At the moment that eerie laughter filled the air, Qiu Lin’s expression instantly darkened. Without any hesitation, he waved his sleeve, and a vast torrent of Dou Qi shot out, tearing through space with a sharp sound, rushing towards the spot where the aged Mu Gu had been just a moment before.
“Ha ha…” The vast torrent of Dou Qi did not hit Mu Gu; the latter’s figure flickered back nimbly. As he retreated, his hands suddenly formed a series of dazzling hand seals. As the hand seals took shape, Xiao Yan and the others suddenly noticed a faint energy fluctuation resonating from the dragon scale on the forehead of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires.
“Not good…” Perceiving this, Xiao Yan and the others were instantly alarmed.
“Mu Gu, how dare you!” Qiu Lin’s expression also changed at that moment, and he roared in anger.
“Heh heh, there’s nothing under heaven old man wouldn’t dare do,” Mu Gu responded with a sneer to Qiu Lin’s shout. The movements of his hand seals quickly stabilized, and his sinister smile spread across his face: “Rest assured, I only want to help your Pill Tower solve this troublesome flame.”
“Explode!” As soon as he spoke, a cold command was abruptly shouted by Mu Gu.
**Boom!**
As the command sounded, a sharp explosion echoed like thunder, without any warning, in the void.
As the blast resounded, the gazes of Xiao Yan and the others almost immediately turned toward the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires. Then they saw that, at this very moment, the dragon scale on the forehead, devoid of flames, had been forcibly shattered open.
As that dragon scale broke, Xiao Yan and the others were shocked to see that the massive dragon was slowly opening its tightly closed dragon eyes. Clearly, the perfect seal had, at this moment, revealed some cracks.
“The Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires has awakened!” A startled cry instantly rose, followed by a commotion.
The enormous dragon eyes slowly opened. After a moment, a frigid light surged forth, glancing at Xiao Yan and the others, and then the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires let out a earth-shattering roar.
**Boom!**
As the roar reverberated, the purple-black flames on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires suddenly intensified, like a sky-enveloping fire, covering the void.
The purple-black flames surged, and the dense black-line runes on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires also burst into an unusual glow at this moment, like a giant net, tightly binding it.
**Roar!**
The Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires struggled desperately, and its roaring echoed through the void. The purple-black flames crazily burned the black-line runes, and amidst the void, the relatively cool star power continuously seeped out, constantly flowing into the massive body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires.
Faced with the desperate counterattack of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires, even the black-line runes now seemed weak in comparison, their glow dimming under the fierce burning of the purple-black flames.
“Mu Gu, you’re courting death!” The sudden awakening of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires was unexpected to Qiu Lin. As he came to his senses, his face was covered in an ashen hue, and with a roar filled with infinite rage and killing intent, he charged at Mu Gu.
“Ha ha, since your Pill Tower can’t handle such a strange flame, why bother keeping it? Wouldn’t it be better if the Soul Temple enjoyed it for you?” Facing Qiu Lin, whose body was filled with murderous intent, Mu Gu’s expression changed slightly, and he sneered.
“Xiao Yan, shatter the jade beads and inform the tower head!” Enraged as he was, Qiu Lin still maintained some rationality. As he rushed towards Mu Gu, he didn’t forget to shout.
Hearing Qiu Lin’s shout, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and the others quickly nodded, taking out the message-carrying jade beads from their storage rings. Just as they were about to shatter them, a sharp gust of wind suddenly appeared, transforming into a tiny needle and striking the jade beads with precision.
Due to the suddenness of the attack, all the jade beads held by Cao Ying and the others, except for Xiao Yan, were knocked out of their hands and flew away.
“Hmm!” Xiao Yan let out a cold snort, his fingers swiftly plucking the tiny needle from the air and catching it firmly. With his other hand, he shattered the jade bead, then turned his gaze to the direction from which the wind had come. The attackers were two contestants who had also managed to rank in the top ten.
“I didn’t think there were also people from the Soul Temple.” Seeing these two, Xiao Yan couldn’t help but sneer. He had indeed underestimated the strength of the Soul Temple. Among those who made it to the top ten, besides Mu Gu, there were others. This number of entries was already comparable to the Pill Tower’s.
