Silence. 

Wang Yun stared at the scorched plot of earth, the ashes. Her eyes were filled with bewilderment. 

"Shan Hai... is dead?" she murmured. 

She could hardly believe what she had just witnessed, but the truth was right in front of her. After the flames from Flame Current dissipated, Dao Lord Shan Hai's body had vanished completely. Not even a trace of his aura remained. He had not escaped through teleportation; he was truly dead, annihilated, reduced to ash by the Flame Current. 

This was the power of Flame Current, one of the supreme compound divine techniques. At Perfection, its strength far exceeded even Lu Changsheng's own expectations. It had shattered Dao Lord Shan Hai's enchanted treasure, the Heavenly Mountain Seal, and even his formation flags had failed to contain it. 

Lu Changsheng shuddered just thinking about it. 

The power of a compound divine technique built...