Chapter 5836

Only now did Lucas drag his gaze away from Reiner. It landed on Jared like a drawn blade.

His spiritual sense slipped inside the broken body. A heartbeat later, his eyes sharpened to daggers, and a chill, murderous fury detonated around him, cutting the very air.

“Chaotic Origin Flame? Boy, why is that spark inside you? More than that-its taste matches the fragment of source-fire I left inside the Blazefire Secret Realm. Speak. Did you trespass there and steal what is mine?”

Lucas’ voice was icy.

The killing intent dropped like a mountain. Bones already splintered within Jared’s chest screeched anew; breath refused to draw; every heartbeat threatened to scatter.

Reiner lurched forward a half step. “Lucas, please this fault is mine. I sensed his unusual bond with flame and-because he had aided our sect against the demon tide-permitted him a haven inside the Blazefire Secret Realm to heal. I could not have foreseen he would awaken the core fragment itself.”

“Fool!”