Long Chen had suddenly grown stronger and defeated Li Ziling at lightning speed. The crowd was momentarily shocked when they saw Li Ziling flying with blood spraying out of her mouth, her face pale. Even Li Qingling was in a daze, forgetting that he should’ve been saving her.
After Long Chen had escaped from Yan Danqing, the latter had stopped attacking. Long Chen had then proceeded to defeat Li Ziling a moment later. Yan Danqing could not even react.
After defeating Li Ziling, he glared at Yan Danqing as a warning and rushed into the sea of fire, leaving everyone to look at each other. Li Qingling finally realized that his older sister was severely injured, shrieked, and then rushed over.
“Did you just try to intimidate me?” Yan Danqing smiled. He had remained calm since the beginning, only feeling slightly shocked that he could defeat Li Ziling.
“Whatever. I’ll let you guys fight for your lives there. I will wait for you all to come out. Long Chen, you’ll see what it means to be number one on the Potential Ranking Board.”
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The temperature was high due to the red flames with wisps of black in them. Due to his Level Three Blazing Thunder Combat Body, Long Chen had higher resistance towards fire, and with his Qi as protection, he thought he could stay there for about an hour, which was a little longer than Mo Xiaolang.
His eyes were useless in the sea of fire. Long Chen could only rely on his memory and run towards the direction where the Sun Devouring Wolf had fallen
He felt uncomfortable because it was just too quiet around him. The only sounds were the explosions of fire. There was no sign of the wolf or Mo Xiaolang.
Did something happen to Xiaolang? Long Chen felt his heart turn cold.
Mo Xiaolang had charged inside on his own, and Long Chen couldn’t stop him in time. His intention was to follow him inside to be safe, but that idiot Li Ziling had recruited Yan Danqing to stop him, delaying his entry.
Long Chen quickened his footsteps, dredging ahead. At the same time, he took out the Azure Dragon Halberd to guard against any dangers that could pop up.
This was a fiery hell. He still felt miserable in the roaring flames even with the Level Three Blazing Thunder Combat Body.
After quickly moving across about a hundred meters, Long Chen suddenly heard the sound of haggard breathing ahead. It sounded like the Sun Devouring Wolf. His chest tightened, gripping the Azure Dragon Halberd tightly and preparing to attack.
Xiaolang, you must live … This was his only wish.
When he rushed forward, he realized that the flames around him had disappeared. Gasping in shock, he looked around and realized he was in a twenty-meter-wide circular space without fire.
Killing intent exploded from his body the moment he arrived because he saw the gigantic Sun Devouring Wolf standing in front of him. The wolf was covered in small cuts, bleeding everywhere, though it had a weak gaze. It was clearly severely injured, but it was not dead.
Long Chen sensed that it had formed this no-flame zone.
“Xiaolang!” Long Chen screamed. When he rushed into the circular zone, he first saw the severely injured wolf, then Mo Xiaolang, who was lying on the ground. The Sun Devouring Wolf was walking in circles around him, licking his body with its large, red tongue.
Long Chen halted, as if he was struck by lightning.
Is Xiaolang dead?! That was his first thought. When he was sure that there was no movement from Mo Xiaolang, grief and rage crashed through his body and drowned him. His eyes turned blood-red and green veins popped from his skin. Gripping the Azure Dragon Halberd tightly, his breathing grew haggard!
Long Chen really liked that guy. To be honest, other than his family and Ling Xi, Mo Xiaolang had become the most important person in Long Chen’s life, the only one he could call a brother. But now his only brother was on the ground, dead.
All the insanity and violence hidden in his body were unleashed the instant he saw him!
“You animal! You killed Xiaolang!” Long Chen roared, his red-scaled face turning terrifyingly vicious.
He had lost all sense of logic, ignoring how powerful the Sun Devouring Wolf was!
After his shout, Long Chen swung the Azure Dragon Halberd and charged at the wolf!
The injured wolf had spotted him the moment he arrived. It did not come to kill him immediately, but rather took a few steps back and placed Xiaolang’s body in front of Long Chen.
