Sea Heart Flame ranked fifteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, which was actually quite high. That meant it was immensely powerful, but also immensely dangerous.
Still, Bai Kun was a Dou Emperor. Fusing with it carried risks, but they should not be too great, especially with Sun Buxiao standing guard beside him.
"Well? What we're looking for should be down there."
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Three months later, Sun Buxiao appeared with a whole group of people at the strait mentioned in the intelligence report. Hovering above the enormous blue-hole abyss, he glanced at Bai Kun, who was so excited he looked ready to convulse.
"Lord Buxiao, I, Bai Kun, am willing to give my life for you and the Heavenly Poison Gate..."
Bai Kun was moved to tears.
"All right, all right, stop being disgusting. Stay here and wait. Xiao Yi Xian and I will go down and take a look-Zi Yan, want to come?"
For this outing, Sun Buxiao had dumped all the sect's affairs onto Hai Bodong and brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan along to have a blast.
Hai Bodong: "You motherf-"
"...I have reasonable grounds to suspect you're trying to burn me to death."
Zi Yan shrank back.
It was not as though she had never experienced the power of Heavenly Flames. She had gone down to the bottom of the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower to warm herself by the fire more than once, and on several particularly bad occasions, she had even been burned.
Fallen Heart Flame ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, while Sea Heart Flame stood just below it at fifteenth. In terms of sheer firepower, there was not much difference.
"No big deal. You're still underestimating how tough your own body is."
Sun Buxiao curled his lip and shook his head.
That