Xiao Yan had previously placed a child flame of Fallen Heart Flame inside the Blackwater Pill he gave Huo Yuhao.
With a single thought from Xiao Yan, that child flame would erupt instantly.
It would burn its host to ashes from the inside out!
This had originally been Xiao Yan's means of controlling Huo Yuhao, the child of the plane.
Yet he had never dreamed that Huo Yuhao would give that Blackwater Pill to Tang Chuan.
Now, just when Xiao Yan thought he was certain to die, he sensed a familiar presence inside Tang Chuan.
It was the child flame of Fallen Heart Flame!
"Fallen Heart Flame, erupt!"
At Xiao Yan's furious shout, Tang Chuan's body abruptly went rigid.
An unimaginably scorching flame erupted inside Tang Chuan without the slightest warning.
The flame was colorless and shapeless, yet its heat was extreme.
It burned furiously through every meridian, every blood vessel, and every inch of his flesh.
"Aaaaaah..."
Tang Chuan instantly let out an agonized scream.
It felt as though someone had filled his blood vessels with boiling lava.
As though someone had ignited red-hot coals inside his organs.
But the damage to his body was not the most terrifying part.
Known as a "cultivation cheat," Fallen Heart Flame could directly temper the soul—but it could also burn the soul itself.
The invisible flame surged backward through Tang Chuan's meridians, rushing straight into his Sea of Consciousness.
The instant the spiritual power within Tang Chuan's Sea of Consciousness touched Fallen Heart Flame, it vanished as swiftly as snowflakes in sunlight.
And because his Sea of Consciousness had suffered such devastating damage, he could no longer connect to his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Pfft..."
A cloud of scorching white smoke burst from Tang Chuan's mouth.
There was even a faint scent of roasted meat in the smoke.
"That Blackwater Pill... you gave it to him?"
With every ounce of strength he had, Tang Chuan forced those words through clenched teeth.
"That's right!"
Xiao Yan split his lips in a smug grin.
Although he too was drenched in blood, his expression was one of utter delight.
"I originally intended to use this child flame of Fallen Heart Flame to control Huo Yuhao, the child of the plane, and make him my puppet!"
"But who knew you'd so readily accept a pill he gave you!"
"And I certainly never expected this child flame to save my life at the crucial moment!"
"Oh, Tang Chuan, wouldn't you call this fate?"
"Even heaven is helping me!"
Tang Chuan stared fixedly at Xiao Yan, a flash of madness suddenly crossing his remaining Mangekyō Sharingan.
He turned his head with difficulty and looked toward Tang Ya, who lay motionless on the ground nearby.
My sister is dead...
Xiao Yan killed her!
"Xiao Yan..."
"I want you dead!"
A streak of bloody tears suddenly flowed from his Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Amaterasu!"
The next instant, countless ink-black flames suddenly ignited across Xiao Yan's body.
Amaterasu!
The ultimate ocular technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan, a black flame said to never go out.
Once ignited, it would never die until its target had burned away!
"Aaaaaah...!"
Xiao Yan immediately let out a heart-rending scream!
The black flames spread madly over his skin, reducing all the skin and flesh in their path to ashes.
But the next instant, a vicious gleam flashed through Xiao Yan's eyes.
"Tang Chuan, do you think this is enough to kill me?!"
An intensely scorching surge suddenly erupted from within Xiao Yan's body.
The wooden spikes piercing his body all snapped in an instant.
From those wounds, multicolored flames spewed wildly like erupting volcanoes.
"Pfft..."
Xiao Yan vomited mouthful after mouthful of blood.
Although he possessed the Emperor Flame Martial Soul, that did not mean he could let Emperor Flame roam freely through his body.
Forcing Emperor Flame to erupt from the inside out had burned through the wooden spikes holding him captive.
But the violent flames had also scorched his meridians and internal organs, leaving them riddled with damage.
Injuries like these could not possibly heal without several months of quiet recuperation.
But at least he had saved his life.
Multicolored Emperor Flame burned furiously over Xiao Yan's body.
