The blazing heat carried by the flames made Ling Xuanque, more than a dozen zhang away from Ye Tian, drastically change expression. After sensing their terror, he hurriedly flashed backward, retreating several hundred zhang before finally feeling safe.
"Brother Ye, what happened?!" Ling Xuanque hurriedly asked.
As he sensed the powerful flames expanding and enveloping Ye Tian, Ling Xuanque, even from so far away, felt the fierce heat waves endlessly sweeping outward against his transformed True Immortal body.
Then what sort of pain and torment must Ye Tian at the center of those flames be enduring?
"This is the price of subduing the Star-Veiling Tree."
The wildly surging flames had already proven Ye Tian's suspicions. He used all his strength to resist their burning and slowly forced out several words through clenched teeth.
"I knew it was you, Immortal Phoenix!" Ye Tian said coldly.
"So what if you knew? In the end, you still failed to resist the temptation of the Star-Veiling Tree!" The Immortal Phoenix was inside the Star-Veiling Tree, and the Star-Veiling Tree was inside Ye Tian's body. Thus, when it spoke, its voice came from Ye Tian's body, making the sight somewhat eerie.
"You are not the guardian of the Star-Veiling Tree at all, are you?"
"You were merely suppressed within these rules by the great being who created the Star-Veiling Tree!"
"Later, the Rule of Life transformed into the Star-Veiling Tree, and you were imprisoned within it, unable to escape!"
"The previous owner of the Star-Veiling Tree did not die from the backlash of the Heavenly Dao either," Ye Tian said. "You killed him!"
"You figured it out so quickly?" There was a trace of surprise in the Immortal Phoenix's childish voice.
"I fought you before, and this time, there were some unusual points as well.