Chapter 57: End Of The Blazing Phoenix Sect (2/2)

PHOENIX BEAM!

Huo decided to shout without any inhibitions while shooting the strongest attack he has ever done.

The heat was so unbearable that his right arm, that was holding the red Skystone, turned into ashes when he shot the attack.

A huge laser beam of fire, destroyed everything on its path. The Blazing Phoenix Elders running after Huo Shikai instantly melted, turning into dust within a single second. Grand Elder Huo Ming looked back and saw a huge sun about to crash against his body and he couldn't even utter a single sound, turning into dust like the other elders.

Huo Shikai that was a thousand meters or so ahead of Huo Ming, felt a powerful pressured locking on his body and he immediately lost the ability to escape. He turned back, just to watch as a tiny red dot, surrounded by a huge mass of flames flew towards him.

His ugly expression showed all the fear he was feeling moments before his end.

The red Skystone crashed with his chest, exploding right after.

BOOM!

The shockwave killed those Blazing Phoenix Elders that luckily managed to evade the fire beam before the explosion. All those betrayers who hailed from the Blazing Phoenix Sect were extinguished with that explosion.

The other powers rejoiced with a fearful expression. They somehow survived.

”Huff!” ”Huff!”

Huo Shihong knelt on the ground while holding his shoulder with his left hand. He paid with his body, but the results were to his liking.

”It's a pity it will end like this.” While shaking his head in despair, he caught sight of the towering phoenix gate, some meters away from him.

A spec of light dawned upon him, as his hope was reignited. He stood up with a bit of difficulty and headed towards the gate.

However...

Slash!

A sword coated with a hellish flame passed through Huo Shihong's left leg, severing it with a clean cut.

”Argh!!!”

Huo Shihong fell on the floor, bleeding profusely from having lost a leg. He tried to stand up but was already unable to.

Tao Shing appeared near Huo Shihong. He grinned after seeing the state Huo Shihong was. Totally spent, without a leg and an arm. His sorry figure would evoke pity on anyone else other than Huo Shikai, that ungrateful brother. Actually, Huo Shikai wasn't able to feel anything anymore.

”I'm annoyed... To think that someone like you would pose such a threat to us.” Tao Shing prepared to cut him again but a voice asked him to stop.

”Do not. We need to ask him some things first.” Wu Shuhui appeared together with the first prince. The other practitioners started to approach one by one.

Very quickly twenty-two people stood next to Huo Shihong. Some a bit farther than others. Fifteen of them were people from the Hunting Alliance, Blood-boil Mercenary Group and Alchemist tower.

The other seven were Tao Shing and an elder from his family, Wu Shuhui, the first prince and three more Mana Perception initial-stage realm practitioners from the Wu Martial Kingdom. The people from the Blazing Phoenix Sect had all perished.

”Tell me, Sect Master Huo. What is actually inside that chamber?” Wu Shuhui narrowed his eyes while asking.

Huo Shihong remained silent. Gritting his teeth while enduring the pain from his severed limbs.

”You didn't possibly think that we would buy that there was a divine-grade treasure inside, did you? What a lame ass-story you told us.” He kept saying in a mocking tone.

Huo Shihong kept silent.

”So, you won't tell us? Alright. Cut his other limbs!”

Tao Shing was about to use his sword to slash, when suddenly the ground beneath them started to turn black. A black fog started to raise from below.

Nothing actually happened to anyone other than Sect Master Huo. He was swallowed by that black fog, vanishing from the place he was laying some moments ago.

”What is this?”

”Hmph! Use your mana to dispel this fog!”

Very quickly they started to dissipate that black fog that was clouding their senses.

When everything went back to normal, they felt a new presence standing around a kilometer away from them. A youthful man with raven black hair and abyss black eyes. Near him there was the bloody and pitiful figure of the Sect Master of the Blazing Phoenix Sect.

Seth put his hands on Huo Shihong and injected Mana inside him, stopping the bleeding from further deteriorating his injuries.

Huo Shihong looked at the unknown person with a shocked expression. He even forgot about his pain for a few seconds, feeling it twice as strong right after.

'Mana Perception middle-stage?' He felt the energy entering his body and superficially healing his injuries.

”Sigh... Why did you let them do this with you, father-in-law?”