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Hum!
A golden-red fireball appeared out of nowhere on the rooftop of the bamboo house.
Chen Mu's expression changed drastically, and he lunged forward violently.
Almost at the instant he flew out of the room,
the fireball smashed into the room and exploded with a loud bang. Splintered planks, studded with sparks, flew all around, and the bamboo house that had been his home for over a year was instantly destroyed and set ablaze, turning into a sea of fire.
Chen Mu steadied himself, turned around, and stared at the space above the fire, his expression ugly.
There, a tall, thin figure in a fiery red Daoist robe stood in the air. He looked down at Chen Mu with an indifferent face.
Without a word, he simply brought his fingers together and made a light chopping motion toward Chen Mu.
A rain of fire large enough to cover half a basketball court materialized out of thin air above Chen Mu's head.
It then smashed down fiercely, lighting up the dense forest in an instant.
