Chapter 71: Subduing the Fallen Heart Flame!

After setting up the Seal, Gu Fei walked slowly into the tower under the gaze of everyone.

Although the heart fire inside the tower formed within his heart, it did not cause the slightest effect.

Inner Academy Great Elder Su Qian followed behind Gu Fei, a trace of worry still in his eyes.

【Su Qian experiences worry, Emotion Value +30】

Next, Gu Fei walked down level by level, with only Su Qian following behind; the sound of the two men's footsteps echoed in the empty tower.

Before long, the two arrived at the center of the final level of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Here, just like the levels before, there was a black hole connection.

And what this black hole on the final level connected to was the true bottom of the tower.

Above this black hole, there was a distinct space fluctuation; it was precisely because of this Space Seal that the Fallen Heart Flame was suppressed.

Gu Fei gave a light shout, raised his arm, and a strange beam of light shot straight out from his fingertip, slamming into the Space Seal.

Su Qian frowned and asked very solemnly.

Visible to the naked eye, the air gradually began to distort.

It was not that he doubted Gu Fei's strength, but that the Fallen Heart Flame was simply too terrifying.

"Break!"

【Su Qian experiences doubt, Emotion Value +30】

Gu Fei smiled noncommittally; his tone sounded quite arrogant, and Su Qian heard full confidence within it.

The air trembled violently for a moment, the dust dispersed, and the Seal had been broken.

"If this thing is released, given its hatred for my Inner Academy over so many years, it will destroy my Inner Academy in one fell swoop."

Following that, the energy here, which had been peaceful, suddenly became like boiling water, and faint, dull sounds could be heard.

"Senior, do you really have the confidence to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame?"

The temperature of the air rose rapidly, becoming much more scorching.

With Gu Fei's strength, he could also support the Seal here for a long time again.

That kind of confidence stemmed from his strength.

Su Qian once again refreshed his understanding of Gu Fei's strength.

As the Seal broke, the sensation of that heart fire became instantly much stronger than before.

Sensing the terrifying aura coming from the bottom of the tower, doubt flashed in Su Qian's eyes once more.

This Seal was originally indestructible and had been able to block the Fallen Heart Flame's impacts for many years, yet it was easily broken by Gu Fei at this moment.

Although things had reached this point, it was still not too late for them to leave now.

【Su Qian experiences surprise, Emotion Value +30】

However, having already reached this point, how could Gu Fei be content to retreat out of fear?

"Subduing a mere Fallen Heart Flame, what is difficult about that? Just watch."

Immediately, Gu Fei did not linger and flashed directly into the black hole.

【Su Qian experiences worry, Emotion Value +30】

After Gu Fei dived down for a distance, a few other sights finally appeared in the depths of the bottomless black hole.

It was an entire ocean of magma.

It was just that the color of the magma here, compared to ordinary magma, appeared exceptionally dark red, as if countless fresh blood had been mixed into it; the entire magma sea area exuded a strange color.

Gu Fei's figure hovered above the magma sea area, his gaze suddenly stopping at a certain spot.

There, an extremely violent and majestic energy was slowly surging out from the bottom of the magma.

Furthermore, with the surge of this violent energy, the calm in the magma world was also shattered with a bang.

A wild wind from nowhere whistled across the magma, driving the magma to roll up a fire-colored wave ten-odd feet high, which then crashed down heavily.

The roaring sound of that instant was like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting!

"Fallen Heart Flame, come out!"

Although this commotion was massive, it did not count for much to Gu Fei.

His expression was very calm as he shouted toward the bottom.

"Puff!"

As Gu Fei's words fell, the calm surface of the magma suddenly surged with waves.

As magma sprayed, a fire python—whose full body could not be seen, whose body was nearly transparent, whose head was a full ten feet large, and whose entire body was covered in invisible flames—pierced through the magma, bringing with it majestic energy that made the space tremble, and appeared in Gu Fei's eyes.

"Chi!"

Breaking out of the magma, the transparent fire python, so huge its end could not be seen, raised its massive head as if it had been imprisoned for a thousand years.

A sharp sound wave spread rapidly; as the sound wave diffused, the magma world seemed as if countless bombs had been thrown into it, low rumbling sounds rang out continuously, magma shot out violently, and flames sprayed wildly everywhere.

After venting almost crazily, that huge transparent fire python seemed to sense the gaze from above and suddenly raised its massive head, its triangular pupils flickering with invisible flames, staring fixedly at the figure of the youth standing above the sea area.

"Kill me, and you can get out of here!"

Looking at the invisible fire python's eyes, Gu Fei smiled and said nonchalantly.

【Fallen Heart Flame experiences anger, Emotion Value +20】

Having been suppressed here for many years, the Fallen Heart Flame had long since gained some intelligence and harbored resentment toward all humans.

It was all humans who had imprisoned it here!

It stared angrily at this youth who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth and dared to provoke it.

It decided to keep Gu Fei under this magma forever.

"Chi!"

The next moment, a pillar of fire erupted from the invisible fire python's massive head.

Gu Fei's figure flashed rapidly, approaching the invisible fire python, while simultaneously, he struck out a massive pillar of fire from his palm to meet the invisible fire python.

As the two energies collided, above, the massive Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower itself trembled significantly from the sound of the explosion.

"Has it begun?"

Outside, numerous students and Elders sensed that fluctuation.

That fluctuation was truly too terrifying; many people's faces turned pale.

The numerous Elders raised their hands in unison, and a complete barrier protected all the Inner Academy students.

At the bottom of the tower, above the magma sea.

After one clash, Gu Fei's breathing did not even falter, clearly holding the advantage.

He did not use any words to provoke the Fallen Heart Flame, but flames ignited in the depths of his eyes.

If one must fight, then fight!

This invisible fire python was indeed tricky, but to him, it was nothing.

Since he could not find it, he would let his attacks cover every corner and see how it could still hide!

Overwhelming Dou Qi blasted toward the underground, the magma exploded, splashing out red flames, and from time to time, screams could be heard.

This absolute, overwhelming advantage allowed Gu Fei to, without any suspense, finally drag out the Fire Spirit of the invisible fire python and suppress it.

The Fire Spirit let out a wail, and in Gu Fei's hand, it finally stopped struggling.

The magma underground fell into silence.

This time was very short; in just one or two minutes, the invisible fire python was suppressed.

Subsequently, Gu Fei began to refine the Fallen Heart Flame.

The scorching flames burned fiercely, yet they were easily refined by Gu Fei.

The flames were gradually incorporated into his body without a ripple.

Now, Gu Fei had already refined two types of Exotic Fire, and the power of this final fused Exotic Fire was already stronger than the Fallen Heart Flame, so this refinement was not very difficult.

After refining the Fallen Heart Flame, Gu Fei opened his eyes and continued to look toward the magma sea.

He had said before that he would give the Inner Academy some compensation.

Therefore, he decided to go down into the magma sea to retrieve the Fallen Heart Flame Young Fire from beside the corpse of the Sky Fire Venerable, as mentioned in the original work, and give it to the Inner Academy.

In this way, the Inner Academy would not gradually lose its unique feature due to the absence of the Fallen Heart Flame; on the contrary, it would be even better.

Because the previous Fallen Heart Flame was extremely violent and erupted from time to time, its resentful emotions making it want to destroy the entire Inner Academy.

As for the Fallen Heart Flame Young Fire, having been cared for and nurtured by the Inner Academy since it was small, over time, it would guard the Inner Academy as if it were its home.

(End of chapter)