The ominous curse rang in his ears, accompanied by the explosive crackle of high heat scorching the air.
Kang Xingquan turned his head with difficulty and glanced over, only to see Guo Yuanying's entire body engulfed in flames, no different from Director Ai and the other Black Sun Sect members earlier.
Screams and shrieks blended into one.
The former mostly came from Guo Yuanying's wife, children, and elders in the ward area.
As for the latter, they surrounded Kang Xingquan. Du Shicai and the old brothers who had come to visit him were already sprawled across the ground, crying out in unending pain.
Most of the bodyguards had fallen as well. Only a scant few remained capable of fighting, yet they merely looked around in confusion, terrified beyond measure.
Why was this happening?
The three statements related to "Black Sun" replayed in his mind, but at a time like this, they were merely replayed. He could not decipher any meaning from them at all. Kang Xingquan only felt that the Sunlight Corridor was blindingly bright, while the burning sensation between his brows and the aching, tearing pain throughout his body had appeared for no reason whatsoever, strange beyond belief.
Especially when he pushed off with his feet, intending to sprint from this dangerous area—his toes and calves felt as though they were being sliced by blades. He nearly ended up like Du Shicai, crawling on the floor and howling in pain.
Yet Kang Xingquan endured it. His present pampered appearance made it easy for people to forget that, unlike Wu Xiude, who had risen from being an adjutant, Kang Xingquan had once been Grand Executive Officer Tao's most capable war general—a Local Tyrant who had fought and clawed his way up, and one of the few enhanced humans in the