Five-Star Dou Zun, the Fire Spirit Was About to Emerge (Continued)

The golden figure crashed into the Dou Qi barrier with a muffled boom.

Xuan Kongzi felt his arm go numb and used the recoil to retreat several yards.

"Puppets?"

After steadying himself, he glanced down at the motionless puppets. His brows rose slightly, and a trace of surprise flickered in his eyes.

Without further instructions from their master, these puppets would only carry out the order to "protect Qin Chen" to the bitter end.

They would treat anyone who threatened Qin Chen as an enemy, even an ally.

Yet Xuan Kongzi found this exceedingly strange. Qin Chen was clearly here to refine the three thousand burning flame, so why had he taken the unnecessary step of releasing these puppets?

"Bang!"

Just as Xuan Kongzi was pondering this, something suddenly changed. The enormous purple-black dragon coiled before Qin Chen shuddered again, then burst apart like a punctured balloon!

The purple-black flames filling the sky resembled ferocious beasts roused from slumber. No longer gathered in the shape of a dragon, they became countless pillars of fire that swept toward Xuan Kongzi, blotting out the sky.

Wherever the flames passed, space warped and twisted under their heat, sizzling as it burned.

Xuan Kongzi's expression changed sharply. He could clearly sense the destructive power within the flames, and his heart was torn. If he turned and fled now, Qin Chen would surely be swallowed by this sea of fire. But if he stayed, he too would face tremendous danger.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, a brilliant streak of light suddenly shot from the chest of one Heavenly Demon Puppet and landed precisely before Xuan Kongzi.

"This is... a soul message?" Xuan Kongzi paused at the light before him, then reached out and caught it.

Immediately afterward, a message flowed into his mind: "Elder Xuan, I'm