"Nihility Devouring Flame, you actually betrayed me?"
The old man atop the stone statue froze, then suddenly flew into a rage. "If I hadn't helped you and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame tear free of your bonds back then, how could you have escaped this place? And now you repay kindness with betrayal. You truly are a bastard!"
"Do you need to be so angry? Back then, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and I both promised that if you got us out of here, we would get you out too. Well, haven't I come?"
The Nihility Devouring Flame gave a false smile.
Hearing his explanation, Gu Yuan and the others looked at the Nihility Devouring Flame in astonishment. He had actually been trapped here before.
No wonder they had been absent from the last two stone pillars.
No wonder the Nihility Devouring Flame knew so much.
"Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, come with us. This time, I really am here to get you out."
The Nihility Devouring Flame spoke very sincerely, but the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill possessed human intelligence. How could he be so easily deceived? He had already seen that the Nihility Devouring Flame had no genuine intention of saving him, and his expression turned sinister.
At that moment, however, Gu Yuan grew anxious. He hurried forward and said to the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, "Sir, you mustn't listen to him. The Nihility Devouring Flame is already under Xiao Yan's control. He's no longer the Nihility Devouring Flame he once was. His real goal is to refine you into a pill, ultimately break through to Dou Di, and rule the Dou Qi Continent."
Both the Nihility Devouring Flame and Xiao Yan's expressions changed at once. The latter glared viciously at Gu Yuan, the hatred in his eyes speaking for