The House of Black and White was torn apart by the tremendous blast. Billowing smoke spread in an instant, carrying a pungent stench, and the entire rocky hill vanished into a multicolored haze.
"Ah! No!"
Blessed by the Many-Faced God, the Faceless Men possessed vitality far beyond that of ordinary people. Even with their bodies partly blown apart, they had not yet died.
The searing flames instantly charred their skin. After a few screams, the scorching air burned and ravaged their entire respiratory tracts. Now they could only go through the motions of screaming, barely able to make a sound.
Perhaps only now did they truly grasp the Many-Faced God's teaching that death was a release!
Just then, a terrifying dark power suddenly awakened beneath the House of Black and White, actually suppressing the flames that filled the sky. The energy sent a chill down Danyla's spine, while Dreamfyre and the others high above nearly cried out uncontrollably.
The sight set the Flame Rune on Danyla's brow flickering incessantly, and she involuntarily began chanting a sacrificial incantation.
"Trade Fire for Blood, Trade Blood for Fire! From deepest darkness springs light; death bestows new life..."
"Fall!"
As Danyla chanted, Dreamfyre and the others high above immediately sensed it, and the agitation in their hearts subsided. Then they breathed dragonfire straight down. Empowered by a strange energy, five streams of differently colored dragonfire became five fiery meteors trailing long tails as they hurtled toward the shattered House of Black and White.
An even larger mushroom cloud rose at once. The flames rampaged like ravenous beasts capable of devouring everything, greedily consuming all that surrounded them.
The rising mushroom cloud resembled an apocalyptic firework, laden with endless terror and destruction. Every building in the House of Black and White was instantly razed, leaving