Fire Pavilion's Seal Broken, Wu Tianlang's Bloodblade

The interior of the Fire Pavilion was vast, with towering stone shelves standing in rows.

However, most of the stone shelves had already been emptied.

Only a few scrolls, weapons, and jade bottles were scattered across the lower levels of some shelves, like defective goods left behind because there had been no time to pack them away.

Deep within the Fire Pavilion, more than a dozen figures were busily at work.

These people wore uniform dark-red robes and moved hurriedly, placing the few remaining intact jade boxes from the shelves into their Storage Rings.

"Move it! The jade box on the top of the third row in the eastern section—yes, the Dou Techniques scroll of the Poison Flame Palm sealed with fire poison. Take it!"

"The western section! Those bottles of Fire Body Pills have lost most of their medicinal potency, but the pill formula might still be noted inside the bottles. Take the bottles too!"

An elderly man with a gaunt face and eyes as sharp as a hawk's directed them in a low voice.

From time to time, he glanced toward the Fire Pavilion's main entrance.

His aura was immense. He was unmistakably at the peak of the Dou Wang realm.

If the people outside saw him, most would recognize him as the Great Elder of the Earthflame Gate.

Yun Sha.

"Hold on a little longer! We're almost done!"

Following his gaze—

In the center of the hall.

Two Dou Wangs had pale faces and bulging veins on their foreheads as powerful Dou Qi poured from their bodies into the sealed Formation Eye before them.

"Great Elder, the structure of this Reverse Seal Ancient Array was shattered long ago. We're relying entirely on our Dou Qi to keep the entrance from leaking. If this continues, the two of us will run out of Dou Qi in half the time it takes to burn an incense stick. We definitely won't be able to conceal the seal's fluctuations any longer!"

The other man hurriedly added, "That's right, Elder. We've already moved seven or eight tenths of the good stuff. The rest is all junk. Why don't we... retreat?"

A fierce glint flashed through Yun Sha's eyes as he shouted in a lowered voice, "What are you panicking for?! Hold on for another thirty breaths! Take away the last few refining materials and cultivation methods above Third Grade!

The Sect Leader needs time. Delay them as much as possible and keep all those trash outside occupied!"

Before his words had even faded—

BOOM!

The entire Fire Pavilion suddenly shook, as if someone had viciously kicked its main doors.

Ripples spread across the Reverse Seal Ancient Array. The two elders turned even paler, nearly coughing up blood.

Immediately afterward, BAM BAM BAM BAM!

Countless Dou Qi attacks of varying strength rained down madly upon the Fire Pavilion's seal like a torrential storm.

"What's going on?!" cried out a Dou Ling who was carrying things.

"This is bad! We've been discovered!"

Yun Sha's pupils contracted as well, and he abruptly turned toward the entrance.

His thoughts raced, and he immediately understood that someone outside must have somehow noticed the activity within, allowing the news to leak.

"Damn it! Which part went wrong?!"

"At this time... the Myriad Fire Furnace isn't ready yet!"

Yun Sha was both shocked and furious, his face turning livid.

Outside the Fire Pavilion, chaos had already erupted.

"Fuck! There really are people inside!"

"It's those Earthflame Gate bastards! I recognize the Fire Peak Pattern on their sleeves!"

"Assholes! They've been playing us for fools! Brothers, blast open this broken door!"

"Attack together! Break the seal! Whoever grabs the treasures inside gets to keep them!"

The crowd was enraged.

The various factions that had been wary of one another moments ago now shared a common enemy.

Led by several leaders from the Black Skull Tomb and the Raging Lion Gang, they hurled all manner of Dou Techniques at the Fire Pavilion's doors as if they cost nothing.

Even some independent cultivators joined the assault with bloodshot eyes.

They had discovered that someone was inside the Fire Pavilion because Qin Han had just "accidentally" shouted it out.

"Elder Wu, something's wrong with this seal. Someone inside is maintaining it!"

At Qin Han's shout, the area immediately erupted. After several probing attacks, a crack was blasted open in the seal, and the crowd indeed caught glimpses of Earthflame Gate disciples within the hall!

Thus, everyone joined in breaking the seal.

If the Earthflame Gate people were allowed to loot all the good stuff, then their trip here would have been for nothing!

On Jia Nan Academy's side, Wu Tianlang also sent a condensed Crimson Blade Light slashing into the doors, unleashing an earth-shaking boom.

