Frightening power flowed from Chen Tian's entire body into the blue-purple longbow. Simultaneously, Chen Tian tensed up. In the center of the longbow, streams of blue-purple vortexes continuously converged and spun, but did not spread.
Seeing this, Huo Po's eyes grew serious as he watched Chen Tian. A sense of crisis flashed in his mind; the opponent's move could injure him. He then erupted in blazing white flames, which continuously drifted towards the sky, seemingly dyeing it white like clouds. Countless streams of white fiery airflow emanated from the sky.
Huo Po's hands formed peculiar seals, then he slowly opened his mouth, his fingers colliding. A wondrous strangeness emerged. Instantly, the flames in the sky seemed to gain sentience and converged into his hands.
A pair of white flaming hands appeared before Huo Po. At the same moment, Chen Tian released the bowstring. A blue-purple light wave shot out, tearing through the sky and all things. It streaked across the sky, across the night, like a meteor descending!
Skill: Elemental Wave!
Huo Po watched the light wave shot by his opponent. He clapped his hands together, then pulled them apart. Crackling white flames formed electricity. A weak white flaming fireball appeared between his hands, which he then pushed forward. The fireball shot out, heading straight for Chen Tian's Elemental Wave.
White fireball, intensely strange, icy evil, ethereal and illusory!
Skill: Crimson Sky White Fire Kill!
With a "peng," a deafening explosion sounded. The collision of the light wave and the fireball generated an explosion that instantly caused the entire scene to collapse. Countless cracks appeared, and the figures of the two men spun dizzily before returning to the sky above the Fire Spirit tribe's city.
An explosion echoed in the void. Both men listened to the sound of the explosion, and then Chen Tian said calmly, "You lost!"
"Alas! Indeed! I lost. A bet is a bet!"
Huo Po said with a sigh, then his expression turned to surprise. He knelt on one knee and said, "Huo Po, greets my lord!"
Chen Tian showed no surprise. This was the wager from the start: if he won, Huo Po would become his subordinate; if he lost, he would help Huo Po with one matter. It was the bet.
Then, Chen Tian flicked his arm, and a contract instantly appeared before Huo Po. Without hesitation, Huo Po placed his hand on it.
Instantly, a flame-patterned magic circle appeared on the back of Chen Tian's hand, then vanished.
"Another soul obtained. I can summon it. Not bad. This trip to the Winter Kingdom was not in vain."
Then, Chen Tian looked at Huo Po and said, "What do you need my help with? Speak!"
Chen Tian knew Huo Po had something to ask of him and got straight to the point. Huo Po calmly extended his palm, and a fragmented illusion appeared before Chen Tian.
Chen Tian was stunned. This fragment… it felt so familiar! Wait, wasn't this the fragment Chen Tian had obtained before? It was just that the fragment in Huo Po's hand was slightly smaller than the one Chen Tian possessed.
Huo Po said, "I saw a fragment like this in the extreme north. But at that time, I was unintentionally afflicted by a strange and evil aura. Then, as if the fragment was hiding from someone, it directly entered the center of the extreme north."
"Afterward, a mysterious voice echoed in my mind, telling me to come here, where I could find someone to help me solve my problem."
"That's why I came here. If I'm not mistaken, you must be the person I'm looking for!"
"When I watched the fragment fly into the center of the extreme north, a black light instantly attacked me. Although I resisted the attack, that black energy kept tormenting my body. No matter what I did, I couldn't resolve it. It was that voice that told me to come here."
"My lord, please look!"
Then, Huo Po slowly removed his clothes in front of Chen Tian. His back slowly lit up. Chen Tian's expression turned to shock.
Because he saw familiar black flames and auras on Huo Po's back. It was Xie Tianyi's aura. He wouldn't mistake it.
Then he said, "No wonder he didn't show up earlier. It seems he was looking for that fragment. No, this fragment is my task. I absolutely cannot let him get it!"
Then, Chen Tian looked at Huo Po, whose back was covered in black flames, and said gently, "The healing will hurt a bit. Bear with it!"
"Alright! My lord!"
Then, Chen Tian transformed into an Angel race profession. Wings unfurled, and he appeared in the sky in an angelic state. His hands slowly emitted pure white light, which filled his palms. Chen Tian's hands swept down from above Huo Po's back. Instantly, black flames surged, burning fiercely. Streams of black energy floated up into the sky from his back.
"Ahhh!"
Huo Po cried out in pain. The black flames had already fused with his bone marrow. When the black flames burned, it meant his bone marrow was burning!
The pain was unbearable, but Chen Tian's hands did not stop. Under the illumination of holy light, the black flames slowly turned into countless streams of black energy that floated up into the sky.
Huo Po's forehead was covered in sweat, his face contorted in agony, but he endured it forcefully.
Instantly, a nine-colored radiance bloomed on Huo Po's back. Terrifying radiance enveloped both of them, then vanished.
Chen Tian returned to his elf form, exhaled a breath, and said with relief, "Alright, it's all expelled! You're safe now, Huo Po!"
"Thank you, my lord!"
Huo Po said gratefully. He could clearly feel the black flames on his back gradually dissipating, and then, under the light, they completely vanished.
Then, Chen Tian looked at Huo Po and said calmly, "Tell me everything you know about that fragment and the extreme north!"
"Yes! My lord."
Chen Tian listened, and after hearing everything, he fell into thought. Which task should he prioritize?
Then, he opened his attribute interface and nodded. He then said, "Huo Po, you and Shui Li should quickly secure the city you control. As for the Fire Spirit tribe, I can order my subordinates not to kill them and let them go. Go back and tell them to withdraw from the city!"
"Alright! My lord."
Huo Po said gratefully. After all, his subordinates were his own people. Since his lord had said so, he was relieved.
Chen Tian was not a bloodthirsty person. He had his own considerations for his subordinates, brothers, and friends. Besides, they were just members of the Fire Spirit tribe, and letting them go posed no threat.
As for Huo Po's branch, there was no need to resolve it, especially since Huo Po had already become Chen Tian's subordinate and would not disobey his orders.