The Cloud Flame Fire kept making chirping cries as it engaged in fierce battle with a mountain cat.
Now at the level of the Founding King Court, and being a flame, it actually didn't have a physical form. It could be said that ordinary physical attacks had no effect on it. Elemental attacks had to be used to have any impact.
Ferocious beasts were mostly strong in body, possessing greater strength and defense than martial artists, but in terms of soul power, they were generally inferior to martial artists. This was key for martial artists to be able to combat ferocious beasts.
But now, facing the Spiritual Fire, the beasts' strongest asset, their physical body, was completely useless. And when it came to Soul Force, that was a weak point for the beasts. How could they fight against the Spiritual Fire?