The black qi and black flames trapped within Xiao Hua's spiritual radiance had now been scorched down to the size of a zhang. Yet that spiritual radiance remained as unostentatious as before, seeming to possess no heat, as though it did not exist at all!
Xiao Hua's fingers twitched slightly. He had been about to activate the Divine Fire Art again and annihilate the remaining black qi and black flames, but his brows rose as he looked at the still-swelling blood cocoon, seemingly realizing something. With a point of his hand, the spiritual fire stopped. It merely held the black qi and black flames tightly imprisoned, no longer burning them!
After inspecting it once more, a thoughtful look flashed through Xiao Hua's eyes. His brows furrowed faintly as he sat cross-legged in a corner of Blood Drop Cave Heaven, quietly waiting for Zhang Qingxiao to break free from the cocoon!
This wait lasted more than three days. Seeing that the blood cocoon around Zhang Qingxiao was indeed shrinking little by little at every moment, Xiao Hua knew that things should be proceeding smoothly!
Sure enough, in the end, a ** humanoid figure emerged within the blood cocoon. Its entire body was covered in crimson, and faint, bizarre patterns flickered amid that bloody color! Yet those patterns rose from the crimson like an epiphyllum blooming for a single instant, stirring up obscure ripples before vanishing at once. Even Xiao Hua's Buddhist sense could not see them clearly!
Roar~ The blood-red humanoid slowly rose from midair. Its equally blood-red face was even stranger—completely flat, without any protrusions, much less any features!
Xiao Hua's expression did not ripple. As the humanoid stood, he too floated into the air, clasped his hands behind his back, and merely watched indifferently...
It seemed like the span