An Unexpected Beneficiary?

Mo Wen gracefully alighted from his magical beam of light. He appeared like a calming glow, around him a smoldering landscape, choking in ash and heat. From a raging sea of flames, fiery flashes lit the dark walls of the subterranean abode.

He kept a steady gaze as he carefully approached the two adversaries. His eyes quickly shifted to Gu Jingman, and he immediately recognized the Red Lotus Hellfire. He did not expect that she would have hold of such a portentous artifact.

He had learned about the terrifying qualities of the artifact, during one of his encounters in the Immortal Cultivation World. But he assumed that the Red Lotus Hellfire was merely a legend. It hadn't emerged for a long time, and was barely spoken of in recent times.