Fang Chen looked up at the Stone Tablet, his gaze sharpening slightly. The Stone Tablet doesn't seem to want me near Senior Huo Li. It seems to be protecting him!
From the looks of it, the Fire Glazed Saint was receiving some kind of inheritance. But Fang Chen knew that did not mean he was safe.
No one outside could help the Fire Glazed Saint now. Whether he survived depended entirely on him. With many inheritances, failure meant the inheritor's soul would scatter into nothingness.
Although Fang Chen could not help him, he did not want to retreat. He wanted to move closer, because the nearer he got to the Fire Glazed Saint, the stronger the pressure on him became—and the more energy he absorbed from the Floating Immortal Sword.
Fang Chen also knew that the Floating Immortal Sword would only feed energy back to him after absorbing energy from its surroundings, encouraging him to keep using it that way.
He did not know what energy the Floating Immortal Sword was absorbing here, but as long as it fed some back to him, he was satisfied.
The Black Flame Saint and the others watched Fang Chen without blinking. After the Fire Glazed Saint had turned to stone, they had all tried to approach him. Like Fang Chen, they had encountered a powerful Spatial Suppression Force. Not one of them had managed to get within twenty zhang of him.
Yet Fang Chen had easily come within ten zhang of the Fire Glazed Saint. The gulf between their strength and his could not have been clearer.
Fang Chen knew everyone was watching him. "You don't need to watch me," he said. "Senior Huo Li is receiving the inheritance from the Stone Tablet. Even I can't help him. What happens now is up