Yet after the noise Qiong Rong had made startled him, Bai Shijun began to feel uneasy again. He lingered a while longer, silently wondering:
That fellow... surely he wouldn't be so lucky this time?
Once the Dragon-Imprisoning Court I've so painstakingly prepared is activated, the Qimen Dunjia Divine Fire Canopy hidden within will turn the entire building into an impenetrable cage of searing fire. Surely he can't escape this time?
As he pondered, the three once-splendid chambers of the Coiling Dragon Court had become exactly what he had envisioned inside-a blazing inferno, roiling with smoke and flame!
Earlier, just as Xing Yan had offered to go out and bring Qiong Rong back, he suddenly smelled something burning.
Strange. These are all cold dishes. Why would there be a scorched smell?
Before he could finish that thought, Xing Yan suddenly saw the flame painted on the scarlet velvet curtain behind Ju Ying burst out of the fabric, lunging viciously at the unsuspecting girl standing before it!
"Watch out!"
Almost at the same instant that he sprang forward to save Ju Ying, Xing Yan felt a scorching heat behind him. He did not need to turn around to know that flames were shooting toward his back.
"What a vicious scoundrel!"
The Four Seas Hall Master, who had intended to maneuver patiently around his opponent, finally realized that the sanctimonious Prefect Bai was a jackal from the same den as that fiend Feihuang!
With no time to think further, he unleashed the Radiant Glory Art with all his strength, shielding everyone nearby.
Unfortunately, the flames engulfing the room erupted too fiercely and too swiftly. The Bai household maid standing in a corner, waiting to collect the food boxes after the meal, was beyond his reach in that desperate instant. The poor girl managed