Seriously injured

With a low shout, a bronze disk, ancient and simple, with countless obscure runes engraved on its edges, flew out from between Shen Wen's brows. It expanded rapidly in the wind, instantly growing to several zhang in size, and blocked in front of him.

In the center of the disk, the power of the four-colored ancestral talisman crazily intertwined and fused, transforming into a chaotic and terrifying vortex of energy that emitted a heart-palpitating destructive fluctuation!

At the same time, the sounds of a Dragon's roar and a Phoenix's cry rang out around Shen Wen!

Purple-Azure Dragon scales instantly covered his entire body, and the phantoms of a True Dragon's head and a True Phoenix's wings behind him solidified. Majestic Qi and blood surged into the sky, forcefully pushing away the surrounding magma.

A humanoid True Dragon, reappeared!

He did not choose to clash head-on, but instead poured all his power into the king destroyer celestial disk, while he himself used the counter-thrust to flee crazily upwards once again!

"Go!"

The king destroyer celestial disk hummed and shook violently. The four-colored destructive energy in its center erupted suddenly, transforming into a thick beam of intertwined four colors, fiercely meeting the two crimson energies pursuing him!

Rumble—!!!

Two forces, terrifying to the extreme, collided violently deep within the magma!

No sound was transmitted, because the core of the collision instantly formed an absolute vacuum, and even the magma and sound were completely annihilated.

Only a visible destructive ripple, mixed with four colors and crimson, spread crazily in all directions like the raging waves of an angry sea!

Wherever it passed, the underground rock layers, harder than refined iron, were leveled and vaporized layer by layer like tofu, and endless magma was pushed away and evaporated, forming a terrifying, ever-expanding void!

Even though Shen Wen was already a thousand zhang away, he was still hit hard in the back by the spreading aftermath.

"Puff!"

A sweetness rose in his throat, and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of fresh blood. The radiance of the Dragon scales all over his body flickered chaotically, and his aura withered significantly in an instant. But using this impact force, his speed increased by another thirty percent, and he shot upwards without looking back.

The astonishment in his eyes had not yet faded.

Just the aftermath had such power...

The owner of those two crimson attacks was undoubtedly a Half-Saint!

And definitely not someone who had just entered the Half-Saint level; they had probably been immersed in this realm for many years, their strength unfathomable!

Was this the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode?

Even the outermost defensive force had a Half-Saint!

Although he now had many trump cards, the gap was still too large when facing true Saint-Grade power.

This probe was truly a bit arrogant.

Just as Shen Wen felt a chill in his heart and was fleeing upwards rapidly—

The bottom level of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie were intently watching the magma passage below, which had become much calmer, waiting for Shen Wen to return.

Suddenly—

The entire space at the bottom of the tower shook violently without warning!

Immediately after, an indescribable, terrifying pressure, like a sleeping ancient behemoth turning over, vaguely permeated from the deepest part of the magma passage.

Although it was separated by unknown layers of rock and the Seal, only a trace of an imperceptible after-effect reached here.

But even this trace of after-effect caused the two Douzong Peak powerhouses, Qian Mu and Bai Lie, to instantly turn pale, their hair standing on end!

Qian Mu and Bai Lie even swayed, nearly unable to stand steady.

They only felt that in front of that aura, the Dou Qi they had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years was like a candle in the wind, pitifully small, and endless fear and trembling instinctively welled up from the depths of their Souls!

"Th-this... what kind of power is this?!" Bai Lie's voice was dry and hoarse, carrying unconcealable horror.

Su Qian was also shaken to his core, staring fixedly at the passage below, his lips trembling slightly: "Young Friend Shen... what exactly did he encounter down there?!"

Just the trace of the aura's aftermath that leaked up made them, with their level of cultivation, feel like ants... What kind of terrifying existence must the real Revered Master down there be?!

The three looked at each other, seeing the thick worry and shock in each other's eyes.

Su Qian and the other two were still shaken, with endless panic welling up in their hearts.

Shen Wen must not have any accidents down there!

Especially Su Qian; thinking of the mysterious Dou Sheng Revered Master behind Shen Wen, cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

The anger of a Dou Sheng powerhouse—not to mention him, Su Qian, even if the Dean, Mang Tianchi, returned at this moment, he might not be able to withstand it!

He even began to regret why he had let Shen Wen handle the mess of the Fallen Heart Flame in the first place?

If Shen Wen really fell on Jia Nan Academy's territory, the consequences... he simply dared not think about it.

A terrible thought even flashed through Su Qian's mind: Should he start preparing immediately to move the entire Jia Nan Academy to avoid the potential impending catastrophe?

Just as his heart was in chaos and he was almost drowned by fear—

"Whoosh!"

A figure, like a broken rag doll, suddenly rushed out from the magma passage below, bringing with it a scorching and bloody wave of air.

It was Shen Wen!

But at this moment, his state was miserably pathetic.

His black robe was shattered, revealing the purple-Azure Dragon scales beneath it that were flickering with dim light; many Dragon scales were already shattered, oozing dark golden blood.

His face was as pale as paper, his mouth and chest were covered in blood, his aura was withered to the extreme, and his eyes were tightly closed, as if he had fallen into a semi-comatose state.

"Shen Wen!" Su Qian's expression changed wildly, he couldn't help but shout, and was about to step forward.

But Shen Wen had no reaction, his body falling downwards uncontrollably.

Just at this critical moment—

Swish!

A seven-colored stream of light appeared at the bottom of the tower as fast as a ghost, instantly catching the falling Shen Wen.

It was Cai Lin!

She had originally been restless in the courtyard, vaguely feeling fluctuations coming from the direction of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower that made her heart palpitate, so she immediately rushed over at full speed.

Seeing Shen Wen in such a heavily injured and dying state, that face, which was always cold, elegant, and calm, instantly drained of all color, and was occupied by unprecedented panic.

She held Shen Wen tightly in her arms, and upon sensing the chaotic aura and severe injuries in his body, a burst of rage and extremely cold killing intent erupted from her body like a solid substance!

She suddenly raised her head, her purple eyes locking tightly onto Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie, her voice somewhat distorted by extreme anger: "What happened?!"

"Why is he injured like this?!"

Before the words fell, another heavy footstep sounded with a boom, and Xiong Tao's burly figure also appeared at the bottom entrance, sensing Cai Lin's killing intent and Shen Wen's state.

His eyes immediately filled with a fierce light, and a low roar issued from his throat. Together with Cai Lin, one in front and one behind, they firmly locked onto Su Qian and the other two, with a stance that suggested they would fight to the death at the slightest disagreement.

Although Qian Mu and Bai Lie were Douzong Peak, what they were thinking about was the consequences if Shen Wen really died here.

A Dou Sheng's pursuit—they could just wait for death.

Su Qian opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.

Just when the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.

"Hum!"

A faint light flashed out from the passage below and instantly submerged into the center of Shen Wen's brows; it was the king destroyer celestial disk, its luster much dimmer, and it returned to Shen Wen's body on its own.

Almost at the same time, a weak, yet vibrant, clear Phoenix cry vaguely emanated from within Shen Wen's body.

His tightly furrowed brows seemed to relax a little, and an extremely weak, thread-like voice sounded intermittently:

"It... it has nothing to do... with them... first... take me... back..."

Before he finished speaking, his aura weakened again.