Boom!
With a muffled blast, the Fire Lotus exploded!
Four-colored flames instantly swallowed that entire area. The terrifying heat collided violently with the extreme power of cold, erupting with astonishing energy fluctuations!
When the flames dispersed, a pit the size of a human head had appeared in the mountainside at the point of connection.
Liu Bai leaned closer and saw a fist-sized black orb deep within the pit, emitting a faint, chilling glow.
"Found you."
He reached into the pit, seized the black orb, and yanked hard.
Crack!
The orb was forcibly torn free. The thick chain instantly lost its luster and fell away from the mountainside.
Liu Bai repeated the process, removing the black orbs from the ends of the other three chains one by one.
Without the support of those orbs, the chains became ordinary iron chains, no longer capable of trapping a Dou Saint.
Yao Ming rose to his feet and shook his arms, snapping every chain wrapped around him.
"I'm finally free!"
He moved his body, which had been stiff for centuries, and his bones erupted with crackling pops.
Then he walked before Qing Lin, dropped to one knee, and lowered his proud head.
"Thank you for saving my life, Master. From this day onward, Yao Ming's life belongs to you."
Qing Lin had recovered some color by now. Looking at the late two-star Dou Saint kneeling before her, she felt an indescribably complicated emotion rise within her.
She raised her head and looked at Liu Bai.
Liu Bai nodded to her with a smile.
Qing Lin stretched out her hand and gently placed it atop Yao Ming's head.
"Get up. From now on, you're one of mine."
Yao Ming rose and stood quietly at the side with his hands lowered.
Liu Bai looked at him,