Chapter 217 - Kill Xingyang Huo (2/2)
“Not good! He’s going to self-detonate with the Bluelotus Earth Fire!” Zhu Jin said shockingly. “The self-detonation of a peak nine-stars Martial Grandmaster with the Bluelotus Earth Fire will certainly drown the whole Yanwu in a sea of flames!”
Under the heat waves rose to the sky, Ao Dijia’s face looked blurry. He snorted coldly and said, “What does this have anything to do with us?” There was a complicated look in his eyes as he said faintly, “A pity that we can’t have a look at the array inside that pagoda.”
Xin Pi wore a gloomy face and seemed to agree as well.
Although the whole of Yanwu was about to fall into flames, and every person in the city would most likely die, in the eyes of these experts, it was no different from the killing of ants in an entire city.
Just when Xingyang Huo went crazy, a disdainful voice came into his ears, “What makes you think you deserve to let the whole city die with you?”
That gave Xingyang Huo a pause. He followed the voice and saw Yunxiao looking contemptuously at him. He froze and saw a pair of blood-red eyes; his head went abuzz suddenly, and he lost his consciousness for a brief moment.
“Not good! It’s a spiritual attack!”
He woke almost instantly, and he stared at Yunxiao in horror, his inner shock beyond measure. But, what made him even more despairing was when he saw Duan Yue thrust a fist at him and smash it straight into his chest. The Bluelotus Earth Fire, which was spiritually connected with him and had become extremely violent, was controlled by the hand right inside his body!
“YOU!” Xingyang Huo let out a roar of despair. “I cannot accept this!”
BOOM!
His body exploded in an instant. Although the self-detonation of a peak nine-stars Martial Grandmaster was powerful, it would not cause widespread damage. Duan Yue rotated his energy and withstood the explosion, causing his body to be seriously injured. But, he dared not dodge, because the Bluelotus Earth Fire was still under his control in his palm. If he failed to suppress it and caused it to explode together with Xingyang Huo, the consequences would be unimaginable!
“What happened? Why did Xingyang Huo suddenly halt for a brief moment at the last minute and give that man a chance?” Ao Dijia’s pupils constricted as he asked with great bewilderment.
Xin Pi and Zhu Jin looked blank too, as they were both lost in deep thought. They also could not understand what had just happened. It was impossible for Xingyang Huo to stand there unmoving for no reason.
Zhu Jin sighed and said with a wry smile, “If we want to know the answer, I think we have to ask Xingyang Huo.”
Meanwhile, Xin Pi’s eyes burst with a gleam as he stared at the Bluelotus Earth Fire in Duan Yue’s hand. His face flickered, which clearly showed that he was struggling on the inside.
Ao Dijia glanced at him and chuckled. “Why? Are you tempted? Are you going to kill all the people down below and take the strange fire for yourself, or keep watching from here? Well, the value of this Bluelotus Earth Fire is not lesser than an ordinary mystic treasure. If you take it and refine it, you may advance a star in your cultivation base directly.”
After listening to what he said, Xin Pi’s face relaxed, and he became extremely calm. With a faint voice, he said, “Hmph! I’m not cultivating fire-element martial techniques. The time it will take me to refine the Bluelotus Earth Fire is enough for me to advance one star myself. It seems that this man has no problem subduing the fire. The incident of the Xingyang family finally has a result, and the stone pressed on everyone’s mind has been lifted. Let’s leave now!”
“But…”
Xin Pi’s eyes became somewhat distant as he said lightly, “…Mount Meru is about to open, and I hope everyone will continue to be on your guard and not let anything go wrong. There must be a reason for Yanwu’s sudden rise. I hope aristocratic families that have problems with Yanwu can exercise a little restraint and try not to provoke them, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Although it is not easy for a thousand-year-old aristocratic family to fall, when it does, it may only take a blink of an eye. The Xingyang family is a perfect example.”
After saying that, he glanced at the Zhou family and the Cheng family, and then gradually disappeared into the void. Zhu Jin and Ao Dijia also gave the crowd a look, and then disappeared together.
The elders of the Zhou family and the Cheng family saw the glances and shivered. After the crowd dispersed, the three of them discussed secretly for a while with gloomy faces before flying back.
After grabbing the Bluelotus Earth Fire, Duan Yue mustered all his strength to suppress it and slowly absorbed it into his body. At the moment, he was already severely wounded from Xingyang Huo’s self-detonation. But, if he did not take the opportunity to absorb the fire, it would be very difficult for him to suppress it. After all, once he let it go, the strange fire would fly back to the boundless heaven and earth, almost impossible to be found again.
He sucked in a breath and opened his mouth to swallow the strange fire. Immediately, he turned red all over and fell to the ground, struggling in pain. The air rang with his miserable screams.
Looking at the pain on his face, Yunxiao called out to the lonely Bluewolf chariot in the air, “Come down, all six of you, and do your best to suppress the strange fire for him.”
Six figures immediately fell from the chariot. They glanced around in fear as they surrounded Duan Yue and exerted their strong soul power to suppress the strange fire in him. It did not help much, but it could greatly alleviate his pain.
At that moment, all the people in the sky were gone, and even Li Yi was nowhere to be found. When he saw Duan Yue’s pain was gradually alleviated, Yunxiao breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled at the pill pagoda as he threw out a few incantation seals and went inside directly.