The Earthflame Essence Fire was so powerful that Ou Shuo could not fathom why it had suddenly vanished. Ou Zheng, a Forging Master just like him, was the prime suspect. Ou Zheng was also well versed in these flames and knew their properties intimately. However Ou Shuo turned it over in his mind, only Ou Zheng could have made the Earthflame Essence Fire disappear.
Ou Shuo's words made everyone turn toward Ou Zheng. After all, what he said seemed reasonable to them.
What had just happened was clearly the Earthflame Essence Fire going out of control. The two sides could be said to be locked in a contest of techniques, and Ou Zheng could very well have acted in secret. Naturally, suspicion of him grew considerably.
"Absurd. Would our Imperial Province Ou Family resort to such tricks? Ou Shuo, if this is all your Yan Mountain Ou Family can do, then I truly overestimated you. Your Yan Mountain Ou Family dreams of suppressing our Imperial Province Ou Family? That is a fool's dream," Ou Zheng said, drawing a deep breath.
"Sophistry," Ou Shuo said, his expression turning vicious.
The Earthflame Essence Fire was his trump card. Now that it had dissipated, he had no better way to fuse all the dragon qi in the Jiaolong scale into the sword. His confidence in facing Ou Zheng's Heaven's Mandate Sword would therefore be much lower.
Whether Ou Zheng had tampered with it no longer mattered. He would not allow himself to lose this competition. He had to use the present situation to force Ou Zheng to bow his head.
"Is the Earthflame Essence Fire so easy to control? As a Forging Master, do you not even know that? Ou Shuo, it seems your skills still fall short. Stop making a spectacle of