Lu Qingxuan stopped dead, his expression changing drastically. He stared at the empty space where Jiang Bei had stood, his pupils contracting sharply. Clenching his fists, he roared, "Where is he?! Where did that brat go?! He was right here a moment ago! How did he vanish in the blink of an eye?!"
He Zhentian also halted and swept his gaze around the hall, but Jiang Bei was nowhere to be found.
His face turned livid. With a violent wave of his hand, he shouted at the Heavenly Eagle Fort members behind him, "Find him! That brat must still be nearby! The Emperor Flame Seed entered his body. He couldn't have vanished into thin air! Turn this hall upside down and drag him out!"
"Yes, sir!"
Liu Wujiu ground his teeth and cursed.
"Where did Jiang Bei go? Where? He disappeared after that firelight wrapped around him. Could he have been teleported out? Or is he trapped somewhere inside the flame seed?"
Su Wen looked bewildered too. He exchanged a glance with Li Hongtian, confusion written all over his face.
Li Hongtian scanned the hall and said quietly, "I don't know. But that layer of firelight shielded him completely, which means the flame seed accepted him as its master. It probably won't hurt him! Since he suddenly disappeared, the flame seed must have taken him away. But where? Will he still be able to meet up with us?"
As the two spoke in low voices, the hall suddenly began collapsing even faster.
Boom! Boom!!
Great sections of the vaulted ceiling broke away and crashed to the floor with deafening roars, sending dust billowing everywhere!
The ground beneath their feet shook violently. Cracks spread rapidly from the center of the hall in every direction.
The entire Emperor Flame Hall teetered on