Burning Flame Continent, Fire Dragon Grotto, a sea of magma and fire—the peace of this place was swept away by an enraged roar.
"Something happened. Something happened to Rong Huo."
Revealing his true form and clutching his chest, Flame Dragon Venerable's face was twisted with pain.
At this moment, his entire heart felt as though it had been dug out, subjecting him to the agony of having his heart gouged away. The pain pierced deep into his soul; even a Celestial Phenomenon True Lord like him could hardly endure it.
Seeing through this change, light and shadow twisted, and Ao Guang's remnant soul manifested.
"That heart has truly been taken."
Firelight flickered in his eyes. Faintly seeing through the changes in Flame Dragon Venerable, Ao Guang's brows were heavy with gravity.
That dragon heart had been left behind by him and later handed to Flame Dragon Venerable. As for True Lord Rong Huo, he was merely a vessel chosen by Flame Dragon Venerable, specially used to nurture the dragon heart. At the same time, he was a decent source of combat power, capable of handling quite a few matters for him.
Once Flame Dragon Venerable cultivated pure dragon nature and brought his divine abilities to great completion, the dragon heart within Rong Huo would be reclaimed by Flame Dragon Venerable and become nourishment for forging a superior dragon body.
"That shouldn't be possible. Flame Dragon Venerable inherited my dragon nature and naturally possessed complete control over that dragon heart. Under normal circumstances, no external force could take it away."
Puzzled beyond measure, Ao Guang could not understand why this had happened.
Of course, though doubt filled his heart, Ao Guang's hands did not slow. Activating a secret art, he directly condensed a thread of crimson flame-light.
As that flame-light descended,