Destroying the Mo Clan, the Second Heavenly Flame

"Calling me young master? Th-that works too." Tang Chen pretended not to understand, deliberately teasing Qing Lin.

"N-no! Young master! Young master..." Qing Lin hurriedly explained, stammering so badly that her face turned bright red, terrified of offending Tang Chen.

"Hahaha! I'm just teasing you."

Qing Lin's adorable appearance amused Tang Chen, and he could not help rubbing her little head.

Only then did Qing Lin realize Tang Chen had been teasing her. She let out a sigh of relief, and after learning what he was really like, she was no longer as restrained around him as she had been at first.

After taking Qing Lin to buy several new outfits and treating her to some delicious food, Tang Chen brought her to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

He did not deliberately conceal his aura, so by the time he arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Xiao Ding had already brought the group's higher-ups to the gates to welcome him.

"My lord, I am Xiao Ding, leader of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. Welcome," Xiao Ding said respectfully, stepping forward and clasping his hands in salute.

"I have no other business here. I simply want to take Qing Lin with me." Tang Chen rubbed Qing Lin's little head as he spoke.

"Thank you, my lord! With Qing Lin following you, we can rest easy."

Seeing Qing Lin already dressed in new clothes, Xiao Ding guessed that Tang Chen was probably not a bad person. Qing Lin would certainly have a better life with him than she had in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

In truth, Xiao Ding did not dare refuse. Tang Chen's strength was unfathomable. Even if Tang Chen wanted the entire Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Xiao Ding would not dare utter a single word of objection and would immediately offer it up with both hands.

After receiving Xiao Ding's permission, Tang Chen took Qing Lin and left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

Before leaving, Qing Lin bowed to Xiao Ding, thanking the Desert Iron Mercenary Group for taking her in all these years.

Although she had not lived very well within the mercenary group, Qing Lin knew that without the Desert Iron Mercenary Group taking her in, she might have died long ago and never lived to see Tang Chen arrive.

It was getting late, so Tang Chen did not hurry to leave. Instead, he first settled Qing Lin down in Stone Desert City.

"It's time to wipe out the Mo Clan."

After settling Qing Lin in, Tang Chen decided to destroy the Mo Clan immediately. Once enmity was formed, one had to pull it out by the roots. Moreover, Mo Cheng still had designs on Qing Lin, so he absolutely could not be spared.

Following the direction indicated on the map, Tang Chen reached Salt City before long.

His soul perception covered all of Salt City, and it did not take long for him to locate the Mo Clan, as well as the human experimentation chamber beneath it.

"Mo Clan, you have brought death upon yourselves."

After learning what was happening in the Mo Clan's underground experiments, Tang Chen felt that those people could no longer even be considered human. They were simply beasts.

Tang Chen flashed and appeared above the Mo Clan.

Without wasting words, he spread his palm. Flames surged in his hand, and the roar of dragons spread throughout Salt City.

The Mo Clan members were jolted awake from their sleep. They hurried outside to investigate, and their pupils instantly contracted.

The dark sky was illuminated as brightly as day. Nine fire dragons circled overhead, each a different color—blue, white, silver—all radiating terrifying auras.

What shocked them most was that the nine fire dragons circled around a young man like pets. The young man stood upon empty air, his handsome face revealing neither joy nor anger as he looked down at them with cold indifference.

"My lord, I do not believe I have ever met you, nor have I ever offended you. Is there perhaps some misunderstanding here?"

As the head of the Mo Clan, Mo Cheng was terrified, but he knew that he had to step forward at this moment.

"From this day onward, there will be no more Mo Clan in Salt City."

Tang Chen did not answer him. The moment he spoke, he pronounced the Mo Clan's death sentence.

Roar!

With a wave of Tang Chen's hand, the nine fire dragons behind him let out furious roars and shot forward in a rush, their dragon cries echoing through all of Salt City.

The effects of several Heavenly Flames overlapped: the searing heat of fire, the piercing force of lightning, the chill of ice, and the surging force of the sea. Nothing could survive wherever they passed, and the entire Mo Clan became a living hell in an instant.

The Mo Clan members did not even have time to flee, much less scream, before they were burned into nothingness by the Heavenly Flames' scorching heat.

Afterward, Tang Chen scanned the area several times with his soul perception. Only after confirming that not a single survivor remained did he stop and turn to leave.

From Tang Chen's appearance to the destruction of the Mo Clan, the entire process had taken less than three minutes.

"That powerful expert has left, right?"

"I don't know. He probably has."

