"Aaaah!"
A scream rang out from the flames.
But Black and White energy surged forth, wrapping around the two envoys as it tried to carry them away.
Chen Cuo formed a Hand Seal. The purple star swayed, the Bronze Man swept out a hand, and a faint song of sacrifice to the gods drifted over, smashing the two envoys back down!
Horse-Face howled, "Chen Fangqing, how dare you burn away our Dao Attainment and cultivation! You're adding crime to crime! As your hidden virtue declines, not only will the Southern Dynasty's National Fortune suffer, even your master's sect will be dragged into it!"
At those last words, Chen Cuo narrowed his eyes. A cold gleam flashed between his lids.
Ox-Head spoke too. "Chen Fangqing, stop at once! Great Hua Mountain's Fortune is already waning. If your reckless actions earn another mark against you from the Underworld Office, calamity will befall even your ill-fated Master! Do you mean to show neither respect nor filial devotion?"
"Who gave you the authority to declare me guilty?" There was no trace of a smile on Chen Cuo's face, and the cold gleam in his eyes was piercing. "You did nothing when the Northern Lands fell. You never appeared when foreign gods invaded. You offered no guidance when All Under Heaven descended into chaos. Yet with me alone, you seize on every pretext to condemn me! You truly act without the slightest restraint! The more one yields to people like you, the more it fans your arrogance!"
With that, he seized at the air. Streams of intent flowed into the flames, and his entire Incarnation grew a little more transparent, more illusory!
Boom!
Flames soared skyward!
They burned in utter silence, giving off no wave of heat.
"You can't even deal with me, yet you're