"What was that?"
Red Leaf Granny's face filled with shock, and a cry escaped her lips.
First, the Tier 5 Desolate Beast Nether Earth Dragon had appeared. Then strange flames had erupted from Luo Chen's body.
Either one left her with the despairing certainty that she could not fight it.
Within her sight,
branches swayed, and flames danced.
Since Luo Chen had unleashed the blue-white fire, it had surged upward and spread rapidly outward from his body.
In the blink of an eye, it reached Red Leaf Granny.
"Fellow Daoist Luo..." she cried in despair.
But her voice did not carry far at all.
Or perhaps Luo Chen heard her and simply ignored her.
The Flourishing Decay Divine Fire swept past. Already gravely wounded, Red Leaf Granny deployed one defensive measure after another, but none bought her even a moment.
In an instant, only a cloud of ash remained where she had stood.
Even that ash vanished beneath the flames.
A Storage Treasure burst open, scattering streaks of light, but most were burned to nothing by the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire.
And it was not only Red Leaf Granny.
Everything around them plunged into a Fire Sea. Even the flesh-and-blood walls, once impossibly tough, began to ooze blood and give off the smell of charred meat.
It was a scene fit for the end of the world!
Amid the hazy light, Luo Chen's figure flickered in and out of view.
He glanced toward where Red Leaf Granny had stood, then abruptly raised his head and looked above.
"Go!"
His decision made, he shot skyward.
Layer upon layer of flesh-and-blood walls, rock, and soil turned to rolling magma in his path.
A sound of something tearing through the air came without warning.
It was so fast that even Luo Chen's powerful