Within its eyes, Long Chen saw many emotions: confusion, pain, grief—as if it had many things it wanted to tell him.
Long Chen did not care about this strange scene. His only concern was whether Mo Xiaolang was alive!
Holding his brother’s ice-cold hand, he realized that his body was devoid of warmth and his heart was not beating. Qi was slowly disappearing from his body as well. At this point, he was probably not even at the Draconic Realm level.
Undeniably, Mo Xiaolang was dead!
This was devastating to Long Chen. Every moment he had spent with Mo Xiaolang over the past month replayed in his mind. The shy, kind, and resilient teenager who held a bloody grudge on his shoulders was Long Chen’s only brother. But now he was dead!
Long Chen felt his blood boil, and his chest was going to explode.
“You animal! You must pay for taking Xiaolang’s life!” He quietly put Mo Xiaolang’s body in his Universe Pouch. He then hung his head solemnly and stood up. This time, even if he died in the process, he absolutely had to kill the injured Sun Devouring Wolf to avenge Mo Xiaolang!
He initially thought that the wolf would fight him to the death in the sea of fire, but unexpectedly, the wolf picked up the mysterious steel token on the ground with its mouth and then quickly turned around and ran off. It was running out of the sea of fire!
When the wolf left, fire engulfed Long Chen once more.
“Think you can run?” Without another word, he ran after the wolf!
He initially came to the Burning Heaven Secret Realm to retrieve the Burning Heaven Emperor’s inheritance, but the only thing he wanted to do now was chop the wolf up into a thousand pieces to give Mo Xiaolang’s spirit closure!
The man and the beast ran madly through the sea of fire. The wolf was huge, so when it approached the boundary, the people outside knew that the terrifying beast was coming out. When he saw that it was bloody and its gaze was dimming, limping as it ran, Yan Danqing’s eyes flashed coldly.
When he saw the wolf leave the sea of fire, Yan Danqing was surprised to see the token still in its mouth. He clenched his teeth and appeared by its mouth in a flash. Then he threw a punch straight at its jaw!
This time, he had made the right bet. The Sun Devouring Wolf was very heavily injured, and it had just rushed out of the fire and could not see the outside clearly. When the fist struck its mouth, the steel token flew out!
“The heavens are helping me!” Yan Danqing laughed, and with the token in hand, he ran towards the entrance of the tomb!
“What?” Long Chen had just exited the fire when he saw the Sun Devouring Wolf lying in a corner from the punch. The punch from a late Heavenly Core Realm Beast Warrior had aggravated its injuries, making its gaze even dimmer.
Yan Danqing was holding the token and already arrived in front of the tomb.
Long Chen watched Yan Danqing run into the light membrane and enter the tomb. Previously, he would have given chase, but his mind was set on avenging Mo Xiaolang, so he had tossed the matter of the inheritance aside. That was why he did not care that Yan Danqing had gotten the mysterious token.
Locking on the wolf’s position, he roared, swinging his halberd and unleashing Starsweep Dragon!
Everyone was still watching. The sudden turn of events made it difficult to react!
“Long Chen defeated Li Ziling, ran into the sea of fire, then the beast ran out and Brother Yan Danqing retrieved the steel token. Brother Yan Danqing successfully got the inheritance, yet Long Chen doesn’t care and is bent on killing the beast?”
They did not know that Mo Xiaolang was dead, so they did not understand.
Starsweep Dragon approached the wolf, and a pained expression flashed in its eyes. It finally moved, barely lifting its head as it waved its huge paw. Its claws and the Azure Dragon Halberd collided, resulting in the sound of metal clashing with metal!
Boom!
There was a boom, and Long Chen was thrown back in the air by the powerful explosion! He crashed into the ground!
“An Earth-tier beast is indeed extraordinary!” Long Chen leaped out and exchanged a few moves with it. He felt his arm starting to go numb.
When the thousands of wolves saw that Long Chen dared touch their leader, they charged at him the moment he landed, and he was instantly swallowed by countless wolves.
I haven’t used that move in a long time … Violence flashed in his eyes.