At the top of the Tower.
Looking at the Golden Lock before him, Chen Lin did not hesitate. He immediately opened it with the key and returned to the Underground Treasure Vault.
Then he collapsed onto the floor.
His face bore the look of someone who had narrowly escaped death.
He had no idea where that Red-Clothed Boy had come from. The flames the boy unleashed were bizarre beyond belief. The Nine-Layered Armor could block their form but not their intent. They could actually control the True Solar Fire inside him directly, making him attack himself.
What had originally been his own divine ability had become a weapon in his opponent's hands.
Even now, after he had left the Secret Realm, the True Solar Fire inside him was still stirring restlessly. If he had not suppressed it with his Natal Runic Inscription, it would have continued attacking him.
"What an overbearing ability!"
After examining his body again, Chen Lin's expression darkened like still, deep water.
His Natal Runic Inscription had to suppress the True Solar Fire, greatly reducing his strength and even affecting the Nine-Layered Armor. Otherwise, he would not have fled outright.
He had to resolve this hidden danger as soon as possible.
Otherwise...
Never mind collecting the Dawn Stone and that rank-seven spirit plant-once his condition was discovered, even his position in Yuming City would be hard to preserve.
He did not leave the Treasure Vault.
Right beside the Golden Lock, Chen Lin racked his brains for a solution.
The best approach was to seek out the Red-Clothed Boy.
As the saying went, only the person who tied the bell could untie it. As long as the boy withdrew the high-dimensional rule force he had left in the True Solar Fire, everything would fall into place.
But that