"Fire Sparrow Seal."

Filled with anger and indignation, Wen Bufan directly unleashed the Wen Family’s most powerful technique: the Fire Sparrow Seal.

As the Fire Sparrow Seal was cast, a strange bird wreathed in flames—resembling a Vermilion Bird, yet not quite—erupted from above his head with a fiery ROAR.

"The Fire Sparrow Seal! The Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s Fire Sparrow Seal!"

"That’s the Fire Sparrow Seal."

Seeing Wen Bufan cast the Fire Sparrow Seal, the members of the Jiang Family all cried out in alarm.

They were seeing the Fire Sparrow Seal once again.

The last time the Jiang Family had seen it was from Elder Resentment, during the time Qin Muxue broke off the engagement.

Now, Wen Bufan was casting it again.

Although everyone knew the Wen Family could use the Fire Sparrow Seal, seeing it now, its power was clearly immense.

They couldn’t help but be moved by its might.

Wen Bufan was, after all, a Martial Cultivator at the Peak of the Ninth Heaven of Warrior.

And Jiang Chen, despite his bizarre abilities, was only at the Warrior Seventh Heaven.

The Jiang Family members all began to worry for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen, however, merely smiled faintly, watching everything with a strange expression.

"Go die."

Wen Bufan roared in fury.

The Fire Sparrow Seal shot violently toward Jiang Chen.

Even the Firebird within the Fire Sparrow Seal shrieked as it flew.

He had a feeling that Jiang Chen was no match for him at all.

’He’s just using some incomprehensible Exotic Technique.’

This strike was almost certain to kill Jiang Chen.

Once again, searing heat swept over, threatening to consume Jiang Chen.

But Jiang Chen just stood there, unmoving as a mountain.

"Come on."

His gaze was calm.

SWISH!

The Firebird of the Fire Sparrow Seal lunged before Jiang Chen in an instant, furiously trying to tear him apart and burn him to ash.

"Stop."

Jiang Chen spoke softly.

As his word fell, the Firebird, just as it was about to reach him, came to a sudden, abrupt halt.

It was as if it was under Jiang Chen’s control.

This Fire Sparrow Seal contained Jiang Chen’s Spiritual Qi.

It was identical to the one Elder Resentment had used before—a Cultivation Technique imbued with Jiang Chen’s Spiritual Qi.

In other words, it was a Cultivation Technique that Jiang Chen himself had created, which had somehow been learned by others. But such a technique inherently carried his Spiritual Qi.

Now, no matter how powerful it was, it couldn’t harm Jiang Chen in the slightest.

When he said stop, it stopped.

HISS...

The Jiang Family members were all stunned.

In disbelief, their eyes grew wider and wider.

"It stopped."

"Wen Bufan’s Divine Technique... the Young Master told it to stop, and it stopped."

"That’s right! Last time, with Elder Resentment’s Fire Sparrow Seal, it seemed like it couldn’t hurt the Young Master at all either."

’What in the world is going on?’

The Jiang Family watched the scene, completely bewildered.

They recalled how Elder Resentment’s Fire Sparrow Seal had not only failed to injure Jiang Chen but had actually backfired, wounding the elder repeatedly.

Now, Wen Bufan was facing the same situation.

"No, impossible..."

"This can’t be happening, I don’t believe it..."

Wen Bufan was also dumbfounded, even starting to question reality itself.

His Fire Sparrow Seal was motionless before Jiang Chen, and even he couldn’t control it.

It was as if Jiang Chen was the one in control now.

He nearly collapsed in despair.

As for the people from the City Lord’s Mansion, they were even more terrified of Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was like a god, so supreme that no one could harm him.

Jiang Chen smiled, the corners of his mouth turning up.

He looked at the Firebird of the Fire Sparrow Seal and said softly, "Backlash!"

To Wen Bufan’s Fire Sparrow Seal, those two simple words were like a command from its true master.

Instantly, the Firebird spun around.

Its crimson eyes immediately locked onto Wen Bufan.

