Chapter 397: Chapter 279: Returning the Favor, a Soaring Demon Flame Shocks Everyone (Part 2)
When Hua Yuanhang and Dailina saw this, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of schadenfreude, even though they were all on the same side.
’So *we’re* the incompetent ones? The shame of the Divine Sealers? Look at you now. If you’re so great, why don’t *you* give it a try?’
But Hua Yuanhang’s expression quickly changed. He could clearly feel that Zeno’s condition had worsened after that eruption of Demon Flame.
The Demon Flame couldn’t just erupt with such terrifying power on its own. It used the host’s own Essence and Qi as fuel, and every activation caused the host harm.
This was why Yi Beidou had warned them not to remove the needles carelessly.
"Everyone, we should notify the leaders at once. Otherwise, I’m afraid Zeno’s condition will deteriorate."
Hua Yuanhang urged hastily.
But at that moment, the expression on Carlos’s face, hidden beneath the black smoke, was volatile. How could he possibly remain composed after being forced back by a long-range technique from a secular Martial Artist?
’I refuse to believe I can’t even remove his seal.’
FWOOSH!!
Not only did he not back down, but the black smoke enveloping him grew even denser. A rumbling echoed from within his body as if he were activating some kind of Secret Technique.
’Even if I have to use a Secret Technique...’
"Carlos. All of you. Bring him up."
Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in their ears, like a Celestial God delivering an irrevocable command.
The black smoke billowing from Carlos paused for a moment, hung motionless for a second, then rapidly contracted until it returned to normal.
His expression was grim, but he still said, "Yes, Leader."
After that, the other Divine Sealers no longer objected. The group lifted Zeno and quickly ascended to the upper floors of the skyscraper.
They left behind a crowd of lower-level staff, who watched the scene unfold, stunned and murmuring amongst themselves.
「Soon, in the conference room.」
Zeno was laid out on the floor, with the five leaders standing beside him.
"Let’s see what kind of calling card the people of Donghua have sent us," the gentlemanly old man said.
"I’ll handle this."
The hunchbacked old man with his head wrapped in bandages stepped forward. Without even bending down, he flicked a finger, and a thread of solidified golden light shot into Zeno’s body.
The next moment.
FWOOSH!!
The terrifying Demon Flame erupted once more, and the golden thread actually showed signs of being seared apart by the inferno.
"So they do have some skill."
The old man snorted coldly. With a flick of his palm, more golden threads shot out like spun silk, completely encircling the bursting spike of flame before violently twisting.
SNAP!!
The spike of Demon Flame exploded. The terrifying shockwave from the blast snapped a considerable number of the golden threads.
This made the old man’s expression turn even colder.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!!
The next moment, he reached up and pulled back a corner of the bandages on his head, revealing a shimmering rune. In an instant, countless runic threads spread out, coiling around Zeno’s body before simultaneously piercing into the remaining six acupoints.
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!!
One after another, the Demon Flame Needle Stabs erupted, but as soon as they appeared, they were ensnared by the nearly tangible runic threads and violently crushed, exploding in a continuous chain reaction.
Only when the seal of the Demon-Suppressing Seven-Star Needle was completely broken did the old man relax his hand and cover the rune with his bandages once more.
However, the others who witnessed this were utterly silent.
They knew all too well the power of the bandaged old man’s runes and what it meant for him to use them.
’To think that a mere seal, placed from afar by a secular Martial Artist, would force someone of his stature to go to such lengths?!’
