"Who's there?!"
Mu En's expression turned grave. He stared fixedly at the indistinct red figure ahead, his aura ready to erupt at any moment.
The moment he entered the Golden Tree, he had confirmed that the flames burning it were indeed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire. However, Mu En knew that Ma Xiaotao alone could never have accomplished this.
This Evil Fire disaster was absolutely connected to the indistinct figure before him.
"This fire was indeed my fault, but I didn't do it on purpose."
Knowing what Mu En was thinking, the fiery-red figure shook his head. The fire was indeed his fault. The power he had originally left within the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was meant to protect Ma Xiaotao, but because of her martial soul, the Evil Fire had fed on that power and erupted within her body.
That was what caused this accident.
"A mistake is still a mistake."
The fiery-red figure extended his hand. The black flames that had left even a Super Douluo helpless flew toward his palm one blossom at a time, like obedient birds.
Even the Evil Fire clinging to Ma Xiaotao was drawn away by the man as though he were unraveling silk. What remained was her charred, tattered body. Without the Evil Fire supporting her, Ma Xiaotao collapsed to the ground, her breathing weak.
In an instant, the fire went out...
"I never expected to burn Shrek. Sigh, I suppose it fulfilled a little dream of mine. Back then, I wanted to burn it right in front of Dean Flender, but unfortunately..."
The man lowered his head to look at his palm, withdrew his hand, then looked over the surrounding scene with a sigh.
Beside him, Mu En's pupils contracted when he heard the name the man had spoken.
Flender had