Chapter 955: Today’s Fruit
When Qi Xuansu fought against Kiyohime, he was tainted by the demonic fire twice. The first time was during Kiyohime’s attack, when Qi Xuansu did not evade as he was unaware of the fire’s powers. The second attack was when Qi Xuansu’s sneak attack succeeded, and Kiyohime countered in her dying moments.
The demonic fire was far too strange to be explained by common reasoning. Even with the Demonic Blade’s instincts, Qi Xuansu still ended up tainted by a trace of it.
The demonic fire seemed to have no form, seeping directly through Qi Xuansu’s Youyi Cloud Robe into his body, heading straight for his heart. Though it could not break through the Longevity Stone Heart, it merged into Qi Xuansu’s meridians and acupoints, vanishing without a trace like a stone sinking into the sea.
If an ordinary person were tainted by this demonic fire, they would either be driven by obsession and resentment, gradually turning into a monster that did not recognize kin or friend, or their organs would be consumed, and their flesh and blood would become fuel for the flames.
At the time, Qi Xuansu was somewhat concerned, but when nothing abnormal followed, he paid it no further heed.
Qi Xuansu never imagined that the demonic fire had not truly disappeared but had lain dormant inside him. Only now, with the appearance of Izanagi’s severed hand, did the long-slumbering demonic fire within him awaken.
Illusory flames burned from within Qi Xuansu’s body and enveloped him, faintly resonating with Izanagi’s arm, which stretched from palm to shoulder.
This was only natural, for when the Buddhists divided Izanagi into five parts, they could not have cut off only the hands and feet while leaving the arms and legs attached to the torso.
Initially, only the hand was exposed, and the portion of the arm beyond the wrist had been buried underground. But now, it suddenly shot out, seizing Qi Xuansu in its grasp.
Qi Xuansu did not evade because he was bound in place by the demonic fire that had suddenly erupted within him.
Zhang Yuelu and Little Yin were forced back by the demonic fire radiating from the severed arm.
Five pillar-like fingers clamped tightly around Qi Xuansu, as the demonic fire on his body gradually merged with that of the severed arm.