Chapter 791

Old Lord Can Yang releases a faint flame and sends it as life chasing fire into the iceberg. It blazes fiercely with no heat, leaving the ice undamaged. Pi Shui Han, rank seven, screams, caught by a fire none saw land, and it only grows fiercer against his water and cold air. The other demonic path Gu Immortals retreat in confusion. ^{ch. 791}

Fang Yuan recognizes the move too late to withdraw his eight giant hands: they take no harm, but the fire reaches his aperture and faintly burns his one hundred and sixty thousand strength path phantoms. He collapses them himself, and without them the giant hands crumble, sending the ruin bat’s corpse mountain crashing down with a huge tremor. Halting his pulling mountain move this way leaves him reeling with backlash. He waves off Hei Lou Lan’s help and retreats as the fire begins to burn him too. Unfettered Scholar is caught by it at the same moment. ^{ch. 791}

Unfettered Scholar realizes with great shock that this fire traces an attack’s aura back into the attacker’s own aperture, which is why Pi Shui Han panicked. Neither water nor ice can put it out. Nearby demonic path Gu Immortals edge away, fearing the fire will spread. Fang Yuan’s flame burns far weaker than the other two’s, deepening how unfathomable he looks to everyone watching. Unfettered Scholar stays calm regardless, since he still has a trump card. ^{ch. 791}

Unfettered Scholar turns thousand disintegrations on himself instead of the enemy, dispersing the fire on his body and suppressing the one in his aperture. Fang Yuan’s own flame goes out soon after. Only Pi Shui Han keeps burning, his healing only feeding the fire, and he finally flees like a meteor, several Gu Immortals slipping away to follow him. ^{ch. 791}

In the hall, Can Yang asks the star will how his move fared, and the star will calls it truly worthy of its name. The fire feeds on life until spent, and only special methods like thousand disintegrations, or cutting off the burning part, can end it. The star will praises it as unique: once it strikes, the enemy falls into chaos, and left burning, even wealthier Gu Immortals have their foundations greatly damaged and their battle intent gone. Hearing this praise, Can Yang’s pleased look turns gloomy. ^{ch. 791}

Life chasing fire made his name: once it strikes, the victim stays low in spirit even after the fire is out. It let him roam Central Continent unhindered in his early years, a headache for every rival. His battle strength alone ranks him among Immortal Crane Sect’s top five. Immortal Crane Sect could not let the fall of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building pass, and sent him to investigate the culprit in Northern Plains. Using the fire lets him repel the demonic path Gu Immortals openly while covertly trying to intimidate Chang Fan too. But Chang Fan knows the fire too well, and his praise is itself a counterattack, which is why Can Yang cannot manage a good expression. ^{ch. 791}

Fang Yuan hovers over the blood veil, uneasy. His previous life’s memories are not omniscience, and the possession scheme was kept in extreme secrecy, so a Central Continent Gu Immortal in this inheritance naturally startles him. When Can Yang’s fire blocked him earlier, Can Yang concealed himself well enough that no one else noticed anything wrong. ^{ch. 791}

Fang Yuan’s mind turns grim, and thoughts of retreating rise in him. Central Continent’s forces are hunting him in secret, and someone has raised suspicion of his Sha Huang identity to the Northern Plains Zombie Alliance. He withstood the fire because he knew its workings and moved fast, and because his immortal zombie aperture is a dead land the fire cannot feed on. Can Yang’s long experience might already have guessed what he is, and hiding this way could turn him suspicious. ^{ch. 791}