A savage light radiated from them.

"No, no, no..."

Wen Bufan never imagined that his own Divine Technique would be controlled by Jiang Chen and now, it was actually threatening his own life.

He was terrified, truly on the verge of collapse.

WHOOSH...

After turning, the Firebird flew toward Wen Bufan without the slightest hesitation.

As it flew, its light flared brilliantly.

It looked as if it was on a heroic suicide mission.

Wen Bufan’s pupils contracted violently.

He hurriedly turned to flee.

He knew he couldn’t block his own Divine Technique.

Even the Fire Sparrow Seal within his body was resonating with the Firebird that was about to strike him.

This was complete suicide.

Although Wen Bufan wanted to escape, the Fire Sparrow Seal was something he himself had cast.

Now the Fire Sparrow Seal was trying to return to his body.

There was nowhere for Wen Bufan to run.

SWISH!

The next moment, the Firebird instantly slammed into Wen Bufan.

Wen Bufan’s body reeled as if from a heavy blow.

BANG!

He was sent flying.

Sent flying by his own Fire Sparrow Seal.

At the same time, a sharp pain shot through his chest.

Not only that, but the Fire Sparrow Seal that had returned to his body almost instantly began to destroy him from within.

It was trying to annihilate him.

A destructive power tore relentlessly at his body.

"Ahhh...!"

Wen Bufan let out a series of miserable shrieks.

He couldn’t believe it. He had suffered a backlash.

To suffer a backlash from your own Divine Technique—it was simply unbelievable.

But it was happening to him.

BOOM!

Wen Bufan’s body slammed heavily onto the ground.

He twitched uncontrollably.

Because of the damage from the Fire Sparrow Seal rampaging inside him, Wen Bufan began to violently spew blood.

PTH! PTH! PTH!

Blood poured endlessly from his mouth.

The Jiang Family members watched from a distance, aghast, as Wen Bufan was ravaged by the backlash from his own Fire Sparrow Seal.

The sight was absolutely wretched.

From just one backlash, Wen Bufan could no longer even stand.

Immediately, they all turned to look at Jiang Chen in horror.

Jiang Chen stood there with his hands behind his back.

Unmoving as a mountain, yet firmly in control of the situation.

With the power of one man, he had overturned the world and rewritten history.

"A monster. An absolute monster."

"Is he even human?"

Someone voiced the question on everyone’s mind.

Elder Qi was once again stunned by Jiang Chen.

From the first time Jiang Chen had defeated his Cyan Silk, he had constantly been forced to re-evaluate his understanding of the young man.

He thought he had understood Jiang Chen well enough, but now he found that Jiang Chen was becoming more and more inscrutable.

As for the Jiang Family, they all felt a deep sense of mystery surrounding Jiang Chen.

"Young Master, Young Master..."

Lin Hai and the others from the City Lord’s Mansion were so horrified they didn’t know what to do.

Seeing Wen Bufan on the ground, twitching and endlessly vomiting blood, they rushed forward to help him up.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Someone asked.

Wen Bufan’s face was now deathly pale, like a sheet of white paper.

But blood still trickled unceasingly from the corner of his mouth.

His head was roaring.

His chest ached terribly.

GACK...

After another mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, he felt slightly better.

But he had suffered an extremely severe injury.

Lin Hai used his own sleeve to wipe the blood from the corner of Wen Bufan’s mouth.

"Young Master..."

He was about to say something, to urge Wen Bufan to retreat.

But Wen Bufan raised a hand to stop him.

He stared at Jiang Chen—that god-like, invincible man.

He squeezed a question through his gritted teeth.

"Why? Why can you control the Fire Sparrow Seal of my Wen Family from the Fire Sparrow Kingdom and make it backlash against me?"

"Why?"

"Just who are you?"

He was filled with endless questions, all because he had suffered that backlash.

This backlash was far too unusual.

It shouldn’t have happened at all.

Even if he encountered another member of the Wen Family who also controlled the Fire Sparrow Seal, it would never cause a backlash.