The next day.
In the Secluded Courtyard.
Huo Xuan looked at Huo Cheng, who was bound in front of him, and walked straight up to him, asking, "Huo Cheng, how does it feel to be a traitor? Are you afraid? Do you regret it?"
Huo Xuan's three consecutive questions infuriated Huo Cheng to the point of almost losing his temper.
"Heh, Huo Xuan, everything you have now should have belonged to me. It was all taken from me!" Huo Cheng said resentfully.
"Everything I own is yours? I took it from you? Are you daydreaming? You don't really think you're anyone important, do you?" Huo Xuan said in a flat tone, with a hint of disdain in his voice.
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, your old man was taken care of last night. Now it's your turn."
"Father... Huo Xuan, I'll kill you!"
"Huo Cheng, you better behave yourself!"
Yan Liao, standing behind Huo Cheng, roared and kicked him to the ground. He gathered his Dou Qi, ready to kill him.
Huo Xuan quickly waved his hand at Yan Liao and said, "Don't kill him yet..."
Huo Xuan looked at Huo Cheng, who was struggling to get up from the ground, and said, "When you decided to become a traitor, you should have thought carefully about what the consequences would be. Besides, everything I have is earned through my own strength! You should take a good look at yourself..."
Huo Xuan shook his head, his gaze falling on Huo Cheng's abdomen. "Speaking of which, I remember I was the one who found the Fallen Heart Flame that you possess..."
"Huo Xuan, what do you want to do!"
"Huo Cheng, don't worry, don't be afraid, it won't hurt at all, just bear with it and it will pass." Huo Xuan smiled and slowly walked towards Huo Cheng.
A ruthless glint flashed in Huo Xuan's eyes. Brilliant flames swirled around his right hand, and with a flick of his arm, that magnificent, fiery hand slammed into Huo Cheng's abdomen.
"Ah!"
The moment the fiery hand struck Huo Cheng's abdomen, streams of flame merged into Huo Cheng's body. The flames traveled along the meridians within Huo Cheng's body, passing through layers of obstacles, and finally entered the Na Ling Space at the center of the Dou Qi Vortex.
"Fallen Heart Flame, I've found you!"
After finding the target, Huo Xuan suddenly pulled, and an invisible flame was forcibly extracted from Huo Cheng's body. The transparent and invisible Fallen Heart Flame quietly floated in Huo Xuan's palm.
Once a Strange Fire is refined, it becomes a part of that person, inextricably linked to everything about that person, including their life and soul. If it is forcibly extracted from the body, the person will suffer severe damage at best, and may even die on the spot at worst.
"Puff!"
A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted from Huo Cheng's mouth. Because Huo Xuan had forcibly extracted the Fallen Heart Flame from his body, his cultivation level began to decrease rapidly at this moment.
Nine Star Dou Zong
Eight-Star Dou Zong
Seven Star Dou Zong
In the blink of an eye, his cultivation level dropped from Nine Star Dou Zong to Three Star Dou Zong.
"No... my cultivation! My Fallen Heart Flame... give it back to me!" Huo Cheng said somewhat frantically.
"Want to go back? Come and take it from me if you dare!"
As he spoke, Huo Xuan raised his palm, his fingers lightly touching the Fallen Heart Flame in his hand. His Soul Power penetrated the Fallen Heart Flame, and he quickly sensed the Soul Imprint left by Huo Cheng Huo Xuan it. Huo Xuan swept his powerful Soul Power over it, causing the Fallen Heart Flame in his palm to tremble violently. After a while, the trembling stopped...
After the Soul Imprint was erased, Huo Cheng completely felt that he had lost the connection with the Fallen Heart Flame. His already weak aura became even weaker at this moment.
"Huo Cheng, you actually managed to cultivate the Fallen Heart Flame to maturity. Thank you very much."
"You..."
Huo Xuan's gaze swept over Yan Ling and Yan Liao, then looked at the Fallen Heart Flame in his hand. After a moment of thought, he called out, "Yan Ling."
"Brother Huo Xuan, what's the matter?"
"The Soul Imprint that Huo Cheng in the Fallen Heart Flame has been cleared by me. Now it belongs to you." Huo Xuan gently stroked the Fallen Heart Flame with his palm, first smiled slightly at Huo Cheng, then flicked his finger, and the Fallen Heart Flame in his hand floated lightly towards Yan Ling, hovering in front of him.
"Brother Huo Xuan... this..." Looking at the Fallen Heart Flame in front of him, Yan Ling was at a loss for words.
"Of the three of you, you are currently the weakest. The Fallen Heart Flame can enhance your strength..."
"This Fallen Heart Flame has been refined by Huo Cheng for many years. Even though I have now removed the Soul Imprint, it will still have considerable resistance to you. So you should not try to fuse with it in the short term, otherwise you may suffer a backlash."