His gaze quietly flicked behind him, but Qin Han and Zi Yan had vanished at some point.

The moment Qin Han had called him Elder Wu, he had sensed that something was wrong.

After that strike, Wu Tianlang immediately slipped away from the crowd and followed the marks Qin Han had left behind.

Inside the Fire Pavilion, the pressure suddenly surged!

Pfft! Pfft!

The two Dou Wangs maintaining the "Reverse Seal Ancient Array" spat out blood almost simultaneously.

The sealing power at the entrance was rapidly weakening.

"Elder! We can't hold on!"

One of them cried hoarsely, blood beginning to seep from all seven of his orifices.

Yun Sha looked at the miscellaneous pile of treasures that remained. He stomped his foot, a flash of pain and reluctance crossing his face, but he still made a swift decision. "Retreat! Follow the plan and leave by the back route! Move!"

The Earthflame Gate members felt as though they had been granted amnesty and rushed toward the entrance of the dark passageway—the Fire Pavilion's hidden tunnel.

Yun Sha cast one last look at the ruined Fire Pavilion, spat on the ground, and turned to rush into the passage as well.

Without Dou Qi to sustain it, the Fire Pavilion's sealing array shattered with a thunderous crash the very next second.

Before the aftershock had even faded, the people of the Black Corner Region surged in, scrambling to be the first inside.

Another chaotic melee inevitably broke out in the process.

The instant they rushed in, everyone's eyes turned red as they charged straight for the stone shelves.

There were many stone shelves, but only a scant few still held treasures. Cursing as they ran, the crowd lunged for the handful of scrolls and bottles that remained.

Then, even fiercer fighting and scrambling erupted.

The entire Fire Pavilion instantly became a battlefield of chaos.

"Great Elder, they've started fighting behind us!"

Yun Sha's group hurried along the passageway.

"Hmph! Just dogs biting dogs. A bunch of ignorant fools—are those scraps really worth fighting over like that?"

Yun Sha snorted coldly.

"The Great Elder is right. Back then, our Fallen Fire Sect was so prosperous. Once this matter is settled, we will surely return to the pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent!"

"Hehehe!"

Light shone ahead; the passage was about to reach its end.

"Once we get out, hide immediately. Everything will wait for the Sect Leader's orders..."

Yun Sha was the first to charge out of the Fire Pavilion, but before he could finish speaking—

A sudden change struck!

A blade radiance thick with the stench of blood and slaughter tore through the air and shot straight at his face!

Before the blade radiance even arrived, its icy, bone-piercing killing intent made every hair on Yun Sha's body stand on end.

"Bloodblade, Blood Slaughter!"

Yun Sha's heart jolted. In his haste, he could only frantically pour his surging crimson Dou Qi into both arms and cross them before himself in defense.

The next instant, the dark-red blade radiance slashed viciously into his arms!

Crack—BOOM!!!

Bone-splitting pain shot through Yun Sha's arms. He was sent flying backward by the blow, crashing hard into the two Earthflame Gate Dou Lings who had just emerged from the passage behind him.

"Ah!"

"Pfft!"

The three tumbled into a heap. Yun Sha felt sweetness rise in his throat as a mouthful of blood surged up, but he forcibly swallowed it back down. His face had turned deathly pale, and his Qi and Blood churned violently.

He looked up.

Three figures stood suspended in the sky.

The one in the middle was Wu Tianlang, an aura of slaughter still lingering around the dark-red saber in his hand.

"Wu Tianlang! And you two little bastards from Jia Nan Academy!"

Yun Sha's face twisted with venom. "You dare ruin my Earthflame Gate's great plans! Is Jia Nan Academy seeking an endless feud with my Earthflame Gate?! Know your place and step aside. Regarding today's matter, this old man might still—"

"You sure talk a lot!"

Before he could finish his threat, Zi Yan had already wrinkled her little nose in impatience.

Her tiny figure vanished from midair, leaving only a sonic boom behind!

When she reappeared, she was directly above him.

"You little brat, how dare you?!"

Yun Sha was both shocked and furious. He had not expected her to attack without a word.

"Qin boy, end this quickly! Don't wait for those scum behind us to catch up!" At the same moment Zi Yan moved, Wu Tianlang charged out again with his saber in hand.

"Alright!"

Qin Han nodded heavily, his whole body wrapped in scorching invisible gusts as he charged straight at the Earthflame Gate members.