“Heh heh, what can you do by sending a message? The Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires is struggling fiercely, and the three giants of the Pill Tower are too preoccupied with maintaining the seal of the Star Realm. Plus, the Holy Pill City is in chaos, so the Pill Tower’s strong individuals can’t be spared!” A middle-aged man with a slightly sinister expression sneered.
“It seems the Soul Temple has prepared quite well for today’s action,” Xiao Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly. From what this person said, it was clear that the Holy Pill City was likely being stirred up by Soul Temple’s experts, thus tying down many of the Pill Tower’s strong individuals. As for the three giants, the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires was the perfect distraction.
To maintain the seal of the Star Realm, they could not act recklessly; otherwise, if the Star Realm were to break, the rampaging Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires would destroy the entire Holy Pill City.
“Xiao Yan, what should we do?” Cao Ying and Dan Chen stood behind Xiao Yan, asking softly. At this moment, Qiu Lin was engaged in a fierce battle with Mu Gu, and it seemed that their leader had become Xiao Yan. Seeing this, Song Qing’s face was slightly ashen, but after hesitating, he reluctantly stood behind Xiao Yan.
“What else can we do? We can’t interfere in both places. For now, we can only wait and see, and hope for the Pill Tower’s strong individuals to come to our aid,” Xiao Yan replied with a grave expression.
Hearing this, Cao Ying and Dan Chen glanced at each other and nodded lightly. Indeed, there was no room for them to interfere in either of the battlefields.
As Xiao Yan and the others spoke, the void suddenly began to vibrate intensely. Vast and mighty forces surged out from the emptiness, converging on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires. With the influx of these mighty forces, the black-line runes once again regained some of their glow. Clearly, the three giants were now intervening.
**Roar!**
Facing the reinforced seal, the dragon eyes of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires reddened. Today was its chance to escape. Although it couldn’t defeat the three giants of the Pill Tower, they couldn’t kill it either. If it didn’t escape today, it didn’t know when the next opportunity would come. Over the years, the seal of the three giants had caused it much suffering.
As the dragon eyes of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires turned red, a destructive aura surged from its massive body. Feeling this destructive aura, Xiao Yan’s eyes twitched. His Annihilation Fire Lotus contained a similar vibe. It seemed that the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires was really risking everything…
**Roar!**
A low and angry roar echoed continuously in the void. The purple-black flames on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires suddenly squirmed, and, to the astonishment of everyone, quickly condensed. In a blink of an eye, a eerie, black, heart-stopping flame appeared, then split into tiny black droplets, raining down and covering the massive body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
The deep black droplets fell on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires, causing the black-line runes to melt and dissolve rapidly. However, this method seemed to consume a great deal of energy, as the luster in the eyes of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires dimmed slightly in that instant.
“After all these years, you still rely on these tricks. Do you really think you can seal me for life?” Though the energy cost was significant, the eyes of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires were more filled with excitement. After so many years, it had finally devised a way to break the seal that had been plaguing it.
The body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires struggled violently, and the black-line runes quickly dissipated. Although the vast force continuously pouring from the void was repairing them, it seemed unable to keep up with the rate of destruction.
“Damn it, the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires is about to break free from the seal,” Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing paled as they saw the black-line runes on the body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires thinning. As members of the Pill Tower, they knew very well that if the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires escaped, it would cause immense destruction.
In contrast to their pale faces, Xiao Yan’s expression remained calm. If the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires truly broke free from the seal, his chances of subduing it would actually increase. While this was quite dangerous, it was a matter of seeking fortune in peril. Right now, he had no time to consider anything else.
“Ha ha! Void Sky Elder, this time, it’s your turn to fail!” As Xiao Yan’s eyes flickered, the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires raised its massive head, and a thunderous laughter echoed ceaselessly in the void.
**Crack!**
As the laughter faded, the colossal body of the Heavenly Flame of Three Thousand Blaze Fires spun wildly in the void. Then, the sound of something breaking quietly reverberated in the space.
Upon hearing the cracking sound, Cao Ying and the others couldn’t help but shudder slightly.
“The seal… has failed…”
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