Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Eruption of the Fallen Heart Flame
Su Qian reiterated his instructions, still somewhat uneasy.
He went alone to the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, intending to see what exactly was going on with the Fallen Heart Flame.
"I think Grand Elder is overly worried," another elder in gray robes said with a smile to the person beside him.
The elder nodded, a trace of agreement in his eyes. "Besides the seals we placed in the tower, there are also seals left by the former Headmaster. The Fallen Heart Flame cannot break through."
"Yes, if it hadn't taken advantage of injuring Lin Xiu last time, we would have dealt with it long ago," the elder who spoke earlier responded.
Unlike usual, the safety inside the tower during the annual students' Heartfire Body-Forging is at its highest, with a large number of elders present.
Even if the same situation as last time occurs again, they have confidence in ensuring the students' safety.
"You two should speak less. Grand Elder just wants us to be careful, there's no problem," one elder said.
Among the two, one elder didn't think much of it. "Last time was just an accident, and besides, the seals that were somewhat weakened by the impact before have also been arranged by eighteen elders. It took five days to repair."
The things he spoke of were known to all the elders present, and some were even part of the team that repaired the formation.
Many felt that Grand Elder was overly worried.
After a moment of silence, everyone turned their attention to the students on the jade platform.
In less than an hour of undergoing Heartfire Body-Forging, four students couldn't bear it and withdrew from that state.
As time passed, the remaining few still persevered diligently.
As the third day arrived, the Heartfire Body-Forging gradually approached its conclusion.
Streams of varying intensities emanated from the bodies of Lin Xiu Ya, Yan Hao, Xiao Yan, and others.
Just as several elders breathed a sigh of relief, marveling at the imminent successful conclusion of the Heartfire Body-Forging, the temperature in the air suddenly surged.
This scene was very similar to the recent eruption of the Fallen Heart Flame.
"Is the Fallen Heart Flame erupting again?"
"Should we wake them up? With so many seals, the Fallen Heart Flame shouldn't be able to break through, right?"
The elders present felt the change in the air, hesitating without immediately taking action.
Meanwhile,
At the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, the scorching temperature rose, filling this space.
Everything within sight appeared somewhat distorted.
A fiery red light completely filled the space.
A huge opening was covered by a layer of energy shield, the color below was deep red, somewhat leaning towards black.
Not far away, a white-haired old man sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, as his breath surged from within, covering the entire area.
With careful perception, he sensed a slight movement of flowing liquid, quietly emanating.
Moreover, this movement was rapidly increasing, roaring from a trickle to a torrent like a rushing river.
Su Qian's eyes suddenly opened wide, a hint of seriousness creeping onto his face.
Swift as lightning,
He arrived at the edge of the deep pit, casting two electric-like gazes towards the depths of the abyss.
In the midst of a pool of magma, aside from the churning bubbles, there seemed to be nothing unusual.
But the pervasive high temperature in the surroundings carried a distinctly unusual scent.
"I've been here a few times before, and there was never any activity from the Fallen Heart Flame."
Furrowing his brows, Su Qian pressed his palms against the energy shield. In the next moment, a passageway large enough for a person to pass through opened up.
He darted inside.
Su Qian trod upon the void, beneath him was a sea of fiery magma, and wherever he looked, it was all red.
This underground world is extremely vast, filled with dense fiery energy.
Due to the harsh environment and the presence of the Fallen Heart Flame lurking within, Su Qian wouldn't normally venture here easily.
"Why has the commotion disappeared?"
Su Qian murmured.
A sense of unease gradually surged within him.
He knew this was the mischief of the Fallen Heart Flame, this flame manifested from the human heart was the most eerie.
Thump!
Thump, thump!
Suddenly, Su Qian heard a sound resembling a heartbeat.
Straining his ears to listen, he realized that his own heartbeat rhythm was gradually syncing with that sound.
The sound of the heartbeat grew faster and stronger with each beat, as if something was growing.
"What is happening?"
A sense of unease rose in his heart as Su Qian looked around, attempting to locate the presence of the Fallen Heart Flame.
Suddenly, his gaze focused on a direction.
In the world of magma, an extremely violent and majestic energy was slowly surging out from below the magma.
A wind blew from an unknown direction, lifting the magma over ten meters high before crashing down heavily.
The already restless surface of the magma was directly stirred up into tumultuous waves.
"The last time this thing appeared, it didn't have such a powerful energy. What has it been doing during this time?"
Su Qian's face was filled with shock.
He was intimately familiar with the aura of the Fallen Heart Flame.
Therefore, upon sensing its increasingly formidable aura compared to last time, he couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.
"Last time, it was able to break through the seals. This time, the energy is many times greater than before. Those formations and seals won't be able to stop it at all!"
Su Qian decisively turned around.
He needed to inform others and reinforce the seals, the more reinforcements, the better.
That beast deliberately concealed its true strength last time!
Just as he turned around, a fissure suddenly appeared on the surface of the magma.
This fissure seemed to be formed by some object being squeezed, and in a fearless manner, it continuously approached Su Qian's back.
Sensing something unusual behind him, Su Qian turned around to see an invisible flame python of indiscernible length, with a body about thirty feet thick, traversing atop the magma.
"Chirp!"
The transparent flame python soared from the magma, its enormous head emitting a piercing screech.
Su Qian's expression slightly hardened.
The energy carried by this sound wave was enough to make the body of an ordinary Dou Spirit explode directly.
"Roar!"
Su Qian slapped out a palm, carrying a terrifying momentum like a mountain falling, smashing onto the head of the transparent flame python.
Its head, along with its body, fell heavily into the magma, the tremendous impact causing the magma to splash dozens of meters high.
Although it took a palm strike, the transparent flame python's momentum showed no signs of weakening. The surrounding fire attribute energy continuously poured into its body, repairing it continuously.
Back outside the energy shield, Su Qian looked down upon it from above.
The colossal body of the transparent flame python pounded the magma, its form bursting out like lightning, heading straight towards the energy shield.
The intense heat surrounded its body, and the violent energy tore through the air.
"Oh no, this beast is going to break through the seal!"
The movement of the transparent python made Su Qian's expression change, and his hands quickly formed seals.
A colorful light appeared on the energy barrier, sealing the opening and also blocking the figure of the transparent python.
Just as Su Qian finished forming the hand seal, his thunderous voice echoed through the Academy.
"All students immediately evacuate a hundred meters from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower! Notify all elders and the Headmaster to come immediately!"
As soon as the words fell, a crisp sound rang out in the space.
Su Qian suddenly turned his head, looking towards the source of the sound.
The energy barrier covering the opening shattered into countless fragments like foam.
A blood-red lava column several tens of meters wide rushed out from inside.
"Seal!"
Su Qian formed seals again, and at the edge of the opening, the energy barrier faintly reappeared, showing signs of re-coalescing.
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