"Drawing out our potential..." Xiao Yan nodded in agreement and continued following Elder Liu. Before he knew it, he realized they had reached the center.
Xiao Fan looked at the bottomless black hole ahead, a flicker of unease passing through his eyes, followed by excitement.
After all, the Fire Spirit of the Fallen Heart Flame lay within. With it so close, Xiao Fan could hardly avoid feeling nervous.
"This is..."
Xiao Fan approached the bottomless black hole. Nothing obstructed it from top to bottom; it apparently ran through the entire black tower. If the tip of the tower aboveground were removed, one might be able to look straight down from the sky and see the tower's bottom.
An endless, scorching aura seemed to emanate from the pitch-black depths. Anyone who sensed it carefully would discover that all the heat in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower seemed to spread from this bottomless black hole.
A trace of pitch-black flickered deep within Xiao Fan's eyes. Beside him, the Green Lotus Core Flame within Xiao Yan stirred slightly, and a hint of green flashed through his pupils.
The two leaned their heads forward slightly and peered into the dark depths below.
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you!
The words suddenly flashed through Xiao Fan's mind. Then he remembered the barrier erected here by a Dou Zun, along with the academy's sealing formation, and calmly continued... gazing into the abyss.
With the Chaos Flame's aid, the pitch-black space below seemed to draw gradually closer, its darkness slowly fading. As Xiao Fan continued staring, he noticed subtle distortions suddenly appear in the space. Like living creatures, those distortions climbed toward the top of the tower.
Invisible distortions... the Fallen Heart Flame?
"Get back!"
Just as the two continued