166 Chapter 166 (Page 1/2)
At the Whirlpool Entrance, Sun Heng recalled all the Sea Fire. The Fire Character suspended in midair was surrounded by lines of flame, then turned into black smoke and dispersed.
As soon as the Sea Fire was withdrawn, Wu Huaiwei and Leng Rouyin acted simultaneously, flying downward from the Whirlpool Entrance. Although Ou Rushuang was a step slower, she also reached the very bottom of North Kun City at nearly the same time—the Panlong Stone Grotto.
Sun Heng was somewhat surprised by how quickly the three had acted. Only after learning that outsiders had barged into Taiyi, committed violence, and robbed North Kun City did he understand. He nodded at Situ Jin and said, "The Mechanism Clan will not have to bear the losses this time. Shuizhou will take responsibility as well. I've recovered all the Sea Fire within North Kun City. It's safe below now."
"Thank you, Elder Sun." Baili Mo stepped forward to express his gratitude, then discussed their next move with the other Mechanism Technicians.
Wei Xizhen stood at the edge of the cavern entrance and stared downward for a moment. In the blink of an eye, he vanished. Only Sun Heng remained unhurried, moving along with Baili Mo and the others.
Wu Huaiwei and the other two reached the bottom of the Panlong Stone Grotto first. They stopped when they encountered water and stood above the Buddha statue, immediately noticing the Ghost Dao School senior martial brother and junior martial sister standing atop it as well.
Wu Huaiwei covered her mouth with one hand, her eyes darting back and forth between Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu. Putting on an astonished expression, she said, "You two are a man and a woman alone together, in a place this dark and cold, and