The Scorching Evil Fire on Austin's finger was as red as blood. Suddenly, the fire doubled in size and began to spread rapidly. The once soft, almost calming fire was now fierce, untamed and dangerous. The flame danced swiftly engulfing everything within its reach. In just the blink of an eye, everything had been swept into the fire.
Austin crouched down to prepare and launched himself into the sky like an arrow at full speed. The fire danced wildly on his right palm. He quickly approached a gigantic rock and without hesitation, he raised his hand and hurled a fireball directly at it.
The flame immediately engulfed the rock. Under the flame, the rock melted into a waft of hazy smoke; not a fragment left behind. Beneath where the rock was, a huge, deep pit formed. It was filled with boiling magma, seething with thick smoke and a loud roar.
"Wow!"
Austin inhaled a huge breath of the hot air, clearing his head. He then lowered his head, fixing his eyes on the huge pit he just created as a mischievous smile spread across his face. He was satisfied with the power of the Scorching Evil Fire. In fact, it exceeded his expectations.
"Master, the Scorching Evil Fire is more powerful than we imagined. It's invincible."
Violet stared at the deep pit and the seething magma with open-mouthed wonder. She never expected that such a tiny flame could possess such marvelous power.
"That's it. The true way to manifest the Scorching Evil Fire's power is to find the right tamer. The tamer's capabilities will determine the extent of the power of the Scorching Evil Fire. Angus told me this is the true secret to its power.
I am far from being strong enough to activate the fire's full energy.
But I believe that I can increase my abilities."
Austin said with confidence.
Austin summoned the flame back into his body. Then something strange occurred.
The moment when the fire retracted back into Austin's body, he and Violet simultaneously found that the fire also went out when he did this.
'Did all this happen because I summoned back the Scorching Evil Fire into my body?
Does this explain everything that happened in Fire Valley?'
Austin was stunned.
Since Austin had tamed the Scorching Evil Fire, he had no intention to linger any longer than he needed to in the valley. After Violet had gone into the Illusion Bead, he suddenly leapt into the sky and headed straight towards the entrance of the valley.
The scene shocked Austin, as the valley was empty, like an eerie, abandoned house. Its former occupants, those ugly fire beasts scattered over in great quantities, were all gone! Not one was in sight.
It seemed that the Fire Valley would soon disappear for its loss of the Scorching Evil Fire. Austin never expected that his experiment with the Scorching Evil Fire would lead to such dismay.
Austin headed out of the valley in the blink of an eye.
He spotted the cave that Iris and Anna were hiding in and headed directly for it, yelling their names.
"It has been a day and a half since you entered the Fire Valley, Austin. Have you gotten what you desire?"
Iris asked in a casual manner. She was fully aware of how dangerous the Fire Valley was. She and Anna were only able to enter five or six hundred meters of the valley before the fires began to engulf them.
But Austin had stayed in the valley for a whole day and a half! Austin was just a young man, the same age as Anna and even a couple of years younger than Iris, but he was far more skilled than the both of them.
To be frank, Iris and Anna were outstanding among all the disciples in the Pure Dream Convent. They had even been sent to take a part in the Outstanding Talents Exchange Games on behalf of their sect. However, their skills were nothing compared to Austin's.
Iris felt frustrated every time she thought about this. In a low spirit, she gave Austin a complicated gaze. She felt a mixture of things at once—anger, frustration and envy—she couldn't decipher how to react to him.
Unlike Iris's composure, Anna felt shy around Austin. She peeped at him from time to time from the corner of her eyes. Her face turned crimson every time when she fixed her eyes on him.
"Well, I'm favored by God. That's what helped me."
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