passed through the gaps between the Heavenly Axis Realm experts’ defenses at crafty angles and shot towards the inscription patterns array.
A sinister expression was smeared across Gu Heng’s face. If he couldn’t cut Nie Li into ten thousand pieces, then he’d never be able to ease the hatred in his heart. No matter what happened, he wouldn’t let the Lightning Deity’s Lake be destroyed, just like that!
Three tongues of dragon flame whistled towards the array below.
Nie Li stood in the face of those dragon flames, but didn’t move an inch. His expression was calm. He quickly extended his hand and snatched the Deity Root.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
The three tongues of dragon flame exploded around him. One raging flame even caught on him.
A barrier quickly sprung up from his Grade 6 artifact and blocked the flames. Not even the slightest spark managed to touch Nie Li’s skin.
He got the Deity Root!
The corner of Nie Li’s mouth rose into a smile as he tossed the Deity Root into the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting.
Since he already had the Deity Root, there was no longer a need to continue the battle.
Nie Li transmitted his voice over the Li Xingyun and Gu Bei. “Brother Xingyun, Gu Bei, conserve our strength and order a retreat!”
When Li Xingyun, Gu Bei, and the others heard Nie Li’s words, they rejoiced. Nie Li had accomplished their objective, so why should they keep fighting? They should just let Gu Heng go and cry in a corner all on his own. Anyways, they weren’t going to stay and play around with him any longer than they needed to!
“Everyone, retreat!” Gu Bei loudly yelled.
“Follow me and charge out!” Li Xingyun took the lead.
The experts of Heavenly Path League and Demon League all charged out of the seige.
Without its Deity Root, the Lightning Deity’s Lake began to rapidly collapse.
At the sight of this, how could Gu Heng possibly not understand what was going on? He nearly cried out from the emotional pain. This Lightning Deity’s Lake was his last remaining one! So what if he managed to wipe out Nie Li and his entire group? All three of his Deity’s Lakes were gone, not a single one was left!