"Hiss!!"
The instant Diwu Chijin's orange-gold soul silhouette struck the cage wall, the golden runes blazed with an explosive flash, and the entire Phoenix-Imprisoning Cage shuddered violently.
A blinding expanse of brilliant orange light was all anyone could see.
It was as though someone had tossed a flashbang into the birdcage.
Qin Yao reflexively turned his head and narrowed his eyes.
Once the light faded, he looked back into the cage. It was empty.
Qin Yao swallowed despite himself. "Little Liuzi... just vanished like that?"
Scenes of their time together in the Tang Family Village mining district quietly flickered through his mind.
He did not know how much truth there was in what these people from the Supreme Good Sect said about the monstrous crimes Diwu Chijin-Little Liuzi's other soul-had committed in the Cultivation World.
Nor did he know when the young man who had weathered hardship with him in the mine had become the "utterly wicked demonic cultivator" they spoke of.
But he did know that a living, breathing person, someone who called him "Brother Yao," had just exploded into pieces before his eyes.
Even his soul had shattered against the cage wall...
Qin Yao felt a suffocating tightness in his chest.
It was as though someone had grabbed a fistful of wet mud and smeared it over his head and face, making even breathing agonizingly difficult!
Meanwhile, Mu Yunbai, hovering in midair, clenched his fists. "Damn it!!"
His sharply defined face had twisted into a knot as he snarled, "Diwu Chijin, that beast!
"He destroyed the Beaconfire Golden Flame Eyes. Now our sect is bound to blame us..."
Beside him, Xing Youlu also wore a deep frown, the corners of his mouth drooping.
Sighing, he slapped his forehead, making the flesh of his round face jiggle. "Oh, we're