Chapter 600: The Greatest Honor of the Realm of Flame Heaven (2/2)
“It’s already too late,” Fang Hui said, his expression very grim.
He knew that even if they went to another teleportation portal now, they wouldn’t make it back in time to save Nie Tian.
Anger filled Dong Tengfei’s eyes as he said, “Why did Nie Tian ignore our warnings and leave the city anyways?! I told Dong Li repeatedly before we left that she shouldn’t let Nie Tian take one step outside Shatter City! Why would he still do such a rash thing!?”
This was the biggest question of all those who cared about Nie Tian.
Seeing them feel frustrated and anxious, Hou Qingsen and Ji Qingyun exchanged a glance and smiled subtly, as they both thought that Nie Tian would die beyond the shadow of a doubt this time, and they finally had their revenge.
At that moment, rapid sounds came from within Dong Tengfei’s cuff.
With a grim and anxious expression, Dong Tengfei took out his Sound Stone, assuming that it was Dong Baijie messaging him to inform him of Nie Tian’s death.
Soon after sending a wisp of psychic awareness into the Sound Stone, his expression quickly became very strange.
At that moment, the Sound Stones of Qian Qiong, Lu Ling, Kong Hong, and the others also rang one after another.
They also assumed it was their juniors messaging them to inform them of Nie Tian’s death at the first possible moment.
However, like Dong Tengfei, their expressions also grew very strange after they received their messages via their respective Sound Stones.
Seeing this, Dong Tengfei quickly put his Sound Stone away and asked, “Y-you’ve received the same messages, didn’t you?”
Qian Qiong nodded and said numbingly, “I didn’t see this coming... at all.”
Mixed emotions rose in Kong Hong’s heart as he said, “It seems that we’ve all underestimated him. That young man is special indeed!”
Li Jing, Fang Hui, and the others who hadn’t received any messages looked deeply puzzled, not knowing what they were talking about.
The same went for Hou Qingsen and Ji Qingyun.
However, Qian Qiong didn’t explain anything to Li Jing and the others. Instead, he took a deep look at Hou Qingsen and Ji Qingyun and said, “You’d better watch out.”
With these words, he signaled Li Jing and the others, who had been very anxious a moment ago, to leave.
After they were all gone, Hou Qingsen took out his Sound Stone. With a wisp of his awareness, he asked confusedly, “What the hell happened?”
Moments later, one of the Poison Sect disciples that he had deployed in Shatter City replied, “All five Profound realm rogue cultivators were killed!”
At the same time, a sharp sound also came from Ji Qingyun’s Sound Stone. His face dropped as he sent a wisp of awareness into it.
Hou Qingsen couldn’t help but exclaim, “That kid had a puppet whose battle prowess is equal to that of a Soul realm expert! How is that possible?! How can a puppet possess such formidable battle prowess?!”
“Three of them were even at the late Profound realm! Only someone with Soul realm battle prowess could have killed all five of them within such a short time!” With these words, Ji Qingyun finally realized why Qian Qiong and the others had looked so strange after receiving their messages.
Hou Qingsen took a deep breath, his expression incomparably grim. “I can’t believe that the Realm of Flame Heaven possesses Soul realm battle force now! Even though it’s only a puppet, it’s as powerful as a Soul realm expert. From now on, whoever wants to ride roughshod over the sects from the Realm of Flame Heaven will have to think about the consequences.”
It wasn’t long before Li Jing realized that Qian Qiong wasn’t leading them towards any of the other teleportation portals. She could no longer suppress her curiosity, and thus asked, “What happened?”
All of the Worldly realm and Profound realm experts from the Realm of Flame Heaven had come to the Void Illusion Mountain Range to help with the defenses, and they didn’t have any informants in Shatter City. Therefore, Li Jing hadn’t received any word of what had happened outside Shatter City.
She knew that powerful sects like the Ice Pavilion Sect and the Spirit Condor were only taking special care of the sects from the Realm of Flame Heaven because of Nie Tian.
If Nie Tian died, would they still care for them?
Without Nie Tian, would they be once again used as cannon fodder in the upcoming battle against the outsiders?
If the alliance tided over the outsiders’ invasion, would those forces still stand by their side when the Heaven Expanse Sect and Poison Sect sought trouble with them?
Qian Qiong sighed with a smile, and decided to tell Li Jing and the others the truth. “Your realm has produced an extraordinary Qi warrior. Nie Tian killed all five Profound realm experts with a puppet outside Shatter City, and three of them were at the late Profound realm. The battle prowess of that puppet is equal to that of an early Soul realm expert. From now on, people won’t dare to ride roughshod over the Realm of Flame Heaven anymore.”
A shudder ran through Li Jing’s body. “W-what?!”
“Soul realm experts are the true foundation of major sects,” Dong Tengfei chimed in. “Only those that have Soul realm experts can be considered major sects. Now that the Realm of Flame Heaven possesses Soul realm battle force, no one will dare to slight you anymore, even though it’s only a puppet.”
Fang Hui, Chang Sen, and Ghost Eye were also flabbergasted upon hearing these words.
Not having a Soul realm expert was the fundamental reason why the Realm of Flame Heaven hadn’t been acknowledged by the other eight realms over the recent centuries.
It was also because of this that the Realm of Earth Sieve, the Realm of Dark Underworld, and the Realm of Black Marsh had dared to plot to take the Realm of Flame Heaven.
But now, since the Bone Blood Demon which Nie Tian had awakened possessed Soul realm battle force, it had completely changed the situation.
As Fang Hui, Li Jing, and the others exchanged glances, they could see great excitement and joy in each other’s eyes.
“It’s the greatest honor of the Realm of Flame Heaven that Nie Tian is from the Realm of Flame Heaven!”