Barely moments after the three vanished, Su Qian charged into the lowest level of the Heaven-Burning Qi Refining Tower, seething with fury. His Dou Qi, driven utterly berserk by his anger, scattered the broken stones left in every corner by the explosion all over again.
Yet when Su Qian stormed up to the Fallen Heart Flame's seal, brimming with matchless killing intent, the sight before him made his pupils constrict sharply. His face, twisted beyond recognition by rage, froze.
The surging aura and towering killing intent around him faltered as well, then gradually subsided.
What greeted his eyes was a ravaged underground stone chamber. The silver cage of light that had sealed the Fallen Heart Flame had been utterly destroyed, leaving not a trace behind. Shattered stones littered every corner of the chamber.
Naturally, seeing this scene, Su Qian concluded that the Fallen Heart Flame had successfully broken free and left Jia Nan Academy through some means unknown to him, without leaving any trace.
Su Qian's hair hung loose and disheveled, his body trembling violently. His eyes were bloodshot, his face flushed, and his teeth clenched tight. The surging emotions in his chest seemed blocked by a massive boulder. He had nowhere to vent his pent-up fury or the hatred born from the casualties among the academy's students.
"Aah!"
Su Qian abruptly threw back his head and roared toward the heavens. Powerful Dou Qi rippled outward with his howl, pulverizing every broken stone scattered across the chamber's floor, as though this could release some of the anger trapped inside him.
Yet as Su Qian frantically vented his emotions, his body suddenly jolted. A chill swept through him in an instant as a sinister, evil aura enveloped him, shrouding him in the terrifying breath of death.
That dreadful aura, as though