As Huowang directed Cuilin to unleash a barrage of attacks against the deity statue, he finally realized that the statue was about to detonate in a mutually destructive explosion. Warned just in time, Cuilin managed to escape the thrilling blast.
After all this fighting, Cuilin and Huowang hadn't struck down Lord Guan at all; they had merely been fighting a Wraith that was disguising itself with Lord Guan's idol.
Only when the deity statue was shattered by a single sword strike, and the Wraith possessing it dissipated into the world, could Huowang's true form finally manifest here.
Chapter 451