A sudden, agonizing pain in his heart twisted Li Yan's already sweat-drenched face. It came from the Heart-Tangling Twin-Bloom Gu inside his heart.
Sensing its approaching death, the Gu jolted awake and writhed madly, sending wisps of white mist rising from Li Yan's heart. Under the excruciating pain, his face grew hideously contorted.
The other three had no attention to spare for Li Yan. Frenzy and defiance mingled on Su Wenzhou's face. Even though he had shouted that he would become a living creature here, the streak of tribulation fire above him still descended over his head in an instant.
The creature simply wanted a "perfectly justified" way to obtain his blood essence. Su Wenzhou suddenly understood its intentions. After killing Li Jiuchen, this demonic beast had no intention of giving any of the others a chance...
Their faces drained of blood, Yun Qinghua and Ling Xingkong simply gazed at each other. If this was their fate, then entering the Yellow Springs together was enough!
"Shatter!"
Amid his agony, Li Yan barked out a single word, but his furious shout was drowned out by a thunderous boom! Had the other three not been so close, they would never have heard him.
Whoosh!
Along with that deafening blast, everyone felt a hot breeze sweep over their heads. Then, while all four still wore their previous expressions, the entire stone chamber fell silent.
"It... it disappeared?"
Suddenly, Su Wenzhou's murmuring voice broke the silence. Defiance and frenzy still lingered on his face, but his eyes had filled with utter astonishment.
Yun Qinghua and Ling Xingkong stared blankly above each other's heads. The crimson-gold tribulation fire that had descended with the aura of death had vanished before their eyes!
More precisely, amid that thunderous blast, each had seen the crimson-gold flames above the