Only an hour or two after Tang Chen vanished did the other factions of Salt City dare approach the Mo Clan to investigate.

Gasp!

The sight before them made them all draw in sharp breaths.

"What... happened to the Mo Clan?"

What did they see?

There were no severed limbs, no corpses, no bloodstains—not even any houses. The entire Mo Clan was completely clean, as though it had never existed, utterly erased.

"Look! There's something down there!"

Someone pointed toward the Mo Clan's basement and shouted.

Everyone hurried over to inspect it. Once they saw what was inside, they clenched their fists, their eyes bloodshot.

"Those beasts from the Mo Clan! They actually used living people for human experiments!"

"They deserved to be destroyed! A family of beasts like this should die!"

"..."

Quite a few people found relatives who had long been missing in the basement.

Seeing the miserable state of those victims, those who had not suffered such persecution felt incomparably fortunate. Thankfully, a mysterious expert had acted. Otherwise, their turn would have come sooner or later.

And the mysterious expert they spoke of had already returned to Stone Desert City.

The next day.

Tang Chen set off with Qing Lin to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. More precisely, they were going to subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and retrieve the Green Lotus Pedestal and the Earth Fire Lotus Seed.

Tang Chen's constitution made him naturally extremely sensitive to rare treasures of heaven and earth with lightning and fire attributes. When he arrived in Stone Desert City, he could already sense that the Green Lotus Core Flame was no longer there. There was no need to say where it had gone.

Therefore, his purpose in bringing Qing Lin here today was to help her awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, so that she would have some means of protecting herself.

Guided by his senses, Tang Chen found the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake's hiding place in no time.

"It should be down there."

After confirming it, Tang Chen raised his palm and struck the sand below.

With one palm strike, the sand concealing the entrance was blasted away, revealing a narrow opening.

"Let's go. We're heading down." Tang Chen led Qing Lin into the opening.

After entering through the opening, the space grew larger the farther down they went. Passing through the tunnel, the two entered an underground world of magma, where the temperature was several times higher than outside.

Tang Chen glanced at Qing Lin. The little girl was completely fine.

"Young master... I feel like... there's something down there."

After entering, Qing Lin's little eyes had been looking around everywhere. When she saw the magma below, she could clearly sense a massive creature swimming beneath it.

Sure enough, just as Tang Chen and Qing Lin arrived, a two-headed giant snake suddenly burst from the magma and charged straight at them.

"Young master, be careful!" Qing Lin hurriedly warned him.

If Qing Lin could sense it, how could Tang Chen not? He had long been prepared. He reached out and grabbed at the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake from afar.

The space around the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake transformed into an invisible giant hand, gripping it tightly.

"Young master is amazing!" Qing Lin watched Tang Chen subdue the huge creature with ease, her eyes filled with little stars.

"Qing Lin, it's up to you now. Try to see whether you can control it with your eyes." After restraining the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, Tang Chen spoke to Qing Lin beside him.

Qing Lin, you can do it. Qing Lin quietly encouraged herself.

Qing Lin walked over and fumbled around for a while.

Just as her eyes met those of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, the three little flowers in her eyes suddenly emitted a green glow, enveloping the great snake. Several seconds later, a small flower mark appeared on the snake's head, signifying that it had been successfully subdued.

"Young master, I did it!"

Qing Lin looked at Tang Chen, her face full of delight.

"Well done! Didn't I say Qing Lin is outstanding?" Tang Chen did not hold back his praise, encouraging her.

"Wait here for me. I'll be right back." Tang Chen rubbed Qing Lin's head and flew down beneath the magma.

"Mm, young master, be careful!" Qing Lin obediently did whatever Tang Chen told her to do.

Tang Chen did not spend much time before finding the place where the Green Lotus Core Flame had been born. As expected, the Heavenly Flame had already been taken away.

"Looks like I'll need to make a trip to the Snake-People Tribe." Tang Chen picked up the scale left behind.

He put away the Green Lotus Pedestal and the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, then returned the way he came. Before long, he was back above the magma.

"Young master, did you get it?" Qing Lin had been waiting for a long time. The moment Tang Chen emerged, she hurriedly asked.

"No, someone took it. Let's make a trip to the Snake-People Tribe." Tang Chen took Qing Lin and headed toward the Snake-People Tribe.

The deeper they traveled into the desert, the stronger Tang Chen's feeling became. In the end, he confirmed a shocking new discovery.

"I never expected this tiny Tagor Desert to actually contain a second Heavenly Flame!"