Chapter 147: Heavenly Flame Enters the Body

"Beast, don't try to escape!"

Su Qian's eyes widened in anger, instantly sobering up. A strange black light burst out from his body, surging in the wind and forming a black net, heading straight towards Fallen Heart Flame.

As soon as they touched, thick smoke rose, and Fallen Heart Flame's miserable screams echoed underground.

Su Qian's face turned pale, his breath weakened slightly, and his trembling fingertips pressed down.

Fallen Heart Flame continued to surge, unable to stop the trend of being pressed down.

"Squeak!"

A sharp sound rang out as Fallen Heart Flame was once again pushed back down. At a critical moment, a flame as thick as an adult's arm separated from it and swept upward.

"Phew..."

Su Qian exhaled, reinforcing the seal along with other elders who rushed over.

Within a few breaths, they added nearly a thousand layers to the seal.

"Quick, find the clone that escaped!"

Facing the concerned elders who gathered around, Su Qian waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

"Grand Elder, the other students in the tower have all gone out. A strand of Fallen Heart Flame's clone won't cause any major problems."

One elder felt that Su Qian was overly anxious, knowing that the Grand Elder was concerned about the safety of the students.

After all, that strand of clone had little impact on them elders, especially with a seal on each layer.

Even if it managed to ascend, by the time it reached the first or second layer, its energy would be nearly depleted.

"Hurry! It must be targeting Lin Xiu!"

Su Qian's voice was stern.

Whoosh!

As his words fell, the elders present suddenly realized and connected with what the other elders had said just now.

Everyone suddenly understood that Fallen Heart Flame's sudden outburst, even though it was sealed, was to split off a bit of flame.

It wasn't to cause any harm to the Qi Refining Tower, but rather, it had sensed their plan to cultivate the Fire Spirit!

Swish swish!

All the elders on the entire floor dispersed like ghosts, swiftly searching along various corners.

Su Qian remained in his original position, facing Fallen Heart Flame across the seal.

At this moment, Fallen Heart Flame's huge form lurked above the lava.

Having split off a clone, it evidently consumed a considerable amount, with a great cost. Its aura weakened considerably, constantly absorbing energy from the lava to replenish itself.

Looking at the black-robed elder at the edge and the intangible Fallen Heart Flame, it grinned, as if laughing.

"Beast!"

Su Qian gritted his teeth inwardly.

On the other side,

The elders arrived first at the eighth floor.

When they saw the practice room door violently destroyed, causing serious deformation, their faces all darkened.

Walking inside, the traces of various battles were clearly visible.

In front of a black stone platform, the slot still held the Purple Fire Crystal Card.

From this, it could be seen how urgent the situation was at that time, to the extent that there wasn't even time to remove the card.

"It indeed targeted Lin Xiu!"

People here could sense the strong presence of Fallen Heart Flame.

This scent was different from ordinary Heart Flames; they had been in contact with Fallen Heart Flame for years and were most familiar with it.

"Quick, find him!"

"Lin Xiu was able to get out from inside, which means he's not dead yet. Hopefully, we can save him!"

"We must not let Fallen Heart Flame succeed!"

The elders began searching in the tower one after another.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiu, whom they were searching for, was swiftly advancing, with an invisible flame trailing behind him.

"Darn it, Fallen Heart Flame, you better kill me today, otherwise, you'll wait to serve as my dog!"

Lin Xiu glanced back, the distance between the two sides steadily closing.

He rushed to the passage from the seventh floor to the sixth floor, sensing a strong wind behind him and quickly dodging to the side.

A terrifying high temperature swept past his ears, and the scent of burnt hair immediately filled the air.

No way to escape!

Lin Xiu's gaze hardened, becoming resolute as he raised his hand, summoning the Green Bull Fire Spirit.

A large mass of cold air surged from under his feet, covering the ground and the surrounding walls.

The Fire Spirit emitted a low "moo," one hind leg scraping the ground, revealing its severe unease.

But in the face of Lin Xiu's command, it still lunged at the incoming invisible flame.

Surrounded by a chill, Lin Xiu was covered in armor composed of pale yellow and white Dou Qi, his gaze fixed firmly on the invisible flame entangled by the Green Ox Fire Spirit.

His hands began to form seals, moving at lightning speed, creating a blur.

"Flame Soul Separation Technique!"

Suddenly, Lin Xiu shouted loudly from the depths of his heart, pointing forward.

The invisible flame stiffened, rooted to the spot, as the Green Ox Fire Spirit took advantage of the opportunity to fiercely kick it. The Fire Spirit expanded to a huge size of six to seven meters, exerting force with its limbs, leaping three feet high, and squeezing the invisible flame with its body.

At the same time, it opened its mouth wide, biting down fiercely.

"Squeak!"

The invisible flame screeched, breaking free from the control after two seconds.

Its form twisted.

Crack!

The air crackled as it was sucked out, and the Green Ox Fire Spirit floated, appearing cracked, its shape continuously shrinking like a deflated balloon.

The invisible flame then rushed straight toward Lin Xiu.

Watching the invisible flame rapidly enlarging in his line of sight, Lin Xiu suddenly smiled.

A terrifying energy appeared, stopping at the original position of the flame.

The frenzy factor had been separated by Lin Xiu!

"There's movement ahead!"

"It's a Dou Qi fluctuation, definitely Lin Xiu!"

"Hurry!"

An excited voice came from afar, and the invisible flame glanced at the frenzy factor.

Turning back to merge at this moment would definitely be too late.

Without hesitation, it rushed towards Lin Xiu.

The terrifying heat belonging to the Fallen Heart Flame kept erupting. The ice layers set up by Lin Xiu disappeared in the blink of an eye, vaporized into nothingness.

There were no water droplets on the walls, no smoke in the air.

This area became unusually dry.

The armor Lin Xiu had condensed from ice and earth attributes only lasted for less than a second, turning into Dou Qi energy and dissipating into the air.

Boom!

The next moment, Lin Xiu's entire body turned red, like a lit lantern, with the blood vessels and muscles under his skin clearly visible.

Flames covered his pupils.

He felt like the Monkey King thrown into the alchemy furnace.

Every part of his body was undergoing the burning of flames.

This feeling was ten or even a hundred times more severe than every previous time the Heart Flame entered his body.

The Green Ox Fire Spirit walked to Lin Xiu, who was lying on the ground, emitting a low whimper, then transformed into a streak of light and entered Lin Xiu's chest.

One elder after another appeared from a distance, almost teleporting, all arriving beside Lin Xiu.

When they saw Lin Xiu's skin turning red and translucent, they all gasped in unison.

"We're still a step too late."

"Back then, Old Yan was just like this, with Fallen Heart Flame entering his body."

"Sigh, now all we can do is watch his fate. If he can hold on, then he might still survive."

Sadness appeared on the elders' faces as they recalled the last person who used the Flame Soul Separation Technique to refine a Fire Spirit.

And that person was also the creator of the Flame Soul Separation Technique.

"Cough, cough..."

Su Qian walked over, covering his mouth. After looking at Lin Xiu, he waved his hand and released a burst of energy, wrapping up the unconscious Lin Xiu. "I'll take him for treatment. You all guard the Qi Refining Tower. For the next few days, let's not open it temporarily. Our main focus should be on observing Fallen Heart Flame."

Everyone nodded, watching Su Qian take Lin Xiu away.

The incident happened too suddenly, and at first, no one had thought about Lin Xiu.

It had been half a year since he was provided with the Heart Flame.

During this time, Fallen Heart Flame had only occasionally shown minor outbursts, nothing as decisive as today.

At least it hadn't happened for several years.

Many elders had a grave expression.

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