"Two breaths!" Huang Mao's voice tio echhout the hall.

  Everyohought this person was crazy, watg him with i, waiting to see how he would hahe situatiohree breaths had passed.

  Xue Wuqily gathered his strength, ready to unleash a thunderous attack to kill this person if he made any move.

  Li Wei also watched with a cold smile. He had seen many reckless people like this before. If he dared to make a move, Li Wei would seize the opportunity to kill him and curry favor with the Fire Cloud Sect.

  "o t, three breaths have passed. Let's see how you kill me!" Liao Qingfeng shouted loudly.

  All eyes were fixed on this moment.

  Huang Mao said, "Since you wish to die, I'll grant your wish!"

  As Huang Mao's voice fell, a miserable, pierg scream echoed in the hall the moment!

  Everyone's gaze froze at this moment, unblinking!

  They clearly saw Liao Qingfeng's body inexplicably burst into fmes, and within seds, he was turned into a human torch.

  No one saw how he caught fire. Huang Mao didn't use any martial arts, not even a single movement, yet Liao Qingfeng spontaneously busted in front of everyone, burning into a human torch!

  "What!" Gu Sha stared at the se in shock. He had initially been disdainful, thinking the man was c death, but now he realized h he was!

  Li Wei, Vulture, Gu Sha, and everyone present were all horrified.

  In the fmes, Liao Qingfeng's figure twisted, screaming in agony.

  "Uncle Xue! Save me! Save me!"

  Xue Wuqing quickly stepped forward, pg his hands on Liao Qingfeng's body, infusing True Qi to se him from the i, but the fmes couldn't be extinguished.

  The fmes seemed to have triggered a protective artifa Liao Qingfeng's body, which emitted a light shield around him, but it was of no use.

  Xiao Long sneered inwardly. The ghost fire seed wasn't a martial art but a soul teique, ignited from the soul, burning from the i. Origgered, it would burn down to the person's marrow, ing their entire body and even their soul.

  Unless a powerful being with immense soul strength intervehis fire was inescapable.

  Even iwo-star or three-star empires, soul teiques were extremely rare due to their harsh cultivation ditions, requiring the practitioo have an exceptionally strong soul, making it tless times more difficult than martial arts. In Tianfeng Kingdom, soul teiques were legendary, unheard of.

  Liao Qingfeng rolled on the ground, screaming, his face twisted into a mess, his skin crag inch by ineither protective True Qi, protective artifacts, nor Xue Wuqing's help had any effect.

  For the first time in his life, Liao Qingfe despair!

  All along, he had trampled on others like ants, destroying anyone he disliked. No one had ever dared to harm him, let alone kill him!

  Now, karma had e full circle, and he finally tasted the feeling of being trampled.

  The screams grew fainter.

  Eventually, Liao Qingfeng's voice abruptly stopped, the fmes extinguished, and his body was reduced to a pile of bed charcoal, his soul utterly destroyed, dead beyond dead.

  Silence!

  The hall was utterly silent, everyoaring bnkly at the se, their eyes filled with tension, shock, fusion, fear... a myriad of plex emotions filled the hall.

  The se that had just unfolded was deeply imprinted in people's minds—a person at the first level of the Qi densing Realm had turned Liao Qingfeng into charcht under Xue Wuqing's nose!

  And throughout, he hadn't even lifted a finger.

  This method was simply terrifying!

  Su Ya felt a chill in her heart, grateful she hadn't done anything to offend Lord Xiao, or she would have met a simirly tragid.

  "Do you realize what you've just done?" Xue Wuqing stared at Huang Mao, his voice chillingly cold.

  "Killed an ant, nothing worth mentioning."

  Huang Mao's tone was icy, but inside he was smug. Scared now, aren't you? The boss's methods are beyond your imagination!

  Yet his expression remained unged, maintaining an enigmatic demeanor.

  "Heh, what a bold cim about ants. Perhaps you don't know who the real ants are in Fire Cloud City!"

  As Xue Wuqing's words fell, a fierce wind rose around him, his robes billowing without wind, and the terrifying aura of the tenth level of the Qi densing Realm erupted fully.

  People nearby hurriedly backed away to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

  Li Wei's face turned pale with fear. Liao Qingfeng had been killed in the au house, right under his nose. If the Fire Cloud Sect bmed him, he'd be the first to suffer.

  As for Huang Mao, despite having some tricks, he couldn't stir up much trouble. Li Wei already sidered him a dead man, thinking it better to capture him and offer him to the Fire Cloud Sect as an apology.

  "How dare you kill in the au house! Lawless, do you think Qianlong Bank is easy to bully?" Li Wei stomped his foot, and the giant formatioh the au house activated. A massive True Qi barrier enveloped Huang Mao like a giant cage, instantly f and trapping him inside.

  "Elder Xue, this person killed in the au house. By rights, I, Li Wei, should execute him personally, but sidering the young master died at his hands, I'll hand this vilio the Fire Cloud Sect for disposal." Li Wei bowed to Xue Wuqing, eager to please.

  This aade maly curse him for being shameless, but no one dared to voice it.

  Trapped irue Qi cage, Huang Mao remained uurbed, staring at Li Wei and slowly asking, "May I ask, what are the rules of Qianlong Bank?"

  "Killing should be punished by death, that's the rule!" Li Wei decred proudly.

  "Heh! Then wheacked me just now, if I hadn't dodged in time, I'd be a corpse. May I ask, where were the rules of Qianlong Bank then?"

  Huang Mao's gaze pierced through, and his words left Li Wei speechless.

  People listened and cast disdainful g Li Wei. Some things were clear in their hearts, but being publicly called out was another matter entirely.

  Li Wei's old face turned beet red.

  "Heh! To curry favor with the Fire Cloud Sect, Qianlong Bank doesn't act against those who try to kill me but instead captures me to offer as a tribute, revealing their ugly side. Everyone, if one day the Fire Cloud Sect kills you at an au, and Qianlong Bank not only doesn't stop them but captures you to hand over to the Fire Cloud Sect, what will you do?"

  "If they do this to me today, they do it to you tomorrow. If they 't even guarantee our safety, what use is this au house? Might as well tear it down!"

  Huang Mao's words awakehe crowd, and everyone looked at Li Wei with questioning eyes.

  Uhe chaos, everyo insecure, and Li Wei had undoubtedly ahe crowd.

  Faced with so many hostile gazes, Li Wei shivered and quickly bowed, "Rest assured, everyone, Qianlong Bank has always been fair and will never favor one side."

  These words made everyone shake their heads and sneer, even Li Wei himself couldn't maintain his posure, his face alternatiween green and white, uo refute.

  Li Wei's reputation was utterly ruined.

  At this point, Li Wei gred at Huang Mao angrily, "What a sharp-tongued rascal, you will die today. Trapped by the Qianlong Formatio's see how you escape!"

  However, in the moment, Huang Mao swiftly struck, pinpointing several ots in the cage. The True Qi cage immediately became shaky, like a wooden frame about to colpse.

  Then Huang Mao struck with his palm, and with a loud crash, the True Qi cage instantly crumbled.

  "Petty tricks, and you dare boast in front of me! The Qianlong Formation is nothing!"

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