Chapter 671: Dangerous Situation (1/2)

Raven studied the Last Seal...

It looks like a large bottle cork filled numerous dazzling runes. It is also bound by numerous chains - not just any chains but the Chains of Order. At the center of the last seal, a lone sparkling gem could be found. The gem radiated with rainbow colored lights and was fluctuating with intense energy signals.

This gem served as the core of this Last Seal, coincidentally, it is also the true body of Elder Flame - the Sun Rock.

Beneath this seal is a deep hold filled with darkness. The only light source that could be seen within this darkness was the glow of the Chains of Order that's bound to the body of the Devil Emperor itself.

Since the Chains of Order converge on to the Sun Rock, Elder Flame naturally became an important part of the seal. It can even be said that he's the one keeping the Last Seal intact. Without him, it would be too easy for the Devil Emperor to escape his prison.

The place where the Last Seal is, was a secret to many. In fact, it's existence is only know to the officials of the sect. This place is directly connected to the Devil Emperor's Pagoda after all.

With the combined efforts of the Chains of Order and Elder Flame, the Devil Emperor was thoroughly suppressed for the longest of time, however it seems that something strange was going-on since Elder Flame reported that the Devil Emperor is becoming stronger.

”...”

Raven inspected the Last Seal in silence. Everybody was tense since Raven's expression was somewhat somber. As he poured his consciousness over to the seal, he could make out it's entirety. He didn't dare to go in to deep of course since the Devil Emperor would notice him. Nevertheless, even without making direct contact with the prisoner, he could gleam several clues from his inspection.

”...it's anxious.” Raven murmured softly. ”I didn't make any direct contact with it, I didn't see it either but I could feel it's anxiety and agitation. The Chains of Order doesn't have any problem either, but since this is the first time that I inspected it, I'm not really familiar with how much strength it has. So I'm going to take your word for it and say that it is getting stronger.”

”It's anxious? Why? Isn't practically Immortal? Why the hell is it anxious?” Elder Flame was confused as well. It might be because of him being a rock that was born with intelligence that he didn't know how emotions work. Which is why he's confused and didn't notice it before.

”I'd be glad if I knew the answer to that.” Raven pursed his lips, ”I can't though. You can't expect me to walk up to it and ask, 'Hey, prisoner that we've tortured for millions of years! Why the hell are so anxious?' right?”

”...” Elder Flame was rendered speechless with that retort.

”Can you tell me what usually happens whenever you 'whip' it?” Raven asked.

'Whipping' is Elder Flame's description of stopping the Devil Emperor from struggling free from the chains. Since the Chains of Order is connected to the Sun Rock (Elder Flame's body) it is inevitable that he feels terrible whenever it happens. In order to retaliate, Elder Flame will douse the Chains of Order with his flames to hurt it as well. Usually, that's enough to keep it still for quite sometime.

”It groans in pain of course. My flames are rather vicious after all.” Elder Flame replied, his tone was filled with boasting and confidence.

”It doesn't scream or thrash around? Wait, don't tell me your Cleansing Flames aren't working on it?” Raven's face slightly twisted when he asked that.

”W-well...” Elder Flame hesitated, but under Raven's glare, it's flame body could only shrink in fear. ”Back then it did of course! It was rather loud and kept thrashing around too much that even this whole place was shaking. H-however, it's been imprisoned for far too long so it had gotten used to the pain. Now it only groans...”

Raven was skeptical since that doesn't make sense to him. Cleansing Flames is the bane of Evil. The Devil Emperor is the incarnation of Evil itself - or at least it's supposed to be. If the Cleansing Flames were so effective against minor devils, then it should also work on the Devil Emperor itself.

He refused to believe that the Devil Emperor would develop a resistance against it's mortal enemy. It had to be known that the Cleansing Flames won't be extinguished unless evil was completely cleansed. Under it's assault, the Devil Emperor should've been burnt to ashes by now, yet it's still alive thanks to it's Immortality trait.

Maybe it has it could get shed its skin anytime it wants in order to remove the Cleansing Flames instead, who knows. But still, the Cleansing Flames should still work against it.

'Wait...could it be...'