"Burn him?"
"What do you mean?"
Everyone present had no idea what Chen Changan meant.
But the next second, Chen Changan swept his left hand, and a flame instantly engulfed Wei Mingqi.
With a scream, Wei Mingqi's body turned to ashes in an instant, only to reform and then be burned to nothing again.
The sight of it made everyone's scalp crawl.
The pain of being burned to ashes was brief, but it seared itself into the soul.
Before Chen Changan, no one had ever seen such a horrifying punishment. Even if Wei Mingqi couldn't die, the mental scars would probably never fade.
Terrifying!
Simply terrifying!
But they also knew that this wasn't something just anyone could do. Who possessed the means to burn someone to nothing?
Perhaps only alchemists possessed flames this terrifying.
A full incense stick's worth of time passed before Chen Changan finally withdrew the flames.
The moment Wei Mingqi returned to normal, all the defiance and cold arrogance vanished from his eyes.
In their place was profound fear.
Wei Mingqi didn't seem to realize that the flames around him had disappeared. He was completely lost in the terror of being burned, and had become almost catatonic.
Although Wei Mingqi looked utterly wretched, not one person thought that meant he couldn't handle pain.
They hadn't experienced it themselves, but they could imagine how terrifying it must have been.
Chen Changan walked over with a smile and gently patted Wei Mingqi on the shoulder. "Young man, if you want to show off in the future, make sure you know who you're up against first."
"Stealing the limelight isn't so easy. Otherwise, you'll end up as someone else's stepping stone."
"Consider this a little lesson. I hope it'll serve as a warning."
"I'm not this friendly and kind to