"Silly Girl?" Hua Yunfei froze for a moment, then immediately did as told and contacted Master Jiang.
"Wait a moment," Master Jiang replied.
"Ancestor, Master Jiang said he'll send Silly Girl over after waiting a moment," Hua Yunfei said.
"Good." Hua Wuming nodded.
"Ancestor, are you alright?" Hua Yunfei asked.
He was somewhat puzzled.
On the surface, Hua Wuming did not seem seriously injured. Logically, having been at the center of the self-destruction, his injuries should not have been so slight, especially since he had also needed to divide his attention to save Gaishi.
The same was true of the Azure Emperor beside him. Though the two possessed the strength of Ordinary Young Heaven, they could not possibly take the self-destruction of a being at their level so easily.
"This Seat is fine." Hua Wuming said, "The Heavenly Emperor was too cunning. He had long buried a fatal method within his body, waiting only for the moment when he was driven into a corner."
His words carried self-reproach. When the Heavenly Emperor activated that fatal method, he had sensed it in advance, yet he had still been too late. If he had discovered it a little earlier, perhaps this would not have happened.
"This is not your fault. This Emperor worked with him for many years and never discovered it either. For someone as proud as him to have anticipated the day he would reach a dead end and specially prepared such a method... it truly was beyond expectation."
The Azure Emperor said gravely, "And it was no ordinary method. Before he acted, there was almost no flaw at all. Even you and I failed to notice it. This move must have cost the Heavenly Emperor much painstaking thought."
The Heavenly Emperor had indeed self-destructed, but he had made some