Brother Xu

But the Ghost Master faintly sensed something was wrong. Just as he was pondering it, a bright red flare suddenly burst into view.

He suddenly understood what was wrong. This scoundrel could even break through a Vengeful Embryo that had endured since time immemorial. What could a mere Heart Oath possibly be worth?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the earth-shaking blaze had already spread into a sea of fire. Xu Yi had made his move.

As it turned out, his earlier words had been nothing more than a delaying tactic. He knew all too well how cunning the Ghost Master was, and that there was no foundation of trust between them whatsoever. He might fool him for a moment, but never for long.

Fortunately, he only needed that moment. While the Ghost Master was lost in thought, the Fire Gang Malice he had been building up for a long time erupted.

A towering torrent of baleful force surged from his palms. The dense, unbroken crimson energy instantly gathered into a fiery cloud and swept over Xia Zimo and the Ghost Master.

The surging force radiated an incomparable pressure. In an instant, the temperature within a hundred yards soared.

The Ghost Master had only just seen through Xu Yi's deceit when the fiery cloud came roaring at him. He had no time to think; instinctively, a wisp of his soul shot out of Beichen's body.

The moment it escaped, he regretted it. He cursed himself bitterly and was about to return when a streak of Fire Malice came hurtling toward the faint black mist formed by his yin soul.

That wisp of soul represented decades of hard cultivation. He had already lost one wisp earlier, and the loss had nearly broken his heart. How could he dare be