Chapter 491 - Immolation (2/2)

“GET OUT OF MY WAY!” the Flaming Qilin roared with all the ferocity he could muster, opening his jaws wide to fire another gusher of lava into the poor Elf, blasting him away.

The Flaming Qilin lunged at the fallen Di Ye, his hand balled into a fist where he gathered a huge, condensed burst of flame and he blasted Di Ye’s head open, the vaporizing heat leaving nothing at all.

“BROTHER!” Di Yan shrieked maniacally. In a frenzied madness, he charged at the Flaming Qilin.

The Flaming Qilin stomped hard into the ground, launching himself at Di Ran as the earth crumbled beneath the force of his propulsion.

Rumble!

Both men smashed into each other and the impact of their collision sent a tremor that rocked the cells.

The Flaming Qilin wrapped his arms in a crushing bear hug around Di Ran and he channeled his powers to set himself ablaze and the fire swiftly overwhelmed them both.

“ARRGGHH!” Di Ran howled in wanton agony, writhing and convulsing to break free while he futilely struck the Qilin’s back again and again, to no avail.

Steeled by his resolve, the Flaming Qilin endured the beating, keeping his grip firm and tight despite the retaliations of his enemy as he kept the fire raging on and on.

Slowly, Di Ran’s shrieks and screams slowly died down and the force of his blows waned until he could finally move no more.

Sizzle!

The carcass of Di Ran burst into a deluge of ashes. Not even his bones remained.

Gao Mohan and the others stared with bewildered looks on their faces, while deep inside, they grimaced at how deranged that was.

But that was hardly the end; the Flaming Qilin spun around and fired a jet of flames at the headless carcass of Di Ye. The immolation swiftly burned the body into blackened soot.

Even Chu Xun was unsettled by the Flaming Qilin’s brutal ways. He flashed the Qilin a thumbs-up and said, “I like your temper, although your ways are a tad obtuse and boorish.”

“You’re obtuse and boorish,” the Flaming Qilin shot an annoyed glare at Chu Xun and said, “just because you’re slinging fancy words doesn’t mean I don’t understand what ‘obtuse and boorish’ means.”

Chu Xun giggled and shook his head. The Flaming Qilin would be a thorn in the side for any enemies in the future. No one likes a maddened enemy crazy enough to charge into battle with reckless abandon while disregarding his own safety.

Chu Xun pointed at the keys lying on the ground. That prompted the Flaming Qilin to dove for them, swooped them up before he rushed to unlock the cells.

Chu Xun peered at the ashes that were once Di Ran and Di Ye and sighed wearily.

“What’s wrong, Chu?” asked Gao Mohan. For one moment, it seemed like Chu Xun was feeling sorry for the two presbyters and that puzzled him.

Chu Xun pointed a finger at the Flaming Qilin who was busying himself with freeing the captives, including his sweetheart Su Wei’er, and grumbled, “That fool had destroyed even the Storage Rings of the two Elves just now.”

Everyone stared at Chu Xun, rolling their eyes at him. Even after everything, Chu Xun was still very much Chu Xun – the same scoundrel whose palate for anything valuable and rare has not yet waned.

“Devil, come here, quick!” the Flaming Qilin waved at him furiously.

Chu Xun knew what he wanted. He tossed to him the vial of antidote he took from Di Danqing earlier and the Flaming Qilin gave the pills to Su Wei’er, Su Lianyi, and Yan Xin.

Only after an hour, all three of them finally regained their powers.

“Thank you so much, Chu Xun!” That was the first thing that came out of Su We’er’s mouth the moment she reopened her eyes.

Su Lianyi and Yan Xin stared strangely at her before their heads swiveled in unison towards Chu Xun. “Has she fallen in love with Chu Xun?! She should be thanking the Flaming Qilin first for freeing us all!”

But they were not the only ones; even Gao Mohan and the others were flabbergasted by the Sacred Maiden’s bizarre behavior.

More so, the Flaming Qilin. He had been expecting to win Su Wei’er’s favor, only for the Sacred Maiden to first thank Chu Xun. Feeling cheated, he glared scathingly at Chu Xun as if he was spoiling for a fight.

“Thank you, Flaming Qilin!” At long last did Su Wei’er finally conveyed her thanks to him.

But that hardly restored the smile back to the Flaming Qilin’s face. Despite his best efforts to look happy and relieved, deep down inside, he wondered if the nightmare he had been dreading finally arrived.