Fortunately, the six-leaf ice crystal is indeed a good thing, protecting him perfectly. Otherwise, Liu Chen might have been eating roasted chicken wings by now, considering how formidable the flames truly are.
When Liu Chen finally managed to divert the flames, the pain began to fade little by little. At that moment, Liu Chen understood what it feels like to be in great discomfort; he felt like those two spheres were turning into fireballs. After taking several deep breaths, he began guiding the flames into his limbs, and finally, after they circulated through his body in a Grand Circulation, he slowly started to retract this fiery power. Having completed the first step of familiarization, the second step was to conceal the flames within the Dantian, where the Demon Core had already built a nest for them to reside.
