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But to completely eliminate any future trouble, Lin Feng began channeling the Fallen Heart Flame within his body.
With a wave of his palm, vast waves of invisible fire surged outward. Under Lin Feng's masterful flame control, the flames transformed into over a dozen invisible fire serpents. Each one hissed sharply and darted toward the fleeing Hall of Souls Protectors scattered across the distant sky!
The heat radiating from the Heavenly Flame was so terrifying that even the space the serpents passed through twisted violently.
"Ahhh!"
"What kind of flame is this?! Why is it so fierce?!"
"—Ah!"
A moment later, agonized screams rang out one after another in the sky.
Lin Feng watched as the fifteen escaping Hall of Souls Protectors were all caught by the fire serpents. Then, with a mere thought, he controlled the serpents to drag their captives back toward him in perfect order.
"My lord! We're just small fry—we have no value at all! Please, just treat us like a fart and let us go!"
"Yes, my lord! I have elderly parents and young children at home—they're counting on me to support them! You're a great and magnanimous person, please spare my life!"
"..."
As the captured enforcers were brought before him, they immediately began to plead desperately.
Even now, they still hoped for a miracle—that Lin Feng might show mercy. But Lin Feng couldn't be bothered to entertain their begging. He waved his hand, and fifteen jade bottles floated out from his storage ring, suspended neatly in midair before him.
With a slight motion of his finger, the corks popped off the bottles automatically. Then, with another sweep of his hand, the fire serpents carrying the wailing Hall of Souls Protectors plunged into the bottles one after another, each captive sealed within.
The corks reattached themselves instantly, sealing the bottles tight. After completing this, Lin Feng guided the jade bottles back into his storage ring one by one. Once the enforcers were dealt with, his gaze turned once more to the Hall of Souls elder still clutched in his hand.
With a flip of his palm, a thumb-sized dark red flame flickered into existence.
"You—what are you trying to do?! I'm a Hall of Souls Elder! You'd better not act recklessly!"
The elder's face twisted with fear as he glared at the flame in Lin Feng's hand, his voice trembling despite his attempt to sound fierce.
His years of battle experience screamed at him that Lin Feng was about to do something deadly. All he could do now was hope that invoking the name of the Hall of Souls might save him. Unfortunately for him, Lin Feng didn't care about his threats.
In the next moment, Lin Feng's palm shot down, slapping firmly against the man's neck.
"Whoosh~"
The small flame immediately sank into the elder's body. After finishing this, Lin Feng's figure flickered and vanished from his spot. An instant later, he appeared before the spatial barrier erected by the Hall of Souls experts.
Pointing at it, he said coldly to the man in his grasp, "You've just been planted with a seed of my Heavenly Flame. Your life or death now depends entirely on my will. So, you'd better behave—and open this barrier for me."
The Two-Star Dou Zun's face instantly turned deathly pale as he sensed the dark red flame rooted near his heart. He pointed at Lin Feng, trembling with rage and terror. "You dare do this to me?! The Hall of Souls will never—"
Before he could finish, Lin Feng's expression hardened, and his mind stirred.
At the same time, the Heavenly Flame seed inside the man immediately sensed its master's intent—and went berserk. Scorching flames erupted within, mercilessly burning the elder's heart from the inside out.
The next moment, the elder instantly felt an intense, continuous pain spreading from his heart.
"Ahhh!"
A tortured groan escaped the middle-aged man's mouth as the agony seared through him.
Lin Feng, however, acted as though he hadn't heard a thing, maintaining full control over the raging Heavenly Flame inside the man's body. Only after five or six minutes did Lin Feng finally suppress the rampaging flame seed within him.
Then, he lifted the Hall of Souls elder up by the collar until their eyes were level, his tone calm but cold. "Well? Have you thought it through now? Will you help me open this spatial barrier or not?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man—still clutching his chest in lingering pain—raised his head quickly, staring at Lin Feng with eyes full of fear. Trembling, he stammered, "Y-You'd better not act recklessly, or the Hall of Souls will—"
"Oh? Seems you still haven't figured out your situation," Lin Feng interrupted coldly. "Then I suppose you can continue enjoying the pain of the Heavenly Flame burning inside your body. As for this barrier, I might as well open it myself."
Before the man could finish his threat, Lin Feng prepared to set the flame off again.
Seeing this, the elder completely panicked. The memory of that unbearable pain still haunted him; at this point, he didn't care whether the Hall of Souls would punish him later. He shouted in terror, "Wait, wait! I'll do it! I'll open the barrier for you!"
If he didn't speak now, he'd die long before the Hall of Souls ever got a chance to punish him.
Hearing the man finally give in, Lin Feng paused his actions and nodded slightly, gesturing with his chin toward the spatial barrier before them, signaling him to proceed. Under Lin Feng's oppressive aura, the Two-Star Dou Zun dared not hesitate any longer.
Reluctantly, he stretched out both hands and began forming a series of hand seals. As the seals took shape, Dou Qi rapidly gathered around his palms. Then, with a sharp thrust forward, the Dou Qi shot out from his hands and struck the barrier in front of Lin Feng.
Instead of rebounding like every other attack that touched it, the energy strangely merged into the barrier itself.
Buzz~
A moment later, the barrier began to melt away rapidly until it vanished completely. With the obstruction gone, the entire Hall of Souls branch came fully into Lin Feng's view.
"Huh? Why is the spatial shield fading away?"
Inside the enormous hall beneath, several figures cloaked in black mist looked up in surprise as the protective barrier above them dissolved.
Boom!
In the next instant, a section of the grand hall's ceiling exploded without warning, leaving a gaping hole. At the same time, a figure wrapped entirely in a black robe stormed down through the breach with overwhelming force.
The guards below froze in shock for an instant before sheer terror filled their eyes. They leapt to their feet and shouted in alarm, "Enemy attack! Someone has broken through the barrier and entered!"
The sudden cry shattered the silence within the grand hall.
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