Ignoring the still-shifting Runes of Destruction,
Lei Mo looked at the Rune he had observed back when he first learned to comprehend Rune carving.
The difference was that this time, Lei Mo was looking at the Initial Rune. As he stared at it, his eyes turned fiery red.
In his pupils, the Rune spun and shifted. Each thread of the Rune stretched outward, as if trying to hook onto another Rune.
The Initial Rune on Franklin's body also began to flicker and shift, its threads stretching out.
Just as Lei Mo had deduced in his mind, it began to gradually change, extend, and take shape, spreading throughout the entire region of Fire Runes.
On closer inspection, it seemed like an illusion. It had returned to its original form, yet not entirely.
"Vmm—"
His soul shuddered. The scorching elements between heaven and earth gathered around Lei Mo, and countless fiery red points of light arranged themselves in the space around him.
They leaped and pulsed in a steady rhythm. At some point, sparks began to burst from Lei Mo's body, scattering in every direction.
The fiery red points of light circled Lei Mo, leaping and pulsing. Suddenly, they flashed, and flames soared skyward. Lei Mo's whole body blazed with heat, and his clothes turned to ash in an instant.
Lei Mo paid no mind to anything else. He stood right there amid the five- or six-meter-high flames, like a human torch.
The flames burned redder and redder. Suddenly, the fiery red outer flames of the human torch turned orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, cycling through all seven colors before turning fiery red again.
The flames drew in close, clinging to Lei Mo's skin. It was impossible to tell whether he was wearing clothes beneath them—or whether this fiery mantle