Chapter 294: Facing Ren Yuzi, Vermilion Flames Burn the Heavens!
Everyone stared in stunned silence.
Even Ren Yuzi, whose expression had always been calm and serene, finally showed a change in his eyes.
Who was Ren Yuzi?
One of the top-tier powerhouses of the Eastern Xuan Region—someone whose name alone could cause tremors throughout the world. Even a perfected Profound Life Stage expert couldn't budge the space he casually sealed, let alone escape from it.
And yet, Lin Fan had just done exactly that—breaking free.
The entire city was deathly silent.
If Ren Yuzi hadn't known that the Spatial Ancestral Symbol was sealed within Zhou Tong—currently imprisoned inside Yuan Gate—he might have thought that Lin Fan possessed the symbol himself.
Suddenly, Ren Yuzi's eyes moved.
In front of him, space twisted once more.
And then—Lin Fan reappeared from within the distorted space.
With a thought, Lin Fan quickly formed seals with both hands, pressing his palms down toward the earth!
BOOM!
As his palms landed, a massive handprint emerged on the ground. A strange wave of energy erupted and spread outward.
The earth trembled violently.
The area of desolation expanded by several times!
Energy from within thousands of li flooded into Lin Fan's body, forming a colossal energy pillar over a thousand meters tall that shot into the heavens, enveloping him entirely.
"So similar…"
Ren Yuzi whispered, watching the scene unfold. His mind involuntarily recalled Zhou Tong's legendary assault on Yuan Gate years ago.
His hands, which had been clasped behind his back, finally dropped to his sides.
The calm in his eyes began to twist into killing intent—he refused to let history repeat itself.
BOOM!
From within the energy pillar, Lin Fan punched out, and the next moment, the pillar violently bent and blasted downward—charging straight toward Ren Yuzi like a thunderclap.
"With your age, mastering the Great Desolation Scripture to this level is impressive."
Ren Yuzi smiled faintly.
"But the gap between us… is something you cannot imagine."
As he spoke, Ren Yuzi raised one slender hand.
And to everyone's disbelief—the titanic energy column froze midair.
It was as if an invisible palm had grabbed hold of it!
"Shatter."
The word left his mouth as softly as a breeze.
The thousand-zhang Vermilion Bird that had been summoned from the energy collapsed with a sorrowful cry—exploding in a radiant burst of light, like a second sun.
"Spatial Traverse!"
Lin Fan's body flickered and vanished again, dodging the blast wave with the power of the Spatial Ancestral Symbol.
But he wasn't done.
Crimson light surged from his body and rapidly condensed—
"Vermilion Burn the Heavens!"
A new Vermilion Bird—larger and more intense—condensed in front of him, enveloping Lin Fan as one.
Its wings flared, and the three sacred flames—Nirvana Flame, Demonic Nirvana Flame, and Southern Bright Fire—merged into a single, arcane flame.
It ripped through space, flying directly at Ren Yuzi with unmatched momentum!
"Heh… you already used this move."
Ren Yuzi chuckled.
There was no trace of worry on his face.
He reached out with a casual gesture.
As the Vermilion Bird neared, it froze in midair, halted by some invisible force.
Then a formless wave emanated from his palm—
BOOM!
The second Vermilion Bird also exploded.
Lin Fan's body was flung out of the collapsing flame. Blood ran from the corner of his lips.
"So you know you can't escape and came to surrender?"
Ren Yuzi chuckled again and stretched out his hand. Space around Lin Fan twisted violently as a surge of suction pulled at him.
"Lin Fan-ge!"
From afar, Qingtan cried out, tears already brimming in her eyes as she watched him being pulled in.
Just as she moved to dash forward, Chen Kui grabbed her wrist.
"Don't! You'll only make things worse!"
That was Ren Yuzi. This wasn't Yuan Cang—this wasn't someone they could fight.
Qingtan's body trembled. Her nails dug into her palms. Blood dripped silently.
"When I return… I'll listen to Master. I'll go to the Dark Tribunal!"
She muttered, wiping her tears. A new kind of resolve burned in her heart.
Chen Kui's eyes narrowed, emotion stirring within.
"Xiao Diao, are you sure Lin Fan can get out of this?"
Lin Dong's fists were clenched, his body overflowing with killing intent.
"He… said he could."
But even Xiao Diao wasn't sure anymore.
Was Lin Fan simply trying to protect them by saying that?
Gritting his teeth, Xiao Diao shouted,
"To hell with it! If we die, we die! I'll take that old dog with me!"
He soared into the sky.
Lin Dong and Xiao Yan followed without hesitation, Yuan Power roaring from their bodies.
Meanwhile, something incredible happened—
Ying Huanhuan floated into the air.
Her dark hair turned ice blue in an instant.
Her eyes took on a glowing blue hue, her whole body radiating frost.
At her brow, a glowing circular rune lit up, its curves tracing the shape of an endless cycle.
"That's… the Reincarnation Mark?!"
Ren Yuzi's expression finally changed.
And for the first time since he arrived, murderous intent surged in his eyes.
"No one move!"
Lin Fan suddenly shouted.
He let himself be pulled by Ren Yuzi's suction, allowing himself to float right in front of the grand elder.
His body glowed crimson once again.
No one noticed that on Lin Fan's chest, a Vermilion Bird tattoo came to life, detaching from his skin and flying into the crimson light.
The tiny bird exploded in size—growing to ten thousand zhang in mere seconds!
"Heh… the same move again? You don't learn, do you?"
At Ren Yuzi's fingertip, a beam of light—fused from life and death energy—began to condense.
This time, he didn't just plan to stop Lin Fan.
He planned to kill him.
But then—his expression shifted.
Something was wrong.
On that massive Vermilion Bird, he sensed true danger. He began to retreat, intending to rip space open and flee—
"Stasis!"
Lin Fan's lips moved, and a near-imperceptible word left his mouth.
And in that instant—
Ren Yuzi's body froze.
Even the deadly light at his fingertip was locked in place—like time itself had stopped.
He was trapped between time and space.
Lin Fan's spirit power had already reached the Grandmaster Symbolist level. At this stage, the Stasis Talisman could barely restrain a Reincarnation Stage cultivator—for a single moment.
But that moment… was enough.
The giant Vermilion Bird soared skyward—
BOOM!
It reached ten thousand zhang, and in a single instant, the sky was reduced to a sea of fire.
Flames from the three sacred fires engulfed the space.
Everything around them was reduced to molten ash.
And the sky above—burned until it cracked open.
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