Chapter 20: Collapse (1/2)

Chapter Twenty: Collapse

Upon hearing Nie Qian’s orders, Nie Tian quickly took out the animal bone and put it on top of a protruding flamecloud gem.

A flickering spark of fire immediately shot out from the animal bone.

Nie Tian focused with rapt attention, his face lit up with joy. “The animal bone has started absorbing the power of the flame!”

“Brilliant!” Nie Qian said, equally elated.

That meant that the animal bone, as they had expected, was absorbing the flame power.

Obviously, whichever unmined flamecloud gems the animal bone came into contact with, would darken rapidly.

Within a very short time, a half-embedded flamecloud gem splintered and turned into ordinary gray stones after its flame power was drained.

“There!” Nie Qian barked, pointing to a larger flamecloud gem. “Be quick about it!”

Following her instruction without any hesitation, Nie Tian affixed the animal bone to a larger flamecloud gem formation.

Nie Qian continued to exuberantly locate new targets, even before the flame power was drained by the animal bone. “There! Over there! An even bigger piece! ”

CRACK! CRACK!

The flamecloud gems cracked, one after another.

The animal bone had already absorbed a huge amount of flame power, and soon became red and translucent, releasing an odd, flame-like luster.

Sparks appeared on the animal bone. In the dark, they were like stars, shining brightly.

FIZZ!

Nie Tian came to notice that those sparks were converging, in great number, on a single point.

“Here! ” Nie Qian said, pointing to a conspicuously large flamecloud gem.

Nie Tian placed the animal bone on the gem, face joyful. “The flames are condensing once again! ”

POP!

A red flame flared up in the center of the animal bone.

Nie Tian probed the active flame with his spiritual awareness, and found that it was the very drop of blood in the middle of condensing.

Then, he felt an unusual attraction generated by the drop of blood.

CRACK! CRACK!

It seemed all the flamecloud gems in Mine #73 were starting to crack, and they altogether let out a horrifying sound.

At the same time, sparks that looked like millions of fireflies suddenly flew out of the flamecloud gems and into the animal bone.

RUUUUMBLE!

Even more horribly, the rumbling could also be heard in other mines on the hillside.

Along with the rumbling, the sparks that splashed out from the millions of flamecloud gems flew towards Mine #73, where Nie Tian was located, as if they were attracted by a unique magnet.

The extended members of the Nie clan and the other laborers, who were in the middle of their mining efforts in the various mines, all began to shout in alarm.

“What’s going on?”

“What’s happening?”

“The mine is collapsing! We have to get out of here!”

“Everybody get out of the mine, now!”

“A catastrophe is upon us! ”

“…”

People ran wildly from their workplaces and bolted in horror towards the exit of the various mines one after another.

Nie Qian also panicked. “Gosh, Little Tian! This animal bone is much too frightening. It absorbs the flame power too fast! This mine is crumbling!”

However, Nie Tian still held that piece of animal bone in his hand, as if he did not hear a single word of her cry.

It seemed that his spiritual sense was completely wrapped up in the animal bone. His sparkling pupils were replete with arcane profundity.