The red crystal stone was vibrant, brilliant, and beautiful. It emitted a strange aura and attracted many of the flame sparks that were floating in the air above Lou Qianxue and Gong Sunheng.
âHuh? This thing seems special!â Gong Sunhengâs eyes lit up. âWho knows it may come in handy when we obtain the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ!â
The moment the red crystal stone had appeared inside the boundary of the Abnormal Fire, a black shadow deep within the boundary vigorously trembled. A wild and sinister laugh suddenly reverberated in a deeper area of the flame...
âDivine Blood Stone! The ants who broke into the boundary of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ actually have the Divine Blood Stone!
âHahaha... Looks like heaven is helping me! I can finally leave this damn place!!! Hahahaha!â
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âSo hot!â Mo Qingyuan was the first person to enter the boundary of the Abnormal Fire. Right now, she was profusely sweating and her clothes were almost drenched. However, she had yet to find even a single trace of the original source of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire.â
âWhere is it?â
She wiped her sweat and frowned.
Suddenly...
âYoung lady.â
An old and kind voice suddenly called out to her.
âHuh? Who is it!â Mo Qingyuanâs expression changed, and she raised her guard.
Whish!
A flame that was as tall as a person suddenly sprung up near Mo Qingyuan. It gave her a fright, and she hurriedly retreated a few steps.
Then, she clearly saw a faint black shadow on the surface of the flame that was as tall as a person. It looked like the figure of a person. At the same time, a complicated and piercing white light lit up at the feet of the figure in the flame.
âFlame? Could it be! Youâre the original source of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ?â Mo Qingyuan happily asked.
âYouâre right. Itâs me.â The old voice slowly replied to her.
A tinge of greed flashed past Mo Qingyuanâs eyes, but she calmed down soon. âNo, thatâs not right. You have a humanâs figure. How can the original source of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ be a human? Why did you pass yourself off as the original source of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ? Whereâs the real original source?â
âAh! Young lady, youâre smart! You are right, Iâm indeed not the original source of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire,â but Iâm the master of âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ.â
âWhat? Master of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fireâ?â Mo Qingyuan exclaimed. She immediately rebuked it, however. âImpossible! If youâre really the master of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire,â then the Abnormal Fire wouldâve already been under your control in your body. How could it still be sealed here? Donât you dare deceive me!â
âI didnât deceive you. Iâm indeed the master of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire.â Itâs just that I was the previous master.â
âThe previous master?â
âYes. I was the previous master of the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire.â Many years ago, a bloodthirsty monster appeared on the Xuantian continent. In order to defeat it, I had to give up my life. In the end, only a remnant soul of me was left behind. Donât worry, what you see is just a wisp of my thought. I canât hurt you.â
Upon hearing this, Mo Qingyuanâs heart wildly palpated. She still felt doubtful and asked, âIs everything you said true?â
âOf course. What will I get by deceiving you? The reason I appeared to see you is that this last bit of my remnant soul is disappearing soon. With it, the knowledge, the martial arts, and the methods of subduing the âPhantom Demon Heart Fire,â as well as the techniques of using it, will be lost. This pains my heart.â
Mo Qingyuan clenched her fists and instantly became agitated. âSenior, senior... you mean, you want... to pass down everything youâve learned to me?â
The Xuantian continent had many exceptionally powerful experts who would look for successors after they had died. These experts would usually leave behind a ray of divine consciousness or remnant soul.
That was why the people of Liuyun Prefecture thought of Dan Taiyuan, who had appeared during the prefecture competition, as the remnant soul of a powerful expert.