"First, Soul Seal in it, take it into your body and nurture it properly. When it no longer resists you, you can fuse with it."
Upon hearing this, Yan Ling no longer refused. He closed his eyes, touched the invisible flame with his fingers, and slowly channeled a wisp of Soul Power into it...
As the Soul Power invaded, the Fallen Heart Flame initially resisted, but since it was now ownerless, the resistance lasted for a while before gradually dissipating.
Watching Yan Ling claim his Fallen Heart Flame for himself, Huo Cheng stared intently at Huo Xuan. If looks could kill, Huo Xuan would have died ten thousand times over. Huo Cheng suppressed his resentment, and a resolute glint suddenly flashed in his eyes, as if he had made up his mind.
"Young Clan Leader, I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! I swear I will never do it again, please forgive me this time!" Huo Cheng suddenly knelt down Huo Xuan with a look of remorse, frantically begging Huo Xuan to spare his life.
Most people in this world are still afraid of death. When faced with the threat of death, after a struggle in his heart, Huo Cheng still chose to bow his head Huo Xuan for mercy.
"You won't do it again? There's going to be a 'again'?"
"No! There will be no future, Young Clan Leader! I swear there will never be a future!"
"Hehe..."
Huo Xuan let out a cold laugh. Hearing this laugh, Huo Cheng felt a chill run down his spine, as if his heart had fallen into a Deep Abyss...
"Huo Cheng, I think you misunderstood me. You won't do it again? Do you even have a 'next time'?"
"Don't I know you? Right now, you're probably just thinking about how to survive first, and then find a chance to kill me later, right? Once you're disloyal, loyalty breeds disloyalty. If you can betray me once, you can betray me a second time, a third time. Keeping you by my side will only make you a threat in the end." Huo Xuan said, looking sharply at Huo Cheng.
"Yan Ling, I'm leaving this traitor to you to deal with. Don't let me down!" Huo Xuan's tone was icy cold, devoid of any emotion.
The words were like a bolt from the blue for Huo Cheng, who still clung to the hope that he might be able to continue living. Huo Xuan's cold words made Huo Cheng realize that he was doomed to die today... Huo Xuan would never let him go!
"That's ruthless, Huo Xuan, you're ruthless!"
Seeing that begging for mercy was not working, Huo Cheng stopped pleading with Huo Xuan...
"Haha... hahaha..."
At that moment, Huo Cheng laughed angrily, raised his head, looked at Huo Xuan, and said through gritted teeth, "Huo Xuan! Even if I become a ghost... I will not let you go! If there is a next life, I will definitely kill you!"
"Huo Xuan! You'll get your comeuppance! Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you down there!"
"Huo Cheng, we've been rivals for so many years. Although I've never considered you an opponent, I thought you should know me. But I never expected you to say such a foolish thing one day."
"Retribution? Huo Cheng, is this the first time you've gotten to know me? If I were afraid of something as vague as retribution or divine punishment, I wouldn't be standing here today."
After saying that, Huo Xuan ignored Huo Cheng and focused his gaze on Yan Ling and the other two.
"Resolve this quickly."
After giving the order, Huo Xuan first, confident that they would not let him down.
Huo Xuan hadn't gone far when the three of them stood smiling in front of Huo Cheng. Their smiles were so gentle, but in Huo Cheng's eyes, those gentle smiles were the smiles of death. He could already see death beckoning to him not far away...
"You... you three... three dogs that Huo Xuan keeps..."
Upon hearing Huo Cheng's insulting words, the three of them did not intend to argue with him, because they did not need to get entangled with a dying man.
Yan Ling and Huo Yun exchanged glances without saying a word. After a moment, they both looked at Huo Cheng simultaneously and flicked their fingers...
The transparent and invisible Fallen Heart Flame and the blood-red Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame landed on Huo Cheng's body, and the two terrifying flames instantly enveloped Huo Cheng!
"Ah..."
His body was being burned by two Strange Fire, and the pain was indescribable. Huo Cheng screamed in agony amidst the flames!
The screams were absolutely horrific!
"You will all die a horrible death!"
"What goes around comes around; none of you can escape this!"
"I'll be waiting for you down there!"
The Huo Cheng, writhing in agony amidst the flames, uttered vicious curses, its voice like the screams of a demon, sending a chill down one's spine...
As time passed, the sounds of the Huo Cheng gradually faded, and the flames grew weaker and weaker... and the person struggling in the flames gradually became still!
Looking at the fallen corpse in front of them, Yan Ling and Huo Yun set it on fire again. The Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame burned Huo Cheng's body to ashes. The Fallen Heart Flame has the property of suppressing the soul. Under the burning of the Fallen Heart Flame, Huo Cheng's soul and his physical body were burned to ashes.
Without even a soul, Huo Cheng has no chance of taking revenge on them...