The instant the supposedly inextinguishable black flames of Amaterasu touched Emperor Flame, they were ravenously devoured, as though they had encountered their natural nemesis.
"Do you see now?"
Behind Xiao Yan, his multicolored Emperor Flame wings spread once more.
Covered in blood and flames, he rose unsteadily into the air.
"The Flame Mantra can devour every flame under heaven!"
"Even your Amaterasu is no exception!"
"Tang Chuan, we'll call today a draw!"
"Once my injuries have healed, I'll come back and settle this with you!"
With that, the Emperor Flame wings on Xiao Yan's back beat fiercely.
He turned into a streak of multicolored light and vanished into the night sky without looking back.
The next instant, Tang Chuan also dropped helplessly to his knees.
His meridians were burned, his organs grievously wounded, and his spiritual power exhausted. Even his Mangekyō Sharingan was temporarily unusable.
It would take far too long to recover from injuries this severe.
"Sister..."
Tang Chuan shifted his gaze with difficulty toward Tang Ya nearby.
Then his pupils abruptly contracted.
Tang Ya's chest... was still rising and falling!
Though the movement was faint, she was unmistakably breathing!
"Sister, you're not actually..."
But the very next instant, just as wild joy appeared on Tang Chuan's face—
Boom!
A dragon-shaped blast of force instantly pierced his back and burst out through his chest.
The fiercely powerful, pure yang palm strike shattered his heart the instant it passed through his body.
Tang Chuan went rigid and slowly turned his head in disbelief.
Then he saw a familiar face.
That face wore a calm indifference he had never seen before.
Where was even a trace of that simple, honest, meek demeanor from before?
Huo Yuhao!
The Huo Yuhao he had treated as an NPC, a tool, a primitive he could exploit however he pleased!
"Sorry, Brother Tang Chuan."
Huo Yuhao smiled faintly.
"It's time to return Brother Sky Dream, whom you stole from me."
"And I'm very interested in your ninjutsu, too."
"Consider it the interest you owe me!"
Tang Chuan's eyes flew wide. He wanted to ask something more.
But the next instant, the blade of the White Tiger Dagger flashed.
His head tumbled to the ground, his face still frozen in resentment and disbelief.
In the final moment of his life, his memories flashed through his mind.
Before transmigrating, he had been nothing more than an ordinary unemployed shut-in.
One day, he had been lounging at home, watching the Peerless Tang Sect anime while playing the Hokage mobile game.
Then his opponent's Skeletal Sasuke and Hidden Hero Hashirama had beaten him around like a spinning top.
As his opponent attacked, they kept spamming the head-pat taunt.
Head pat! Head pat! Another head pat!
Tang Chuan had been so furious that his eyes turned red, his breathing grew as heavy as an ox's, and his blood pressure soared.
He failed to catch his breath, his vision went black, and he dropped dead.
When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the world of Peerless Tang Sect, becoming Tang Ya's younger brother and the Tang Sect's second-in-command.
Not only that, he had gained two kekkei genkai, Sharingan and Wood Release, along with a complete collection of every ninjutsu from the world of Hokage.
He had started with everything maxed out!
Then, using his knowledge of the plot, Tang Chuan had intercepted the million-year soul beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, in the Star Dou Forest.
At that moment, he had been brimming with confidence and boundless ambition!
He had believed he was destiny's chosen child, the true protagonist of this world!
Crushing the Tang God-King, trampling Shrek underfoot, and bringing every beauty on the entire Douluo Continent into his harem had seemed only a matter of time!
After all, he had the Shadow Clone Technique. No matter how large his harem grew, he would never have to worry about being too busy to handle it!
Yet Tang Chuan had never imagined that his story would end with his death in a dark alley in Shrek City, littered with garbage and filthy water.
Killed by a "primitive" he had always believed he could manipulate at will.
If I could have another chance...
If I hadn't provoked Zhou Yi...
If I hadn't trusted Huo Yuhao, hadn't accepted that Blackwater Pill...
Unfortunately, there were no ifs!
Tang Chuan's consciousness sank completely into darkness.
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